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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Heidi Ho

Heidi Ho, News Staff

Heidi Ho (high-dee-hoe) is a second-year student at Northeastern University pursuing a combined degree in public health and journalism. She is passionate about science, storytelling and social justice. In her free time, she can be seen at restaurants trying new cuisines, dancing or reading.

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Abigail C. Onwunali (left) and Asha Basha Duniani on stage during a performance of “Sojourners.” The play followed four characters who move to Houston from Nigeria, and was the first of nine plays in the Ufot Family Cycle series. Photo courtesy Marc J. Franklin.

Review: A nine-part performance series begins with the touching ‘Sojourners’ at Huntington Theatre

Heidi Ho, news staff
November 27, 2024

The Huntington Theatre Company opened “Sojourners,” the first play of Mfoniso Udofia’s ambitious nine-part Ufot Family Cycle series, Oct. 31. By definition, a sojourner is a person who stays in a...

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Nassim Soleimanpur unties the string binding the Act Two script together. Guest performers went in blind, unaware of the script contents until they stepped onstage. Photo courtesy David Monteith-Hodge.

Review: ‘Nassim’ unites audiences of all cultures with interactivity, guest actors

Heidi Ho, news staff
October 23, 2024

The Huntington Theatre opened Iranian German playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s “Nassim” an experimental theatrical production about language and sharing of cultures Oct. 4. This two-person play is...

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Courtney Cade stands on the steps of the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute. Cade shared how she believes diversity benefits whole communities.

‘It feels more isolating’: Northeastern Black students and staff express concerns amid drop in Black first-year enrollment

Nikkia Jean-Charles and Heidi Ho
October 15, 2024

Professor Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, director of the Africana Studies program and Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, was attending a talk by the first Black female Supreme Court Justice...

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Luz Lopez, Daniel Rios Jr., Brogan Nelson, Rebekah Rae Robles and Paola Ferrer (left to right) star in "Laughs in Spanish." The show was written as a telenovela-style drama. Photo courtesy Nile Scott Studios.

Review: ‘Laughs in Spanish’ executes telenovela drama, family values with style

Heidi Ho, news staff
October 11, 2024

SpeakEasy Stage Company opened its 34th season with Alexis Scheer’s “Laughs in Spanish,” a culturally rich telenovela mystery which debuted Sept. 13 at the Roberts Studio Theatre. “Laughs in Spanish”...

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The cast of “Leopoldstadt” perform at The Huntington Theatre. Most actors in the production played multiple characters. Photo courtesy Liza Voll.

‘Leopoldstadt’ brings personal, insightful tale about family, adversity to The Huntington Theatre

Heidi Ho, news staff
October 10, 2024

The Huntington Theatre Company opened its production of Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” Sept. 12, produced in association with Washington D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company. The 23-person cast portrayed...

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Ell Hall in the present day.

Northeastern, then and now: A look back at the development of the Boston campus

Heidi Ho, photo correspondent
June 27, 2024

Northeastern's ever-growing Boston campus started out small. The school, founded in 1898, began teaching classes out of the YMCA of Greater Boston on Huntington Avenue. More than 125 years later, the...

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The Beacon Street Quartet performs during a Candlelight Concert at First Church in Cambridge April 5. The quartet performed modern music such as pop songs by Adele and Taylor Swift.

Beacon Street Quartet puts a modern twist on classical music

Heidi Ho, news staff
June 9, 2024

Adele. Taylor Swift. Coldplay. What do all these artists have in common? Their songs are on the Beacon Street Quartet’s setlist for the viral Candelight Concerts currently taking place at various Boston...

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Anthony T. Goss stars as Elzie in “Toni Stone.” The play opened at The Huntington Theatre May 17 and will run through June 16. Photo courtesy T Charles Erickson, The Huntington Theatre.

Anthony T. Goss puts his ball cap back on for ‘Toni Stone’

Heidi Ho, news staff
May 21, 2024

Lydia R. Diamond’s play “Toni Stone,” about the first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues, is running at The Huntington Theatre from May 17 to June 16. Based on Martha Ackmann’s...

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The cast of "Mermaid Hour" poses for a photo. David Valdes set the play in Boston because of the Boston Children’s Hospital’s role in providing gender-affirming care for adolescents and pediatrics. Photo courtesy Nile Scott Studios

‘Mermaid Hour’ breaks stereotypes, celebrates transgender identity

Heidi Ho, news staff
April 23, 2024

Moonbox Productions will open the New England premiere of playwright David Valdes’ “Mermaid Hour” April 26 to May 19 at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge. Director Bridget Kathleen O’Leary makes it...

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Sharaé Moultrie sings. "Girl from the North Country" followed Moultire as she navigates being a unmarried, pregnant, Black teenager in a white family during the Great Depression. Photo courtesy Evan Zimmerman, Emerson Colonial Theatre.

‘Girl from the North Country’ sports Bob Dylan hits, societal commentary

Heidi Ho, news staff
April 12, 2024

Broadway in Boston welcomed the Tony-award-winning musical “Girl from the North Country” from March 12 to 24 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. Filled with musical numbers containing Bob Dylan songs,...

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Gina Fonseca (left) and Sean Leviashvili in a scene from "Cost of Living." The play premiered in Boston at Roberts Studio Theatre in the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion from March 8 to 30. Photo courtesy Nile Hawver, Speakeasy Stage.

