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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Sonel Cutler

Sonel Cutler, Campus Editor

Sonel Cutler is a third-year journalism and political science combined major and campus editor of The News. She has previously served as deputy campus editor and is excited to continue bringing thoughtful and thorough coverage of campus life to Northeastern students. Sonel was most recently on co-op with the Boston Globe's Metro desk. You can follow her on Twitter at @cutler_sonel.

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A rendering of the front of the 39 Dalton St residence included in the project fact sheet submitted to the BPDA Aug. 17 from the buildings owners. The updated residence hall includes a dedicated student entrance. Photo courtesy BPDA.

New documents reveal further plans for undergraduate housing in rented Sheraton Boston hotel

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
August 26, 2023

Northeastern’s plan to permanently transform 428 rooms in the Sheraton Boston hotel into undergraduate housing for an estimated 854 students is continuing to take shape.  Dubbed the “Belvidere...

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The gated entrance to White Hall stands at 21 Forsyth St. The residence hall has been shut down indefinitely after structural engineers found water damage to the buildings interior and exterior brick.

BREAKING: Discovery of ‘significant water damage’ forces shutdown of White Hall; first-year students reassigned housing

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
August 21, 2023

After a structural assessment of White Hall found significant internal and external damage, university officials announced Monday the century-old residence hall will be shut down indefinitely and the building’s...

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Students and community members gather for a rally on Centennial Common in July organized by GENU-UAW  following the announcement of the union election. The NLRB issued its decision July 14 allowing the union to hold an election after an eight-year effort from labor organizers.  Photo courtesy GENU-UAW.

Graduate workers to hold September union election after years-long effort

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
August 10, 2023

After an multi-year effort to unionize while facing sustained university opposition, Northeastern graduate student workers received authorization from the National Labor Relations Board July 14 to hold...

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The Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in college admissions in a ruling handed down Thursday, June 29. Photo by Claire Anderson via Unsplash.

Northeastern community responds to SCOTUS decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions

Emily Spatz and Sonel Cutler
June 29, 2023

After the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race-based admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are unconstitutional, President Joseph E. Aoun assured...

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A message advertising the graduate student union protest on the ISEC bridge. Messages like this one appeared all over campus in the days prior to April 14 to advertise the protest.

‘Reprehensible and disgusting’: Graduate student union fires back at university for alleging protest coincided with memorial ceremony

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
May 3, 2023

Following a recent protest calling on Northeastern officials to allow graduate students to unionize, the university admonished organizers for failing to plan the demonstration around a campus ceremony...

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A virtual rendering of the proposed renovations to Snell Library was shared at the Oct. 19 faculty senate meeting. These renovations are slated to take place over the course of the next few years. Photo courtesy of David Madigan.

Snell dean says fourth floor will reopen in fall, updates students on two-year library renovation

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
April 19, 2023

The Snell Library Renovation Project, an ongoing makeover of Northeastern’s sole undergraduate library scheduled to take place over the course of two years, is expected to complete renovations on the...

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The owners of the  Sheraton Boston Hotel in Copley Square will soon file detailed plans to permanently convert the the 428-room south tower into a dormitory with room for about 854 students.

Northeastern to become permanent tenant at Sheraton Boston Hotel, converting 428 rooms into dorms

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
April 11, 2023

Northeastern is expected to permanently convert a section of the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Copley Square into undergraduate housing for about 854 students, according to a Universal Hub story Tuesday. Often...

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The Boston Police Department headquarters right off Tremont Street. Boston Police responded to a call Saturday evening reporting a Northeastern student had fallen from the second-floor window of a Mission Hill home.

DEVELOPING STORY: Northeastern student seriously injured after falling from Mission Hill window

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
April 2, 2023

A Northeastern student was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after falling from the second-floor window of a Mission Hill home Saturday night, according to Boston police. Boston police responded...

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YDSA protestors gather outside Aouns office Feb. 25 with posters and a megaphone. The protestors called for the administration to take steps to make meal plans more accessible as part of the clubs No Hungry Huskies campaign. photo courtesy of Northeastern YDSA.

