The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University since 1888
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The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University since 1888
Stay up to date with Vanderbilt Football's bowl game and the transfer portal news!
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University
Stay up to date with Vanderbilt Football's bowl game and the transfer portal news!
Rhea Patney

Rhea Patney, Managing Editor

Rhea Patney (‘26) is majoring in medicine, health & society and communication of science & technology with a Spanish minor in the College of Arts and Science. She is from St. Louis and previously served as Deputy Data Director. When not writing for The Hustler, Rhea loves reading, watching women’s sports, playing ultimate frisbee and chasing sunsets with her friends. She can be reached at [email protected].

All content by Rhea Patney
Aiyana Mitchell backs down a defender, as photographed on Dec. 1, 2024.(Hustler Multimedia/Savannah Walske)

Women’s Basketball: Previewing the SEC/ACC Challenge versus Miami

By Rhea Patney, Managing Editor
Dec 2, 2024
Accepted students pour into the Student Life Center's patio after listening to academic advising sessions, as photographed on April 15, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Laura Vaughan)

First-year class racial diversity drops 21% following affirmative action ban

By Rhea Patney and Brina Ratangee
Nov 11, 2024
Editors from the Hustler pose at the Fall National Media Convention, as photographed on Nov. 1, 2024 (Hustler Staff/Rhea Patney)

[Photo] The Hustler wins 35 national awards at Fall National College Media Convention

By Swarada Kulkarni, Deputy News Editor
Nov 10, 2024
Student holds pen and clipboard at a Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United rally, as photographed on Sept. 9, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Amelia Simpson)

[Data] GUEST EDITORIAL: Vote ‘Yes’ — Vanderbilt graduate students deserve union representation

By Bill Smith, Krya Smart, Miguel Moravec and Kelsea Best
Nov 5, 2024
The head coaches of collegiate women's basketball teams speak at the sixth annual Nashville Sports Council Tip-Off Breakfast, as photographed on Oct. 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Sports Council/Morgan Key)

Women’s Basketball: Head coach Shea Ralph talks upcoming season, NIL and locker room dynamics

By Grace Hall and Rhea Patney
Oct 9, 2024
From left to right, Rhea Patney, Brina Ratangee, Chancellor Diermeier, Barrie Barto and Jacob Stoebner, as photographed on Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Damon Maida)

Debrief with Diermeier: Nuances of neutrality

By Barrie Barto, Rhea Patney, Brina Ratangee and Jacob Stoebner
Sep 23, 2024
A graphic depicting pro-Palestine protests at Vanderbilt (Hustler Multimedia/Lexie Perez). Photos by Miguel Bernstein, Josh Rehders and Katherine Oung.

How Vanderbilt’s Kirkland Hall sit-in and encampment influenced last semester’s wave of pro-Palestine protests

By Tasfia Alam, Alison Winters, Brina Ratangee and Rhea Patney
Sep 2, 2024
Photographed at Vanderbilt University on Jan. 13, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Arianna Santiago)

University responds to student-athlete, Olympian Veronica Fraley’s X posts about her rent

By Rhea Patney, Managing Editor
Aug 3, 2024
The Class of 2024 is celebrated during Commencement ceremony at Geodis Park.

Class of 2024: The Senior Survey

By Katherine Oung, Subha Mostafiz, Nate Morrin, Jacob Stoebner, Rhea Patney, Salma Elhandaoui, Chloe Whalen and Coco Louie
Jul 28, 2024
Eli Motycka, a Nashville Scene reporter, is arrested by the Vanderbilt University Police Department near Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University, as photographed on March 26, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Josh Rehders

Vanderbilt releases findings of third-party legal investigation into arrest of journalist Eli Motycka

By Barrie Barto, Rhea Patney and Brina Ratangee
Jun 5, 2024
Eli Motycka, a Nashville Scene reporter gets arrested by VUPD on Vanderbilt Campus, as photographed on March 26, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Josh Rehders)

‘We’re planning to implement all the recommendations’: Chancellor Diermeier weighs in on review of reporter arrest and media policies

By Brina Ratangee, Rhea Patney and Barrie Barto
Jun 4, 2024
Vanderbilt Women’s Varsity 8+ boat races at the ACRA National Championships. (Photo courtesy of Sarina Samuel)

Vanderbilt Women’s Rowing takes gold at American Collegiate Rowing Association national championships

By Rhea Patney, Managing Editor
Jun 3, 2024
Graphic of Hustler Wrapped 2023-24 (Hustler Staff/Katherine Oung)

Hustler Wrapped 2023-2024

By Katherine Oung, Zoe Abel, Kate Connell, Claire Gatlin, Jorie Fawcett, Aaditi Lele, Rachael Perrotta, Brina Ratangee, Josh Rehders, Andrew Wilf, George Albu, Barrie Barto, Abby Hoelscher, Chloe Kim, Olivia Noell, Nikita Rohila, Amelia Simpson, Alysa Suleiman, Savannah Walske, Sara West, Soha Bhutta, Jada Mitchum, Lexie Perez, Zarrin Zahid and Rhea Patney
May 13, 2024
Chalk-art written on the walls around Centennial Park reading "Covenant Strong." (Hustler Multimedia/Alysa Suleiman)

One year later: Community links arms to honor victims of Covenant School shooting and call for gun reform

By Rhea Patney, Deputy Data Director
Mar 31, 2024
Entrance of the newly renovated Center for Research on Inequality and Health at Buttrick Hall, as photographed on Sept. 13, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Nikita Rohila)

Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab wins inaugural NIH DEIA prize

By Rhea Patney, Deputy Data Director
Mar 28, 2024
Jerry Stackhouse looks at the court when Vanderbilt played Texas A&M, as photographed on Feb. 21, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Nikita Rohila)

