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Gianna Horcher | Senior Graphic Artist

If you like this, try that: movie edition

Lea Tran February 25, 2025
Have you ever watched a movie that was so good that you wondered if any other film was going to encapsulate that same energy? I mean, that’s why we rewatch movies — to relive the magic. However, just think of all the movies that you will probably love but are missing out on.
Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

This is 20

Sophia Keohane December 4, 2024
I am officially a 20-year-old. Light the candles, pop the sparkling cider. A new chapter has begun. Many people say that this will be the best decade of my life. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

A reader’s journey: Classics hater to classics lover

Gabriella Di Dea April 3, 2024
I wasn’t always a fan of classic literature. If you would have asked me a year ago to read a classic novel by choice, I would have laughed in your face. I wouldn’t have done it even if you paid me. I was a self-proclaimed classics hater. Looking back, I think this stemmed from the fact that classic literature always seemed synonymous with academic settings. While reading classics is integral in any English curriculum, I would be lying if I said this didn’t get on my nerves.
Boston University Academy English teacher Jennifer Formichelli, pictured above, was fatally struck by a school bus in Mattapan Oct. 26. BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY

OBITUARY: Remembering BU Academy teacher Jennifer Formichelli

Tanisha Bhat November 3, 2021
Formichelli was a BU alum who previously taught in the CAS Core Curriculum before joining BUA.
michael fassbender in justin kurzel's macbeth

Cinephilia: Justin Kurzel’s ‘Macbeth’ is a sleeping gem

Andrew Harwood April 5, 2021
Kurzel’s “Macbeth” is a hidden gem that deserves a lot more recognition than it gets.
the king film

Cinephilia: Revisiting 2019’s ‘The King’

Andrew Harwood March 15, 2021
Starring Chalamet as the titular Henry V, Edgerton as Shakespeare’s Falstaff and Lily-Rose Depp as Catherine of Valois, “The King” is one of the best films of 2019.
Boston University Greek rock painted with the “F— It Won’t Cut It” logo

Students encouraged to let out frustrations on anniversary of pandemic

Vanessa Bartlett March 14, 2021
After Boston University first announced the closure of campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, students are expressing their anger and frustration over the time that has been lost to the coronavirus.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: The ableism pandemic

Emma Shapiro February 25, 2021
In movies with characters who have a disability, the role should always be first considered for people who have the same disability, have lived these experiences and are able to accurately portray them. We need to approach this situation with solutions, so people no longer have to suffer misrepresentation or lack of representation when watching a character they wanted to relate to.
The New Rambler: Conspiracy theories are the effects and antagonists of democracy

The New Rambler: Conspiracy theories are the effects and antagonists of democracy

Dan Dellechiaie December 5, 2017

As some of my readers know, I am afraid of being alone. This weekend, for example, when I was worried that I had missed the last train of the night, I started talking to the woman next to me on the platform...

Natalie McKnight, dean of the College of General Studies, says that CGS will remove its September program over the next two years, requiring all of its first-year students to start school in their spring semester and then study abroad in London during a six-week summer semester. PHOTO BY JACKIE O’BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CGS to phase out fall enrollment, start all first-year students in spring London program

Alana Levene September 13, 2017

The College of General Studies will begin phasing out fall enrollment and starting all first-year CGS students in the spring semester, said CGS Dean Natalie McKnight. The decision to start all CGS...

OP-ED: The end of Western liberalism

OP-ED: The end of Western liberalism

Editors January 31, 2017

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Many thought this moment would have never occurred in our present universe, but here it...

RILEY: The Magic of Shakespeare

RILEY: The Magic of Shakespeare

Rachel Riley February 18, 2015

I will never forget the first teacher that taught me how to love Shakespeare. Literature is one of my favorite subjects, and I have a tremendous appreciation for my four high school English teachers, all...

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