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The Daily Free Press

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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.
Seema Thakkar/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston Police’s overtime budget is out of control, in desperate need of fewer officers, reallocation

Editors April 15, 2021
We must stop spending hundreds of millions paying the criminals, abusers and killers who “protect” us.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: Mirroring the Me Too movement

Emma Shapiro March 25, 2021
If TV accurately portrays the #MeToo Movement, sexual assault stigma will hopefully disappear.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

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.
Twitter thread investigating a Boston University student for neo-Nazi beliefs

Online activists accuse former BU student of involvement with neo-Nazi, white supremacist group

Nick Kolev March 8, 2021
Online activists accused former Class of 2024 College of Arts and Sciences student Steven Van Zelst of allegedly engaging in hate groups centered on Nazism, racism, anti-semitism and misogyny in a Twitter thread and article posted Thursday.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Burning Out: David Dobrik demonstrates how abusers hide in plain sight

Yvonne Tang March 8, 2021
Beyond the world of Dobrik and his Vlog Squad, we need to learn that abusers aren’t always what we stereotype — shady characters who wear a trench coat or live as social outcasts. Abusers can be funny, popular or even kind.
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.
signs at a protest against sexual assault at boston university

CAS StuGov hosts town hall to address sexual assault concerns

Emily Stevenson February 24, 2021
The College of Arts and Sciences Student Government hosted a virtual town hall to address sexual assault and harassment concerns at Boston University Tuesday night. The town hall was a response to the Feb. 7 sexual assault protest organized by Campus Survivors.
A sign denouncing Boston University’s treatment of rape cases posted Sunday night in West Campus. BU Facilities removed some of the signs put up by protesters Monday because they were not located in designated free-expression spaces. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU removed sexual assault protest posters citing University policy

Madhri Yehiya February 9, 2021
Many of the hundreds of posters hung around campus during Sunday night’s “Our University Has a Problem - Protest on Sexual Assault @ BU” demonstration were removed by Boston University Facilities Management and Operations staff members early Monday morning.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Armie Hammer and creeps like him

Bini Ollivier-Yamin February 8, 2021
We should not protect someone from the consequences of their actions simply because they are a high-profile actor.
Boston University’s School of Public Health hosted a virtual panel on Wednesday with “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus” co-authors Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sexual assault researchers suggest campus-based offenses are complex, multi-layered

Ashley Soebroto November 19, 2020

Sexual assault is an issue prevalent on college campuses across the nation, and the phenomenon is worsening in recent years. Despite a number of initiatives working to prevent sexual assault, the...

Boston University’s Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism and Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center hosted a virtual panel on Thursday to discuss a rise in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND ACTIVISM

SARP reports increase in domestic violence due to pandemic

Ashley Soebroto November 11, 2020
Domestic violence has soared across the country in recent months. At BU, professors and sexual assault experts spoke about the growing prevalence of domestic abuse during the pandemic.
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