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Greek spirit soars
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A recruit rushes to greet her new Kappa Alpha Theta sisters Sunday during Bid Day in the Piazza. Chapman’s seven sororities accepted nearly 600 new members. The day
concluded with off campus celebrations held by each chapter. >>>See more photos from bid day on page 2.
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Get ‘em to the Greek Life
Photos and text by Sarah Purlee, photo editor
Top: Nearly 600 newly recruited women gather in the Piazza Sunday
afternoon to join their respective sororities.
At right: Alpha Phi members cheer for their new recruits.
At bottom: Delta Gamma members rush into the arms of their newly
selected sisters.
At bottom right: The Rho Gammas, who temporarily disaffiliated to
assist with the recruitment process, reveal their chapter identity to
the newly expanded Greek community.
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Sept. 1:
Public Safety responded to calls about
vandalism on the Villa Park Orchard
parking lot building. The graffiti is
thought to have been gang related.
Public Safety called the Orange Police
Department (OPD).
Sept. 1:
Public Safety officers observed four
underage students in possession of
alcohol in the North Morlan residence hall. The students were referred
to conduct.
Sept. 2:
Public Safety responded to Glass Hall
for a alcohol violation. Seven students
were referred to conduct: one for
possession of marijuana and six for
possession of alcohol.
ARTEM BARINOV Freelance Photographer
Senior business major Austin Kane responds to a call from students requesting a ride Tuesday. Operation Safe Ride is now entirely student run.
Sept. 4:
An on duty resident director found
a marijuana pipe and several alcohol
bottles inside a student’s room. All
students involved were referred to
conduct.
Safe ride program changes Senator Tallene Hacatoryan | Staff Writer
Hannah Fry | Editor in Chief
Students calling for a ride home late
at night will now hear one of their peers
voices on the other end of the line.
Safe Ride, a service that gives students,
faculty and staff a free ride home after dark,
is now entirely student run. Lt. John Kabala
said the main reason for this change is
to relieve pressure on the already overwhelmed Public Safety dispatchers and
create student jobs.
“To have students dispatch allows Public
Safety dispatchers to pay more attention
to surveillance cameras and monitoring
instead of constantly having to answer
phones,” Kabala said.
Kabala said on weekends Public Safety
receives anywhere from 10 to 40 calls per
night from students and faculty members
requesting a safe ride.
Safe Ride dispatcher and sophomore
chemistry major, Jenny Magana, said she
is excited that Safe Ride is now solely a
student responsibility.
“It reflects well on the school that we are
trying to keep our students safe,” Magana
said.
Safe Ride was created several years ago
and is sometimes used by intoxicated students who are unable to drive themselves
home, Kabala said.
Matt Congel, a sophomore computer
information systems major, used Safe Ride
after having too much to drink at a party a
few blocks from campus last year.
“I don’t remember it very clearly. There
was a van,” Congel said. “It was one of the
best decisions I could have made in that
situation.”
Congel thinks it will be more comfortable
for students not having to deal directly with
Public Safety officers when calling for a ride
home.
“I was glad it was a student picking me up
and not an adult,” he said of his experience
last year. “It would be a little more stressful
because I’d want to cover up if I was drunk.”
Tiffany Tran, a junior business major,
said she has never used Safe Ride because
she doesn’t want to be a burden on Public
Safety.
“I’m sure Public Safety has better things
to do than pick up drunk students,” Tran
said.
The service extends north to Katella Ave.,
south to Almond Street, east to Tustin Ave.
and west to Batavia.
Safe Ride hours:
Monday through Wednesday 7 p.m. to midnight
Thursday through Saturday 7 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
DJs compete for GLOWbal opening
Zack Bernardin | Staff Writer
Dropping beats paid off for two Chapman disc jockeys.
More than a dozen DJs took to Facebook, submitting their work from Aug.
15 to Aug. 27 to Chapman’s Best DJ Competition to win an opening gig for University Program Board’s fall concert and
Invisible Children’s GLOWbal concert.
Out of 475 total votes, Mikuh vs
VROOM won with 184, DJ EarlWill
came in second with 150 and DJ Pisci
came in third with 41.
Micha Goldsman, a sophomore business major who goes by DJ Mikuh; and
Dillan Vroom, a junior digital arts major
known to his fans as DJ VROOM, teamed
up to enter the competition as a duo,
calling themselves Mikuh vs VROOM.
In a moment of spontaneity, Goldsman
met Vroom at Vroom’s house to create
their 22 minute mix, despite having never
worked together prior.
“It was on the spot. We were like, let’s
give it a try. If it sounds good, we’ll enter
it,” Goldsman said.
Chapman Radio sponsored the competition to increase its web presence. The
organization’s Facebook page had around
1000 likes when the competition started.
By the last day of the competition, Chapman Radio had increased its Facebook
support by more than 500 likes, said
Josh Crabbe, a junior creative producing
major and events manager for Chapman
Radio.
“I had a feeling most of [the likes] probably weren’t Chapman students or people
currently involved with the school. I also
wanted to give more exposure to all of
our different DJs that we have to offer,”
Crabbe said.
Many students such as Mor Albalak, a
sophomore television broadcasting major
and David Couarrubias, a junior communication studies major, voted for familiar
artists.
“I know [Earl Wilson, aka DJ EarlWill],
so that’s why I voted for him,” Couarrubias said.
