Daily Forty-Niner; October 3, 2022

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Fine Arts students protest at Founders Day event

Many advocated for healthier classroom conditions during celebration of the university’s 73rd anniversary.

By Kadie Gurley and Vincent Medina Opinions and News Assistants

Long Beach State Fine Arts students protested in front of the Go Beach sign on Wednesday during Founders Day celebration to bring awareness to the ongoing health and safety concerns in the Fine Arts buildings.

The Fine Arts buildings were built in the 1950s but were never updated to include air conditioning. Students have advocated for reno vations to the Fine Arts buildings for weeks and staged their first walk out earlier this month.

The Fine Arts students’ second protest aimed to get President Jane Close Conoley’s attention during the Founder’s Day event, but she did not attend.

Conoley has only addressed the outdated buildings during the CSU board of trustees meet ing on Sept. 26.

Luis Ortiz, a second-year communications major and walk out organizer, said they will con tinue advocating for better working conditions.

“We have been fighting for the past couple of months for giving ACs to art students in those 1950s buildings that have been ignored by the president, the university, and by the CSU,” Or tiz said. “Just because the heat waves are gone doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have ACs in the class

room; doesn’t mean we should ignore the issue.”

During the first walk out, the College of the Arts dean Anne D’Zmura said she would send a document to students so they could specify their concerns.

Fine Arts major and walk out organizer Kris ten Huizar said the document was never sent out.

“Clearly right here, they are ignoring us,” Huizar said. “We have asbestos, lead pipes, fall ing tiles and nothing but Mickey Mouse fixes.”

Kae Hernandez, a ceramics major, said they often felt ill from the lack of air conditioning in their work environment.

“I’ve had to have my partner walk me back to my car multiple times because I have chronic ill nesses,” Hernandez said. “I have four hydros on me every single day.”

The Founders celebration ended 30 minutes earlier than originally scheduled. CSULB officials physically turned their backs towards the student protesters and refused to engage or acknowledge them on social media.

“It’s going to get hotter and hotter each year, especially in southern California and Long Beach,” Ortiz said. “We want to fight for better air ventilation so students don’t breathe in the toxic chemicals, and we want to fight for a better working environment for our teachers and pro fessors.”

Fine Arts students said that walkouts and protests will continue throughout the semester until their demands are met.

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Devinity Saunders dances for a 360 view camera at the Daybreak Night Market on Sat urday in Long Beach.

People brought signs to express their feelings about their learning conditions.

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Peterson Hall 1 is the next building that is planned to be completely rebuilt, it is

How prepared is Long Beach State for future heat waves?

By Xochilt Andrade and Mikayla Schwartz Contributors

With outdated infrastructure and ener gy-use concerns on the rise, the university is acknowledging a need for building ren ovations to meet student demands of air conditioning.

Long Beach is expected to maintain in the 90s this week according to the National Weather Service.

Students protested outside the Fine Arts building for better—cooler—condi tions on Wednesday, Sept. 7 when tem peratures peaked above 105 degrees. A sec ond protest is scheduled at noon on Sept. 28 located at the “GO BEACH” sign accord ing to an Instagram post published by the La F.U.E.R.Z.A Student Association.

Most buildings on campus were built during the 1950s and 1960s and are not-withstanding of present-day extreme heat as students are left sweltering in their classes.

Beach Building Services dispatched all available AC units to affected classrooms as soon they were aware of the oncoming heat wave but due to the design of the spac es and the intensity of the heat wave, little difference was made.

“Some of the rooms are open ventila tion by design due to the type of instruc tion,” said vice president of Beach Building Services Mark Zakhour.

And it’s clear that open ventilation is not enough.

According to Conoley, Peterson Hall 1, one of the oldest buildings on campus, is next to be razed and rebuilt as it cannot be saved.

Conoley said the cost to renovate PH1 is estimated at $171 million, referring to the 2022-2023 CSU Capital Outlay Plan.

“It would be such a waste of money at one level to air condition them as they are,” Conoley said referring to the outdat ed buildings. “They really need to be com pletely renovated.”

