There’s a lot to look forward to when heading off to college: the newfound sense of independence that comes with no longer living with your family; the ability to pursue the things you truly are interested in and not just being forced to take math classes because your high school told you to; the chance to explore new places, go on new adventures and try new things; and the opportunity to meet tons of people and make friends that you’ll cherish forever. But with freedom comes responsibility. Luckily, there’s a way to enjoy quality homestyle meals while you’re in college. Here are a few things I learned my first year of college, so you don’t have to learn the hard way. Keep reading for my four tips on how to eat well, save money, live in a small space and have a good time in the process.
Senior Jordyn Romero is used to being the only female surfer in the water. The documentary major and marketing manager of Chapman’s surf club said she has been “desperate for some girl shredders” in Orange County to paddle out with.
At a women’s-only Malibu surf event last summer, she surfed with about 20 experienced female surfers, she said. But as Romero and her group passed one of the only two male surfers in the water, one of the men asked Romero if the women were there for surfing lessons, or if they were part of a church group. “It was the very first time that he felt what it was like to be a girl in the lineup,” Romero said.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme Court justice, was officially confirmed, 50-48, to the Supreme Court on Saturday Oct. 7 after facing sexual assault allegations brought against him by Christine Blasey Ford who claims he sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the early 1980s. Two other women have made allegations against Kavanaugh, claiming that he exposed himself to women and participated in sexually aggressive behavior while attending Yale University. Kavanaugh has denied all allegations brought against him.
After learning that Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, Claire Norman, junior political science and peace studies double major, said she was heartbroken, and joked that she almost accidentally crashed her car when she heard the news.
Chapman named one of top 3 U.S. schools for Jewish students
Chapman was voted one of the top three safest college campuses for Jewish students in the U.S., despite Orange County having many neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan and Holocaust denier “strongholds.”
Southern California has long been a central location for hate group activity. Of the 78 hate groups in California, 38 of them are located in Southern California, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Despite being located in one of the nation’s epicenters of white supremacist organizations, Chapman was named one of the safest college campuses for Jewish students in the U.S. in an article published Aug. 17 by Forward College Guide.
‘Being homeless is not a crime’: Chapman students lead rally to support Orange County homeless population
Students lead rally to support county homeless population
About 30 students, faculty and Orange residents attended a rally in the Attallah Piazza to support the rights of homeless people and advocate for permanent supportive housing in Orange County.
The Oct. 24 rally made its way to the Orange City Council chambers, with ralliers holding signs that read, “Being homeless is not a crime,” “Where can they go?” and “No unjust eviction,” while chanting, “When homeless rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back.” “It was absolutely important to hold this rally and mobilize Chapman students to become engaged in homeless rights activism,” said senior political science major Brad West, who organized the rally. “It was for Chapman students to give a voice to the people in the riverbed.”
‘Landlocked’: freshman class larger than university expected
This semester, about 1,600 freshmen were expected to enroll at Chapman. However, about 120 more students arrived at the beginning of Orientation Week, exceeding the university’s target enrollment goal for freshmen by more than 7 percent.
“When you get surprised like this, it’s like having parties where you ask everyone to RSVP and suddenly, everyone’s bringing their friends,” said Jim Whitaker, the associate vice president of enrollment management and chief financial aid officer. “It’s a shock to the system.” Enrollment is intended to increase by about 2 percent each year, or by about 28 students, Whitaker said. The size of last year’s freshman class was 1,546, Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Mike Pelly wrote in an email, which means that the incoming class has increased in size by about 11 percent.
Agent Ink's your one-stop shop for rock-art posters, records — and onesies
Curt Barnickel started collecting Shepard Fairey screen-print posters about 10 years ago. Fairey is best know for his "Obey" images and Obama "Hope" posters.
Since then, he has expanded his collection from screen printing to concert posters, records and apparel printing and stickers—enough to fill up a gallery, Agent Ink, on Fifth Street in Santa Rosa.
After owning and operating a marketing company in downtown Santa Rosa for four years, Barnickel decided that the end of his building's lease was a sign to finally pursue his dream of running a screen-print gallery.
"It's really been a passion of mine to open up a gallery that's a little bit different than what most people are used to," Barnickel says. "I feature screen prints, so that's a little different from what Santa Rosa is used to. I think of myself as more of a Haight-Ashbury slash Berkeley type of gallery than a fine-art gallery."
