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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Being a hopeless romantic in the age of hookup culture is devastating | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

Lillian Chapman February 28, 2024
With how dominant hookup culture is, it feels so wrong to want a love similar to what I read about and see in films. And yet, I continue to hope for what could be because the idea of a great love is more tolerable than living without one.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Ask Abby (or Analise): Should we all be dating to marry?

Analise Bruno February 4, 2024
Yes, I know. Hook-up culture is a major deal to some people, especially those who are looking for a meaningful relationship only to be hit in the face with something casual. This bids the question: should we really be so quick to trap ourselves in the marriage bubble? 
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College dating services provide common ground, connection

Editors March 30, 2021
Marriage Pact and Datamatch connect the community and offer a good substitute for meet-cutes.
The Chainsmokers releases a new album, “Memories...Do Not Open,” out Friday. PHOTO COURTESY COLOMBIA RECORDS

REVIEW: The Chainsmokers’ debut album “Memories…Do Not Open” falls flat

Sara Frazier April 9, 2017

The American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers dropped their debut studio album entitled “Memories…Do Not Open” on Friday. After one listen to the collection of vanilla songs and predictable...

WILSHERE: Does only one true love exist?

WILSHERE: Does only one true love exist?

Meredith Wilshere March 3, 2016

A recent examination of romantic comedies in my gender studies class has led me to question two things: why Hugh Grant isn’t in more of them, and why there is always the reinforcement of the “one true...

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