Christian DeKay, a sophomore business major, voted for Mikuh vs VROOM
based on the music they submitted.
“I liked the drops they used and the
remixes they made,” DeKay said.
All Chapman students or alumni could
enter, providing they submitted a sample
of their work via Soundcould, a music
website viewable on the event’s Facebook
page.
“It’s like playing an instrument,” Crabbe
said. “Anyone can learn to DJ just like
anyone can learn to play the guitar.”
Vroom said being a DJ is all about the
crowd’s reaction and being able to recognize and respond to it.
“DJ-ing is about playing the right song
at the right time,” he said.
Not all the DJ’s were completely satisfied with the way the competition was
run, however. Third place finisher Luke
Piscitello, a sophomore psychology major
known as DJ Pisci, said he was unsatisfied
with the way the competition was run.
“I didn’t really like the idea of basing
it strictly on voting. I think the mixes
should have been judged on a series of
things like creativity and the stuff that
was mixed,” Piscitello said. “I think the
combination between that and the voting
would have been a better idea.”
resigns from SGA
Megan Abba | Staff Writer
Kaz Koltai, Student Government Association’s (SGA) student life committee
chair and senior class representative, resigned Tuesday because he said he lacked
enthusiasm and time.
Koltai, a senior communications studies
and political science major, was elected
senator at large the fall of his junior year,
student life chair the spring of his junior
year and was reelected as student life chair
and senior representative for this semester.
“I had been thinking about it for quite
some time,” Koltai said regarding his resignation. “I don’t have the time, energy or
vigor that the position deserved.”
Koltai said he didn’t feel the same
enthusiasm for SGA that he felt his first
year and wanted to give the opportunity
to someone else. Koltai declined to go into
detail about the reasons behind his resignation, but said he had to refocus his time
on his home life.
Brenton Burke, vice president of SGA,
said Koltai brought a great perspective to
senate because he was a resident advisor
for two years.
“He was a great senator and I’m sad to
lose his voice,” Burke said.
Koltai will be able to complete his last
SGA project despite his resignation. He
is working on a sustainability initiative in
which plaques will be placed in residence
halls reminding residents to turn off their
lights and water.
Brandon Tracey, speaker of senate, said a
special election will be held in October or
November to fill Koltai’s position.
Tracey will act as student life committee
chair until the position is filled.
Burke said Tracey was chosen because
SGA needed someone familiar with all
senate operations.
Koltai said he regrets placing the added
burden of holding a special election on his
colleagues and fellow students.
“I wish I had resigned earlier, but I
started the year with the intention to finish my term,” Koltai said.
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Panelists discuss racial prejudice
S.W.A.G night attendees learn to overcome adversity at first-­ever event.
Victorine Kulier | Staff Writer
The Black Student Union (BSU) hosted
its first-ever panel discussion about
how to have Success While Achieving
Greatness (S.W.A.G.) Wednesday in the
Student Union, discussing the social and
academic difficulties students encounter
and how to successfully deal with them.
Students gave and received advice
about dealing with issues college students face, ranging from academic stress
and relationship problems to social
justice and safe sex.
However, as the discussion progressed,
a much more serious issue was raised:
racism at Chapman, and the portrayal of
students of color on campus.
“You have to watch what you’re doing
because you’re worried that if you mess
up, everyone who looks like you will
mess up too,” said panelist Kourtney
Allen, a senior communication studies
major.
The 15 students who attended the
event nodded in agreement.
Five Chapman students, a professor
and a resident director confronted the
stereotypes black students have to deal
with at Chapman. The panelists were Allen, Chad King, a sophomore film production major, Simone Stone, a graduate
film and television producing student,
David Thompson, a senior documentary filmmaking major and Nayobi Maldonado, a sophomore communications
studies major, Paul Apodaca, professor
of anthropology and American studies
and resident director Richard Marks.
Chapman’s values include diversity and
equality, but only about five percent of
students are black or African American,
according to a study by the College of
Educational Studies cultural and curricular studies post graduate program.
“This school is not just run by Chapman,” Apodaca said. “You are not customers. You are the school. If you want
more diversity, make it happen.”
BSU president Kamilah Evans said
BSU wants to change how African
Americans are viewed on campus. She
said their group is a safe place not only
for black people, but for anyone who
strives to learn about the black community and culture.
“We’re like a family,” Evans said. “Anyone, regardless of race or gender, can
participate.”
The event was planned by BSU Vice
President and sophomore business major
Nandi George and BSU event planner
Rachel Norman, although every member
promoted the event by putting up posters around campus. It was sponsored by
the Student Government Association
(SGA) and cost about $250.
The panelists said students should
remember that everyone, regardless of
their racial background, can achieve
success.
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Members of the Black Student Union hand out S.W.A.G bags to the first 40 students in attendance at the event Wednesday night in the Student Union.
Law school outranks previous rating
New report ranks Chapman School of Law as 64th in the nation.
Gardner Royce | Staff Writer
A report published by the American Bar
Association (ABA) Journal in July ranked
Chapman School of Law 64th in the nation,
differing from the 2012 U.S. News and
World Report ranking, which placed Chapman at 110th.
The report by the ABA looked at the
amount of faculty publications and citations
produced from 2007 to 2011, while the
U.S. News and World Report was based on
factors like LSAT scores and percentages of
students who attained jobs after graduation.
