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thepantheronline.com • Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 • Volume 102 Number XIV • Chapman University • @PantherOnline
Women’s March faces controversy
Features, Page 4
Photo courtesy of BONNIE CASH
When the Women’s March began in 2017, it marked one of the first large-scale responses to the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This year, the
third annual march contended with allegations of anti-Semitism against some of its leaders and ongoing criticism of its lack of intersectional feminism and
diversity.
MAX WEIRAUCH Staff Photographer
Wiki Commons
In high school, No. 10 junior Colin Ferrier played
against now-professional basketball players President Donald Trump presided over the
like the Lakers’ Lonzo Ball and the Pistons’ longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Stanley Johnson. Now, he’s the ‘hustle guy’ and a Here’s how it impacted workers and national
shooting guard for Chapman’s team. landmarks — and hit close to home for some
students.
Sports, Page 7 Features, Page 5
2 NEWS THE PANTHER
Valencia to run in special election for council seat
Rebeccah Glaser | Editor-in-Chief as Morales brandished the weapon
Sandhya Bhaskar | Assistant News near the back of the council cham-
Editor bers. He was handcuffed by Orange
police officers and escorted to a police
Orange will hold a special elec- car after the meeting ended.
tion to fill a vacant city council seat, In an interview with The Panther
in what candidate Betty Valencia, after the incident, Valencia described
the third runner-up in votes in the her campaign since the incident in
November council election, described December as “jarring.”
as an “awesome” turn of events. The “We need to have these conver-
decision was announced at a Jan. 22 sations as to why somebody feels
special city council meeting. comfortable pulling a knife in city
Valencia describes her road to run- council,” she said. “It makes our work
ning in the upcoming special election even more important and it actually
as the “longest campaign.” highlights and underscores why that
“We kept our red boots on the seat needs to be filled with someone
ground and we kept pushing,” Va- who brings in a different perspective.”
lencia told The Panther. “We want a Valencia, who says she ran because
just and fair process … so the special she wanted to be inclusive and open,
election is the best case-scenario.” knew that the candor of her campaign
Valencia’s campaign hasn’t just was a “big risk.”
been long. Despite support – her “I knew that risk could have some
supporters often don red, Valencia’s drawbacks,” she said.“I was surprised
signature color and carry signs in her at that extent.”
favor at city council meetings – her Valencia, who could be the coun-
candidacy has also drawn some ire. cil’s first openly LGBTQIA+ and Lati-
Tensions flared at a Dec. 11 coun- na member, spoke at public comment
cil meeting during a discussion about on Dec. 11, drawing applause and
whether to appoint a new member to a standing ovation from the crowd
the council or hold a special election of dozens, some of whom wore red
when a man who opposed Valen- in support of Valencia. The ovation
cia’s campaign called her the “worst caused council members to rise and REBECCAH GLASER Editor-in-Chief
person” to have on the council a few leave for an unexpected five-minute An audience member yells at members of Orange’s city council Dec. 11 after a man pulled a knife
minutes before wielding a knife. recess. at the meeting, where many gathered in support of third-place council candidate Betty Valencia.
“She is not the eye, she is not the “Get them back out here,” one
ear, she is not the mouth and she is woman shouted as she recorded on
not the symbol that she claims to be,” her phone. votes can’t be ignored” with a drawing who represents them,” Murphy wrote
said Peter Morales in his public com- The decision to hold a special of Valencia’s signature red sneakers. in an email to The Panther.
ment to the council minutes before he election stems from a rare open seat Support for the decision to hold a “The entire city’s registered voters
pulled out the weapon. on the council, as former Councilman special election has been overwhelm- now have a vote in who is selected.”
As Morales walked out to shouts Mark Murphy left one empty when he ing. “Voters want to vote for the se- The special election could cost up to
of “shame” and accusations of being became mayor. At the Dec. 11 meet- lection of their councilpeople and this $427,000, Murphy said. It would be
racist, a man yelled, “He has a knife,” ing, some held signs that said “10,775 gives them the opportunity to choose held in November 2019.
Will long lines be the norm at Orange’s new Urth Caffe?
The Orange Plaza’s
newest addition has
been busy since its Jan. 7
opening, and is expected
to stay that way, a store
representative says.
