Drawing a line on sexual assault

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Drawing a line on sexual assault
ALLISON CAMP Staff Photographer
About 700 shirts were hung around campus Thursday as a part of the Clothesline Project, put on by Creating a Rape-Free Environment for Students. Each shirt featured the story of a sexual
assault survivor and is meant to raise awareness on sexual assault crimes and the trauma survivors face. Read the full story on Page 7.
WHAT’S INSIDE
New executive
council elected
Battle of the pizza
shops
Josh Nudleman and Jaycie
Rowe were elected student
government president and
vice president, respectively.
Managing editor Megan
Abba tests the pizzerias
coming to the Plaza to
find the superior pie.
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Conference fund tapped to replenish student org fund
Heather Matley | Staff Writer
The Student Government Association
(SGA) approved a $15,000 transfer
from the conference fund to the
student organization fund at its March
6 senate meeting. On Feb. 26, student
government announced it had $12,734
left in its student organization fund,
meant to allow programs and travel
expenses for student-run clubs, down
from $60,000 at the beginning of the
academic year.
The conference fund exists to allow
individual students or small groups
of students to travel for conferences.
The Panther was unable to gain more
information on the vote as of press
time.
“We’ve gotten a lot more requests
asking for a lot more money than
we’ve been expecting, so that’s the
reason why we have a lower fund,” said
sophomore Ryan Rodriguez, a student
organization senator.
In addition to the student
organization fund, student government
has a separate academic organization
fund, which started with $80,500 and
now has $35,718.
A $75 student activity fee provides
these funds. If any money is left in
either fund at the end of the year, it
rolls over into the reserve account.
In past years, student government
has not used significant amounts of
its Student Organization fund, adding
thousands to the reserve account.
After a similar lack of spending last
year student government decided
to make a push towards a better
utilization and promotion of this fund.
Due to lower funds for the remainder
of the year, new clubs or those with
spring events may need to look
elsewhere for additional funding for
their events, conferences, retreats and
other activities.
“All we’re asking is (for clubs) to
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be smart and to plan to work with a
tighter budget,” Rodriguez said.
Student government also asks
clubs for reimbursements if they
overestimate needed funds.
There are 115 student organizations
and 51 academic organizations.
Twenty-five clubs started this year,
with nine having been approved since
Feb. 1.
Rodriguez said that student
government hasn’t had a problem with
balancing funds for clubs in a while.
“It’s kind of like an unspoken thing,”
Rodriguez said in regards of student
government’s system for balancing
spring and fall funds for student
organizations.
Rodriguez said that if funds
completely run out for student
organizations before the end of the
year, student government will need a
plan of action.
“We’ll figure it out when we get
there,” he said.
Rodriguez said that student
government tries to fund clubs that
are “beneficial to the overall Chapman
experience,” and that it wants to give
new clubs the funding they need to get
started.
Josh Nudelman, a junior student
organization senator, and SGA
president-elect, said that there might
be plans to reallocate money if funds
do run out. He also felt that the lower
funds were actually a good sign.
“I think that it’s great, because it
shows that people are using SGA and
that there is a desire to go to student
government and have us fund their
projects,” Nudelman said. “That’s what
were here for — we’re here to better
your experience.”
Junior Emilia Lopez-Yanez, who
is president of the Chapman’s
Soundcheck a capella club, said the
club uses student government funding
often for competitions, but doesn’t
know how much money it will receive
in the future.
“I don’t think that they’ll be able to
fund us very much anymore because
they have so many different clubs that
they have to fund,” she said.
The most expensive event that
used the Student Organization fund
last semester was a conference that
Soundcheck attended in Florida, which
cost about $9,000, but other clubs’
financial requests were not far behind.
“It’s a little more stressful because
we’re used to having so much support
from Chapman University, and now
we’re going to have to find another way
to fundraise,” Lopez-Yanez said.
Senior Arielle Magpoc, president
of Chapman’s Hawaiian club,
“Pua’ikeana,” is worried about the
club’s annual luau May 2, which
expects to bring in around 500
students.
“(The shrinking funding) does worry
me for upcoming years,” Magpoc said.
“(The funds) just (go to) whoever can
get access to it first, which is kind of
unfortunate to us because our event
is in the spring, but we usually like to
request it as soon as we can.”
Magpoc said Pua’ikeana usually asks
for “a substantial amount” of funds.
She suggested student government
split the yearly fund in half for each
semester.
Undeclared freshman Bridget Sanker,
who is a member of a new club on
campus called Hungry Panther, echoed
that opinion.
“SGA needs to get tighter on (its
spending),” she said. “They need to do
half and half for each semester because
lots of new clubs come up in the second
semester, so it’s not fair to those clubs.”
Nudelman, Rowe elected president and VP
Morgan Pullin | Staff Writer
Josh Nudelman and Jaycie Rowe
were announced as next year’s president and vice president, respectively,
of the Student Government Association (SGA) Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. in
the Student Union.
There were two presidential candidates and two vice-presidential
candidates in the executive election.
Nudelman and junior Gagan Sandhu
ran for president as Rowe and sophomore Ryan Rodriguez ran for vice
president.
“I think all four candidates worked
incredibly hard, and I think the
results showed how hard both Josh
and Jaycie worked and how well they
worked together,” said senior Chris
Im, the current student body president. “They were able to come up
with a very strong platform and convince a good number of the student
body that they are the best candidates
for this position.”
In total, 1,116 students voted in the
election – 18.3 percent of the student
body.
In the presidential election, Nudelman received 55 percent of the vote,
Sandhu received 38 percent and 7
percent voted for “Other” or “Ineligible write-in options.”
Rowe received 54 percent of the
vice-presidential vote, and the other
46 percent voted for Rodriguez.
Im said he thought there was a
good turnout of voters this year and
that it showed that the student body
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
Junior Josh Nudelman, left, and junior Jaycie
Rowe, right, just after being elected Student
Government Association president and vice
president, respectively, Wednesday night.
took an interest in the election. He
believes it is a direct result of the candidates’ hard work campaigning.
Vice president was announced first.
Before the announcement, Rowe was
focused on her upset stomach and
the concerns of not doing enough to
convince the student body she and
Nudelman were ready for the responsibility.
When his name was announced as
the new president, Nudelman began
to cry. Tears of gratitude, he said.
The two are ready to begin transitioning into their new positions with
guidance from Im and current vice
president, senior Jenny Bowen this
week.
The first thing Nudelman and
Rowe plan to do this semester, as the
transition begins, is to reach out to
administration and faculty to prepare
for the work they will do together in
the future.
Out of their many goals listed in
their platform, the two plan to first
focus on accessibility because there is
“a lot of groundwork in that direction
already,” Rowe said.
As for Sandhu and Rodriguez, they
are unsure if they will be running
for any other positions in student
government in the future.
“It’s obviously disappointing to lose
anything, but I’m sure Josh will do a
great job,” Sandhu said.
Sandhu had endorsements from
The Panther, Im and Jenny Bowen,
the current SGA vice president. She
joined the race late, after sophomore
Leon Lukić dropped out, and therefore could only be selected on the
ballot as a write-in candidate.
“I think she (Sandhu) was at a
structural disadvantage,” Im said.
“So it was incredibly hard for her to
come out on top, and because she did
join the election mid-week. Throughout the campaign process it was a
very close election.”
“I wasn’t really expecting any-
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thing,” Rodriguez said. “I mean it
was a tough race the entire time, so
it was whatever was going to happen.”
“The student body made their vote,
made their voice heard,” Sandhu said.
“So it’s what they wanted for themselves.”
NEWS 3
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Starbucks puts Aussie Bean’s future in doubt
Jamie Altman | Assistant News Editor
Sodexo is adding Starbucks as a
food vendor this summer due to
wide student interest, according to
Jack Raubolt, the senior consultant
of projects and controls at
Chapman.
The construction of Starbucks,
which will replace the Cyber Café in
Beckman Hall, will begin in May.
Just outside Beckman Hall,
stationed before the piazza, is
Aussie Bean, an alumna-owned
coffee cart.
“That does not change our
relationship with other food
vendors,” Raubolt said. “Aussie
Bean will still be one of the services
provided.”
Aussie Bean serves Australianstyle roasted coffee. Owner
and Chapman alumna Natalie
Wilkinson is confident that it will
survive, despite the competition
with Starbucks.
“Our customer isn’t necessarily
a Starbucks customer,” she said. “I
think what we offer is very different.
We don’t have all the artificial
f lavors, sweeteners, syrups or
pumps.”
A rumor in February that
Starbucks would replace Aussie
Bean prompted a survey in which
Aussie Bean employees asked
students to state their preference.
The survery showed that 1,241
students preferred Aussie Bean,
compared to nine who said they
food safety records and financial
stability when deciding if it should
become a permanent vendor on
campus. The process could take
four to five months.
Wilkinson said Sodexo was
supposed to email her with
information on how to get started,
but as of March 5, she had not
received any updates.
“We are at their disposal,” she
said. “The ball is in their court.”
If Sodexo doesn’t follow up with
her, Wilkinson said she will move
the cart to the Orange Circle, but
would rather stay at Chapman
because she has a personal
connection with the campus.
“I’m discouraged in that they
aren’t providing us with enough
information to get started,”
Wilkinson said.
PANTHER ARCHIVES
Nelson said he will keep buying
The Aussie Bean is a mobile coffee cart which parks in the Attallah Piazza every week day. A
coffee from Aussie Bean, even if it
Starbucks is set to open in Beckman Hall, next to the piazza, this summer.
moves to the Plaza.
