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Social Media Society: Dear diary dumping

Gabriela Romero February 13, 2022
Having a safe space is positive, but it does not mean we should impulsively post without taking into account the plausible impacts. 
mental health committee co-chairs speak at a boston university student government meeting

StuGov confirms positions for next school year, introduces vaccine resource guide in last meeting of the semester

Anna Vidergar April 27, 2021
Positions across StuGov were confirmed for the next school year along with other resolutions.
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EDITORIAL: The toxicity of tabloids can be lessened with respect, empathy

Editors March 29, 2021
Tabloids will never be fully ethical or accurate, but we can try to be respectful.
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BU student activists reflect on Sarah Everard killing, ask for more consideration in conversation

Lily Kepner March 23, 2021
Activists say ending sexual assault must involve greater University transparency and conversation.
EDITORIAL: We must address racist fundamentals of American education system

EDITORIAL: We must address racist fundamentals of American education system

Editors September 24, 2020
Racism and hatred are learned behaviors, and we must do everything in our power to teach against them in the classroom.
Hot Take: The problem with trigger warnings

Hot Take: The problem with trigger warnings

Matthew Drulias October 25, 2017

In one of my English classes, we went to see a play together as a class. Two days before the showing, I received an email in which our professor provided a trigger warning for “explicit homosexuality,...

PILLEY: Vulnerability brightens the world

PILLEY: Vulnerability brightens the world

Katelyn Pilley January 22, 2016

We’ve all sent a sweaty text message, and not in the “I just worked out” way. It’s the “heart pounding, slightly shaking message that might hurt your relationship” text — a moment of true...

Following the announcement at American University in early September and at Cornell University on Oct. 8 that trigger warnings will not be allowed in classrooms, many have questioned what will happen at Boston University. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU takes no official stance in trigger warning debate, gives professors discretion

Paige Smith October 15, 2015

Despite several universities across the country forgoing the use of trigger warnings on campus, Boston University holds no official stance of ordinance governing the use of trigger warnings in academic...

EDITORIAL: Are we taking trigger warnings and politically correct speech too far?

EDITORIAL: Are we taking trigger warnings and politically correct speech too far?

Editors September 3, 2015

With college classes starting up for the fall, it is only natural that conversation surrounding trigger warnings and politically correct speech in classrooms will start up, too. In its September issue,...

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