In the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year, the state allocated one-time funding of $325 million for “deferred maintenance and energy effi ciency” throughout the 23 CSU campuses to support needed rebuilding and “utility

infrastructure systems” according to Cali fornia State University.

The CSULB campus alone would need around $300 million in funding for ren ovations, which includes money for new roofs and air conditioning upgrades, Cono ley said in an interview.

Conoley said she and Beach Building Services would consider opening up cer tain campus buildings as public cooling stations.

“Right now, everybody’s attention is on air conditioning, but of course, air con ditioning is kind of a disaster for energy,” Conoley said. “It’s a shame.”

According to the campus website, the campus does use sustainable energy via solar panels located in general parking lots G6, G7, G8 and employee lot E8 on cam pus. They provide “4.75 megawatts and supply one-third of the campus energy de mands.”

The university strives to move towards a sustainable future with its Beach 2030 Initiative and owns a battery array to store energy generated from the parking lot solar panels to use during peak energy use hours. As electricity prices fluctuate throughout the day, the more energy utilized, the high er the cost. The battery helps to dampen or suppress this rate.

However, heat waves are progressively growing in intensity faster than the cam pus can keep up.

“I think we’re beyond peak,” Conoley said.

According to Conoley, the campus is applying for future funding to continue moving forward with sustainable build ing projects discussed by the President’s Commission on Sustainability to create a zero-waste campus.

“We don’t feel like we’re out of the woods yet, but we try to learn from it,” Conoley said.

Armenia, Azerbaijan war pushes international political tension

By Porter Aydelotte and Isabel Silagy Staff Writer and Podcast Editor

Inthis most recent flare up, Azerbaijan is specifically targeting Armenian border towns.

The conflict stems over the Na gorno-Karabakh region, which has been contest ed between the two states for most of its exis tence. The region itself is located in Azerbaijan, but is predominantly occupied by ethnic Arme nians. Due to this, the region is a major source of tension between the two countries.

In the past, Russia has often served as the mediator between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Since Russia is engrossed in a war of its own with Ukraine, the U.S. has stepped into the role of mediator between Armenian and Azerbaijan. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congres sional delegation on Sept. 17 to visit Armenia, condemning Azerbaijan's illegal attack. The U.S. State Department also mediated recent talks be tween both Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Historically, Russia has supported Armenia, while Turkey has supported Azerbaijan. Howev er, Russia’s absence from acting as mediator for the two countries could have major political ram ifications, both in terms of whether or not Russia will continue to hold influence over the region, and how the U.S.’ support for Armenia will affect its relationship with Turkey.

While Russia has helped broker ceasefires be tween Armenia and Azerbaijan in the past, it has been notably absent from the most recent con flict due to its preoccupation with Ukraine.

Other countries do not condone Azerbaijan's aggressive behavior. India has signaled its loyal ty to Armenia, sending the latter country heavy weaponry and ammunition. Iran, who shares a border with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, has condemned the war and stressed that established borders in the region must “remain unchanged,” according to Modern Diplomacy.

Catalina Film Festival wows in downtown Long Beach

Red carpets, panels, movie screenings, and after parties rocked the Scottish Rite Cultural Center during the Catalina Film Festival.

By Natalie Salajczyk Staff Writer

The Catalina Film Festival kicked off on Sept. 21 at the Scottish Rite Cultural Center in downtown Long Beach. The setting was eerie, with busts of colonial era women and portraits of prominent Freemasons lining the halls. The Pres idential Room where many screenings took place was full of pictures of every U.S. president who was a Freemason, from George Washington to Woodrow Wilson.

Featured guests on the red carpet were Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Joseph Baena, who was there to pro mote his new movie “Bully High” along with his castmates. The story revolves around a teenager from Pakistan who is bullied for wearing a hijab.

“She overcomes her enemies with the power of love,” actress Aneesha Madhok said. “This film is really close to my heart. I’m wearing a dress with an inscription in Farsi to honor the message of my film.”

Next on the night’s agenda was “A Malibu Horror Story.” It delivered jump scares, beautiful scenery shots, and the “frat bro” horror movie of your dreams. An adventure into the Malibu Hills ends in disaster as Native spir its reveal themselves to one the boys. A camera crew retracing the missing boy’s steps also gets an intervention from the spirit world. It’s definitely not a movie for the faint of heart.