Dayna Li | Staff Writer
Urth Caffe, a chic, health-con-
scious line of restaurants with
locations across the Orange and
Los Angeles counties, is known for
its Instagrammable coffee, healthy
pastries and $20 salads.
It’s also known for long lines,
and the queue in front of Urth
Caffe is no exception. The cafe in
the Orange Plaza and its popularity
might be the new norm, said Matt
GABRIELLA ANDERSON Staff Photographer
Tobey, director of operations for the
restaurant chain. Lines outside of Orange’s new Urth Caffe might be here to stay, said Matt Tobey, Urth Caffe’s director of operations. The popular restaurant
“We’re cautious because we’ve chain, which opened its Orange location Jan. 7, has locations across the Orange and Los Angeles counties.
only been open for a few weeks but
realistically, this is how busy we
stay,” Tobey said.
Tobey, who oversees operations to wait in line, so it’s normal,” she eral boutiques and specialty stores. ing) was condemned since the ‘60s
at all Urth locations, is now focusing said. “It brings new types of people because it wasn’t earthquake safe,”
on Orange. The store conducted at Owners and managers of sur- and new types of food,” Wee said. Tobey said. “There were old doors
least 5,000 interviews for 100 associ- rounding businesses like neigh- “All the antique stores can benefit and writing on the walls from when
ate spots at the store, Tobey said. boring Starbucks manager Matteo from that.” it was a hotel.”
The chain has several locations, Gutierrez hopes Urth’s opening will Shallom and Jilla Berkman, who The restaurant was also vandal-
including ones in Laguna Beach, lead to increased business. He told have made a habit of purchasing ized at least three times, when rocks
Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. It The Panther that some patrons were historic buildings for Urth loca- were thrown through its earth-
was founded in the 1980s by Shal- driving long distances “just to come tions, knew they wanted one of the quake-proof windows. Each inci-
lom and Jilla Berkman. to Urth.” restaurant’s next locations to be in dent cost around $20,000 to fix, and
Dory Ann Carter, a senior com- Tippy Weeranarawat, the owner Orange, the couple told The Panther the windows now use a protective
munications studies major, says she of the Filling Station Cafe on North in September. But they ran into con- coating.
doesn’t mind the wait for the restau- Glassell Street, thinks the cafe might struction obstacles, some of which “Thankfully, we’re well-received,”
rant. “Any Urth I’ve been to I’ve had bring in traffic for other businesses delayed opening by several months. Tobey said. “As busy as we are, this
in the Plaza, which is home to sev- “The second floor (of the build- is what the other stores are at.”
THE PANTHER NEWS 3
Brandman dean sues school, alleging wrongful termination
Rebeccah Glaser | Editor-in-Chief
Christine Zeppos, a former
Brandman University dean who
was fired in August 2018 in what
she said was the result of her claims
of witnessing sexual harassment
in the workplace, filed a lawsuit
Jan. 14 alleging that the school’s
administrators created a “toxic,
misogynistic fiefdom,” that gave
way to a “culture of gender-based
harassment and discrimination.”
Among other allegations, the suit
alleges sexual harassment, gender
discrimination, retaliation, failure to
prevent wrongful termination and
intentional infliction of emotional
distress. The complaint also alleges
that the university retaliated against
other female employees who
complained.
Brandman, which is part of the Panther Archives
Chapman University system and Christine Zeppos, a former Brandman University dean, filed a lawsuit Jan. 14 alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination and wrongful
has a campus in Irvine, California, termination, among other allegations. Brandman, located in Irvine, California, is part of the Chapman University system.
denied the allegations made in the
lawsuit in an email statement to The
Panther, saying that the university’s
conduct related to this matter.” termination, she was offered a
“
decision to replace Zeppos as dean
of the School of Education was based The lawsuit, filed in Orange severance package in exchange for a
on an investigation of complaints County Superior Court, alleges (School “release of claims,” or what Zeppos
against Zeppos made by two that in 2016, Zeppos complained interpreted to be her silence on
unnamed female employees. to Brandman’s human resources administrators) the allegations, which she refused,
department after witnessing according to the lawsuit.
