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thepantheronline.com • Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 • Volume XCVIII Number XVII • Chapman University
Panthers claw Tigers
JON HOLMQUIST Senior Photographer
Junior forward Davis Dragovich lays the ball up over sophomore guar Joe Compagno against Occidetntal during 22nd ranked Chapman’s trouncing of the Tigers 94-66 Saturday. That victory followed a road win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 65-62 Tuesday. Chapman is tied for first in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with California Lutheran, with five games
remaining. California Lutheran is one of two teams that have beaten Chapman this season.
WHAT’S INSIDE
‘Chapmanyak’
grows to 2,000
Management
class gives back
The Panther has the
exclusive interview with
the person behind the
account.
Students organized a
carnival for the mentally
disabled over interterm.
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LAUREN ARMENTA Art Director
‘Chapmanyak’ gains 2,200 followers in 12 days
Mark Carlisle | News Editor
Jamie Altman | Assistant News Editor
The Snapchat profile “chapmanyak,”
which allows students to
anonymously share snaps — photos
and videos — now has 2,200
followers. The individual behind
the growing account agreed to an
interview with The Panther.
Chapmanyak posts snaps multiple
times a day to the “My Story” feed,
which allows the account’s followers
to view snaps for 24-hour periods.
The majority of the posts include
alcohol, drugs or nudity.
“Being out in the open about it
would make me pretty vulnerable to
people either trying to get something
out of me or perhaps somebody
would be directly upset at me for
something that somebody else had
sent to me,” the individual behind
chapmanyak, who chose to remain
anonymous, explained.
The Panther agreed to keep the
identity of the individual, who only
revealed he was a junior at Chapman,
anonymous to protect him from
possible repercussions.
The chapmanyak account was
first created Jan. 27, having been
inspired by University of California
Los Angeles’ “uclayak.” By the end
of its first day, chapmanyak had 400
followers. One week later, the number
had grown to 1,400.
Several other campuses including
University of California at Irvine
and at Santa Barbara have similar
accounts.
“This was really created for the
students,” chapmanyak said. “I feel
like it’s kind of a ‘for the students,
by the students’ kind of thing. So
if I could make this as little about
myself and more about everybody as
a whole, that’s kind of my goal.”
Chapmanyak operates by using a
third-party application, which allows
the manager to save any snaps that
are sent to him — not normally an
option on Snapchat. He can then post
directly to his Story with the thirdparty app.
“The last time I uploaded was 16
minutes ago,” chapmanyak’s manager
told the Panther Tuesday afternoon.
“And since I uploaded 16 minutes
ago, I have 19 Snapchats waiting for
me.”
Snapchat’s terms of use prohibit
the use of third-party apps. Any user
detected to be using a third-party app
will receive a warning. If the warning
is ignored, the user’s account will
be frozen. Chapmanyak has posted
photos of two warning emails it
received from Snapchat, the latter
of which required him to change his
password.
“When they finally shut it down…
I’ll just post on Yik Yak, ‘Alright add
chapmanyakk’ with two Ks. And
then it just starts all over again,” the
manager said. “All I’m going to do
is just keep making burner email
accounts. And there’s no way for
“I predict this will be
a disaster.”
- Dean Jerry Price
them to identify who I am through
that.”
UCLAyak has switched usernames
several times for the same accountfreezing by Snapchat.
While the profile has gained a
wide following around Chapman,
there is concern among students and
administrators.
“These pictures are being stored
somewhere, and someone is
keeping them,” said Molly Casey, a
sophomore television and broadcast
journalism major. “Though people
may not think the pictures will affect
them in the future, they are being
saved somewhere.”
Chapmanyak’s manager claims
that he deletes the snaps he receives
over Snapchat at the end of each day
in order to protect poster’s privacy,
although he sees the username
behind each submission. Anyone
who views chapmanyak’s Story can
screenshot the photos, an occurrence
the individual behind chapmanyak
says is common.
Jerry Price, vice chancellor for
student affairs and associate dean
of students, fears that chapmanyak
will end up hurting students. Price
said he first learned about the profile
when someone sent him last week’s
Panther article about chapmanyak.
“I wrote back, ‘I predict this will be
a disaster,’” Price said.
Last fall, the dean wrote about his
dislike for the anonymous app Yik
Yak in his weekly email to students.
“This is why I’m a broken record
on this,” Price said to The Panther.
“There are people out there who,
for whatever reason, are willing to
inflict anxiety, pain and discomfort
on others because they can get away
with it anonymously.”
Some students, though, find
community in the shared snaps.
In a Jan. 31 article in The Panther,
junior business major Ryan
Vertelney said that chapmanyak
was a “communal, school-wide
entertainment source.”
The account’s followers equate
to about one quarter of Chapman’
undergraduate population, which is
6,005 according to the admissions
office web page. It is unknown how
many chapmanyak followers are
registered Chapman students.
“If the majority of people are
happy about it, and a lot of people
are really enjoying what’s out there,
then I think it’s worth my time,”
chapmanyak’s manager said.
Price worries that even if students
post with the best intentions, it can
still be harmful to students.
“When 95 percent of the population
participating is having a great
time, there’s a percentage for
whom something happened that’s
miserable,” Price said.
Price said that he was unaware
of any university policies that
chapmanyak was breaking, though its
posts reveal many conduct violations,
including drinking or smoking in the
dorms.
“If the majority of
people are happy
about it... then I
think it’s worth my
time.”
- chapmanyak
“Our policy is we’re not going to go
there, but if someone sends them to
us, we can’t ignore them,” Price said.
The account’s manager said that he
posts only about 60 percent of the
snaps sent to him.
Posts that seem dull, gross,
lacking the consent of the person
photographed, or extremely upsetting
are the kinds that don’t make it to the
chapmanyak My Story, according to
the manager.
Chapmanyak did run an image of a
black woman with the caption “rare
spotting at Chapman.”
“Of the things drunk college kids
do, I’d say there was nothing that was
too egregious or that was obviously
like people legitimately having hatred
for other people,” the account’s
manager said about offensive posts.
The manager said that he’ll have
to be more selective as the account
grows popularity and more snaps are
sent in.
“I think it’s gotten to the point
where it’s big enough that I can be
selective about it,” he said. “I’ve
become increasingly selective… With
growing power is more responsibility,
and I have to manage that. So as it
gets bigger, I’ll definitely have to be
a little more strict about what I’m
deciding to let everybody see.”
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Marathon broadcast sets campus record
Kimaya Singh | Staff Writer
Angelo Carlo, Chapman Radio’s
general manager, completed a
73-hour radio marathon. Though
the event was advertised to be 72
hours, Carlo stayed in the studio
from Thursday Feb. 5, at 1 p.m.,
to Sunday at 2 p.m. as student
interviews and local artists came
and left.
“The event was supposed to be
a launch for radio in the spring,”
Carlo shared. “But more than that,
it’s the launch of Chapman Radio
as a radio station that can compare
with the best of the best.”
This broadcast not only served
as Chapman Radio’s spring kickoff, but also broke the record for
the longest radio broadcast at the
university.
Carlo started the show on
Thursday afternoon after getting
out of his class at 12:45 p.m. and
then proceeded to stay in the
Chapman Radio station in Henley
Basement for the next 73 hours.
The show featured raff les,
giveaways, interviews, live
performances and talk from Carlo
and friends. Chapman Radio’s
communication manager, Sabina
Kashi, and her team worked with
companies such as House of Blues
and Goldenvoice to acquire concert
tickets for giveaways. Students
called in to win tickets to artists
like Milo Greene, Kap Slap, Adam
DeVine, Joshua Radin and Blue
October.
“As a university station, we have
the opportunity to give students
the chance to get these crazy tickets
and rewards for free,” Kashi said.
“And something of this magnitude
really puts us up there with the
bigger and more established
stations.”
Kashi and her team also
organized gift card giveaways
to restaurants such as Chipotle,
In-N-Out, and Starbucks and an
exclusive table at Sutra, a nightclub
in Newport Beach.
Local artists Mac Luster, Jubilo
Drive and Blue Eyed Lucy all
performed live sets in the studio
and were interviewed by Carlo.
FMLBND cancelled.
