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Congressman condemns deportation Long Beach’s representative blamed split families on Congress’ failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform. By Ariana Sawyer News Editor
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Victor Alvarez, left, whose father was held by a CSULB police officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport, meets with Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D–Long Beach, after the community roundtable and forum on immigration hosted by the congressman in the Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach April 25.
Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D–Long Beach, said the recent incident where José Alvarez was deported after being detained in the Cal State Long Beach University Police substation should have never happened in a roundtable and forum on immigration the congressman hosted Monday. “I’m in a climate in the Congress where a lot of people want to duck this issue,” Lowenthal said. “We know that a lot of people are being deported who should never be deported.” The roundtable speakers, who met inside the Walter Pyramid, included Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, CSULB President Jane Close Conoley,
Associated Students, Inc. President José Salazar and student representatives of various cultural organizations on campus, among others. “If you had held this three months ago, I would have just been beaming about all the wonderful things that we do and all the great successes that we have,” Conoley said. “But it’s not three months ago. It’s today.” She said the university is currently seeking outside consultation and going through a process of self-reflection to be sure the “policies really do match our aspirations,” and identified the need for simplified comprehensive immigration reform. “Because [immigration law] is amazingly complex and interpreted in so many different ways depending on where you live, it puts all of us in some danger of not behaving in ways that match our dreams,” Conoley said. CSULB’s Officer I. Sanchez detained Alvarez for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to come and pick him up after Sanchez pulled Alvarez over for a broken headlight Feb. 21.
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Porch Party Records plans to leave the stoop Long Beach-based independent label offers fresh music, cold beer and what else? Porch parties.
By Lauren Torres Staff Writer
In a packed neighborhood right off of Fourth Street sits the house that Porch Party Records, an independent record label, operates out of. The two-story house, complete with a non-working Jacuzzi instead of a bathtub, does not stand out with its wooden paneling, brick exterior and simple lawn. It’s the revolving wheel of artists, the house shows and the community of musicians relaxing on the porch that will make you do a double take. I pull up and am immediately greeted by musician Rudy De Anda, 27, who leads my car and I to the parking spot that Casey Terrazas, founder of Porch Party Records, has kept empty in an area notorious for terrible parking. “I guess I’m the welcoming party,” De Anda said with a sleepy and congenial drawl that blends itself seamlessly into his music, a range of tranquil-
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ly-strummed guitar, sometimes latin-infused songs. The musicians of Porch Party Records, whose music styles vary but remain unmistakably indie-sounding, are doing exactly as their name states; hanging out on the porch. Cigarettes in hand, talking among themselves, they are relaxed enough for my presence to be only a mild disturbance in their cloud of friendship. Rachel Rufrano, 28, De Anda and Joel Jasper, 25, sit in worn-looking lawn chairs and are without the stiffness that comes with first greetings. Later, musician J.P. Bendzinski, 27, who spent the previous night driving home from a Seattle show, joins them on the porch. Before this interview is up he will be whisked away to work his job as a bartender at Que Sera. For Bendzinski, the word “busy” doesn’t begin to cover it. “Why do you think J.P. is in 10 bands?” Jasper later said, to emphasize the struggle of being an artist. “Why the [heck] am I in five? Because, you know, you might make a hundred bucks here, a hundred bucks there.” When Terrazas, 34, joins us, he invites me in for a quick tour of the infamous house that’s hosted countless nights of music making. In the daytime it looks like the average musician’s
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President Jane Close Conoley speaks at a community roundtable and forum on immigration hosted by Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D–Long Beach, in the Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach April 25.
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Andrea Donado, a community organizer with the Greater Long Beach Interfaith Community Organization, called for all those in attendance to do whatever they could to support the attempt to bring Alvarez back and reunite him with his family, as well to support legislation that would prevent this from happening again at any other university. After the roundtable, the congressman met with Victor, Alvarez’ son, and Alexis Teodoro, the Southwest regional organizer for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who said his orga-
nization may provide Alvarez with legal representation. “Your dad is just another example of someone [who] was caught up in a totally broken system that really now discriminates against people who’ve been here for many years, who are trying to do better, trying to give back to the country and yet are caught in this cycle,” Lowenthal said to Victor. In the meeting, Lowenthal said he would contribute to bringing Alvarez back by helping draft a letter to the University Police demanding to know under what authority CSULB Officer Sanchez had acted on behalf of ICE to arrest Alvarez and hold him for ICE to come and deport. Lowenthal also said he would help to
be an advocate to Conoley on behalf of the Alvarez family. He stressed the importance of ensuring that CSULB is able to lead the way in making sure that all colleges in California become sanctuary campuses, where they would refuse to cooperate with ICE to deport students. Lowenthal, who said he could not say what “sanctuary campus” would entail, said he was open to whatever students wanted it to mean, whether the term applied to students only or any undocumented person on campus. The roundtable was aimed at educating elected officials about the critical issues facing undocumented students and U.S. students whose parents are deported.