“Dr. Zeppos’ refusal to accept
the investigator’s findings or the “demeaning” behavior toward developed and ratified In September 2018, Brandman
corrective action designed to allow women in the workplace by a culture of gender- students began circulating a Change.
her to continue in her role resulted Brandman’s Provost Charles Bullock. org petition to reinstate Zeppos,
in the University’s decision to A university-ordered based harassment and using the hashtags #MeToo and
investigation into Bullock’s #StandWithDrZeppos. Almost 700
”
seek a new leader for its School
of Education,” the university’s management style concluded discrimination. people have signed the petition as of
statement said. that there was no “harassment, Feb. 3.
Roberta Dellhime, a spokesperson discrimination or retaliation,” Chapman University’s president,
for Brandman, wrote in an email to according to the lawsuit. - Christine Zeppos, former Daniele Struppa, Brahm and Bullock
The Panther in September 2018 that The lawsuit, which also names Brandman University dean did not immediately respond to
the school had not received “any the school’s chancellor, Gary requests for comment.
complaints of inappropriate sexual Brahm, alleges that after Zeppos’
Chapman alumnus and KTLA anchor dies in hotel room
Carolina Valencia | Staff Writer good at his job,” said Kerry Brace,
KTLA’s assistant news director.
Chris Burrous, a 1997 Chapman Samantha Cortese, a 2011
alumnus and KTLA weekend Chapman broadcast journalism
morning news anchor, was found alumna, remembers meeting Burrous
unconscious at a Glendale Days’ Inn when first starting her journalism
motel on Dec. 27 and later reported career. Live at the scene of a fire in
dead. The cause of death has not yet Beaumont, California, Cortese was
been determined, according to the surrounded by big networks like CBS,
Glendale Police Department. Burrous NBC and ABC.
was 43. “It was intimidating,” Cortese
A man who was with Burrous wrote in an email to The Panther.
and called 911 indicated that “Next to me, though, was Chris
Burrous’ death might have been Burrous. He was cool as a cucumber,
an overdose, according a Glendale as natural as any reporter could be,
Police Department report. He was and had his notes scribbled on his
pronounced dead later that day. hand in marker. He made it look so
Remembered by KTLA as a “great easy.”
journalist,” Burrous is survived by his After telling Burrous that KTLA
wife, Mai Burrous, and nine-year-old was her dream station, she took a
daughter, Isabella Burrous. As of Feb. photo with a KTLA microphone.
3, a GoFundMe page to help Burrous’ “I have that photo all these years
family has raised more than $35,000. later,” Cortese, who is now an anchor
“After being in this business for for KTLA, wrote in the email.
more than 30 years, I know the Weitzner, who began overseeing
type of person that succeeds at the broadcast journalism program
this business: high energy, smiles, in 1997, did not have Burrous
friendly, because you need people to as a student, but said their paths
talk to you. That was Chris Burrous,” crossed over the years. As his career
said Pete Weitzner, a broadcast progressed, Burrous called Weitzner Photo courtesy of Lynette Romero
journalism professor at Chapman’s offering to “help the program in any KTLA anchor Chris Burrous, seen here with his co-anchor Lynette Romero, died of a potential
Dodge College of Film and Media way” he could. overdose Dec. 27. Romero believes this is the last photo of taken of Burrous before his death.
Arts, from which Burrous graduated. “(Burrous) is really inspirational
Burrous, who had been with the to me,” said Hailey Haskell, a senior
network since 2011, had a popular aspired to be like.” in classes at Dodge, according to
news and documentary major. Burrous also frequented Dodge Weitzner. “Being the first one to ask
food segment called “Burrous Bites.” “I’ve grown up watching the KTLA
“He was very versatile and well- classrooms to talk to students a question at a big news conference,
morning news, so seeing his bubbly studying broadcast journalism, being the first one to break a story
liked at the newsroom and by the personality, his humor and his fun
community. He was extremely Weitzner said. and being the first one to break a
that he brought to KTLA every “There are three things that make story on a public record search.”
popular with his viewers and very weekend morning was something I you a leader,” Burrous would say
THE PANTHER FEATURES 4
Why the third annual Women’s March is controversial
The Women’s March movement, which began after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, has faced allegations
of anti-Semitism against its leadership and criticism for a lack of diversity. Here’s why some still feel it’s important to attend.
