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thepantheronline.com • Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 • Volume 102 Number XII • Chapman University • @PantherOnline
‘It felt like the world was falling apart’
Features, Page 5
Associated Press
Twelve people were shot and killed Nov. 7 at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, which is a little more than an hour away from
Chapman. Less than 24 hours later, the Woolsey fire began to burn in Thousand Oaks and parts of Los Angeles County, scorching 85,000 acres and killing
three people as of Nov. 11.
A Public Safety
officer was
assaulted by a
male suspect at the
Chapman Grand
apartment complex
in the early
morning Nov. 8.
News, Page 3
Matt Layton, senior
football captain,
Wiki Commons
said he tries to
Some students staged a walkout to protest focus on the “little
screenwriter and producer Max Landis, who has
been accused of sexual assault and was set to things” he’ll miss as
speak at a Dodge College class Nov. 7. The class and his collegiate sports
walkout were canceled after Landis decided not to career comes to a
attend. close.
News, Page 2 Sports, Page 11
2 NEWS THE PANTHER
Wiki Commons
Screenwriter and producer Max Landis, who has been accused of sexual assault on social media, was set to speak at a Dodge College of Film Media Arts class, which was canceled after Landis
decided not to attend.
Class canceled after students plan protest against Max Landis
Sandhya Bhaskar | Staff Writer by the public rather than how the
students feel about the people they
A Dodge College of Film and invite here,” said Geihs, who was
Media Arts class was canceled Nov. 7 asked to meet with Janell Shearer,
after a student in the class sent out an the chair of the college’s Media
email about sexual assault accusations Arts division, after she planned the
leveled against Max Landis, a walkout.
screenwriter and producer who was
“university
set to guest lecture in the class that
evening.
Some students had planned a
walkout during the class to protest I think that the
Landis’ appearance. Landis decided
not to attend, causing Joseph is more
Rosenberg, the class’s instructor, to
send out an email just over an hour interested in how
before the class to say it was canceled
due to “planned events that would
have jeopardized the purpose of the
they are perceived
evening.”
In a Instagram story posed on his
by the public
account, @uptomyknees1985, Landis
said Nov. 7 that he’d chosen not to
rather than how
attend the class, which was the New
Era of Television, after hearing that the students feel Panther Archives
Some students planned a walkout to protest Landis’ invitation to guest lecture in a film class
students intended to “disrupt his
presence.” about the people Nov. 7, but the walkout wasn’t held after the class was canceled.
“I’d hoped to use this opportunity
not only to teach some interesting they invite here. administration) misunderstood
the purpose of the #MeToo and
short film project “Wrestling Isn’t
Wrestling” took to Twitter to respond
”
ins and outs about screenwriting, but #TimesUp movements,” wrote senior to Netflix’s promotion of “Bright” in
also to address my public shaming in screenwriting major Jake Naturman 2017.
an honest and personal way,” he wrote - Madison Geihs, in an email to Rosenberg that he “Written by a psychopath who
on Instagram. “I see now that that is posted on Facebook. “By putting the sexually abused and assaults women,
not welcome or needed by students.” senior television writing
prestige of Dodge College above its right?” she tweeted. “Cool.”
Landis declined an interview with and production major students and treating our voices as Zoe Quinn, a video game
The Panther. embarrassments to the school, I feel developer, also tweeted about Landis,
Two days before Landis was set to embarrassed to be a part of it.” saying that his behavior has “probably
speak to the New Era of Television In an email to the class sent the Neither Rosenberg nor Shearer been an open secret (in the industry)
class, Madison Geihs, a senior afternoon of Nov. 7, Rosenberg asked responded to The Panther’s request for so long,” because women may
television writing and production students not to protest, saying that for comment. be afraid to speak out because of
major, sent the mass email to the class while some “very important men” Junior Gianna Gravalese, who is potential consequences.
that included two links to articles have recently lost their jobs in the enrolled in the class, said she was Writer Lindsay Romain also alleged
from Screen Rant and the Daily Beast industry, there is no information surprised Landis was asked to speak on Twitter that Landis is a “ritual sex
reporting on accusations against about the accusations against Landis at the class, given the #MeToo and abuser.”
Landis. other than what had been reported on #TimesUp movements. Comedian and SNL writer Mike
It was “common sense” for Geihs by the two news outlets. “I completely understand that Drucker, tweeted in response to
to make the class aware of the “While you are certainly free to professors want for us to be civil and Netflix’s “Bright” promotion that
allegations, she told The Panther. express your opinions on this subject learn about the industry, but with Landis’ father may have covered up
“It was also a safety concern for elsewhere, faculty control classroom everything going on, how could for his actions.
me, because there are so many young discussion,” Rosenberg wrote. “I have you ignore that?” Gravalese, a news In a 2013 now-deleted interview
women in our class,” Geihs said. “We heard that a few students are planning and documentary major, told The with sex and relationship blogger
are young college students. Having a walkout, which would be rude to Panther. “I respect that (Rosenberg) Shelby Sells, Landis talks about an
someone like that in our presence … our guest and does not fit the kind of said that if we didn’t want to come, ex-girlfriend he “gave a (sic) crippling
I think it’s important for us to know behavior we expect of Dodge College he understands, but it kind of turned social anxiety, self-loathing, body
his background.” students.” into ‘Oh, don’t say anything.’” dismorphia (sic), eating disorder to.”
Geihs also prepared a statement Other students in the class also sent Landis, who wrote the Netflix film “I was so fickle about her body.
to read to in front of Landis and emails to Rosenberg and Jerry Price, “Bright” starring Will Smith, has been I’m not shy, I would just blurt out
the class before leading the planned dean of students, to express their accused on social media of sexually (expletive) all the time,” Landis
walkout, which more than 80 discontent with Landis’ scheduled harassing and assaulting multiple said in the interview, according
students said they would attend on appearance, according to the women. He is the son of “Animal to the Daily Beast. “She ended up
Facebook. walkout’s Facebook page. House” director John Landis. completely changing how she dressed
“I think that the university is more “This situation demonstrates to Actress Anna Akana, who and how she looked for me. That
interested in how they are perceived me how fundamentally (the Dodge worked with Landis on his YouTube chick will never talk to me again.”
