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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: External support and internal changes can #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Editors April 26, 2021
Rescuing student journalism means saving us from culturally disappearing into the folds of society.
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EDITORIAL: Wellness Day did not go well

Editors March 25, 2021
BU could've created a creative and meaningful alternative to Spring Recess. Instead, we got scraps.
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BU students win sustainability innovation grants, tackle climate change from new angles

Divya Sood March 23, 2021
Seven student projects won grants from Innovate@BU and BU Sustainability to tackle climate change.
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EDITORIAL: Cornel West proves that professors should share political beliefs mindfully, but remain vocal in their advocacy

Editors March 10, 2021
As the shapers of young minds, professors are the pillars of our society. We cannot demand social progress and activism from future generations without first supporting the educators who are paving the path for us.
Boston University Student Government provided updates on elections and forthcoming events Monday. ANNA VIDERGAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov gives updates on elections, events in brief meeting

Anna Vidergar March 9, 2021
Boston University Student Government announced updates on the forthcoming elections and a town hall in its shortest meeting of the year Monday night.
Vaccination site at Boston University fitness and recreation center

BU proceeds with Phase Two vaccinations, faces limited supply

Rin Velasco February 25, 2021
Boston University is currently moving forward with COVID-19 vaccinations of students with two or more medical conditions, but the process is experiencing setbacks from a limited supply, said a BU Medical Advisory Group member.
Harvard College lawn

Boston-area universities not entirely successful at diversity efforts

Sam Trottenberg February 18, 2021
The first African American graduate from Harvard College was Richard Theodore Greener in 1870. Today, the current Harvard College freshman class is 14.7 percent African American.
After canceling Spring Recess to prevent COVID-19 spread, Boston University scheduled two Wellness Days in March to give students and faculty members a rest from classes. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students, faculty express appreciation, skepticism toward planned Wellness Days

Nathan Lederman February 10, 2021
With the cancellation of Spring Recess, Boston University has scheduled “Wellness Days” set for Thursday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 31 to give the school community a break midway through the semester, according to University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Jean Morrison.
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EDITORIAL: The University’s actions are unacceptable, we demand more

Editors February 10, 2021
BU needs to make a constant commitment to the cause, actively work to ensure students’ safety, dismantle the prevalent rape culture on its campus and establish trust so students will be willing to speak up and report assailants in the first place. It will never be as easy as one quick, overnight policy change.
Boston University Residence Life office. Unlike other students on campus, resident assistants were not required to quarantine upon returning to BU this semester. VIVION MYRON/ DFP FILE

Residence Life did not require RAs to follow COVID-19 testing and quarantine regulations for students

Madhri Yehiya January 29, 2021
Boston University Residence Life did not require resident assistants to follow the same COVID-19 testing and quarantine guidelines as the rest of the student body when returning to campus this Spring.
Boston Medical Center. The BMC received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 14. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Medical Center receives its first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Juncheng Quan December 20, 2020
The vaccine arrived at BMC, which is affiliated with BU's School of Medicine, on Dec. 14.
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