“Natalie and Hannah, the baristas,
are really sweet ladies. There’s really
2012-13 school year, according
would choose Starbucks.
good service,” he said. “When they
to Raubolt, who said students
“Aussie Bean has a quality taste,”
know your name, you want to keep
especially expressed a strong desire
said freshman public relations and
going.”
for Starbucks. When he followed up
advertising major Drew Nelson.
Raubolt echoed the possibility of
a year later, interest was still high.
“Starbucks is very burnt and masks
Aussie Bean moving locations.
Aussie Bean started the process of “The thing that Aussie Bean has
it with pumps of syrup.”
partnering with Chapman March
Raubolt confirmed that there
going for them is they’re mobile. I
3rd so it can remain on campus for
is no exclusivity clause, meaning
know they go down to West Palm,
both Starbucks and the Aussie Bean the long-term, according to Harold
where our finance office and IT is,”
Hewitt, Chapman’s executive vice
can serve coffee on campus, so the
Raubolt said. “They don’t have to
results of the survey did not make a president and chief operating
stay wherever Starbucks is going to
officer.
difference.
be. And we’ve actually encouraged
Hewitt said Sodexo will look at
The survey contradicted feedback
that.”
Aussie Bean’s business practices,
from a focus group during the
Students seek reform of vendor’s labor practices
Maggie McAdams | Staff Writer
Members of the Student
Government Association claim
Follett, which sells products in the
Agoras Gift Shop in Argyros Forum,
uses unfair labor practices after an
investigation of Chapman’s vendors
concluded last December.
Kayla Velloso, sophomore
Wilkinson College senator, claimed
Chapman was selling items made in
sweatshops, but senior Jenny Bowen,
vice president, later walked back that
statement, writing to The Panther that
she didn’t “have enough information
to call it sweatshop labor.”
The two have teamed up to revise
Follett’s vendor labor code of conduct
and present the updated version to
senate.
After finding information on
Follett’s working conditions, Bowen
said they found issues with the
company’s non-discrimination
statement, working hours and labor
standards in their vendor labor code
of conduct.
“I strongly believe in living as
ethically as possible,” Velloso said.
“I want the school and the clothing
(and other items) we buy to reflect our
ethics as individuals, members of the
Chapman community and as global
citizens.”
Velloso declined to share the
evidence of the investigation with
The Panther, but stated it was found
through online research.
Velloso and Bowen started their
investigation in December by finding
information online about all the
vendors sold in the gift shop. From
there, they classified each brand as
“ethical, unethical or unknown.”
Some brands, they said, will take more
research to determine if the vendors
are using ethical labor practices.
According to Follett’s vendor labor
code of conduct, all factories that
produce Follett products must ensure
workers do not work more than 60
hours per week and be allowed one
day off per week. The code also has
a non-discrimination clause that
mandates their contractors must
ensure hiring and firing are “based on
ability and not on belief or any other
personal characteristics.” Their code
also outlaws rules on harassment,
equal treatment of women employees,
and a worker’s freedom of association.
“Follett’s Code of Conduct is
intended to uphold their contracted
vendors to fair labor practice;
however, it does not uphold the
vendors to a standard that we believe
is best,” Bowen said.
The revised code of conduct will be
presented during the senate meeting
on either March 13 or 20. If senate
approves the edits, Bowen and Velloso
plan to bring the revised code of
conduct to Jack Raubolt, vice president
of administration, this month.
When Bowen met with Raubolt
Feb. 2, they talked about possibility
of applying the code of conduct
changes to the Follett labor code of
conduct after the next Follett contract
negotiation.
However, Raubolt said Follett
“source(s) products through a
reputable network of vendors.”
Raubolt said Follett’s practices are
not illegal.
Bowen and Velloso hope to have
the edited version complete by the
end of spring semester. Bowen said
she understands the amount of work
it takes to switch vendors, but she
and Velloso are prepared to pinpoint
vendors that need to be replaced.
Students reacted strongly to
allegations that Chapman may sell
products made in sweatshops.
“Chapman holds itself to a high
standard; for such a prestigious school
to allow this is surprising,” said Nicole
Blistein, a junior public relations and
advertising major. “Imagine them (the
administration) putting their kids in
sweatshops to make clothing for the
school I pay $60,000 to attend.”
However, Blistein said it probably
wouldn’t change her buying behavior
at Chapman’s gift shop.
Another student said if the gift shop
sells clothing coming from unfair
practices, she would stop shopping
there.
“I want to know which items are
made in sweatshops and which ones
are not,” said Karrine Van Heuven, a
junior communication studies major.
INCIDENT LOG
March 5
A Chapman student required
medical aid due to alcohol
intoxication. The report was
forwarded to student life.
A student pulled a fire alarm
without just cause in Sandhu
residence hall. The report was
forwarded to student life.
March 2
An unknown suspect threw an egg
at the door of an administrative
office at the Hashinger Science
Center. Public Safety forwarded
the report to the Orange Police
Department.
Feb. 27
A female student received
numerous phone calls and text
messages from an unknown male.
The student also filed a report with
the Orange Police Department.
Feb. 26
There was a marijuana violation in
Sandhu residence hall. The student
received a conduct referral.
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Internal fund near empty
Tryphena Wardlaw | Staff Writer
The internal development fund for
Chapman’s Student Government Association contains $18 for the remainder
of the year. Junior Jaycie Rowe, allocations committee chair and vice president-elect, proposed a plan for the rest
of the semester that would use conference scholarship funding.
In February, student government
transferred $1,048.98 from unallocated
funds to its internal development fund.
The fund was $870.98 in the red because
of an executive retreat that ended up
using more money than planned. The
transferred money covered the deficit,
and $160 of the extra $178 paid for
student government’s Feb 13-14 retreat,
leaving $18 in the fund.
Student body president Chris Im takes
the blame for the oversight in budgeting.
“We don’t really use internal development for anything else other than
conferences and retreats,” Im wrote in
an email. “So now that we’ve gone on all
our retreats, we won’t be going on any
more.”
Rowe agreed, but said student government is going to be prudent with its
spending in the future.
“Our internal event planning is just
going to be very frugal, and we won’t
be able to send senators to conferences
if they need to,” Rowe said. “The plan is
to maybe not spend the $18 and just put
together a better plan for next year for
allocating the money.”
The conference fund is used for Chapman students to travel to conferences
related to academic work. On March 6,
student government approved a motion
to move $15,000 from the conference
fund to the student orgainzation fund
because the fund had spent nearly 80
percent of its original $60,000.
There are no planned events, retreats
or senator conferences that had to be
canceled due to funding. No more money will be put into the internal development fund.
Junior Gagan Sandhu, Crean College
senator, said the plan could face some
complications.
“The student body having this perception of us putting money away for
ourselves seems kind of shady, but that’s
not at all the intention,” Sandhu said.
She believes that there should be a
maximum for how much funding senators can apply for.
Rowe helped create a plan for the rest
of the semester. She said the allocations
by-laws state that student senators
cannot apply for conference money or
funding for special events.
Rowe proposed that if senators have
a conference they would like to attend,
they apply for conference scholarships.
She then wants to conduct a vote and
private discussion before the plan is sent
to allocations and the director of justice,
who is a member of student government
that remains isolated to make unbiased
judgments.
“I don’t know if (the plan) was received
well. Hopefully it will be passed this
Friday or next,” Rowe said.
Junior John Demshki, director of
finance, met with student government
members Friday March 6 to discuss the
allocation of money into the student
organization fund.
“Our student organization fund is
running a little bit low on funds, but
not in an inappropriate way,” Demshki
said. “None of the other funds are in any
kind of unexpected turmoil. We have
to figure out how to do things properly
over periods of time. It’s hard to project
exactly what the needs are going to be
for the entire year.”
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Cancer-affected share stories of pain, survival
Greta Chiocchetti | Staff Writer
Cancer survivors and caregivers
met Wednesday night on the thirdf loor terrace in Argyros Forum for
Cancer Survivor Night, a lead-up
to the fundraising event Relay For
Life, which will be May 1.
“We just wanted to make the
survivors and caregivers feel a sense
of community and comfort,” said
senior graphic design major Alexis
Morgan, who is leading her own
relay team this year. Morgan was
diagnosed with skin cancer when
she was 17. “Having our speakers be
so open about their experiences is
truly amazing.”
Conallee Moss, whose nephew
played on Chapman’s football team,
shared her battle with ovarian
cancer. When she was diagnosed,
Moss remembers her doctor saying
“it doesn’t look good.” She found
out soon after that her husband had
cancer as well.
After treatment, which involved
invasive surgeries and chemotherapy, both Mosses learned last week
from a marker test that they are
cancer-free.
“That word, ‘cancer,’ it changes
your life,” Moss said. “Everything
about it is hard. We are so lucky
that we had the support system we
did during that time.”
Her nephew Brandon joined his
family with his football teammates
to participate in the 2014 American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life
event.
Morgan said there are 23 teams
that will participate in the relay.
Among them are families, students
and alumni, including Positive
Energy, a caffeinated fruit juice
drink created by former Chapman
students.
“It’s such a positive experience,”
Morgan said. “Our team captains
are so open about why they relay
and who they relay for. For our survivors, it’s really about celebrating
their survivorship and being positive to give them strength to win
the battle against cancer.”
Stephanie Deagle, event chair
for Relay For Life in Huntington
Beach, spoke about her volunteer
work with Road to Recovery, a
program that gives cancer patients
free transportation to their doctor
appointments.
