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College of Engineering dean hopes to revive aerospace industry in Southern California.

“Shakespeare Aloud” ends its first season at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

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CSU receives $500K for study The 18-month study of service-learning STEM impact will begin in the fall.

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Roniquea Tucker, left, and Skyy Sheppard, right, use an Applied Medical training device during the “It Takes a Village” engineering program in the Biomedical Engineering Lab in 2013. The program was also funded by Senate Bill 70 CTE.

CSULB to host future engineers Twenty-four middle school girls were selected for a five-day event on campus.

By Crystal Niebla News Editor

Building Styrofoam airplanes and mixing detergents to see chemical reactions are among the many activities a local organization will bring to campus this weekend.

Hosted by Cal State Long Beach, “Future Girls @ The Beach: STEM Residential Program” will allow 24 middle school girls from the Long Beach Unified School District who are interested in science, technology, engineering or mathematics — an opportunity to explore and engage

in these fields, according to a press release.

The program will last from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5. “[We want] to inspire young girls that would like to consider engineering profession in the future,” said Saba Yohannes-Reda, the director for the K-12 Outreach & Recruitment Center for the CSULB Engineering Students Success Center.

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The Cal State University received a $500,000 grant that will be used to study the impact of service-learning courses in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — courses that the CSU has adopted in recent years.

The W.M. Keck Foundation, which focused the grant primarily on pioneering efforts in the areas of medical research, science and engineering and undergraduate education, will fund an 18-month study evaluating students’ success through service-learning courses, according a CSU press release.

Partnered with the California Campus Compact, a statewide servicelearning organization, the CSU’s Center for Community Engagement will conduct the study, according to the release.

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Alumnus appointed as Long Beach’s 5th district chief of staff Michael Clements said he “developed a love for city engagement.”

By Ruben Diaz

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As a college student, Michael Clements changed his major multiple times and had no intention in working in politics. More than 10 years later, he now works as chief of staff.

The Cal State Long Beach alumnus was recently appointed this month, along with Allison Anderson as field deputy and business liaison and Heidi Wiersma as field office coordinator, to work for Long Beach’s 5th district Councilwoman Stacy Mungo. Although Clements works

in the political field, he didn’t study political science during his time at CSULB. He said he studied English because he believed English majors had great job prospects due to news articles he read. After graduating, however, Clements said he decided to go into banking and finance, which he pursued for over a decade.

“It provided very well,” Clements said. “It lead a good life, and allowed me to have a life.”

Although he said banking treated him well, he said it was not always going to be his main focus. Starting in 2006, Clements said that he began involving himself in the Long Beach

community by joining different community organizations such as the Long Beach Junior Chamber.

“I developed a love for city engagement,” Clements said.

Eventually, he said he participated in former 7th district Councilman James Johnson’s campaign for office, which helped contribute to Johnson’s victory. After Johnson won, Clements became his chief of staff.

“A chief of staff’s duty is to execute the council member’s vision,” Clements said. “Basically keep things running smoothly for the council. I enjoy the work I do here.”

Clements said for those interested in being part of the politics in Long

Beach to “get involved [in the community]” because there isn’t an easy path in becoming a city official.

Clements said that it is important for people to “know who your city council” is and to attend meetings and vote for electives.

Only 17.5 percent of voters in Long Beach voted in the last primary nominating election, which was roughly a 5 percent increase from the previous five years of voter turnout, according to the city clerk’s website.

“Elected officials do listen, and want to listen to their community,” Clements said. “They want input from their community, but people have to put effort into speaking up.”

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Student government approves new appointments

Associated Students Inc. gather at the Dr. Stuart L. Farber Senate Chamber on July 23 to vote on new media board members, which are required to oversee all ASI media outlets including the Union Weekly, KBeach Radio, and College Beat Productions.