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LB Mayor Robert Garcia on his immigration experience
I’m a pretty good example of what can happen when you allow immigrants in this country the opportunity to learn, to get an education, to give back to their country and to contribute. I’m just like any other immigrant out there that got a chance, and I feel fortunate that I was given an opportunity to come to this country. I came when I was five years old. I grew up low income. I lived in portable housing. I lived in government subsidized housing for parts of my life — eight of us usually in a small apartment, bouncing around different cities — not much different from a lot of immigrant families. And I give thanks to this university for kind of welcoming me, being the first of my family to go to school, go to college, get an education. I ended up [at Cal State Long Beach] in some ways by accident. I was a young kid and an immigrant. I did not become a U.S. citizen until I was a student at Cal State Long Beach. It was while I was here that I actually gained citizenship.
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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., believes that the National Security Administration surveillance system should be shut down, and is also opposed to the Patriot Act. Sanders believes that the Department of Defense should get a budget cut of $18 billion to pay 55 percent of college tuition. The 74-year-old senator believes that Veterans Affairs should be strengthened as opposed to being privatized.
“Well, what exists right now is that virtually every telephone call in this country ends up in a file at the NSA. That is unacceptable to me. But it’s not just government surveillance. I think the government is involved in our emails; is involved in our websites. Corporate America is doing it as well. If we are a free country, we have the right to be free. Yes, we have to defend ourselves against terrorism, but there are ways to do that without impinging on our constitutional rights and our privacy rights.”
This article is part of a weekly series informing students of where the candidates stand on the issues for the 2016 presidential elections.
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Here’s what the candidates have to say about homeland security.
Donald Trump
THE REPUBLICANS
Donald Trump, R, is a strong believer that followers of Islam fundamentally hate the United States. He believes that waterboarding should be reinstated as an interrogation method and that the government should surveil mosques but not close them down. Trump also said that New Jersey Muslims celebrated after the 9/11 attacks.
Unlike members of the Democratic party, John Kasich, R-Ohio, is against the U.S. allowing Syrian refugees. He also believes that $100 billion should be spent by the U.S. to rebuild the military. He also wants to expand the veterans’ healthcare program and start a coalition to fight ISIS in Syria. Kasich also believes that drones should be operated by the Pentagon and not the CIA.
“Well, we have to be strong. You know, they don’t use waterboarding over there; they use chopping off people’s heads. They use drowning people. I don’t know if you’ve seen with the cages, where they put people in cages and they drown them in the ocean and they lift out the cage. And we’re talking about waterboarding. I would bring it back, yes. I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, what they’re doing to us, what they did to James Foley when they chopped off his head. That’s a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation.”
“I would be working to get other countries to jump in and join us. I don’t want to go alone. Let me tell you what I would do. Firstly, I would have supported the rebels in Syria that were in there to topple Assad. Secondly, I would have a coalition of other countries, including us, on the ground beginning to degrade and destroy ISIS, because, as you begin to do it, that whole caliphate beings to fall apart.” Ted Cruz, R-Texas, believes that the military should increase its amount of troops to 1.4 million soldiers. He also believes that waterboarding isn’t a form of torture. Cruz says that American citizens who join ISIS should forfeit their citizenship. Cruz also said he will shred the Iranian nuclear deal on his first day in office.
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“This [Syrian refugee crisis] is a humanitarian catastrophe. The U.S. has to support our allies in Europe. We have to provide financial support. We have to provide the NATO support to back up the mission that is going on. And we have to take properly vetted refugees ourselves.”
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THE DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton, D, believes that the United States should support its NATO allies and examine the Syrian refugees. Clinton also believes that the U.S. should keep the Syrian refugees stating that the U.S. is a country of resolve not fear. The former secretary of state is also a supporter of the Patriot Act. In addition, she promises to never privatize the Veterans Affairs administration.
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“Well, under the definition of torture, no, it’s [waterboarding’s] not. Under the law, torture is excruciating pain that is equivalent to losing organs and systems, so under the definition of torture, it is not. It is enhanced interrogation, it is vigorous interrogation, but it does not meet the generally recognized definition of torture.”