“When I was in charge of getting
my mother to and from her daily
appointments, I thought I had it all
under control,” Deagle said. “But
I called the hotline and asked for
help when I couldn’t do it on my
own. And I wanted to be able to do
that for other people, too.”
Deagle matches 32 Orange County volunteers with patients in need
of rides to appointments based on
their availability. The appointments can range from 20 minutes in
length to eight hours.
“The service helps everyone, from
the patients themselves to their
family members who need the assistance,” Deagle said.
MORGAN PULLIN Staff Photographer
Sophomore Max Berger, a strategic and corporate communications major, and freshman Roxanne Moysavi, a television and broadcast journalism major, performed acoustic covers at the
Relay for Life kickoff event.
NEWS IN BRIEF 5
THE PANTHER
News in Brief
Graduate programs
fair Monday in
Piazza
The Office of Graduate Admission
will host the Graduate Programs
Fair March 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
in the Attallah Piazza.
The fair will offer information
on Chapman’s graduate programs,
the admission process and job
opportunities after graduation.
Representatives from almost all
of Chapman’s graduate programs
will be on hand to answer students’
questions. Representatives from the
Financial Aid Office and the Career
Development Center will be tabling
to provide information.
“Any student who’s ever
thought about graduate
school should attend.”
- Eva Yen, associate director of
graduate admission
According to multiple studies,
students with graduate degrees
make around 20 percent more than
those with only an undergraduate
degree.
“Any student who’s ever thought
about graduate school should
attend,” said Eva Yen, the associate
director of graduate admission. “We
hope that this event will get students
to start thinking about graduate
school no matter what stage they’re
at.”
Acculturation Forum
The Center for Global Education
and cross-cultural engagement are
hosting Windows of the World, a
discussion of acculturation, March
16 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Argyros
Forum 209B.
According to Merriam-Webster
dictionary, acculturation is the
“cultural modification of an
individual, group or people by
adapting to or borrowing traits from
another culture.”
“This is a great
opportunity to share
perspectives and connect
with students who have
been through similar
situations.”
- Haley Strickland, senior, crosscultural engagment program
assistant
The discussion will focus on
adjusting to new cultures and the
obstacles that individuals go through
when approaching a new culture.
It will also discuss techniques in
adapting to new cultures for those
experiencing the effects of culture
shock.
“This is a great opportunity to
share perspectives and connect with
students who have been through
similar situations,” said senior
Haley Strickland, a cross-cultural
engagement program assistant.
The talk will provide interested
students with the resources and
skills to manage adaption to different
cultures.
“This event is meant to provide
solidarity for the student body
and connect with similar-minded
students,” Strickland said. “We hope
that the audience feels inspired
to create an environment that
accepts all cultures and seeks to
make comfortable and tolerant
experiences.”
MORE Career Expo
Wednesday
The Career Development Center
(CDC) will host the MORE Career
Expo March 11 from 3-6 p.m. in the
Sandhu Conference Center.
The expo will bring representatives
from more than 60 companies to
Chapman, including employers
such as Apple, Frontier, the Irvine
Company and Target. Many of the
companies in attendance are looking
to fill paid positions or internships.
Other highlights of the event
include a professional headshot
photographer, a resume drop box
station for students who don’t have
time to stay, on-site resume help as
well as free giveaways and door prizes
for categories such as best dressed
and most prepared.
“We encourage students to come
to the CDC beforehand to fully
prepare,” said Aaron Perez, the
Career Development Center’s career
relations specialist.
Last year around 450 students
attended the expo.
The expo is free to attend, and
students who RSVP early will be
entered to win a gift card as well as
receive a gift bag upon entrance.
Traumatic brain
injury symposium
The Survivor Symposium, an event
hosted by The Communication
Sciences and Disorders graduate
program, will focus on traumatic
brain injury on March 14 at 9 a.m. in
Argyros Forum 208.
Participants will learn about
managing traumatic brain injury
transitions and recovery. Speakers
will include Mary Kennedy, a speechlanguage pathologist and professor
for the Communication Sciences and
Disorders graduate program and
Sue Rueb, the owner and director of
the Brain Rehabilitation and Injury
Network (B.R.A.I.N.), a rehabilitation
center in Cypress. There will also
be a panel of traumatic brain injury
survivors and their loved ones who
will discuss their experiences.
“This event is a great opportunity
for speech-language pathologists,
physical therapists, occupational
therapists, doctors, coaches, students,
parents and individuals who have
experienced a brain injury to learn
more about how to transition back
into everyday life after a brain
injury,” said Sandra Barbu, a graduate
student helping to plan the event.
The event is open to the public, and
admission to the symposium is $30
for general admission and $15 for all
Chapman students and alumni.
—All briefs by Ronnie Kaufman, Staff
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‘The Vagina Monologues’ shares women’s stories
Caroline McNally | Staff Writer
Fifteen Chapman women read
from “The Vagina Monologues” in
Irvine Lecture Hall last weekend
to express their womanhood and
female empowerment.
“The Vagina Monologues” is an
episodic play written by Eve Ensler
in 1994, based on interviews she’d
conducted with dozens of women.
The play revolves around the idea
that women shouldn’t feel silenced
or embarrassed when it comes to
talking about their sexuality.
“I think the use of the word ‘vagina’ is empowering,” said junior
business major Charleen Du, who
read a monologue at the event.
“People make certain words taboo for weird reasons, and I don’t
think it’s a word people should be
ashamed of. For me, it’s now a word
of empowerment. When people
watch the play, they’ll understand
what I mean by that.”
The monologues range from comical to serious and were intertwined
so that the audience had moments
of comic relief after particularly
dark monologues. The ethnitcities
and age of the women depicted in
each monologue were left open to
interpretation, and multiple sexualities were represented.
Sophomore television and broadcast journalism major Courtney
Bankhead felt a deep connection
to her monologue, “Hair,” even
though she had little in common
with the character.
“At the end of the day, it’s just a
matter of finding a piece of yourself in each of these monologues,”
Bankhead said. “I may not have
ALLISON CAMP Staff Photographer
Senior integrated educational studies major, Ellen Butterworth, left, and undeclared junior Negeen Loti, right, perform a comedic retelling of a woman discovering her own vagina, during
“The Vagina Monologues.”
been raped, I may not have a husband, but I connect to the root of
the story. The best way to put it is
that this process has allowed me to
look at myself being a woman from
the outside in.”
Du was inspired to audition for
the show after seeing it at Chapman
multiple times.
“I was always in awe of the women who did it,” she said. “They were
very strong and powerful.”
“The Vagina Monologues” had
three showings: Friday and Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon.
All showings sold out. Tickets were
$7 online and $10 at the door, and
all proceeds benefitted Human Options, a local non-profit that helps
abused women and their families.
The show has been recently criticized on campus and on the Chapman Class of 2018 Facebook page
because there are no monologues
featuring transgender women in
the Chapman production. There is
one in the full play that was added after Ensler received a critique
about the lack of transgender material in the show. Many monologues,
including the transgender one, did
not make it into Chapman’s production.
Mount Holyoke College, an all-female college in Massachusetts,
cancelled the show earlier this year
because it is not inclusive to transgender women.
Many of the viewers, as well as
the performers, felt a connection
with the monologues.
“The words of the last monologue
particularly struck a chord with
me,” said sophomore film production major Alice Tsui. “The show
inspired me to be more of an activist for feminism.”
Senior business major Jack Childress saw it for the first time on
Saturday night and said it deepened
his respect for the women in his
life.
“I liked it a lot. It showed me a
lot of different sides of women that
I had not seen before,” Childress
said. “I had no idea what to expect.”
‘XX Redux’ on display in Guggenheim Gallery
Taylor Onderko | Staff Writer
A local transformer blew out
March 2, while the Guggenheim
Gallery faculty was preparing for the
“XX Redux — revisiting a feminist
art collective” artist reception. The
show, which opened Feb. 2 and
runs to March 14, displays the work
of 16 female artists. The reception
spanned from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Marcus Herse, the Guggenheim
Gallery coordinator, said that the
power outage didn’t hold them back
at all. In fact, the power came back
on right as the reception was starting.
As the lights came back on, and
everything was back in order, people
began filing into the gallery. Inside,
they were able to walk around and
view the artwork at their own pace.
Herse said the crowds at these
shows vary.
“It depends. Any show will have
an audience based on who is in the
show…today we had about 60 to 80
people,” he said.
The show, “XX Redux — revisiting
a feminist art collective,” was originally called “Double X.” According
to a large poster on the second floor
of the Guggenheim Gallery, “Double
X” is “an art coalition committed
to a feminist perspective.” It was
founded by a group of artists in 1975
who were inspired to “free ourselves
from the dehumanizing machinery
of the ‘Art World.’”
“We were all women artists who
wanted to support other women
artists,” said curator
of “XX Redux,” Nancy
Buchanan. She also
noted that her favorite
part of working on
this particular show
was “enjoying the
diversity of all the
work…it was always a
very eclectic group.”
“XX Redux,” revisited the art collective
by using the same
inspiration from 1975
to compile numerous
pieces of art into one
show. The forms of art
in “XX Redux” included paintings, drawings, photographs and
videos. The main floor
of the gallery featured
two videos and numerous pieces of art
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
that lined the walls.