New ASI Media Board Members Kristin Farrel, Arlane Nguyen and Allison Trioni – Programming Council Julissa Salas – Secretary of Women’s Affairs Fatima Hasan – Lobby Corps Andrew Linde, Eric Morales and Ashley Salazar – Media Board Positions Matthew Argame - Secretary for Academic Affairs Jake Cutler - Secretary for City Affairs Jennifer Arenas - Secretary for Government Recruitment Shannon Cholakian - Secretary for LGBTIQ Affairs

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Continued from Page 1 “Service-learning is another kind of hands-on experience for students,” said Judy Botelho, CSU’s CCE director.

“Now we’re trying to gather the quality of service learning experience…”

Botelho said that service learning is a “dual relationship” between the skills students learned from the community and what it will give back to the university and the student.

She said the CCE has used servicelearning across the CSU for decades and has expanded to have service learning for STEM in recent years.

The 18-month study, which will be-

gin in fall 2014, will select about 79 service-learning courses out of the 500 — about 15 percent — across the CSU, CSU spokeswoman Elizabeth Chapin said. She said the study would only use students that are engaged in servicelearning courses.

Chapin said the study will be an “evidence-based understanding of how service-learning can impact student success” in the STEM fields.

Research about the impact of service-learning in other disciplines have been conducted except for STEM, Chapin said.

“That’s kind of why this research [is] important because it’s the first study to look to see if there is also a strong correlation [with community service

learning] and the students enrolled in [STEM],” she said.

Chapin said data will be collected from the CSU’s student database that compares outcomes of students that are enrolled in service-learning courses.

She said a research team, which was contracted with the grant, also plans to develop a student survey of attitudes toward careers in STEM as well as collect faculty feedback from those that are teaching the courses.

The $500,000 from the grant will be divided between the staff working on the project, supplies, institutional research, offices on campuses and the research group that was contracted with the project, Chapin said.

“Since service-learning is a high-

impact practice, and other fields, evidence that service learning plays a role in success in STEM field is extremely valuable because it’s imperative that California continues to produce college graduates that are prepared to meet the needs of the workforce,” she said.

“This study is really about validating the high-impact practice of service learning and it is a groundbreaking study because it is the first one to do so on STEM,” Chapin said. “It’s really working toward the goal of a better understanding of how service learning impacts student success.”

In November 2009, President Obama launched the Educate to Innovate initiative to push American students into pursuing STEM-related careers, ac-

cording to whitehouse.gov.

Botelho said that the research will be reported to their funder, the CSU Board of Trustees and a national audience.

“This study is going to be one way that we’ll capture some data,” Botelho said. “I think this is going to inform the national conversation and contribute to it, especially because of our students and who they are [in regards to diversity].”

“Eighteen months isn’t a long time to really learn a lot. We’re going to learn some things, but we’re not going to see the whole picture,” Botelho said.

“Our goal is to eventually do a longitudinal study where they follow students after graduation, which hasn’t been done before.”

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CSULB dean appointed as aerospace adviser Forouzan Golshani said he hopes to revive the aerospace industry in Southern California.

By Priscella Vega Staff Writer

The aerospace industry plummeted in the ‘90s and now a Cal State Long Beach dean said he hopes to revive aerospace as a newly appointed adviser for the Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace.

College of Engineering Dean Forouzan Golshani who was appointed by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), said he is excited about his new position because “aerospace is everything in Southern California.”

“If I asked you about the key identifiers of SoCal back in the ‘70s, how people thought of Southern California, all of those had those roots in aerospace industry,” he said. “It was that influential.”

Golshani said aerospace is his “passion,” and that he is excited to take on

his position, especially since aerospace has yet to recover in the Southern California industry.

According to the California Economic Summit, an organization that strives to “harness regional collaboration to spur economic innovation and growth,” the aerospace industry has been in a rapid decline within the past 20 years with California only representing roughly 9 percent of the global market share. It also noted how one of the biggest complaints within the organization is the lack of government support or involvement with “aerospace and defense companies as compared to other states” such as Texas, Florida and South Carolina.

“There’s quite a bit that has been done in order to resurrect and nurture a once very strong industry — that is my interest, it ties into renewed industry at a federal government level at bringing manufacturing level at the U.S,” Golshani said.

Although it would be Golshani’s first time advising a committee of the state assembly, he said he’s more excited than nervous because of his various trips to Capitol Hill to discuss aerospace with congressmen under his belt.