THE PANTHER NEWS 3
Public Safety officer assaulted at Chapman Grand complex
Rebeccah Glaser | Editor-in-Chief
Sophomore Mitali Shukla awoke
to loud banging on the door of her
Chapman Grand apartment in the
early morning hours of Nov. 8. When
she opened it, Public Safety officers
were standing outside. They asked if
she could talk with them.
There had been a hooded man
standing on Shukla’s balcony at
around 3 a.m., they told her he was
peering into her apartment window
and looked as if he was preparing
to break in. An unidentified Public
Safety officer confronted him, but
the man jumped over the enclosed
first-floor patio and assaulted the
officer, knocking him to the ground.
“I was asleep during a lot of it,
but my roommate said she heard
the officer groaning and calling for
help,” said Shukla, a sociology major.
The suspect is described as a
mid-to-late 20s white or Hispanic
male with a mustache, according
to a crime alert bulletin sent out by
Public Safety the evening of Nov. 8.
After jumping off the patio and
assaulting the officer, the suspect,
who was wearing a dark sweatshirt
with red lettering, fled the scene
carrying a backpack.
The suspect still poses a threat
to members of the community,
the email said, and anyone with
information that may aid in the
investigation is encouraged to
contact Public Safety. There have Panther Archives
been five reports of assault in the A Public Safety officer was assaulted by an unidentified man in the early morning hours of Nov. 8 at the Chapman Grand apartment complex in
area surrounding Chapman Grand, Anaheim, California. Mitali Shukla, a sophomore who lives in Chapman Grand, said that officers told her that the man had been peering into her
near the I-5 freeway, according to room and looked as if he was preparing to break in.
crimemapping.com.
For Shukla, an experience like
this is just part of living in a bigger “It’s kind of spooky. I was asleep, he did, because without it, who identity of the officer for privacy
city like Anaheim, she said, but she and it makes me feel really violated,” knows what would have happened?” reasons. He also declined to confirm
doesn’t think it’s safe for officers to Shukla said. “I hope the officer is Chief of Public Safety Randy whether reports of an attempted
patrol alone. OK. I’m really appreciative of what Burba declined to confirm the break-in was related to the assault.
Holocaust survivor Engelina Billauer honored at Kristallnacht service
Jade Yang | Staff Writer experienced the events of
November 1938 ... through black
Nearly two weeks after 12 Jewish and white photographs, newsreels,
people were shot and killed as they documentaries and brief paragraphs
worshipped in the Tree of Life in history textbooks,” Harran said.
Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Chapman’s “Eighty years ago, the Jews of
Fish Interfaith Center held its annual Germany and Austria were assaulted
service in memory of the anniversary by an unprecedented wave of violence
of Kristallnacht, known as “the night and destruction. Kristallnacht left in
of the broken glass.” Engelina Billauer, its wake shattered windows, burnt
a Holocaust survivor and firsthand synagogues and desecrated Torahs.”
witness of Kristallnacht, attended as Kristallnacht is an example of how
the honorary guest of the night. the Germans had planned the attack
During anti-Jewish riots that on Jews in advance, waiting for the
occurred throughout Germany on right moment to strike, Harran said.
Nov. 9-10 in 1938, Jewish synagogues, “Kristallnacht was the first really
homes, businesses and schools were orchestrated violence that swept
burned, looted and destroyed. Jewish across all of Germany and Austria,”
people were taken from their homes, Harran told The Panther. “(The
and nearly 100 people were killed. Germans) tried to make it look like it
The name “Kristallnacht,” a German was all spontaneous, but it wasn’t.”
phrase, references the scattered Chapman’s Kristallnacht
broken glass left on the streets after commemoration may be the only one
the riots. of its kind in the nation, Stearns and
Of the four Holocaust survivors Harran said. But this service is more
who attended the Kristallnacht unique, Harran said, because it marks
memorial event Chapman held five the first year that both a rabbi and
years ago, Billauer, 91, is the last Muslim spiritual leader will take part.
survivor and Kristallnacht witness “It reinforces the idea that’s really
still alive. important to me, the center and
“People don’t realize how bad we Chapman, that we share humanity
were treated. We were not treated BONNIE CASH Photo Editor and when one of us doesn’t stand
like human beings,” Billauer told Engelina Billauer, a Holocaust survivor and firsthand witness of Kristallnacht, attended the up for someone else who is being
The Panther. “(I want people) to event and spoke to The Panther about speaking up to defend those who are treated poorly. persecuted or abused, it damages all
remember the history … the recent of us,” Harran said. “We have to speak
history and what can happen to up for our shared humanity.”
people when nobody spoke up. Speak director of the Rodgers Center for Schindler’s List.
Holocaust Education, spoke at the Will Jones, a first-year graduate
up when you see something wrong.” Persecution of Jewish people had student studying war and society, said
An audience of about 250 people event. already begun in 1933 when the Nazis
Iman Khosrowpour, a violinist he chose to attend in order to reflect
filled the seats of the Interfaith center came into power and began enforcing on the present while learning about
Nov. 8, facing a platform decorated and the director and conductor of anti-Semitic regulations, Harran said.
the Irvine Valley College Symphony the past.
with brightly colored flowers and a The vast majority of Germans chose “It’s very important to learn from the
Torah. orchestra, played music from the to remain silent at the time, thinking
1930s and 40s, as well as other past in order to make a better future,”
Gail Stearns, the dean of the All- that the new rules were temporary. Jones said.
Faiths Chapel, and Marilyn Harran, compositions like the theme from “Most of us here have only
THE PANTHER NEWS 4
Senate updates
Nov. 9 meeting
Chapman University Art Club funding
request
Alyssa Forsyth, a senior art major,
represented the Chapman University
Art Club at the student government
meeting to request funding. The
club initially requested $10,000 to
help fund its trip to the Satellite
Art Fair in Miami, Florida. Chapman
University Art Club is the first group of
undergraduate students in the United
States to be invited to this fair. Due to
student government’s limit of $750 per
person for travel requests, only funded
$6,000 was funded.
