Chapman University gets swept up in the Jan. 6 dragnet after a federal judge orders former law school Dean John Eastman to release emails to former President Trump and others in efforts to block the 2020 election results.
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A Return to Campus for Orange County College Students Filled with Outbreaks, Hard Lessons
Judgement calls by local universities in allowing in-person learning are belied by scattered data, uncertainty, and — namely at Chapman University — uproar among some students over campus safety.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Hein: A Call to Empathy, Accessibility, and Action
With every new video of a massive gathering, we are reminded that society believes our lives are of less value than those who are non-disabled. The message being sent to our community is clearly heard, and we demand severe repercussions for complicity in the perpetuation of such indifference and recklessness.
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Ventura, Henderson and Tarallo: To the Executive Administration at Chapman University
On January 13, John Eastman retired from Chapman University unscathed, after being put under fire for his involvement at the Capitol insurrection. President Daniele Struppa stated that Eastman’s retirement closed a “challenging chapter” for Chapman, but the university’s students think otherwise. In this open letter to the university executive administration, students from the Chapman Activist Coalition argue that Eastman is just one blip in the longstanding history of racism and inequality at Chapman University.
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Christmas in the Time of COVID-19
In a year when staying in is required, arts organizations across the county have plenty of virtual options to help you celebrate Christmas day.
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Live Performance May Be on Pause, but Arts Students Continue Their Studies with Hope
College teachers and students are choosing to see the silver lining as innovations are implemented in performing arts courses during the pandemic.
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Slayton: A Chapman Professor Responds to John Eastman
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.
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Chapman Faculty Petition Slams Fellow Professor, Who Stands By Controversial Kamala Harris Op-Ed
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.
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Aitken: Chapman University, Free Speech and Racism; How John Eastman Put the Law School at Risk
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.
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Boyd and Blaser: An Uneven COVID-19 Toll in Orange County and Elsewhere — Orange County Isn’t the World, But is Part of It
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.”