“The more engineering and scientists that participate in policy settings, the [better] it will be in science and tech-

nology,” Golshani said. “The gap needs to be filled. My involvement as an engineer will impact policy very significantly, so I definitely have a passion for it and I was very pleased.”

While the position is still relatively new to Golshani, he said a committee generates some items that the assembly and state review such as regulatory and environmental issues and assessing if laws need revision. He said the committee will evaluate how they impact California’s economy and industry.

As a dean and administrator at CSULB, Golshani said this opportunity will positively impact the school with a prestigious title, but it will also help him stay up-to-date with aerospace to better help his students.

“I need to be aware of what is happening everywhere especially at a state level. It gages me on where we should be going and how we can best respond to what’s being discussed at a state level,” he said. “It’s a big thing and help as an administrator.”

Golshani said that he hopes to substantially contribute to the committee.

“I’m excited because of what can be done is timely and in line with the national agenda and the revival of aerospace in Southern California,” he said.

“It’s extremely important to the life of

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Dr. Forouzan Golshani Southern California that is why I consider this committee to be impactful

and my membership on it to be meaningful to me personally.”

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Continued from Page 1 The students will be able to stay overnight at the dorms on campus for days while taking field trips to science and engineering labs, the Columbia Memorial Space Center and workshops to better educate them about opportunities in these fields.

CSULB organizations such as Society of Women Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the National Society of Black Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers will offer some of their students to mentor the girls.

Yohannes-Reda, who helped organize the program, said she hopes that the girls’ visit to campus will give them some exposure to various engineering disciplines as well as having the opportunity to be mentored by other CSULB female engineering faculty and students.

The program will be at no cost to the students. $20,000 out of the $86,000 received from a Senate Bill 70 CTE grant, an initiative on improving and strengthening career technical education supported by Long Beach City College and LBUSD was used for the program.

According to a report shown on PBS. org, there are twice as many men than women who attend graduate school in computer science fields, with more than four times as many men enrolled in engineering.

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Mireya Valenzuela, left, tests the girls’ oxygen saturation and heart rate with a bedside monitor during the engineering camp in the Biomedical Engineering Lab.

Correction In the July 24 issue of the Summer 49er, former Cal State Long Beach President Robert Maxson was identified as “Robert Maxon” in “Robert Garcia visits campus to share Long Beach Promise progress.”

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Palestine’s right to defend itself must be acknowledged

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n recent days, some of the bloodiest and most shocking fighting has come out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Over years of uproar and condemnation regarding Israel’s settlements, their walls, segregation and the apartheid that the Palestinian people have been put through, the complaints settle into a dull roar in the mind of the average American.

This is not without reason, as we have come to know Palestine as an occupied territory over most of our adult lives and we have come to expect the extreme deprivation, violence and discrimination that the Palestinian people are subjected to at the hands of an increasingly out of control Israeli security apparatus.

The humanitarian situation in Palestine is absolutely the fault of the Israeli government and their actions.

They have explicitly to degraded the lives of Palestinians, both in times of

relative violence and peace. On Tuesday, Gaza’s only power plant was hit

by Israeli shelling, possibly turning a brutal war into a humanitarian crisis unparalleled in recent years.

Without power, adequate food stocks and with little water, the situation in Palestine is rapidly degrading, with only the most chronically failed states finding anything to envy about their situation.

At this time, it seems important to say that in the face of a brutal and callous Israeli regime, I would go so far as to say that the rocket attacks used

by Hamas against Israel are completely justified and should not be scorned in this current climate.

This, of course, bears some explanation, through mainstream media coverage of the long standing conflict, perceptions have been warped so much that Hamas’s retaliation against Israeli invasion and other assorted acts of war could be perceived as a tacit support of terrorism.

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I contend that this is not true and that supporting retaliation against a force that threatens harm and deprives people of life and liberty is an absolutely moral standpoint. These things are only perceived as immoral when it is the powerless fighting against the powerful, as opposed to the powerful against the powerful.