Sierra DeWalt | Staff Writer Washington Post and the Voice of OC.
Los Angeles had one of the highest
The Women’s March began in attendance rates in the U.S.
January 2017, marking one of the “I didn’t expect it to be as big as it
first responses to President Donald was,” said Katie Tucker, a freshman
Trump’s election, as well as becoming integrated educational studies major
the largest single-day protest in U.S. who attended the march in San Jose,
history. California.
But now, the movement faces Tucker, who has been to other
allegations of anti-Semitism against women’s marches, felt like she knew
some of its leaders and participants, the participants in this march,
compounding accusations that the rather than looking out at a mass of
march isn’t diverse enough. anonymous faces.
Grace Papish, junior political And gathering with groups of people
science major, thinks aspects of the who share similar beliefs can help
march are problematic, especially bring friends together, she said.
when it comes to representation. “It’s fun to share (experiences of
“In recent years (the march) has had the march) and have these shared
issues with inclusion and diversity. opinions about what we wish our
It kind of became a hotbed for white country would look like compared to
feminism,” Papish said. “It was very what it currently does,” she said.
much catered to the struggle of white, Other students like Preston
middle-class women and didn’t really Coolidge, a junior computer science Photo courtesy of Grace Papish
take into consideration the struggle major and the ambassador of the Grace Papish, a junior political science major, thinks that the Women’s March is often catered
of minority women and transgender Chapman University Republicans, to the struggle of white, middle-class women, calling pussyhats a “misguided symbol.”
women.” have doubts about the march as a
Papish sees this reflected in the pink, standalone.
knit pussyhats often worn at marches rights,” he said. parties in the United States could be
“No protest movement is ever
and understood to reference Trump’s Ben Clark, a freshman solved if people would talk to each
effective on its own,” Coolidge said.
comments about grabbing women’s screenwriting major who attended other more effectively.
“To an extent, demonstrations aren’t
genitalia. the Orange County Women’s March, One miscommunication that Papish
just for the purpose of people being
“I think that the pussyhats was a said that these events are beneficial for believes is widespread is the close-
able to change things; it actually acts
misguided symbol, because not all those that take part because it gives minded view of feminism where it’s
as a social pressure release valve.”
those who identify as women have them a voice. been interpreted to mean man-hating
He suggests that people vent
vaginas,” she said. “There’s no guarantee that people and bra burning. For Papish, feminism
their pent up emotions through the
Still, this year’s Women’s March will listen, but what (the marches do) is a movement everyone should be
cathartic process of a political march.
had a substantial turnout, with the is raise awareness and spread the word able to identify with.
“By allowing people to (protest)
Orange County and Los Angeles about ideas that could do our country “Feminism is for all of us, and it’s
relatively freely like this, you ensure
marches drawing 215,000 individuals a lot of good,” Clark said. just so we can live in an equal society,”
that stable change can happen because
to the streets, according to the He added that the lack of she said.
without stability there can be no
communication between political
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Longest government shutdown in history impacts federal workers
Mitali Shukla | Staff Writer poor, your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free.”
For 35 days during the government The nearly $6 billion being put
shutdown, sophomore dance major toward the potential border wall
Anna Schluckebier’s father was could be allocated instead to other
unable to work his new dream job worthy expenses, she said, like funding
as an architect for the U.S. National healthcare, infrastructure, education,
Park Service in Nebraska because he homelessness, veterans or the
wouldn’t have been paid. California wildfire relief.
“It was scary for my family, with In a televised meeting with the
two kids in college. I think to sacrifice president, Speaker of the House
families’ daily lives for the idea of a Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority
wall is unfair and wrong,” Schluckebier Leader Chuck Schumer, Trump said
said. “Losing my dad’s income made that he needs government funds to
my family scared of how we were finance the border wall in order to
going to pay my rent in California and keep illegal immigrants from entering
(for) school.” the country. He also said that he and
From Dec. 22 to Jan. 25 the U.S. the Republican Party would assume
had the longest government shutdown responsibility for the shutdown in
in its history after republicans and attempts to finance the wall, according
democrats were unable to come to to the New York Times.
