One step closer to Broadway

Crafting the perfect thesis

A musical theater program is expected to be implemented at Chapman by fall 2018.

Seniors complete a thesis before they graduate, though some go beyond expectations.

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Performers from the Gió Nam Mua Lan (Southern Wind Lion Dance) group performed in front of Leatherby Libraries Thursday night during the 16th annual Asian Pacific Islander Celebration. The traditional Chinese Lion Dance has been around for thousands of years. It is intended to ward off evil and bring good luck to whoever the Lions dance for. The event was organized by the Asian Pacific Student Association, and featured free food, arts and crafts and other performances throughout the night.

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For dance, theater and music students at Chapman, lack of space, not of inter-est, has delayed the implementation of a musical theater program. Several student-run musical clubs have been formed on campus to fill the gap, though faculty members in these departments are currently working on a proposal for the program that would implement it by the start of the 2018-19 school year said Dean of the College of Performing Arts (CoPA) Dale Merrill. The 1,100-seat Musco Center for the Arts, which is currently under construction, is expected to open in December 2015. “We know that there is an interest, and lots of universities have them,” Merrill said. “We have wanted one here at Chapman for a very long time, but haven’t been able to have one because we don’t have a large enough theater.” The proposal will first have to be approved by the Faculty Academic Council, the faculty long-term plan-ning council and the Board of Trustees. After this approval, the proposal will be sent to CoPA’s accreditors. The first proposal for this program was initially submitted last year, but was held off for further review by more faculty members. “We submitted the proposal and the long-range planning committee thought that all the faculty didn’t have the chance to voice their opinions, so that set back our proposal for a year,” Merrill said. “We are glad that we are taking the time to do all of that.” The program is looking to enroll 16 to 20 students in its first year, and will eventually build up to 80 total students. “Musical theater degrees are really competitive and very selective, so you will have to be a triple threat,” Merrill said. “Chances are, if you are in the musical theater program, you could

have been a theater, dance or music major, but you have chosen to be a combination of all three.” The musical theater program will be-come the most expensive of all degree programs in CoPA. “It’s a big financial commitment for the university to engage in starting

such a program at the quality that Chapman would want to do it at,” said Nina LeNoir, chair of the theater department. “We have no classroom space to accommodate additional stu-dents. We have to have rehearsal space. We have to have additional faculty. We have to have additional production

support staff.” In addition to these costs, one of the largest expenses of the program will be from royalties on musicals, which are the fees required to use a script. “The royalties to a very old musi-cal can be anywhere from $8,000 to $100,000,” Merrill said. “The royalties for a play like Shakespeare are free or only $200.” Students in the arts at Chapman think the program will be a good addition to CoPA. “I think it’s going to be very benefi-cial to the school,” said Sam Forrest, senior theater performance major and co-president of Beyond Stage. “Once all the smaller programs are combined into one musical theater program, it will be very unique and strong.” Jesse Denny, a junior music educa-tion major and member of Chapman on Broadway, said that a musical program at Chapman would serve as a model for other West Coast schools. “There’s not a lot of musical theater programs on the West Coast, because Broadway is on the East Coast,” Denny said. “But it would be cool to start some solid programs over here.” Sierra Evans, a senior creative writing major and president of Chapman on Broadway, hopes that the new program won’t lessen participation in the musi-cal theater clubs on campus. “I would really hope that Chapman on Broadway doesn’t lose membership over it,” Evans said. “I hope that people can see it as leisure musical theater to have outside of their coursework.” Although the program won’t be be-ginning with the opening of the Musco Center for the Arts, faculty and stu-dents are enthusiastic for the eventual addition of the program to Chapman. “I think that it is going to be an excit-ing program,” Merrill said. “I wish we could start this year, but it just takes a while.”

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Senior Danny Brennan (center) and the cast of “Crazy for You” perform during the 2012 Chapman On Broadway Fall Review. The student-run musical theater company was originally founded in the fall of 2010 and performed its first show, “Chapman on Broadway: A Musical Review” in February 2011. The following year, the company performed Andrew Lippa’s “Wild Party.”

A petition proposing the ban of the sale of plastic bottles on campus ended last Tuesday after receiving more than 350 signatures online. The petition was originally created April 8 by Mission Environment, a student club on cam-pus. Jenny Bowen, Student Government Association vice president elect and Mission Environment member, said that the petition was more of a symbol-ic act. “Essentially, the purpose of the ban was not necessarily to completely ban plastic water bottles, because the likeli-hood of the university agreeing to that is very low, but to provide evidence of

student interest in sustainable initia-tives in the future,” Bowen said. Chapman currently has multiple water bottle filling stations throughout campus. Bowen, an environmental science policy and chemistry double major, said that less than 50 percent of recyclable plastic makes it to a recycling plant. “The recycling of plastic is very inefficient, contrary to societal belief,” Bowen said. “The plastic that is not recycled typically ends up in a landfill or in our waters.” Many universities have already banned the sale of plastic water bottles, including Belmont University, Seat-tle University, University of Portland and University of Wisconsin. Western Washington University recently became

the largest public college in the coun-try to ban the sale of plastic bottles on its campus April 1. Other schools like New York University and Stanford have banned plastic bottles from their dining halls. In the comment section of the online petition, students voiced their sup-port of the idea of a plastic bottle free campus. Emily Senes, a sophomore public rela-tions and advertising major, wrote that she supported the cause because “it is important to care for the environment so our future generations can enjoy the planet.” Chris Reid, a sophomore screen-writing major, wrote that plastic water bottles are “terrible for the environment and also a significant waste of money.”

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Of the seven types of plastics used in consumer goods, only three are completely recyclable. Less than 50 percent of the recyclable plastic sold makes it to a recycling plant. Once the plastic undergoes chemical changes to be reused, only about 15 percent is recovered.

Diversity remains an issue, WASC reports

One of the four recommendations in the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) commission action letter to Chapman last month, was to refine “campus perceptions of diversity.” WASC is one of six regional accredit-ing agencies that accredit most colleges and universities in the United States. The WASC team, which was com-posed of various high ranking college officials from across the country, origi-nally visited Chapman last October. In its team report to Chapman, the WASC team wrote that while the majority of employees “believe that the climate of Chapman University is welcoming, safe and not a place where inappropriate comments about people who are different are frequently heard on campus,” there were “many employ-

ees who believe that Chapman Univer-sity is not a place that values diversity.” The WASC team also wrote that many of the open-ended comments in the Campus Climate & Work Environment Survey conducted by the team were directed at the “lack of attention, sup-port or resources devoted to diversity at Chapman.” In spring 2017, Chapman will be required to send an interim report “documenting the institution’s efforts to achieve greater diversity” according the commission action letter from WASC to the university. Joseph Slowensky, vice chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness and Faculty Affairs and WASC accreditation liaison officer, wrote in an email that WASC would like to know more about diversi-ty among faculty, staff and students and to better understand the steps Chapman is making to improve the issue.

“While a commitment from leader-ship will be important to improving some aspects of diversity, true lasting commitments must be made by all for any improvements to become perma-nently engrained into our culture,” Slowensky wrote. “That is why we feel that improving diversity at Chapman will involve commitments from ev-ery group including faculty, staff and students.” Slowensky will join Chancellor Daniele Struppa and Jeanne Gunner, vice chancellor for undergraduate education, for a meeting in May with the Diversity Committee of the Faculty Senate, to design a plan that will help identify the specific areas of diversity that need improvement. Additional reporting by Sean Stroh, News Editor.

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CoPA students want musical theater to take center stage

April 18 A student became confrontational with a residence life staff member after being found in possession of alcohol. The student received a conduct referral.

April 17A student reported a hit and run in the Barrera parking structure. The report was forwarded to Orange Police Department (OPD).

April 15 A person removed the fire hose from the fire cabinet box on the first floor of the Jim Miller parking structure. The report was forwarded to facilities management.

Graffiti was found by Public Safety near the Cypress Parking Lot. The report was forwarded to OPD.

April 14 A person entered Oliphant Hall and wrote graffiti inside the building. The report was forwarded to OPD.

April 13 A student’s laptop was stolen inside Leatherby Libraries. The report was forwarded to OPD.

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) recommended that Chapman address concerns from some employees that the school “is not a place that values diversity.”

The cast of “Next To Normal” performs during the 2012 Chapman On Broadway Fall Review. According to Chapman on Broadway’s Facebook page, the club “provides an opportunity for students of all majors to perform, direct, produce, choreograph and design fully staged musi-cals, review shows and cabaret nights.

In the story “Amber Tamblyn chosen as Baccalaureate speaker” published April 14, Gail Stearns was misidenti-fied. She is the dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel.

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Jordan Olson, junior business adminis-tration and accounting major, was hired as the next chair of Chapman’s Uni-versity Program Board (UPB) in early March.