Filmmaker Tom Goodall was at the festival to support the release of his film “Over Power.”

“This isn’t the film to watch if you have a fear of flying. In fact it may make you never want to fly in a plane again,” he joked. “The entire movie was shot inside the cockpit of a very small plane.”

He also shared, “We filmmakers at tend a lot of festivals and the truth is they can be very hit and miss. Catali na was a definite hit. The standard of films, the quality of panels, and the at tention towards creating a meaningful event was beyond my expectations.”

Jason Perryman’s documentary en try into the festival featured not Holly wood actors but great white sharks. His film followed some brave conservation activists who free-dive with sharks and even touch their noses and coax great whites into opening their mouths and showing off their teeth.

“I have been obsessed with great white sharks since I was a little kid, and always wanted to capture them on film. I finally delivered on that promise and I’m excited for people to see my work,” Perryman said.

An emotional heart-wrenching fa vorite of the festival was a documen tary style film called “Reckoning With the Primal Wound.” It was about the producer Rebecca Autumn Sansom’s experience as an adopted child as well as the experiences of other adoptees and their birth and adopted parents. “I want this film to resonate with every body, not only adoptees,” she said.

The festival continued on Catalina Island after two days of fun and panels in Long Beach. Awards are given out on the final night and will be announced on the festival’s website.

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The cast of Bully High poses on the red carpet.

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The makers of The Primal Wound answer questions about their documentary about adoption trauma.

Night market offers taste of community

The Daybreak Night Market showcased food, music, scenery and Long Beach State alumni in the parking lot adjacent to the Berth 55 restaurant on Sept. 17th.

A food menu is showcased for a filipino food booth during the Daybreak Night Market on Saturday.

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Sarah Chow watches as a customer looks at her food products during the Daybreak Night Market on Saturday.

Tonya Le cuts sushi for an order on Saturday during the Daybreak Night Market.

Visitors roam the parking lot of Berth 55 during the Daybreak Night Market.

Are theme parks worth

By Noah Garcia Staff Writer

Between the chaos of work, school and all the other responsibilities that the world demands, it can be hard to find the time to relax and rejuvenate.

When one is able to find that time for themselves though, they have the option to run over to one of the several theme parks in and around LA County.

At times, the cost of such an ex perience can really undermine and put down any joy that the trip was supposed to originally provide. So the real question is, are theme parks worth the cost?

Factors like the amount of money spent on gas, food and drink, and souvenirs vary by place and are dependent on the individual.

The ticket prices for parks throughout the county vary. Knott’s Berry Farm tickets start at $69, and Six Flags Magic Mountain day pass es start at $60. A one day ticket to Universal Studios is $105, and Disn eyland/ Disney California Adventure tickets for a one day and one park visit are as low as $104.

All of these places are affected by several other factors as well. The day of the week, seasonal passes, and special events could all affect the speed and number of attractions one could visit.

There are also different types of special tickets that may be sold. These tickets can be related to hol idays or special events. An example of this would be the different prices and access levels between tickets for Knott’s Berry Farm and their Octo

ber event, Knott’s Scary Farm. Most theme parks also have their own add-on prices for passes that allow guests to cut the wait time for attractions, or allow them access to special events.

Tickets for these parks have got ten more expensive over the years. In an article published by the Wall Street Journal, it was reported how Disneyland’s profits have increased as the park began regulating the amount of guests they had visiting.

“The company is focused less on maximizing the quantity of visitors and more on increasing how much money each visitor spends,” said WSJ writers Robbie Whelan and Jacob Passy.

With the rise of ticket prices alongside the park commodities, it can be harder to justify the purchase when you’re on a budget. When you contemplate the purchase of a $5 water bottle, one begins to wonder, is the experience worth the cost?

We all place a different amount of value on our experiences. If walking down Disney’s Main Street while listening to music, taking in the sights of the park, and eating an $8 churro is worth the ticket price to you, then it’s worth it.

The moments that we make in the parks are memories that we’ll cherish forever. These memories and experiences can be even great er when we spend them with our friends, partners, or family members as well.

