Author: Ranya Mufti

Ranya currently covers field hockey and women’s hockey for the Daily Free Press. As a Biology major at BU, she spends much of her time buried in her Chemistry textbook with the occasional trip to the piano practice room to rehearse her favorite piece, Debussy’s "Claire de Lune." She is an avid ice hockey fan and a proud supporter of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Canned hunting: the factory farming that is killing lions

With recent intense backlash against the slaying of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by an American dentist, Walter Palmer, illegal hunting has been in the spotlight — and for good reason. Palmer lured Cecil out of a national park to just outside the barriers where the hunt was legal. It’s easy to see why people […]

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Shell abandons oil drilling efforts in the Arctic

Common folk like us should feel proud that Shell pulled out of their multi-billion-dollar drilling endeavor in the Arctic. But honestly, who at the top of the company thought it was a good idea to go against all of the red flags that popped up en route to their goals? For a surefire three years, […]

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