Can you tell me about the process of becoming chair?

I applied through Mike Keyser, who is the program coordinator for the Student Union and UPB. Then I was interviewed and hired by Camellia Khalvati, the current UPB chair and Jerry Price (vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students). It’s kind of funny because I am the longest running member of UPB. We started three years ago and I am the only member who has been a part of it from the start.

So what will your job as chair entail?

It is more of a figurehead position, and I become the middleman between UPB and the university. Now, Camellia will go to Board of Trustee meetings and work with various departments of the school. I am the one who creates the vision for the year and decides what we want to accomplish. I will lead a team of five directors, two marketing assistants and their committees. This year will also be the first year we are hiring a vice chair to help me out.

What plans do you have for UPB when you take over?

I want to progress as an organization and make us more accessible to stu-dents. I hope that we can reach out to student organizations that we haven’t worked with before and I want them to reach out to us as well. I hope to create a better connection to other organizations and plan events for them. I also want to get committee members more involved.

Are there any issues within UPB that you want to address?

The challenge that we face is that the executive team makes a lot of plans over the summer including the September concert. I want to find ways for the committee members who are out of state for the summer to still be involved. It is also hard because we do all of our training over the summer. I really want to get the committee better involved. As

director, it can be easy to want to do all the small tasks yourself but the more I delegate, the more we can accomplish as an organization.

How will you be different than the chairs before you?

I am the first chair to have been pro-moted from within as opposed to hired from outside of UPB. I think that this is the way the process will work in the future. I just took the steps that should be projected from one job to another. In my current position as the Special Events and Traditions Director, I lead a committee of 31 members and together we planned the fall concert, homecom-ing, senior week, Spring Sizzle and the midnight breakfast. UPB continues to grow and change every year. Camel-lia Khalvati, the outgoing UPB chair, worked really hard on the internal organization of the group and now it is my turn to progress and help us better connect to the student body and to each other.

How do you determine what events to put on?

We always put out assessments after events to have the people who went gauge if they liked the venue, the per-formances and the food. When people come to the events, we ask them for feedback. So far, I think we have done a good job reaching out to student orga-nizations to help them put on what they want. For example, last Friday we part-

nered with the Queer Straight Alliance to put on the Staches and Lashes Drag Show in the Student Union.

Have you chosen what concert will be put on next year?

I am not ready to talk about it yet, but I can tell you that we are basing our decision about the artist and the venue on the survey that we sent out after the Dillon Francis concert.

Where do you want to go after Chap-man?

I think that working with UPB can help me work for music and award shows.

Camellia Khalvati, outgoing UPB chair, on Jordan Olson

“I am very excited for Jordan to be UPB Chair this upcoming school year. He has been a dedicated member of UPB since it’s start three years ago and his hard work and passion have helped the orga-nization evolve. His goals for 2013-2014 are strong and aimed to further enhance UPB programs and the UPB Commit-tee Member experience. I could not be more proud to see one of our directors step up to be chair.”

*UPB is currently looking to hire stu-dents for an unpaid marketing position as well as a paid graphic designer posi-tion. The paid position starts June 9.

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A “Future Town Hall” meeting will be held in Pralle Lecture Hall in Beckman 104 Friday, April 25, from noon to 2 p.m. The meeting will discuss topics pertaining to the grading of students, particularly grade inflation, GPA and grading in the arts. The panel will feature Brian Alters, professor of educational studies, Joe Slowensky, vice chan-cellor of institutional effectiveness and faculty affairs, Bill Wright, associate professor of biology and Natalya Subbotina, Student Gov-ernment Association president. Joel Colbert, director of the In-stitute for Excellence in Teaching, who will serve as the facilitator of the town hall, said the purpose of the meeting is to have “a better understanding of what grading and evaluation means at Chapman and what the future holds in this area.” --Miranda Wall, Staff Writer

Internationally renowned author and Tibetan Buddhist nun, Venera-ble Thubten Chodron will speak on Tuesday, April 22 in AF 201 from 7:00-8:15 p.m. The talk is called “Keeping Calm Amidst Chaos” and will focus on how to deal with the stress and anxiety of typical college experi-ences such as exams, deadlines and relationship issues, said Prashanth Nyer, an associate professor of mar-keting who is organizing the event. Nyer said Venerable Chodron, who has spoken several times at Chapman, appeals to non-Bud-dhists as well. “Though she is a Buddhist nun, her talks are appropriate for people from all faith traditions,” Nyer said. Admission is free but donations in support of Sravasti Abbey, a Ti-betan Buddhist monastery founded by Chodron, are welcome. --Miranda Wall, Staff Writer

Argyros School of Business and Economics (ASBE) recently re-ceived its five-year reaccreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). There are 694 institutions that hold AACSB accreditation. According to the Chapman University Press Room, AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education, and has been earned by less than five percent of the world’s business programs. “We have our faculty, students, staff, University leadership and community partners to thank for this outcome,” wrote ASBE Dean Reginald Gilyard in an email. “These people are all part of a very high quality team, and also con-tinually challenge us to raise our game.”--Miranda Wall, Staff Writer

A five-year $500,000 grant to Chapman’s School of Pharmacy was approved by the Allergan Foundation April 16. The funds from the foundation will provide scholarships for students enrolled in Chapman’s five-year accelerated program. While it traditionally takes eight years to receive a doctorate of Pharmacy, Chapman’s School of Pharmacy will begin offering qualified students the ability do so in five years once the first class of students enroll in Fall 2015. The school’s opening will coincide with the completion of the new Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine. The Allergan Foundation, found-ed in 1998, has provided more than $33 million to the arts, civic pro-grams, education and health and human services since its inception. --Sean Stroh, News Editor

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Tony Award-winning playwright to be honored this week

Terrence McNally, a four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, will visit Chapman this Friday and Saturday to take part in a two-day symposium exploring and celebrating his literary work. McNally will discuss his plays and modern theater in a public lecture, and work directly with Chapman literature, creative writing and theater students. Raymond-Jean Frontain of the Univer-sity of Central Arkansas will deliver a keynote address. “McNally coming to Chapman affords our students to meet and engage with someone who is actively involved with all aspects of performing arts, whether

that is theater and creative writing or acting,” said English professor Myron Yeager, one of the event’s coordinators.

“This really gives the students an opportunity to understand what it takes to succeed in this business.” Theater students will have the oppor-tunity to perform staged performances of five of his one-act plays on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings as part of “A Terrence McNally Festival.” McNally will attend the Friday night perfor-mance to offer feedback to the perform-ers after the show. “This is a unique experience because we get to present to the actual play-wright,” said sophomore theater studies and English literature double major Morgan Green. Green is one of the five dramaturges working on the acts that will be per-formed. A dramaturge is a scholarly and research resource for the cast and

creative crew, in charge of researching historical backgrounds and influences on the playwright, as well as responsi-ble for doing a literary reading for the cast and drama team. “It’s nerve-wracking, but it’s also been a very rewarding and motivating pro-cess,” Green said. Green and four other dramaturges will present a paper of their findings to McNally Saturday. Although most of the symposium events are free and open to the public, McNally’s talk on Saturday evening is $10 for general admission. Chapman’s College of Performing Arts, depart-ments of English and theater and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences organized the sympo-sium.

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Q&A with Jordan Olson, new University Program Board chair

Lauren Holzer Assistant News Editor

Seventeen students were elected to senate seats in Student Government Association (SGA) Wednesday evening in an election, which featured 10 uncontested races and one contested race for the sophomore class senate seat. The candidates were informed of the results shortly after voting concluded at 5 p.m. In the sophomore class race, Mia Bay-bayan, a business major, narrowly defeated Austin Kernan, a creative producing and business double major, 106 votes to 93 votes, respectively.Baybayan said she was honored that her classmates elected her to represent them next year. “I worked very hard to campaign and it is so great to see that all of my hard work paid off,” Baybayan said. Due to miscommunication, a ballot was not created for the College of Performing Arts (CoPA) seat which featured current CoPA senator, Chelsea Davis. A ballot was made available for CoPA students Friday through Sunday 8 p.m. The freshman class senate seat, vacant second CoPA seat and at-large senate seats will be elected in the fall.