The ABA’s findings come from a report by
four law professors at the University of St.
Thomas in Saint Paul, Minn. Gregory Sisk,
Valerie Aggerbeck, Debby Hackerson and
Mary Wells. This formula was created by
University of Chicago law professor Brian
Leiter.
Chapman, University of St. Thomas and
University of Nevada, Las Vegas as were
recognized by the ABA report as three
newer law schools accredited in the past 20
years to have outperformed their previous
national rankings.
Robert Morse, director of data and research for the U.S. News and World Report
believes its report is actually more useful to
students.
“Ours is appealing because law schools
pay attention to it and have validated its
system,” he said. “We use data that relates to
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students whereas faculty publications relate
very indirectly to what students experience.”
Tom Campbell, dean of the Chapman
School of Law thinks the St. Thomas report
will bring more interest from professors
looking to teach in a successful atmosphere.
“We’ve already had an unsolicited application from a tenured professor at an
established East Coast law school this year,”
Campbell said. “It’s powerful because our
reputation in academic circles is based on
the articles produced by our professors.”
The disparity between the St. Thomas
report and the U.S. News rankings comes
down to the fundamental difference of how
the rankings are scored.
“The U.S. News and World Report takes
a plethora of factors such as LSAT scores,
percentage of employed graduates and
amount of money given to each student
and reduces it into a single mathematical
formula.” Sisk said.
He said while these factors are important
they don’t necessarily give the best representation of the school.
“With scholarly impact, our primary
value is to look at a group of faculty collectively to give us a picture of the school
right now and how it will be in the future,”
Sisk said.
Though well known and widely read,
some students criticize U.S. News and Report for not being entirely accurate.
“It’s based on strange statistics that seem
arbitrary,” said Andrew Wallin, a second
year law student. “The U.S. News Report is
popular simply because it’s easy to read, but
when you see schools jumping 30 points
in a single year, you know something is
wrong.”
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Taco Bell’s new “Doritos Locos Tacos” spice up the classic taco with a cheesey Doritos shell.
Stoopid Records
Slightly Stoopid’s 8th album “Top of the World” debuted in August at No. 3 on Billboard’s
Independent Album chart.
Slightly Stoopid is out of this world Lauren Ferree | Staff Writer
School’s back in session and it’s time to
smarten up, but this new album release
is making me want to be straight stoopid
because I can’t get enough.
With their 8th album, “Top of the
World”, released August 14, Slightly
Stoopid debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s
Independent Album chart.
I’m the type of listener who plays a song
on repeat for a few days. The first track on
this album, “Top of the World”, definitely
makes my list. A relaxing beat underlies
the entire song, making it an easy listen
that’s still catchy.
For those of you who have never heard
of Slightly Stoopid, when you think of a
San Diego reggae rock band, you might
expect to see some stereotypical Sublime
wannabes. Yet by adding a saxophone,
trumpet and the occasional harmonica
to their music, these artists prove their
authentic talent.
Unlike previous summer-scented songs
such as “Sweet Honey” or “2AM,” this
album brings a newer psychedelic sound
we haven’t heard from the Ocean Beach
locals before. They amp up the keyboard
in the track “Just Thinking”, featuring
rapper Chali 2na, and create a blues fusion mix.
The reggae style of band founders
Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald puts
me in a mellow mood like always, but
this time the album has more meaningful lyrics that encourage listeners to live
for today.
After putting my feet up for an hour
and listening to the soothing album, I
had to pick a favorite track. I’m a sucker
for reggae love songs, so the island-like
sounds of singer Angela Hunte in the
song “Mona June” make it my choice. The
mixed harmonies give the track a new
sound that I have never heard the band
deliver before. Seven other tracks on the
album feature other artists, and offer a
new flavor the band needed after nearly
20 years of similar styles.
This album is something to listen to on
your headphones when you’re unwinding after a long day of class. To help cope
with these stressful first weeks of school,
pop in this album to remind yourself that
sometimes it’s OK to be a little stoopid.
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Taco Bell teams up with Doritos for a savory snack
Michelle Hunter| Staff Writer
It’s Tuesday. You’re finished with your
classes for the day. You do a little victory
dance in your head, only to have it interrupted by a grumbling in your stomach.
Taco Tuesday anyone?
If you try Taco Bell’s new Doritos Locos
Tacos, you’ll want to go on Tuesday - and
then again every other day of the week. I
went into Taco Bell for a quick snack, but
stayed to savor this cheesy masterpiece.
When I ventured into the AC-blasting,
bright atmosphere on North Tustin
Street, a smiling face welcomed me to
take my order. I skimmed the lit board
of various food choices to decide on a
snack. Noticing “Doritos Locos Tacos”
as one of the more prominently shown
items on the menu, I made my choice
quickly. Ordering that phrase was a
mouthful – but a mouthful was exactly
what I had gone for.
It looked like any normal taco, with the
exception of a dark orange, brown-tinted
shell. I could smell the distinct aroma of
Doritos when I unwrapped the paper. It
was easy to recognize that scent of rich,
succulent cheddar cheese. The moment
my lips brushed the shell, the taste of
Doritos was even stronger than the smell.
Mid bite, I began to recognize the
familiar taste of a typical fast-food taco:
lackluster lettuce and pre-cooked beef.
There was a moment of disappointment.