[Data] Memorial Minutes: No quit, one potential firing

By Andrew Wilf, Sports Editor
Feb 21, 2024
Graduate students gather with their posters on Library Lawn, as photographed on Feb. 14, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Tasfia Alam)

[Data] Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United rally for unionization, higher stipends and affordable housing

By Ben McSween and Brina Ratangee
Feb 17, 2024
The entrance to the Kirkland Esplanade, as photographed on Feb. 3, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Josh Rehders)

VSG releases fall 2023 expenditure report, launches new petition website

By Aaditi Lele and Rhea Patney
Feb 15, 2024
Students lounging on Alumni Lawn, as photographed on Nov. 4, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Laura Vaughan)

Class of 2027: The First Year Survey

By Katherine Oung, Subha Mostafiz, Rhea Patney, Sofia El-Shammaa, Jacob Stoebner, Aaditi Lele, Sofia El-Shammaa, Brina Ratangee, Chloe Whalen and Eleni Zerie
Jan 21, 2024
Fall leaves on Wyatt Lawn, as photographed on Nov. 10, 2023. (Payton Ohler/ Hustler Multimedia)

[Data] Vanderbilt endowment falls 2% in 2023 financial report, sees second year of negative returns

By Anastasia Thumser, News Copy Editor
Jan 14, 2024
Addison Hadley poses with her Miss United States sash. (Photo courtesy of Franz Orban with The Code Creatives)

Vanderbilt alumna Addison Hadley wins Miss United States, uses platform to advocate for low-income communities

By Rhea Patney, Multimedia Copy Editor
Jan 10, 2024
The Thomas Frist, Jr. College of Medicine under construction, as captured on Dec. 1, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Charlotte White)

Construction ongoing for recently-accredited medical school at Belmont University

By Salma Elhandaoui and Rhea Patney
Dec 5, 2023
The crowded general chemistry review session, as photographed on Oct. 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of anonymous student)

Chemistry review sessions temporarily canceled due to fire safety policies

By Rhea Patney, Multimedia Copy Editor
Nov 11, 2023
JP Saxe speaks on campus, as photographed on Oct. 11, 2023 (Hustler Multimedia/Sara West)

‘If the world was ending,’ I’d try to talk to JP Saxe again

By Rhea Patney, Multimedia Copy Editor
Oct 17, 2023
TN State Capital, as photographed on Sept. 14, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Michael Tung)

Nashville Rep. Justin Jones files lawsuit against Tennessee House Speaker for April expulsion

By Arman Amin and Rhea Patney
Oct 15, 2023
VSG President Samuel Sliman and Vice President Kendelle Grubbs smile as they hear the 2023 VSG election results, as photographed on March 29, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Narenkumar Thirmiya)

Top Golf outings, $1.6k board dinners and $10k merchandise: A breakdown of VSG’s expenditures since August 2020

By Rhea Patney, Multimedia Copy Editor
Sep 6, 2023
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier speaks to Tennessee congressional delegation during his Washington, D.C., visit. (Photo courtesy of Harrison McClary)

Chancellor Diermeier meets with members of Congress to advocate for research, higher education funding

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Aug 21, 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
Aug 21, 2023
A pretty afternoon on campus, as photographed on Oct. 4, 2022 (Hustler Multimedia/Tasfia Alam)

Vanderbilt community remembers late alumna Preethi Karnam

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Jun 6, 2023
Graphic depicting Spanish for the Professions Minor. (Hustler Multimedia/Lexie Perez)

Vanderbilt to add Spanish for the Professions minor beginning in Fall 2023

By Rhea Patney and Anseley Philippe
Apr 10, 2023
CVS Pharmacy on 21st Avenue, as photographed on Nov. 27, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia/Ophelia Lu)

Local CVS, Kroger faces Adderall shortage, students report inability to access medication

By Brina Ratangee and Rhea Patney
Apr 9, 2023
Yashica Dutt answers audience questions at a speaker event, as photographed on March 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Joe Howell)

VSG Senate passes bill advocating for anti-caste discrimination clause in university policy, SACE hosts caste expert on campus

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Mar 21, 2023
Members of the Vanderbilt Gymnastics Club warming up at the Nashville Gymnastics Training Center, as photographed Jan. 23. (Hustler Staff/Duaa Faquih)

Inaugural gymnastic programs formed at Vanderbilt and Fisk University

By Duaa Faquih and Rhea Patney
Feb 9, 2023
New soft serve ice cream machine at Commons Dining Center, as photographed on Jan. 27, 2023. (Hustler Multimedia/Jenny Yang)

First self-serve ice cream machine on campus installed in Commons Dining Center

By Rhea Patney and Jenny Yang
Feb 1, 2023
The wide variety of trees found on campus, as captured on Oct. 4, 2022 (Hustler Multimedia/Tasfia Alam)

Vanderbilt community, family members remember senior Jay Patel

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Dec 19, 2022
The wide variety of trees found on campus, as captured on Oct. 4, 2022 (Tasfia Alam/Hustler Multimedia)

Vanderbilt sustainability report for academic year 2021-22 shows 19% decrease in emissions over past two years

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Dec 11, 2022
Greek Row, captured on Sept. 30, 2022. (Hustler Multimedia / Ophelia Lu)

Interfraternity Council implements new recruitment strategies beginning Fall 2022

By Rhea Patney, Staff Writer
Nov 10, 2022
Graphic depicting the capacities app in use. (Hustler Multimedia/Alexa White)

Dining halls, libraries launch new space monitoring systems

By Anabelle Lam and Rhea Patney
Sep 22, 2022