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The Daily Free Press

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The Daily Free Press

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A Visual Display of Culture | Picture This

Ariadna Sandoval September 30, 2022
Columnist Ariadna Sandoval breaks down how U.S. - British cultural differences are signified in popular television.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Spring Scramble: Headlines going into week one

Brendan Nordstrom April 13, 2022
Columnist Brendan Nordstrom assesses top USFL storylines ahead of week one.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Spring Scramble: Three keys to the USFL’s survival

Brendan Nordstrom April 6, 2022
Columnist Brendan Nordstrom unveils three keys to the USFL's success as a new football league.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The bias in reporting on China’s new gaming restrictions

Nick Speranza September 8, 2021
As much as I disagree with the new law, there is overwhelming bias in how Western media discusses China.
boston university college democrats spring panel

BU College Democrats hold annual Spring panel, discuss activism

Vanessa Bartlett April 16, 2021
Faculty and activists discussed the experiences and challenges faced when organizing for change.
Person walks by the BU seal in MArsh plaza

Ph.D. applications increase as departments face budget cuts

Olga Benacerraf March 4, 2021
Despite an uptick in Ph.D. applications for the Fall semester, some Boston University departments will be accepting fewer students due to budget cuts.
Some Boston University students have experienced anti-Asian racism on and off campus, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Anti-Asian racism continues, students want University action

Vanessa Bartlett February 19, 2021
When College of Engineering sophomore Brian Zhou took over the @bostonu Instagram account Feb. 9., he shared his experiences and insight as a Boston University student with the page’s 118,000 followers. But that same day, he also received a racist comment from a troll account.
Martin Luther King Jr statue at Marsh Chapel

Black students, faculty, staff reflect on their experiences at BU

Madhri Yehiya February 18, 2021
Black students, staff and faculty at Boston University shared their experiences as members of a minority group on campus and their thoughts on the University’s handling of racism in recent months.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: Eva Longoria’s statement reveals anti-Blackness in white Latinx communities

Bini Ollivier-Yamin December 3, 2020
To truly be anti-racist, we must cancel and dismantle the toxic structures that prevent us from seeing how we perpetuate anti-Blackness and are complicit in our country’s corrupt and violent systems.
Resist Marxism attends the No Sanctuary Cities rally on the State House steps Saturday afternoon. PHOTO BY PAIGE WARD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Free Speech Rally organizers voice opposition to sanctuary city status

Till Kaeslin December 11, 2017

The organizers of the controversial Free Speech Rally, which drew a crowd of over 40,000 counter protesters in August, and subsequent Rally for the Republic held a demonstration against sanctuary cities...

Police barricade an exit out of the Boston Common while Rally for the Republic demonstrators leave the park at the end of the protest. Counterprotesters yell "Who do you serve, who do you protect?" at the police officers. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Free speech rally once again brings controversy to the Common

Breanne Kovatch November 20, 2017

  Mirroring the Boston Free Speech rally in August, the Rally for the Republic brought controversy to the Boston Common Saturday afternoon. Heavily regulated by Boston police officers, around...

Instant Replay: International relations in sports

Sophia Lipp April 10, 2017

It’s no secret that a sports arena can be just as politically charged as Capitol Hill. Sports aren’t as secular as we would like to think. Politics always seems to find its way through the stadium...

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