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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

A year in Warren Towers: It’s nothing like the movies | Tough Love

Analise Bruno April 28, 2023
While some film portrayals aren’t too far off from emulating the classic college experience — there’s a lot they get wrong or miss. The reality is: the college experience also gets intertwined with high stress levels and the struggle that comes with living on your own for the first time. 
Warren Towers

Students frustrated after BU housing lottery yields unexpected results

Maya Mitchell April 23, 2023
Boston University's housing lottery left many students frustrated due to the unexpectedly low housing availability.
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Residents in The Towers frustrated about fire alarms

George Atencio March 21, 2023
Some residents of The Towers said they have noticed an increase in fire alarms going off recently. According to students, burning trash, wire failure and burnt food were causes of at least three fire alarms this semester.
Cards for Hospitalized Kids

Cards for Hospitalized Kids initiative connects BU students with children across the country

Stella Tannenbaum May 3, 2022
The Cards for Hospitalized Kids community engagement initiative at BU allows students to send handmade cards to hospitalized children.
students sit on the grass at bu beach

BU creates socially distanced outdoor spaces across campus

Molly Farrar March 22, 2021
Students are enjoying their first taste of warm weather this year in new outdoor community spaces.
BU students moving back to campus for the Fall semester will be given alcohol wipes, snacks and a bag for recycling. ANGELA YANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As students trickle in back to campus, here’s what move-in looks like

Melissa Ellin August 17, 2020
BU students moving into on-campus residences are being offered two 50-piece packs of alcohol wipes for sanitization, as well as a snack box and recycling bag, according to multiple students.
Sophomore Jake S. found himself in an all-female dorm when he moved in last month. VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender students face difficulties with housing at BU

Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 4, 2018
The start of the semester floor meeting is a familiar ritual to Boston University’s undergraduate student population. An opportunity to meet housemates and resident assistants, the hour usually carries little consequence. However, this was not the case for BU student Jake S. this fall.
Letter to the Editor: Our tour guides deserve to be paid

Letter to the Editor: Our tour guides deserve to be paid

Editors March 13, 2018
I quit being an admission ambassador because I couldn’t afford to keep being one. My job was to take prospective students and their parents on tours in order to convince them that Boston University is the missing piece to their student’s success.
Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 10-12

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 10-12

Isabel Owens November 16, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Nov. 10-12. Hydrogen gas alarm triggered at Photonics Center The department of environmental health and...

ENG sophomore Kevin Lee found dead in Towers

Daily Free Press Admin April 14, 2014

Kevin Lee, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, was found dead in his dorm room Monday morning by the Boston University Police Department. Boston Emergency Medical Services vehicles and other emergency...

Hidden renovations: Students weigh in on a campus under construction

Daily Free Press Admin September 10, 2013

Students returning to Boston University cannot ignore the ongoing changes to campus. The completed New Balance Field on West Campus and the School of Law and General Classroom Building — both of which...

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