To understand why Hamas has stepped up its rocket attacks in recent years, you must see what they are reacting to.

Since 2007, Israel has been engaged in a massive blockade of the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air. Little to no materials are allowed through to Gaza depending on the political climate at the time and this has led to an extreme deprivation among citizens of the Gaza Strip. One only has to have a cursory knowledge of international law to know that a blockade of such magnitude is an act of war and that maintaining the ability to strangle one’s neighbors is the motivation of

a murderer, not a good citizen of the world.

Israel, with all their crimes against the Palestinian people, particularly the aforementioned blockade finds itself constantly in an undeclared war against the people of the Gaza Strip and the people of Palestine as a whole. I contend that any peace Israel claims to work toward is a massive fraud, undertaken against the world as a whole.

Hamas, despite the many ideas that they harbor which I find repugnant and reprehensible is completely fair in its demands. They simply ask for an end to the blockade in return for ending their rocket fire against Israel.

This is in essence, asking for a true peace agreement before they exit hostilities, which is something that any sane nation at war would desire in a similar situation.

We all desire peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis and I wouldn’t like anyone to have the

wrong idea about my opinion. Israel has the right to exist and so does Palestine. These are both nations, which are entitled to self-determination and prosperity, same as any other.

My support of Hamas’s attacks doesn’t come from a place of hatred against Israelis or as many critics are prone to say, from the ignorant place of anti-Semitism. No, it comes from the fact that for the past seven years, Israel has been at war with the Palestinian people and I believe in the right of all people to defend themselves against violence, whether it comes in the form of deprivation and starvation or in the form of bullets and bombs.

The Palestinians have every right to fight backs against an aggressor and until Israel makes a serious commitment to ending this seven-year-long war, I see no reason why Hamas and the people of the Gaza Strip shouldn’t defend themselves by any means necessary.

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A disproportion exists in the Gaza-Israel conflict

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hat other country would tolerate an enemy who indiscriminately rains down rockets on civilian population centers?

What other country sustains over 2,612 rocket attacks, according to the New York Times, which are designed to kill, maim and terrorize as many civilians as possible- and then is assailed by the international media, governments and political commentators when it targets the enemy’s firing positions with surgical airstrikes which sometimes have the regrettable but unavoidable effect of causing collateral damage?

Allegations of Israel acting “disproportionately” have taken the world by storm. The international media has reacted to this current conflict with its usual knee-jerk reaction, by condemning Israel for applying an asymmetrical response to the Palestinians in Gaza.

While a disproportion does indeed exist in this low-level war, it is not the kind that Israel’s detractors are crying foul over. The disproportion here is the moral asymmetry between Hamas, who is deliberately trying to cause as much destruction and casualties on both sides, and Israel, who is deliberately trying to minimize casualties, also on both sides.

For those who have passionately

criticized Israel’s use of airstrikes to target rocket firing positions, I ask this question: What would you expect your country’s leaders to do if a terrorist organization was firing rockets aimed at your house?

The truth is that no country would stand by idly as its citizens suffered from a terror campaign in which a sustained barrage of rockets was being launched on a daily basis.

Although Israel possesses the Iron Dome Missile Defense system, which is designed to intercept and destroy rockets, the system is by no means 100 percent effective, and millions of Israelis must sprint to the nearest bomb shelters whenever they hear the piercing sound of a siren.

Hamas fires rockets indiscriminately at civilian population centers without regard for the age, religion or ethnicity of the potential victims.

Clearly, Israel is entirely justified in using airstrikes to destroy weapons caches, firing positions and infiltration tunnels to defend its citizens from wanton violence.

Hamas, on the other hand, views any Jew, no matter what age, as fair game for a military target; consequently, it has committed egregious war crimes by targeting all Israelis with its imprecise, unguided missiles.

For those who have assailed Israel for escalating the conflict by launching a ground invasion into Gaza, I ask this question: What would you expect your government to do if it discovered

that 13 jihadists tunneled under the border armed with rocket launchers and machine guns next to a civilian community?