“The best times I had were when
we had guests,” Carlo said. “When
they’d leave, it would really tank
because I was back to being alone.
But the energy was great with them
here.”
In November last fall, Chapman
Jan. 27
Public Safety officers saw two
suspicious people walking around
the residence halls looking for
unlocked doors. Someone notified
the Orange Police Department
(OPD) when the subjects
fled on foot. They were later
apprehended and arrested for
trespassing.
Jan. 31
A bike was stolen from the bike
rack between Henley Hall and
Pralle-Sodaro Hall. The report was
forwarded to OPD.
Feb. 2
A student stole an item from the
Leatherby Libraries. He or she
received a conduct referral.
Graffiti was sprayed on a campus
fence line. The report was
forwarded to OPD.
PEYTON HUTCHISON Staff Photographer
Chapman Radio’s general manager Angelo Carlo, a senior business major, interviewed Evan
DeVries, a junior business administration major who goes by the stage name Devreezy, in the
fifth hour of his 72-hour marathon Thursday.
Radio had its founders and alumni
come back to the university for a
reunion. Rick Eisleben, a Chapman
alumnus who graduated in the
1960s, talked to Carlo about his
record 69 hours of broadcast while
Eisleben was a student at the
school.
This propelled the idea of a
record-breaking broadcast and
set the event planning in motion.
The Chapman Radio management
brainstormed ideas and got their
plans organized and approved in
the weeks following the visit.
Tiffany Refael, the finance
manager at the station, explained
the process of planning an event of
this scale.
“We all wanted it to happen so
everyone was spewing ideas and
thinking of bands and people to
call on for help,” she said. “It was
this weird, cosmic energy that
pushed us to make it happen.”
Listenership peaked at 39
listeners at 11:10 a.m. Friday and
dropped to a single listener in
the predawn hours Saturday and
Sunday morning.
Carlo and his team refer to the
event as a success. According to
them, it is events like these that
push the envelope that make
Chapman Radio such a distinct
experience on campus.
“What makes Chapman Radio
so unique among the clubs at
Chapman is that there are very
few limits in regards to creativity,”
Kashi said.
LAUREN ARMENTA Art Director
Chapman Radio’s 72-hour record-breaking broadcast peaked at 39 listeners on Friday at 11:10 a.m.
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First Annual Holocaust
Grad school Professor to
MLK Awards researcher to offers MBA share viral
ceremony
speak
info session knowledge
The Black Student Union
(BSU) will be holding its first
Martin Luther King Awards
Ceremony Tuesday Feb. 10 from
7 to 9 p.m. in the Fish Interfaith
Center. The awards will honor
outstanding members of the
Chapman community who show a
commitment to service.
The winners, who were
nominated by fellow students from
all corners of campus, have already
been announced via the BSU-run
Black History Month Facebook
page. They will be honored during
the ceremony, which the BSU plans
to hold annually.
“Our winners are being
recognized for leading their lives
like MLK would, for having a
commitment to service, social
justice and a sense of community”
said BSU’s director of social
planning, senior Jasmine Johnson.
The awards ceremony itself came
out of a discussion Johnson had
with former BSU adviser, Richard
Marks. It is one of many ideas that
will help BSU establish a stronger
presence on campus, Johnson said.
Dr. Stefan Ionescu, a researcher in
Chapman’s Holocaust department,
will be lecturing on the mass
robbery of Romanian Jews during
World War II in Beckman Hall
room 404 from 7 to 8:30 p.m on
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
It will be his second presentation
on the topic. His previous project,
centered on the consequences of
the Antonescu dictatorship, will be
published as a book in the spring
of 2015. Ionescu has a personal
connection to these projects as he
was born and lived most of his life
in Bucharest, Romania.
“As a Romanian citizen passionate
about history, I wanted to know
what happened to my Jewish and
Roma countrymen during the dark
chapters of my country’s history,”
Ionescu wrote in an email interview.
Ionescu hopes to emphasize
the role of the law and courts in
reversing the consequences of a
nationwide robbery of Jews.
Dr. Ionescu is a research assistant
in the Rodgers Center for Holocaust
Education at Chapman. His
upcoming book is titled “Jewish
Resistance to Romanization: 19401944.”
Students looking to attain a
Masters in Business Administration
at Chapman can learn more about
the program in an M.B.A. Info
Session Feb. 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
in the George Bush Conference
Center.
Kristie Rueff O’Campo, associate
director of graduate admissions,
will host the event and help answer
questions about the program and
admissions process.
Students will be able to meet
admissions representatives, learn
more about the admissions process
and hear from current students
about their experiences.
Chapman’s MBA programs
typically require the completion of
49-50 credits over the course of 2128 months.
There are both required and
optional travel course opportunities
in places ranging from Washington,
D.C. to Prague, Czech Republic.
Programs are designed for
candidates in all stages of their
careers, with average full-time work
experience ranging from three to 13
years.
As a part of the Schmid College
of Science and Technology’s Science
Forum Series, Dr. Zeynep Akyol
Ataman will shed light on the
“deadliest virus you’ve never heard
of ” Feb. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. in
Argyros Forum 119A.
The Nipah virus (NiV) is a
zoonotic disease — a disease caught
from a bug or animal.
Though Ebola was the zoonotic
disease that received widespread
media attention this past fall, there
are other zoonotic viruses that can
pose extreme risks to humans. In
this talk, Dr. Ataman will describe
the studies being done using
electron microscopy to understand
how the Nipah virus works.
“In the spring, I try to get the new
faculty to present their research,”
said Dr. Lilian Were, associate
professor in Schmid College, who
organizes the Science Forum talks.
Were covers as many facets of
science as she can, organizing talks
about topics ranging from El Niño
to Botulinum neurotoxin. She says
that it’s not necessary to be a part of
the science community to attend the
talks, as the topics affect everyone.
— All briefs by Greta Chiocchetti, Staff
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New app made with students’ safety in mind
Maggie McAdams | Staff Writer
Public Safety and Orange Police
Department (OPD) officers introduced a
new mobile application Wednesday called
Rave Guardian. The app is equipped
with safety timers, guardian supervision
and a personal profile, which lists the
user’s emergency contacts and medical
conditions.
Randy Burba, chief of Public Safety,
hopes that the app will increase student
safety on campus. Burba has been in
contact with Rave Mobile Safety, the
company that worked with AT&T Inc. to
create the app, in order to implement it at
Chapman.
Rave Guardian allows students to text
in anonymous tips to Public Safety. Burba
believes that since most students are
comfortable with texting, this feature will
be handy for them. The more convenient
it is for students to access Public Safety
resources, the more likely they are to use
it, Burba said.
Rave Guardian, which takes the name
Panther Guardian at Chapman, was
released in December 2013 and has four
main tools for public use. The first allows
users to add contacts or “guardians.”
These contacts will also be notified
if a timer reaches zero without being
disabled.
Another feature, a safety timer, ensures
that students arrive safely at a destination,
as students can input their estimated time
of arrival.
If the user has not notified the app
upon arrival within the time interval, the
student’s guardians, which can include
Public Safety, will be notified. Public
Safety will call the student when the
timer runs out. If attempts to contact the
student are unsuccessful, Public Safety
sends an officer to look for the person at
the location designated on the app.
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
Public Safety and Orange Police Department (OPD) held a crime-prevention tabling in the Piazza on Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“The timer feature allows users to be
virtually connected while walking
around campus alone late at night,” Burba
said.
The app also contains a Smart911
profile, which stores students’ names,
phone numbers, addresses and medical
conditions in the database. Additionally,
students can directly contact Public Safety
and send pictures and text messages of
suspicious scenes or people.
“Students may be reluctant (to
download the app) at first, but they
should know we only see the information
the student inputs if the timer is up and
the alarm comes to headquarters,” said
Delta Gamma appears
on ‘chapmanyak’
Mark Carlisle | News Editor
A photo of six topless women
with “RUSH DG” written on their
bodies was shared on chapmanyak
Friday.
DG is more commonly known as
the Delta Gamma sorority.
Three of the women wore thong
underwear and had “RUSH DG”
written on their buttocks. The
other three had the words on their
breasts. No faces or nipples were
shown in the photo.