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Student Organization Senators (3 seats available)Ryan Rodriguez: 248 votesJosh Nudelman: 194 votesHoma Hayatyfar: 162 votes

Junior class seat (1 seat available)Jaycie Rowe: 44 votes Senior class seat (1 seat available)Allie Weber: 38 votes Arygyros School of Business Econocomis (2 seats available)Evan DeVries: 53 votesMelissa Schrand: 31 votes College of Educational Studies (2 seats available)Taylor White: 12 votes Jasmyn Domingues (write-in): 4 votes College of Performing Arts (2 seats available)Chelsea Davis: 43 votes

Crean College (2 seats available)Gagan Sandhu: 18 votesNetasha Pizano: 12 votes

Dodge College (2 seats available)Leon Lukić: 53 votesAlec Shumate (write-in): 10 votes Schmid College (2 seats available)Jon Woo: 20 votesDarpan Singh: 16 votes

Wilkinson College (2 seats available)Evette Kim: 43 votesKayla Velloso: 25 votes

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Top journalists discuss the future of the industry

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A panel composed of Jimmy Orr, digital editor of the Los Angeles Times, Gregory Cowles, columnist and staff editor for the New York Times Book Review, Rem Rieder, former executive editor of the American Journalism Review, Dan Froomkin, senior writer for the Intercept and First Look Media, Rob Curley, editor of the Orange County Register and Bill Davis, founding president of Southern California Public Radio, discussed the future of journalism Wednesday night in Argyros Forum 208.

In a digital world with an app for every-thing, ten Chapman students are working to create one that can cater to the needs of those with autism. They will join students from University of California, Irvine (UCI) to compete in the Autism AppJam this week. The event is the second annual Autism AppJam at UCI, which requires partici-pants to develop an app that will benefit people affected by the disorder. The teams are competing for a grand prize of $3,000 and many other smaller prizes. This is the first year that the competi-tion has been open to students who do not attend UCI. The Autism AppJam is a two-week com-petition that began with its kickoff event April 11. Participants will be working on creating and producing their app until the judging April 25 on UCI’s campus. Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life and can cause significant social, com-munication and behavioral challenges, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is estimated that about one in 68 chil-dren are diagnosed with autism, accord-ing to the CDC. Computer science professor Erik Linstead is advising some of his students who are submitting projects. “Everyone is kind of starting to realize that they either know someone that is on the spectrum or they know someone who knows someone that is on the spectrum, so this is going to be a big focus of re-search in many ways,” Linstead said. UCI has a Center for Autism and Neu-rodevelopmental Disorders, and Linstead said that one of its main focuses is using technology to help those affected. “Now that everything is becoming so small and so mobile and so cheap, you really can put technology in peoples’ hands,” Linstead said. “The idea with this

is to try and build mobile apps that can potentially do something useful for kids or even adults that are on the spectrum.” Students who are participating in the competition could sign up as an individ-ual or as a team. This year, there are 13 teams from UCI and Chapman competing against each other. Junior computer science major Mirabel Rice said each team had to create a blog where they could document their prog-ress and show what they’re doing. “We are developing an app called Smart Dresser, and it helps pre-teen girls put to-gether outfits and match their clothes so they can choose what they want to wear,” Rice said. “We didn’t want it to be too girly, but we also want it to be fun, so we looked at specific colors that are calming to people with autism and we’re basing it off of that.” Although the students from Chapman who are on teams do have a connection to the computer science program, the competition was open to students within any major. “What’s cool about it is that they really don’t care if you don’t have programming experience,” Linstead said. “There are a lot of entrepreneurial people out there that like to do new things and this kind of goes with the incentive to put some of their efforts towards autism research.” Senior biochemistry major Aaron Gerston said he has a passion for both computer science and the mental health community. “This was a really solid cross-road of things that are dear to my heart,” Gerston said. “I’m really glad that they’re encour-aging this type of thing in the undergrad-uate environment.” Gerston said his team is not revealing any information about its app until the judging. Each team’s app will be judged based on its relevance to autism, originality, creativity, presentation and the design process itself.

“It’s completely open to the team or the individuals to decide what they want to make as an app and, of course, they have to rationalize what will actually be benefi-cial,” Gerston said. Linstead said the functionality of the app is the most important aspect of the competition. “Sometimes I see these brilliant ideas but [competitors] really just need to think about what’s useful for people and start there and then figure out how the techno-logical part and the mathematical parts fit into it later,” Linstead said. Last year, the first place winners created

an app called Visual Reader that allowed users to touch a word in a passage and see a visual representation to give the reader a better idea of the relationship between the text and its physical representation. “Maybe we will come up with a drug or find a cure but, in the meantime, we have a lot of people who really benefit from using this technology,” Linstead said. “We use it for everything else, why not this?” The presentations of each teams’ apps will be open for public viewing April 25 in Beckman Center at UCI from 5-7 p.m. The teams’ blogs can be found online at thecenter4autism.org/appjam.

Michelle Evans said she was hooked the first time she entered the CrossFit gym, or “box,” as they are commonly referred to. The walls and equipment were painted black, and she said she was overwhelmed with the competing sounds of aggressive metal music and barbells dropping. CrossFit was everything she was looking for, she said. “I think of exercising as a really primal activity,” said Evans, a sophomore creative producing major. “It was fast, loud, sweaty and aggressive, exactly what I wanted.” CrossFit is the combination of pow-erlifting, gymnastics, weightlifting and endurance. It’s a class in which everybody does the same hour-long workout, Evans said. CrossFit, through its constantly varied workouts, combines the top nine trends in the online news source Examiner’s survey of 2014 fitness trends. The incor-porated trends are body weight training, experienced fitness professionals, strength training, exercise and weight loss, per-sonal training, fitness programs for older adults, functional fitness and group fitness training. Melissa Nelson is a certified CrossFit and USA Weightlifting Olympic coach at CrossFit RXD in Anaheim. She said although CrossFit was created in 2002, it continues to grow in popularity. “Everyone wants to do it because it is now sponsored by Reebok and ESPN picked it up,” Nelson said. “It is group-ori-ented. You have that team atmosphere.” CrossFit gyms are found throughout the country. According to the polling site City Voter’s Orange County Hot List, there are 25 CrossFit gyms in the county. “It absolutely gives you a better work-out,” Evans said. “Every combination of movements feels different and it never really gets easier.” Senior political science major Michael

Ferra said CrossFit is a great workout be-cause it forces participants to mix weights and cardio. Trainers are also present to push and motivate CrossFitters through the program. But not everyone prefers CrossFit to other workouts. Junior communication studies major Elliott Amsden said that while CrossFit and powerlifting are both great work-outs, it comes down to what a particu-lar person is training for. For building general muscle mass, commonly referred to as “bulking,” he said he would choose powerlifting. “With a lift like a squat, where the

largest muscles in your body are being en-gaged, your body releases testosterone in order to get your body out from under the heavy weight,” said Amsden, a member of Chapman’s football team. “Along with anabolic hormones, [powerlifting] boosts testosterone levels faster, which is better for gaining.” CrossFit also has its limits, accord-ing to a study published in The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. It found a 73.5 percent injury rate for CrossFitters surveyed. The most common injuries were to the spine and shoulders. CrossFit Orange County owner Jeff Hughes has been a CrossFit instructor

since 2006, and said the most important way to prevent injuries is stretching and attending a foundations course. “CrossFit is as safe as the coaches and gyms putting it together,” Hughes said. “The key is being as balanced as you can and being consistent with good form before you ramp up the intensity.” Camilla Smura, a senior film production major, was encouraged to attend a Cross-Fit workout by a friend in 2011. She hasn’t stopped going since. “It appeared to me at a time in my life where I was looking for a change,” Smura said. “Running was the only exercise I was participating in at the time, and I wanted to improve myself and my life.” Smura said the lively atmosphere of CrossFit is what hooked her to the pro-gram. “It’s a really gritty environment,” Smura said. “You have extremely loud music blasting, weights crashing and coaches yelling at you to push harder. It’s very frenetic.” Smura said that other CrossFit partici-pants are very supportive. “I remember one workout a few weeks ago, when I just wasn’t having it,” Smura said. “I was the last person to finish the workout, and by the end, every single other person had circled around me and were cheering me on.” Evans said the community aspect of CrossFit is a positive part of the experi-ence. “Contrary to popular belief, it’s not real-ly about comparing yourself to others all the time, it’s about improving your own skills, and that’s what I did,” Evans said. CrossFit is also convenient for those pressed for time, Evans said. “Normally, when people go to the gym, they do cardio, then weightlifting,” Evans said. “CrossFit combines them both. It’s an hour-long, continuous workout. Normally someone would take two hours at the gym.”

