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The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University
Katherine Oung

Katherine Oung, Newsroom Operations, Data and Digital Director

Katherine Oung ('25) is majoring in political science and computer science and minoring in data science in the College of Arts and Science. They are from West Palm Beach, Fla., and were previously Deputy News Editor and Managing Editor. Katherine enjoys working on freelance journalism projects and making incredibly specific Spotify playlists. They can be reached at [email protected].

All content by Katherine Oung
Paths on main campus, as photographed on July 6, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Miguel Beristain).

VSG proposes structural changes, discloses past three years of expenditures

By Katherine Oung, Data and Digital Director
August 30, 2023
Class of 2023 students at their commencement ceremony, as photographed on May 12, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University)

Class of 2023: The Senior Survey

By Katherine Oung, Aaditi Lele, Brina Ratangee, Jacob Stoebner, Parker Smith, Rhea Patney and Subha Mostafiz
August 21, 2023
Class of 2023 students at their commencement ceremony, as photographed on May 12, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University)

Methodology: How The Vanderbilt Hustler surveyed the Class of 2023

By Katherine Oung, Data and Digital Director
August 21, 2023
Yee haw! Nashvilles one and only Ranch Hands Cowboylesque holding a sign stating yall means all, as photographed on June 24, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Olivia Noell)

IN PHOTOS: Pride 2023

By Barrie Barto, Olivia Noell, Katherine Oung, Nikita Rohila and Julia Tilton
July 10, 2023
Students walk through VUMC toward the Peabody campus, as captured on March 23, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Laura Vaughan)

VUMC releases gender-affirming care patient records at behest of Tenn. attorney general amid ongoing fraud investigation

By Aaditi Lele, Katherine Oung and Brina Ratangee
June 25, 2023
Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa gives the 2023 Graduates Day Speech, as photographed on May 11, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University)

‘Find love’: Q&A with Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and 2023 Commencement speaker Maria Ressa

By Katherine Oung, Jacob Stoebner and Alison Winters
May 17, 2023
Students study and relax on Alumni Lawn, as photographed on March 11, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] Hanging out on Alumni Lawn: The ultimate campus destresser

April 18, 2023
The Tennessee Capitol building on a rainy day, as photographed on April 6, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Tennessee gun laws: What you need to know

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
April 17, 2023
Reverend Osagyefo Sekou converses with students in the Tennessee Student Solidarity Network at a nonviolent direct action training in Centennial Park, as photographed on April 13, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: Preparing for the future

April 17, 2023
Zeppos Tower, as photographed on March 11, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] Plan your week: 4/17-4/23

April 16, 2023
A fallen tree behind the Branscomb Quadrangle, as photographed on March 4, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Anseley Philippe)

Vanderbilt implements new Tree Replacement Policy as part of FutureVU

By Katherine Oung and Julia Tilton
April 15, 2023
Protestors chant as legislators walk into the House chamber, as photographed on April 6, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

‘The nation is watching’: Students lead protests as Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson are expelled

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
April 7, 2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center , captured on November 8, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Laura Vaughan)

BREAKING: Seven dead after Covenant School shooting in Green Hills

By Aaditi Lele, Katherine Oung and Rachael Perrotta
March 27, 2023
Sheryl Crow performs at the Love Rising benefit concert, as photographed on March 20, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

‘Juxtaposition of jubilance and fear’: Love Rising concert raises funds for LGBTQ+ organizations in Tennessee matched up to $100,000

By Jorie Fawcett, Rachael Perrotta and Katherine Oung
March 23, 2023
Lead guitarist Ira Kaplan in drag, as photographed on March 13, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] Yo La Tengo performs deep cuts in drag, protesting recent Tennessee law

March 20, 2023
Screenshot of apparent 2023 Rites of Spring artists before it was removed from the website, as captured on March 19, 2023, at 7:55 p.m. CDT. (Photo courtesy of Talia Kunin)

Apparent 2023 Rites of Spring lineup goes live, later removed

By Claire Gatlin, Jorie Fawcett and Katherine Oung
March 19, 2023
Students hang out on Alumni Lawn with their dog, as photographed on March 9, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: The Clintons on campus, magic on Broadway

March 12, 2023
The K.C. Potter Center for LGBTQ life, as photographed on Aug. 28, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Amelia Simpson)

Vanderbilt creates task force on Tennessee laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and drag shows, community reacts

By Matthew Shipley and Katherine Oung
March 10, 2023
Students gather in front of Kissam Hall for the start of the tour, as photographed on Feb. 23, 2023. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

[Photo] Hidden Dores and Multicultural Leadership Council hold second annual Legacy Tour

February 27, 2023
The counseling center at Vanderbilt, as photographed on Nov. 9, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Barrie Barto)

Parents of former Vanderbilt student Brian Adams file wrongful death lawsuit against university

By Aaditi Lele and Katherine Oung
January 26, 2023
A crisp, fall day in front of Central Library, as captured on Oct. 4, 2022 (Hustler Multimedia/Tasfia Alam)

Vanderbilt community, family members remember sophomore Emily Sotelo

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
December 14, 2022
Pamphlets outside the lobby of Zeppos College, as photographed on Dec. 6, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Pamphlets left around campus accuse Vanderbilt of ‘fascism’ due to VUMC’s transgender health care

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
December 7, 2022
Zeppos Tower surrounded by fall leaves, captured on Oct. 24, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Claire Gatlin)

Sophomore Emily Sotelo reported missing after leaving for solo hike in New Hampshire

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
November 22, 2022
Centennial Park, as photographed Oct. 25, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Miguel Beristain)

BREAKING: Shooting reported at Centennial Park

By Aaditi Lele, Duaa Faquih and Katherine Oung
October 25, 2022
Student organizers guard ISO’s banner during the night, as photographed on Oct. 10, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Miguel Beristain)

Indigenous Scholars Organization holds 24-hour protest, university refuses to adopt land acknowledgment

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
October 13, 2022
Chancellor Diermeier with Hustler interviewers, as photographed Oct. 4, 2022. (Courtesy of Julia Jordan).

