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Students launch BU Disorientation Guide: “You won’t find this on BU Today”

Divya Sood August 23, 2021
The guide will highlight campus activism and feature advice from students geared toward transfer and first-year students.
OP-ED: The Free Laundry for All campaign is a disaster

OP-ED: The Free Laundry for All campaign is a disaster

Editors March 8, 2021
The University should do more to help low-income students, and it is worth exploring ideas and fighting for solutions. However, the BU Young Democratic Socialists' Free Laundry for All is not one worth pursuing.
Ben Shapiro at the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, hosted by Turning Point USA, a freedom-focused nonprofit, at the Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel in Dallas, Texas in June 2018. Boston University’s Young Americans for Freedom is in negotiations with the administration for Shapiro to come speak on campus. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA

Opinion: BU groups weigh in on Ben Shapiro visit

Editors October 22, 2019

Click the images below to read two op-eds concerning conservative pundit Ben Shapiro's potential visit to Boston University.

OP-ED: BU must disinvite Ben Shapiro immediately to protect its students

OP-ED: BU must disinvite Ben Shapiro immediately to protect its students

Editors October 22, 2019

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author(s).  Anu Sawhney (CAS ‘20) is the co-chair of the Young Democratic Socialists of...

East to West: October 7, 2019

East to West: October 7, 2019

JenRacoosin October 7, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a student protest at the engineering career fair, the arrest of a BU professor, and Uber’s new app feature for Massachusetts. This episode originally...

Protestors stand outside of the George Sherman Union with signs calling attention to the defense contractors being represented at the College of Engineering’s career fair taking place in Metcalf Ballroom. COURTESY OF CHANCE CHARLEY

Student groups protest defense contractors outside ENG career fair

Melissa Ellin October 3, 2019
Boston University students gathered at noon Wednesday outside the George Sherman Union to protest the presence of war profiteers being represented at College of Engineering career fair held that day in the Metcalf Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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