MGMT was one of the many bands that came to Los Angeles between Coachella weekends. They played Wednesday night at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. When the men of MGMT walked on stage, the people in the audience went wild, immediately jumping to their feet and cheering. The first few songs were not MG-MT’s most well-known, but they were good ones: “Song of Dan Treacy,” “Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters” and “Cool Song No. 2.” Finally, it jumped into the familiar: “Time to Pretend,” “Weekend Wars” and “Your Life is a Lie.” The crowd was still on its feet, sway-ing back and forth, watching the stage-sized backdrop covered in colorful geometric shapes pulse to the rhythm of the music. Then the band played a few more songs that were less recognizable, causing some of the people in the au-dience to take their seats. They played a song called “Introspection,” which is a 1960s Faine Jade cover. The last few songs of the set included all the main hits, “The Youth,” “Kids” and “Electric Feel.” Throughout the set, it seemed the

visuals were getting more and more distracting. At one point, there was a creature that had large feet and hands with a two-toned striped umbrella covering him as he strolled through a digital land of stripes and shakes. The visuals were overwhelmingly trippy, but fitting for the type of psychedelic rock that MGMT is known for. The audience chanted for an encore as the band walked off stage after “Alien Days.” After about seven minutes, MGMT came back on stage, playing a three-song encore, which included the hit song, “Congratulations.” The LA performance contrasted with the band’s set at Coachella—it was nearly twice as long, including some more obscure music. MGMT’s Coach-ella set list was made up of nine songs, most of which were hits. Overall, the concert was amazing. It was great to see the band in a festival setting and an individual concert in the same week, so my comparisons were fresh. MGMT’s psychedelic music and visuals pull together for a complete concert experience.

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Free Hip-Hop Workshop

Argyros Forum 119B7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Spring Sizzle

Attallah Piazza11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Autism Awareness Movie Night

Irvine Lecture Hall7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Open Mic Night

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If there was an award for the most confusing movie of the year, it would have to go to the futuristic, Johnny Depp-starring “Transcendence,” re-leased April 18. The premise is perplexing, the casting is strange, the cinematography is tacky and the plot is anything but transcen-dent. The basic idea is that Dr. Will Caster (Depp) and his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) are computer scientists studying artificial intelligence, or the creation of sentient machines. After an inju-ry threatens his corporal life, Caster decides that he wants to “upload” his consciousness. Sounds far-fetched? It gets much, much worse. Anti-technology extremists led by the mysterious Bree (Kate Mara, with sev-eral bad haircuts) team up with the FBI to take down Caster’s virtual empire, which comes to include super-powered solar panels, super-scary nanotechnol-ogy and super-humans whom Caster “cures” with supercomputers. The inspiration for the movie is clear: It combines our fears of technology, government and even religion, but does nothing to subdue them. It warns against playing God and technological

overreach. Really, it’s the film itself that’s reaching a bit too far, over a plot that’s already stretched a bit too thin. “Transcendence” is like a superhero movie, but it’s impossible to tell the difference between the good guys and the villains. Everyone seems to have the best intentions, but the execution is pretty poor, which is actually a suitable analogy for the filmmakers. It’s an ambitious first outing for direc-tor Wally Pfister, longtime cinematog-rapher for Christopher Nolan. But the images are too strange and overdone to be effective. The movie sometimes looks like a knock-off BBC “Planet Earth” documentary and feels like a parody of Spike Jonze’s “Her.” Both feature bizarre close-up shots of water drops and sunflowers, and a person who’s way too obsessed with his or her iPad. You may have to see the movie to understand. Or you could spend $10 on something that doesn’t confuse and horrify you, the horrifying part being how someone could have possibly thought it was a good idea to make this movie.

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Dodge College of Film and Media Arts:

People flee from chaos, a starship appears from the sky and the dictator’s troops line up the traitors for execution. It’s just another night in editing room 253 at Dodge College, where senior film production major Nicholas (Cole) Woods works on his thesis film, “Darkstar.” The producer, senior creative producing major Stephen Yaseen, knows the long work hours well. “I did not want to settle on making something mediocre,” Yaseen said. “We truly shot for the stars when it came to ‘Darkstar.’” Yaseen and Woods are among other seniors at Dodge College who are finish-ing their senior thesis projects before they graduate in May. Film students start their projects at the beginning of their senior year. Senior thesis films will be screened ev-ery Friday through May 16 in the Folino Theater from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. “Darkstar” is set in a futuristic society in a world run by a totalitarian military

government that enforces labor in work camps and where travel is illegal, Woods said. The film was inspired by a collection of true stories of people who have escaped modern day North Korea. He said the film’s protagonists, James and Skye, try to reach a smuggler that will help them escape the planet. Besides being a director, Woods is also the screenwriter of “Darkstar.” He said the reason he chose the sci-fi genre was because he could set his characters in a world of endless possibilities. In order to pick the perfect actors for the film, Woods and his casting director, junior screen acting major Stephanie Ker-bis, went though a long audition process at Hollywood Casting and Film. “We had thousands of submissions, so we saw over a hundred for each role. It took a lot of time but we finally found great actors for every character,” Woods said. With the script ready and the actors selected, Woods said he and his crew needed to get the money to be able to jump into production and make the idea reality. The promotional video they made for “Darkstar” was uploaded onto Kickstarter and the crew managed to raise $13,000,

a thousand dollars more than the initial goal. Woods said some of the money came from parents, but most came from other online donors. The principal photography lasted seven days between the end of March and beginning of April. Yassen said “Darkstar” required many locations and a large amount of effort because it is a sci-fi film. “The hardest things about producing this film were finding and locking our locations which are unique and pretty, but also took a lot of pursuing in order to get,” Yaseen said. He said the crew shot in the Yucca Val-ley desert for a day. “We had a guy come in with a helicopter for free because he wanted to put some stuff on his reel, and the shot worked very well aesthetically with the narrative,” Woods said. Other locations include a church in Tustin and Avec Nightclub in Huntington Beach. For the club scene, the crew of “Darkstar” collaborated with the Chap-man dance team, which has a perfor-mance in the film. Woods even gave himself a small cam-eo appearance. “My character is a really creepy military

guy, with a scar on my face and a tooth missing,” Woods said. “I’m not 100 per-cent sure I’ll make the final cut.” Woods and junior film production ma-jor Daniel Jennings are currently editing the film. “Cole had a very clear idea of what he wanted and identified all the takes he preferred acting-wise, so my job was to make it fit together in a coherent assem-bly,” Jennings said. Woods said that in the past few weeks, the only thing that’s been on his mind is finishing the film, since they have only a few weeks to edit. “We’re editing eight hours a day—two hours throughout the day and every night between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.,” Woods said. Woods said that the making of such an ambitious film has been an immensely valuable experience for him as a director. “One of the most important lessons I learned is that in the process of filmmak-ing, you are asked to compromise the quality to save time,” Woods said. “How-ever, as a director, you must learn what to accept and what not so that you never lose the sight of your vision.” “Darkstar” will be about 23 minutes long and will premiere May 16 at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater.

Senior Nicholas (Cole) Woods is directing a film called “Darkstar” for his senior thesis project, but Dodge College students aren’t the only ones who use their capstones to prepare for future careers.

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The senior thesis: What will yours be?

College of Educational Studies:

Senior athletic training major Sandra Koen said athletic training students select a topic in their field during junior year and write a manuscript docu-menting their original research. In a group with senior athletic training majors Brittney Kato (pictured), Beri Dwyer and Kimi Takaoka, Koen tested the effectiveness of kinesiotape on muscle soreness. Together, the team produced a 50-page manuscript detailing their research, but Koen said the results of the kineosiotape’s effec-tiveness are currently inconclusive. “It was a good start for a first research project, because at the start we didn’t know very much about research, but now our teachers were able to help us learn,” Koen said.

Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences:

Senior studio art major Ashley Aliprandi created a performance art piece that focused on neuro-linguistic programming. During it, Alip-randi exhausted her body by repeatedly throwing baseballs against a wall filled with hand-written words of positive affirmation such as “I am grateful,” to test if she could reprogram her brain to believe the experi-ence was beneficial. It accompanied a collection of sketches entitled “Practice Makes,” which was displayed in the Guggenheim Gallery April 7-12. Studio art majors work throughout year to hone the focus of their artwork: creating portfolios, going through panel discussions about their art, making their own websites and critiquing their fellow students’ pieces.

Argyros School of Business and Economics:

For senior business major Jacob Sudek, a business statistics class was the inspiration behind his senior thesis project based on college basketball statistics. Sudek, who is working with junior business major Taylor Carter, is attempting to use an algorithm that will predict the outcome of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. It is created by gathering thousands of different potential variables such as rebounds, assists and points and then running an analysis on the variables to determine which have the best predictive power. “Almost everybody thinks we have no chance of building a successful model and getting a perfect bracket,” Sudek said. “We tell them that nothing is impossible. Persistence and optimism is the fuel for our project.”

Schmid College of Science and Technology:

For her senior thesis project, senior biology major Lena Buckendorf conduct-ed an ongoing research project, accompanied by a research paper. By the time she graduates, Buckendorf will have worked for three years on her project, which determines the bioaccessibility of mine waste in California, specifically focusing on Empire Mine in Grass Valley, Calif. Bioaccessibility is a measure of how much of a contaminant is able to dissolve into a biological medium, in this case, simulated gastric fluid (SGF). “The thing is with research, it’s never really done,” Buckendorf said. “There’s always something else to do, something else to try, something else to look at.”