Delta Gamma president, junior
Olivia del Rio, said that members
are unable to speak to the press per
orders of Delta Gamma’s executive offices when contacted by The
Panther.
Delta Gamma has been on social
probation since the start of fall
semester.
Jerry Price, vice chancellor of student affairs and dean of students,
and DeAnn Yocum Gaffney, associate dean of students, were unable to
be reached as of press time.
Since anyone can send a photo to
chapmanyak, it is unknown whether the women photographed are
Delta Gammas or Chapman students.
Mark Davis, Fire and Life Safety manager.
Chapman students have mixed feelings
regarding the app.
“As long as people wouldn’t get in
trouble for drinking when they use the
timer or other functions of the app, I don’t
have a problem with it,” said Hannah
Klinedinst, an undeclared freshman.
Davis said that Public Safety can only
see a student’s location when a timer goes
off, and therefore cannot use the app to
track party locations.
Junior communication studies major
Josh Nudelman sees Panther Guardian
as a positive tool that reinforces positive
interaction between students and Public
Safety.
“There is a stigma surrounding calling
the cops. The app is an easier and
anonymous way to get help without
triggering cops to make a big scene,”
Nudelman said.
Rave Guardian exists on other
California campuses like San Jose State
University, College of the Redwoods and
UC Davis.
Though the word “rave” may invoke the
thought of a party, Rave Mobile Safety
representative Nick Wells said that he
doesn’t know where the company name
originated.
“It has nothing to do with partying,”
Wells said.
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Man discovered squatting at Panther Village
Ronnie Kaufman | Staff Writer
Public Safety officers discovered
an unexpected Panther Village resident when they found a homeless
man living in one of the building’s
water heater rooms on Jan. 20.
Public Safety was first alerted of
the issue when a custodial employee noticed several personal belongings stored between buildings and
called to report it.
The water heater room is in an
attic on a wing that connects two
buildings in Panther Village. It is
accessed by a ladder that extends
to the f loor.
Officers investigated the area on
suspicion of a homeless person living in the building before calling
in the Orange Police Department
(OPD) to help conduct a more
thorough search.
Public Safety and the OPD
collected the items before a man
and a woman showed up. Authorities determined that the man was
living there while the woman was
not. The man was then arrested
on charges of illegal lodging. He
claimed that he had only been staying there for a couple of days.
None of the man’s belongings
were found to be stolen from students.
Chapman stored his belongings
before he came and got them after
he was released. According to California law, a homeless person has
the right to reclaim their property
after it is seized.
“I guess I heard him,” said Alec
Madden, a sophomore mathematics
Panther Archives
major, a Panther Village resident
whose room is next to where the
man was staying. “I knew it was
coming from the side where he
was.”
Finding homeless people on
college campuses is a purportedly
common occurrence, according
Randy Burba, chief of Public Safety.
“We’ve had a few here at Chapman that we’d find in the Morlan
Lounge,” said Burba. “The Memorial Hall restroom was a big place
for a while, where they’d come in
after the morning and they would
take, basically, their daily shower
in the sink.”
Burba said that he’s never seen
someone staying on campus for
more than a couple of days. Since
the incident, facilities has installed
locks on the doors to all of the
water heater rooms.
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New sorority on campus
Caroline McNally | Staff Writer
Pi Beta Phi, Chapman University’s
ninth and newest sorority, will begin
recruiting next week. Recruitment
will be held Feb. 20-22.
“We look for growing institutions
with a solid reputation for
developing the personal and
intellectual growth of its students,”
said Alex Roark, assistant director
of extension and advisor support at
Pi Beta Phi’s national headquarters.
“We believe our fraternity and
the campus both benefit from
the colonization of Pi Beta Phi at
Chapman University.”
Pi Beta Phi has 13 other chapters
in California and over 120 chapters
nationwide. It will also be adding a
chapter, or colonizing, at University
of San Diego this spring.
Pi Beta Phi’s colonization of
Chapman was planned in the spring
of 2010 when Chapman’s Panhellenic
Extension Committee chose Kappa
Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi as
the campus’ newest chapters. Kappa
Kappa Gamma began recruitment at
Chapman in the spring of 2013.
Roark is excited about Pi Beta
Phi joining Chapman’s campus and
thinks that the organization is a
great fit for Chapman.
“Pi Phi is a values-based
organization whose mission is to
promote friendship, develop women
of intellect and integrity, cultivate
leadership potential and enrich lives
through community service,” said
Roark.
For the next two weeks, there
will be two resident leadership
consultants from Pi Beta Phi tabling
in the Piazza. These consultants
will stay in Orange until the fall to
help the chapter with its first formal
recruitment.
Part of the recruitment process
this spring includes a party with
those rushing and Pi Beta Phi
members from a local chapter. The
new chapter of Pi Beta Phi will be
installed and the inaugural new
member class will be initiated at the
beginning of May.
According to Jaclyn Dreschler,
the Greek Life adviser, the current
Greek population at Chapman is
2,178 students. This is 35 percent
of the undergraduate student body.
Forty-five percent of undergraduate
females are in Greek Life, up 11
percent from 2009.
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W. Kamau Bell talks on race with smart humor
Taylor Onderko | Staff Writer
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Socio-political comedian, W. Kamau Bell, host of the FX comedy series, “Totally Biased with W.
Kamau Bell,” performs his comedy routine in Memorial Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell took Chapman’s Memorial
Hall stage Wednesday night. His
performance “The W. Kamau Bell
Curve: Ending Racism in About
an Hour” was part of the University Program Board’s (UPB) Spring
Welcome Week.
“Don’t believe the hype that the
world was healed before you got
here,” W. Kamau Bell said is his
message to young college students.
Best known for his FX series “Totally Biased,” Bell also works as an
ambassador of racial justice for the
American Civil Liberties Union.
Bell’s involvement in promoting
equality and raising awareness
about race-based oppression is one
of the reasons UPB invited him to
be the spring speaker.
“We wanted someone who would
talk and connect things back to
Black History Month,” said UPB
Awareness Director Nick Fernandes. “We wanted people to learn
and be challenged (by his speech)
but also have a really great time
and tell their friends we’re bringing
quality speakers to campus who
will engage you and also entertain
you.”
The focus of Bell’s speech was
racism, but discussed through
comedy.
Bell also noticed how his message
inf luenced the audience.
“(Getting a standing ovation)
shows me that people were impacted by this,” Bell said.
The satire in his performance is
what initially caught the audience’s
attention.
“(You) brought me here to bring
some diversity to Chapman,” Bell
opened, adding that his first experience here entailed him “passing
all the dead white guy heads on
campus,” referring to the numerous
busts of historical figures that line
the school’s walkways.
Bell’s humor did not avoid serious
discussion.
“Racism isn’t always directly in
your face, and there are all sorts of
racism,” he said. “So you have to be
alert (and aware) of them.”
Many students in the audience
said having W. Kamau Bell speak
on the topic of racism is a step in
the right direction and will ultimately help people become more
aware of social justice issues present on campus and in society.
“The more exposed you are to
different cultures, the more enlightened you’ll be on topics around
diversity and inclusion,” said senior
strategic and corporate communications major Haley Strickland.
“Cultural awareness and really
exposing yourself to different
opinions is the basis for college and
education.”
To end the show, Bell mentioned
the birth of one of his children.
“I saw (her) for the first time,” he
said. “She looked me right in the
eyes, and I remember thinking,
‘This is the first time in my life
that I had ever met somebody, and
I knew beyond the shadow of doubt
that she wasn’t thinking about me
as black.’”
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Winter rolls thr
Tryphena Wardlaw | Staff Writer
Students climbed into large plastic inflatable hamster
balls and raced across Memorial Lawn.
They were celebrating Southern California’s winter
season at University Program Board’s (UPB) Winter
Wonderland Carnival Friday night.
Along with the human hamster ball races, the event
included carnival games, caricatures, fake tattoos and
food.
Eryn Moore, a freshman business major, said
her experience in the hamster ball was “terrifying,
exhilarating yet just awesome and exhausting.”
Music was blasting across Memorial Lawn and the
smell of popcorn wafted through the air. Attendees
bounced from activity to activity.
