Nov. 2023
The Panther
Vol.106, No. II
Chapman University’s Newspaper
Website: thepanthernewspaper.org
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Tensions soar across college campuses among ongoing Israel, Hamas war Students and administration are speaking out about the ongoing crisis in response to the Israel and Hamas war.
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Chapman releases 2023 security, fire safety report, showing increases in rape, stalking cases While aggravated assaults were down from previous years, stalking and rape reports increased. By Tatum Foulger, News Staff Writer
By Jiya Kathuria, Politics Staff Writer
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ensions are rising throughout college campuses in response to the Israel and Hamas war. Campuses including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Riverside (UCR) and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) have faced increasing threats and safety concerns amid demonstrations and rallies. At UCLA, some student groups received threats for a lecture called “Emergency Teach-in on the Crisis,” causing the class to transition from in-person to online. At UCR,
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students spoke out in response to Palestinian flags on campus. Several students at CSULB who held a rally in support of Palestine created an uproar on campus, to which the university’s administration condemned the rally but acknowledged the students’ right to gather. Within Orange County, antisemitic flyers were being distributed as residents discovered them across their neighborhoods. Some of the flyers were also seen on cars parked near Harwood Street and Chapman Avenue. Rising tensions at Chapman University emerge as students
and faculty respond to the recent Israel-Hamas war. Chapman postponed an ‘American Islamophobia’ author’s speech at a symposium until next spring. Khaled Beydoun, the keynote speaker and a law professor at Arizona State University, worried some officials at Chapman as having Beydoun speak in the current climate could be seen as insensitive and unsafe. Dean of Students Jerry Price affirmed the university’s role in supporting students who are impacted by the war. “Our job is just to unconditionally support our students
Trigger warning: Sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, rape In 2021, there was one on-campus rape reported. However, last year, there were six — a 500% increase. And that only includes the ones that were reported to school officials. On Sept. 29, Chapman University emailed its Annual Security & Fire Safety Report to the Chapman community, which details the occurrence of a wide variety of crimes, including hate crimes, criminal offenses and sex offenses in 2022. According to the Office of Residence Life and First-Year Experience (RLFYE), student safety is their top priority. “We are committed to providing a secure living environment, addressing concerns promptly, promoting community standards and offering support services for students,” said RLFYE Assistant Dean of Students Juan Tinoco. However, some statistics from the report indicate that the Orange campus is becoming less safe, especially for female students. Last year, there were eight reported stalking incidents, and Public Safety’s daily crime and fire log indicated that by the first week of this semester, there had already been one reported rape. Because of the ongoing issue of violence against women on campus and in general, Chapman Public Safety teaches a self-defense course that includes education and awareness called Rape Aggression Defense (RAD). RAD is a non-credit comprehensive women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance while progressing to the basics of hands-on defense training. Students may sign up for the class by completing the waiver liability form, automatically placing them on an enrollment list for
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Greek Life at Chapman | Pi Kappa Alpha By Anastasia Kuplinova, Video & Podcast Editor, and Justin Yoon, Podcast Editor
In this podcast, we sit down with Ivan Coronel, a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha (πKA) fraternity at Chapman University, to discuss Greek life on campus. Ivan shares his personal experience as a member of the fraternity, highlighting the benefits of joining a fraternity as well as addressing common misconceptions about Greek life. Tune in to gain insight into the social and philanthropic aspects of Greek life at Chapman University!