What if some of the tunnels dug by the jihadists were found to contain tranquilizers and handcuffs, presumably for the purpose of kidnapping Israelis to be used as bargaining chips, as the Washington Post reports?

Can you imagine the possibility of your family, during the dead of night, being captured, dragged down a tunnel, handcuffed and tranquilized, and then held captive for years to be used as a political pawn?

These are not hypotheticals, these are facts; the Washington Post reports that heavily armed, Hamas militants have emerged three times in recent days on Israeli soil next to Israeli civilian communities.

After the “date which will live in infamy,” when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and nearly destroyed the entire U.S. Pacific fleet, the United States did not respond with a “proportionate” attack on a Japanese naval base.

Rather, the U.S. set out on a four-year campaign which resulted in millions of dead Japanese and unbelievable destruction to cities such as Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

When one has clearly been attacked first by an aggressor, one has every right- legal and moral- to continue the fight until the aggressor is no longer a security threat.

In World War II, when Germany launched the blitz against Britain and pounded its civilians with relentless air attacks, did Germany respond with a proportionate amount of force?

No way. Churchill orchestrated the greatest land invasion in history and reduced Germany to rubble, regrettably killing a staggering amount of innocent a women and children in the process.

Hamas is guilty of routinely committing double war crimes: They commit two war crimes simultaneously by firing rockets indiscriminately at civilian population centers while doing so from hospitals, mosques, schools and homes in order to bait Israel into killing Palestinian civilians.

For example, the United Nations reported last Thursday that it found 20 rockets in a school. Hamas knew fully well that launching rockets would provoke Israel and cause innocent Palestinian children to die, homes to be destroyed and thousands of refugees to flee their homes from Israeli airstrikes.

Hamas’ spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri went on Al-Aqsa TV and urged Palestinians to adopt human shield tactics (which is considered a war crime under international law) and stated that, “The policy of people confronting the Israeli warplanes with their bare chests in order to protect their homes has proven effective against the occupation… We in

Hamas call upon our people to adopt this policy.”

Clearly, Hamas has failed to conduct this war pursuant to international law, let alone to the most basic level of human morality.

Thus far in the conflict, Israel has been morally scrupulous by taking tremendous pains to avoid civilian casualties on both sides.

The Israelis have shown remarkable restraint in the current conflict by telephoning Gazan civilians to warn about impending airstrikes, by calling off airstrikes when human shields form around intended targets, by dropping warning charges (so-called roof knocking) and by unilaterally declaring a ceasefire in order to allow Gazans to leave their homes and access food.

They have agreed to two ceasefires, which were both rejected by Hamas, and have even provided Palestinians with medical assistance.

In sum, the international community must seriously rethink who is acting “disproportionately” in the current conflict. Rather than assailing Israel for the disproportionate loss of life on the Palestinians’ side (which is caused by the Iron Dome missile defense system and Hamas’ decision to build infiltration tunnels rather than bomb shelters for their civilians), the international community should unite in condemnation against the moral asymmetry between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces.

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The second season is expected to kickoff in September.

By Ruben Diaz Staff Writer

As people started trickling into the Players Theatre at Cal State Long Beach, they sat in seats that were marked with notes. These notes had a character’s name from a designated play that participants would role-play as. After everyone took his or her seat, the reading began.

For the past year, selected works of Shakespeare have come to life at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSULB, the first season of the “Shakespeare Aloud” series ended on Saturday.

“Shakespeare Aloud” is a free event in which people can come in listen and participate in readings of Shakespeare.

The event is provided by “Arts for Life” program that the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

According to the Carpernterarts. org, Arts for Life is a “comprehensive education program to provide interactive, wide-ranging, hands-on arts activities for all ages.”

“Shakespeare Aloud,” being one of the many events that are offered, has took place once a month on select Saturdays since October of last year, according to the website.

The event expects to host a total of 37 Shakespeare plays throughout the course of several seasons and provides an interactive experience for attendees.

Last Saturday’s reading of “The Taming of the Shrew” brought a crowd of enthusiastic attendees including Flora Loeb.

Loeb is a Long Beach resident and a CSULB alumna who graduated in 1981. Saturday was one of the few times that she decided to attend this event.