I started to think these tacos were just
another gimmick by the food industry.
Yet when I took a moment to savor the
mixture of vivid flavors inside, it was
scrumptious.
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Monday
Fall Study
Abroad Fair
Piazza
8 am - 3 pm
Tuesday
Kappa
11 Alpha
Psi Rush
Information Presentation
George Bush Conference
Center
7-10 pm
Wednesday
Fall Student
Involvement
Fair
Piazza
11 am - 1 pm
Thursday
Career
Development
Center Pizza
Lunch
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Piazza
11:30 am 1 p.m.
Friday
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Anime Club
Meeting
AF 207
7 pm - 9pm
It’s not just a different shell that makes
Doritos Locos Tacos the new craze, it’s
the combination of flavors inside. Somehow having double the cheese put into
one taco is tasty, not overpowering. The
crunchiness of the shell is subtle, and is
only an appetizer to the real fiesta that
your taste buds will dance to.
For just $1.29 you can enjoy this new
taco. For about 40 cents more, you’ll get
some tomatoes and sour cream, which is
known as Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme.
Smooth sour cream and fresh tomatoes
add variety in the most mouth-watering
way.
The name Doritos Locos Tacos reminds
me of Ricky Martin’s familiar “La Vida
Loca” hit, but this taste will be different
from anything you’ve experienced before.
4 out of 5
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9 am - 12 pm
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Josh Chouinard, junior business major and Alpha Delta
Phi president, said Greek letters characterize chapters
during recruitment.
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However, students like John Pierce, senior public
recruit new members in growing Greek communities at
relations and advertising major and Delta Tau Delta
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its members.
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President Tess Pocock, a senior creative producing and
use a basic palette of red, white, and blue on the
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philosophy major.
of our jackets,” Pierce said. “But the inside has a
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will be adding the Pi Beta Phi sorority next year. The
hand-craft their own letters to save money.
growing Greek community increases the demand for
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each sorority and fraternity to sport noticeable letters,
overall I think it’d be cheaper.”
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Woolbright said.
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Let’s answer honestly
M
y
name
is
Elizabeth
Oliver, but
you can call
me Liz. I’m a
junior English
major with an
emphasis on
journalism and
one unique
thing about
me is I had a
Elizabeth Oliver
pony when I
Opinions Editor
was eight.
I’ve told too
many of these get-to-know-you statements to count, and heard even more.
Yet after listening to hundreds of fun
facts, favorite junk foods, desired super powers and favorite lunch meats, I
can’t say I’ve gotten to know anyone.
I realized how short the list of people
is in my life that I know above the superficial small talk. Even shorter is the
list of people whom I’ve let know me.
A large amount of my life is spent
talking. You would think for something that has monopolized my time
since age two, there would also be infinite impactful exchanges. When I put
the number of deep, meaningful discussions next to the amount of times
I’ve had any kind of dialogue with another human being, I start to question
the significance of my existence.
We talk to people every single day,
but when do we ever say anything
meaningful?
In our culture, it seems socially acceptable to define people by what their
favorite season is, and taboo to ask
what inspires them.
We go around with these memorized, generalized speed dating answers of who we are and discuss the
weather as if it’s our first born. I feel as
if we are a few sips of Kool-Aid away
from believing we actually are these
fake, generic cut outs of ourselves.
I’ve often wondered what would happen if everyone answered the question
“How are you?” with an honest answer.
I know I’m guilty of compulsively responding with “Good! How are you?”
in any circumstance.
If I truthfully told people how I was
when they asked, I see myself connecting with people, judging others
less, and becoming more in tune with
myself. This honest scenario scares
me because I also see myself crying
in a grocery store checkout line over
the recent passing of a family member
and letting the people at the crosswalk
know I’m in love.
Going past “How are you?” there are
millions of other socially stigmatized
uncomfortable questions we avoid,
including “What do you fear?” “What
do you believe in?” “When were you
happiest?” “What makes you sad?”
“Who are you?”
I’m insecure about letting people in
because I assume they will judge me as
different, but I think if we braved the
honest answers we’d find many similarities between ourselves and others.
As a journalist, I get about two
minutes of small talk before I have to
ask the difficult questions and push
for honest answers. I have to ask how
people feel, what drives them and why
they do what they do. I get to know
people better in one interview than
I get to know my peers whom I have
classes with all semester.
For me, life has purpose only when
we share it with others. I think it’s time
we step up our game and ask the scary
questions and risk answering them.
Illustration by Michael Lue
Stop complaining about parking
The Panther Editorial Board
Chapman commuter students often complain
about how difficult it is to find parking on campus. However, compared to other universities in
the area, we really don’t have much to complain
about.
The $300 annual student commuter parking
pass allows us to park in the four main lots surrounding campus, with a total of 1,981 spots.
While this number does include reserved and
disabled parking spots, Chapman’s parking situation is still better off than many.
Parking Services issued 3,790 commuter permits this year compared to our student body of
just less than 7,000. This means that if every offcampus undergraduate, graduate and law school
student came to campus in his or her own car at
the same time, one in every two students would
receive parking.
At California State University, Long Beach
a student parking permit costs $271.50 per
academic year. The school provides 13 parking
structures and lots with a total of 7,502 parking
spots. With an enrollment of 27,436 students, if
everyone came to campus at once, one in every
four students would receive parking.
