Published 11/9 By Mitali Shukla President Donald Trump’s dismissal of standard election conventions in counting mail-in-ballots, according to Gordon Babst, a Chapman political science professor, is one of many violations of the norms of democracy he has perpetuated in the last two elections. One of the three pillars of democracy, as defined by The New […]
Month: November 2020
Opinion | Kamala Harris’ election restores some faith
Published 11/9 By Mitali Shukla Vice President-elect Kamala Harris embodies many firsts for America: first female, Black and South Asian vice president. After she dropped out of the presidential race Dec. 3, 2019, President-elect Joe Biden chose her Aug. 11 of this year as his running mate. This was a surprise to me, given their […]
‘Just a matter of time’: worsening fire seasons attributed to climate change
Published 11/2 By Mitali Shukla Junior film studies major Max Mulderrig woke up in the middle of the night to winds so strong that the window in his room flew open in his home in Thousand Oaks, California. The Chapman Progressives president had an inkling that the strong winds and the dry climate could have […]
Cross-Cultural Center presents virtual ‘Spooky Drag Night’
Published 11/2 By Mitali Shukla It took them two hours to prepare. But finally, Carley Gaedke, a Chapman senior and public relations and advertising major, managed to perfect and record a drag performance under the name “Peachy Kween” to the classic “Mean Girls” Halloween song for the Cross-Cultural Center’s (CCC) virtual “Spooky Drag Night.” “In […]