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. Profanity is not allowed. Not every submission is guaranteed to be published, and submissions are subject to editing and suggestions for clarity, grammar and style.
Opinion | The Texas freeze: finding connection in the cold
I’ve felt helpless through much of the pandemic, but this was different. I was literally stranded by ice.
Opinion | Get used to the new normal
We can’t force society to go back to “normal,” because right now, this is our normal. We just have to live in it.
Opinion | Moving cross-country to live in the dorms during a pandemic
When I was a freshman, people invited me over before asking if I had taken my weekly COVID-19 test. What a time to be alive.
Editorial | ‘No Politics Day’ serves as tool for growth
The “No Politics Day” campaign was not a good idea. But not all bad ideas are bred from bad intentions.
Opinion | Valentine’s Day from six feet away
Meeting my perfect, tall, handsome-and-mysterious (and vaccinated) future boyfriend will have to happen another time.
Opinion | How small businesses like CocoRose Boutique are thwarted by COVID-19
During the pandemic, I have seen my boss, along with other small business owners, struggle and debate selling their property and passion.
Opinion | My experience getting the COVID-19 vaccine
What’s important is that everyone does their part during this pandemic. If there is a means for you to get vaccinated, please do.
Opinion | Black, Arab or Black Arab is irrelevant when it comes to student trauma
To stand in support of Black lives means we don’t get to decide what language is going to make them feel supported.
Editorial | The only fraud is John Eastman
We never want to see a figure like John Eastman step foot on our campuses again: a joint statement from Chapman University, University of Colorado Boulder.
Opinion | Wait, I’m graduating?
It feels like I am losing a piece of my life that has inadvertently defined me for years. I’ve always been just a “student.”
Opinion | An open letter to the Civic Engagement Initiatives team
“No Politics Day” feels like an attempt to offer space and encouragement to those privileged enough to ignore the political problems around them.
Opinion | I don’t like the 20-year-old me
A little under a year ago, I wrote an opinion about how I was no longer scared of adulthood. I really believed it. I was ready. Or so I thought.
Opinion | Stop harassing queer youth
Jojo Siwa, a Nickelodeon star, experienced harassment when police were called to her house after she came out publicly.
Opinion | Response to ‘new testing strategy has a fatal flaw’
A resident who has fallen off the daily screening and needs to ride the shuttle to get tested can complete their daily screening and attest to it on a paper form.
Opinion | Eastman’s impact on the value of a Chapman degree
Our university is automatically tied to John Eastman’s Jan. 6 speech that helped incite a riot. How does this affect my degree’s worth?
Opinion | Chapman’s new testing strategy has a fatal flaw
Remember when I said taking the shuttle is easy? It’s a little harder when Chapman stops sending you the ticket to get on.
Opinion | Interterm felt different this year
With the rise of cases in Orange County forcing Chapman students to continue remote learning, the beauty of interterm was sacrificed for safety.
Editorial | 2020 Rewind
As 2020 is packaged with leftover gift wrap and a misshapen bow, let’s roll the tape on 2020 and take a look back.
Opinion | Take your safety into your own hands
It’s up to individuals to be smart and sit out an activity they know won’t be safe – even if the government tells them everything is fine.
Opinion | Make men masculine again
Real change will come when we stop berating and encourage men to healthily express themselves.