Potential change to student
organization senators
Vice President Arianna Ngnomire
is leading a governing documents
review committee to revamp
student government’s governing
documents. Ngnomire presented
the idea of making the student
organization senator positions
more specific by splitting up the
kinds of student organizations the
senators oversee. The committee
suggested that there be a senator
Panther Archives for academic student organizations,
Betty Valencia, a graduate student at Chapman and an Orange City Council candidate, isn’t happy she lost in the midterm elections, but she civic student organizations, diversity
wants to continue advocating for issues that affect the Orange community. student organizations, Greek student
organizations and leisure student
organizations. Student government
Betty Valencia looks ahead after midterm loss has yet to vote on the proposal, but it
is in consideration.
Wilkinson College Student
Kali Hoffman | Managing Editor She wasn’t surprised that pro- “It feels so surreal, because I know Leadership Council
business and anti-tax increase I’m not the same person I was April Wilkinson Senator Saba Amid worked
On Election Day, Chapman incumbent Kim Nichols earned the 10,” she said. with administration in Wilkinson
doctoral student Betty Valencia slept majority of the votes, or that similar In a way, Valencia is excited. Now, College of Art, Humanities and Social
in for the first time in six months. candidate Chip Monaco, the runner- she can focus on her day job as a vice Sciences to create the Wilkinson
She woke up at 7:30 a.m. – which is up for most votes, was also elected. president of operations at American College Student Leadership Council.
late for her – and met with an Orange Amid was inspired by the leadership
But she was saddened that Jon Financial Group, finish her doctoral council already in place in the Donna
resident to talk about city planning Dumitru, who served on the council dissertation in Chapman’s leadership Ford Attallah College of Educational
over coffee. from 2004 to 2012, and former studies program and finally, catch Studies. Amid hopes to start a student
After months of campaigning and Orange planning commissioner up on some reading. Her spirits leadership council in each college
weeks of waking up before dawn to Daniel Correa took the third and started to lift, she said, after talking to at Chapman and asked for student
work, study and canvass until the sun fourth spots in the polls. residents and checking the results of government’s help in doing so.
set on Election Day, it felt like life was “I’m trying to wind down,” other elections nationwide. The main focus of these leadership
moving in slow motion, she said. Valencia said. “I’m not happy that councils are event planning, career
“
“I would not have done anything we didn’t obtain a seat, but I’m not and professional development and
differently,” she said. “The only surprised.” increased communication between
thing I would have done is I would Voters, Valencia feels, relied heavily The question students and administration.
have started earlier ... but we left on name recognition in the midterm
everything on the field,” she said. elections. Despite the nonpartisan today is not ‘How Compiled by Maura Kate Mitchelson
Valencia, who declared her nature of city council elections,
candidacy for the Orange City she also believes candidates who do I get over this?’
Council in April after the council are endorsed by the Republican
voted not to comply with sections of Party, like Monaco, have an edge in it’s ‘What do we
California’s sanctuary state bill, is not a historically Republican area like
a typical Orange County politician.
As a first-time candidate, an
Orange County. do next?’ I had
In the beginning, Valencia was
immigrant and a member of the
LGBTQIA+ community, she knew
nervous about gaining support from
Orange residents. Some people
my moment to
she faced different hurdles than
her competition – the majority had
were “negative” about her being an
immigrant from Mexico, like a couple
think about how Nov. 1
A person was in possession
previous political experience. Some
also came from families that had
who once drove by in a golf cart and
told her President Donald Trump was
disappointed I of marijuana in the Sandhu
Residence Hall between 10 a.m.
and 2:49 p.m. The report was
lived in Orange for generations.
But just before the polls closed
“coming for her,” Valencia said.
Still, this didn’t deter her. Happy to
was, but I wasn’t forwarded to the Orange Police
Department.
Nov. 6, Valencia wasn’t worried about have gotten this far in the elections, last.
”
the results. She was worried about her she’s already planning for the next Nov. 2
shoes, a pair she vowed to wear every step. People were smoking marijuana in
day during her almost six-month “The question today is not ‘How - Betty Valencia, a vehicle in the Jim Miller Parking
campaign. do I get over this?’ it’s ‘What do Orange City Council Structure between 10:23 p.m. and
“It’s really hard to take them off, we do next?’” Valencia said. “I had 10:53 p.m. The individuals were
because I feel like we’re not done,” my moment to think about how candidate referred to student conduct.
she said, gesturing to her bright red, disappointed I was, but I wasn’t
worn-in Ecco sneakers. “What am I last. All those votes were more than Nov. 3
An unknown person entered
going to wear?” we thought we would get at the In many states, the 2018 midterm an unlocked vehicle in the
The red stands in stark contrast to beginning.” elections were marked by historic underground Pralle-Sodaro
her businesslike black trench coat. The past six months have helped firsts. A record-breaking number of Residence Hall parking lot and
Thirty minutes before the first round her understand the political system, women were elected to the House, removed property. The report was
of counted votes were reported on she said. She isn’t sure yet if she will including Sharice Davids of Kansas forwarded to the Orange Police
election night, Valencia said that, if run again in 2020, but she hopes to and Deb Haaland of New Mexico, Department.
she won, she would keep the shoes in use her new knowledge to continue the first Native American women
a box somewhere in her house as a advocating for the platforms she elected to congress, and Rashida Nov. 5
reminder of her journey. ran on, like changing the “us versus Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of An unknown number of suspects
But Valencia didn’t win. On the them” attitude she believes some Minnesota, the first Muslim women removed a window screen to
a vacant Chapman University
morning of Nov. 7, she put the shoes residents harbor toward the homeless elected. Jared Polis of Colorado is residence, located at 568 N.
back on. The work continues, she population. also the first openly gay man to have Grand Street, and broke the front
said. Valencia took an hour of time been elected governor. window to gain entry. The report
After repeatedly refreshing the alone to collect her thoughts after “Not only did I look at my results, I was forwarded to the Orange
election results until midnight on her loss was clear – something she went to look at the people I’ve met to Police Department.
