Live Performance May Be on Pause, but Arts Students Continue Their Studies with Hope
ARTS & CULTURE
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College teachers and students are choosing to see the silver lining as innovations are implemented in performing arts courses during the pandemic.
Slayton: A Chapman Professor Responds to John Eastman
COMMUNITY OPINION
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John Eastman’s article in Newsweek, claiming that Kamala Harris was not a citizen, received a swift response. In this piece, Robert Slayton, a colleague of Eastman’s at Chapman University and a Professor of History, argues why Eastman’s interpretation is flawed, and explains why criticisms are not the same as restrictions on free speech. He feels that he, and not Eastman, is upholding the school’s traditions.
Chapman Faculty Petition Slams Fellow Professor, Who Stands By Controversial Kamala Harris Op-Ed
Chapman University
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An op-ed about U.S. Senator Kamala Harris by a former dean and Chapman law professor has prompted his colleagues to push for stronger university inclusion policies.
Aitken: Chapman University, Free Speech and Racism; How John Eastman Put the Law School at Risk
Community Opinion
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Trial Lawyer and Chairman of.the Chapman University Board of Trustees Wylie Aitken, writing as an individual, takes issue with a controversial Newsweek Oped written by Chapman University Law School Prof. John Eastman saying it has appropriately sparked discussion amongst faculty, students, and alumni regarding the limits of free speech and the appropriate response to odious and racist free speech.
Boyd and Blaser: An Uneven COVID-19 Toll in Orange County and Elsewhere — Orange County Isn’t the World, But is Part of It
COMMUNITY OPINION
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Chapman University teachers Art Blaser and LouAnne Boyd suggest in their “An Uneven COVID-19 Toll in OC and Elsewhere” op-ed that before embracing claims that we will or won’t return to reality, we need to reflect on the many different conceptions of “we” and of “reality.”
Orange County’s Best-Kept Cultural Secret? It’s a Hotbed of Literary Talent
ARTS & CULTURE
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A mere scratch of the OC skin reveals a teeming literary life underneath. Readings, conferences, panels, workshops and discussion groups take place regularly — or did before the pandemic drove us indoors.
How Will the Museum Landscape in O.C. Change in the Next Decade?
ARTS & CULTURE
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In our series “The Decade Ahead,” Voice of OC’s Arts & Culture writers speculate on what is on the horizon for Orange County in the next ten years. This month: Richard Chang tackles what is possibly in store for the county’s museums and visual arts scene.
Universities More Rigorously Reporting Sexual Assaults on Campuses
Youth Media
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The number of sexual assault cases reported on college campuses in Orange County has risen over the last three years. Chapman University and California State University, Fullerton, have seen double the number of incidents reported while University of California, Irvine, numbers fluctuated over that period.
Chapman Professor is Developing a Docu-Series Aimed at Stopping Child Prostitution Before it Starts
ARTS & CULTURE
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Kelly Galindo has devoted several years to investigating the whos and whys of global sex trafficking. Originally, “our approach was rescue and reintegration. Now it’s more about prevention. If we can prevent it, we are saving not only years of turmoil for the victim, but also the taxpayers’ money. It takes a lot of money to restore a kid.”
O.C. Playwrights to be Showcased in an Upcoming New Play Festival of ‘Uncommon’ One-Act Tales
ARTS & CULTURE
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PREVIEW: At its ninth annual OC-Centric New Play Festival, the Orange County-based playwrights group will unveil original works it touts as ‘compelling,’ written by three playwrights who live in or hail from Orange County.