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Student projects: from dance to biology

College of Performing Arts:

As a dance performance major, senior Amanda Reichert is required to write a fifty page, single-spaced paper about a topic of her choice related to dance for her thesis. She said her thesis details how to make a love for dance into a career, as she hopes to work in New York City at a modern contem-porary dance company after graduation. “It has just always been something that no matter what the money pay is, the reward that you get from dancing is far more rewarding than anything money can give you,” Reichert said. “No matter what, I’ve always thought that.”

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Contrary to what some may think, Chapman does not promote one religion over others. It was founded as a Hesperian College and long associated with the Disciples of Christ, but ask any admissions officer or tour guide today: Even though Chapman was founded on Chris-tian principles, it currently has no affiliation. The university has recently taken steps for religious accommodation, including writ-ing provisions in syllabi that excuse students from class on major religious holidays. But religion, especially during certain weeks, isn’t about accommodation—it’s about celebration. Chapman can do more to support religious or spiritual students during important weeks, such as this past one. According to the Interfaith website, the academic calendar at Chapman is designed to avoid conflicts with observed holidays, includ-ing July 4, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day and Christmas. Traditionally, spring break has coincided with Holy Week, Passover and Easter. This year was different. Few students are complaining that spring break was moved up a few weeks, or suggest-ing that the dates be changed again. In fact, having classes in session during Passover and Holy Week could have provided an interesting learning opportunity. It’s a great time to find out about the various religions practiced by

Chapman students, especially during some of the most meaningful holidays of the year. The Newman Catholic Fellowship celebrat-ed Good Friday in the Fish Interfaith Center. Members said that it was a beautiful, peaceful and reflective service, but that more services for Holy Thursday through Easter would be nice. Hillel hosted a Passover Seder, Shabbat and “Matzah in the Piazza,” but Jewish students eating in the campus cafeteria said that keeping kosher was difficult. Chapman wouldn’t compromise its status as an unaffiliated institution if it did more to support students during these holidays, instead of leaving it up to the clubs and the Interfaith Center staff. Additional services would have been especially beneficial this year, because it’s the first time students haven’t had the option of going home and spending this time with their families. Last semester, Chapman scheduled a fall con-cert on Yom Kippur. Having events that conflict with religious holidays is a source of concern, but events probably wouldn’t be considered conflicts if they were related to the tradition students celebrate on that day. Religious accommodations are a step in the right direction, and ‘interfaith’ is a important concept. It just needs to be integrated better into campus culture.

few days ago, my friend

Max and I were drinking boba tea when he told me the big news. “I’m in a relationship,” he said. After the usual congrat-ulating and patting on the

back, I was interested in finding out more about the lucky lady. “So, where did you guys meet?” I asked him. “On Tinder.” I frowned. “Tinder, like…the dating app?” “Yeah, we matched and then I private messaged her,” Max said, calmly, as if he was explaining how he met her at Snow Club or in a biology class. My incredulous face didn’t seem to bother him, as he told me how they had texted each other for a while until he asked her out. Since she also turned out to be an adrenaline junkie, their first date was at Six Flags. Seeing how passionate and sincere he was, my initial skepticism for this online-born relationship was replaced by surprise and enthusiasm. Meeting someone on the Internet is not killing ro-mance. Instead, it is attempting to create it, and that’s nothing to frown upon or feel embarrassed about. My friend’s experience made me re-alize that dating apps are looked down upon, especially when it comes to serious emotional involvement. In reality, their purpose is to substitute for what we lack, which is in-person communication. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a profes-sor of business psychology at University College London. In a column for The Guardian, he writes: “If you are a roman-tic, you are probably not on Tinder.” Until I heard my friend’s story, I would have agreed with him. I’ve grown up listening to the story of how my parents met, when my dad ap-proached my mom at a rainy bus station and asked her if he could sneak under her umbrella. While everyone dreams of a Dis-ney-type meeting (I’m talking “Sleeping Beauty,” not “Beauty and the Beast”), modern circumstances rarely play out like that. For college students, that might be a little hard to envision at this point in life. We are surrounded by people our age, constantly seeing new faces and meeting new characters. However, after graduation, unless one lives or works in a very vibrant, urban community, chances are there won’t be as many potential love interests to interact with. Choices will be limited. According to a study from last year by Pew Research Internet Project, among Internet users who are currently single and looking for a partner, 38 percent have tried online dating. However, according to the same study, 21 percent of Internet users agreed with the statement: “People who use online dating sites are desperate.” Those numbers show that, although many people use dating sites, the stigma still exists. Many students at Chapman are like my friend Max and have profiles on Tinder. They say they use them just for fun (and all the things that word incorporates). My only advice for them would be to not dismiss the power of a dating app. You never know who your next match is going to be.

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When was the last time you turned off your cell phone? And no, that time the battery died on you does not count. The con-venience of having every-thing we need in a device that fits in our pocket has

made many of us become attached to our phones. Besides being a tool for commu-nication, phones are now used to surf the Internet, listen to music, take photos, get users from point A to point B and even help find us a date, among other things. With a phone constantly in our hands, we are never focusing on one thing alone. We believe we are these multitasking wizards when, in reality, we are only be-

coming less in tune with what’s going on around us. About 80 percent of college students surveyed own a smartphone, according to a study published on the website, Digital Trends. That’s 80 percent of our generation constantly attempting to balance whatever task we are trying to accomplish in the palm of our hands with the real world sur-rounding us. It takes little time and effort to quickly exchange text messages with friends. We can talk to several people at once, carefully contemplating what to say next. Face-to-face communication is losing its value. We are forgetting how to listen. We focus more on the little, bright world behind our screens and pay less and less attention to the reality around us. We are all guilty of texting while lis-tening to a friend talk. We connect more deeply with Twitter followers than our date patiently sitting across the table. And my biggest offense, focusing more on beat-ing that unbeatable level of Candy Crush than listening to a professor’s lecture. But what are we missing out on from

having our devices in front of our faces all the time? We may be resisting the development of a true friendship. Our soulmate may be sitting next to us while we’re too busy flip-ping through our Tinder matches. Let’s re-learn how to spark conversation, and how to truly listen to someone. Or at the very least, stop texting “what’s up” and learn how to pick up the phone, dial a number and ask a friend how he’s doing. We are letting the world, and time, pass us by not truly living in the moment. We are constantly enjoying experiences through a square lens, trying to find that perfect moment that will get us the most likes on Instagram. Let’s turn off our GPS and get lost in the beautiful world that sur-rounds us. Let’s experience something for our own enjoyment, not our followers’. Let’s put our phones down and re-connect with a friend. Let’s listen to the sounds around us. But most importantly, let’s live in the moment, and not let time pass us by. Let’s look around and admire the beauti-ful world we live in, unfiltered.

Dear Fresh-man Me (and all freshmen in general), Just take a minute. I know things seem overwhelm-ing in college, and you’re not wrong. But get over it. I know you’re wide-eyed and scared, and I don’t blame you, you’re a fresh-man in college, but listen up.

There are a few things you should know about college, that all freshman should know about college, and luckily for you, unwitting, naïve, Freshman Danny Bren-nan, I jotted them down. Get a job. I know what you’re thinking, “I’m a freshman, I don’t want that bur-den, I’ll just do it later!” That’s stupid, I’m sorry. Getting job experience, whether it be through student employment or an internship, is important. And let’s be hon-est, in that spare time you’re probably just watching old “One Tree Hill” episodes on

Netflix. Go to more speakers. There are all these incredibly smart, talented and experienced people coming to your campus and you probably aren’t going. Maybe it’s because you’re afraid you’re not going to under-stand what they’re saying, or that it’ll be boring, and that may just be the case. But seriously, culture yourself. Otherwise you’re just wasting our parents’ tuition money. Parties are not everything. I get it, going out is incredibly important your fresh-man year because it’s the first time you’re on your own, blah blah blah…seriously though, Danny, it’s not going to kill you to stay in one night with a friend, or to go to the programs the RA’s are putting on that night. People aren’t going to judge you because you didn’t go out every weekend of your freshman year, and if they do, it’s because they’re sad, shallow people who probably received zero hugs in their child-hood. Not your problem. Ask the seniors about their experienc-es. You can avoid making so many bad choices and learn how to make good ones by asking seniors you know about their time at Chapman. They’ve been here long enough to know the ropes, so embrace that knowledge. Also, you might just make a connection with someone who can help

you get a job one day, or more importantly, a friend. For the love of God, stop trying to please people all the time. Maybe you feel this overwhelming need to have everyone like you, but that’s unrealistic. I’m gonna tell you right now, there are people you prob-ably feel like will never leave your side, but in four years you two will be but acquain-tances. That’s life. Friends change, you change. But don’t force yourself to change to keep those friends. Don’t pretend you like something so you have something in common. Don’t go to parties where you feel unwelcome just so you can see them on the weekend. You will have to make compromises for those you love, sure, but those who love you won’t ask you to not be yourself. Go do something new. Stop hanging out in the same place all the time and go on an adventure. Freshman Danny Brennan, take some risks. Sign up to go on that spring break trip to a different country to do ser-vice work. Sign up for the club you keep wanting to join but don’t because you’re afraid you won’t know anyone. College is your chance to make something of your-self, to learn, to grow and to discover what makes you happy. So don’t blow it, kid. Sincerely, Senior Me

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Conner Carnahan, sophomore business major

“Sure, I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t be.”

