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Chapman Students Win Proposal to Develop Nearly 7 Acres of Anaheim Land

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Real estate master’s candidates from Chapman University beat their UC Irvine colleagues in Orange County’s first real estate challenge April 28 to develop nearly seven acres of land in North Anaheim. The competition was sponsored by the Taormina family, who owns part of the land being developed. The rules by the Taormina family were…


USC Officials ‘Unaware’ of Approvals Related to Film Shoot That Killed Chapman Student in Crash

Following the death of a Chapman University cinematography student, who was killed April 15 in a dune buggy accident in the Imperial County desert during a University of Southern California (USC) student film project, officials said the students did not follow safety protocols. Peng Wang, a third-year graduate student, was partially ejected from a 2022…


Chapman Forecast: More Growth in 2022—Recession in 2023?

Commentary Despite problems with the supply chain and inflation, the recovery from the brief COVID-19 recession of 2020 should continue. That’s according to the recent forecast given by Jim Doti, Chapman president emeritus and economics professor, at the Musco Center for the Arts on the school’s Orange campus. Doti first joked about being kind of…


Chapman University Attacker Arrested, Charged After His Parents Notify Police

ORANGE, Calif.—A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting an 18-year-old female student on Chapman University’s campus after the man’s parents recognized their son on the news and turned him into the police. Dalante Jerome Bell, of Anaheim, is accused of wearing a skeleton mask and attacking the female student outside of…


Total Personal Income in California Expected to Exceed $3 Trillion

Commentary Economists at Chapman University expect total personal income in California to exceed $3 trillion in 2021, a 7.1 percent boost from 2020. The $3.013 trillion figure predicted by the economists, if realized, will be 20 percent higher than the $2.514 trillion total personal income Californians earned just three years ago, in 2018. To put…


Chapman Professor Retires Following Capitol Controversy

ORANGE (CNS)—A Chapman University law professor who has drawn criticism for assisting President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the presidential election result and speaking at a rally for Trump before last week’s insurrection at the Capitol agreed today to a settlement with the university to retire. John Eastman did not immediately respond to the news…