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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor, Josephine Kalbfleisch | DFP Photographer, Lauren Albano | Campus Co-Editor

Musk Foundation donations to BU rocketry club launch debate

Lauren Albano February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
Protesters in front of a Tesla store on Boylston Street Saturday. Around 30 citizens gathered to protest the political actions of Elon Musk, a movement started by a Bostonian that is gaining national traction. JOSIE KALBFLEISCH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston-born ‘Tesla Takeover’ protest sparks national movement against Elon Musk

Lauren Albano February 16, 2025
Protestors gathered in front of a Tesla store on Boylston Street Saturday to demonstrate against the political actions of Elon Musk, a movement started by a Bostonian online that gained national traction.
A Tesla using an electric vehicle charging station in the Warren Towers parking garage. EV adoption is lagging, despite promises to revolutionize transportation and move toward a greener future. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Electric Vehicles still too expensive for wider implementation, BU IGS study finds

Truman Dickerson September 30, 2024
A recent collaborative study done by BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that lower-cost electric vehicle models and wider charging access are integral for wider EV implementation in the U.S.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Elon Musk’s Twitter deal and the problem with billionaires | Money Matters

Jaeyoung Choi October 24, 2022
Billionaires should not exist, and Elon Musk demonstrates why on a daily basis.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: Grieving what’s not yet gone — a reflection on climate change

Caroline McCord May 3, 2022
Spending just one spring day outside can and should reinvigorate our fight against climate change. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Billionaire buys Twitter, could have ended world hunger at fraction of price

Editors April 27, 2022
Instead of looking at the absurdity of splurging $44 billion on Twitter, we should focus on the absurdity of having $44 billion to spend in the first place.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Sincerely, Ally: There is no personal agency in ‘Squid Game’

Alexia Nizhny November 10, 2021
Since survival, under capitalism, is a money game, the “choice” the players are making in Squid Game is not to simply continue playing the game out of a selfish desire to earn money. The real choice is between living and dying, and that doesn’t seem like much of a choice at all.
Climate Justice poster

BU climate-focused organizations emphasize importance of action beyond Earth Day

Yiran Yu April 23, 2021
Sustainability came to the forefront of BU discussions this Earth Day.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Earth should come before Mars

Luca Becker March 5, 2021
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Cryptocurrency is the future

Jaeyoung Choi February 24, 2021
Cryptocurrency is set to change the world, for better or worse. If you want to be part of the biggest financial revolution since the creation of the International Monetary Fund in 1945, the time is now.
Max vs. Media: Elon Musk a reflection of Trump

Max vs. Media: Elon Musk a reflection of Trump

Max Berman September 11, 2018

Elon Musk is quite possibly the most interesting CEO in the world. Musk is quite outspoken on possibly everything technology related. His personal life, filled with turmoil, has most likely contributed...

KASTRITIS: The dangers of consumer complacency

KASTRITIS: The dangers of consumer complacency

Elias Kastritis September 13, 2016

I love advances in technology just as much as the next person does. I remember when I got my first shiny MacBook Pro, or how thrilled I was to see my godmother roll up in her sparkling red Tesla Model...

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