Election Day, Valencia went to hasn’t been able to do often for the see how they did, and most of them
sleep. She awoke at 6:30 a.m. to find past several months – and then set triumphed,” Valencia said. “It might
that she’d finished fifth out of eight out to return the election night party not be my time right now, but maybe Compiled by Jasmin Sani from the
candidates. supplies she’d rented the day before. it’s theirs.” Public Safety daily crime log
THE PANTHER FEATURES 5
‘We shouldn’t have to live like this’: Students react to Borderline shooting
Zach Davis | Staff Writer
One of the “safest cities” in the
country. That’s how the mayor of
Thousand Oaks, California, described
the city in an interview with CNN
after a gunman opened fire in
Borderline Bar and Grill late Nov. 7,
killing 12 people, and then himself.
It was college night at the bar, and
several of the attendees were college
students. Of the 12 killed, at least one
was a college student: Alaina Housley
of Pepperdine University in Malibu,
California. A majority of those killed
were in their early-to-mid 20s.
Telemachus Orfanos, 27, was a
Navy veteran who survived last year’s
Route 91 Harvest music festival mass
shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, was
one of the Thousand Oaks shooting
victims, according to his mother.
His mother tearfully told reporters,
“I don’t want prayers. I don’t want
thoughts. I want gun control.”
News of the shooting hit home
for many Chapman students, many
of whom live or grew up in the Los
Angeles or Ventura county area.
“We shouldn’t have to live like this,”
said Arielle Sunshine, a junior public
relations and advertising major.
Sunshine is from Agoura Hills,
a town over from Thousand Oaks. Graphic by EMMA REITH Art Director
Her mother called her in tears the On Nov. 7, a 28-year-old gunman opened fire on Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, killing 12 people and then himself.
morning of the shooting, she said.
“So many of my friends went to Emma Ballen, a junior business Valley neighborhood of West Hills, “We do not want any more lives lost,
Borderline regularly, and I know administration major, has lived in spread to 83,275 acres and is 10 so please listen when they tell you to
many who barely got out last night,” Thousand Oaks since she was six percent contained as of Nov. 11 evacuate.”
Sunshine said. years old. She was devastated to hear according to Cal Fire. It has destroyed Rachel Kelly, who grew up near
“Senseless” gun laws perpetuate a about the attack in her hometown. nearly 200 structures, killed three Thousand Oaks in Hidden Hills, said
consistent cycle of mass shootings in “I felt really sad and heartbroken,” people and injured three others. her family was forced to evacuate
the U.S., she said. said Ballen. “Thousand Oaks is In addition to the nearby Hill Fire, their home early Nov. 9. It felt like
The gunman, who authorities known for being a safe, tight-knit the Woolsey Fire prompted the the “world (was) falling apart” since
identified as Ian David Long, community.” evacuation orders for more than her family was still recovering from
was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Ballen was also “overwhelmed” 250,000 people, according to CBS the news of the shooting when they
Despite a history of post-traumatic after hearing about the fire that is News. News of the fire came less learned they had to evacuate.
stress disorder (PTSD), and “angry burning through parts of Ventura than 24 hours after the shooting at “So much is happening. First
outbursts,” Long legally purchased and Los Angeles Counties, including Borderline. the shooting in Pittsburgh, then
the gun he used to carry out the Thousand Oaks. “We’ve had a lot of tragedy in our at Borderline, and now this fire,”
massacre, authorities said to the The Woolsey Fire, which spans community. We don’t want any more,” said Kelly, a sophomore theatre
Washington Post. from Malibu, neighboring canyon Ventura County Supervisor Linda performance major. “It’s painful to
communities and the San Fernando Parks told the Los Angeles Times. watch.”
Orange County congressional districts gain Democratic majority
Kate Hoover | Features Editor Marine Corps training facility in the
United States, has been “reliably red.”
After the Nov. 6 midterm elections, The district went to Hillary Clinton
Democrats now hold five out of seven in the 2016 presidential election,
congressional districts in Orange making it one of 23 districts that
County, two of which were originally voted for a Democratic presidential
held by prominent Republican candidate but put a Republican in the
congressmen Dana Rohrabacher and House seat. Issa won reelection in
Darrell Issa. 2016 by only 1,621 votes, according to
Rohrabacher is serving his 15th The Hill.
term in the House of Representatives, For the first time in several years,
making him a congressman for Democrats outnumber Republicans
almost 30 years. Issa has held his seat in the San Diego County portion of
in the 49th district since 2001. the 49th district, whereas Republicans
Though not all ballots have still have a majority in the Orange
been counted, Harley Rouda, the County portion of the district,
Democratic candidate for California’s according to the San Diego Tribune.
48th congressional district, declared The three other Democratic
victory over Rohrabacher Nov. 10, congressional seats in Orange County
four days after Election Day. As of are held by Linda Sanchez in the
Nov. 11, Rouda led Rohrabacher in 38th district, Lou Correa in the 46th
the polls by four percent, according to Graphic by EMMA REITH Art Director district and Alan Lowenthal in the
the New York Times. After the midterm elections, the majority of congressional districts in Orange County are 47th district, who were all reelected
The 48th district has been described now held by Democrats. in the midterms.
as the “deepest-red part of the The two remaining red district
county” by the Los Angeles Times. “It would appear now, based on the minimum wage to $15 and banning congressional seats, which have not
Rouda, who was a Republican from current Republican leadership, that assault weapons and bump stocks. yet officially been called, are held by
1980 to 1997, had support from some all of those things I just mentioned The 49th district includes both San incumbents Young Kim, who ran
Democrats as well as independents are off the table.” Diego County and Orange County. against Democrat Gil Cisneros in
and moderate Republicans, he told Democrat Mike Levin also turned San Diego County voters, which the 39th district and Mimi Walters
The Panther just over a week before Issa’s 49th district blue in his race account for about three-quarters of in the 45th district. Walters ran
the midterms. against Republican Diane Harkey. the district, put Levin ahead by 12 against Katie Porter, whose campaign
“When I was a Republican … Levin is a former executive director of points. Levin wasn’t as popular in centered around fighting for universal
you had Republicans who believed the Orange County Democratic Party Orange County, which accounts for healthcare, women’s reproductive
in environmental stewardship, and former director of government a quarter of the 49th district. Orange rights, gun control and public
Republicans that believed in a affairs for FuelCell Energy, a clean County voters gave Harkey the edge education.
