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major, said he and other students endure hard physical labor in their ceramic and pottery classes. The extreme heat has made the work almost unbearable, he said.
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Students from the Fine Arts building staged a walk out Wednesday afternoon in protest to the building’s lack of air con ditioning during Southern California’s re cord-breaking heatwave.
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Signs in the Fine Arts 4 building disclose that rooms must be ventilated, and a flyer next to it promotes a student walk-out over the lack of air conditioning.
Students protest the lack of AC and deteriorating condition of the Fine Arts buildings.
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Kristen Huizar, a BFA student and an or ganizer of the protest, described her qualms painting in unventilated classrooms.
“Your words are useless if there’s no ac tion to it!” said Randy Santiago, a fourthyear political science major and an organiz er of the protest.
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The Fine Arts department, most of which was constructed in the 1950s, has lacked air conditioning in different sections of the buildings for decades. Building FA3 has been reported as one of the hottest sec tions in the department.
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“We are here to listen and to support and move things forward,” D’Zmura said. “I do want to reiterate that we are working on it, we have been working with the adminis tration. It is not an unknown issue.”
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The dean of the College of the Arts, Anne D’Zmura, and director of the school of the Arts, Laurie Gatlin, were among the fac ulty who showed up to the protest. Gatlin brought otter pops to pass out to the stu dents during the protest, which she said she bought out of her own pocket.
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undreds of students stood outside on the quad in 95-degree weather as the dean of the College of the Arts addressed their griev ances regarding the lack of air conditioning in the Fine Arts building.
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“You’ll pull 30 pounds of a block of clay and you’re on top of it and you’re wedging it like dough,” Weisenburg said.
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“It’s frustrating, because you don’t spend your day in these classrooms expect ed to paint and breathe in fumes,” Huizar said. “Our classes are almost three hours long, and most of us take about three stu dios a
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“I have to have a fan right up on my face in order to feel somewhat cool,” said Arturo Barcenas, a Beach student living in Parkside North.
SHAWN MOORE | Daily Forty-Niner CSULB students have reported maintenance issues in the dorms.
With Southern California still in the throes of a record-break ing heatwave, the National Weather Service administered an ex cessive heat warning to L.A. County. While some students have had a hard time adjusting to the heat, others are learning to live with“It’sit. been pretty hot, [but] it’s much better to be outside than inside,” Ashley Nieto said, who resides in Parkside North. “At night, it’s not that bad because it’s nice and cold.”
North Residence Hall, located in the upper east of Parkside, is the campus’s first new dorm building in 34 years, and was con structed to utilize renewable energy and other energy efficiency features.Fullpayment for any room on campus includes the cost of the room, a meal plan, $60 social fee, and a $275 license service fee that’ll be deducted from the first month’s payment.
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Side by side dorm rooms use window fans in replace of proper air conditioning in Building G in the Parkside dorms.
Air conditioning units are available for rent on campus and interested students need to apply for one through The Bob Mur phy Access Center on campus. In order to do this, a student needs to apply and get approved for an AC unit on BMAC’s webpage.
students have said, while they enjoy the community aspects of dorm life, the high temperatures from the week-long heatwave combined with the lack of air conditioning have severe ly impacted dorm living.
On the east side of campus resides more than 3,000 residents who live and work in the Hillside and Parkside buildings. The Parkside dorm has a limited number of air conditioning units, and only the newly built Parkside North is fully equipped with AC.Beach
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Parkside residents who aren’t eligible for AC must wait out the heat until the temperatures start to go down at the end of the month.
CSULB University Housing has not responded to comment on the lack of air conditioner units in Parkside housing.
The celebrated wall art event re turned to Long Beach with 10 female artists to share their unique artwork with the community this past week.
“A lot of murals aren’t geared specif ically towards children, especially Latino children,” she said. “And so it’s some thing I really wanted to provide.”
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“This year, we really gave back to a lot of community oriented spaces. We’re doing three libraries, commu nity gardens, the boys and girls club. And so, it’s really important work and we really sort of have been seeing the impact that art has on communities,” said founder Jasper Wong.