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Arts & Life “It’s like a team,” Bendzinski said. “If your other teammates are killing it, you’d want to kill it too.” The circle extends well beyond Porch Party artists. Terrazas, who sees an estimated 400 live bands a year, connects with bands from other cities regularly. Porch Party will host shows with guest bands, give them a place to stay, and sometimes help with their music. Such as with Nico Yaryan, a band that sings of lost love in rhythmically seducing beats, signed to Partisan Records that practices at the Porch with the help of Bendzinski on guitar and Jasper on bass. “We bring in people we think will help the [Porch Party] community,” Jasper said. When considering the difficulties of their musician lifestyles, the group pauses, unsure where to begin. “Paying rent,” Bendzinsky said. “Surviving,” Jasper said. As for the future, Terrazas hopes to continue operating under the idea of being the “anti-label,” a label in favor of its artists, that artists are happy to work with, and that makes decisions based on creativity as opposed to money. “I want to be the biggest label in the world,” Terrazas said. De Anda has aspirations to take Porch Party international someday. De Anda’s music is already available in South America. While the future success of Porch Party still sits somewhere ahead in the distance, the group considers what changes fame and money might bring to their tight-knit collective. “I’m not sharing tour buses with J.P.,” De Anda said. “Yeah there’s going to be some money fights, some girlfriend fights, something’s going to happen,” Terrazas said. It’s clear, as the group animatedly discuss who will die in what sensationalized celebrity fashion, that the familial dynamic of Porch Party records isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Musician Rudy De Anda will be performing live at L.A.’s Regent Theatre on May 5, while Litronix, currently on tour, will head back for a show in Long Beach April 29 at 4th St. Vine. Porch Party bands, music and information can be found at porchpartyrecords.com
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Just another day on The Porch: from left to right, artist Rudy De Anda, label founder Casey Terrazas, artist Joel Jasper, and artist Rachel Rufrano sit together on the porch that brings music and friends together.
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My whole life made sense in that one moment, when he said that. It made sense. The next morning I was Googling how to start a record label. -Casey Terrazas, Porch Party Records founder
other, like, ‘what does that mean?’” Jasper said, recalling the moment. “My whole life made sense in that one moment, when he said that,” Terrazas said. “It made sense. The next morning I was Googling how to start a record label.” What followed was a brainstorm-
ing of names — Jasper finally said “Porch Party” and it stuck — and label logos, of which the finished result was a collaborative effort between friends. The label’s first release, Jasper’s solo album “Summer Body,” debuted in September of 2014 with a live show accompanied by Rufrano, whose soft-crooning voice is reminiscent of Jenny Lewis. Now, nearly two years later, with 12 groups under their charge- including Litronix, an electric-sounding, synth-infused band featuring famed artist Avi Buffalo- the label is in anything but their terrible twos. With the forthcoming addition of two more bands, ongoing studio recording, touring and an upcoming feature in a documentary with Netflix aspirations, Terrazas and Co. could be on the cusp of blowing up. If you ask how they met each other the group go back and forth about the details, cutting each other off or finishing each other’s sentences like siblings, but it’s generally agreed that their mutual love of music brought them together. Bendzinski, joined the group after offering to help record music and play the keyboard for Jasper’s band. De Anda, Bendzinski’s bandmate, soon followed. Rufrano and Terrazas met
through a mutual friend, the first one he made after moving to Long Beach. The group of friends all regularly collaborate on marketing, music videos and photo shoots, hopping in and out of each other’s projects as needed. Behind individual ambitions is a simple desire to help out. It’s why Jasper once accompanied De Anda on tour, and drove most of the time, for no reason other than to hear his friend’s music. “I think that’s at the heart of Porch Party,” Rufrano said. “It’s not just wanting to do well with your own music, but wanting all of your friends to do well.” Rufrano, who is currently recording her next album with Bendzinski, finds that recording with friends makes communication easier. “I understand what you’re into and I understand all your songs,” Bendzinski said. Despite the group’s symbiotic nature, competition isn’t entirely out of the question. “Only healthy [competition],” Rufrano said with a small smile. ““It’s a combination of ‘I’m so jealous’ and ‘I’m so proud’ at the same time.” “J.P. just keeps getting better at guitar,” De Anda said. “I try to keep up with him. It’s [really] tough.”
