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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed off on funding to explore the potential benefits of moving the state’s time zone in order to allow for more hours of sunlight during the winter. PHOTO BY BRITTANY CHANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts legislators consider shifting time zone

Shivani Singh September 21, 2016

In Boston, the sun sometimes sets as early as 4:10 p.m. in the winter. Massachusetts lawmakers are considering shifting the time zone from Eastern Standard Time to Atlantic Standard Time and eliminating...

Kristina Linko, an aspiring surgeon from Harvard, started a company called VISION to provide glasses and eye exams to children who can’t afford them. PHOTO COURTESY MARIA BROUARD

INTERVIEW: Kristina Linko VISIONs affordable vision-related health care

Shivani Singh September 6, 2016

The ability to see clearly can make a huge difference in a person’s day-to-day life. It makes it possible to drive a car, read a book and see the words written on a blackboard. Unfortunately, not...

The BU Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism and Students for Justice in Palestine hosted DarkMatter, the transgender South Asian performance art duo, at the #ItGetsBitter spoken word event Saturday night. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

DarkMatter poetry performance inspires, addresses social issues

Shivani Singh April 13, 2016

At a performance Saturday in the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, attendees were met with a creative combination of activism, spoken word poetry and neon blue lipstick. New York City-based...

Poet Marie Howe will visit the College of General Studies Friday for a reading and Q&A about the connection between poetry and spirituality. PHOTO COURTESY MARIE HOWE

INTERVIEW: Marie Howe’s poetry draws from spirituality, philosophy

Shivani Singh March 16, 2016

In high school, poetry was often seen as intimidating. Its abstract metaphors, unpredictable rhyme schemes and hidden meanings seemed inaccessible and distant. Poet Marie Howe, however, contradicts...

Hulu premiered on Monday its new series “11.22.63," which is based on the Stephen King novel “11/22/63.” The series stars James Franco as a man given the chance to reverse the JFK assassination. PHOTO COURTESY SVEN FRENZEL/HULU

REVIEW: “11.22.63” addresses politics, culture in Stephen King fashion

Shivani Singh February 18, 2016

In the tradition of “Carrie” and “The Shining,” Stephen King brings us another thrilling narrative in which an ordinary, unsuspecting person navigates through a grotesque alternate reality. “11.22.63,”...

Boston University students watched student films Thursday during the Commonwealth Film Festival hosted by Student Activities and Delta Kappa Alpha at the George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

DKA’s Commonwealth Film Festival supports campus-wide filmmaking

Shivani Singh December 7, 2015

The first annual Commonwealth Film Festival took place in the George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium Thursday, marking the beginning of a new tradition within Boston University’s film community....

A World Health Organization panel of experts Monday found that eating processed meat could increase the risk of colon cancer. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston businesses undeterred by WHO report linking red meat and cancer

Shivani Singh November 4, 2015

In the wake of a recent World Health Organization report that linked processed or red meat to cancer, leaders of Boston’s local meat market said their consumer base isn’t as concerned about the findings...

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