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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Couric sends off Class of 2011 at Commencement

Daily Free Press Admin May 22, 2011

“Today is just the first of many graduations in your life,” said Boston University honorary degree recipient, commencement speaker and former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric to the graduating...

Menino pushes for increased gun control

Daily Free Press Admin May 5, 2011

Mayor Thomas Menino announced on Tuesday his support of a bill in Congress that would tighten the background check system for gun sales. The plan, which according to a press release on Menino’s website...

City crime logs

Daily Free Press Admin April 28, 2011

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from April 21 to April 26, 2011.   Tuesday morning at about 8:45 a.m., an officer who had been monitoring the Great...

Breathing in

Daily Free Press Admin April 21, 2011

The MUSE talked to Slug, also known as Sean Daley, from Atmosphere as they started off on the first leg of their tour in Columbus, Ohio. The MUSE: Your last album came out in 2008, what have you been...

Food trucks fill City Hall Plaza following Menino’s challenge

Daily Free Press Admin April 12, 2011

Tourists and Boston residents alike frequently flock downtown to take advantage of the many food options Quincy Market has to offer. But for those looking for new choices, City Hall Plaza is now home to...

Student assaulted on Esplanade, police seek suspect in string of attacks

Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2011

A Boston area college student was sexually assaulted Saturday night on the Charles River Esplanade near Massachusetts Avenue, according to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s...

MBTA partners with clothing co. to give passengers free rides

Daily Free Press Admin March 28, 2011

Starting today, riders who utilize certain routes on Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority buses will be able to ride specially decorated buses for free, as a result of an advertising deal with L.L. Bean,...

UMass program offering lower tuition targets community college students

Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2011

On Wednesday, Gov. Deval Patrick, along with the Chancellor of University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the President of Roxbury Community College, announced a new program aimed at helping community college...

MBTA increases frequency of three-car trains on Green Line

Daily Free Press Admin March 22, 2011
Boston University students using the Green Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority may have noticed an increase in trains on Monday as a result of an attempt by the MBTA to make traveling by T a better experience for its riders.

Thousands line So. Boston streets for St. Patrick’s Day parade

Daily Free Press Admin March 21, 2011

Spring kicked into full gear with a sea of green as Bostonians and Massachusetts residents gathered Sunday afternoon for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston. Typically, the parade,...

Israeli, Palestinian supporters rally at Marsh Plaza

Daily Free Press Admin March 7, 2011

Just a few feet separated the competing demonstrations on Marsh Plaza, but for the rival groups that crowded in the shadow of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statute, their differing messages of...

Israeli, Palestinian supporters rally at Marsh Plaza

Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2011

Just a few feet separated the competing demonstrations on Marsh Plaza, but for the rival groups that crowded in the shadow of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statute, their differing messages of...

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