an agreement about whether to fund Wiki Commons “Our president can make the
a $5.8 billion border wall President Around 800,000 workers were forced to go on leave or work without pay during the longest decision to compromise, but refuses
Donald Trump proposed. Around shutdown in U.S. government history. to do so,” said Chapman sociology
800,000 federal workers were forced professor Hector Martinez. “As a
to go on leave – also known as being initiated it – something that’s highly began to mount after flights result of posturing, (Trump) knows
furloughed – or forced to work unusual, said Chapman political nationwide were delayed when TSA he cannot come through on his
without pay. science professor John Compton. agents and air traffic controllers campaign promise – dictated by the
The shutdown’s impact has also “I remember when I visited nationwide didn’t show up to work. constitution.”
stretched to national parks. Several Washington D.C. in 1995, (former “The TSA and airline employees Although the shutdown came to
have been overrun with garbage House Speaker) Newt Gingrich had were consistently calling in sick to a temporary end a little more than
and human waste, and Southern initiated a government shutdown work,” Compton said. “It’s easy to see a week ago, Trump has suggested
California’s Joshua Tree National Park because the two parties were fighting why they would do so.” that the shutdown’s end was only
may have been impacted for thousands over spending levels. Gingrich wanted When Gabrielle Michael, a temporary, and that he would declare
of years, according to the New York to shut down the government to show sophomore psychology major, thinks a national emergency if Congress
Times, with several of the historic how serious he was in his stance,” about the government shutdown, refuses to sign legislation to fund the
Joshua trees chopped down while the Compton said. “Gingrich and the she’s reminded of the inscription on wall, according to The Washington
park went unmonitored during the Republicans were blamed for the the Statue of Liberty which some Post.
shutdown. shutdown and they weren’t really interpret to mean taking care of all “Both political parties seem to be
What sets this shutdown apart from achieving anything.” people regardless of their identity or negotiating so as to avoid another
others in the past is that the president Pressure to reopen the government their status: “Give me your tired, your shutdown,” Compton said.
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Why are we so obsessed
with true crime? EDITORIAL
W hen my mom
was pregnant
with me, she spent
hours watching the
television master-
piece “Law & Order:
Criminal Intent.”
Before I even entered
the world, I was
surrounded by the
sounds of legendary
TV detective Bob-
By Maura Kate Mitchelson, by Goren solving
Opinions Editor some of New York’s
most heinous
crimes. I’ve always said that my fascination
with crime began while I was still in the
womb.
I have vivid memories of sitting at the
kitchen counter as a child, eating Eggo
waffles and listening to reporter Ann
Curry discuss the Casey Anthony trial on
NBC’s Today Show. My mom and I would
scoff in unison at the TV anytime a clip of
Anthony, who was accused of murdering
her 2-year-old daughter, in the courtroom
would appear on the screen. (Everyone
knows she did it, and if you do not think
so, you are lying to yourself.) Even then
as an 11-year-old, I was hooked on every
word and detail of the case.
Today, I spend hours binging the newest
true crime specials and listening to mur-
der-related podcasts, like “Last Podcast on
the Left.” These stories have been an inter-
est of mine for so many years, and part of
me is concerned by how intrigued I am in
the gory details, but another part is com- Illustrated by Gaby Fantone
forted – because I know that I share that
interest with many others.
People love to hear the disturbing in- Government workers deserve to be paid
tricacies of crimes because it elicits one of The Panther Editorial Board
the most primal emotions, fear, without
actually putting themselves in harm’s way. A little more than a week ago, President Constitution, and the 27th Amendment
“Our fascination with crime is equaled Donald Trump temporarily ended the actually prevents Congress from changing
by our fear of crime. It’s two sides of the longest government shutdown in U.S. its salaries between elections. But the U.S.
same story,” said Michael Mantell, a clin- history. The monthlong standoff between Constitution doesn’t protect the salaries
ical psychologist for the San Diego Police Democrats and Republicans over a $5.8 of federal workers and congressional
Department, in a 2009 NPR aticle. billion border wall affected the pay of an employees in the same way – and that’s
We watch shows about Ted Bundy, see estimated 800,000 federal employees. where there’s a problem. Because federal
movies about Jeffrey Dahmer and read While Congress and the president employees are paid according to the
articles about John Wayne Gacy because were still paid during the shutdown, as General Schedule, an official pay scale
they terrify us, but we feel comfortable is customary, hundreds of thousands of used by the government that helps
enough to experience this fear because we federal employees across the country were determine who is deemed an essential
not. From postal workers to coast guard worker (and, by extension, who has to
know there is no imminent danger. While officers, missed paychecks have caused work without pay), their salaries are used
cozy in our beds, swaddled in our blan- many once-financially stable employees as bargaining chips for elected officials far
kets, we can still get the adrenaline rush to rely on savings, federal assistance and above them in both pay and power.
