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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Students should be careful of scams, but the administration should too

Editors September 21, 2021
As more students fall victim to scams, the administration should consider how some of these scams may fly under their radar.
The Boston University Police Department. The BUPD sent an email to students yesterday warning them about potential fraud after four students fell victim to scams since Sept. 6. NATALIE CARROLL/ DFP FILE

Students receive fraud alert from BUPD

Tanisha Bhat September 17, 2021
Four separate incidents in less than two weeks prompt email alert.
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The power of music, memory

Melina Nguyen April 27, 2021
A particular song can always bring you back, transporting you into the past like a mental wormhole.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Amazon’s new jobs in Boston may have unintended consequences

Editors January 27, 2021
Whether the new hires will be sustainable for the economy and whether Amazon’s growth will have a negative impact on local businesses after the city opens back up has yet to be seen. But it is certain we must hold these giants to higher standards, or they will continue doing good with ulterior motives.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The end of slavery — Part 2

Max Ferrandino October 27, 2020
It is a common belief that slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment, but a closer look at Section One of this amendment will disprove that idea.
Boston University’s International Business Club hosted a virtual “TikTok Case Study” examining the economic and political implications of the platform’s popularity. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students analyze business model behind TikTok

Toni Baraga October 13, 2020
BU's International Business club examines the virality of the app, which now has 91 million active monthly U.S. users.
A Boston University sign in South Campus. BU professors have expressed displeasure with the lack of flexibility that the Learn from Anywhere plan offers professors with regard to teaching in-person classes in the Fall. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

BU professors express opposition to Learn from Anywhere

Chloe Liu June 8, 2020
In not offering instructors the free choice of remote or in-person teaching, professors say BU did not address concerns over faculty who are high-risk for contracting COVID-19.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: U.S. needs more awareness and legislation to prevent mass shootings, not less

Meredith Varner September 3, 2019

In addition to pencils, pens, notebooks and excitement to see friends, students are bringing new supplies to school this year: a bulletproof backpack and the fear of being gunned down. This is the reality...

Patagonia, the sports outerwear giant, shut its doors Tuesday so its employees could vote. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Time to Vote campaign presses companies to give employees time off to vote

Mary Katherine Moore November 7, 2018
Bostonians hanging out on Newbury Street Tuesday walked past a closed Patagonia store. Amid the typical bustle of the popular street, the store laid vacant with a sign on the door that read, “When the polls open, we close.”
PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Corporations are now doing the government’s work in guaranteeing voting accessibility

Editors September 23, 2018

A coalition of major companies is stepping in where the government isn’t to bolster political participation and provide easier access to polling stations this November. Lyft, Patagonia and Walmart...

Between the Lines: The NFL should care about players’ skills over political views

Between the Lines: The NFL should care about players’ skills over political views

Michael Alcaraz April 23, 2018
So when it comes to decisions made by teams about the players they put out on the field, we’re often led to believe it is a business decision. When the Dallas Cowboys released starting wide receiver Dez Bryant, he admitted the move was a business decision. Danny Amendola and the New England Patriots: business decision.
STROINSKI: Celebrate undocumented workers on Labor Day

STROINSKI: Celebrate undocumented workers on Labor Day

Anna Stroinski September 8, 2017

It’s no secret that undocumented workers are the lifeblood of a multitude of industries, from agriculture to food service to manufacturing. They do the jobs that working and middle class Americans don’t...

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