Opinion | ‘Indian Matchmaking’ exposes realities of arranged marriage
I can’t say if you should try matchmaking. What I can say, however, is that matchmaking is an option.
Opinion | Masks aren’t political, neither is kindness
Wearing a mask has nothing to do with one’s political affiliations, nor should it. It’s a piece of cloth.
Editorial | We have to break the cycle
Over the past few months, there’s been too many times where we as students have not been proud to be Panthers.
Opinion | How online classes have helped to cope with my anxiety
Here’s the closest I can come to depicting what goes on inside my body before I speak in class: I start to sweat in my palms and armpits, I feel light-headed, I experience shortness of breath and my heart races so fast that when I look down, I can see the rapid beating through my blouse. And this is only before I speak.
Opinion | Legacy prohibits equal opportunity from sorority recruitment
In trying to be a better ally to the BIPOC community, I’ve found it critical to self-reflect and see the places in which I may be unconsciously contributing to the systemic racism that remains ever-entrenched in our nation’s history. One example is in my participation in sorority life, a current topic of controversy among many progressive activists.
Opinion | Reluctantly ready to greet my digital classmates
It is now month six of what has now been donned “the new normal” and at this point, I thought I’d be preparing to drive out to Orange to kick off my senior year.
Opinion | What I learned from my first Trump rally
I attended my first Trump Rally on July 25. Well, let me clarify. I was boating on a lake in Dallas, Texas, when all of a sudden, I looked up and saw a cavalcade of red, white and blue speeding across the water in every which way.
A Final Word from Lou
Opinion | For the love of loungewear
Opinion | Quarantined on my birthday
Opinion | I appreciate Chapman’s stance on graduation
Opinion | Stop minimizing sexual harassment cases
Opinion | Realizing I belong in the newsroom
Editorial | An unwanted spotlight
That being said, should a member of the Chapman administration decide to run again, we hope that they do things differently.
Opinion | The importance of remaining involved
I am so tired. I swear I have been since like 2015. I’m tired in general, but mainly I’m tired of politics. Specifically, American politics. More specifically, the 2020 presidential election.
Opinion | United against hate
In a joint column, President Daniele Struppa, Associate Professor Pete Simi and Associate Director of Community Support Justin Riley address the rise of white supremacist activity on campus
Opinion | The United States isn’t ready for a female president
Any of these things could’ve been true, but one thing I knew from the start is this: the final candidates would be old, white men. I was correct.
Editorial | Our duty in democracy
Get out and vote.
Opinion | I’m self-conscious about my music.
If we’re in the car and you ask me to play music, the chances of you being stuck listening to Lady Gaga, musical theatre and vintage One Direction are extremely high.
Opinion | Down with Virgil Abloh
Say what you will about the quality of his work, but modernist artist Marcel Duchamp was, without a doubt, revolutionary. He rocked the art world of the 1910s with his ‘readymade’ sculptures, which consisted of old pieces of junk Duchamp happened to find on the street that he would then dub a ‘sculpture.’
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