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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

America must improve its financial education | Data Driven

Sarah Datta February 14, 2024
Teaching finance-specific math, like compound interest and investment related probability, could have a much more direct impact on people’s lives. A lot of people don’t have the luxury of generational financial knowledge.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Four Belt Era: Showtime exit should alarm the boxing world

Eli Cloutier November 9, 2023
Showtime is shutting down Showtime Sports, leaving the future of boxing up in the air.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

What’s next for cold medicine? | Data Driven

Sarah Datta November 6, 2023
Back in September, an FDA advisory panel ruled that a certain nasal decongestant, known as phenylephrine, has been found ineffective when taken orally. Phenylephrine is found in common cold medicines like NyQuil and Benadryl. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Colleges do not ‘have a guy problem’ – despite what The Atlantic wants you to think

Editors November 11, 2021
Recent news coverage on the decline of male enrollment in college may speak more to societal anxieties about the increased educational access for women and people of color than provide any substantial insight of the gender divide in this country.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: We should be wary of digital cities

Editors September 16, 2021
The digital city is rapidly approaching, but it may introduce more problems than it solves.
The Sept. 11 memorial on the BU Beach.The Boston University School of Public Health hosted a virtual conversation Friday titled “Twenty Years Later: Learning from 9/11” in reflection of the tragedy’s relationship to the field of public health. MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SPH, BU community reflect on 9/11, relates to public health

Paul Osheske September 13, 2021
Experts from New York discuss the World Trade Center Health Registry and general public health effects that came from 9/11.
Boston University is No. 36 in a new Wall Street Journal/Time Higher Education U.S. colleges and universities ranking, up four spots from last year. PHOTO BY RACHEL MCLEAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston University rises in national university rankings

Kiran Galani September 13, 2018
Boston University has advanced four spots in the 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings of U.S. colleges and universities, rising from No. 40 to No. 36.
BERMAN: Trump’s first 100 days

BERMAN: Trump’s first 100 days

Max Berman April 26, 2017

The first 100 days of the Trump presidency are coming to an end. President Donald Trump has miraculously repealed and replaced Obamacare with a much better alternative, managed to get Mexico to pay for...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands on stage in Manchester, New Hampshire alongside running mate Mike Pence, son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Trump must mend a broken nation, rely on advisers

Editors November 9, 2016

At a certain point in time, it is most important to look to the future rather than the past. This is that time. The polls have closed, electors have spoken and the voters have turned out. Donald Trump...

EDITORIAL: Thoughtless food waste is inexcusable, call for self-examination

EDITORIAL: Thoughtless food waste is inexcusable, call for self-examination

Editors October 13, 2016

For many Americans, food consumption is so ingrained in our existence that we think very little about it. Similar to how one does not ponder the complexities of the lungs each time we take a breath, one...

EDITORIAL: Let them dance

EDITORIAL: Let them dance

Editors October 4, 2016

High schoolers walk toward the gym, attempting to maintain composure. Vision blurred, steps belabored, this is the pinnacle of youthful bad behavior. School-sponsored dances have been an American ritual...

BONADIES: I faked my way through football with Twitter

BONADIES: I faked my way through football with Twitter

Ben Bonadies January 27, 2016

Take one look at me and you can safely assume I’m not the sporty type. I have never followed professional sports, don’t know the first thing about fantasy leagues, can’t tell Peyton from Eli and...

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