Steve Maass doubles down on local ownership at Oliver's
Whole Foods Market may soon be owned by independent-retailer-gobbling behemoth Amazon, but Oliver's Market is going in the opposite direction. Oliver's, Sonoma County's largest independent grocer, sold 43 percent of the company to its employees through an employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP), granting a majority of its 1,000-plus employees to collectively purchase this portion of the company.
Founder and president Steve Maass says he wanted to continue the legacy of the market and keep the stores independent.
"It's a way of keeping a local business local," Maass says. "It has created a lot of excitement with the employees and with the community."
On Sunday, Oct. 18 from 1 to 7 p.m., Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation will entertain its first Striking Out Childhood Cancer event at AMF Boulevard Lanes in honor and memory of C.J. Banaszek, an 8-year-old Petaluma boy who died of cancer in 2014.
Striking Out Childhood Cancer is a fundraiser to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization that has raised more than $100 million for child cancer research and funded more than 500 research projects in more than 102 leading pediatric cancer hospitals throughout the United States — including the funding of several of the doctors who were a part of C.J.’s treatment at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
The Striking Out Cancer event features a bowling tournament, followed by a dinner paired with a silent and live auction. Heather Banaszek, mother of C.J. and community outreach specialist for ALSF, has been playing an important role in the creation of Striking Out Childhood Cancer.
“My husband Cas came up with the idea as a way for us to deal with C.J.’s birthday after talking to a friend who also lost his son,” said Banaszek. “This will be an annual event and a way to remember and celebrate C.J. We decided on bowling, first because C.J. loved to bowl, but also because it is a much more social and inclusive way to gather people together.”
From the small town of Petaluma to the large city of Los Angeles, Petaluma High School senior Emily Rossi — under the stage name “Em Rossi” — is making her way onto the stage of stardom after growing up with a heavily-influenced childhood of music.
At 17 years of age, Rossi has been working for the past year on her debut album with a producer and team in L.A., launched her new website and released her new single, “Madness,” from her debut album. Her music has also landed her a gig at The Sessions at Willow Grove on July 29 in Virginia. This event will be taped for Comcast Xfinity On Demand, and Rossi will be the opening act for The Tenors. Along with all of this, Rossi is planning a California concert tour. “My interest in music came from constantly being around it,” said Rossi. “My dad played guitar, sang and wrote songs. Music was always being played in the background. I naturally started singing. I would learn songs played on the radio and at family parties or sing melodies off the top of my head. I would never stop.”
Anatomically, the corpus callosum is the band of fibers connecting the left and right sides of the brain. Musically (and locally), Corpus Callosum is a band with all members sharing close ties to the Petaluma Health Center.
Five years ago, Dr. Fasih Hameed and Dr. John Pendleton of the Petaluma Health Center wrote and performed a couple parody songs for events at the PHC as a way to “spice up the events a little bit.” From this, a band was formed and is now comprised of Hameed, Pendleton, a midwife from PHC and Petaluma Valley Hospital, a family therapist, a spouse of a physician’s assistant and one college friend.
“We have this pretty incredible Halloween performance every year, and we always write a silly song for the skit,” said Hameed. “We also put together some sort of performance for the annual winter party. Then there was a fundraiser at Lagunitas Brewing Company. Then a float at the Butter and Eggs Day Parade. Then another fundraiser. As the gigs got more public, we had to bring on more and more folks to keep it professional.”
Petaluma has served as the backdrop for numerous major motion pictures in the film industry, with its rolling green hills and provincial charm that is the quintessential small-town America — and that film location tradition continues.
Petaluma native Ali Afshar has brought himself, his film crew and his team of actors to Sonoma County this month to film his new production, “The Wizard.”
Afshar grew up on a 200-acre ranch on Adobe Road and attended Old Adobe Elementary School, Kenilworth Junior High School and graduated from Casa Grande High School. He then went on to attend Santa Rosa Junior College for about a year, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry.
When Petaluma Salvation Army co-captains Michael and Rachel Johnson came to Petaluma, they noticed that many of the elementary schools in town were not offering music classes.
With the help of volunteers Bob and Raghel Santiago and their three sons Kyle, Kenneth and Kristofer, the Johnsons decided to do something about it by starting their own music program.
The Salvation Army of Petaluma, located at 721 S. McDowell Blvd., offers a weekly free music program and dinner to youth ages 4 to 18 years old who wouldn’t otherwise be able to take music lessons.