While the money spent may hurt your wallet, you have to figure out whether the memories made will overcome that loss. To me, as long as I have a couple good friends and a comfortable pair of shoes, it’ll be worth it getting to make those memories.

NOAH GARCIA | Daily Forty-Niner

Mickey Mouse and some musicians marching in a parade on Disneyland Mainstreet.

Beach volleyball players receive All Jr. American awards

By Marlon Villa Staff Writer

Three Long Beach State women’s volleyball freshman won the American Volleyball Coaches Association All Jr. American award.

Taylor Hagenah, Malia Gementra and Kate Stoughton were the recipients for the award. An AVCA All-American award means athletes are currently the top players nationwide. Competing in the 2022 U19 Beach World Champi onship, winning gold medals and be ing named player of the year are a few of the reasons why they earned these awards.

Hagenah, who received the first team award, is from Oceanside, Cali fornia, and played with the Tamarack Beach Volleyball Club for four years. She won a gold medal at the World School Sport Games, but explains how receiving an All-American award feels different.

“This is definitely one of the biggest accomplishments and ties them all to gether and rewards it in a way as well, it’s pretty cool to be recognized,” Ha genah said.

Receiving this award early on in her career at Long Beach State sets up a standard for her for the remainder of her time here.

Hagenah said that it has made her excited for what’s to come athletically. As for academically, she looks forward to figuring out her future, whether it’s becoming a teacher or continuing work in the sports field such as sports man agement or sports marketing.

Just as Hagenah played in a com petition involving teams around the world, Gementra, who received the second team award, competed in the 2022 U19 Beach World Championship trials in June.

Gementra found out she had won after her mom received the email.

“My coaches texted me saying ‘we think you should nominate yourself because you have potential to win,’ and then my mom sent me the email and she was super excited that I got second team,” Gementra said.

Playing in the U19 Beach World Championship trials shaped Gementra in a way that helped her understand the type of competition there is around the world but it also helped her learn the style of volleyball other girls play.

Although Gementra is proud of herself, the award isn’t something she wants to take for granted.

“I wouldn’t take it as ‘oh I’m the best.’ There’s girls that are smarter than you cause they have more college knowledge in the sport, so I’m just go ing to put that aside and learn from all the other girls and coaches,” Gementra said.

The upcoming season for the Long Beach State beach volleyball team will consist of athletes who not only played around the world, but some athletes are from different parts of the country.

Stoughton is from New Jersey and

played five years with the Stars and Stripes Beach Volleyball Club in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. In her time there, she won Shore League Player of the Year four times, which made her earn the AVCA Junior All-American honorable mention award.

Making a move from New Jersey to Southern California isn’t something that Soughton has taken lightly. She realizes how it’s a good opportunity as this doesn’t happen to many and hopes it’s a good opportunity to start some thing that she hopes motivates future players to do the same.

“It’s definitely a motivator not just to us, but to the whole team and at the end of the day it’s there and you see it but it’s also like OK,” Stoughton said. “Let’s look at the future and let’s see what more we can accomplish.”

Stoughton says she aims to support

her volleyball team whether it’s as a friend, teammate or any role she can play in order for them to win a national championship.

Mike Campbell, head coach of the women’s beach volleyball team be lieves that these three athletes show how new recruits make for a bright fu ture.

“This shows the strength in re cruiting, and getting top athletes come to the university, and the resources we’ve been given from the athletic department just to heighten the stu dent athlete experience and make it a place where we’re not only competitive but we’re competing for top recruits,” Campbell said.

The women’s beach volleyball sea son returns in the spring when these three women will prove why they’ve earned their titles.

Let’s look at the future and let’s see what more we can accomplish.

Kate Stoughton

All Jr. American Award Recipient

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7MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022 | DAILY49ER.COM | @DAILY49ER | SPORTS@DAILY49ER.COM SPORTS Kate Stoughton (left), Taylor Hagenah (middle) and Malia Gementra (right) celebrate receiving the All Jr American Women’s Volleyball Player awards.

Julia Moore is finding her way at CSULB

The path to soccer began as a fan, but now she has eyes for a Big West championship.