‘Cost of Living’ advocates for disability justice on, off stage

Heidi Ho, news staff
April 8, 2024

Speakeasy Stage Company welcomed the Boston premiere of playwright Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living,” which was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, from March 8 to 30 at Roberts Studio Theatre...

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The south tower of the Sheraton hotel stands at 39 Dalton St. The Boston Planning and Development Agency gave Northeastern approval to permanently convert 426 of the Sheraton's hotel rooms into student dorms Jan. 18.

Students living in Sheraton say access to food, campus is difficult

Heidi Ho and Juliette Piovoso
April 2, 2024

Editor’s Note: The address for the south tower of the Sheraton Hotel was changed from 39 Dalton St. to 60 Belvidere St. in early March. As the address changed while this story was being reported, The...

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The Boston College Dynamics, a co-ed a cappella group at Boston College, performs. 10 a cappella groups from Northeast colleges and universities performed at the ICCA Semifinal March 23.

ICCA Semifinal features spellbinding performances, student camaraderie

Heidi Ho, news staff
March 31, 2024

It was a full house when Berklee Performing Arts Center hosted the annual International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, or ICCA, Semifinal March 23. Each of the 10 competing a cappella groups...

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Stars Ellie Baker and Chase Wolfe stand on a bench, surrounded by the rest of the cast, with their arms outstretched. The musical was based on the 1990 romantic comedy of the same name, "Pretty Woman." Photo courtesy Matthew Murphy, Emerson Colonial Theatre.

Review: ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ steals audiences’ hearts — just like its lead actress

Heidi Ho, news staff
March 21, 2024

The Emerson Colonial Theatre opened its production of “Pretty Woman: The Musical”  Feb. 27 to the delight of showgoers. Based on the 1990 romantic comedy of the same name starring Richard Gere and...

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Ashleigh Chiwaya (left) and Naomi Barrant pose for a photo. The two Northeastern students and friends co-founded Nuly Root’d, which aims to roll out Black haircare product vending machines in the fall.

Vending machine featuring haircare for Black hair is coming to campus

Heidi Ho and Kwadjo Otoo
March 18, 2024

Naomi Barrant describes the usual trek to find affordable, quality hair products designed for Black people as a “field trip.” “You’re probably going to go on the wrong bus or [be] calling an...

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(left to right) Brianna Martinez, Jules Talbot, Victoria Omoregie and Haley Wong in a scene from "John Proctor is the Villain." The play was a modern take on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Photo courtesy T. Charles Erickson, The Huntington Theatre.

‘John Proctor is the Villain’ highlights female protagonists, young talent

Heidi Ho, news staff
March 6, 2024

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is known for its story about the Salem witch trials and comparisons to the so-called “Red Scare” of the mid-1900s. Although the events in the original play occur...

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A group crosses the Longfellow Bridge from Boston into Cambridge during a guided tour of The Innovation Trail. The tour has allowed visitors to learn about various scientific and technological discoveries in Boston and Cambridge. Photo courtesy Ben Gebo Photography, The Innovation Trail of Greater Boston.

Innovation Trail takes visitors on tour of advancement in science, medicine, entrepreneurship, technology

Heidi Ho, news staff
February 29, 2024

When visitors come to Boston, they stop by sites such as The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Paul Revere House or take tours of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University’s campuses....

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The cast of "The Band's Visit" performs at The Huntington Theatre Nov. 9. The production was co-hosted by The Huntington Theatre and Speakeasy Stage. Photo courtesy T. Charles Erickson, The Huntington Theatre.

Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ demonstrates the power of connection through music

Heidi Ho, news correspondent
December 15, 2023

The Huntington Theatre and Speakeasy Stage, just steps away from East Village residence hall, recently welcomed their co-production of the Tony Award-winning comedic musical, “The Band’s Visit,”...

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WRBB News Episode 2: SGA Strife and Inaccessible Green Spaces

WRBB News Episode 2: SGA Strife and Inaccessible Green Spaces

Emily Spatz, Heidi Ho, and Annika Sunkara
December 7, 2023

In the second episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Liza Rosen speak with The News about two recent stories. Deputy campus editor Emily Spatz provides a look inside the struggling Student Government...

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Abby Kesselman, Noah Braunstein and Halle Brockett act out a scene from "The Moors" in the forefront of the stage. The play was performed in Curry Student Center's Studio Theatre Nov. 9-19. Photo courtesy Lauren Scornavacca.

Review: ‘The Moors’ presents a thrilling story of love, longing and desperation

Heidi Ho, news correspondent
November 30, 2023

The Studio Theatre in Curry Student Center welcomed the Department of Theatre’s production of “The Moors” by Jen Silverman from Nov. 9-19. “The Moors,” directed by theatre professor Jonathan...

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Students sit and do work on Centennial Common. Many students have not been able to access green spaces such as Centennial and West Village Quad due to a lack of disability accommodations.

Northeastern students with disabilities feel excluded from inaccessible campus green spaces

Heidi Ho, news correspondent
November 5, 2023

On a warm day on campus, many Northeastern students can be found in hammocks, on blankets or in Adirondack chairs on the campus’ various green spaces. However, advocates say many of these areas, such...

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