Upstairs featured the Guests visit the Guggenheim Gallery March 1 for the artists’ reception and catalogue release of “XX Redux — revisiting a feminist art collective.” The display runs through March 14.
history of “Double
X,” how it was established and its purpose
Jackson Pollock,” Hebron said.
art show in the spring, two in the
in the art community and society as
Her glitter paintings are “about
fall and recently started putting toa whole. Catalogs were sold for $20
material, process and overlaying
gether a summer show as well. Those
outside of the gallery that featured
central core imagery upon a very
who work with the gallery have
the artwork in the “XX Redux” show. formalist movement.”
been making an effort to encourage
Micol Hebron, an art professor at
“These paintings were made at
students to visit more often. Herse
Chapman, displayed her artwork in
a time when women were expectmentioned that easels have been set
the show as well. Many people were
ed to be in the home raising kids,
up in Argyros Forum and Beckman
drawn to her glitter painting, which
not asking questions, not pursuing
to promote upcoming events in the
was an extension of an installation
intellectual careers, or any careers,
Guggenheim Gallery.
she did in 2001 called “Revival.” This not speaking their mind and not
There will be a video screening
piece has “imagery that draws upon
acknowledging their bodily experiand discussion about feminist issues
the C**t Coloring Book and upon
ences in the world,” Hebron said.
March 9 at 7p.m. in room Argyros
hard edge abstraction paintings and
The Guggenheim Gallery hosts one Forum 209 A and B.
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Clothesline project hangs
a light on sexual assault
Madeleine Caraluzzi | Staff Writer
ALLISON CAMP Staff Photographer
The Clothesline Project, on display outside of Beckman Hall, Thursday. The biannual campaign
is put on by CARES to share the stories of survivors of sexual assault.
Creating a Rape-Free Environment for
Students (C.A.R.E.S.) held its biannual
Clothesline Project March 5, where sexual
assualt survival stories are told through
colorful shirts hung in and around the
Attallah Piazza.
About 700 shirts lined the walkways
from Argyros Forum to DeMille Hall.
The shirts are color-coded to represent
different crimes: pink, red and orange
represent rape; gray represents gang
assault; green and blue represent molestation; black represents sexual harassment;
purple represents rape due to sexual orientation; and yellow represents domestic
violence.
The shirts in the Attallah Piazza and by
DeMille Hall were made by Chapman
students. Those by Argyros Forum were
made by members of Community Service
Programs, an Orange County nonprofit.
“We have this display to show the
Chapman community that things like
sexual assault actually do occur at and
around Chapman and that it affects us all.
It shows the survivors that they are not
alone,” said Taylor Aronow, a sophomore
integrated educational studies major and
member of C.A.R.E.S.
Dani Smith, Chapman’s rape crisis
counselor and C.A.R.E.S. coordinator,
organized the event.
“When I see the shirts wafting in the air,
it’s them (survivors) telling their stories,”
she said. “This is such a hidden crime
and epidemic. It’s tragic to look at them
all, but it’s liberating because we need to
speak about it.”
In addition to the shirts, C.A.R.E.S.
and Community Service Programs set
up booths to inform students about the
services they offer. Students were also
invited to create their own shirts to add to
the display.
The shirts serve as a visual depiction
of the emotions, images and stories each
survivor holds, and are a tribute to courage and survival. The Clothesline Project
is in its 20th year at Chapman.
“Raising awareness is the first step,”
Smith said. “Second, people need to step
in. If you don’t tolerate violence you can
change a culture. You can change people
so that they don’t tolerate aggressive
or violent behavior. And so for me, the
hope is to affect a cultural change here at
Chapman specifically so that people will
call other people out when they’re being
inappropriate.”
Aronow agreed that the mission of the
event is to effect change on campus.
“My hope is that this will make people
more aware and more willing to change
this fact, whether that be through bystander intervention or another way,” she
said.
Smith encourages Chapman students
to believe and listen to friends if they say
they have been sexually assaulted.
“Support them, and refer them to
resources,” Smith said. “I encourage
(victims of assault) to talk about it. It is
not your fault. There’s so much self-blame
with this crime. With most college rapes,
you know the person, there is alcohol or
drugs involved, et cetera. But it doesn’t
matter what you did, that gave no one the
excuse to violate you. We minimize this
issue so much. It happens so frequently,
and we need to put an end to it by protecting and taking care of each other.”
A few of the shirts will be hanging
in Argyros Forum until the end of the
month.
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Smoke and mirrors: New bills
Fears of addiction behind movement to
Jackie Cohen | Staff Writer
The 21st birthday milestone may soon evolve for California residents to
mark the first day they’re legally allowed to purchase not only alcoholic
beverages, but cigarettes as well.
A bill to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 was proposed Jan. 29 by
California senator Ed Hernandez because he believes that people are more
likely to become addicted to smoking if they start at a younger age, as he
said when introducing the bill.
“Age restriction on (cigarettes) won’t really have an effect on how many
people use them. It may stop some younger kids from smoking, but not
enough,” said Sammi Waugh, a freshman dance major. “The age isn’t the
problem, it’s peoples’ education about the issue.”
In the United States, 16 million people suffer from diseases caused by
smoking, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cigarette smoking leads to 480,000 deaths in the U.S. annually, of which
41,000 are caused by secondhand smoke.
Smokers’ lungs lose the ability to filter harmful chemicals, which traps
toxins in the lungs and increases the risk of catching cold, flu and lung infections, according to Healthline, a website that provides medical information verified by health professionals. Smokers also have an increased risk of
poor eyesight and weakened sense of taste and smell.
Long-term effects include skin discoloration, wrinkles, premature aging,
yellowing of nails, stained teeth, bad breath, chronic bronchitis and various
lung diseases, according to Healthline.
“(Smoking as an adolescent) starts the harmful effects earlier,” said Linda Kucinski, a nurse at the Chula Vista Elementary School District in San Diego County. “Poorer lung capacity tends to reduce the amount of exercise done. It may be
used to eat less, when teens need nutritious meals.”
The highly addictive component in cigarettes is nicotine, a stimulant that instantly energizes consumers.
Once the effects subside, smokers feel tired and crave
more nicotine, according to Healthline.
“It’s addicting and bad for your health. A very bad combination in my
book,” Waugh said.
Cigarettes contain 600 ingredients and generate more than 7,000 chemicals when burnt, many of which are poisonous and 69 are known to cause
cancer, according to Healthline.
Kucinski said smoking can cause cancer of the mouth, esophagus, lungs
and other organs.
The effects of smoking aren’t limited to the person smoking because
bystanders are also affected by secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is
tobacco smoke that enters the environment as a result of someone smoking
a cigarette, and it increases the bystander’s risk of having a stroke, heart
attack and coronary heart disease, according to Healthline.
“I’m not smoking, so I don’t want to be smelling it or around it because
it’s bad for you. Secondhand smoking can kill people,” said Eliana Michelson, a freshman integrated educational studies major.
To protect students from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke,
Chapman limits people to smoking at least 20 feet away from building
doors.
Five percent of 130 Chapman students who took an online survey conducted by The Panther smoke. Out of the sample, approximately 22 percent
disagree with the bill, 42 percent agree with it and 35 percent don’t care.
“I think it’s good because I think that a lot of 18-year-olds just do it because they see other people doing it or to feel older and I feel like at 18, you
don’t really know anything yet,” Michelson said.
Many students were doubtful of how effective the law would be, considering that many of the smokers at Chapman started smoking between the
ages of 14 and 18, before they were legally allowed to.
“To be honest, I don’t think raising the (smoking) age to 21 will do anything,” said Celine Engler, a senior strategic and corporate communications
major. “Teenagers will still smoke and people will still find a way no matter
if it’s illegal or not.”
Engler started smoking at 19 and quit when she was 21. It’s been two
years since she last smoked.
“It began as a social thing, only when I was drinking, then it became a
Proposed e-cig
Tryphena Wardlaw | Staff Writer
Niki Black, a sophomore women and gender studies major, was walking a puppy
around campus when she realized how many
cigarette butts were strewn around.
“There are so many dirty cigarettes on the
grass and she almost ate them. That’s so rude
to leave them there,” Black said. “Vaping
(electronic cigarettes), I feel, is not as harmful.”
California senator Mark Leno proposed a
bill Jan. 26 that prohibits the use of electronic
cigarettes, or e-cigs, in public places such as
schools, workplaces, restaurants and hospitals—essentially anywhere smoking traditional cigarettes is banned. E-cigs deliver nicotine
in a cloud of other “toxic chemicals, and their
use should be restricted equally under state
Photo illustrations by Jon Holmquist Senior Photographer
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THE PANTHER
s won’t stop student smoking
o raise smoking age to 21
way to cope with stress and personal problems,” Engler said. “I was definitely aware of the effects but didn’t care because it gave me immediate
gratification.”
Engler chose to quit smoking when she realized that it was a sign of
weakness and she felt like she’d become a different person.
Although Engler chose a new lifestyle for herself, she doesn’t think the
proposed bill would affect the rest of California, if it were to pass.
“Something I learned about the smoking community is that they’re generous: it’s a social activity and most smokers will share or offer a cigarette to
those around them, hold a conversation and create this bond without the
question of age,” Engler said.
g restrictions: no ifs, ands or butts about it
law in order to protect public health,” Leno
wrote in a press release regarding the bill.
Black has a 21-year-old friend that has lung
cancer from smoking cigarettes and said
e-cigs aren’t as harmful to your body.
“I think e-cigarettes are more acceptable
than cigarettes because it doesn’t have that
smell and that burning that we associate with
it,” Black said. “On a moral level, I could see
why it should be banned but I think logistically, it’s OK.”
The Food and Drug Administration hasn’t
approved the use of e-cigs, also known as
vaping, and acknowledges that the side effects are still somewhat unknown. E-cig juice
contains nicotine, an addictive drug that’s
known to negatively affect your brain, nervous system and heart. Each juice bottle varies in nicotine concentration from zero to 36
milligrams per milliliter. Depending on the
dosage of nicotine, it can raise blood pressure
and heart rate, according to the American
Lung Association.
