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With strong new talent, Women’s XC team aims to take back Patriot League crown

Gracie Davenport October 27, 2022
After falling just short of the Patriot League Championship last season, the women's cross country team is looking to win their third title in four years following a successful regular season campaign, aided by young talent.
Junior Will Loggia reaching the end of the 5K race at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on Sept. 23. Boston University men’s cross country finished at sixth place among the fourteen other collegiate schools. 
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Men’s XC regular season wraps up, led by young talent

Gracie Davenport October 21, 2022
With the men's cross country season coming to a close this past weekend, Gracie Davenport looks back on the team's growth throughout the season, which has prepared them to make noise in the Patriot League Championship.
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, which became the first graduate school to offer One Love workshops to educate students on healthy and unhealthy relationships. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

Goldman School of Dental Medicine launches healthy relationship initiative

Ellie Yeo November 1, 2019
The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Office of Student Affairs launched an initiative this year with the One Love Foundation to educate first and second-year dental students on healthy relationships and warning signs of relationship abuse.
Sophomore Ailsa Connolly leads the team in points with 12. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Patriot League play starts Saturday for field hockey

Lily Betts September 13, 2018
In Boston University field hockey's opening matches during the Wildcat Classic, the Terriers put up eight goals over two games ending in two wins. Now, they are traveling south to face off against its first Patriot League rival of the season Saturday — American University.
Senior outfielder Emma Wong had six runs in BU's Nor'easter Invitational over the weekend. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Softball anticipates Commonwealth Avenue showdown versus Boston College

Liam O’Brien March 27, 2018
It’s rivalry time on the BU Softball Field. The Boston University softball team will welcome Boston College to Allston Wednesday afternoon and look to continue its recent stretch of dominance, which has included eight consecutive wins.
In the Paint: It’s Duke’s tournament to lose

In the Paint: It’s Duke’s tournament to lose

Andrew Mason March 23, 2018
The first weekend of March Madness left basketball fans soaking up upset after upset like a Boston University student in Florida during spring break. With some of the nation’s best teams sent packing, only one clear favorite has survived to the Sweet 16: the Duke University Blue Devils.
Between the Lines: The Madness in March will continue through the tournament

Between the Lines: The Madness in March will continue through the tournament

Michael Alcaraz March 19, 2018
We call it March Madness for a reason. The 64-team tournament that frequently produces upsets, Cinderella stories and teams with an “us against the world” mentality is undoubtedly mad, but that doesn’t mean that it’s good.
In the Paint: The Madness is here — Andrew’s Final Four predictions

In the Paint: The Madness is here — Andrew’s Final Four predictions

Andrew Mason March 15, 2018
Although my personal favorite team — the University of California, Irvine Anteaters — didn’t make it to the “Big Dance” once again, I took the time to fill out my own bracket. Here are the four teams I have selected to make up this year’s Final Four.
Senior midfielder Ellie Landsman was recently named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

No. 13 field hockey set for weekend contests vs. Holy Cross, No. 3 Syracuse

Jonny Arruda October 21, 2016

Riding a three-game winning streak, the No. 13 Boston University field hockey team faces two tough matchups this weekend in its final home regular season matchups of the year.  The College of the...

BURSTEIN: Sexual assault must be addressed in high school

BURSTEIN: Sexual assault must be addressed in high school

Sarah Burstein March 20, 2016

Sexual assault is a buzzworthy topic for college students in 2016. As soon as I was accepted to Boston University, I was made to think that my university was doing everything it could to prevent cases...

University of Virginia student Martese Johnson discusses his March 2015 assault. PHOTO BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Black Lives Matter activist emphasizes unity, social media in panel

Anna Goncharova February 19, 2016

Martese Johnson, an African-American senior at the University of Virginia who was attacked by police, shared his experience with the Boston University community as a Black Lives Matter movement activist....

PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Men’s soccer comfortable atop Patriot League standings

Nick Neville October 15, 2015

Despite a crushing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Brown University on Tuesday night, the Boston University men’s soccer team currently holds first place in the Patriot League standings. BU (8-3-1, 3-0-1...

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