Parking is even worse at California State University, Fullerton where the parking permit costs
$440 per academic year. There are 5,143 spaces
for 34,467 students; one in every seven students
would receive parking.
We can’t even complain about our parking options being far away. The Lastinger and Barrera
parking structures are viewed as the closest to
main campus and the Cypress lot is seen as out
in the boonies. But in reality, the distance from
the last spot in the Lastinger parking structure to
Beckman Hall is only 100 feet closer than from
the Cypress lot.
Many students even have the option to walk
to campus or ride their bikes. With the expenses
that leave college students without funds, investing in a bike can save money and provide daily
exercise without the worry of finding a parking spot. When we spend almost all day sitting,
getting a small workout while avoiding parking
trouble seems like a win-win.
For those who don’t live within walking distance, making sure to leave enough time to circle
the Lastinger or Barrera structures a few times or
walk to main campus from a further lot instead
of complaining will make the commute a much
easier one.
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Guest Columns
Egalitarianism: not the best policy
It used to be an
ugly trait to be
envious.
Envy is when
one thinks it
would be best if
everyone were
equally badly off.
If you are better
off than I am,
envy will incline
me to want you
to give up whatever it is that is
Tibor Machan
advantageous
Professor of business and accept burdens to the point
where you are no better off than anyone
else. Makes little sense, but there you go.
When I came to the USA I managed
to get admitted to a college that mostly
well-to-do students attended. During the
Christmas break, a good many of them
went off to St. Moritz and Vail to ski while
I worked.
Although I noticed this, I never felt even
a smidgen of envy. I thought, “Good for
them--there is where I want to be in the
future!” Not, “What horrors, they are doing better than I am,” at least in some basic
respects. My feeling tended toward delight,
knowing in time I may well take similar
vacations or, at least, my own offspring
would.
Later in my education I ran across the
myth of Procrustes. He invited guests to
his abode only to cut them all down to
one size so they could fit his bed. Over
the years I found that Procrustes’ solution
to differences among his guests was the
same as that of many political theorists,
including several who are now in charge
of public policies across the globe. One
size needs to fit all. Anytime someone is
a bit better off than others, this must be
remedied by eliminating the difference.
Equality is the operative ideal these days.
Just watch all the fuss about Mitt Romney’s
wealth.
There are some formidable dissidents,
among them George Orwell, whose story
“Animal Farm” teaches valuable lessons
about this destructive social philosophy.
Making everyone equal, in economic or
other matters, is mostly a failed mission
and invites the worst of all inequalities,
political power. Those imposing the ideal
of equality will be anything but equal to
those on whom they impose their misconceived idealistic policies.
Despite his education, President Obama
and his associates tend to be avid egalitarians. They don’t allow that some people
may have worked hard enough to get
ahead of others in wealth creation. You
didn’t build your business, he has said.
Luckily, we have reminders aplenty that
devotion to equality is misguided and dangerous to boot. The recent Olympic Games
help us to see how crazy egalitarianism
is; and the fact that those who study hard
tend to get farther than those who just
hang out at school.
Sadly egalitarianism gains support from
some pseudo-science in our day. Especially the kind insisting no one has any power
over his or her life—our actions are all
driven by impersonal forces. Despite the
paradox involved in this thinking, a lot of
people jump on the bandwagon and gain
enormous institutional support around the
educational, psychological community.
But a good dosage of common sense
alone should serve to repel support for
egalitarianism. After all, the egalitarians
who want to make changes in our institutions are clearly not buying it. They think
they can certainly make a big difference.
But if they can, so can we all.
Opinions
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-- Compiled by Dev Mehta,
staff photographer
What political issue
affects you most in this
election?
Rabbie Mojaddidi, senior
political science major
“The portrayal of candidates
as celebrities.”
Learning to see color can end racism
Nobody’s colorblind.
We all see races.
Even though
race is socially
constructed,
we can’t avoid
seeing it. Race
is designed to
push us into
demographics
that enable both
dominance and
oppression, and
Jack Jajewski
race is everyJunior IES major
where.
When talking
about social justice, the big topic is always
race. Racism is one of the most common
forms of oppression, but the one most
people think we’ve moved past it. If social
justice topics were a family, race would be
the scary grandpa that nobody would talk
to for fear of getting their knuckles hit by
his cane. Yet just as grandpa is never going
to stop until someone stands up to him,
racism will persist until we start talking
about it.
We worry about the terms and words we
use and the way we phrase things because
we fear offending someone. Above all else,
we do our best to ignore it all together.
Don’t see color. This was the mantra
repeated to me over and over growing up,
preached blatantly and encouraged subtly.
As a young white man in an upper-middle
class family, I was under the impression
that I could avoid racism simply by ignoring skin color and having friends of all
races and backgrounds.
“I’m not racist, I have a black friend,” or,
“my girlfriend is Mexican, I’m fine with
other races.” Having friends in subordinated groups doesn’t automatically make
you an ally.
By telling me to ignore color, my mother
wasn’t intentionally promoting racism.
But then, is anyone? It’s rare to hear racial
slurs in conversation, at least in the communities I’ve been a part of. Jokes come
up occasionally, but there aren’t usually
comments spurred by hatred. It’s a terrible
thing in our society to be called a racist.
Yet our intention to be “colorblind” and
treat everyone equally isn’t doing anyone
any good.