woman’s rights, Republicans energy company. This was his first at 56 percent and Levin at 44 percent, The gap between Kim and Cisneros
who believed in voting rights, campaign for political office. according to the San Diego Union- and Walters and Porter is narrowing,
Republicans who believed in civil Environmental policies and climate Tribune. with Kim and Walters each leading by
rights, Republicans who believed change were a central piece of Levin’s For years, the 49th district, which one point, according to the New York
that moderation was how you moved campaign. He also supports Medicare spans from La Jolla to Dana Point and Times.
the country forward,” Rouda said. for All, raising the California includes Camp Pendleton, the largest
6 FEATURES THE PANTHER
Students create club for sexual assault survivors
Healing Overcoming Preventing Enabling (H.O.P.E) is a new campus organization, which,
though not yet official, aims to provide a support system for survivors of sexual assault.
Maggie Wright | Staff Writer attackers on campus, which is very
difficult and triggering, Thibeault
After his sister was sexually said.
assaulted in high school, junior In response to this, she and Ledford
Bradley Ledford decided to cofound want to implement “big brother” and
Healing Overcoming Preventing “big sister” programs, which would
Enabling, or H.O.P.E., at Chapman. include walking with someone to and
After supporting his sister following from a class where they know they’ll
her assault and seeing how that see their attacker, or after a night
helped her transition into college, class, Thibeault said. Their goal is to
Ledford said he wanted to give provide something more casual, like
other college students who have a big sibling who is looking out for a
experienced assault a chance to have little sibling, Ledford said.
the same support system. These older club members, big
H.O.P.E. is not yet an official sisters and brothers, will be set up
campus organization, Ledford with younger club members, similar
said. Founders, Ledford, a junior to bigs and littles in sororities and
health science major, and cofounder fraternities. The underclassmen will
Cassandra Thibeault, a sophomore text when they are going out and the
business major, are “ironing out the Graphic by EMMA REITH Art Director big brother or sister will make sure
details.” Chapman students Bradley Ledford and Cassandra Thibeault cofounded Healing Overcom- they are safe, check on them while
“We don’t have a hierarchy with ing Preventing Enabling (H.O.P.E.), a new club on campus that provides a support system for they’re out and text them to make
therapist and victim, rather, it’s just survivors of sexual assault. sure they’ve gotten home, Ledford
students and friends helping each did for me,” Thibeault said. “After said. said.
other through similar experiences,” going through something so difficult “In my experience, I had a really “I’ve personally had friends who
Ledford said. “We think that’s very and traumatic, I was inspired to help hard time going to events about have texted or called and said that
important for the healing process.” other victims who are going through awareness when the event was they weren’t sure where they were
Many victims of sexual assault feel that.” so fresh in my mind,” Thibeault and sounded like they weren’t present
as though they don’t have a support Thibeault said she was inspired said. “We’re trying to make that enough to get back safely,” Ledford
group, and therefore are less likely to start the club after attending differentiation, I know what said. “I think having a big sister
to report it, according to Psychology Chapman’s Creating A Rape- C.A.R.E.S. does is amazing but it’s or brother program available, for
Today. Out of 12 national sexual Free Environment for Students not directly for the people who freshmen especially, would help them
violence organizations on college (C.A.R.E.S.) meeting. At the meeting, experienced sexual assault. We want not only feel safer, but actually be
campuses, only one group, End Rape she watched as girls struggled to to continue awareness, but we also safer, since someone is touching base
On Campus, provides direct support share their stories and express their want to step in and care for those with them.”
for victims. The majority of groups feelings. She saw how “broken” their people.” Ultimately, the founders of H.O.P.E.
focus on prevention and awareness. faces were, she said. C.A.R.E.S., which is not a club want to change how things are on
For example, Chapman’s Public Safety “I saw them and something clicked,” but a department, is overseen by college campuses everywhere. They
provides a Rape Aggression and Thibeault said. “I was like, ‘It’s not Dani Smith, the school’s rape crisis said they hope to change the mindset
Defense (R.A.D.) workshop, where about me anymore, it’s not about my counselor. Smith and C.A.R.E.S. of those who view women as objects.
females learn the basics of self- story, it’s about voicing their feelings focus on awareness and prevention of “We want to have a domino effect,”
defense. Thibeault, who is a sexual and what they’re trying to express.’” sexual assault. Thibeault said. “The more talk
assault survivor herself, believes that Thibeault and Ledford said they “It’s never the survivor’s fault,” there is, the more awareness, the
Chapman needs a stronger emotional have received some push back on the Smith said. “Often the survivors more noise we make, the less it will
support system for survivors of sexual club. After reaching out to several blame themselves. Yes, we talk about happen. People will realize that this
assault. instructors, many said that there is preventing, but there is nothing you is a very real issue in our world and
“Not everybody gets a really already a similar club on campus, can do that warrants someone to hurt it’s not something that can be hidden
awesome group of friends to jump Thibeault said. H.O.P.E. will take you.” anymore.”
in and support them, like my friends things in a different direction, she Victims sometimes still see their
Promising Futures celebrates first-generation students
Hayley Nelson | Staff Writer times, if the parents didn’t go to
college themselves, they have that
Clarissa Cordova, a first-generation understandable trepidation,” De La
student at Chapman, said her mother Riva said. “I want to make them feel
didn’t set foot on campus until comfortable to reach out to me, and
her sophomore year because the to the university.”
university intimidated her. When De La Riva said that many
Promising Futures, a program at Chapman employees are first
Chapman especially created to offer generation students themselves,
resources to first generation students, including Jerry Price, dean of
held a first generation family social, students. None of his parents or
her mom finally got to experience the siblings went to college, Price said in
campus in a welcoming, low-pressure an email to The Panther, and he is the
way, she said. youngest out of four children.
