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Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

A year in Warren Towers: It’s nothing like the movies | Tough Love

Analise Bruno April 28, 2023
While some film portrayals aren’t too far off from emulating the classic college experience — there’s a lot they get wrong or miss. The reality is: the college experience also gets intertwined with high stress levels and the struggle that comes with living on your own for the first time. 
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GALLERY: Spring ‘23, in photos

Daily Free Press Staff April 27, 2023
This Spring semester, FreeP photographers covered breaking stories and captured slice-of-life moments all through the lens of a camera. Shining through the numerous assignments are the photos below, all shot in the Spring ‘23 semester by the FreeP’s very own.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Give us a break — but maybe reconsider the date?

Editors February 27, 2023
Although the onset of burnout from a surplus of work makes next week the perfect time for a break, we are left to grapple with what will become of our mental health in the second half of the semester
StuGov Bulletin Board

StuGov starts semester with committee chair confirmations and elections presentation

Anna Vidergar January 24, 2023
Boston University Student Government confirmed committee chairs, heard about upcoming StuGov election processes and approved the spring 2023 budget in its first meeting of the Spring semester.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

My semester — A Boston spring

Bailey Clark April 22, 2022
I am officially ending my sophomore year in my Boston spring.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU’s latest COVID-19 policy tries to create a new normal, but ignores existing fears

Editors January 20, 2022
Now, more than ever, it seems BU has chosen to doggedly pursue in-person learning, even if that means creating new policies that inspire more unease than confidence.
Boston University requires COVID-19 booster shot for spring 2022, no more daily symptom attestation

BU mandates COVID-19 booster shot, removes daily symptom check for Spring semester

Daily Free Press Staff December 14, 2021
Protocols such as indoor mask mandate and weekly testing will continue to stay in place.
Boston University warns international students may not be allowed to come back spring 2022 because of Omicron

BU warns international students may have to skip Spring semester as Omicron variant complicates travel

Daily Free Press Staff December 14, 2021
ISSO stated in an email that international students might have to take a leave of absence next semester.
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Planning my worries away

Ilana Keusch October 25, 2021
I cannot plan my way out of future uncertainty and I need to accept that.
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My plant Pablo

Maya Frankel September 15, 2021
Getting a new plant doesn’t mean I don’t love the old plant, it just means I am ready to move on.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Returning to in-person classes may invite new anxieties, but will undoubtedly help stabilize our lives

Editors April 29, 2021

If you’re on campus at Boston University and witnessing the city’s slow transition into spring — barring unpredictable Boston weather — the news of in-person classes and Commencement has arrived...

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Boston-area colleges mandate vaccines for Fall semester

Madison Mercado April 29, 2021
Northeastern University, Boston College, UMass Amherst, Emerson College, and Boston University.
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