Should plastic water bottles be sold on

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Paige Osborne, juniorintegrated educational

studies major

Kevin Lave, freshman business major

“I’m an environmental sup-porter but it just does not

seem realistic to get rid of sell-ing water bottles on campus.”

“We have a lot of water foun-tains on campus to re-fill your water bottle. But it is also con-venient and easier for people to be able to purchase water

bottles on campus.”

Brad Joyner, freshmanpolitical science major

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Danny BrennanSenior public relations and advertising major

What I love most about be-ing a film stu-dent is meeting like-minded people. Of course we can-not all agree all the time, who can? However, I was completely blown away by a few of my peers last week in my History of Film class. I value old films, photography,

works of art and architecture because they do an amazing thing: inspire me. I know my inspirations differ from others, but I was horrified (dramatic, I know) to find that old films are not seen as valu-able to some of my classmates. My ques-tion to them was: How can you ignore more than 100 years? Furthermore, how can you consider being a part of this ever-growing and

changing industry, without seeing, nay, understanding, the importance of film-makers like Orson Welles, D.W. Griffith, Fritz Lang, and countless others? Do we not see German expressionism in Tim Burton’s films? Edward’s wardrobe from “Edward Scissorhands” is reminiscent of Cesare’s in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” Unfamiliar with Cesare? You are already behind. Is there not a hint of Stanley Kubrick in Fargo? “The old ‘in and out,’ ‘in and out.’” Have no idea what I’m talking about? Yikes. There is a reason History of Film is a required course for the majority, if not all, of the film programs. While I do not think we have to like every film of note in the past 110 or so years, it is important to understand why we should learn about them. I myself was not a huge fan of “Citizen Kane,” but the storytelling with its use of flashbacks and subjective point of view was controversial for its time. Not only that, I understood that “Rosebud” joke from “Family Guy” a hell of a lot better. I never thought I would say this, but “Family Guy” is just the tip of the iceberg.

How is it going to look when you’re at a job or an internship and your supervi-sor gives you a clip and asks if it reminds you of a Jean-Luc Godard film and you have no idea what that means? Not great. My proudest moment at an internship was when a creative producer asked me who some of my favorite writers were. I told him the usual suspects: Sorkin, The Coen Brothers and Joss Whedon. How-ever, I also mentioned Billy Wilder. He seem intrigued and dug deeper, asking which films of his I liked. I said “Double Indemnity,” but when I also told him “Stalag 17,” I saw his eyes light up in sur-prise. He told me that was one of his top five favorite films. After that I was asked to do a lot more coverage. According to Christopher Booker, there are only seven basic plots; anything else is a variation of those seven. Sorkin said, “Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.” So, what can we do in a busi-ness where this is true? Study the past, find ideas that have been rooted out by directors like Tarantino, and make them our own.

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“I can see where it would be good for people to bring re-fillable water bottles, but

then you would have to always remember to bring it.”

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Chapman University is 3,498 miles from Guayaquil, Ecuador. For Maria Belen Meza, or, as she likes to be called, Mabe, the long distance was not going to get in the way of fur-thering her education. Meza, a sophomore chemistry major, went out for the track team last year, despite major differences between the track and field competition in Ecuador and the United States. “When I came here I realized, track is something huge,” Meza said. “All the girls would say, ‘there were about 100 people on my (high school) track team’ I was like, that’s a lot of people, because back home we only had five.” When Meza joined the team, head coach Anna Wlodarczyk said she antic-ipated a tough transition to Division III athletics. “The first week when she joined us, I noticed she had to learn a lot,” Wlodarczyk said. “The first week for her was kind of stressful.” The sizes of the track and field fa-cilities at Chapman and other SCIAC schools were a big shock for Meza, she said. “Back home, we don’t have all these facilities like you guys have,” Meza said. Coming to Chapman and leaving her parents and sister behind was stressful enough for Meza, who relied on Skype to quell her homesickness. “It was very hard at first because I was very homesick,” Meza said. “But now, with Skype and stuff it works out pretty well.” As a child in Ecuador, Meza partic-ipated in gymnastics for six years and started running track and field at age 12.

Meza began speaking English at an early age, and attended a bilingual high school, allowing her to more easily adjust and get along with all of her teammates. Though a lifelong athlete, sports were a bonus at Chapman for Meza, whose main motivation to go to the United States was to earn a degree. “I saw how the academic system works here and thought, sure I will apply and see if something happens,” Meza said. “And now I’m here.” After a lot of training, weightlifting and learning, Meza is highly regarded by her coach as well as her teammates. “She blossomed so much and she is so respectful. She learned so much, and, yeah, she is one of my top athletes now,” Wlodarczyk said. Meza competes in the long and triple jumps, the 100- and 200-meters and is one of the four legs of the 4x100 meter relay. Meza broke her personal record in the long jump at this year’s sec-ond Southern California Intercolle-giate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) multi-dual meet, where she jumped 4.59 meters, good for sixth place at the meet. Fellow sophomore and school record holder in the 100- and 200-meters Lauren Deats agreed with her coach’s assessment. “Meza is an excellent teammate. She always gives 110 percent every practice and every meet,” Deats said. “She is a genuine and caring individual.” With both school and sports on Me-za’s plate, she said she is excited to take it all on. “I am very happy. It is such a privi-lege to study and practice sports,” Meza said. “It helps me organize my time.”

The Chapman baseball team swept Whittier, knocking the Poets from first place in the Southern California Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference (SCI-AC). But, it wasn’t enough to secure the top seed entering postseason round robin play. Chapman entered the weekend tied with California Lutheran for second place, one game behind Whittier. Chapman’s sweep propelled the team past Whittier in the standings, but Cal Lu also swept La Verne. Cal Lu and Chapman are now tied for first place in SCIAC. Since Cal Lu beat Chapman two-out-of-three times during the regular season, the Kings-men hold the tie-breaker, and earn the top seed going into round robin play. Chapman will have the No. 2 seed. “We had our opportunity to beat Cal Lu,” said head coach Scott Laverty. “We’ve got four games left. They’ve got to win theirs, and we’ve got to win ours. I like our chances in the confer-ence tournament wherever we play.” The Panthers defeated the Poets 9-3 Friday at Whittier. Senior pitcher Tra-vis Osaki got the win, giving up three runs on seven hits in seven innings. Osaki improved to 4-0 on the year. Sophomore pitcher Braden Riddle got the save, striking out four in two score-less innings. “Before the first game at Whittier they [the Poets] were kind of all pretty enthusiastic about what they were do-ing,” said senior pitcher Travis McGee. “They scored the two runs in the first, and they were ecstatic, and then we kind of shut them up the rest of the game.”

Chapman won the first game of the double-header 10-0 in seven innings at home Saturday. The SCIAC mercy rule ends any game led by 10 or more after seven innings.

Senior first baseman Mark Saatzer drove in four of Chapman’s 10 runs. Saatzer and sophomore third baseman Tyler Cook each hit two-run home runs in the game.

Saatzer went 5-for-12 on the series, with two home runs and a triple, giving him a slugging percentage of 1.083 on the series. “[The key was] really swinging for hard contact, not just contact,” Saatzer said. “But a lot of the time it’s mostly just taking advantage of one missed pitch and then lucking out, really, and making really good contact.” McGee got the win in the early game, pitching seven scoreless innings, and giving up three hits while striking out eight. McGee improved to 5-1 on the season. He leads the SCIAC with 66 strikeouts. The Panthers won the second game of the double-header 5-2. Senior pitch-er Taber Watson got the win, giving up two runs on five hits in six and two-thirds innings. Riddle got the save. Chapman will kick off SCIAC round robin play Wednesday at Caltech at 3 p.m. Chapman will then travel on Saturday to Occidental at 3 p.m., before a doubleheader at home Sunday against La Verne and Pomona-Pitzer at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. “The first couple weeks of the sea-son…not everything was clicking …but now we’re finally kind of putting everything together. And now we have to understand that this is the time that matters,” Saatzer said. “One win now is worth 20 of those first early season losses. If we lose one game now, it’s just devastating compared to before.” After round robin play, the top four seeded teams enter into the conference tournament to compete for the SCIAC championship. “We’re kind of hitting our stride right now, which is the perfect time to hit your stride: before playoffs,” McGee said.