Dani Smith, director of health education
and Proactive Education Encouraging Responsibility, has been trying to make the
campus completely smoke-free, including the
use of e-cigs, because she said smokers are
impinging upon the rights of other people.
“Anyone here on campus doesn’t want to be
subjected to something that is detrimental to
our health,” Smith said.
Currently, smoking is prohibited on campus
within 20 feet of building entrances, windows
and air conditioning vents in any university-owned building and any of the quads,
courtyards or sidewalks in the residence
areas.
However, there have been a couple of cases
where students have used their e-cigs during
class.
Matias Axelrod, a math and economics major, has tried using his e-cigarette in class.
“I can see how that would be a little obnoxious,” Axelrod said. “I think that’s a little
distracting.”
Axelrod supports the use of e-cigs and said
he thinks the bill is ridiculous because the
legislation was proposed based on biased
studies.
“I think it’s really more of a political move
than anything else, to get people rallied up
about something because they can’t do anything else,” Axelrod said.
The bill will be heard in policy meetings in
senate this spring.
10 REVIEWS
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A build-your-own pizza at The Pizza Press in Anaheim costs $10.80. The Pizza Press will be opening on North Glassell Street in the Orange Plaza soon.
Get Blazed: The Plaza’s best new pizza
With two build-your-own pizza parlors opening up in the Plaza, managing editor Megan
Abba visited their other locations to find out which one will be worth the walk from campus.
Photos and review by
Megan Abba | Managing Editor
I visited The Pizza Press’ Anaheim
location and Blaze Pizza’s Santa
Ana location to figure out which
new addition to the Orange Plaza
would become my next go-to. Both
pizzerias have similar concepts—
choose from a short menu of
pre-created pizzas, or be more
adventurous and build your own.
After choosing their sauces, cheeses,
meats and veggies, pizza lovers can
watch their pie quickly cook in front
of them, ready in just a few short
minutes.
Price:
For similar size pizzas and
unlimited toppings, Blaze Pizza
comes out on top. I topped my 11inch Blaze pie with spicy red sauce,
mozzarella, Gorgonzola and goat
cheese, grilled chicken, banana
peppers, cherry tomatoes, green and
red bell peppers and red onions.
With a drink—a deliciously sweet
blood orange lemonade that is worth
eating in for the free refills—it cost
me $10.69, a fair price for a meal that
lasted me two days.
At The Pizza Press, I topped my
pie with red sauce, mozzarella and
Gorgonzola cheese, grilled chicken,
sun-dried tomatoes, red and green
peppers, red onion, jalapenos,
cilantro and ranch dressing. The
pizza itself cost me $10.80, more
than the pizza and drink at its
competitor.
Best Price: Blaze Pizza
Toppings:
You can’t go wrong with unlimited
toppings, but Blaze Pizza seems to
do it better. Blaze has slightly more
veggie options and doesn’t skimp
out like The Pizza Press does. My
Blaze pizza was topped high with all
the ingredients I asked for, making it
more filling and flavorful. Even the
same toppings at each location—the
A build-your-own pizza at Blaze Pizza in Santa Ana costs $10.69 with a drink. Blaze Pizza will
open in the Orange Plaza on South Glassell Street soon.
grilled chicken, for example—tasted
better at Blaze. The Pizza Press’ was
dry and bland while Blaze’s added a
smoky flavor.
Best toppings: Blaze Pizza
Crust:
Both chains only offer thin crust
because it cooks quicker. However,
they greatly vary in flavor and
texture and ultimately, The Pizza
Press’ dominates. Blaze’s dough is
pulled out of refrigerators ready to
top. The Pizza Press employees, on
the other hand, “press” their dough
in a big, metal machine to order,
making it look more artisanal.
Blaze’s dough is fluffier, which
at first I thought I liked more.
However, the longer I ate it, the
soggier the crust became, making
it difficult to pick up and difficult
to keep toppings on. The Pizza
Press’ pizza stayed crisp through the
next day, and had an herbier flavor
throughout.
Best crust: The Pizza Press
Sauce:
Both Blaze Pizza and The Pizza
Press have three sauce options.
Blaze offers a classic red sauce, a
spicy red sauce and a white cream
sauce. The Pizza Press offers a
classic red sauce, a five-cheese
Alfredo and a cold-pressed olive oil.
I chose red sauces at both and
ultimately, Blaze makes it better.
Although I ordered the spicy red
sauce at Blaze that was hardly spicy,
it has a deeper, better-seasoned taste
than The Pizza Press’. The Pizza
Press’ red sauce lacks any flavor—
tasting like watered-down puréed
tomatoes—making a bad base for
the rest of the pie.
Best sauce: Blaze Pizza
Environment:
The Pizza Press’ wide array of
beers and late hours makes it much
more appealing for the college
crowd.
The Pizza Press in Anaheim
currently has nine beers on tap,
14 bottled craft beers, one bottled
cider and bottled Stella Artois, along
with seasonal wines. Blaze Pizza,
on the other hand, only offers a
small selection of bottled beers and
wine, although as I have previously
mentioned, its blood orange
lemonade is almost as good as an
alcoholic alternative.
The Pizza Press also offers a long
list of dessert options including root
beer floats and tiramisu—that far
outweighs Blaze Pizza’s sweet tooth
offerings of s’more pie.
The Pizza Press Anaheim location
closes at 1 a.m. every day and if
those hours transfer to the Orange
location, it would be a nice change
to the rest of the early-closing
spots in the Plaza. Blaze’s hours
vary by location but the Santa Ana
one closes at 9 p.m. at the latest on
weekdays.
Ultimately, The Pizza Press just
has better vibes. Its “Newsies”type employee costume and décor
(newspapers plastered on the
walls and large mailbox-looking
trashcans) are just more interesting
than Blaze’s bad-grammar boxes
and posters (“Don’t not pick the
flowers”)—but maybe that’s just my
newspaper editor bias.
Best environment: The Pizza Press
Blaze Pizza, which will be
replacing Radio Shack on South
Glassell Street, just has better prices
and overall taste than The Pizza
Press, which will be located on
North Glassell Street next to Tokyo
Cafe.
But pizza lovers rejoice, as both
pizzerias will be sure to take care of
those munchies.
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Young artists honored at annual Holocaust awards
Megan Abba | Managing Editor
More than 1,000 high school and
middle school students joined about
50 local Holocaust survivors Friday
in Memorial Hall for the annual
Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
awards.
More than 7,000 students from
209 schools submitted essays, poems
and artworks that were judged by
a panel of Holocaust survivors,
local businesspeople, professionals,
organization leaders and Chapman
faculty and students. Nobel laureate
and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
was the honorary judge for the
contest.
Holocaust survivor Jack Pariser
spoke at the event.
“Do no harm,” he chanted to close
his speech on ending genocide.
Holocaust survivor Chava Ginz
Pressburger also spoke at the event
about her brother who died in
Auschwitz in 1944. He wrote five
novels before dying at the age of 16.
After the ceremony, students were
able to meet with the Holocaust
survivors on Bert C. Williams Mall.
Photos by Peyton Hutchison Staff Photographer
Above, Holocaust survivor Jack Pariser speaks about ending genocide at the 16th annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest awards ceremony
Friday in Memorial Hall. Below, President Jim Doti congratulates the finalists and participants of the 16th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing
Contest Friday in Memorial Hall. Students from 209 middle and high schools across the nation including two international contributors from
Slovakia and China submitted essays, poems and artwork to the contest.
This week at Chapman
XX Redux:
revisiting a
feminist art
collective in
Guggenheim
Gallery
through
March 14
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
Monday
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Asian Pacific Student
Association boba sales
Holi: Festival of Colors
MORE career expo
Delta Queen
Beckman Hall
11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Memorial Lawn
1 - 3 p.m.
Sandhu Conference
Center
3 - 6 p.m.
“Horrible Bosses”
screening
Memorial Hall
7 p.m.
Student Union
7 p.m.
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EDITORIAL
Raising tuition
won’t raise rank
T
uition increases
are expected
for next year,
said Mike Pelly,
vice chancellor
of enrollment,
last week in an
interview with The
Panther. Cue the
dreaded sighs. It’s
sad to hear, but
those sighs speak
Miles Furuichi
for themselves.
Opinions Editor
This topic is so
common for our generation; it seldom
surprises us to hear that we will have to pay
more money for college. It’s just the way
things have been.
But that doesn’t make it right. As a student
that’s taking on a lot of debt and relying
on my parents to foot part of the bill, I’m
frustrated that tuition, currently $22,355 a
semester, is expected to rise by three to four
percent, according to Pelly.
While I’m happy with the path I chose
in coming to Chapman and the education
that it has given me, I have realized that the
tuition I pay is not worth the rankings I’m
constantly told about.
In the U.S. News & World Report
rankings, Chapman is ranked seventh of the
best west regional universities. However, on
average, we pay $5,000 more than the six
colleges ahead of us.
A “sticker price” tuition ranking in 201415 by The Chronicle of Higher Education
found that Chapman students pay more
than students at Stanford, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Princeton University
and Rice University, all universities ranked
in the top 20 of U.S. News’ college rankings.
How can we be paying more than
universities with so much acclaim? It could
be that what we’re paying for isn’t quality,
but perception that a higher tuition means a
higher education.
