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David Sipos poses in front of the Brookline Arts Center. Sipos, a freshman at Boston University, is running for a seat on Brookline Town Meeting Precinct 1 after feeling unrepresented at a Brookline Town Meeting. COURTESY OF DAVID SIPOS

From dorm to town hall: BU freshman David Sipos runs for Brookline Town Meeting

Sana Muneer February 7, 2025
Boston University freshman David Sipos sat in the audience as Brookline Town Meeting deliberated Article 9 on Nov. 19. The proposal would allow three-family homes in neighborhoods zoned for two.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

A love letter to the strangest show I’ve ever watched: ‘Twin Peaks’

Lea Tran January 29, 2025
“This is like some kind of miracle. A phenomenon,” shouted Deputy Gordon Cole, a “Twin Peaks” character played by the beloved David Lynch. And that’s what “Twin Peaks” was — some sort of phenomenon. It’s a show that proved TV could be a medium for artistic storytelling. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: NFL draft preview

Jason Asvestopoulos April 24, 2024
This week's edition of Helmet-to-Helmet covers the upcoming NFL Draft and gives a ten-pick mock draft, including a trade and four quarterbacks.
The “Only In Theatres” website.

The Laemmle legacy: Arthouse theater prevails despite the pandemic

Anjali Byju April 20, 2023
The Laemmles opened the first Laemmle Theater in 1938. Eight decades later, there are now eight Laemmle Theaters located in the greater Los Angeles area. "Only In Theatres" tells the story of the family business' struggle to stay afloat.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

4th and Inches: 2022-23 NFL Season Awards

Brett Abrams February 8, 2023
With the 2022-23 NFL season in the rearview, here are four awards given out to players that may or may not exist.
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Daily Mail article about BU creating a new Covid strain is false, University said

Vikrant Sabharwal October 21, 2022
The Daily Mail article on Oct. 17 that said researchers at Boston University have created a new, more deadly strain of COVID-19 turned out to be false according to the University.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Is permanent Daylight Saving Time the right move?

Editors March 17, 2022
Given the myriad of issues that the permanent DST switch could create, it makes you wonder why the Senate unanimously approved the bill.
Boston University women's basketball against Army, patriot league

Women’s basketball holds off Army, moves on to semifinals

Mitch Fink March 9, 2022
The Boston University women's basketball team withstood a 37-point performance from Army's Alisa Fallon to move on to the conference semifinals.
East to West: Nov. 19, 2021

East to West: Nov. 19, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 19, 2021

This month’s print edition is out now — pick up a copy today! Today on East to West, we cover Michelle Wu’s mayoral induction, BU full-time lecturers demand better working conditions, the MBTA...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Daylight saving time forever

Lincoln Son Currie November 17, 2021
Though there are more pressing issues facing the nation, changing to permanent daylight saving time would boost the economy, fight childhood obesity and aid public safety.
The United States Capitol in view among a crowd of protesters in March 2018. A group of Boston activists is traveling to Washington, D.C. for the Nov. 17 Voting Rights Now! protest to demand action on national voting rights legislation currently in Congressional gridlock. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

Boston activists travel to capital campaigning for voting rights

Jit Ping Lee November 17, 2021
Boston activists will travel to D.C. to protest for the passage of national voting rights laws.
Rioters at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Boston University faculty members and administrators criticized the insurrection Thursday, describing it as an attack on democracy and calling for a peaceful transfer of power. COURTESY OF MUKUL RANJAN VIA FLICKR

Boston University administration responds to U.S. Capitol riots

Nick Kolev January 7, 2021
After unprecedented acts of domestic terrorism on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump Wednesday, Boston University leadership and faculty have responded with unilateral condemnation of the riots.
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