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Sophomore infielder Tim Alhanati hits the ball during a doubleheader on Saturday against Whit-tier. Chapman swept the series, putting the team in a tie for first place in SCIAC.

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Sophomore sprinter Maria Belen Meza takes her warm up laps during a Wednesday afternoon practice. Meza competes in the long and triple jumps, the 100- and 200-meters and is a member of the 4x100 meter relay team.

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Len Hamilton | Staff Writer

The Chapman women’s lacrosse team (5-10, 3-7) ended its regular season on a high note, blowing out Southern Califor-nia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foe Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (9-8, 2-8) 13-4. The win cinched the Panthers into fourth place in the SCIAC. They will get a rematch at home with Claremont Saturday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the SCIAC tournament. Prior to Chapman’s victory over Cla-remont, the team fell 17-8 to Redlands (11-3, 8-1). “In the first half, our defense was good. We tried a new play on offense, but in the second half, we were off on our draws and should have been there more,” said sopho-more midfielder Brooke Martini. The Panthers struck first with a goal by freshman midfielder Tessa Oliaro. “Our team had possession for the first eight minutes, which was probably the longest this season,” said junior attack Michelle Mendoza. However, Chapman watched its early lead disappear, falling behind 2-1 before rallying back with four consecutive goals, including two goals by freshman midfield-er Gretchen Rodenberger. Redlands sophomore midfielder Steph-anie Garrett answered quickly, scoring back-to-back goals and cutting the Chap-man lead to one before intermission. The second half was all Redlands, as the Bulldogs outscored the Panthers 12-2, including a 9-0 run. “I think we got caught up. We play best when we slow down, and they adapted to what we were doing and put pressure on the ball,” said senior defender Catherine LaPlant. “We need to be patient and com-municate better, and for our next game we need to work on transitions and have a solid defense.” Redlands outshot Chapman 26-12 in the

game. Senior goalie Kara Podesta finished the night with six saves. Chapman managed to score two goals in the second half, the last of which sopho-more attack Kylee Moore scored with two minutes left in the game. “There were a few turnovers and a few bad calls,” said head coach Brian Eisen-berg. “It was hard to come back against such a good team. If we can control more consistently and do it more often, our team can win.” Chapman ended its three-game losing streak with a resounding Senior Night victory over Claremont. Chapman never trailed, due in large part to its defense, which limited Clare-mont to fewer shots, 10, than Chapman had goals, 13. Moore kicked off the scoring for the night, scoring three of Chapman’s first four goals. Moore finished with four goals, a team high. Chapman held a 4-1 lead heading into halftime, prior to an offensive explosion in the second half, when the Panthers scored nine goals, and held a 10-goal lead before Hilary Slauson scored for Claremont with 16 seconds remaining. LaPlant, Oliaro and Rodenberger each scored twice for Chapman as well. Oliaro added a team-high two assists. Podesta registered six saves against the four goals allowed while playing all 60 minutes in the net. Podesta finished the regular season with 86 saves, good for third in the SCIAC. Martini finished the regular season lead-ing the Panthers in goals, with 32. Moore was second in scoring with 29 goals. Martini and Moore led SCIAC’s fifth best offense (out of six teams), which managed 174 goals, down from a SCIAC leading 301 in 2013.

Additional reporting by Michael Ambrose, Sports Editor.

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A t a recent Los

Angeles Angels game, I was reminded of the most perplex-ing phenomena in professional sports. Nothing con-fuses me more than the obses-sion with the rally monkey. For the lucky

few who don’t know what I’m talking about, the rally monkey is a capuchin monkey that is shown on the video board in the late innings before the An-gels bat, or during any stoppage of the game, pitching changes, mound visits and now breaks for instant replay. The gag originated in 2000, before the bottom of the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants, when the Angels trailed by a run, when the video board operators played a clip from “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” of a mon-key jumping with the words “RALLY MONKEY” superimposed on top of the clip. Eventually, the Angels filmed their own capuchin monkey and played clips of it jumping to the House of Pain song “Jump Around.” The monkey became an unofficial mascot of sorts when the Angels made an improbable run to a World Series championship in 2002. The monkey became so popular among Angels fans that stuffed versions of the monkey are now sold by the team. Now, the Rally Monkey is edited to clips defiling famous movies, such as the shower scene from “Psycho,” where the Monkey’s face is superimposed over the killer’s when Janet Leigh’s character is murdered. The rally monkey is by far the most obnoxious ploy for attention that I have ever seen in my 14 years of attending sporting events. Every time the first few ominous notes of “House of Pain” blasts throughout the stadium, every child under the age 12 let loose ear shattering screams, while the adults, who pay little attention to the rest of game, cheer. All just because they see the video of a monkey. Real fans do not need to be told when it’s time to cheer, or shout. Real fans do not need to be alerted when their team may have an opportunity to score, because they are actually paying atten-tion to the game, not checking which of their Instagrams has the most likes. What truly separates the rally mon-key from your garden variety irritating jumbotron gimmick is the frequency of which it it is played. Lots of teams have some annoying clip they will play at crucial points in a game to increase fan interaction. At Oregon Duck men’s basketball games, a scene from “Mighty Ducks” where Emilio Estevez leads his team in chanting “quack!” is played during alate break in the action. That is tolera-ble purely because it is played so spar-ingly. At the most, the clip is played once a game. The rally monkey is an insult to real fandom. It is a symbol that the Angels organization does not trust its fans enough to be alert and involved when their team is at-bat in a crucial situa-tion. If you are one of those misguided individuals who worships at the alter of the rally monkey, it might be time to rethink your fandom.

Rally monkey a disgrace to real sports fans

Michael AmbroseSports Editor

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Conference Standings

Women’s lacrosse secures SCIAC tournament spotJordana Morfin | Staff Writer

Chapman’s football team’s season does not begin until Sept. 13, when the Pan-thers host Linfield. But that doesn’t stop Chapman – which went 8-1 last season, falling just one game short of a SCIAC (Southern Cal-ifornia Intercollegiate Athletic Confer-ence) championship and a playoff berth – from preparing for its next season now. “We know the potential our team has and what we are capable of, and for that reason no one wants to get cheated out of a successful season,” said junior lineback-er and team captain Greg Johnson. “Our week one game against Linfield really has our team amped up and motivated.” While the season doesn’t begin for an-other five months, practices and prepara-tion for the fall happen year-round. Offseason practices are very limited because of NCAA Division III rules, said Kevin Ashton, strength and fitness and defensive line coach. “We get 15 practice days in the spring over a five-week period,” Ashton said. “We also can’t use pads and a lot of other equipment like sleds. On top of that, all workouts are voluntary. I’m in the weight room with our guys every day, and I also have running times during the week that are available to all athletes.” Although there are a lot of limitations during the actual practices, Johnson, who led Chapman in tackles and was named to the All-SCIAC first team in 2013, knows how important spring prac-tices are. “We still block and hit and all that, but just at a safer tempo. Every guy is invest-ed in the program and works hard for the team,” Johnson said. As the strength and conditioning coach, Ashton knows the importance of the weight room during the offseason. “Getting stronger is obviously a big focus in the offseason. It’s competition, especially in the weight room, it’s getting your body ready for the season that’s ahead,” Ashton said. Because of the Division III limitations, Ashton holds a lot of voluntary workouts for student-athletes, namely football players, to help them get ready for their season. “Everybody still puts in a lot of time. Everyone has to be their own motivator and push themselves. That’s how Division III differs from Division I and II. It’s like a job,” he said. Chapman football is just one of many fall sports that is beginning preparation for the upcoming season. Though the football team concluded its allotted 15 practices before spring break, the men’s soccer team is currently holding spring practices.

While preparing for soccer season, spring practices are about refining skills and winning starting positions. “Spring practice is a great time for players to impress the coach and show that you’ve been touching the ball, getting in shape and working out in the weeks leading into spring practices,” said sophomore midfielder Gino Belassen,

who started in 12 games for the Panthers last season. Belassen said he also stresses the importance of voluntary workouts and self-motivation in the spring. “Coach leaves it up to us to get our stuff done, that way he can tell who’s 100 percent committed to getting better and making the team better,” Belassen said.

Daniel Starkand | Staff Writer

Fall sports prepare for season ahead

Freshman linebacker Devin Ray holds onto the legs of junior quarterback Raymond Huizar while doing wheelbarrows up the stairs at Ernie Chapman Stadium.

JON HOLMQUIST Staff Photographer

Freshman midfielder Gretchen Rodenberger carries the ball against Redlands during Wednesday night’s 17-8 loss. The loss to the the Bulldogs was Chapman’s third in a row.