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background.” As passionate and organized as Terrazas is, the idea to start a label actually came about in May of 2014 from Jim Ritson, owner of wine bar 4th St. Vine. Ritson heard Jasper’s solo dream-pop song “Summer Body” and offhandedly commented that someone needed to put it on vinyl. “Me and Casey just looked at each
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apartment, with instruments strewn across the living room, pieces of eclectic art on the walls and friends casually taking up space. A quick peek into the rooms of the artists reveals a peaceful, clean room from Rufrano, a disheveled one from Jasper and an impeccably tidy one from Terrazas, whose self-description of being “really OCD” is apparent in the made-up bed, neatly hung up posters and shelves of labeled music from his artists. In one corner of the room sits a flat-screen TV, hooked up to a laptop, where he runs the business aspects of Porch Party – at least for half of the year. Terrazas, a freelance technical director and audiovisual project manager by day, travels so much that he operates the label from hotel rooms the other half of the year. A run-down of his current schedule—one week in San Francisco, then L.A., Anaheim and New Orleans—is enough to wonder what kind of magic Terrazas runs on to do it all. He speaks of his day job with a sense of pride, but when the conversation switches to Porch Party Records the glow in his eyes and warmth in his voice are impossible to miss. “They make such good music that it’s impacted my life just living in Long Beach, hearing them play,” Terrazas said. “No one’s a rock star, they all have to wake up at 5:30 a.m. cause they’re baristas or they’re servers. It’s real, they do it because they love it, and that impacted me so much.” Terrazas, who earned a bachelor’s degrees in both Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries, up and left his old life as a pastor and speaker one day. He eventually made his way to Long Beac , a place he felt at home. He soon immersed himself in the local music scene and brought artists together at his first apartment, known as the original Porch, until an intense bout of bed bugs forced him and his fellow musicians to move. In response, the label’s band Forest of Tongue wrote their album “Fancy Itch,” with the experimental and upbeat song, “Gummy Gremlins,” that describes the tiny bugs as “always laughing in the
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We avoided the largest strike in higher education history. The largest strike that actually didn’t happen. -Jennifer Eagan, California Faculty Association president
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This weekend saw the Long Beach State men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s volleyball and women’s water polo teams all find success. LBSU played 13 total games from Thursday to Sunday and won nearly all of them. Read about the Dirtbags’ opening series win and the women’s basketball team on page 8 and find out how the softball, women’s water polo and men’s volleyball teams picked up their wins on page 7.
The 49ers roll to six wins in a row with their win over the rival Titans. By Will Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor
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“Fight For Five” protestors including members of CFA hold signs outside of a Board of Trustees meeting in the California State University Office of the Chancellor Nov. 17, 2015.
CSU faculty won’t see a salary increase until July at the earliest with new labor deal. By Ariana Sawyer News Editor
CSU-CFA labor deal
What the CFA got: w 5 percent general salary increase as of June 31 w 2 percent general salary increase as of July 1 w 3.5 percent general salary increase as of July 1, 2017 w 2.65 percent service salary increase during the 2017-18 academic year for eligible faculty w Minimum raise upon promotion will go from 7.5 percent to 9 percent for tenure-line faculty
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California State University faculty would receive a 10.5 percent salary increase over the next three years in a tentative agreement between California Faculty Association labor leaders and CSU management, but whether the raise will really solve the faculty wage crisis, especially among non-tenuretrack professors, remains uncertain. CSU Chancellor Timothy White and CFA President Jennifer Eagan announced the terms of the agreement in a joint press conference in Sacramento Friday morning, averting the five-day strike that would have begun Wednesday. “What the CSU faculty has done is historic,” Eagan said. “We avoided the largest strike in higher
What the CSU got: w Salary increase will not be retroactive to the 2015-16 academic year w Faculty hired after July 1, 2017 receive full retirement health benefits with 10 years of service, as opposed to the current five.
education history. The largest strike that actually didn’t happen.” White said he was delighted that the CSU and CFA had reached a tentative agreement. “The ratification process is next, and I know that I will be commending this agreement to the Board of Trustees, and I know that the CFA leadership will be doing the same to their members,” White
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said. The CFA and CSU management announced a 48-hour blackout period on strike planning, communication efforts and news last Monday to allow negotiations. In that time, the chancellor stepped in to actively participate in the negotiation process for the first time. President of the Cal State Long Beach CFA
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Tobacco-free transformation CSULB will follow more than 400 American colleges and universities that have already banned all forms of tobacco – including e-cigarettes – from their campuses. By Seth Perlstein
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Junior guard Anson Moye (top) pulls up from behind the arc in front of the 49ers’ bench. Senior guard Nick Faust (bottom) keeps the ball out of Titans’ forward Jamar Akoh’s reach in LBSU’s win over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid.
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he unmistakable smell of e-cigarette vapor wafted from around the corner of the Vivian Engineering Center at California State University, Long Beach. The invisible, nanoparticle- and carcinogen-infused exhalation flowed freely down the narrow corridor, past the glass-encased Mars rover exhibit, and into the semi-enclosed quad along Deukmejian Way. At the inception point of the gaseous trail sat Hernan Lozada, a CSULB civil engineering major, who prepared his digital nicotine-delivery device for another hit. But Lozada, and other 49ers who smoke, won’t be able to indulge his habit on campus for much longer. This fall, The Beach will transform itself into a tobacco-free university during a three-year process. “I don’t like it, because it takes away my smoking,” Lozada said disapprov-
ingly. “I am addicted.” More than 400 American colleges and universities have already banned all forms of tobacco – including e-cigarettes – from their campuses, according
to the American Lung Association. California State University, Fullerton became the first smoke-free CSU in 2013. Other CSUs such as California State University, Northridge, San Diego
State University and Sonoma State University soon followed suit. CSULB will join its smoke-free Southern California brethren when it rolls out its new tobacco policy in Au-
$118,850 for Breathe campaign The anti-smoking campaign aims to eliminate tobacco and e-cigarette use on campus by the fall semester.
