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A mother is a walking miracle | All Thanks to You

Sophia Keohane April 7, 2025
I guess I’ve won the lottery if I’m anything like that — she is undeniably epic. She’s a hard worker with a great sense of humor. She’s loving, kind and has inspired me to become the woman that I am today. 

Broadway’s “Good Night and Good Luck”

Erica Schwartz March 18, 2025
As soon as the curtains pulled back and the set pieces rolled in, I was amazed by the level of detail that went into the set. The smoky cigarettes that nearly every performer totes around the stage add another layer of sensory detail that brings you physically into the world the show is recreating.
Summer Recap: Working at NASA + The Boston Globe | Is It OK If I Record?

Summer Recap: Working at NASA + The Boston Globe | Is It OK If I Record?

Angela Yang September 5, 2021

Sarah and Angela are kicking off their senior and junior years of college after a summer full of work experience. Sarah, an aspiring science journalist, wrapped up a communications internship at...

man wearing headphones

The power of music, memory

Melina Nguyen April 27, 2021
A particular song can always bring you back, transporting you into the past like a mental wormhole.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Explaining YouTube’s lo-fi and video game music craze

Nick Speranza April 8, 2021
Our love of video game music represents a desire to stay forever in an insulated, simulated world.
Sufjan Stevens’ newest album “The Ascension” on Spotify. ILLUSTRATION BY MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens takes off to anxious heights in ‘The Ascension’

Jonas Hayes September 27, 2020
Sufjan Stevens has finally returned to form in his new album “The Ascension," and he moves far away from his previous harrowing and extremely personal 2015 album.
Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Why China’s hip-hop ban matters to us

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Why China’s hip-hop ban matters to us

Patrick Burke January 28, 2018

China recently banned hip-hop culture from television. That sentence didn’t originally make an impact on me in the slightest. Since China is notorious for censoring what its citizens can and cannot see,...

Kobi Kassal and Elina Kent train DJs to use equipment in the new WTBU studio, which will open for programming on Oct. 4. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New WTBU studio prepares to open

Haley Lerner September 29, 2017

Boston University’s student-run radio station, WTBU, will open its newly-constructed studio on the College of Communication’s third floor on Oct. 4 — over a year after a fire incurred over $1...

Electronic pop artist Sylvan Esso’s album “What Now” is released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY LOMA VISTA

REVIEW: Sylvan Esso’s “What Now” barely meets expectations with unfocused musical delivery

Rachel Silberman April 27, 2017

If indie-electronic duo Sylvan Esso had any opposition to their reputation as folk musicians, they certainly showed it on their sophomore album “What Now.” The album features hauntingly mature...

TENTINDO: Without WTBU, Boston University's heartbeat gone

TENTINDO: Without WTBU, Boston University’s heartbeat gone

Will Tentindo March 29, 2016

A fire in the College of Communication this past Friday sent five people to the hospital for smoke inhalation, caused $500,000 worth of damage and forced WTBU to stop broadcasting. Our radio station’s...

BURSTEIN: It's Donald Trump's duty to reject David Duke endorsement

BURSTEIN: It’s Donald Trump’s duty to reject David Duke endorsement

Sarah Burstein March 3, 2016

Happy March, everyone, and happy primary election season! It’s gotten to that point in the election year when I cannot believe we have to endure eight more months of this, when the media is completely...

Red, white and what should I do?

Daily Free Press Admin June 28, 2012

By Gina Curreri @ginacurreri It’s fast approaching. The one day you can wear cutoff shorts and an American flag T-shirt without looking like your white trash neighbor growing up: Fourth of July! It’s...

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