In a National Public Radio interview,
Sandy Baum of the Urban Institute pointed
out that colleges might not want to keep
raising prices but the benefits of taking
advantage of public perception often
outweighs that idea.
Can that be right? I don’t want to believe
it either, but in an interview with the Los
Angeles Times back in 1992, as Chapman
was hiking up tuition, President Jim
Doti said, “We need to attract the kind of
students that will make this a more exciting
intellectual environment as well as build
and attract . . . (the) resources that will make
it possible for us to become the kind of
institution we aspire to be.”
Essentially, tuition is rising to attract
wealthier students who can supply the
money to pay for Chapman to seem like a
nationally-acclaimed school.
Although that was 23 years ago and ideas
might have changed, we still pay more than
Stanford and can only pretend like we’re
receiving the same degree.
Pelly told The Panther last week that
tuition goes up to cover expenses, faculty
rates, facilities and to keep student-to-faculty
ratios low. Indeed, the number of faculty is
increasing, while the faculty’s annual salary
increases have fallen – from 3 percent in
2012 and 2013 to 2.5 percent over the last
two years. While students pay more and
faculty get less, our university president
earned over $825,000 last year, and our
chancellor made over $1 million in 2012.
The university has said that Doti donates
a portion of his salary back to Chapman.
Yet while our board and president trade
hundreds of thousands back and forth,
students are unquestionably charged higher
tuition.
Students deserve to be treated fairly and
be afforded the respect of knowing what we
are actually paying for. We’re not University
of Southern California in size or ranking, so
why should we be keeping pace with their
tuition?
Illustrated by Colton Kirkegaard
What you say by staying silent for elections
The Panther Editorial Board
As college students, we don’t necessarily
think about voting. And why should we?
We’re all busy with some combination of class,
homework, jobs, sports, clubs and trying to
find time to sleep between all of that.
However, voting for Chapman candidates
during an election takes about two minutes,
and can be done on an iPhone. For the student
government association’s presidential elections
this semester, 112 more online votes were
cast than in last year’s student government
executive elections, reaching a new high of
1,116 votes, or 18.3 percent of the student body.
And that’s for executive elections. In special
elections for at-large senators, like the one held
Feb. 23, voter turnout was 2.4 percent.
Having about one in five students vote for a
student body president doesn’t bode well for
the whole community. While we may think it’s
fine to allow others to choose who will lead us,
it may not always be in our best interest. If you
were in a group of five people and one person
made all of the decisions, chances are you
would not agree with everything they decided
on – and that certainly isn’t a democracy.
That reason is exactly why having low voter
turnout is such a crux on our government.
Since 1,000 students made a decision for
the other 5,000, governing effectively and
responsibly dispersing the money all students
pay into student government becomes a lot
harder.
What’s worse is that most students probably
don’t care what student government does for
them, and they don’t see how it affects them.
However, the student government association
is the representative of the student body to the
university administration and advocates needs
and controls huge sums of money. Chapman’s
student government supplies the funding to
clubs and organizations and budget students’
activity fees. So all those students who are a
part of an organization, you need to make sure
you’re voting for the candidate who will ensure
you get funding.
Much of this learned voter laziness has
broader effects past college. That mindset can
carry on and eventually affect politics on a
grander scale.
Take, for instance, the recent elections Los
Angeles had for its city council on Tuesday.
Voter turnout was 8.6 percent; its lowest since
2003. That’s an abysmal turnout for such a
massive population and a seat that makes
decisions on rising rent, cost of living and the
legality of new businesses like Uber. This also
wasn’t some small runoff election; this was a
primary election for city council members.
Of course, city council and municipal
elections don’t seem as important as a
national election, but the decisions of city
council members have direct effects on all
citizens’ lives. In the city of Bell, less than 30
miles from Orange, an uninterested voting
population bred a city council that made
millions off their property taxes. Only after an
investigation by the Los Angeles Times did one
of California’s greatest corruption scandals
come to light.
Voting is the key ingredient to democracy,
and having a minority, instead of the greater
population, choose who will represent
everyone can have disastrous effects on people
and communities.
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Guest Columns
Our paths are filled with the unexpected
I
dorms when I was a freshman.
graduated
These are mine, and you have yours.
high school
Plainly: It sucks to muse over. It’s not a
without any
good feeling to think you’ve wasted any
regrets.
sort of opportunities in college, especially
It felt good to
while you see your friends celebrating
say that when I
their own successes on social media every
left. It felt like an day. College is supposed to be a place of
achievement to unending possibilities, but through that, it’s
have taken every easy to feel like you only took advantage of
opportunity in
the ones that didn’t matter.
high school and
My regrets are simple. Impactful, but
make
it
mine.
simple.
The impact they’ve made on my life
Michael Wong,
Now in my
is not easily written off, nor forgotten. But
senior creative
last semester
while the remorse of the things I’ve missed
writing major
of college, I ask
weighs heavy some nights, I am extremely
myself if I will
thankful, excited and full of pride about the
leave having felt I did everything I wanted. unexpected experiences in college that I’ve
The answer is, no. I won’t. I regret quite a
stumbled upon.
bit.
I wasn’t as involved on campus because
To begin: I regret not becoming more
I was really busy being involved in the
involved on campus, I regret the hours
world, traveling to places beyond my most
I missed while working, or being tired
ambitious Pinterest boards. I worked a lot,
from working and I regret not living in the but I got to pursue my dream of working at
Disneyland and with help from Chapman,
make serious success for myself in the
marketing and writing worlds. I didn’t live
in the dorms, but it led me to joining a
fraternity made of brothers who make this
experience so very special.
College is not a place to set expectations,
it’s a place to make discoveries. You never
plan on meeting the people who will
change your life because it happens in
classes, at parties and on Snapchat. Life’s
plans will often change, and so will the rest
of it. It’ll start with your Spotify, then your
clothes, then your major one or three times.
You’ll wake up one morning with your
arm tattooed from a spring break trip
in Africa (it’s a geisha). And guess what?
You’ll be OK with it, because you’re in
college now. And though you’ll be broke
sometimes, drunk often, the beauty of this
place is that even when you don’t do what
you said you would, you will frequently
find that you actually managed to do
exactly what you wanted. Enjoy it.
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What would you do if
you were elected student
government president?
Anthony Ezeakunne,
senior math major
“I’d help students get scholarships
and any financial aid to help pay for
college. I mean it’s not the cheapest
school in the world.”
It’s time to increase mental health resources
I
t is time for
Chapman to
increase its
resources for
students with
mental illnesses.
A 2011 survey
conducted by
the American
College Health
Association
Leon Lukic, former reported that 30
percent of college
sophomore film
students “felt so
production major
depressed that it
was difficult to
function.” 50 percent felt anxiety that was
“overwhelming.”
I am one of those students. This year,
issues of mental illness that I thought I had
resolved came back, and they came back
hard.
My illness consumes my life. I had trouble
focusing in class and struggled to get out
of bed on a daily basis. I spent this year not
knowing if I was going to be alive the next
day. After seeking support from the Student
Psychological Counseling Services, I was
ultimately referred to off-campus resources
to treat my mental illness.
After months of waitlists, referrals
and infrequent visits with a Chapman
counselor, I began steady treatment with a
psychologist and a psychiatrist nearby. But
it came at a price. Not only do I have to ask
for additional monetary support from my
parents, but I also lost a part of my mind that
I will never get back.
Following a suicide attempt and
hospitalization at the end of February, I
decided to withdraw from Chapman and
get the care that I need to get my life back on
track.
I believe that no student should have to
struggle in a way that puts his or her life at
risk. The time to address these issues is now.
If I come back to Chapman, I want to be
coming back to a place that has adequate
resources to support me and all other
students living with mental illnesses.
The counseling service offers only up to
eight sessions of individual counseling per
academic year. Even getting those limited
sessions is difficult; there is a waitlist that can
make seeing a counselor a stressful process.
What are we paying for if we are being
put on a waitlist to access services that are
guaranteed to us through this fee? With
only five full-time counselors and 6,281
undergraduate students, there is a ratio of
one counselor for every 1,256 students. The
International Association of Counseling
Services recommends one counselor per
1,000 students.
As Chapman continues to expand in size,
with the undergraduate population rising
from 4,910 in Fall 2010 to 6,281 in Fall 2014,
we cannot continue to ignore the increasing
demands for full-time counselors. If we are
above that ratio now, what will that ratio
look like in another four years?
An additional shortcoming of the services
provided to Chapman students is the lack
of psychiatric services. According to the
counseling service’s website, “psychiatric
evaluations in the local area usually have a
waiting period of from 4-8 weeks before an
appointment can be made.”
Speaking from personal experience, a 4-8
week wait can cause a lot of damage to a
person in need of psychiatric services. Peer
institutions, such as Loyola Marymount
University, have at least one consulting
psychiatrist working at the school.
When will Chapman step up and ensure
that the needs of students are being met?
Many colleges have made the mistake
of waiting too long before addressing
mental health. Let us strive to make change
now and stop a tragedy that is completely
preventable. We, as students, have the power
to demand change on this campus. Without
our tuition payments, this school would not
exist. If statistical reasoning is not enough
for the campus to address issues of mental
health on campus, then let us demand
reasonable access to the services we are
paying for.
input from every student, faculty member
and administrator to enhance our school.
Steve Prefontaine said it best when he
said, “To give anything less than your best
is to sacrifice a gift.” I have been given an
amazing opportunity and I will give nothing
but the very best to it.