Racial divides exist. Racism is real, happening, and all around us. By ignoring
color and acting like we as a society have
moved past racism, we are all being bystanders. To not see color is to not see the
child being bullied. The problem needs to
be addressed and worked on, not solved
by pretending it doesn’t exist.
Accept that racism is a problem, and you
have already gone a step past most people’s
comfort level. Start discussing it, and you
will probably lose all your friends. That’s
the culture that we have in our current
state, and one that must be changed.
Color is here and always will be. It’s not a
melting pot of people; it’s a salad bowl. We
need to respect the differences and how
they complement each other, not try to
melt them down and normalize them into
the same thing.
My mother wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.
Neither is anyone else who encourages his
or her children not to see color. However,
we will be treading water in the fight to
end racism until there is a widespread
understanding that being blind to color is
being blind to oppression.
Staff Column
Social justice bloggers are counterproductive
Freedom of
speech is, to
Americans, perhaps the most
prized of civil
liberties.
We use our
constitutional
right and voice
our opinions to
fight for minorities who deserve
equality, which I
Amaya Santamaria wholeheartedly
support.
Sophomore theatre, But young adults
are now using
PR&Ad major
their Tumblr
blogs to scream blindly about issues of
gender rights and other issues that they
call social justice.
These self-proclaimed social justice warriors receive a highly negative response
from the rest of the bloggers who are
simply trying to enjoy pictures of cats, admire Ryan Gosling, and avoid spoilers for
“Pretty Little Liars” and “Doctor Who.”
These warriors are practically throwing tantrums over issues surrounding the
treatment of transgendered people. This
is not to say gender rights are not important. The fact is there are people who are
transgender. It isn’t something made up
by attention-seeking teens, and of course,
transgendered people deserve the same
rights as everyone else.
This, to me, is not the issue. I have a
problem when people take it too far. Many
of these so-called social justice warriors
veer to one end of the spectrum and their
blogs become a mass of hate towards those
who are not transgender.
Whether they deserve it or not, those
who are cisgendered (those who identify
with the gender they were assigned at
birth both physically and by their personal
identity) have become a target of hate.
Many social justice bloggers vehemently
spew out accusations that white cisgendered males do not have problems in their
lives because they are not in the disenfranchised, transgendered group.
If you have no problem with the gender
you were assigned at birth, you’re written
off as a bigot even if you’ve never opened
your mouth about social justice. Considering Tumblr, in general, is a fairly liberal
website, I find it silly that people continue
ranting about marginalization to a public
that largely agrees that everyone should be
treated equally.
Social justice is about accepting and
respecting people for who they are and
treating them as equals. There are some
perfectly respectable Tumblr users who
calmly and rationally put forth arguments
without throwing hate around. An unfortunate number of the folks on Tumblr,
however, don’t realize that screaming
about your oppression in the faces of those
who aren’t challenging you about it is not
the way to make people understand.
Our generation is needlessly defiant, and
social justice warriors don’t seem to realize that their unrelenting anger is stunting
their own movement. Equality must be
achieved, but it won’t be achieved without
a willingness to hear each other out.
Cecil Roberson, junior creative
producing major
“Limited job market for the
younger generation of people
entering the work force.”
Abby Wallen, junior political
science major
“The issue of women’s rights
and birth control, and how
each party is in opposite views
regarding what I can do with
my body.”
Charlie Stephens, sophomore
business major
“The issue of tax cuts and
business regulations.”
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Sports
The Panther
Women’s soccer wins three, remains unbeaten
Evan Cooper | Staff Writer
Chapman women’s soccer tore through
the second week of its schedule with three
victories capped off by a road win over the
Buffalo State College Bengals.
The Panthers (4-0) took down visiting
Lewis and Clark College (0-3) Thursday,
coming back to win 2-1 and have now
won six straight home games stretching back to the end of last season. The
young team got the win, but Head Coach
Courtney Calderon thinks this wasn’t an
optimal performance.
“I would say it wasn’t our best game but
we stuck together, stayed in the game,
stayed in the process and helped each
other out,” Calderon said.
Chapman fell behind early when
Lewis and Clark’s freshman forward Anna
Thorndike scored in the 22nd minute
putting the Pioneers up 1-0. Sophomore
forward Rebeccah Bortz put the Panthers
back in the game when she broke through
the defense and laid an easy shot into the
net in the 33rd minute.
The Panthers’ game plan to utilize the
team’s forwards was instrumental in the
win.
“We have been working on building out
of our back to our forwards,” said freshman forward Baylor Hogan. “We were
able to do that well in [today’s] game.”
Freshman defender Ashley Sweeting
helped put the game away when she
crossed the ball into the middle from the
left flank, allowing junior forward Val
Sobol to finish the game winning shot.
Over the weekend, the women traveled
DEV MEHTA Staff Photographer
Sophomore forward Rebeccah Bortz (13) stretches for the ball against Lewis and Clark
Thursday.
to UC Santa Cruz, first beating the Banana
Slugs 1-0 then shutting the Buffalo State
Bengals out with the same score.
Sophomore midfielder Olivia Do, who
Athletic training will become graduate level
program
Jackie Kelly | Staff Writer
grams on the West Coast,” Shea said. “It
feels like we have to start all over.”