we crave. Without, you know, the murder. random, short-term jobs. And if lawmakers can’t come to an
In many of the most well-known homi- Trump is certainly not the only agreement on the wall and several other
cide cases, the victims are young women, president to have presided over a lengthy issues, by Feb. 15, the shutdown may
the same demographic that comprises a government shutdown – the second- begin again.
large number of true crime content con- longest in American history was during This kind of contentious pseudo-
sumers, according to CBS News. Bill Clinton’s presidency, after he vetoed a bargaining, where each party already
Why is this? Specialists assume that the requirement to balance the federal budget has what it wants in mind, refuses to
fascination is caused by a mix of factors, within seven years. Around 800,000 budge and is willing to use thousands
workers were furloughed then, too. of hardworking Americans as leverage,
including the fact that women tend to live Shutdowns are power plays. They’re is damaging to our workforce and our
in a greater state of fear than men, are games of chicken, staring contests with economy.
typically are more empathetic to victims, high stakes and consequences for whoever Our government was built to encourage
enjoy seeing the perpetrator get caught blinks first. Sometimes they’re warranted. compromise and ensure that no one party
and want to be prepared in case something But mostly, they’re a political tit-for-tat, or branch of government is able to wield
were to happen to them. with both parties refusing to reach across inordinate control over the other, or over
Because women are innately more fear- the aisle. its constituents. It’s time for our leaders to
ful, assigning a face to these fears can be Congress’ pay is written into the value people over party.
almost cathartic. It is hard to swallow the
fact that some women watch these shows
and movies as a way to prepare themselves
for the worst case scenario, using these
The Panther Newspaper
stories as a “what not to do” guide. Editor-in-Chief Features Editor Social Media Manager Advertising Manager
I am not sure how many hours I have Rebeccah Glaser Olivia Harden Kate Hoover Matthew Mattila
spent researching true crime stories, but Distribution Manager
Managing Editor Sports Editor Art Director
I honestly don’t regret it. These stories are Jasmin Sani Mimi Fhima Emma Reith Autumn Schaefer
gripping, captivating and bone-chilling, Cartoonist
and that’s why I love them. News Editor Opinions Editor Copy Editor Gaby Fantone
As I am writing this, my mom texted to Lou Vanhecke Maura Kate Mitchelson Malvica Sawhney
me let me know that the new episode of Assistant News Editor Photo Editor Business Manager
ABC’s 20/20 features an interview with the Sandhya Bhasker Cassidy Keola Gavin Coo k
daughter of the BTK serial killer, so ... I
gotta go.
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7 SPORTS THE PANTHER
The NFL needs to Colin Ferrier: A ‘quiet leader’ for men’s basketball
take action Luca Evans | Staff Writer
Super Bowl Junior Colin Ferrier has been
LIII, the playing basketball since he was six
lowest-ever years old. It began when he asked
scoring NFC his dad what sport he could use
Championship, his hands for. He used those same
was shrouded hands to dribble his way into mid-
in controversy. dle school, into the starting lineup
While some on varsity his freshman year at
of this stems Santa Margarita Catholic High, into
from Colin a CIF championship in his sopho-
Kaepernick’s more year and into an All-League
lawsuit against award he received during his junior
the NFL, many
Mimi Fhima, are angered by year of high school.