During the recent campaign, Jaycie and I
spoke a great deal about student safety and
identifying ways to improve that aspect
of campus life. We intend to have SGA
initiate programs to bring about greater
awareness of safety on campus and to look
at the possibility of adding more cameras
in the parking garage (to help decrease the
number of “hit and runs” as well). Also,
adding more blue light emergency call
boxes on campus to let students know that
precautions are set in case of an emergency.
In addition, we believe the SGA can add
value to the curriculum by examining
the Freshman Foundation Course (FFC).
While the courses have positive intensions,
they can at times create an uneven balance
of programs that do not promote a strong
Chapman experience.
We have heard from individuals that
their FFC was easy while some say their
FFC was one of the hardest classes they
took at Chapman. If this freshman general
education course were eliminated, it would
be possible to add a diversity and equity
class in its place that could teach students
about inclusion and promote a safe and
welcoming campus for all students at
Chapman University.
Thank you again to those of you who
participated in the SGA election. The large
number of voters sends a message that
students care about their college experience
and want to be a part of the process and not
merely a bystander.
If you know me, you would know that
ever since spring of my sophomore year I
have set the goal to be SGA president. I have
served as a senator under former president
Natalya Subbotina and current president
Chris Im, and I am beyond honored and
excited to be following in their footsteps. As
president, I will work with SGA, the entire
student body, faculty and administrators to
maximize the Chapman experience.
Taking the reins toward a better tomorrow
I
’d like to
give a special
thanks to the
record number
of Chapman
students who
voted in the
recent Student
Government
Association
(SGA) election.
I, along with
Josh Nudelman,
Jaycie
Rowe,
junior student org
who will serve
senator and
as vice president,
president-elect
am humbled
and honored
to be in a position to help the members of
the Chapman community maximize their
individual experience.
When I checked in to Henley Hall room
424 as a freshman, I never imagined that
I would have this unique and special
opportunity. I intend to gather all of my
past experiences on campus and take
Caitie Guttry, junior
theatre performance major
“As president I would work on social
justice and cultural intitiatives.
Also to make sure the campus had
Chipotle.”
Hayden Turner,
freshman business finance major
“If I was president, I would make 24
hour food services as well as give out
scholarships to those in need.”
Ashley Forman,
senior biological science major
“I would put more healthy food
options on campus because that is a
big concern.”
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It’s time for Caltech
to call it quits
T
here are
different
degrees
of being a bad
sports team.
First, is your
run-of-the-millbelow-average,
like the Phoenix
Suns. They’ll
jump up every
once in a while
and be OK, but
largely they’re
just not that
Michael Ambrose
Sports Editor
good.
Then, you have the terrible-butrebuilding teams. These teams have two
subcategories: the intentionally bad and
the unintentionally bad. The former is
tanking in hopes of stringing together
high draft picks into a quality team—see
the bottom half of the NBA. The latter is
constantly trying to mix things up, hiring
coaches, installing schemes but still fails
spectacularly, like the Oakland Raiders.
Finally, you have the truly horrifying
level of bad, where the worst of the worst
drift aimlessly through time and space
getting beaten back-and-forth by superior
teams like a tetherball. The only team at
this level is Caltech.
Caltech plays with Chapman in the
Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SCIAC). However,
Caltech serves more as a tune up for other
bigger, more important games than as a
rival.
Caltech’s volleyball team is 0-216 in
SCIAC play, its baseball team has won
two out of the last 310 contests and has
not won a conference game since 1988,
its men’s water polo team went seven
years without winning a game and its
men’s basketball team lost 310 straight
conference games, a streak that Caltech
ended in 2011 before starting another 55game conference losing streak.
The highlight of this athletic year has
been the men’s basketball team winning
back-to-back games for the first time
since the 1953-54 season. That was before
Ford offered seat belts in its cars. This
will be the first time that Caltech has won
multiple conference games since 1971.
The Caltech athletic program is a joke,
and not a very funny one at that. Caltech
should not be fielding athletic teams in
the NCAA, and to do so is to set up its
athletes for failure without any real hope
of success, and Caltech is just wasting
other team’s time as well as its own.
Caltech’s undergraduate enrollment is
less than 1,000, according to the school’s
website, making it the smallest school
in the conference. Combine its size with
how selective Caltech is — it admitted
11 percent of applicants for its class of
2017 — it’s not surprising why Caltech
struggles so horribly to keep up with its
SCIAC brethren.
Sport is about competition between
evenly matched opponents. Not between
a team that never had a chance and its
superior.
It’s time for Caltech to stop participating
in NCAA sports, and if students still want
some sort of athletic competition they
can play club sports, just like Chapman
students that want to play hockey or
men’s lacrosse or row crew.
I’ve played on teams that have been
horrible to the point that you feel bad
for the team while you watch them get
their collective behinds kicked. In high
school, my football team won two games
in two years. I get what it’s like to be on a
depressingly bad team. I feel your pain,
Caltech, believe me, I do.
But, there is a certain point where
enough is enough. There is not hope
for improvement. No hope for things to
get better. There is just bad, unending,
undying badness.
Softball splits pair of doubleheaders
Morgan Pullin | Staff Writer
iiiChapman’s softball team was swept
in on the road in a doubleheader by
Redlands Friday before returning the
favor to Pomona-Pitzer Saturday at
home.
Chapman (5-6, 4-5) lost to Redlands
(5-9, 3-7) 7-3 and 9-1, and beat
Pomona-Pitzer (6-11, 2-6) 4-0 and 5-2.
After going 2-2 this week, Chapman
sits in fifth place in the Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (SCIAC).
“As a team we had to not look back
on yesterday, not overthink things,
and go back to basics,” said senior
catcher Kelsea Eakin about Chapman
bouncing back after its losses to
Redlands.
Against the Bulldogs, the Panthers
scored the first two runs in the top
of the third when senior left fielder
Karina Muniz doubled home senior
infielder Taylor Cartwright and
sophomore infielder Amber Perez
scored.
Redlands caught up quickly, scoring
two runs of its own.
Both team’s offenses faltered and
neither team scored again until the
eighth inning.
Chapman inched ahead when
Muniz scored off of a bunt from junior
outfielder Amy Serven.
Once again, Redlands answered with
five runs in the bottom of the eighth,
ending the game
“To turn around and play a second
game is hard for any team after a tough
loss,” said freshman infielder Sarah
Taketa.
The second game of the day,
Redlands’ offense kept its momentum
from the eighth inning of the first
game and scored five runs in the
bottom of the first.
Two of the five runs were off of home
runs.
Muniz fought back with her own
home run to center field during the
second inning, bringing the score to
5-1 with Redlands still in the lead.
After stealing a base during the
bottom of the second, Redlands scored
another run which brought the score
to 6-1.
Redlands continued to rack up the
points for the remainder of the game.
The Bulldogs scored two runs during
the third inning and another run at the
bottom of the fifth.
PEYTON HUTCHSON Staff Photographer
Junior pitcher Natalie Both follows through on a pitch during Chapman’s 4-0 victory over the
Sagehens in the first game of its Saturday doubleheader. Both allowed four hits in five innings.
The game ended three innings early
because of the mercy rule, which ends
a game early if a team is up by at least
eight after five innings.
Against Pomona-Pitzer, the first
game of the day started off slow before
junior outfielder Gabrielle Leveratto
ran home after a single to left field by
freshman infielder Sarah Taketa during
the bottom of the third.
Chapman extended its lead in the
fourth and sixth innings, but it did not
need the insurance.
Junior pitcher Natalie Both and
freshman pitcher Madison Pahl
combined to toss seven shutout
innings, with Both throwing five
innings and striking out five and Pahl
throwing the last two, giving up one hit
and a walk.
The second game was not much
better for the Sagehens.
Chapman took control of the game
and scored two runs during the bottom
of the first.
Pomona-Pitzer chipped away at
Chapman’s lead, scoring once in the
third and fourth innings.
However, with the game tied,
Chapman answered swiftly. The
Panthers immediately re-extended
their lead back to two via a pair of RBI
singles.
Chapman tacked on an insurance
run in the bottom of the sixth on
an RBI by junior second baseman
Garcelle Vierra that drove in freshman
outfielder Lindsay Rawls.
“Today we were able to put runners
on base, and then we were able
to execute and bring the runs in,”
Cartwright said.
Conference Standings
Men’s Tennis
SCIAC
ALL
Women’s Lacrosse
SCIAC
ALL
1. Pomona-Pitzer
3-0
6-2
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
4-0
5-0
2. Redlands
1-0
6-3
2. Pomona-Pitzer
4-1
4-1
3. Whittier
1-0
1-4
3. Redlands
2-2
2-3
4. California Lutheran
1-1
4-4
4. Chapman
2-3
2-3
5. Chapman
1-1
2-2
5. Occidental
2-3
2-3
Baseball
Softball
1. California Lutheran
8-1
11-1
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
5-1
8-2
2. Pomona-Pitzer
8-1
11-3
2. Whittier
5-1
9-4
3. La Verne
10-2
11-5
3. California Lutheran
9-4
9-10
4. Occidental
9-3
11-4
4. La Verne
5-5
9-9
6. Chapman
5-4
7-5
5. Chapman
4-5
5-6
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Men’s lax bounces
back after first loss
Doug Close | Staff Writer
iiiThe sixth-ranked Chapman men’s
lacrosse team bounced back from its
first loss of the season in impressive
fashion, outscoring two ranked
opponents 24-8.
Chapman (4-1) kicked off its trip to
Phoenix, Arizona with a 13-6 victory
over seventh-ranked Michigan State
(1-2) Friday and followed that win
up with an 11-2 beatdown of 13thranked Simon Fraser (5-4) in a
Sunday matchup.