Nottingham said that the graduate
The Athletic Training Education
program is something that the departProgram (ATEP) is aiming to develop a
ment has been considering for a while,
graduate program by summer 2015, and
but had to wait until they had a full faceliminate the undergraduate program
ulty before entering the planning stage.
about two years later, depending on the
Upon hiring associate professor Michelle
feedback from the Academic Council.
Cleary this year, Chapman has started
Associate professor Sara Nottingham
to develop a curriculum that it aims to
estimated that the undergraduate propropose to the Academic Council in fall
gram will be phased out by 2017.
2013.
“It appears the athletic training educaJason Bennett, associate professor and
tion profession as a whole is moving in
ATEP director declined to comment on
this direction,” Nottingham said. “At this the matter.
point, athletic training is one of the only
Nottingham said that students who are
allied healthin ATEP now don’t
care profesget a complete
sions that hires
that a
In the undergraduate experience
individuals
graduate program
with bachelor’s
will offer. The
program, there’s a
[degrees] right
graduate program
out of college.”
lot to do and not enough would allow stuFor 30 years,
dents to focus on
ATEP students
their professional
time
to
do
it.
and staff have
education after
worked with
going through colChapman Athlege.
-­Matt Lee
letics as well as
Matt Lee, a seSenior athletic training major
local teams as
nior athletic trainpart of the curing major, said the
riculum. The
new program is a
change in progood decision and
gram comes at a time when Chapman
thinks it will help future students.
is looking to keep up with competition
“In the undergraduate program, there’s
from other schools that have athletic
a lot to do and not enough time to do
training graduate programs, as well as
it,” Lee said. “In a graduate program,
better prepare students for professions
students will have already experienced
in clinical education.
college life and be able to focus more atBrian Shea, a senior athletic traintention on the [athletic training] major.”
ing major, said he doesn’t understand
While the program is still in the
the decision to introduce an entry-level
works, Nottingham said that anyone
graduate program and phase out the
would be able to enter as long as they
current undergraduate program.
take the prerequisite classes. The gradu“We’ve been trying for so long to
ate classes will be similar to the underestablish ourselves as one of the better
graduate classes in the program now, but
undergraduate [athletic training] proat a graduate level.
“
”
scored the game’s only goal against Santa
Cruz, thinks the game was won because
of effort.
“There was a lot of hard work during
the game. We won the 50-50 balls and the
balls in the air,” she said.
The Panthers outlasted Buffalo State
University Sunday. The Panthers grabbed
the lead within the first three minutes
of the game when Sobol scored off of a
deflection from a Bengals player.
“The best thing was our possession
through the midfield,” Sobol said. “We
need to keep working on keeping possession but overall we have done well.”
The Panthers kept that lead the whole
game. Sweeting, who made penetrating
runs throughout the Lewis and Clark
game, believed the Panthers employed its
game plan effectively.
“We have been working on staying wide
and keeping our shape in practice,” Sweeting said.
With a young team this year, including 10 freshmen and nine sophomores,
Calderon thinks the fast pace and intense
playing style is what separates the Panthers from their competition.
“The strength of our team is that we
play at a high level of intensity and have a
high level of speed of play for 90 minutes,”
Calderon said. “We have been focusing
on the tactical part of the game and really
focused on preparation. “
A plethora of young talent promises the
team a solid roster past the 2012 season.
“The past two games we have started
four freshmen,” Hogan said. “We are going
to have a strong team for the next four
years.”
The women will travel to Whittier College for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) opener
Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game.
UPCOMING G AMES
Men’’s Soccer:
Chapman vs. Whittier 9/12
Chapman at Pomona-Pitzer 9/15
Chapman vs. UC Santa Cruz 9/16
Men’’s Water Polo:
Chapman at Cal Lutheran 9/15
Chapman vs. Cal Baptist 9/15
Women’’s Soccer:
Chapman at Whittier 9/12
Chapman vs. Pomona-Pitzer 9/15
Women’’s Volleyball:
Chapman vs. Occidental 9/14
Chapman at Claremont M-S 9/15
Football:
Chapman at Whitworth 9/22
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
CHAPMAN 55 PUGET SOUND 35
Softball @ Cal Lutheran, Feb. 26 at 12 p.m., 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S WATER POLO
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
CHAPMAN 2 LEWIS AND CLARK 1
CHAPMAN 1 UC SANTA CRUZ 0
CHAPMAN 1 BUFFALO ST 0
CHAPMAN 3 WHITMAN 2
AIR FORCE 15 CHAPMAN 8
USC 21 CHAPMAN 4
SANTA CLARA 14 CHAPMAN 12
UCLA 14 CHAPMAN 5
CHAPMAN 3 PACIFIC 0
CHAPMAN 3 GEORGE FOX 1
UC SANTA CRUZ 3 CHAPMAN 1
CHAPMAN 3 GRINNEL 0
Sports
The Panther
11
Cross country struggles in first race
Both cross country teams disappoint after a lackluster offseason training regimen.
Kate Ferrin| Senior Writer
The women’s and men’s cross country teams struggled
out of the gate at the Adidas/UC Irvine Invitational on
Saturday. In their debut as a member of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), the men’s
team placed 19th of 19 teams overall, while the women
failed to show enough participants to place.
Sophomore Emily Ralston was the sole bright spot for
the Panthers, finishing 30th of 84 runners with a time of
20:41.2 in the Women’s 5K “B” race. This is the first year
Ralston has competed for Chapman and with only one
year of high school competition under her belt, she has
learned to make up for a lack of experience.