“I thought: what is sort of the heart of cooking for me and what I learned from my mom? And so turmeric is the base spice for most south Asian cook ing,” she said. “So I wanted to make that the color of the wall and then I thought of one of my favorite dishes, it’s called Dahl. And so on the wall, I wrote the ingredients of Dahl. Kind of sharing part of my food and I imagine that’s what people will do in the kitch en asThewell.”artists were out in the city near ly all day, working towards completing their murals by the end of the week. Under the sun, it could get challenging as described by Long Beach artist Mara Bubblegum, also known as Megan Bo terenbrood.“Yesterday, I got home and slept
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Sneha Shrestha, professionally known as IMAGINE, is a Nepali artist who spoke at the Artist Talk hosted by the festival on Sept. 2. She described her art style as a reflection of her culture as she incorporates her native language and Sanskrit inscriptions into her cre ations. IMAGINE’s wall is just above a ghost kitchen and shared kitchen space in Long Beach. When it came down to inspiration, she drew from something close to her heart.
from 6:30 [p.m.] to this morning be cause I was just so tired, especially be cause of the sun. We just got this um brella so its just been [trees] blocking us sinceMaraMonday.”Bubblegum’s artwork is out side of an animal hospital in Long Beach. Her mural, featuring an illus tration of a cat and dog, also incorpo rates personal designs from her tattoo flash.When it came to giving back to the community, artist Michelle Ruby bet ter known as Mr. B Baby brought a dif ferent perspective.
The brightly painted mural can be located at 245 E 3rd Street.
Throughout the week of Aug. 29, artists were spread across the city, carefully crafting their murals to give back to the community of Long Beach.
Mr. B Baby is an artist from San Di ego who also spoke at the Artist Talk. Her character “Chucho,” a giant piña ta, has been the focus of her artwork since her career started. In her mural for Long Beach Walls, Chucho is seen crying as he is being taken down by the “Marias,” characters inspired by a Mexican ragdoll, for being too big for the “It’stown.a Latino twist on Gulliver’s travels. In my work, I’ve been touch ing a lot on emotion. I want to create a book, an alphabet book for children, and touch on anxiety, depression, things that are a little bit taboo to talk about but I feel like we all feel them and so I feel like they should be celebrated,” she said. “I know it’s like a sad scene but I just feel like it’s so relatable.”
Photos by LEILA NUNEZ Mr. B Baby (Michelle Ruby), left, speaks about her career as a female artist and her influences from Latino culture. Mara Bub blegum, middle, is also working on her tattoo apprenticeship. IMAGINE, right, shares her story as an artist at the Artist Talk.
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IMAGINE shares her culture with Long Beach through her love of food, basing her wall color off of the traditional south Asian spice turmeric.
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Formerly known as Pow! Wow! Long Beach, the street art event has been something Long Beach citizens can look forward to for several years. It transforms the city into a melting pot of cultures and creativity. “We’ve been doing this festival for about 8 years,” Wong said. “It’s really a testament to these people, that even through the pandemic, and through all these years, that they’ve pushed to keep this project alive.”
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His favorite spot on campus “would probably be the bookstore because it’s basically the center of the school and I’m still trying to learn to get used to the campus. I’m a second year but this is my first year on campus. Basically, it helps me to find where I’m at, so if I get lost, I can always go back there.”
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Thekick.goal happened during a match against the University of San Diego on Sunday, Aug. 28 which ended in a draw after the bicycle goal from Sila no.
Bicycle kick saves the day
Silano recalled this moment by saying that she felt like this one was a little different because of the athleticism put on display and that muscle memory did not play a role in the shot.
“I kept my eye on the ball, reached my foot up there and then instincts happened,” Silano said.
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Illustration by Jasmine Lee In order to successfully perform the bicycle kick, Lena Silano had to lift her leg up in the air and make contact with the soccer ball that was above her head.
The clip has been getting recognition from professional athletes across the country like Kansas City Chief's wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Portland Timber's de fender Zac McGraw.
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Silano gained recognition on ESPN, SportsCenter, ABC 7 News and Bleacher Report. Each organization’s social media page had posted about the shot only a couple min utes after it occurred.
This was not the first time Silano had made a match-sav ing goal, as she had one last season against the University of California San Diego as well.
“I think it was an instinct thing for me and it was super cool to be recognized for sure,” Silano said. “I have tried the bicycle kick in practice before, but it had never gone in.”Regardless, Silano made the goal with an athletic play that led to a game-tying goal in order to avoid the loss for Long Beach State.
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She said that during the shot she had blacked out in the moment and that she was in a flow state because of how crazy it was.
rom ESPN to ABC 7 News, Long Beach State senior forward Lena Silano has been seen all over highlight reels with her match-saving bi cycle
Silano was shocked by the goal herself based on her fa cial expression in the videos posted on social media and news“Ofoutlets.course, it was super awesome, but I am really kind of seeing it for the first time with all of the camera angles,” Silano said.
Lena Silano takes a look at online reactions to a bicycle kick she executed during the Sept. 4 game against San Diego State.