Sports Editor the questionable Later, he found himself guarding
halftime current Los Angeles Lakers point
performance decisions and the lack guard Lonzo Ball while playing
of a pass interference call against the for Chino Hills High School in the
Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 20 during opening round during playoffs his
the playoff game against the New senior year. Ferrier described the
Orleans Saints. NBA star as “just men amongst
The NFL not only has neglected boys.” MAX WEIRAUCH Staff Photographer
to create a welcoming environment “(Ball’s) basketball IQ is ... really In high school, No. 10 junior Colin Ferrier played against now-professional basketball players
for players with social injustice good. It was definitely tough play- like the Lakers’ Lonzo Ball and the Pistons’ Stanley Johnson. Now, he’s the “hustle guy” for
complaints, it’s failed to make ing against (him),” said Ferrier. Chapman’s team.
an assertive statement about the After a two-year stint at Saddle-
contentious Super Bowl game. back College, Ferrier transferred to
Beginning the game with a video Chapman in the fall and has started “If I had a son, I’d want him to Bokosky said.
dedicated to Martin Luther King is every game this season. be like Colin Ferrier,” said head Ferrier is close with his team-
an insulting attempt to placate an In the Panthers’ Jan. 30 game coach Mike Bokosky. “You tell him mates, though many basketball
entire group who feels marginalized against the Occidental College something one time, he gets it. You players are introverted, Bokosky
and ignored by the NFL. These sort Tigers, Ferrier put his head down, don’t have to repeat it over and over said. Ferrier said he’s not always
of passive messages are insulting
methodically dribbled into the again, and you know he never has a vocal in the locker room, and in-
because they advocate for outside
paint for kick-out passes to corner bad day.” stead tries to set an example for his
social justice movements while
shooters. He kept his hands raised During the first half of the game teammates.
ignoring their own. An active Jan. 30, Ferrier missed three shots “I’ve always tried to (lead) more
statement needs to be made by the and feet sliding on defense, often from the field, not scoring a single
guarding Zach Baines and Austin by example … getting to practice
NFL, and Commissioner Roger point. But at the beginning of the early … (and) getting shots up
Goodell must be a part of this — he DeWitz of the Occidental Tigers, second, he scored seven points over
two of the top 10 leaders in points afterwards,” Ferrier said.
cannot continue to brush these issues the course of three straight offen- Even after a personally successful
under the rug. per game in the Southern Califor- sive possessions for the Tigers.
The Kaepernick controversy has nia Intercollegiate Athletic Confer- season, Ferrier said he doesn’t play
ence (SCIAC). Ferrier said what worked for him for individual statistics. He plays
impacted the league’s reputation and during that stretch was simply try-
reliability. Viewership has continued Ferrier said during his collegiate because he loves to play.
to decline, dropping 10% last season years, and even his final season of ing to “stay aggressive.” This drive “Twenty to 30 years from now,
according to Forbes. Well-known high school, he transitioned from on the court is something Bokosky you’re not really going to remember
celebrities and singers have opted out being a shooter to more of a defen- believes brings Ferrier closer with the shots that you’re taking or the
of watching and even participating sive player. He said he tries to be his teammates. games; you’re going to remember
in the Super Bowl. Cardi B, Rihanna, the “hustle guy,” someone willing to “He gives maximum effort … the relationships that you have,”
Jay-Z and Pink have all denied do the dirty work. guys will gravitate toward him, Ferrier said.
the NFL’s requests for a halftime just based on how hard he plays,”
performance.
Celebrities like Nick Cannon
and Ava DuVernay decided they
wouldn’t be watching the game this
year, tweeting #IStandWithKap after
Brandon Leu finds home at Chapman swim team
choosing to support Kaepernick as
he sues the NFL for colluding to keep Mallika Sinha | Staff Writer
him out of the league.
In an interview with Entertainment For freshman Brandon Leu, early
Tonight recorded prior to the Super mornings hold some of his favorite
Bowl on Jan. 31, Adam Levine Chapman memories.
responded to those who were upset
about his choice to perform, saying Leu, a business administration
people who don’t feel represented major and Chapman swimmer,
will have their voices heard during said despite the chilly weather
the performance. While I believe and the seemingly freezing pool, 6
Levine shouldn’t be forced to act as a.m. swim practices have created
a politician, if he says that the issue
will be addressed as he did in this an irreplaceable bond with his
comment, then it should have been. teammates.