“I’m a runner at heart and have run all of my life,”
Ralston said.“I knew the high level I was going to be
competing at and I put in the miles needed to perform
my best.”
Freshman Marisol Diaz and junior Paulette Garcia
also represented the Panthers in the race, which featured
SCIAC rivals Occidental, Cal Lutheran and PomonaPitzer. Diaz finished 73rd with a time of 23:58.0, while
Garcia came in at 80th place with a time of 25:56.2
In the men’s race, another new face led the charge as
freshman Chris Reid clocked Chapman’s quickest time of
28:27.8 in the Men’s 8K. Reid, who placed 150th of 229
in the race, was followed closely by a duo of returning
runners. Sophomores Chad King (29:24.7) and Spencer
Berry (29:46.3) both crossed the finish line more than a
minute slower than last year’s mark, but landed in 178th
and 188th place, respectively.
King said Chapman’s lack of a men’s track and field
team didn’t provide proper offseason training.
“Coming out of high school, this was the first year I
wasn’t able to run competitively in the spring and that
really showed,” King said. “Both sports complement one
another and the additional training during track and field
makes for a more well-rounded runner.”
While the dull start may seem startling, Head Coach
Anna Wlodarczyk isn’t worried.
“This first weekend was all about working out the kinks,”
Wlodarczyk said. “This team has a lot of potential, but we
need some time to get out of the offseason mindset and
into the ideal shape we need to be in.”
With a conference championship within reach for the
first time, Wlodarczyk said exposure will be key for the
Panthers this season.
“We’ve only seen a few of the SCIAC schools, but the
more experience we get, the more competitive our team
will become,” Wlodarczyk said.
The Panthers will venture to the UC Riverside Invite
this Saturday for their second race of the season.
“
This team has a lot of
potential, but we
need some time to get out
of the offseason midset and
into the ideal shape we
need to be in.
-­Anna Wlodarczyk
Head Coach
”
ADAM OTTKE Senior Photographer
Above: Freshmen Shaun Yee and Michael Chan run together during Saturday morning’s 8K at UC Irvine. Below: Sophomore
Chad King runs toward the finish line during the meet.
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Sports
The Panther
ADAM OTTKE Senior Photographer
Above: Freshman defensive lineman Ben Wadors (51) tackles a Puget Sound opponent as senior offensive lineman Andrew Palacios (60) and freshman wide receiver Ethan Weinstein (8) rush
toward the scene. Below: Senior linebacker Michael Mehlhaff tackles Puget Sound wide receiver Ryan Rogers (1) during Saturday night’s game.
Football crushes Loggers in opener Stancil and McKibbins power the Panther offense past Puget Sound in 55-­35 win.
Gardner Royce | Staff Writer
Fans packed the Ernie Chapman Stadium Saturday
night as the Panthers exploded on offense and beat the
visiting Puget Sound Loggers 55-35, putting the football team at 1-0.
The game was never in question, despite a preseason
plagued by starting quarterback junior Michael Lahey’s
season ending injury. The Panthers wasted no time, as
junior running back Austin Maranville returned the
opening kick off 100 yards for a touchdown, setting a
school record and putting Chapman up 7-0 less than 15
seconds into the game.
“We got off to a great start that woke us up and
prepared us for the rest of the game,” said Head Coach
Bob Owens.
The Loggers were forced to punt after going three
and out and the Panthers started right back where they
left off, driving 86 yards in 10 plays. Sophomore transfer quarterback Kean Stancil punched in the touchdown on a quarterback draw to put the Panthers up by
14, a margin that Puget Sound (0-2) couldn’t close in
on for the rest of the night.
The Panthers scored two more times to push the lead
to 28-0 by the start of the second quarter.
Stancil got the start under center with only days to
prepare after taking last season off.
“I only found out a week ago I was going to start,”
Stancil said. “I had a fun year away from football but
it’s great to be back. We wanted to protect our house.”
Stancil led the Panthers’ offensive effort, completing
26 of 32 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns. He
also ran for 35 yards and two touchdowns.
The Loggers put together a 76-yard drive that ended
in a touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback
Braden Foley to senior wide receiver Adam Kniffin.
This duo would account for almost all of the Loggers
points, as Foley finished with 480 yards and five touchdowns. The rest of the half was similar, with Puget
Sound scoring once more and Chapman scoring twice
to end the half 42-14.
Panther momentum translated directly into the
second half as the team continued its onslaught of the
Loggers, scoring three more times to win the game
by a lopsided margin. With Stancil commanding the
pocket, the Panthers looked to sophomore running
back Jeremiah McKibbins who was coming off of an
injury stricken 2011 season. McKibbins responded with
a monster game, averaging 6.4 yards per carry to finish
with 154 yards and two touchdowns.
The combination of Stancil and McKibbins was too
much for the Loggers who were unable to keep them
out of the end zone, eventually losing by 20.
“You should expect this [every week],” McKibbins
said. “I’m going to.”
As Chapman prepares for the remainder of the season, Owens was relieved with the win.
“It was an outstanding effort by our guys, we got off
to a great start and then did the things we needed to
get us the ball,” he said. “[Our team] got what they
deserved.”
The Panthers will travel to Whitworth in Spokane,
Wash. Sept 22 for a 1 p.m. game.