Sonel Cutler was a reporting intern at The Chronicle is a senior studying journalism and political science at Northeastern University. She was previously a reporter on The Boston Globe’s metro desk and is an editor at The Huntington News, Northeastern’s independent student newspaper. You can follow her on X (formerly Twitter) @Sonel_Cutler.
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'What Is Lost'
Northeastern University gave the small institution a second life. Now some former students and employees worry no one will remember what their campus used to be.
What Leaders Say
The president of East Georgia State College says he wants to reassure students and families. But communication experts caution against playing the comparison game.
Bot and Circumstance
Some students and parents were skeptical. The speaker herself, Sophia, wasn’t bothered: “I don’t have time for hate.”
Campus Activism
The university says its foundation and auxiliary organizations won’t invest in “corporations and funds that profit from genocide, ethnic cleansing, and activities that violate fundamental human rights.”
Laying Plans
Institutions are moving locations, pulling graduation speakers, and even canceling campuswide ceremonies.
'FlagStock' Concert Proposed
A GoFundMe campaign to support an appreciative frat “rager” pulled in over $500,000.
Contrasting Tactics
Nearly half of the protests have led to arrests. Around a dozen have faced no consequences.
Law and Policy
Activists who have been punished for putting up encampments face the possibility of formal warnings, eviction from campus housing, interim suspension, or expulsion.
Campus Activism
Encampments and sit-ins proliferated across the country in April, May, and June. Our map has been updated to include recent encampments at Wayne State University, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a handful of other institutions.
Campus Activism
The Chronicle tracked roughly a dozen colleges across the country where activists have put up tents to demand that their institutions cut ties with Israel and take other actions.