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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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The Initiative on Cities co-sponsors "Professor Perspectives: Gentrification in Boston" Oct. 25 at 100 Bay State Road. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professors, students gather to discuss gentrification in Boston

Sydney Wertheim October 31, 2017

In 1964, Ruth Glass, a British sociologist, coined the term "gentrification," describing it as the displacement of the “social character of a district” because the inner working class neighborhoods...

The International Women's Academy Boston University chapter hosts a trivia night at Kilachand Hall Sunday night to raise awareness for the lack of access to proper feminine hygiene products. PHOTO BY COLE SHONEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International Women’s Academy attempts to erase stigma of feminine hygiene products

Sydney Wertheim April 11, 2017

At Boston University's Kilachand Hall, students played a game with topics ranging from black history, to Disney, to fill-in-the-blank lyrics. However, there was also a topic that might have seemed...

HBO airs “Beware the Slenderman," a documentary about the Slender Man stabbing in 2014, in which two 12-year-old girls stabbed their classmate 19 times and blamed it on a fictional internet folklore. PHOTO COURTESY HBO

REVIEW: HBO’s “Beware the Slenderman” prompts fear surrounding adolescent internet use

Sydney Wertheim January 27, 2017

It’s no secret that the internet has a huge effect on people’s daily lives. The internet’s rabbit hole-esque format gives users the chance to become deeply invested within the barracks of the internet’s...

“Awaken, My Love!” is Donald Glover’s third studio album as Childish Gambino. PHOTO COURTESY GLASSNOTE RECORDS

REVIEW: Childish Gambino is a melodious shapeshifter with “Awaken, My Love!”

Sydney Wertheim December 4, 2016

Childish Gambino’s new album “Awaken, My Love!” is a portrait of a man in transition. Gambino, born Donald Glover, has gone through multiple career shifts, from acting on NBC’s “Community,”...

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