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Emma Hart | Graphic Artist

Four films to get you into the spring spirit

Cristina Sepe March 25, 2025
Each one has hints of spring in their own ways, but they always know how to make me excited for the seasons to change. Here are four recommendations to help you get into the spring spirit!
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Lyrics I love | Maia’s Inner Monologue

Maia Penzer February 20, 2024
Music has always been there as a constant and reassuring presence in my life. Today, I'd like to share with you a few of my most treasured and meaningful song lyrics.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Dad music and South Campus | Maia’s Inner Monologue

Maia Penzer October 16, 2023
Welcome to the new week! I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. It’s a bit sad to transition back to the workweek, isn’t it? Let's take a moment to recap the weekend.
A person laying down in the front/bottom half of the photo, while another person sitting up behind them talks on the phone

BU student exposes ‘70s glam-rock power dynamic in new film, ‘Stray Cat Blues’

Ellie Stevens February 8, 2023
Alyssa Winn, a senior in COM, wrote and directed the film out of her fascination with music history and rock and roll.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: The importance of culturally conscious content

Emma Sánchez September 7, 2021
Along with more diverse casting, more diverse narratives should be set on stage and screen in tandem.
Students listen to Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground’s album party. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community honors Tom Petty’s legacy

JenRacoosin October 15, 2017

More than 20 Tom Petty fans gathered at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Friday afternoon to listen to and discuss the late musician’s debut solo album, “Full Moon Fever.” HTC director...

REMILLARD: Is Hip-Hop the New Pop?

REMILLARD: Is Hip-Hop the New Pop?

Christopher Remillard April 3, 2015

On March 26, Billboard announced that Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, “To Pimp a Butterfly, “had debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200. Lamar’s latest effort marks the third hip-hop album...

FREEBAIRN: (Not) With the Band

FREEBAIRN: (Not) With the Band

Mandy Freebairn March 5, 2015

I haven’t thought about my days as a fangirl for a long time. This morning, however, while browsing Twitter, a picture caught my eye. It was a single chicken nugget, lying deserted on an asphalt road....

Artist David X. Levine (left) attends the premier of "The Beatles are Dull and Ordinary" at the Sherman Gallery Friday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Pop culture icons color striking new exhibit

Alex Creed January 26, 2015

Synesthesia is a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as occurs when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color. Though...

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