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One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Mugar Memorial Library. Mice were spotted in Mugar Library as a result of cold weather, construction and food. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Of Mice and Mugar: Mouse spotted on third floor of Mugar Library

Megan Amato January 22, 2025
Boston University students share pest sightings after a video of a mouse in Mugar Memorial Library was posted on to the BU subreddit.
Giacomo Ferraro finishes his sign before the protest

Gallery: Boston residents protest against MBTA speed restrictions

Daily Free Press Staff March 14, 2023
Boston residents protested the MBTA this past Sunday after increasing speed restrictions and slow zones across train lines.
Men's march

Men’s March protest met with pro-abortion protest at the State House

Daily Free Press Staff October 17, 2022
Anti-abortion protestors gathered outside Planned Parenthood at 1055 Commonwealth Avenue and walked to the Massachusetts State House at a “Men’s March for Life” rally on Saturday, a national organization that calls on men to abolish abortion, rally for personhood and be “men of god,” according to the Men’s March mission statement.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

Matt Gaetz Doesn’t Understand the Young Voter | EDITORIAL

Editors September 29, 2022
Matt Gaetz streamed on twitch to 6 people. What does this mean for the future of political engagement?
Connie Dai / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Even in gaming, taking the step outside of your isolation is worthwhile

Nick Speranza April 8, 2022
Even within the relatively narrow confines of competitive gaming it is important to step outside of your comfort zone and try something new.
COVID-19 open letter, students want hybrid learning option

SPH students call for hybrid learning options in petition, open letter amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Phil London January 24, 2022
Students called into question BU's decision to remain fully in-person, decrease quarantine period
The Reddit app icon. Several Reddit users debate the Dead Internet Theory, a conspiracy theory that claims the internet “died” between 2016 and 2017 and is now run by manipulative bots. COURTESY OF BRETT JORDAN VIA UNSPLASH

The Dead Internet Theory

Annie Sheehan October 21, 2021
It is important to probe at the system that we are collectively creating.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Economic incentives are preventing desperately-needed game archiving

Nick Speranza October 13, 2021
Instead of pinning the blame entirely on developers, we should instead focus our attention on the ways they are incentivized to limit the release of their work.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The problems with Twitter as all-encompassing social media

Nick Speranza September 23, 2021
When I reflect on web forums as they wither away, I remember a time when the world moved a bit slower.
Bu campus in minecraft

BU students recreating the University’s campuses block-by-block in Minecraft

Pedro Juan Orduz September 20, 2021
The virtual campus is currently working on the interiors of Myles Standish Hall.
Petition created by Boston University student Alex P. after the University did not allow them to change their legal sex to “X” in BU records. Other transgender and nonbinary BU students have also experienced difficulties with University sex identification rules. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender, nonbinary students report incompetent SHS healthcare — Part 1

Emily Stevenson August 31, 2021
Insensitive healthcare providers and incorrect hormone prescriptions among the issues raised.
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