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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lunar New Year

Celebrating my first Lunar New Year without family

Melina Nguyen February 7, 2022
I hope I can shovel out a new meaning for Lunar New Year as I grow up.
children light candles at a stop asian hate protest

Activists call for equity, representation in response to anti-Asian violence

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 28, 2021
Panelists discussed systemic inequity, the model minority myth and openly racist hate crimes.
23andMe saliva collection kit

Discovering your heritage through DNA testing

Khadijah Khogeer March 24, 2021
With our world becoming more diverse, taking an ancestry test can help you discover your heritage.
reggie lewis track and field center at roxbury community college

Mass vaccination site opens at Roxbury Community College

Isabella Abraham March 3, 2021
CIC’s operations opened with an initial dosage capacity of 800 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations per day, with plans to increase that number to 2,500 daily appointments in a month’s time —half will be reserved for local residents.
Boston’s Newbury Street. On Black Friday this year, stores in the city adjusted their safety protocols to meet the demands of shoppers while following health-related constraints. JACQUELYN O’BRIEN/ DFP FILE

Shoppers see early sales instead of typical Black Friday weekend

Yiran Yu December 1, 2020
Despite specific health-related constraints and added safety procedures, businesses and students strived to celebrate Black Friday in a different way.
Poll workers socializing at Coolidge Corner’s Precinct 2 polling location. Voters’ rights advocacy organizations helped recruit poll workers for the Nov. 3 election. SOPHIA FLISSLER | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Advocates recruit Mass. poll workers

Allison Pirog November 4, 2020
A coalition of voters’ rights advocacy groups helped fill all poll worker positions in Massachusetts Tuesday, following concerns the pandemic would exacerbate poll worker shortages typically prevalent in election years.
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