Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 11/25/2019 Arianna Ngnomire walked on graduation day in spring 2019 with a screen acting degree in one hand and an idea for a feature film in the other. Her film, “In My Shoes,” is set to shoot in June 2020 and will reflect not only Ngnomire’s experiences at Chapman, […]
Author: Mitali Shukla
Feminist on Cellblock Y
Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 11/25/2019 At just 19 years old, Richard Edmond-Vargas pled guilty to two armed robberies at a local Rite Aid. While he was serving his 10-year sentence, he founded an inmate-run organization alongside fellow inmate Charles Berry called “Success Stories,” which focuses on feminist literature and challenges men to confront […]
Review | Camp Flog Gnaw was the best spent $166 of my life
Written by Mitali Shukla Published 11/17/2019 As someone who had never been to a music festival, Camp Flog Gnaw seemed like a good place to start. Three stages, a carnival, a digestible number of artists – most of which I loved. When you combine regular anxiety with being surrounded by thousands of people, the idea […]
Opinion | America makes too many mistakes to still have the death penalty
Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 11/25/2019 The Court of Execution suspended Rodney Reed’s execution just days before he was to be put to death for the the rape and murder of Stacey Stites in 1996. Stites, 19, was fatally strangled, raped and dumped on the side of the road in Bastrop, Texas. DNA evidence […]
‘Hookup culture is not liberation’: Dr. Wade rebrands casual sex
Lisa Wade, Occidental College sociology professor, researched the experiences of 101 students to uncover the effects of hookup culture Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 11/10/2019 On Beckman’s fourth floor, over 150 students filled the seats at Dr. Lisa Wade’s event on Nov. 4 that discussed American hookup culture on college campuses. Although many psychology […]
‘Everything we do is political’: Chapman on ethical consumption
Students weigh in on the impact of boycotting companies whose views contradict theirs through their political donations Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 11/03/2019 A viral tweet from California college student Zuriel Sanders on Aug. 8 listed a variety of fast-food chains that he claimed are supporting President Donald Trump’s 2020 nomination. Since the original […]
Supreme Court set to discuss LGBTQIA+ legislation June 2020
Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 10/20/2019 After six years of employment as a funeral home director in Michigan, transgender woman Aimee Stephens was fired after coming out to her boss. According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, 21 states have legislation in place to protect trans people from situations like this, but Michigan […]
‘Microcosm of society’: Simien on the Chapman experience
Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 10/13/2019 One conversation after a Black Student Union (BSU) meeting changed the course of Justin Simien’s creative career. “(The conversation) was with a group of people who were bound by the fact that we were some of the few black kids in this place,” Simien said. “I thought of […]
Global civil rights activist Prexy Nesbitt joins Chapman
From Mozambique to Brazil, Prexy Nesbitt has made great strides in his pursuit of global peace and conflict resolution. Written by Mitali Shukla Published on 09/08/2019 Fifty-three years ago, on Aug. 5, 1966, Rozell “Prexy” Nesbitt acted as Martin Luther King Jr.’s bodyguard during the violent march in Marquette Park, Illinois. “We had a good […]