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A new campaign implemented by the Cal State Long Beach Tobacco and Smoke Free Task Force is aiming to give CSULB students a healthier campus environment. The Breathe Campaign will officially launch in the Fall
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2016 semester, but President Jane Close Conoley has already informed the campus and is raising awareness on the CSULB website and Beachboard. Enforcement of the policy will not take place all at once, according to Mike Uhlenkamp, exec-
gust, which will begin with the removal of all ashtrays and designated smoking areas from campus. But the new program will have a three-year grace period that will allow smokers to continue their on-campus nicotine intake unpunished through 2018. “[Jane Conoley, CSULB president] really wanted it to be a positive experience,” said Scott Apel, CSULB associate vice president of human resources. “She didn’t want to punish smokers. She didn’t want to stigmatize people. She wanted us to help people with education and cessation efforts.” CSULB students voted to ban smoking – which causes more annual deaths than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor-vehicle injuries and firearm-related incidents combined, according to the Center for Disease Control and
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The Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball teams wrapped their seasons up on Saturday with both teams heading into the Big West Tournament riding winning streaks. The women’s team enters the tourney as the No. 3 seed after its second consecutive 20-win season. The men’s team also enters its tournament as the No. 3 seed after winning nine of its last 10 games.
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Megan Stevens, a Psychology major at Cal State Long Beach, yells at organizers of the anti-abortion demonstration,the Genocide Awareness Project, Tuesday on the Free Speech Lawn.
A LAWN DIVIDED The Cal State Long Beach Free Speech Lawn drew hundreds of students Tuesday. The latest iteration of the antiabortion demonstration, the Genocide Awareness Project, was set up on one side of the lawn, drawing dozens of student protestors. [More on page 4] Across the sidewalk, Safe Space CSU encouraged students to make their own signs countering the message of the demonstration. [More about Safe Space CSU on page 6] On the other end of the lawn, more students gathered, some to watch, some to voice dissent with several street preachers that had set up on campus. In between both groups. the American Indian Student Council played drums and encouraged students to ignore both religious demonstrations.
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chapter Douglas Domingo-Forasté said the chancellor took a mostly hands-off approach to the bargaining process during the last 11 months, but that he called Eagan to restart negotiations as the result of the fact finder’s report, subsequent pressure from various other sources and the realization that faculty were serious about striking next week. “He called Jennifer Eagan, who had tried to call him [and] get him involved many times before, she said,” Domingo-Forasté said. “So, that’s when things got done — when he decided to be personally involved.” The terms of the agreement include a 5 percent general salary increase June 30, a 2 percent general salary increase one day later on July 1 and a 3.5 percent general salary increase on July 1, 2017. The June and July increases will take place at the end of this fiscal year and the beginning of the next, respectively. Cal State Long Beach Department of Interna-
With point guard Justin Bibbins back in the starting lineup, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team beat Cal State Fullerton 70-57 Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (15-12, 9-3) led 42-39 with 12:52 remaining in the game, when Bibbins nailed his first three pointer of the game and ignited a 21-9 second-half run for the 49ers. “First half, [Bibbins] was trying to feel his way back,” LBSU head coach Dan Monson said. “But in the second half I thought he took control of that game.” Bibbins agreed with his coach and said he was fighting off nerves in his first start since Jan. 30 against Hawai’i. “First half I was jittery and excited to be back out there but in the second I calmed down,” Bibbins said. “I saw the floor better, lanes opened up and I was able to play my game again.” Bibbins entered the game against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 6 just to shoot free throws after junior guard Bradford Jones went down with an ankle injury. But after missing three of the last four games, Bibbins was the sparkplug for LBSU’s second half run. The 5-foot-8inch guard scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and dished out three assists. Bibbins also pushed the tempo on a couple fastbreak plays after the 49ers forced several Titan turnovers. LBSU scored 20 points off of seven CSUF miscues. With 7:56 remaining in the game, freshman guard Noah Blackwell’s
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LBSU guard Nick Faust goes up against Hawai’i guard Sai Tummala in the 49ers’ two-point win over the Rainbow Warriors on Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid.
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Junior forward Madison Montgomery looks to go up and score in LBSU’s win over UC Davis on Thursday inside the Walter Pyramid.
