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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (or Analise): Netflix and actually chill, rethinking college sexpectations

Analise Bruno October 27, 2024
Dear Abby: I’m a freshman and I want to hear your thoughts about sex. I feel like I’ve heard so much gossip and judgment around the act; and I don’t know what to believe. Is there a right time to do it? Is there a limit to the number of sexual partners I should have? I’m very lost. 
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

‘It Follows’ and the insidious nature of time | Misunderstood Media

Emma Holtmann May 1, 2023
Imagine if a deadly curse hit the suburbs, and to your parent’s dismay, it’s transmitted through sexual intercourse. Tinder becomes obsolete. It’s a bleak world. The 2014 thriller ‘It Follows’ takes sexual frustration to a new level.
Trans-exclusive feminism is not feminism | Final Girl

Trans-exclusive feminism is not feminism | Final Girl

Kiana Aftahi April 27, 2023
If we want to progress past age-old stereotypes and prejudices, we have to abandon preconceived notions of sex and gender. 
A control room in Studio West at Boston University College of Communication. MAGGIE WEN/DFP STAFF

Former, current students accuse BU assistant professor Christophor Cavalieri of sexual misconduct

Walker Armstrong April 21, 2022
The Daily Free Press spoke to 51 individuals, 35 of which are current and former students. Many allege Cavalieri sexually harassed and verbally abused them.
Carlos Apostle pictured in a 2019 article from El Mundo Boston

BU named defendant in case of sexual assault, battery

Samuele Petruccelli December 9, 2021
Alum claims course professor took no action following her reports of sexual misconduct by his "assistant."
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Sex, drugs, guns and crypto

Jaeyoung Choi April 28, 2021
The argument that cryptocurrencies make money laundering easier for criminals is baseless.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let Your Hair Down: Modern society prompts people toward addiction

Hannah Bohn April 12, 2021
We need to consider the broader influences of addiction instead of just the individual choices.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The toxicity of tabloids can be lessened with respect, empathy

Editors March 29, 2021
Tabloids will never be fully ethical or accurate, but we can try to be respectful.
young adults at a street corner in salem massachusetts

How on earth am I an adult?

Michelle Tian March 29, 2021
Most of what school taught me will get me nowhere in the real world. Here are life skills I wish I learned in school.
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Gaming the System: Behind closed doors, esports perpetuate sexual assault

Nick Speranza March 17, 2021
Esports and video games are a great thing, and their communities have the potential to reflect that even more. However, they demonstrate with particular clarity the systemic factors that facilitate an epidemic of sexual assault. They are the same factors that plague our world outside of gaming, including our own lives as Boston University students.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: The sexual abuse to prison pipeline for women and girls

Meredith Varner March 5, 2021
People deserve second chances, support and help. It is time our country gets its humanity back and starts to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate.

Ask Sophia: Valentine’s Day

Sophia Yakumithis February 11, 2021
Here are some universally applicable tips guaranteed to spark romance and spice up your world this Valentine’s Day.
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