RACHEL FECHSER Assistant Photo Editor

Baseball: SCIAC ALL 1. California Lutheran 18-6 27-82. Chapman 18-6 25-103. Whittier 16-8 20-154. Occidental 12-12 16-195. Redlands 12-12 13-21

Softball: SCIAC ALL 1. Redlands 23-5 27-112. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 18-8 23-123. Chapman 15-9 22-144. Whittier 16-12 26-145. California Lutheran 13-13 19-17

Men’s Tennis: SCIAC ALL 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7-0 22-12. Pomona-Pitzer 6-1 14-63. California Lutheran 5-2 7-94. Redlands 4-3 10-116. Chapman 2-5 7-12

Women’s Lacrosse: SCIAC ALL 1. Pomona-Pitzer 8-2 15-32. Occidental 8-2 11-43. Redlands 8-2 11-44. Chapman 3-7 5-105. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2-8 9-8

Women’s Tennis: SCIAC ALL 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8-0 16-72. Pomona-Pitzer 7-1 14-53. La Verne 6-2 14-44. Redlands 5-3 11-95. Chapman 4-4 11-7

Women’s Water Polo: SCIAC ALL 1. Pomona-Pitzer 7-1 20-132. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7-1 15-133. Whittier 6-2 20-154. California Lutheran 5-3 9-197. Chapman 2-6 9-22

The men’s lacrosse team claimed the Southern Lacrosse Conference’s north-ern division regular season champi-onship Saturday afternoon with a 12-5 victory over divisional opponent UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). Coming into the last game of the season, both teams were tied atop the SLC North, each sporting an undefeat-ed record of 5-0 in conference play. “We wore them down. We really grinded for this win, and they eventu-ally broke down,” said senior defender and captain Zach Nichelman. The Panthers were able to capitalize with sharp offense and stout defense. “We were running our sets really well, and running well in transition,” said senior goalie, and captain, War-ren Nielsen. “Obviously, five goals is a great defensive effort, so I think we are playing really well as a team.” The win Saturday clinched the divi-sion and a bye for the Panthers in the first round of the SLC tournament. “We really get to rest our bodies a little bit and recollect ourselves,” Nichelman said. “It gives us an oppor-tunity to watch film and get smart in the film room.” The history of dominance against the Gauchos continued for the Pan-thers, as the win marked the eighth time in the last nine meetings that the Panthers have come out on top. “We had a lot of energy, excitement and positivity,” Nichelman said. “Santa Barbara is a really big rival that we always face at the end of the year.”

Chapman entered the game on an 11-game win streak. “Part of the run was figuring our-selves out a little bit. We had a lot of key players with not a lot of experi-ence,” said head coach Dallas Hartley. “It’s a credit to the players for sticking with us as coaches and our game plan, and playing together. They have been doing an outstanding job of playing unselfishly.” Chapman won’t play again until May, but while many teams relax and wind down during bye weeks, the Panthers have plans to stay sharp and keep their competitive edge. “It (the bye week) really re-energiz-es us,” Nielsen said. “It allows us to maintain that speed and momentum going in the right direction.” Chapman will play its next game Saturday May 3, against the winner of Grand Canyon and University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) in the SLC semifinal game. If Chapman wins the semifinal, they will play in the championship game May 4 at 1:30 p.m. All SLC tourna-ment games will be held at La Costa Canyon High School, in Carlsbad, Calif. The winner of the SLC tournament will be guaranteed a spot in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association tour-nament. UC Irvine hosts the first two rounds of play May 12 and 13, and Chapman will host the semifinal and champion-ship rounds May 15 and 17. “We want to take care of some busi-ness in the SLC tournament,” Hartley said. “It’s not going to be easy.”

Men’s lacrosse locks into semifinal berthLen Hamilton | Staff Writer

Sports SpotlightCarbajal, a senior outfielder, is first in the South-ern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in stolen basses, fifth in batting average, .414, sixth in on-base percentage, .497.

1) What made you begin playing baseball?Growing up, my dad really emphasized sports. I played football, basketball and baseball. Even throughout high school I still played football and baseball. Baseball kind of grew on to me more than all the other sports. I just happen to really like it and enjoy it the most.

2) What is your favorite sports movie of all time?“The Rookie” and “Million Dollar Baby.” Those are probably the two that come to mind.

3) If you had to pick another sport to play collegiately or professionally, what would it be?Probably football, honestly I think if I was a little bit bigger, I think I probably would have stuck with football. That didn’t happen though, and I can’t complain. I am here now with baseball and I’m enjoying every part and minute of it.

4) What do you think is the biggest life lesson you have learned from playing baseball?Two kind of pop into mind, first being that people say life’s not fair. If it applies to anything, I say to baseball. You can hit the hardest ball of your life and still get out. You work so hard and you don’t get what you work for, so I think that’s the biggest one.

5) What has been the best memory or biggest success of your baseball career?I would say in high school the biggest one was hitting my first career homerun, which was also a grand slam. Also, my first collegiate homerun was a grand slam as well, so I think those are probably the two biggest ones.

Name: Andrew CarbajalYear: SeniorSport: Baseball

Compiled by Michael York

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Freshman defender Emily Fong attempts a pass during Chapman’s 10-4 loss to Whittier. Fong scored one goal in the regular season finale.

JON HOLMQUIST Staff Photographer

Chapman’s women’s water polo team closed out the regular season on a six-game losing streak, falling on the road earlier this week to Pomo-na-Pitzer 14-7, before hosting Whit-tier in the regular season finale and losing 10-4. The six-game slide dropped Chap-man (9-22, 2-6) to seventh place in the SCIAC (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) standings heading into the conference tournament. “We’ve been contending with all of the top teams in the league. We lost to Claremont in double overtime and stayed close with Whittier and Pomona in the first halves. Now that we’ve seen them play, I definitely

think we can do well in the SCIAC tournament,” said freshman defender Emily Fong. The nine-win season is Chapman’s worst since 2010, when the team won seven games. Chapman scored 238 goals in 31 games, which is also the lowest mark since 2010. In their first game of the week, the Panthers traveled to take on Pomo-na-Pitzer (19-13, 6-1) Wednesday. Chapman and Pomona played to a 3-3 tie in the first quarter, before getting outscored in each of the next three quarters. “We need to improve on just keeping up our energy and intensity throughout the whole game,” Fong said. “We have good halves, but there’s always one quarter that we lose it and fall behind.”

Fong scored two goals in the defeat, while sophomore driver Miranda Estrella also added two goals. Chapman hosted Whittier (20-15, 6-2) on Senior Day Saturday. Chap-man’s lone senior, driver Allison Harf was honored before her final career home game. “It always feels great to play in this pool. It also felt sad, because I real-ized it would be the last time I would play in the Chapman pool,” Harf said. Harf scored a goal in her final regular season game, although Harf ’s effort was not enough, as Chapman’s offense struggled in the 10-4 defeat. Junior utility Riley Ford, who leads the team in goals with 39, added to her total by scoring a goal in the sec-ond quarter. “We played as a team today. We

struggled to score, but worked well, keeping a positive attitude through-out the game,” Ford said. Chapman will be the seventh seed out of nine teams in the SCIAC tour-nament, and will play second-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Friday at 2:30 p.m. If Chapman beats Clare-mont, it will play the winner of Whit-tier and Occidental in the semifinal Saturday at 4 p.m. If Chapman loses their first round match-up, they will play the loser of La Verne and Caltech in a consolation play-in game Satur-day at 1 p.m. “Playing a solid four quarters is something we have struggled with,” Ford said. “We have moments of greatness, but we need to be able to keep that going strong for a full game to win in the tournament.”

Chapman 9 Whittier 3Chapman 10 Whittier 0Chapman 5 Whittier 2

Men’s Golf Women’s Water Polo

Baseball

4/27-29 SCIAC Championships@ Oak Valley

SCIAC Tournament first round: 4/25 @ CMS 2:30 p.m.

SCIAC round robin play:4/23 @ Caltech 3 p.m.4/26 @ Occidental 3 p.m.4/27 vs La Verne 11 a.m.4/27 vs Pomona-Pitzer 3 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer 14 Chapman 7Whittier 10 Chapman 4

Men’s LacrosseSLC Semifinal @ La Costa Canyon High School2/3 vs TBD 8 p.m.

Women’s LacrosseSCIAC Tournament first round:4/23 vs CMS 7 p.m.

Daniel Starkand | Staff Writer

Water polo enters SCIAC playoffs on six-loss skid

Men’s LacrosseChapman 12 UC Santa Barbara 5

Men’s TennisChapman 7 Caltech 2

Women’s LacrosseRedlands 17 Chapman 8Chapman 6 CMS 4

SCOREBOARD UPCOMING GAMES

Softball4/22 vs La Verne 3 p.m.4/22 vs La Verne 5 p.m.4/26 @ California Lutheran noon4/26 @ California Lutheran 2 p.m.