By Kristina Agresta and Matthew Gomez Managing Editor and Staff Writer

Whether driving or flying down from Santa Cruz, one way or another, freshman defender Julia Moore’s fa ther will find a way to attend his daugh ter’s soccer matches.

The women’s soccer team has played just under half their fixtures for the 2022 campaign. Moore’s father has attended all seven home games, con tinuing to make the long commute to watch his daughter play.

The commitment should come as no surprise, it was her father who first introduced Moore to soccer when she was around 2 or 3. He had played soc cer for fun, but the pair began to bond over the sport by attending San Jose Earthquake games.

As season ticket holders, there was plenty of opportunity to watch the Earthquakes play and solidify their connection to the sport they both loved.

“It was a cool way to bond with him,” Moore said. “Since then he’s been like my leader pushing me with soccer.”

That push has worked.

Moore capped off a brilliant senior season at Santa Cruz High School last year where she scored 26 goals, col lected 17 assists, won a league title, and was named the Santa Cruz Coast Ath letic League’s Player of the Year. Moore also won the 2021 Elite Clubs National League Championship alongside her club.

All the honors would culminate in her commitment to play soccer at Long Beach State.

“When I came, it was like I knew it’d be a perfect fit,” Moore said. “The style of play and the culture is just like

how I’ve grown up.”

Off of the pitch, Moore earned a National Merit Letter of Accommoda tion and owned a 4.6 weighted GPA in high school. She’s a biology major and would like to set herself up for medical school at the end of her four years at The Beach, focusing primarily on pedi atrics.

“I really enjoy learning, so I can see myself continuing education,” Moore said.

Moore has been on campus much longer than the beginning of the se mester, she moved into her dorm on Aug. 1 and her first game was played on Aug. 10. It was an experience she had to acclimate to, with herself being the only person on the third floor of her building when she first moved in.

“The first couple of weeks were pretty hard,” Moore said. “But it was nice having soccer every day, like dou ble days to distract me.”

With the semester now in full force, the dorms have filled with new faces for Moore to introduce herself to, and has begun to adjust to her new day-today life.

“Connecting with all my teammates has been super fun, obviously it’s hard er coming in at the beginning,” Moore said. “But once they get to know you and you get to know them you start bonding.”

Moore is one of seven freshmen on the team. They all live in the same dorm building and bond over family meals in the dining halls.

Adjusting to living on your own isn’t the only significant challenge for freshmen athletes, as they must learn to balance their academics on top of an already congested schedule.

For Moore, this comes down to using any gap in her schedule possi ble, including working from the locker

room.

When the team traveled to Cam bridge, Massachusetts to face Har vard midweek, Moore was assisted by her professors who have been more than accommodating sending lectures from previous semesters and giving the freshman time to make up her studies.

On the pitch, Moore has also had to adjust following a senior season where she mostly played attacking mid, now playing in a more defensive position.

“I’ve always enjoyed be ing creative and having the ball at my feet,” Moore said. “When you’re fur ther back you can still do that but it’s a little more risky.”

At the Division 1 lev el, this adjustment pe riod has to be quick, or you can find your role reduced.

But Moore has be come no stranger to finding time on the pitch, playing 625 minutes out of a possible 720 through the first eight games of The Beach’s sea son. It’s the fifth most of any player on the roster and more than any of her freshman counterparts.

“I think the minutes have been su per helpful,” Moore said. “Just building my confidence and making mistakes in the preseason, so that now for confer ence, I know what to expect.”

While her sight is on being named the Freshman of the Year, she and the team have one target; To win the Big West, and make a run in the NCAA tournament.

Head coach Mauricio Ingrassia has the same mindset, preparing his team with a difficult pre-conference sched

ule that included three ranked oppo nents that bested The Beach by a com bined scoreline of 0-5.

“I think it’s obviously difficult los ing, but everyone is on the same page, we all want it,” Moore said.

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Long Beach State women’s soccer player Julia Moore (No. 6) attempts to keep possession of the ball from her opponents.

JOHN FAJARDO | LBSU Athletics Moore continues to push herself during her first season at CSULB.