“I heard it was fun, and two of my friends were going.
So I decided to go with them,” said Brandon Sherrill, a
junior screenwriting major.
In past years, the event has featured fake snow.
However, there was no snow this year.
“Originally we were supposed to do the ‘CU in the
Snow’ event that students may be familiar with from
years past,” said Cassie Soumas, a Panther Nights
committee member and co-leader of the event.
“However, due to the current drought, we were unable
to produce this event.”
Panther staff writer Jackie Cohen was the other coleader.
Photos by Rachel Fechser, photo editor
Students in inflatable hamster balls rolled across Memorial Lawn to the beat of pop music at University Program
Board’s Winter Wonderland Carnival Friday night.
From left to right are sophomore biology and economics double major Tristan Tr
and advertising major Justine Deutsch and freshmen finance majors Kennedie H
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rough Chapman
Even without snow, there was still a winter theme.
“I loved the idea of doing something winter-themed,
as I really missed the wintery feeling of being back
home in Idaho this time of year,” Soumas said.
It was a cool 57 degrees, but hot chocolate and apple
cider were readily available. Candy, caramel apples and
popcorn were also served.
“I saw a poster and it said ‘free food’ so I said ‘why
not?’” said Gabe Flores, a junior sociology major.
The event was advertised by flyers around campus
and through social media.
“It seemed interesting, and there were a lot of
activities. So it seemed like something fun to do,” said
Maegan Mungcal, a junior accounting major.
Mungcal’s friend Hannah de Groot, a junior film
production major, attended the event as well and said it
was “a relaxing Friday and a great way to hang out with
friends.”
UPB’s budget for the event was $2,000.
“(UPB) actually ended up losing a couple of our
key factors due to contract issues (with the bounce
houses),” Soumas said. “Therefore, we wound up
coming in under budget.”
Jordan Olson, UPB Chair, said the final cost of the
event was $1,714.42.
The event was part of UPB’s Welcome Week, which
included events like a speech by W. Kamau Bell, a
JEOPARDY! tournament and an ice cream bar.
ran, freshman film production major Juliet Barnard, freshman press relations
Habermehl and Kendall DeVries.
Students raced across Memorial Lawn in large, inflatable hamster balls during University Program Board’s
Winter Wonderland Carnival Friday night.
Refreshments, including caramel apples and popcorn, were available at University Program Board’s Winter Wonderland Carnival Friday on Memorial Lawn.
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Carnival combines work and play
A social entrepreneurship class organized a carnival for
disabled high school students over interterm as final project
Heather Matley
Staff Writer
mission of her
class, which she
said is often
difficult to teach
Stephanie,
to students.
a 20-year-old
“Teaching
La Sierra High
this class can
School student,
be kind of
held a colorful
challenging
heart-shaped
because it’s
balloon in her
about enrolling
hand as she was
people into
sung “Happy
the idea of
Birthday.”
contributing
Afterward,
to the common
with a pink
good,” Rogers
ribbon that
said. “How can
read “Birthday
you teach that?”
Girl” pinned to
Junior
her shirt, she
business major
told her mental
Filippo Talucci
health aide that
was enrolled
it was the best
in the course
birthday of her
and said Rogers
life.
taught the class
During
well.
interterm,
“This class
43 students
and especially
enrolled in the
our professor,
management
Kelly Rogers,
class, social
inspired each
entrepreand every
neurship,
student to adopt
were asked to
a more self less
use limited
lifestyle,”
resources and
Talucci said.
$400 to put on a
Social entrepreneurship Chapman students pose with La Sierra High School Adult Transition Program students at a carnival they put on as
Talucci was
carnival as their part of their interterm class.
responsible for
final project to
marketing the
demonstrate the
carnival and is
class’ ability to
now planning to execute a similar
function as a nonprofit.
event on a larger scale.
“We were able to do the
“Kelly has not only forever
impossible and that’s what social
inspired us to commit to
entrepreneurship is about,” said
something larger than ourselves,
Kelly Rogers, the class’ professor.
but has also constantly pushed us
The carnival was held Jan. 29 at
to relentlessly pursue our vision of
the Maple Community Center in
the world,” Talucci said.
Fullerton and allowed 23 students,
Business administration majors
like Stephanie, from the Adult
senior Lauren Gardner and junior
Transition Program at La Sierra
Monica Spacciapolli also believed
High School to attend the event for
the course and final project were
free.
rewarding.
La Sierra recently lost funding
Gardner decided to take the
and the carnival became an
course after her friends said they
opportunity for the students whose
loved taking it, and also because
usual schedule of events has been
it had a correlation with what she
reduced.
wants to do with her life.
There were a variety of activities
“It was absolutely fantastic,”
for the students to participate in,
Gardner said. “Life-changing
such as a photo booth, carnival
doesn’t even really begin to
games, face painting, arts and
describe it.”
crafts, dancing and lots of food
Gardner worked one-on-one
including pizza, popcorn and soda.
with a La Sierra student and was a
The carnival forced the class to
photographer at the carnival.
develop a project in a short amount
Spacciapolli was also paired with
of time and with a comparatively
a La Sierra student and served on
small budget, as they would
the games committee.
experience with real nonprofit
“What made this class so
organizations.
incredible was that we pulled
The class worked together to
this together in seven days,”
exceed Rogers’ expectations, with
Spacciapolli said.
$70 to spare from its budget.
In that short amount of time,
The space at the Maple Center
Spacciapolli said she became very
and a banner were donated to their
close with her classmates.
cause.
“We kind of became a small,
Rogers chose to put on a
Photos courtesy Vitoe Le
weird family and I wouldn’t have
carnival for the La Sierra students
changed the class in any way,”
because she saw it as the perfect
Natalie Ortiz, a senior business administration major, stands next to Stephanie, a La Sierra
Spacciapolli said.
opportunity to encompass the
High School student, during a carnival put on by an interterm class.
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ABC
“Fresh Off the Boat” aired Feb. 4 on ABC.
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Cage the Elephant played at The Observatory on Feb. 4.
Show has fresh take on Asian-Americans Rock band is rowdy in the right way
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common noodles. This matter of being
ostracized for his foreign meal is nothing
new to me.
But Huang’s narration for the end of
the episode provides a powerful message
for anyone, like myself, who has ever
been in a similar situation: “You don’t
have to be someone else in order to
belong.”
The first episode involves the use of
the word chink, aimed at Eddie by the
only other colored child at his middle
school. Eddie’s response is a flurry of offscreen profanity mentioned only by the
principal in a meeting with his parents.
The parents take a course of action that
not only surprises Eddie, but everyone
watching the show. They threaten to sue
the school because the other child was
not reprimanded; they had Eddie’s back
because they encouraged him to stand up
for himself.
Wu is definitely my next Woman
Crush Wednesday. The accent she uses
for her portrayal of an Asian-American
mother is perfect—it’s not too heavy in a
way that could be assumed offensive, but
just enough to remind me of some of the
tiger moms that I’ve encountered in my
life.
It’s hard to take Park seriously as a
father figure after seeing him play the
incompetent leader of North Korea in
“The Interview,” but it’s not a flaw in any
way to the series.
ABC’s latest sitcom brings an all
Asian-American family to the television
screen for the first time since 1994’s “All
American Girl.” The show is based on
Taiwanese-American chef Eddie Huang’s
book, “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir.”
Before the show aired Feb. 4, I had my
hesitations about it. After growing up in
the heart of Little Saigon, home to many
first-generation Vietnamese immigrants,
the phrase “fresh off the boat” is very
familiar to me. It’s usually abbreviated
to “FOB” and is negatively directed at
individuals from Asia who are new to
America and have heavy accents and
poor English skills.
However, the title of the show reflects
Huang’s positive message—to take the
bad thrown at you and wear it proudly in
the face of adversity.
Food is a continuing plot device for the
show based off of the first two episodes,
and it makes sense why. The premise of
the show is that the father, Louis Huang
(Randall Park), moves his family from
its familiar home of Chinatown in
Washington, D.C. to Orlando, Florida to
open a steakhouse in pursuit of his take
on the “American Dream.”
This theme also shows up in the form
of the home-cooked lunches packed
for the children by their mother, Jessica
(Constance Wu).