A student leader-led forum will be held today to further discuss campus safety.
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Vice President of Student Affairs Carmen Taylor invited Cal State Long Beach students in an email Friday to an open forum Thursday to discuss campus safety concerns after a student brandished a knife in class. The forum will be the first in a series, Taylor said. The administration’s effort to reach out came after students took to social media over the last several days to criticize the university’s lack of communication regarding the Feb. 25 incident in which a 20-year-old male student “displayed” a knife to a female student in a sociology class on race, class and gender. Much of the criticism stemmed from the fact that the altercation was not disclosed to the campus community in a timely warning email, and that the incident was perceived to have been racially motivated. “A careful assessment of [perceptions of race in] the reported event bears further scrutiny,” CSULB President Jane Close Conoley said Sunday in an email. The student was asked to leave, and the rest of the class was cancelled, according to Terri Carbaugh, a university spokesperson with the Office of Public Affairs. Whether the student is still on campus remains unclear. According to Conoley, who addressed the incident at last Thursday’s Academic Senate meeting, a timely warning was not issued, but she acknowledged that there should be a system to present the information to students. She refuted claims on social media that there was another incident with the same person last week. “The timely warning was not issued because according to the protocol of the threat assessment, there was no clear and present danger to this campus,” Conoley said at the meeting. “This is based on a protocol we use in every single incident on campus.” Conoley said University Police cleared the student to carry the knife on campus. “That doesn’t take away from the perception the people in the class had,” Conoley said. “This student did go and ask: ‘May I carry this?’ And he was told ‘Yes,’ so, in his experience — that’s what I’ve been told; this will be investigated.” Campus standards of conduct section 41301: b, 13, state that students may not bring knives to campus unless they are approved by the campus president. However, the president said she has delegated this task to CSULB Chief of Police Fernando Solarzano. “I’ve done this so the police can investigate the situation that might be causing a student to feel unsafe,” Conoley said in an email. “I’m not able to do that with any expertise, but our University PD can accomplish this with great skill. When the police chief works with a student about a unique situation, he can better assess whether the student should be allowed to have a weapon. He can also offer advice, protection, and prevention efforts to keep the student safe.” Conoley said she regretted not sending an email out right away and called it a “lesson learned.” “I would say to any student, you don’t need to bring anything that looks like a knife, acts like a knife to a class, alright?” Conoley said at the Academic Senate meeting.
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Student leaders from cultural and political organizations are organizing an open forum between students, faculty and administration regarding campus safety concerns. The forum will take place today at 5 p.m. in the USU ballrooms and will go on until 6:30 p.m.
This forum will be the second attempt at creating an open dialogue between the campus community and Cal State Long Beach administration — but this time around, student leaders will orchestrate the conversation. Black Student Union President Justin Bradley organized the second forum alongside President Jane Close Conoley and Vice President Carmen Taylor as well as several other student organizations such as La Raza Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association. Those groups will also speak at the forum.
Cal State Long Beach students remain a captive audience for soft drink advertisement and limited beverage options. By Kevin Flores Special Issues Editor
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The ‘90s tagline “Always Coca-Cola” takes on a new meaning at Cal State Long Beach, which has been branded a Coke campus through at least 2021 after recent contract negotiations. This designation as a Coke campus means that the university, under the terms of what is colloquially referred to as a “pouring rights agreement,” must exclusively sell Coca-Cola beverages campuswide, notwithstanding some strict and limited exemptions. In return for their commitment to Coca-Cola, Forty Niner Shops receives a yearly sponsorship fee of $195,000 (or about $5.21 per student per year) for the extent of the contract, commissions on all vending machine sales and “incentive funding” for every case of product purchased from the bottler past a certain threshold. The Forty Niner Shops made $76,638 in vending machine commissions last year but did not meet the volume threshold required to receive incentive funding. Proceeds from Coca-Cola are split between the Forty Niner Shops and the Athletics Department and the nonprofit uses its share for operating costs such as utility bills and building maintenance as well as donations to the university, according to Kierstin Stickney, the director of marketing and communications for the Forty Niner Shops. The current contract signed in 2006 was set to expire in August, but was extended this month for an additional five years through an amendment added earlier this year, a move which went mostly unannounced to the student body. The 2006 contract included a clause that would have extended exclusive selling rights to Coca-Cola for
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The Long Beach State men’s basketball team overcame an 11-point, second-half deficit to defeat Hawai’i 74-72 Saturday to finish the regular season 18-3 and 12-4 in the conference. After knocking off Hawai’i for a second straight time, the 49ers finished the season winning nine of their last 10 games. With that type of momentum, LBSU head coach Dan Monson said he likes the team’s chances going into the tourney.
