Interested in submitting in an op-ed or guest column with us?
Op-eds or guest columns must be no longer than 600 words and sent in a Google document or Word document to the Opinions Editor, Sarrah Wilkes, at pantheropinions@chapman.edu.
Columns must have a clear point of view with strong arguments backed by facts and evidence. Not every submission is guaranteed to be published, and submissions are subject to editing for clarity, grammar and style.
Opinion | Why I chose working over furthering my education
To work or to further my education? A tale as old as time for graduating seniors. When determining your next steps, don’t focus on the immediate future.
Opinion | What I learned from my first Trump rally
I attended my first Trump Rally on July 25. Well, let me clarify. I was boating on a lake in Dallas, Texas, when all of a sudden, I looked up and saw a cavalcade of red, white and blue speeding across the water in every which way.
Opinion | To whoever needs to hear this: Get off your phone
Pulling out your camera to snap some pictures is fair game. But don’t ruin it for yourself by having your phone out for 80 percent of the night, favoring a low-quality video that you can instead easily find on YouTube in a 30-second search.
Opinion | The underrated beauty of the aisle seat
There’s one question regarding airplane transportation that doesn’t get as much attention as it should: What seat should you book on your flight?
The answer will always be the aisle seat.
Opinion | The problem with complaining culture
The threat of midterms and major project deadlines are beginning to loom over Chapman’s 78 acre-wide campus. Everyone is slowly starting to panic and we all know that anxiety’s favorite hobby is complaining.
Opinion | Making the first move: a cost-benefit analysis of a recent rejectee
Vulnerability does not equate weakness. What it does equate to is sensibility, trust and the courage to be able to put yourself out there knowing fair well you can be 100 percent, flat-out, utterly rejected.
Opinion | What it’s like to be ‘white (including Middle Eastern origin)’
I am proud of my culture and of my heritage. I will not let my people’s representation die out because the U.S. Census Bureau refuses to make “Middle Eastern” a category in 2020.