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Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
Rachel Patel, Former Staff Reporter
rpatel@columbiachronicle.com
All content by Rachel Patel
Stuck in a rut? Here are 4 ways to bounce back, from those who’ve been there
By
Rachel Patel
, Echo magazine
Dark academia: It’s not just argyle sweaters, oversized blazers and Harry Potter glasses
By
Rachel Patel
, Echo magazine
What you need to know before you date me
By
Rachel Patel
, Echo magazine
Mindfulness is ‘in the cards’ through RESSET Studio’s best-selling resource
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Spilling the Chai: What growing up South Asian teaches girls
By
Rachel Patel
, Echo magazine
Column: I found myself when the Chronicle found me
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Basics, micro-mini’s and textures galore: What to wear this spring season
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Column: How 2021 taught us to be more with less
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Activism through art: Self-taught, Latin artist highlights mental health and politics through her work
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
‘The world’s issue with you is not your issue’: Meditation and grounding tips for the neurodivergent community
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Fashion studies student empowered, validated by path to prestigious National Retail Federation award
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Women of color-owned vintage store Her & Ziba celebrates grand opening in Ravenswood
By
Kimberly Kapela
and
Rachel Patel
‘I look for him everywhere’: Faculty and family remember CTVA department’s Chris Johannesson
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Vintage & Flowers brewery event highlights local creators and sustainable fashion, inspires community building
By
Kimberly Kapela
and
Rachel Patel
‘Seeing that hatred or that disgust or the attempt to erase bisexuals is difficult’: The harmful effects of bi-erasure
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Column: Who is that girl, and why isn’t she me — why social media may negatively affect mental health
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Winter shoe trends to warm up to: The styles students need to have this season
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Trendy or timeless? How to build the perfect capsule wardrobe with just the essentials
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Joan Erdman, ‘indomitable’ faculty member celebrated for her passion
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Media Hub Minute Episode 3
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
‘Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.’: Inside Barbara Kruger’s ‘radical’ Art Institute exhibition
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Two-time Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Nick Oza dies at 57
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Chicago Makers Pop Up Shop gives small business owners a platform amid the COVID-19 pandemic
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Writer
Linda Mensch, remembered as a passionate lawyer and entertainment law teacher, dies at 70
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Audio Arts and Acoustics Department, Columbia students and alumni announce new Humanity is the Genre Festival
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Viral TikTok trend promoting productivity may be doing more harm than good, students and faculty say
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Columbia students say these are the top fashion trends that will reappear this fall
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Chicago parks to host the district’s sixth annual TIP Fest featuring young artists
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Columbia music business students partner with C3 Presents for crash course in hospitality at Lollapalooza
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Students credit manifestations with their success
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Columbia announces faculty members promoted to rank of professor
By
Rachel Patel
and
Noah Jennings
Columbia senior wins $10,000 Live Nation and Music Forward scholarship
By
Rachel Patel
, Reporter
‘Not My Type’: Columbia students’ typeface projects now on display at the Glass Curtain Gallery
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Take what you need, leave what you can: The Love Fridge celebrates one year of helping Chicago communities
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Alum and faculty member Margi Cole begins new teaching chapter in Alabama
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
A ‘Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ cookbook is on the menu this year
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Saturn and Mercury’s retrograde: What it is and what to expect from it
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Author, editor and founder of Columbia’s Echo magazine Don Gold dies at 90
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Columbia alum wins Chicago film festival
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Columbia students weigh in on summer fashion trends
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
A balancing act: How to avoid activism fatigue
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Review: The Phantom Thieves strike back in the latest entry of the series ‘Persona 5 Strikers’
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Sustainability takes a larger role in film production
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Debunking the myths around asexuality and learning how to be an ally
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Students weigh in on the environmental effects of fast fashion
By
Rachel Patel
, Staff Reporter
Campus testing requirements explained
By
Paige Barnes
and
Rachel Patel
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