“I came to this one because I like

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this play,” Loeb said. “I like watching it.”

Loeb may enjoy watching it, but her husband, Jerry Loeb, enjoys reading it.

“I’m delighted to be able to [read],” Jerry Loeb said.

Jerry Loeb also said that he has been to every “Shakespeare Aloud” event, and has read every time he has attended.

He also said besides reading plays regularly for “Shakespeare Aloud,” he has done some professional acting at places such as the Long Beach Playhouse.

Other committed attendees include Karen McDonough, who said she has only missed two of the Shakespeare Aloud events, but still enjoys reading with others.

“It’s just wonderful for the community people to get together,” McDonough said. “If you love the language [of the plays], you can come and read. There’s no criticism or directing” McDonough also said that she did some acting as well in musical comedies but is now retired. In regards to

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Community members gather to read Shakespeare’s classic “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. the “Shakespeare Aloud” event, she said she is looking forward more of these events in the future.

Although this season is over, the second season is expected to begin sometime in September.

Eric Clapton pays tribute to fellow singer-songwriter on new album The songs have a mellow sound that are paired emotional lyrics.

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The light tunes in the rock album, “The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale,” by Eric Clapton are sure to induce a feeling of relaxation and are an excellent dedication to the late J.J. Cale.

While this album has new music by Clapton, it is credited to “Eric Clapton and Friends” and features many guest vocals and new tracks by Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Don White and John Mayer.

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comes from a song Clapton produced with J.J. Cale in 1972 titled, “Call Me the Breeze” The album begins its journey with “Call Me Breeze,” the song is upbeat and fast and includes the lyrics, “I ain’t got me nobody / I don’t carry me no load,” which conveys a light, carefree feeling.

Elements of the song is cheery, catchy and is a tune that is sure to get the listener grooving. This is a track that listeners can play hours on end to lift their moods.

Others songs like “The Sensitive Kind” by Don White has a more subdued tone with lyrics like, “Treat her so gently / It will pay you in time,” are sung with a deep voice and is slightly monotone, yet still very soothing.

As the album progresses, there is a shift in the tone but overall the sound throughout the album is consistent.

“Cajun Moon” is just as catchy and sung with a muffled voice, immediately after the song, “Magnolia,” by John Mayer which provides a soft tune that

sounds like a lullaby. It counters the mood but flows seamlessly.

One of the more emotional songs, “Since You Said Goodbye,” is muted and portrays a feeling of dejection.

The lyrics describe “Lord the moon he knows I’m blue / And it’s all because of you ever since you said goodbye,” which suggests that Clapton feels helpless, possibly at the loss of J.J. Cale.

“I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)” is a collaboration between Clapton and White and picks the mood back up from the sadness. It’s a bouncy song sung to a fast beat and includes sounds that resemble yodeling.

“The Old Man and Me,” which features Tom Petty is unique from the rest of the album because it whispers its lyrics.

It’s always nice to hear artists collaborating with another to fuse together different sounds and create a dedication to J.J. Cale. It’s a pleasant ride for those who are fans of the more bluesy type of rock and roll.

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Track & Field team prepare for a brand new facility The team is looking for another location for training.

By Anita Wang Sports Editor

After nearly a decade of not being able to compete on its own track, Long Beach State’s track and field team will finally be able to experience a brand new facility that can be used for home meets and practices.

This project, which involves a complete replacement of the existing track and adding new bleachers, will cost around $4.5 million and is expected to

be an eight month process beginning in September, according to manager of construction services Mark Zakhour.

The funds will be coming from campus reserves, which are cumulative unspent operating dollars that consist of state funds and/or campus revenues (deferred equipment purchases, salary and benefit savings due to vacant positions, utility savings, etc), according to Associate Vice President of Budget and University Services Ted Kadowaki.

Ever since head coach Andy Sythe took over the program in 1988, he had spent more than half of his tenure dealing with a worn or unusable track.

“When I came to [LBSU], the track was in awful shape,” said Sythe. “The problems we had in 1988-89 primarily dealt with wear. There were ruts, divots and chunks missing.”