Nov. 8 was National First- Ashley Lee, a sophomore
Generation College Student Day, the anthropology and public relations
first time this day has been celebrated and advertising double major who is
at Chapman, and Promising Futures also a first-generation college student,
sponsored events during the week had a lot of questions during her first
ranging from a student resource fair year at Chapman that she couldn’t ask
to a pizza party. her parents, she said. Her mother and
“(Nov. 8) is like my holiday,” father are immigrants from Vietnam
Cordova said. “First-generation is and Hong Kong and they both started
such an identity of mine … I love to working as soon as they arrived to the
tell people because I’m so proud of it. U.S. Though they both value higher Photo courtesy of Clarissa Cordova
I feel like everybody comes together, education, they weren’t able to pursue
The National First Generation College Student Day was held for the first time on Nov. 8.
all your family, to celebrate with you.” it themselves, Lee said.
Crystal De La Riva was a first- “In the beginning, I felt alone De La Riva’s leadership, Cordova said
generation college student. She because I didn’t understand what I she wants to pursue a career working “I wish we got more support from
graduated from Chapman in 2009 was feeling,” Lee said. “ I just felt like with first-generation students. the university. We should have been
with a degree in psychology, and is college wasn’t for me … until I started Though Cordova loves the program, celebrating National First-Generation
now an academic advisor and head talking to more people gradually she feels that De La Riva should be a College Student Day every year,” Lee
coordinator of Promising Futures. and realizing some of my problem full-time faculty member to keep up said. “It’s very important, and I’m
“My family didn’t necessarily correlated with being first-gen.” with the fast growing first generation grateful that we’re establishing it now.”
feel comfortable here. A lot of the Inspired by Promising Futures and student population.
THE PANTHER FEATURES 7
Dad jokes, a guitar, erotic fanfiction and stand-up comedy
How four friends created the Moonlight Mic, a monthly open mic night at the Masson Beach Club Pool
for students to showcase their talents, from drag to stand-up comedy
Talia Cuttitta | Assistant Features do an interview afterwards. We go
Editor to Oba’s house, and I have recording
equipment, and we just pick their
It all started with a few friends brain for about a half an hour,”
who bonded over a love for stand-up Jorgensen said.
comedy. Going from one open mic The Moonlight Mic isn’t just for
to the next, they couldn’t find a place comedy buffs, it’s for any kind of
that would give them more than performance: poetry, music, drag,
two minutes of stage time, so they magic, fanfiction and “a bunch
decided to host their own show. of really lovely, really weird acts”
Noah Jorgensen, a junior film Olaniyi said.
production major, brought a stool “We didn’t know if there was
and his dad jokes. Konner Kienzle, a enough of a stand-up community
junior screenwriting major, brought at Chapman, but then we saw that
a mic, an amp and a guitar. Oba there was music and poetry acts,
Olaniyi, a junior screenwriting major, too,” Olaniyi said. “Right away, (the
brought some erotic fanfiction. Jack Moonlight Mic) was anything anyone
Meisel, a sophomore screenwriting wanted it to be.”
major, brought “pseudo” stand-up This semester, the Moonlight Mic
comedy, along with some toothpaste. started having “writers’ rooms” once
And the Moonlight Mic was born. or twice a month, where performers
“Depending on who hosts, it’s an can come together and help each
entirely different energy,” Olaniyi other write jokes and work on
said. “When (Meisel) hosts, it’s this material, Kienzle said.
peaceful night out being interrupted “We want (the Moonlight Mic) to MELISSA ZHUANG Staff Photographer
by a goofy guy. Then when I host, it’s be the open mic and performance The Moonlight Mic, a monthly open mic night held at the Masson Beach Club Pool, started
this peaceful night being interrupted part, but we also want to have in spring 2017.
by me making fun of white people. writers’ rooms so we can grow (as
Then (Jorgensen has) this John performers), have field trips to served as social media chair of people just want to try it out, Olaniyi
Mulaney type charm.” comedy clubs and be an actual club,” Moonlight Mic. said.
The Moonlight Mic unofficially Kienzle said. McKee, whose first performance at Underclassmen have come up to
began spring 2017. Even though Some students who didn’t major the Moonlight Mic was singing and Jorgensen and said they want to keep
“chilling on the grass” was cool, they the arts who had no creative outlet playing the ukulele, said the event is a up Moonlight Mic after him and he
became an official club — with a before Moonlight Mic, Kienzle said. supportive environment. friends graduate, he said.
legitimate stage and equipment — at “I know that performance can “The shows are always different. It’s “(Jorgensen) and I and the rest
the end of the spring of the following be difficult for some people, really exciting to see people who are of the guys have also talked about
year. They now receive funding from but Moonlight Mic is a place to inspired to get up there and do their starting our own open mic outside of
the Student Government Association be yourself on stage, and that’s own thing,” she said. college,” Kienzle said. “We’ve seen a
(SGA). They use the funding to bring the kind of community I would Some students who take the stage at lot of open mics, and we’ve seen a lot
in headliners for the show, Jorgensen like to continue to foster,” said the Moonlight Mic love performing of the flaws and we can find ways to
said. Brynne McKee, a junior news and but aren’t necessarily planning to fix them.”
“Each time we have a headliner, we documentary major who formerly pursue the arts as a career, and other
REVIEW
‘Beautiful Boy’ accurately depicts addiction
Emma Reith | Art Director eventually gives up on him. This
is a narrative only someone with
Drug addiction is easy to get drug addicts close to them can
wrong in films. Filmmakers often understand.
paint a consistent narrative of Increasingly, we see sweet,
broken homes and lives built on privileged men with abundant
tragic occurrences. There are support still using drugs not in
seldom stories about privileged delinquency but as escapism,
white men in healthy families who because they don’t have a tangible
get into drugs out of boredom and reason for their internal issues —
depression — people whose parents I’ve seen this in my older brother,
loved them, who grew up with in an ex-boyfriend, in an old friend
plenty of opportunities. and now, in “Beautiful Boy.”
“Beautiful Boy” shows that You want to be there for them,
addiction can affect everyone. healing their wounds and fixing
Relapses can still happen, even their problems, but that is not a
in instances where the addict has course of action that is often taken
resources and a support system. — especially in Nic’s case, when the
Addictions can intensify over time, drugs are as dangerous as crystal
and recovery can be drawn out. The meth.
movie portrays drug addiction as Nic’s father did, at one point, give
a disease, a fusion of neurological up on him. This is where the realism
predisposition and unfortunate of the pain that drug addiction
social circumstance. It is not a causes — not only to the individual
matter of being a terrible person. but everyone in their wake — really
Nic Sheff (Timothee Chalamet), came across on screen.