On his first day at a new school, Eddie
Huang (Hudson Yang) is picked on by
the other kids for the smelly worms he
brings to eat, which are actually just
Rachel Fechser | Photo Editor
The evening was already off to a late
start—the doors opened 45 minutes late
and the opening band, The Black and
The White, took its time with sound
check. Finally, the lead singer of Cage
the Elephant, Matt Shultz, came out on
stage wearing a black and gold sequined
jacket. He apologized to the audience
and said, “Let’s celebrate this night
together with music and love.”
The Kentucky-born band performed
at The Observatory in Santa Ana Feb.
4 and played two shows at The Tower
Theatre in LA Feb. 5 and 6, all leading
into Grammy weekend in Los Angeles.
The band was nominated for a
Grammy for best alternative music
album.
Cage the Elephant has been on tour
with its third album, “Melophobia,”
since it dropped in October of 2013,
with many tour dates every month.
It has spent this past September on
tour with The Black Keys as an opener.
It’s also on the festival circuit
this season, as it will be making an
appearance at BottleRock Festival in
Napa the last weekend of May.
Cage the Elephant went on right
around midnight and opened with
“Spiderhead,” which is the first song on
“Melophobia.”
During this song, Shultz grabbed his
microphone stand and jumped in the
air, splitting his legs at least four feet off
the ground.
I’ve seen the band a couple of times
This week at Chapman
before, so I was expecting the lively
performance but I’m still shocked with
Shultz’s stage presence.
Throughout the entire concert he
barely stopped to breathe as he was
constantly jumping around, running
back and forth on the stage platform
and head banging.
The persona Shultz creates on
stage nearly mirrors Jim Morrison’s
carelessness for his body, as he gave the
crowd every ounce of energy he had to
give.
This crowd was one of the rowdiest
I’ve ever seen. The people in the pit at
The Observatory seemed to be moving
as one, back and forth with barely
enough room to have both of their feet
on the ground. It was a sea of crowd
surfers and moshers, which I gladly took
full part in.
The band made its way through its
hits, “Cigarette Daydreams,” “Ain’t No
Rest for the Wicked” and ended with
“Come a Little Closer.”
The band members said their thanks
and walked off, only to return a few
minutes later with Stella Artois and
Coronas in hand.
The band played two more songs,
“Shake Me Down” and “Sabertooth
Tiger.”
Cage the Elephant just announced its
fourth studio album, which it’s working
on now. The album doesn’t have a
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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UPB recruitment info session
Pi Phi info session
Science forum series
Soul Fest
“Mockingjay (Part 1)”
movie screening
Attallah Piazza
1 - 3 p.m.
Argyros Forum 201
7 - 9 p.m.
Argyros Forum 119A
Noon - 1 p.m.
Student Union
8 - 10 p.m.
Memorial Lawn
8 p.m.
Monday
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EDITORIAL
Oh, the places
‘snaps’ will go
C
hapman
has finally
found its newest
social media
craze: a technobreed between
Snapchat and
Yik Yak. The
individual
behind
chapmanyak, as
the username
Miles Furuichi
goes by, has
Opinions Editor
taken it upon
him or herself to broadcast to the entire
campus the unedited and unrated social
happenings of the student body.
Sometimes the snaps are harmless;
most times they can be graphic. A lot of
them feature alcohol, drugs and nudity,
which are no surprise because we’re
of that age where we test our body.
However, questions remain. Who is
controlling chapmanyak and is it – and
Snapchat itself – as safe as we think?
Snapchat lets us believe that
every snap we send to someone is
immediately destroyed forever after
being seen. However, if you look at
the Message Deletion section of their
privacy policy, there is this key phrase:
“We can’t guarantee that messages will
be deleted within a specific timeframe.
And even after we’ve deleted message
data from our servers, that same data
may remain in backup for a limited
period of time.”
I cannot speak for everyone, but I
would hope others would agree that
this is a little disconcerting. There is no
way of knowing when the snaps that
we send will be deleted. How long is a
“limited period of time?”
Knowing that Snapchat can’t
guarantee our snaps will be deleted
immediately pales in comparison to
how trusting some people have become
of such third-party apps like the one
chapmanyak uses to collect and share
images.
There is no way of telling who
chapmanyak is and whether all of the
snaps sent to it are saved. Nor can we
tell how many times screenshots have
been taken of the graphic images, only
the person behind the chapmanyak
account knows what has been saved as
a screenshot. There could be dozens of
screenshots of “Titty Tuesday” snaps.
Teens and young adults have
become very attracted to this idea of
anonymous messaging due to the belief
that it is untraceable. As long as your
face isn’t showing in the picture, no one
knows it’s you.
Yet, chapmanyak knows who might
be sending the snap, and it’s very easy
to trace snaps back to the original
sender through hacking and forensic
apps and software. Not knowing what
might happen to your snaps should be
alarming. Even if you don’t care that
people see you naked.
I am not calling for the shutdown of
this user but rather giving caution to all
that use it. There’s no proof your snaps
are being deleted. They remain on your
phone in backup for “a limited period
of time” and possibly on many of other
people’s phones indefinitely.
For those that have sent in snaps
to chapmanyak, it’s important to
remember that this is an unknown
person that receives all your snaps.
They do not get deleted and float into
thin air.
We underestimate the Internet
sometimes and we must keep in
mind that it is vast and endless. The
possibility of finding that bong rip or
nude snap you took a week before your
job interview is closer than you think to
come back and bite you.
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Shopping week puts students first
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The first week of classes has finally passed,
but there’s no shortage of stress and anxiety.
With one week left in registration, students
rush around trying to get into all the required
classes they are waitlisted for in hopes of
being able to graduate on time and take
courses they’ve always wanted.
However, while we anxiously wait to get in,
classes continue ahead, assigning homework
in the books that we are required to buy
before class even starts. If we are lucky, and
we get into our waitlisted class, the class
may not be what we expected, and suddenly,
registration is over, and there’s no going back
to find another.
It’s an ordeal that students go through every
semester at Chapman, but what if the first
week was set-aside at the beginning of each
semester that allowed students to consider
their options and find their courses, without
missing a day of instruction?
For the amount of money that students
pay to go to Chapman, we should have more
freedom to choose classes that we want to
take instead of being forced by registration
dates and grade issues.
Chapman University prides itself for
offering diverse programs, but often, once
students are in a major, they’re limited to
those classes without much chance to explore
outside of their program. This isn’t just
Chapman; when we first apply to college, we
are always asked a possible major.
Some universities, such as Harvard, have
expanded their student’s program diversity,
setting aside a week to allow students to go
to classes, meet with the professors and learn
about what will happen in the class. Basically,
they are shopping for their ideal semester.
Chapman could easily adopt this program
since we already get out in mid-May. We
could push to add an extra “free” week where
there is no homework, no need to buy books
where you can learn if a class, its syllabus and
textbook or equipment costs are right for you.
Alternatively, we could take one of the weeks
in Interterm and use that to shop for classes.
Professors and faculty are burdened enough
to fit their lessons into 14 weeks. They don’t
need the first two weeks of instruction time
to be compromised by students adding and
dropping, or waiting for their textbooks to
arrive in the mail.
This extra week would give professors the
chance to assign homework knowing every
student would have their books and no one
would be missing homework because they
weren’t in the class.
Ultimately, Chapman is here for the
students. We deserve to receive an academic
environment that feeds our hungry minds
and ensures we have successful semesters.
“What is an ideal Chapman student?” said
Chancellor Daniele Struppa to the Orange
County Register in April. “Someone who is
enthusiastic about learning, who wants to
learn because they’re curious.”
If Struppa believes we want to learn and are
curious, why should we be confined to the
classes we can get into, rather than explore all
that Chapman has to offer?
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Student Government offers more than funds
T
he start of
second semester
marks an
important time
for Chapman
students. By this
time next month,
our student
body, you, will
have elected the
new president
and vice
Chris Im
president for the
SGA president
next academic
school year.
These positions are key roles in determining
the atmosphere and direction of our student
government, which in turn has a large
impact on the student body.
At first glance, Student Government
Association (SGA) may seem as if it has no
significance to anyone but the elected and
appointed individuals, but this is not true.
