October 4 Written by Mitali Shukla When I learned that President Donald Trump paid virtually no taxes the year he won the election, I wasn’t the least bit surprised. In 2017, a typical nurse earning a yearly wage of $70,000 payed $5,400 in federal income taxes, according to CNN. Meanwhile, The New York Times released […]
Author: Mitali Shukla
New exam monitoring software poses privacy concerns
October 4 Written by Mitali Shukla Beginning in the midst of remote learning during the spring, Chapman’s Chief Information Officer Helen Norris was told that faculty would like to have more tools to teach their students. So during the summer, the administration looked at different software options with faculty from a variety of colleges and […]
Opinion | Tech giants have their work cut out for them
September 27 By Mitali Shukla Social media was supposed to be a good thing. It was supposed to help us feel connected with others, learn about what was going on in the world and help disseminate resources and information when we needed it. Now, it seems to be doing the opposite. I wrote an article […]
Review | Black movies, TV shows and stand-up you need watch
September 21 Written by Graham Byrne, Mitali Shukla and Micaela Bastianelli We missed out on a lot of things this year. But, thankfully, the pandemic has given us the opportunity to cuddle up with our pets or quarantine buddies to watch entertainment on a variety of streaming platforms. The Panther staff has compiled all the […]
Screen acting alumna Regina Bryant shoots pilot of web series ‘L.Y.F.E.’
September 21 By Mitali Shukla Regina Bryant had a difficult decision to make when choosing what college she wanted to attend. She knew she’d wanted to be an actor since she was six years old – when her mother first pusher her to participate in a play – so she settled on a decision between […]
‘Challenger’ docuseries uses Chapman archives
September 27 By Mitali Shukla As the second most-viewed NASA launch in its history, the Challenger disaster stands out in history because it could have been prevented. Netflix released the four-part docuseries “Challenger: The Final Flight” on Sept. 16, investigating the 1986 failure-to-launch of NASA’s “Challenger” space shuttle. The flight garnered global attention because of […]
Opinion | America has always been burning
September 7 | Written by Mitali Shukla After roughly six months of the global pandemic, our country’s state of affairs only seems to be getting worse. The entirety of 2020 has been almost everyone’s worst year, but it is also the year of reckoning: fires ravaged 2.5 million acres in California, the U.S. police killed […]
Conservatory introduces Mariachi ensemble
September 7 | Written by Mitali Shukla There’s two key things College of Performing Arts professor Tammy Yi preaches to her musical education students: the importance of world music pedagogy and the ability to teach a diverse student population. Yet, when she came to Chapman as a professor, she noticed there were no world music […]
Freshmen rent Lake Tahoe house in lieu of dorm life
September 7 | Written by Mitali Shukla Independence. Freedom. They’re both hallmarks of a traditional college experience. Annika Krein, a freshman animation and visual effects major, approached her first year at Chapman University with a desire to know what it’s like to live on her own. So, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than live […]