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team finished its regular season 23-7 after defeating UC Davis 74-64 on Thursday and Cal State Northridge 79-69 on Saturday. The 49ers also finished 12-4 in the Big West, winning their last five games heading into their Big West Tournament opener on Wednesday as the No. 3 seed. LBSU and Hawai’i ended the season tied for second place in the con-
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To Brussels, with love With yet another international terrorist attack hitting way too close to home, what are we to do? By Micayla Vermeeren Opinions Editor
How many mornings will there be where I wake up, look at my phone’s notifications, check my email, read a headline and think, “Oh, my loving God?”
And I’m an atheist. I really don’t know what there is left to say at this point. Between living in the Netherlands this past summer, having my sorority sister lose her roommate Nohemi in the Paris terrorist attacks this fall and hearing my best friend tell me he’s scared to walk into work at Disneyland today, this sort of headline is familiar, but still painful. I don’t know how I’m supposed to absorb it. And I know I’m not the only one.
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e l e r o e i d n a o ’ h J p o c n a Fr The Francophonie festival allowed students to learn about French culture and language. By Katherine Lemus Staff Writer
As the aroma of freshly made crepes filled the hallway of the Academic Services building, students learned about French history through poster boards and student presentations as they walked around the Francophonie festival held by the French Club on Saturday. The festival was a collaboration between the Cal State Long Beach French Department, Teaching Associate program and the Department of Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literature. The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, known as Francophonie to the public, is a cultural festival that is an internationally known organization. Francophonie represents countries and regions that speak French. The Francophonie featured a crepe station where students could get a freshly made crepe, French music, an international luncheon and an induction ceremony for students being inducted into the French Honors Society. Along the walls were posters depicting fun French facts such as the geographical location of France, also known as the Hexagon, as well as the history of the Louvre, the world’s largest museum
located in Paris. The posters were accompanied by presentations from the students in the French program that featured their experiences studying abroad in France. Cedric Joseph Oliva, the language program coordinator of RGRLL, has made Francophonie an annual event for the past four years. “The Francophonie was created originally to protect, preserve and push countries to keep on using the French language but also celebrates diversity, and only recently, in the last 15 years, has Francophonie been celebrated throughout the world,” Oliva said. Oliva said he hopes to make Francophonie larger in the future and to show students the many different countries that speak French around the world. “We had students and professors come from Santa Barbara last year and I’m hoping Francophonie here on campus becomes an epicenter of French culture in California,” Oliva said. Aparna Nayak, the program director and French advisor at CSULB, also tries to find ways to spread student’s passion for the language and the culture of French. “Francophonie is important for many different reasons such as students bonding and supporting each other, but also it’s our opportunity to reach out to the rest of the campus community and outside community,” Nayak said. The Francophonie event is a public event that brings in students from the community, including from local high schools. Kristian Farrokh-Siar, a French in-
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vals, movie nights and bonfires for students to bond but also share their love of the French language,” Nayak said. Nayak says that Francophonie helps all different students understand French ideals and the study of the language.
Nayak said, “It helps us think about the world in different ways; it teaches us about our connections, not just with Europe but with the larger French-speaking world which is in Africa, Asia [and] South America.”
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f you don’t know who Beyoncé is by now, you probably aren’t living. I mean that both pop culturally and literally. Beyoncé dropped her latest album, “Lemonade,” on Saturday and premiered a visual special on the HBO network. In three words: It. Was. Everything. Visually stunning, lyrically groundbreaking and poetically mesmerizing from start to finish, the compilation of continuous videos was layers-upon-layers of societal messages, avant-garde fashion and art. The album was more than just a bunch of music videos; frames became tableaus and those became messages. All these messages point to one thing – Beyoncé is at the forefront of black female empowerment. She’s taking charge of a pop culture that thrives off what blacks put in, but never get credit for. “Lemonade” truly came at a perfect time because it’s further pushing the boundaries of what society has expected for black women. In fact, Beyoncé is shattering a societal glass ceiling, she’s at the top of the music industry, she is successful business woman without the need of a man beside her and she is becoming embedded in culture that has only been idolizing men since it began. It hasn’t been until this past year that we’ve seen women of color, especially black women, get credited and acknowledged for accurate representation of their roles in society. It took how long for Viola Davis to become the first black actress to win an Emmy for a primetime leading role? “Formation” was culturally important because it was saying two things: Women are equal and black lives are as important as anybody else’s. However, her video left me wondering how she was going to follow up this iconic — and what should be historical –– video. Truly, she is the game in the music industry, so how was she going to out-Beyoncé herself? “Lemonade.” With all the album’s videos shot in New Orleans, there is a rich amount of black culture and history being shown. There’s appreciation, which is something that we don’t see in mainstream media. From outfits to hair to music styles and sounds, there is a consistent, empowering message of “I love my Black.” Take note: these videos were beautiful points of what cultural appreciation, not appropriation, looks like. Her songs in the videos revolve around chapters labeled after the Kubler-Ross stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Her songs follow these stages lyrically, many of them taking on the rumors of her marital troubles head-on. She is unapologetic in putting her husband on blast and checking him for the wrong he has done, especially in songs such as “Hold Up” and “Don’t Hurt Yourself.” The act of acknowledging cheating spouses is something we’ve seen many artists, especially women, do, yet we shame them for doing so. Society shames women for telling the truth and being transparent. I wouldn’t dare ever shame Beyonce, so in the spirit of this women-empowered greatness, let’s keep that in mind next time we hear an artist do some diss tracks. Despite the progressivity of our society, we hardly ever talk about how women make their own money and work for themselves. It’s still bathed in taboo for a woman to even think about what she does for herself, unless it’s with the help of a man. In the course of “Lemonade,” Queen Bey is shattering the notion that women can’t be bosses just like men. In the final moments of “Freedom,” we hear an excerpt from Hattie White, Jay-Z’s grandmother, which perhaps really ties in the title of the album and encompasses the messages it has into a few lines. “I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.”