Every student, as stated by the constitution,
is a member of SGA and as a result pays a
$70 student activity per semester.
If you do the math, this amounts to almost
half a million dollars in one semester…
which is a lot. This money is then budgeted,
but for the most part it is allocated into
four main funds that are available to all
undergraduate students: Academic Org, CoSponsorship, Conference, and Student Org.
If you’ve ever wanted to go on a conference
where you can present your research or
learn about an area in a field that you’re
interested in, SGA can fund that for you. If
your club wants to go on an excursion or a
trip that you feel would be beneficial to you
and your members, SGA can fund that for
you. If your club wants t-shirts, SGA can
fund that for you.
You get the point - SGA has money and
we want to spend it on you. The more
money we spend on students, the better
the experiences they get to have, which can
strengthen all of us in different ways.
But we as the Student Government
Association don’t stop there; we are all
committed to enriching the experience of
all undergraduate students to the best of our
ability. We’re here for a reason, and all of us
are extremely driven to make a difference on
campus. We work on projects so students
will be able to access more resources.
This is where SGA is able to make the
biggest difference for its student body.
Senators are appointed to committees where
they are given the opportunity to share
student perspectives to faculty and staff
members that are responsible for things that
students interact with on a daily basis such
as restaurant services, conduct and student
advisory boards.
The president and vice president also
receive these same privileges but are given a
bit more. They meet weekly with Dean Price
and sporadically with Chancellor Struppa.
The SGA president also attends all Board of
Trustee meetings, getting the opportunity to
hear and understand what is going on at the
executive level of Chapman.
This access is there so we can share student
voices to the appropriate venues in order
to enhance the Chapman experience. It is
precisely how we have gotten Fall Break, a
better gym, water-bottle refilling stations
and many more facilities. But SGA would be
nothing without its people; it is a reflection
of its community.
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How would you feel if
you were featured on
Chapmanyak?
Daniel Kelly, sophomore
business major
“Probably not too happy. Because it
would be something embarrassing,
and I don’t want people knowing
embarrassing things about me.”
Seeking more bang for our Panther Bucks
P
anther Bucks
it’s a typical
conversation
starter among
Chapman
students
and one you
may have
experienced
while waiting
in line at
on-campus
Andrew Calloway
dining such as
freshman political
Einstein’s Bagels,
science major
World of Wings
Cafe and/
or Jamba Juice. But that is the farthest
Panther Bucks can go: Save you when you
are hungry. This is helpful, as eating is. It’s
a primary duty on our “to-do” lists, and
probably the biggest expense for a typical
college student.
However, as a college student, there are
other expenses that come from our “todo” lists, such as buying school supplies,
testing supplies, books for a new semester
and laundry.
A wish that could serve many college
students is to not have to worry about
these costs every time they come up,
but rather use a pre-determined budget
for the cost of daily college life. While
they may seem inexpensive, (school and
testing supplies,) they do add up little by
little.
Panther Bucks should be expanded to
cover those necessary expenses. There
is declining balance, which asks us to
routinely load our ID card with cash, but
doesn’t it seem kind of a hassle to put
money into some sort of college ATM
just to do laundry? It’s also a hassle trying
to buy school supplies at the beginning of
a new semester, and let’s not forget about
required textbooks, which often hit our
bank accounts hard.
Panther Bucks should not just be
used for food, but other duties that
college students need to fulfill such as
the following: laundry, school supplies,
testing supplies and the miscellaneous.
This could be done if Panther Bucks
created a partnership with the Agora Gift
Shop in Argyros Forum so we can utilize
our Panther Bucks in other ways. We
could buy Scantrons and notebooks, but
also possibly a sports jacket or sweatpants
we have been eyeing since the beginning
of the school year, but couldn’t fit into a
budget.
The Panther Bucks, with the approval
of the administration, should also form
some sort of partnership with the Bhathal
bookstore near the registrar’s office,
where your card can get a discount of a
certain percentage.
All of these ideas would make it better
for students to use their Panther Bucks
more efficiently and wisely, because we, as
financially conscious Chapman students,
always want the best value from our
Panther Bucks.
Hopefully the Student Government
Association can understand that these
are not just expenses among students, but
instead necessities – the necessities that a
college student would probably overlook
when spending cash out of their wallets
and make us ponder, “where did my
money go?”
Student social inactivism stems from the top
Iif t’yous easyspend
to tell,
more than five
minutes on
campus, that
Chapman loves
its motifs.
iiiFrom
decorated
windows
to water
fountains, there
are constant
Greta Chiocchetti
reminders of
Staff Columnist
the balanced
education
students are supposedly getting at the
university: a mix of intellectual, social,
spiritual and physical elements. Busts
of influential historical figures serve to
display the university’s dedication to
“global citizenship,” whatever that actually
means.
As a part of University Program Board’s
Spring Welcome Week, W. Kamau Bell
is performing at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 in
Memorial Hall. Bell is a black comedian
and his performances typically address
social and political issues.
Considering that February is Black
History Month, inviting a speaker like Bell
is a good way to open the conversation
about race issues and honor AfricanAmerican heritage. It’s just too bad that
most students won’t participate in the
conversation.
There is a subpar level of social
activism on Chapman’s campus. Several
factors are the cause of this, including
the demographics of our mostly white,
middle-to-upper class student body,
as well as a tendency to choose social
activities like Greek Life and sports over
activist organizations.
This tendency certainly is not unique
to Chapman’s campus, but the way the
university itself handles social issues
dampers progress and discourages
students from being more active.
When the president of our university
shoots down requests to add a
multicultural center, citing that it would
“ghettoize” the campus, what kind of
example is that setting for the student
body? It definitely doesn’t encourage
students to embrace diversity, despite the
fact that we are urged to become “global
citizens.” The result is a “colorblind”
attitude to these kinds of concerns, where
instead of taking any action we simply
ignore the problem.
The small, marginalized groups that
tend to engage in activism on campus are
vocal about their desire to make social
change. The Black Student Union (BSU)
held a candlelight vigil for police brutality
victims in September. The Queer People of
Color Collective, M.E.Ch.A de Chapman
and Chapman Feminists joined BSU to
stage a day-long protest against a grand
jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren
Wilson, marching through campus in the
rain, shouting: “Black lives matter!”
However, the turnout to these kinds
of events is almost always comprised
of people already affiliated with those
respective groups; students outside of the
social justice circle stay comfortably in
their own bubbles.
If we want a more conscious, engaged
campus, it needs to start from the
university itself. We cannot ignore entire
groups; we need to have the courage to
address issues when they arise.
Yes, inviting speakers that promote
diversity is a baby step in the right
direction, but we are far from there yet.
If we want to become global citizens this
campus needs a social justice overhaul.
Drew Petersen, sophomore
undeclared major
“I mean, I would never be featured on
it, but I’d be pretty humiliated.”
Max Rubins, junior
business major
“To be honest, I’ve already been
featured on ChapmanYak. Personally,
I wouldn’t want to feel responsible
for things on social media that I don’t
accept.”
Nicole LaChance, freshman
screenwriting major
“It depends what I was doing. If I was
comfortable sharing it, that’d be fine.”
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Prowling Panther at
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SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
Senior forward Justin Young has started all 20 games for Chapman this year, averaging
nine points-per-game and pulling down 5.8 rebounds-per-game. Young has helped
Chapman’s basketball team get off to its best start in school history.
1) After coming off the bench last year, you have started every game this year. What did
you focus on improving in the offseason to crack the starting lineup?
I just focused on becoming a great all-around player, both on the offensive end as well as the defensive end. Also I had a workout
routine during the offseason that I stuck with to prepare my body physically and mentally for the long season to come.
2) You guys were knocked out in the first round of the NCAA’s last year, what did your
team learn from the experience?
It was a bittersweet moment for us to end our season in Dallas the way we did. Though it was a great experience for us, we now
know what it takes to not only get back to this same spot but hopefully take one step further and advance in the NCAA tournament.
We learned that we can’t be satisfied with where our team is and how we finish during the postseason and instead we have to push
ourselves to make it as far into the tournament as possible.
3) What is the biggest difference between last year’s team and this year’s?
