Published Nov. 15 Written by Mitali Shukla Each year, Chapman’s Residence Life and First Year Experience presents the “Tunnel of Oppression” gallery. Under normal circumstances, Residence Life dedicates the Sandhu Conference Center to the exhibit, where students can walk around and view performance art pieces on a variety of issues related to the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ […]
Author: Mitali Shukla
‘Failure in the courts’: Trump administration may threaten pillars of democracy
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 […]
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 […]
Opinion | Can you be friends with a Trump supporter?
Published on 10/26 In the past, I’ve managed to dodge political discussions with people who I know have differing views from mine. Especially in this election year, I always end up more pissed off after conversations of that nature. Part of me feels guilty, because it’s as if I have some responsibility to try and […]
‘Second Armenian genocide’: Arabian fears for fate of her country
Published on 10/26 Territory in the Caucasus mountains in Armenia, referred to as Nagorno-Karabakh, has been the topic of geo-political conflict for decades. Senior broadcast journalism major Lindsey Arabian is all too familiar with the war-torn state that Nagorno-Karabakh – or as Armenians call it, “Artsakh” – has become. “It’s heartbreaking to see their posts […]
COVID-19 endangers Orange County’s homeless population
Posted on October 19 When Paige Goedderz, a senior sociology major at Chapman, crossed the Highway 57 bridge to check out potential housing options at Chapman Grand, she noticed large encampments of homeless individuals on the Santa Ana riverbed. “When I ended up moving to Grand and living there, the encampments were all cleared out […]
Local theaters struggle to fill seats, rent out private screenings
Posted on October 12 Movie theaters have been taking a hit financially for years – and that was before the coronavirus forced the months-long closure of most theaters across the country. Thankfully for owners, Orange County moved from the purple “substantial” risk level tier to red “widespread” risk level tier on California’s COVID-19 county watchlist […]