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Tortured poets or tortured critics? | On the Record

Addison Schmidt April 24, 2024
When criticism is forced into being praise, we lose both those guiding voices and the determination to do better, be better and find music that fits our sound.  
Their minds and us | On the Record

Their minds and us | On the Record

Addison Schmidt November 16, 2022
We have reached a point where public hatred has become so powerful it is now leveraging material.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Tragedy at Astroworld reveals faults in concert organization

Editors November 8, 2021
Questions have been raised about why the incidents at Astroworld unfolded — and who, exactly, is to blame.
taylor swift performing on her speak now tour

An impossible task: ranking Taylor Swift’s albums

Sam Thomas April 21, 2021
After too much thought, I present my updated ranking of Swift’s studio albums.
Coldplay released their new album “A Head Full of Dreams” on Friday. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams” takes listeners on uplifting journey

Emma Parkinson December 7, 2015

Coldplay released its album “Ghost Stories,” a series of mournful songs reflecting frontman Chris Martin’s personal struggles, in 2014. Critics were disappointed with the somber record, many saying...

Adele’s new album, “25,” was released globally Friday. PHOTO COURTESY XL RECORDINGS/COLUMBIA RECORDS

REVIEW: Mature, introspective Adele has listeners at “Hello”

Emma Parkinson November 23, 2015

Adele Adkins is 27 years old, despite the fact that her new album is titled “25.” She is also a 10-time Grammy Award-winner and a mother. But before all of that, Adele was just a young woman from...

EDITORIAL: Rape Culture Thrives on Campus

EDITORIAL: Rape Culture Thrives on Campus

Editors April 30, 2015

Due to an egregious oversight, Budweiser’s “Up for Whatever” campaign has come toppling down. As part of the campaign, the company put catchy phrases on Bud Light bottles. One of the catch phrases?...

NGAI: Changing How Journalism Treats Women

NGAI: Changing How Journalism Treats Women

Robin Ngai April 30, 2015

When I first came to BU as a freshman, I thought I was going to become a psychologist. I was dead set on helping people, listening to their problems and figuring out how to solve them. Unfortunately, what...

EDITORIAL: Rolling Stone Gathers No Sympathy

EDITORIAL: Rolling Stone Gathers No Sympathy

Editors April 7, 2015

On Sunday, the Columbia Journalism Review released a report on Rolling Stone’s infamous 2014 story “Rape on Campus,” hacking out each wrongdoing, mistake and omission the writer made in her reporting...

EDIT: The Wrong Solution

EDIT: The Wrong Solution

Editors January 23, 2015

Scroll through just about any social media website right now and you’ll find picture after picture of girls wearing their new Greek letters. It’s sorority bid season at most colleges that do spring...

EDIT: Get Your Facts Straight

EDIT: Get Your Facts Straight

Editors December 10, 2014

The applause directed at Rolling Stone magazine for documenting the story of “Jackie,” a University of Virginia student who was allegedly gang-raped by several fraternity brothers at a house party,...

Karmin’s ‘Pulses’ needs a defibrillator stat

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2014

Pop duo Karmin has accomplished a lot in the two years since their cover of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” became a hit on YouTube: They have performed at the American Music Awards, been featured...

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