Name: Justin Young
Year: Senior
Position: Forward
Sport: Basketball
The biggest difference between last year’s group and this year’s is our experience. With four of our starters returning and having six
seniors on this year’s team, that chemistry is already made and it makes it easier for us and our coaches to prepare for the season.
4) How often do your coaches confuse you with your twin brother?
Since we’re seniors now and our coaches have spent four years getting to know us, they hardly get confused between me and my
brother. Maybe once in a while they call me Jordan during practice but most of the time they get it right.
5) Do you have any pregame rituals?
I actually don’t have any special pre-game rituals. I usually just do what the team does before a game, which is warm-up about an hour before the game, and we do our warmup routine as a team.
6) Who was your favorite basketball player growing up?
My favorite basketball player growing up would have to be Dwight Howard and now in the last 3-4 years I would have to say it’s Lebron James.
7) What has been your favorite moment of playing basketball at Chapman so far?
It would have to be this whole year and what our team has accomplished, breaking school records and individual records. Cracking the top 25 rankings for the first time in my
career here at Chapman is also another great moment I will never forget.
Compiled by Michael Ambrose
Photo courtesy Chapman Athletics
Baseball wins two of three Softball hangs 10 on Cal
over East Texas Baptist
Lutheran in season opener
Gardner Royce | Senior Writer
don’t have to press for anything,” Cook
said. “We know that he’ll be doing his
iiiChapman’s baseball team (2-1) kicked part and as long as we do ours we’ll be
off the 2015 season with a successful
good.”
three-game road trip, beating East Texas
Along with their stellar pitching,
Baptist (1-2) 6-4 and 8-1 before falling to the Panthers continued to let it fly on
the Tigers 10-9 Saturday.
offense, getting 10 hits and two early
“I think the sky’s the limit for us and
home runs from freshman Jared Love
once we put it together we’re going to
and Wiehe.
be really good,” said junior pitcher Matt
“We were able to keep the momentum
Smith. “This is one of the best hitting
the entire time and felt like we were able
teams I’ve ever been on and our defense to prevent them from doing what they
is solid.”
wanted to,” Cook said.
The Panther’s hitting prowess was on
An important storyline throughout
display in Texas as they recorded 30 hits the season will be Chapman’s ability to
and eight home runs in the three-game
cope with the loss of nine seniors from
trip.
last year’s team. Smith said the team’s
Junior shortstop John Wiehe got
strong freshman class and additional
Chapman’s bats going Thursday with
transfer players will keep the Panthers
a triple to right center that scored
competitive all season.
sophomore designated hitter Forrest
“I think if we don’t beat ourselves and
Wiederman in the top of the second
play smart I don’t think anyone can beat
inning. The Panthers continued to hit
us,” Smith said.
well as junior third baseman Tyler Cook
Smith’s prediction proved true
homered in the top of the eighth to put
Saturday as the Panthers’ unforced errors
the game out of reach.
and mistakes allowed the Tigers to stay
Senior pitcher Kevin Klaess registered in the game and eventually win with a
the win, giving up five hits and three
walk-off home run in the bottom of the
runs. While Chapman’s bats kept the
ninth inning.
Panthers in the first game, it was the
The two teams battled back and forth
pitching and defense that dictated the
as Chapman’s offense once again kept
second.
the game close. Junior infielder Tim
Smith dominated the game, holding
Alhanati exploded for two home runs,
the Tigers to three hits and zero runs in
his second coming in the top of the
six innings.
seventh inning to keep the game close.
“It’s easy to know that I can go after
Yet it wasn’t enough as the Panthers fell
hitters when my defense is so good,” he
victim to unforced mistakes that allowed
said. “Our pitching coach called a great
East Texas Baptist to hang on and win.
game so if I just hit my spots I knew I’d
“It hurts because this was a game we
be fine.”
expected to win and should have won,”
Smith’s success on the mound allowed Cook said. “We felt like we’re a lot better
the Panthers’ offense to find a rhythm
than them but just made too many
without the pressure of getting hits.
mistakes across the board.”
“It’s huge for everyone because it lets
The Panthers travel to Occidental (2-1)
the batters relax and everyone realizes we at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Rachel Gossen | Staff Writer
Chapman gave up its lone run in the
bottom of the third.
iiiThe Chapman softball team started
Senior pitcher Cassie Oregal
its season strong with a 10-1 road win delivered two strikeouts in the game
against California Lutheran Saturday. and allowed six hits.
Despite inclement weather,
“I felt like both our defense and
which caused the second game in
offense helped out today. We had
the planned double-header to be
some great defensive plays, and
postponed, Chapman (1-0) dominated superb hitting gave us our runs,”
Cal Lu (0-1) from the beginning.
Oregal said.
A single batted by sophomore
With a 6-1 lead, Chapman came
catcher Lisa Perez during the top of
into the fifth inning confident and
the first brought in the first run for
ready to win. As a result of a fielder’s
Chapman.
choice, freshman outfielder Kristin
The team’s energy continued into the Yee scored the first of four runs in the
third inning where, with two players
fifth inning.
on base, sophomore infielder Amber
A single RBI hit by junior outfielder
Perez hit a home run, knocking in
Amy Serven brought in another run,
three more runs for Chapman. The
while later in the inning, a single RBI
team picked up two more runs in the from freshman infielder Sarah Taketa
third inning due to a wild pitch from gave Chapman two more runs.
Cal Lu pitcher Courtney Sooey, and
The game ended after five innings,
an RBI double by junior outfielder
instead of seven, due to mercy rule.
Gabrielle Leveratto.
“I hope we keep this momentum
“We got key hits at the right times,” going into the rest of our season,”
Perez said. “We have great chemistry
Oregal said. “I just want us to play all
and a lot of talent this year.”
out and have no regrets at the end.”
Perez also noted a strong
Chapman returns home next
relationship between defense and
week to face George Fox (0-0) in a
pitcher as part of the combination to
doubleheader Friday at 4 p.m. and 6
win the game.
p.m. at El Camino Real Park.
SPORTS
THE PANTHER
Men’s basketball
team deserves
more fan support
T
here has
been
something
happening on
this campus
that I don’t
think nearly
enough people
are paying
attention to.
iiiAnd no,
it’s not
chapmanyak.
Michael Ambrose
Chapman’s
Sports Editor
men’s
basketball team
is 18-2 and tied for first place in the
Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
Chapman got off to a school record
16-0 start and peaked at 15th in the
d3hoops.com rankings — which is
higher than Chapman football’s high
of 17th place — and the team has not
been getting the attention it deserves
from Chapman students.
Now in 22nd place, Chapman
features a high-flying offense, which
averages 77.8 points-per-game,
which is 53rd in Division III and
three points per-game out of the
top 20. Chapman is in the top 10 in
Division III in field goal and 3-point
percentage.
Chapman’s offensive attack is led by
two senior guards, Colin Zavrsnick
and Taylor Hamasaki. Zavrsnick is a
lethal shooter, averaging 3.61 made
threes per game, good for seventh in
Division III. Zavrsnick, who was a
preseason All-American, is leading
Chapman with 18.6 points-per-game,
which is third in the conference.
Hamasaki, who was described by
coach Mike Bokosky last year as
having an “unbelievable ability to get
to the rim,” is averaging 15.4 pointsper-game this year, which is down
from 18 per game last year.
The Hutton Sports Center’s listed
capacity is 2,400, yet the average
attendance during SCIAC play has
been less than 400. For a school of
6,005 undergrads, that means only a
sliver of the student body is attending
basketball games. And the vast
majority of you that are not going to
basketball games are missing out.
Basketball offers the best in-person
viewing experience of all the major
sports. Unlike football or baseball,
fans at a basketball game can be
inches from the action, which allows
for fan-player interaction and a
greater potential effect against the
opposing team or in support of
Chapman.
The Chapman community has
shown that it is capable of turning
out for sporting events. Chapman
led the conference in attendance in
football in 2013 and 2014 averaging
3,132 and 3,434 respectively.
Chapman’s basketball team, which
reached the NCAA tournament
last year, is just as deserving of the
Chapman community’s time as the
football team. The basketball team is
on the verge of back-to-back NCAA
appearances and the program’s fourth
appearance in six years.