Sythe remembers new jump run-

ways being put in while the track was resurfaced in 1990. The team was able to enjoy a good track until 1998, when the installments started to wear before they were expected to. There were some minor repair jobs, but the core problem remained as the team had to make Cerritos College its home turf from 2006 until now.

“We moved to Cerritos College because we knew the conditions of the facility were unacceptable to host any meets,” said Sythe. “It became apparent [in 2005] that any patchwork or small repairs just weren’t going to do it.”

It wasn’t until around April 2013 that the platform was identified as a hazard.

Zakhour states how this new track will be an NCAA, IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations) Level 2 certified facility, making it one of the best tracks in the United States.

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The track is currently closed down in preparation for construction.

While many Division I track fields are NCAA certified, being IAAF certified means meeting even higher standards such as being free from imperfections, having no potential slip between shoe and wet surface, effective shedding of water and other requirements that help create the best track possible.

Although Sythe believes that the

lack of a decent track makes a difference in the success of his team, he understands the value of the university as a whole and instead, tries to gear his distraction toward his athletes.

“To see this coming together feels really good, but just like how I don’t dwell on frustrations, I also don’t dwell on the excitement,” Sythe said. “Right now, there’s a lot of work to do.”

One of the best recruiting classes in the nation Head coach Brian Gimmillaro believes this team will be more athletic than the last.

By Anita Wang Sports Editor

The 2014 recruiting class for Long Beach State women’s volleyball team was dubbed as one of the best in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, ranking 10th out of over a thousand collegiate teams in the country. This would also give the program the highest ranking in the Big West Conference.

As the 49ers welcome back half of their 2013 roster, the other half is made up of new faces, with more than half consisting of incoming freshman.

The freshman class highlights Long Beach native Sherridan Atkinson, a Millikan High School product, who will be the team’s tallest player at 6 feet 6 inches. As a junior, she was one of PrepVolleyball.com’s Top-50 underclassmen, while Volleyball Magazine added her to its “30 Underclassmen To Watch” list. She ended her last year of high school with the Senior Ace recognition.

Although head coach Brian Gimmillaro aims to round up the best team possible, he expects his two international

recruits Anete Brinke of Latvia and Sophie Bukovec of Canada, and Torrance native Ashley Murray to immediately make an impact for the team.

“We want to get back to the same quality players like we have in the past,” Gimmillaro said. “These are pretty serious players [entire recruiting class], and I expect to see a lot this season.”

Anete Brinke, a freshman international recruit from Latvia, competed on Latvia’s junior national team since 2010 and was one of the MVPs of the Latvian Championship this year. Gimmillaro will look to her extensive volleyball experience to help out in either the middle or right side.

Sophie Bukovec, an incoming sophomore from Canada, spent a year at McMaster University in Ontario and led her team to only its second OUA Championship. She was named the OUA Final Four MVP and helped her team advance to the CIS, which is similar to the NCAA tournament here, but lost. Gimmillaro recognizes her skills in every rotation and will expect her to help all around.

Murray finished her last year of high school with a .234 hitting percentage and 53 kills. Gimmillaro sees her versatility and athleticism as a potential to utilize her in multiple positions.

Aside from these new role players, Iowa State’s Jenelle Hudson and Minnesota’s Lindsey Lawmaster will also be expected to make an impact on the team, while the 49ers look to return four seniors: Chelsea Cabrajac, Tyler Jackson,

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The LBSU women’s volleyball team huddles up and cheers before playing against Cal State Fullerton.

Bre Mackie and Chisom Okpala.

It is no secret that LBSU fosters one of the most respectable volleyball programs in the country, having five national championships and 12 Big West titles under its belt. Gimmillaro doesn’t

seem to slack when it comes to recruiting, and this year he expects to have a more athletic and experienced team than the last.

“We have a very solid senior class, so that’s helpful,” Gimmillaro said. “[Our

team] has experience, even though they’re very young, and we’re more athletic than we were last year.”

The 49ers finished last season with an 18-11 overall record and 11-5 in the Big West.