IMDb
the artsy, brooding and tortured- It is easy to see the whitewashing
but-kind main character, has the of this narrative. Of course an “Beautiful Boy,” starring Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell, was released in
perfect upbringing. In the affluent audience is likely to sympathize theaters Oct. 12.
Marin County, California, the with an innocent, white teenage that in the 120 minutes of this film, each drug addict you see on the
teenager has divorced but loving, male. But this privileged story is I would fall in love, have my heart street, each person you think is
doting parents (his father played still one worth telling, because it is broken and sob for 45 minutes a failure, he had a deep, long and
by Steve Carell) and a stepmother real, and it is closer to us than we straight. Be prepared. colorful life behind them.
who cares deeply for him, as well think. This movie was sad, it was ugly,
as two half siblings. However, he I was not under the impression but it was real. This is the closest
jeapordizes his family ties for the “Beautiful Boy” would hit me Hollywood has ever gotten, in
chance to get high. this hard. Advertised as another what I’ve seen, to portraying the
What is important about this Timothee Chalamet movie with innocence of a mindless drug
movie isn’t the fact that Nic’s family a star-studded cast, I didn’t think addict, all while showing you that8 OPINIONS THE PANTHER
EDITORIAL
Illustrated by Gaby Fantone
We need more than thoughts and prayers
The Panther Editorial Board
O n Nov. 7, the U.S. saw the 307th mass
shooting in 2018. Twelve people were
killed while celebrating, dancing and
feel like nowhere is safe.
With each mass shooting that happens,
another group of people have to contend
be a partisan issue.
California’s gun control laws are
among the strongest in the nation. Thirty
listening to music on “college night” at with the loss of community members years ago, the state became the first to
the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand whose deaths could have easily been ban assault rifles after a shooting at a
Oaks, California. prevented – and no, not by a good guy Stockton elementary school. In 2014,
The bar often drew students from with a gun. There was a good guy with a California also passed extreme risk
nearby Pepperdine University and the gun in the Thousand Oaks shooting: His protection orders, a measure that allows
University of California, Riverside. name was Sgt. Ron Helus, and he was law enforcement or family members
Thousand Oaks is just over an hour’s the first responder to enter the bar after to temporarily stop a person from
drive from Chapman, and the victims’ police were called to the scene. He died a purchasing firearms and ammunition by
ages ranged from 18 to 54 – but most hero, trying to protect others, with his last court order.
were the age of many college students. moments marked by pain and a spray of But clearly, this isn’t enough. And
Victim Alaina Housley, 18, had just gunfire. But he could not prevent 11 other when politicians stave off legislation by
begun her first semester at Pepperdine people from being killed. accusing those who are advocating for
University. Telemachus Orfanos, 27, “The only thing you people do after stronger restrictions, more laws and better
survived the Route 91 shooting in these shootings is ‘hopes and prayers’... or oversight surrounding gun ownership of
Las Vegas, but was shot and killed in ‘keep you in my thoughts’... every time... “politicizing” a tragedy, we are simply left
California a little more than a year later, and wonder why these keep happening,” a waiting anxiously for the next tragedy to
according to his mother. man believed to have been the Thousand strike.
We live in a country where some Oaks shooter wrote on Facebook around Now is the time for gun control. It
Americans have lived through one the time of the shooting, according to was also the time for gun control last
massacre only to witness another. This CNN. week, and the week before, and the week
week’s attack came just 14 days after 11 The time for thoughts and prayers has before that. It is no longer acceptable
people were killed as they worshipped in long been over. It is time for meaningful to champion the constitutional right of
a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. change and powerful federal gun control. owning a firearm over the human right to
People have been shot at places of It is time for our political leaders to life. It’s time for gun control, and it’s time
worship, Christmas parties, community cooperate with one another and show that for change.
colleges, movie theaters, music venues, they are willing to work across the aisle –
nightclubs and schools. It’s beginning to preventing unnecessary death should not
The Panther Newspaper
Editor-in-Chief Features Editor Photo Editor Videographer Business Manager
Rebeccah Glaser Kate Hoover Bonnie Cash Celine Francois Gavin Cook
Managing Editor Assistant Features Web Editor Art Director Advertising Manager
Kali Hoffman Editor Natalie van Winden Emma Reith Matthew Mattila
News Editor Natalia Cuttitta Social Media Manager Copy Editor Distribution Manager
Jasmin Sani Carlota Crespo Malvica Sawhney Natalie van Winden
Sports Editor
Mimi Fhima Cartoonist
Assistant News Editor Gaby Fantone
Maura Kate Mitchelson
Have a question, comment or idea? Contact us at thepanthernewspaper@gmail.com.THE PANTHER OPINIONS 9
Don’t skip over Thanksgiving
E very year
on Nov. 1,
the Halloween
I was raised in an interfaith home, so religious
holidays have always come with confusion. When
I was about five years old, my mom married my
known where I fit in.
My parents have never pushed to me choose one
religion over the other, which is very nice of them,
decorations stepfather – who is Jewish – and then converted to but some days I feel as though it would be easier if
are taken Judaism herself. Since then, I’ve celebrated every they had. I’ve practiced two religions for as long as
down and the Jewish holiday and taken part in many Jewish I can remember, but never felt as though I could
Christmas trees traditions. But technically, I’m not Jewish. I was fully claim either one.
go up. Suddenly, baptized in a Protestant church. Along with Jewish That’s why I love Thanksgiving: Because there
pumpkin spice holidays, I celebrate all the Christian ones, too. is no religion involved. It doesn’t matter what you
is replaced with I know that growing up with two Christmases believe or who you worship, everyone can have
peppermint on the and a Hanukkah is nothing to complain about, some mashed potatoes and gravy.