Gladys Knight, an American Prior to joining a club team
singer-songwriter and actress who in high school, Leu said he only
performed the national anthem this focused on his individual swimming
year, sparked controversy after, on
Feb. 1, she said there should be a skills. He put pressure on his
distinction between the anthem and performance, but wasn’t pushed to
fighting for social justice. Knight also consider the team. At Chapman, this
should not be pressured to utilize changed.
the national anthem as a political “I started realizing that it was more
statement, but rather the NFL should
take charge of advocating for social of a team sport than an individual
justice in the league. sport. When I was younger, it was Photo courtesy of Brandon Leu
Kaepernick has the right and choice really just my own races,” Leu said. Freshman Brandon Leu began swimming when he was eight years old. At the last home
to use his position to advocate for “I was really just competing for
his beliefs, just as any other athlete, meet of the season this year, Leu placed first in the 200-yard freestyle race.
influencer or celebrity. Kaepernick’s
myself.”
fight for social injustice has drawn Before Leu attended Chapman, he swimming, Leu also played other Head coach Dennis Ploessel
on far too long without direct, swam for Issaquah High School as sports. But during his teenage years, said Leu’s work ethic is rare for a
helpful action from the NFL. In well as the Bellevue Club Team in swimming became his main focus. freshman.
an effort to show true authenticity Bellevue, Washington during high “Swimming is one of my favorite “Day after day after day, he’s
and recognition of the issue, the school. sports. It’s very unique and very leading the charge out there as a
football league needs to address the
Kaepernick controversy outright, Recently, Leu won the 200-yard different,” Leu said. “As humans, freshman. He’s never had a bad
rather than continuing to ignore it. freestyle event on Jan. 26 at the last we’re not really meant to be in the swim race his entire season,”
Once the NFL does this, and if home meet of the season against water, but that’s cool — how you’re Ploessel said.
their new social justice initiative, Biola University. He also fourth able to adapt and be able to swim.” As Leu begins to win races in the
Inspire Change, begins to materialize placed in the 100-yard breaststroke Nervous to come to Chapman, Leu pool, he knows that teamwork has
into real action, viewers and fans
won’t feel the need to call on the and the 200-yard freestyle relay. has found comfort in his team. replaced his focus on individuality.
halftime performers to express their “That was one of the moments “The energy is always there no “We have each other’s backs. (The
voice, and in turn, these celebrities where I was like, ‘Wow, I can matter what the weather’s like,” team is) very supportive, they want
and big names won’t be pressured to actually really make an impact.’” Leu said freshman swimmer Omar you to be on the team,” Leu said.
politicize their every move. said. Insignares. “He always keeps “They’re amazing.”
Around the same time he began everyone pumped up.”
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The DiMascio trifecta: Freshman
combines golf, fashion and business
Pri Jain | Staff Writer months of online voting for over 200
model contestants. Faculty members
Sydnee DiMascio, a freshman of the magazine and previous
business marketing major, began winners chose her to represent the
golfing at 13 years old as a joke. She magazine in a spread for its February
didn’t intend to like the sport, but issue.
after playing multiple times with her Ming Lao, head golf coach, said
friends for fun, DiMascio decided to DiMascio is coachable.
start taking it seriously. “She’s in a sorority, and I know she
DiMascio co-owns an online models and still finds time for golf,”
boutique with her mother, Sabrina Lao said. “If she struggles, then I’ll
DiMascio, called Syd & Bean. approach her, but right now she’s
“We started it going into my senior balancing everything really well. She
year of high school. It’s been such a listens, and she wants to get better.
crazy ride,” DiMascio said. “That’s I think the ceiling is unlimited for
why I want to go into either being a her.”
manager of my own store or a social
“
media marketer. I personally love
fashion so my mother really helped
me start it up.”
Golf served as a way for DiMascio
She listens,
to bond with her father, Daniel
DiMascio, while fashion gave her a
and she wants
sense of camraderie with her mother.
“I’ve actually done the model
to get better. I
experience in (Los Angeles) … think the ceiling
designers design clothing and you
walk on the runway for them,” is unlimited for
DiMascio said. “You want to make
her.
”
sure that you do their (designer’s)
clothes justice.” CASSIDY KEOLA Photo Editor
DiMascio, who is also a fashion
model, won the 2019 Teen Face - Ming Lao, Freshman Sydnee DiMascio began golfing when she was 13 years old. The
business major now golfs with Chapman’s team, models and runs an online
of Arizona Foothills Magazine head golf coach boutique with her mother.
competition, in which there were five
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