Debrief with Diermeier: the future of residential life, tailgates, VUMC and more

By Rachael Perrotta, Aaditi Lele, Katherine Oung and Zach Joseph
October 9, 2022
Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness Pam Jones (left) and Vanderbilt’s new Reproductive Health and Parental Resource Coordinator Hannah Proctor (right). (Hustler Multimedia / Nikita Rohila)

Q&A: Newly appointed Reproductive and Maternal Health Coordinator Hannah Proctor, Vice Chancellor Pam Jones

By Aaditi Lele, Katherine Oung and Nikita Rohila
September 21, 2022
Ethel Cain performs at The Basement East, as photographed on Sept. 8, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Mother Cain embraces her found family at The Basement East

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
September 12, 2022
Graduate students holding a town hall on Alumni Lawn, as photographed on Sept. 9. (Hustler Multimedia/Amelia Simpson)

Graduate Workers United calls for vision and dental insurance subsidies at demonstration

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
September 11, 2022
Protesters raise signs with the names of victims from recent shootings as they march in Myrtle Beach, as photographed on June 11, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Barrie Barto)

IN PHOTOS: March for our Lives protests nationwide

By Barrie Barto, Miguel Beristain, Katherine Oung, Brynn Jones, Rachael Perrotta and Duaa Faquih
June 15, 2022
Rising junior Payton Breitzmann participating in the Nashville MFOL protest, as photographed on June 11, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Miguel Beristain)

Vanderbilt students organize and attend nationwide March for Our Lives protests

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
June 15, 2022
Reid Hoffman delivers the 2022 Graduates Day address in Memorial Gymnasium, as photographed on May 12, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Nick Hessler)

‘You need to be charting what your bold, entrepreneurial step will be’: Q&A With LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman

By Katherine Oung, Managing Editor
May 14, 2022
graphic showing a crowd with a flag reading Miguel should have never been invited to Rites of Spring

OUNG/PERROTTA: Miguel was accused of sexual assault in 2017. He should have never been invited to Rites of Spring.

By Katherine Oung and Rachael Perrotta
April 22, 2022
Board of Trust chairman Bruce R. Evans presents Chancellor Daniel Diermeier with the chancellor’s chain of office during Diermeier’s investiture ceremony, as photographed on April 9, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Investiture weekend commemorates the official transfer of leadership to Chancellor Daniel Diermeier

By Katherine Oung and Brina Ratangee
April 14, 2022
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as photographed on Oct. 18, 2020. (Hustler Multimedia/Hallie Williams)

Former VUMC nurse RaDonda Vaught found guilty for death of patient by accidental injection

By Katherine Oung, Deputy News Editor
March 31, 2022
The Hustler interviewed Helen Zia on March 27 over Zoom. (Hustler Staff/Aaditi Lele)

‘What people are fighting for is their humanity’: Q&A with Helen Zia

By Aaditi Lele, Brina Ratangee and Katherine Oung
March 29, 2022
Panelists Varsha Nair, Linken Lam, Dr. Vivian Shaw and Helen Zia, as photographed on March 24, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

‘Our community was so invisible’: Activist and journalist Helen Zia speaks at roundtable and panel

By Aaditi Lele and Katherine Oung
March 27, 2022
Blakemore House

Students and professors react to hybrid and virtual learning restrictions, cite lack of transparency

By Katherine Oung and Zach Joseph
March 20, 2022
Screenshot of chancellor daniel diermeier and students interviewing on a zoom call

Debrief with Diermeier: Civil discourse, hybrid learning, mask mandates and more

By Justin Hershey, Charlotte Mauger and Katherine Oung
March 7, 2022
Rothschild College construction site, as photographed Feb. 22, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Construction worker found dead on Rothschild College construction site

By Katherine Oung and Aaditi Lele
February 23, 2022
The Pub at Overcup Oak, as photographed on Feb. 12, 2022. (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

The Pub at Overcup Oak to reopen for limited service

By Katherine Oung, Deputy News Editor
February 12, 2022
Central Library in the snow

Mutual aid initiatives relaunched on campus

By Katherine Oung, Deputy News Editor
January 22, 2022
Screenshot of Zoom Interview

‘Poetry is my first voice:’ Q&A with Nikky Finney

By Katherine Oung, Ekta Anand and Sally Johnson
January 18, 2022
Street signage for the Vanderbilt Office of Undergraduate Admissions and The Commons, as photographed Nov. 17, 2021. (Hustler Multimedia/Hallie Williams)

Vanderbilt among 16 top universities sued for allegedly colluding to limit financial aid

By Aaditi Lele and Katherine Oung
January 10, 2022
Student seek shelter following tornado warning in the basement of Branscomb Quadrangle

[Photo] BREAKING: Students seek shelter following campus-wide tornado warning

December 11, 2021
Screenshot of a Zoom interview with Chancellor Diermeier

Debrief with Diermeier: Leadership, Al Gore, the omicron variant and more

By Katherine Oung, Aaditi Lele and Sally Johnson
December 8, 2021
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