YDSA rallies students for cross-campus march, protests for affordable meal plan

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
March 2, 2023

Several members of the No Hungry Husky campaign were escorted out of 716 Columbus Ave. by Northeastern police Saturday afternoon after protesting outside of President Joseph E. Aoun’s office for the...

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Students at Northeastern are assigned a mailbox in August. Some students ordered their mail-in ballots months before the midterm election in November, but did not receive them in time to vote.

Issues with ResMail and mail delays prevent students from voting in 2022 midterm election

Sonel Cutler, campus editor
December 13, 2022

The 2022 midterms were seen as a long-anticipated “referendum on the party in power” — a bellwether in which Republicans could gauge support for the looming 2024 presidential race and potentially...

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A Northeastern dining hall worker speaks at a HOWL rally in April 2022.
Rosario said the student-labor alliance provided dining workers
confidence in negotiations with Chartwells.

Northeastern dining workers agree to historic new contract with Chartwells

Sonel Cutler, deputy campus editor
September 28, 2022

Tuesday, Sept. 6 was an unusual night for Emajhonel Rosario, a 27-year-old grill cook at the United Table at International Village, and many of his colleagues. As the clock ticked past midnight, 30 dining...

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Although mandatory COVID-19 testing and masking are now policies of the past, Northeastern announced Sept. 26 that they would still be offering vaccine clinics and at-home rapid antigen tests to students free of charge.

Northeastern to host eight free COVID-19 vaccine clinics on Boston campus

Sonel Cutler, Grace Comer, and Andy He
September 26, 2022

Northeastern will offer eight opportunities over the next two months for students on the Boston campus to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to an email from Daniel Solworth, the vice chancellor of wellness...

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At the April 4 full body senate meeting, members of the executive board including current president Casey Buttke, addressed this years tumultuous election cycle.

SGA officers express regret at meeting following tumultuous contested election

Sonel Cutler and Grace Comer
April 15, 2022

In speeches to the Student Government Association, or SGA, at an April 4 full body senate meeting, leadership addressed the tumultuous election cycle for the Spring 2022 election. The election, which...

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The ‘spray paint rock,’ outside of Ryder Hall, was covered with pop-up tents on Wednesday morning to protect the Ukrainian flag painted on it.

Rock in Centennial Common painted in support of Ukraine covered with symbol believed to be synonymous with support for Russia

Sonel Cutler and Grace Comer
April 6, 2022

On Tuesday, a rock in Centennial Common that had been spray painted blue and yellow in support of Ukraine was defaced with a symbol that members of the Ukrainian Culture Club believed to be a ‘Z’ that...

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Inequitable pay and fraught working conditions have stressed Northeastern’s dining staff to the breaking point.

Northeastern dining workers join with student organizations to advocate for better pay, working conditions

Sonel Cutler, deputy campus editor
February 25, 2022

Inequitable pay and fraught working conditions have stressed Northeastern’s dining staff to the breaking point. “Northeastern is burning the candle from both ends,” said Oliver Green, a second-year...

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East Village currently contains 723 beds, which, under the proposed plan, would be increased to 930 for the Fall 2022 semester. During the public meeting, attendees expressed dissatisfaction with Northeastern’s plan to address the housing shortage.

Students, residents voice concerns over Northeastern’s dorm upsizing

Sonel Cutler and Grace Comer
February 24, 2022

At a meeting hosted by the Boston Planning and Development Agency Feb. 16, members of the public were able to ask questions and voice their concerns about Northeastern’s plan to add approximately 900...

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Wesley Lowery spoke to Northeastern community members Oct. 18.

Wesley Lowery visits Northeastern, discusses journalists’ role in racial justice movements

Sonel Cutler, news correspondent
October 22, 2021

Wesley Lowery, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, spoke to students and faculty in Northeastern's Raytheon Amphitheater Monday, Oct. 18 about his career and experiences covering police shootings and...

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