Chapman has four home games
remaining, plus one or two potential
SCIAC tournament games, which
Chapman would host if it is the
highest seeded team, so you have
plenty of opportunities to watch
them play.
So take some time out of your
“Friends” binge on Netflix and watch
a basketball game. It will be worth
your time.
15
Men hold steady in tie for first
Adam Cash | Staff Writer
The 22nd ranked Chapman men’s
basketball team ended a two game
losing skid with a 65-62 overtime
victory over Claremont-MuddScripps on the road Tuesday and a
94-66 blowout home victory over
Occidental Saturday.
The victory puts the Panthers (182, 8-2) in a tie for first place in the
Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SCIAC) with
California Lutheran (15-4, 9-2).
“We really stressed defense, the
importance of getting stops and
playing good team defense,” said
senior guard Taylor Hamasaki. “We
had very crucial stops at the end of
the game that led to turnovers and
really helped us pull out that win
today.”
The Stags (14-5, 7-3) were able
to pull away for an eight-point lead
midway through the second half,
but Chapman came back to force
overtime when senior guard Colin
Zavrsnick made a layup with one
second remaining on the clock. The
Panthers were able to close it out in
overtime thanks to two free throws
from Hamasaki.
Senior forward Justin Young paced
the Panthers, leading the team with
16 points, and Hamasaki added 14.
Young also contributed a team-high
11 rebounds.
Though the Panthers were outrebounded by the Stags, they made
up for it on the defensive end,
forcing 12 turnovers and scoring 12
points off of turnovers.
Despite the team’s progress,
Zavrsnick said the team can improve
its work on the defensive end.
“We’re at where we should be
on the offensive side, but need to
improve defense and rebounding,”
he said.
Chapman cruised over Occidental
(9-10, 5-6), thanks in large part
to a season-high 29 points from
Hamasaki.
Hamasaki praised his coaches
and teammates for their role in his
individual production.
“I like to make the best basketball
plays possible. I have great
teammates who are always telling
me to be aggressive, and I have to
thank my coaches and teammates for
putting me in a position to score like
that,” Hamasaki said.
Though the Tigers were able to
keep it close early, Chapman pulled
RACHEL FECHSER Photo Editor
Junior forward Mike Atwater goes for a layup during Chapman’s 94-66 dominating victory over
Occidental Saturday night. Atwater scored 12 points in 19 minutes off the bench.
away midway through the first half
and never looked back, leading by
as many as 31 points. The Panthers
maintained their lead with efficient
shooting, putting up a field goal
percentage of 60 percent and a
3-point percentage of 52.9 percent.
Senior forward Jordan Young also
added 17 points on 4-of-5 3-point
shooting. Colin Zavrsnick led the
Panthers in rebounds with nine.
The Panthers showed a great deal
of energy on the defensive end,
forcing 19 turnovers and holding the
Tigers to four assists on the game.
Hamasaki called the Panthers’
defense “a great team effort.”
“People were there to help each
other off the dribble, and people
were there for others,” he said.
Chapman’s next contest is a home
matchup against Whittier (12-8, 6-5)
7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Conference Standings
Men’s Basketball
SCIAC
ALL
Women’s Basketball
SCIAC
ALL
1. Chapman
9-2
18-2
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
12-0
18-3
2. California Lutheran
9-2
15-4
2. California Lutheran
9-2
14-6
3. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
7-3
14-5
3. Chapman
7-4
9-10
4. Whittier
6-5
12-8
4. La Verne
7-5
10-11
5. Occidental
5-6
9-10
5. Redlands
6-5
9-11
6. Pomona-Pitzer
5-6
7-13
6. Whittier
5-6
9-10
7. La Verne
4-7
8-12
7. Pomona-Pitzer
3-8
4-16
8. Redlands
2-9
5-15
8. Occidental
2-9
4-16
9. Caltech
2-9
3-17
9. Caltech
0-12
0-21
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HEATHER MATLEY Staff Photographer
Sophomore guard Lauren Sato dribbles by Occidental sophomore guard Tiffany Kho during Chapman’s 81-68 victory over the Tigers at home Saturday. Sato finished with 14 points.
Women stay in playoff position with five to go
Doug Close | Staff Writer
The Chapman women’s basketball team
split its games for the second week in a
row, losing to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
60-54 and beating Occidental 81-68.
With the split, Chapman (9-10, 7-6)
remains in third place in the Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (SCIAC) and must remain
in the top four to get a bid to the SCIAC
tournament.
Against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (183, 12-0), Chapman led by four at the half,
but the Athenas outscored the Panthers
31-21 in the second half to pull away and
continue their 21-game SCIAC winning
streak dating back to last season when
Chapman beat them 73-69.
“We played with a lot of heat and
intensity but in the end (we) just had
some mental mistakes that led to us
losing it,” said junior forward Natalia
Ebrahiminian.
Senior guard Andrea Villanueva led
the Panthers with 11 points, while junior
forward Laura Johnson provided 10
points off the bench.
Though the Panthers shot 57 percent
from the field in the first half, their
second half shooting suffered as they
only managed to sink 23 percent of
their shots as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
pulled away.
Senior guard Kimberly Scamman
led the Athenas with 10 points. The
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps’ defense
proved the difference though, as it
out-stole Chapman 11-2 and stifled
Chapman’s shooting game in the second
half by upping its intensity.
Sophomore guard Megan Charles
was positive about the Panther’s overall
performance, but cited a need for more
consistency in order to close out games.
“We want to minimize our mental
mistakes,” Charles said. “We just need
to limit our turnovers and play with
intensity for the entire 40 minutes.”
Senior guard Lynne Higashigawa
SCOREBOARD
echoed her teammate’s sentiment.
“We could have definitely limited our
unforced turnovers and gotten more
rebounds,” Higashigawa said. “We played
hard defense keeping their key players
from scoring and showed a lot of heart
on the court despite the final result.”
Chapman recovered quickly from
its loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps,
rallying to beat Occidental (4-16, 2-9)
“We are feeling back on track after this
win,” said senior center Ivory Hallstein.
“It was expected upon us to deliver and
put this team away with our defense.
We played within our roles, used our
strengths and followed the game plan
to take care of (Occidental) and make
sure it wasn’t another close game like the
others.”
Freshman guard Jaime HumNishikado had the standout performance
of the day, scoring 17 points, including
five 3-pointers. Sophomore guard
Lauren Sato also contributed 14 points to
the Panthers’ win.
For Occidental, freshman guard
Midori McElwee led the Tigers with
12 points from off the bench, but low
numbers from Occidental’s starters
proved to be their undoing.
The win gives the Panthers a refreshed
confidence in their chances of making
the cut for the SCIAC playoffs.
“Mentally, we told ourselves that a
few losses still don’t mean we’re not still
in this,” Hallstein added. “We want to
make it to the playoffs. We will make it
to the playoffs. Just like coach (Carol)
Jue said, our losses haven’t taken us out
of our future success; it has only made
it a little more difficult to get there. We
experienced going to the NCAA playoffs
last year so we are striving to experience
that again.”
The Panthers will now host Whittier
(9-10 5-6) in a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
night game as they look to build on
their latest win in their push for the
SCIAC playoffs with five SCIAC games
remaining.
UPCOMING GAMES
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Chapman 65
Chapman 94
CMS 60
Chapman 54
Chapman 81 Occidental 68
2/10 v. Whittier 7:30 p.m.
2/11 v. Whittier 7:30 p.m.
2/13 v. Bethesda 7:30 p.m.
Softball
Baseball
Baseball
Softball
Chapman 10 California Lutheran 1
Chapman 6 East Tex. Baptist 4
Chapman 8 East Tex. Baptist 1
East Tex. Baptist 10 Chapman 9
2/13 @ Occidental 2:30 p.m.
2/14 v. Occidental 11 a.m.
2/14 v. Occidental 2:30 p.m.
2/15 v. British Columbia 2:30 p.m.
2/13 v. George Fox 4 p.m.
2/13 v. George Fox 6 p.m.
2/14 @ Whittier Noon
2/14 @ Whittier 2:30 p.m.
CMS 62
Occidental 66