The Daily Free Press
I was a Features writer for three years at the Daily Free Press, and a community editor for a semester. Here are a few articles from that time!
PhD students voice health concerns over BU policy that requires they return to campus
As COVID-19 has disturbed all aspects of on-campus life for students across the country, Boston University’s administration gave PhD students — incoming and incumbent — an ultimatum for the fall semester: return to campus or lose their stipend, medical benefits and part of their academic tenure.
BU student uses social media to donate to a good cause
In an attempt to reorganize her closet during the summer, BU student Daniela Tellechea decided to ditch typical methods of getting rid of excess clothes. Instead of sending them straight for a landfill or thrift store, she found a way for her clothes to make a difference.
Global Health conference shows the importance of interdisciplinary action
For immigrants and refugees, public health resources like access to clean water, basic health care and a safe living environment never come as a guarantee.
Ronan Farrow talks new book “Catch and Kill” in Cambridge
Being threatened by shadowy figures, followed by private investigators and consoled by Rachel Maddow are just a few of the things Ronan Farrow experienced when reporting on decades of systematic abuse in Hollywood — and as of Oct. 15, he has a book that details it all.
BU’s Young Democratic Socialists of America branch want acceptance and change
Watching the most recent Democratic debates, and even the presidential race at large, democratic socialism has become a focus for candidates and voters alike. Presidential hopefuls like senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (in addition, BU alum and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) have been vocal progressives in their time within the political system. On campus, their ideas have found resonance.
REVIEW: MFA exhibit gives Lautrec’s Paris new life
Grimy and dark and electric and stunning, the Museum of Fine Arts’ “Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris” presents a wondrous and sly exhibit on artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s finest work, recreating the feeling of a Parisian era of fame and grit.