Starbucks menu. but it has made religion confusing for me. I For me, there is no identity crisis on
Ugly Christmas love getting to celebrate and learn about both Thanksgiving similar to the one that typically
sweaters that I Christianity and Judaism, but I have never really comes with Christmas or Passover; I can just
firmly believe eat rolls, be with my family and relax. There’s
“religions
should never see no pressure to find the perfect gift or memorize
Maura Kate Mitchelson, assistant the light of day
news editor are taken out from
I’ve practiced two prayers. All you have to do is talk to your
grandparents, play with your little cousins and eat
the back of the
closet. It seems like we try to fast-forward straight
for as long as I until you fall asleep on the couch.
Yes, I know that the history of Thanksgiving
to Christmas.
I am one of the very few people left who doesn’t
can remember, but never is unsavory, but I am definitely not celebrating
colonizers. I’m celebrating stuffing, pumpkin pie
try to skip over Thanksgiving. Ever since I was
young, Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday.
felt as though I could fully and a holiday that does not stir up spiritually-
based internal conflict.
It’s not just because of the food or because I get to claim either one. Turn off your Christmas playlist and hold off
”
spend time with family, it’s because Thanksgiving on decorating. The music and tinsel will be just as
is the only holiday that isn’t confusing to me. cheesy and gaudy on Nov. 23.
My dog is the devil, but I love her
M y dog, Tina,
is a 14-pound
terrier Chihua-
course of next two weeks, she bit our faces, ripped
up our carpeting and barreled down any barrier
that futilely attempted to keep her contained. She
Tina certainly didn’t fit into my or my family’s
lifestyle, but it’s not like she had any say in our
choice to adopt her. If, like my 12-year-old self,
hua mix. She has was like a haunted doll. No matter what we did to you choose to get a pet on a whim, you had better
been described as try and keep her in one place, she would inexplica- be prepared to handle the responsibility –and de-
an “angry burri- bly show up menacingly at the top of the stairs the stroyed furniture – that comes with it.
to with legs,” an next morning. Though pets aren’t children, they are still living
“alien,” and “the My parents tried to convince me take Tina back beings that require a lot of commitment. Getting
devil.” She has to the shelter at least three times within the first a puppy because it’s cute or because your friends
bitten everyone year of adopting her. With all the adolescent angst have one and then giving it away at the first sign of
she has ever come and resolve I could muster, I forced them to let me trouble is irresponsible.
into contact with, keep her. It wasn’t Tina’s fault that she was so aw- I don’t want it to seem like Tina has been noth-
she chews through ful, I told them, because she spent the entirety of ing but a blight upon my life. She is a loving dog
doors and she tries her puppy days on the streets. We made the deci- with a spunky personality, but she just happens to
to fight dogs three sion to adopt her, and we had to stick to it. have the soul of a salty sea captain who runs an
times her size. I The Orange County Animal shelter took in 4,815 underground boxing ring on the weekends. A lot of
Kali Hoffman, managing editor love her more than stray dogs last year, according to its website. Mov- terriers do.
anything else in ing, cost of maintenance and “having no time for a I did no research before adopting her, but that’s
the world. pet” are among the most common reasons people my fault, not hers. Despite her issues, I often com-
I found Tina in give up their pets, according to a study conducted pare her to Instagram-famous terrier “Mr. Bubz,”
a Barnes & Noble parking lot when I was 12. She by the National Council on Pet Population Study who, despite his snarling antics, is unconditionally
was, I thought at the time, the sweetest dog I had and Policy. I’ve had friends who have adopted and loved by his owners, as all animals should be. She
ever seen. I begged my parents to keep her, and then given away pets to a shelter on several occa- may be akin more to a demon than a dog, but she’s
they reluctantly agreed. sions because the dog was too much to handle or my demon.
Everything seemed fine at first, but over the didn’t fit into their lifestyle.
I’m working on having fewer opinions. Here’s why
T here are some
things that
just don’t matter.
For example, I no longer have an opinion on
Fortnight, Taylor Swift, pizza toppings, Starbucks
orders, cockroaches or cheerleading as a sport, to
make a difference or add anything to the situation.
Most of the time, the answer is no.
I have discovered that “no opinion” is a more
To some people, name a few. freeing phrase than I originally thought. Honestly,
that statement It got me to thinking about the way I react in it’s really fun to see the look on your friends’ faces
might feel like a debates: I have a tendency to get defensive when when you remove yourself from the debate.
personal attack any of my views or decisions are questioned. I don’t Of course, I do think some opinions are really
on anything and like to feel like I’m stupid or wrong in any way. I important. When I recently cast my ballot during
everything they’ve think this stems from growing up with a twin, who the midterm elections, I based my vote on my
ever believed. But excelled academically and with whom I was always opinions. I consume media on a daily basis that is
truly, it doesn’t compared. curated toward me and based on my opinions. And
matter whether I Without going too deep into the hole of why I think kindness, ambition and hope are essential
think a hot dog is a I’m defensive and have ‘know-it-all’ tendencies, to the betterment of the Anthropocene period
sandwich, whether let’s operate on the assumption that for me, giving (meaning our current geological age, which is
a dress is blue and up my opinions is not easy. Taking a step back has viewed as the period during which human activity
black or white been a conscious mental exercise. Now, when faced has been the dominant influence on climate and
Natalie van Winden, web editor and gold, or any with situations where I might normally be ready the environment).
other viral opinion for a debate, I have to ask myself if my voice would All of these important opinions are, well, really
“opinion
that has sparked important. What I’m talking about when I say it’s
passionate debate that leads nowhere. important to have less opinions about is giving
I’ve been experimenting with having fewer
opinions, and I think I am onto something.
I no longer have an your mind the chance to sub out and sit on the
bench on a topic where the outcome of game has
I have to give credit where credit is due – I on Fortnight, already been decided.
didn’t come up with the concept of having fewer I guess my point is to share with you how having
opinions on my own. I was listening to the podcast Taylor Swift, pizza fewer opinions has given me mental freedom from
“Dear Hank and John,” created by Hank Green and triviality and more time to care about things that
John Green. The two, who are brothers, bestselling toppings ... to name a few. matter.
”
authors and viral YouTubers, were talking about
shedding opinions, until you are left with just a few
core ones.You can also read