“A 2-0 weekend against two top
15 teams where we scored double
digits in both games lets the rest of
the league know that we are now
an offense to be scared of, along
with one of the top defenses in the
league,” said junior midfielder Alex
Siegel.
Against Michigan State, Chapman
led 7-2 at halftime and continued
scoring into the second half,
notching five goals in the third
quarter. Senior midfielder Steve
Koressel led the Panthers on the
night with four goals, with junior
midfielders Dave Apruzzese and
Connor Reilly adding two each.
“Unlike last week against Arizona,
we had a great week of practice prior
to this game,” Siegel said. “The best
thing we did today was shooting
the ball. Our offensive personnel
and strategy changes really made
a positive effect as we scored the
most goals we have all season. (Our)
defense showed up, as usual, holding
a good (Michigan State) offense to
just six goals. (Junior) Gus Gradinger
played very well in goal for us.”
Gradinger recorded 14 saves
on the night, good for a .700 save
percentage.
“We played a very physical game
where we came up with a good
number of ground balls and we did
a great job possessing the ball on
offense,” said sophomore defender
P.J. Titterton.
Against Simon Fraser, Chapman
handed in its most lopsided victory
since the 12-3 victory over Texas to
open the season.
Chapman jumped on Simon Fraser
quickly, and held an 8-0 lead at the
half.
Freshman attacker Dylan Garner
notched his first collegiate hat trick
with his three-goal performance.
Junior midfielder and fellow hat
trick-scorer Dave Appruzzese’s third
goal of the game made it 9-0 early
into the second half to further the
Panthers’ lead. Simon Fraser got
on the scoreboard for the first time
shortly after to make it 9-1.
Sophomore attacker Regan Kelly
scored Chapman’s 10th off of a fast
break to make it 10-1 before Simon
Fraser scored a consolation goal to
make it 10-2. Junior midfielder Steve
Koressel put an exclamation mark on
the game with a late goal to secure a
13-2 win for the Panthers.
“We played extremely well and
dominated the other team,” said
freshman midfielder Liam Barnes.
“We definitely sent a message to the
rest of the league, but that doesn’t
stop here. We have a long road to the
National Championship and we need
to keep sending the same message
every day. We have a tough game
next week against a good Cal Poly
team so that will be a true test.”
Chapman’s next game against Cal
Poly San Louis Obispo (5-1) will
take place 3 p.m. Saturday at home,
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
where the Panthers will be looking to
continue their offensive momentum Junior midfielder Dave Apruzzese cradles the ball during Chapman’s 6-5 home loss to Arizona
against the fifth-ranked Mustangs.
Saturday, Feb. 28. Apruzzese score one of his seven goals this season against the Wildcats.
SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
Junior catcher Lisa Perez has gotten off to a hot start
this year, hitting .367 through 11 games. Perez has
shown impressive power, hitting one home run,
two triples and three doubles, giving her a .700
slugging percentage which is 350 points higher than
the team average of .450. Perez led the Panthers last
season in home runs, with five.
1) How long have you been playing softball and why did you start?
I have been playing softball for 13 years. I started
when I was 7. I started playing softball because
my older brother was in baseball and I wanted to
follow in his footsteps.
2) Do you have any pregame rituals?
Name: Lisa Perez
Year: Junior
Position: Catcher
Sport: Softball
Interview by Mara Conway
Photo by Peyton Hutchison
Our team has matching bracelets so I guess one
ritual would be to make sure that it is on my wrist.
Also, before every game, my teammate, Taylor,
and I kiss our bat. It sounds kind of weird but we
think it actually makes us hit better.
3)What are your goals for this season?
Our goal for this season is to make it to the conference tournament. Once we get there we will
look toward regionals. A personal goal is to give it
my absolute best every day because I know I only
have two more seasons to play softball.
4) What is your favorite part of being on
the Chapman women’s softball team?
My favorite part of being on the softball team is
that I get to hang out with my best friends every
day. I love being a part of the team and it is a really good feeling knowing that you have a group of
girls who will always have your back.
5) What is a hobby of yours aside from
softball?
Although it is hard to find time away from school
and softball, I love to go hiking and boogie boarding—basically anything outdoors.
6) What motivates you to play your hardest on the field?
My parents have always motivated and supported
me since day one. I want to make them proud.
7) What has been your favorite memory
from your softball career here at Chapman
so far?
My favorite memory from my softball career here
at Chapman is when we swept Redlands at our
home field last year. We all played hard that day
and it paid off in the end.
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PEYTON HUTCHSON Staff Photographer
Sophomore designated hitter Forrest Wiederman (32) celebrates with junior third baseman Tyler Cook (24) and junior shortstop John Wiehe (13) after Wiederman’s home run in the bottom of
the sixth during Chapman’s 19-8 comeback victory over Caltech in the second game of a doubleheader at home Saturday. “The one time I don’t try to hit it out of here,” Wiederman said.
Baseball scores 42 in three games
Chapman hung 24 on Occidental in 2009.
Chapman combined to outscore Caltech
Down 8-0 through four innings at home 42-8 in the series.
Saturday, it looked like Chapman might
“We treat every game like a playoff
be Caltech’s first victim of the season, and game and today was no different in our
the first conference foe to lose to Caltech
approach,” said freshman pitcher Brad
since 1988.
Steiner.
But, in the second game of the
In the opening game of the series, senior
doubleheader, Chapman (7-5, 5-4) offense pitcher Kevin Klaess allowed Caltech
came alive.
four hits over six innings, while freshman
“If you fall down, big deal,” said head
pitcher Jonathan Hernandez finished off
coach Scott Laverty. “We just have to
the shutout, allowing no hits in the last
get even or ahead by the sixth, and that’s
three innings.
exactly what we did. There’s nothing else
“Offensively we started off pretty slow, so
to do but stay the course.”
I think it was very important that Klaess
And stay the course Chapman did,
did a great job on the mound shutting
scoring four runs in the fifth, seven runs
their offensive down as well,” said junior
in the sixth, two runs in the seventh and
infielder Tim Alhanati.
six in the eighth to score 19 unanswered
Chapman’s first run came thanks to
runs and put the finish touches on a three a third-inning single by junior catcher
game sweep of the Beavers (0-15, 0-12).
David Basen.
The 19 runs were the most since
In the top of the fifth, the Panthers’
Rachel Gossen | Staff Writer
offense exploded, knocking in five runs.
Junior infielder Tyler Cook and freshman
infielder Gavin Blodgett knocked in two
RBIs each, while freshman utility Conner
Larkin brought in one.
The first game Saturday was more of the
same.
By the fourth inning, Chapman’s
offense was clicking and knocked in four
more runs. A fielder’s choice allowed
sophomore outfielder Joey Bernal to score
run number six for the Panthers, followed
by RBIs from Alhanati, junior infielder
Tyler Cook and freshman infielder Jared
Love.
The Beavers were unable to stop
Chapman, allowing four runs in the fifth
inning. Freshman outfielder Ryan Eto hit
the first RBI of the inning, and later scored
on a wild pitch. The two other runs came
from players being walked by Caltech
pitcher Derek Kearney.
Chapman’s last run of the game came
from an RBI by senior infielder Greg
Dillon. With a score of 14-0, the game was
ended early due to mercy rule, in which a
game ends if one team is ahead by 10 or
more points by the seventh inning.
Senior pitcher Matt Smith pitched five
innings, while freshman pitcher Jordan
Ott finished the shutout, giving up only
two hits each.
In the second game of the day, Cook
and freshman right fielder Gavin Blodgett
led the comeback, each driving in four
runs. Sophomore designated hitter Forrest
Wiederman hommered twice during the
comeback.
After being down by eight halfway
through the game, Chapman ended up
mercy ruling Caltech, ending the game in
eight innings.
Chapman faces Ithaca (2-5) 3 p.m.
Wednesday at Hart Park.
UPCOMING GAMES
SCOREBOARD
Men’s Lacrosse
Women’s Water Polo
Women’s Water Polo
Men’s Lacrosse
Chapman 13
Chapman 11
Villanova 12
Chapman 10
Chapman 9
Fresno Pacific 7
Chapman 22
Caltech 3
Long Beach St 20 Chapman 6
GW12
Chapman 10
3/9 v. Connecticut College 4 p.m.
3/13 v. Macalester 2 p.m.*
3/13 @ Cal Baptist 7 p.m.*
3/14 v. Virginia Military 12:45 p.m.*
3/14 v. Wash. & Jeff. 4:30 p.m.*
*Cal Baptist Tournament
3/14 v. Cal Poly SLO 3 p.m.
Michigan State 6
Simon Fraser 2
Women’s Lacrosse
CMS 13
Chapman 9
Chapman 9 Redlands 5
Softball
Occidental 8
Occidental 11
Occidental 8
Occidental 11
Women’s Tennis
Mary Washington 6 Chapman 3
Chapman 0
Chapman 9
Chapman 0
Chapman 9
Golf
Baseball
3/10 v. Cal Lu
Tustin Ranch Golf Course
Chapman 9 Caltech 0
Chapman 14 Caltech 0
Chapman 19 Caltech 8
3/15 Occidental Distance Carnival
and Sprint Fest 2:30 p.m.
Track and Field
Baseball
3/6 @ Caltech 2:30 p.m.
3/7 v. Caltech 11 a.m.
3/7 v. Caltech 2:30 p.m.
Softball
3/10 v. Ithica 4 p.m.
3/10 v. Ithica 6 p.m.
3/14 @ La Verne noon
3/14 @ La Verne 2 p.m.