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continued from page 8 Why did you decide to come speak with students at Cal State Long Beach? There are two reasons for that. One is when I was younger, anytime someone came to our school to speak about the things I was interested in, it had an impact. There were people that left impressions about sports and broadcasting and whenever you’re young and the more you hear from real people who are the real jobs that is always helpful. And two is a little selfish, I always learned from doing these types of things. You hear what people are asking about the profession, what’s important to them, the profession sometimes changes or things in the profession. It’s kind of a win-win, they might learn from me and my experience, but I’ll take their enthusiasm and their curiosity with me and carry it forward. What kind of advice do you have for student journalists and public relations students looking to go into the field? The simple things for any job I always say: show up on time, get along with people and do more than the job is required– and those three things can apply to anything. In broadcasting, I would add to that; versatility and contacts are important and variety. And by versatility, be able to do different types of jobs, for variety have your interests lightning up so if someone says can you write something, can you report on something, can you cover a light story or can you cover a news story, [you can]. That’s where some journalism comes in; be aware of the difference. And contacts are important, [having] an internship, getting hands-on experience and also watching people in the business to see what works for you and what doesn’t.
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SPORTS PREVIEWS Who: San Diego State (12-25, 5-10) When: Tuesday at 6 p.m. Where: Blair Field Need to know: Long Beach State (22-16, 6-6) snapped its longest losing streak of the season (four games) with a 10-7 win over UC Riverside on Sunday. If the Dirtbags want to avoid dropping anymore games, they’ll have to avoid a second loss to San Diego State this season. The Aztecs picked up a 6-5 walk-off win in the 12th inning over LBSU on April 5. SDSU also leads the all-time series 82-51-1 against the Dirtbags. In their last meeting, Aztecs’ senior Spencer Thornton went 3 for 5 with an RBI and sophomore Chase Calabuig brought in three runs. Thornton is third on the SDSU roster with a .287 batting average and leads the team with five home runs.
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Former Dirtbag Jack Wheeless talks about his injury and what he is up to now. By Lisa Williston Staff Writer
After being hit by a car while running in his hometown of Clovis, California, Jack Wheeless had a rough two years of rehab that led to to the end of his baseball career. In October of 2013, a car ran a red light through an intersection and hit Wheeless while he was running his usual 6-mile route through his hometown. The impact threw his body up in the air and cracked his pitching arm open. His surface wounds eventually healed, but when he went back to the doctor in April to get cleared to throw, several X-rays and MRIs revealed he had a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. The labrum is a piece of cartilage that keeps the shoulder joint in place. With his arm still injured and healing slowly, Wheeless was unable to play his senior year of high school. “After his accident he was obviously very limited,” said Wheeless’ high school coach, Alek Friedman. “He became a player-coach who dedicated himself to mentoring the people around him.” Wheeless started playing baseball when he was 4 years old, but did not take the game seriously until he was in high school. He actually did not like playing the sport, but only stuck with it because he was good. Knowing that he was better than other players his age was his main tool for motivation.
“After I played a lot more I learned that being a pitcher you can control basically if your team wins or not,” Wheeless said. “So that’s what I like, that pressure, and that’s what I miss most.” Once he made the varsity team in high school, Wheeless said he realized he had the opportunity to get a college education out of his skills on the mound, even though he always wanted to play soccer. Before the accident, he was offered a partial scholarship be a Dirtbag. And, in spite of the injury, the coaches at LBSU still wanted him. After going through two surgeries in the middle of his senior season, Wheeless focused on physical rehab until he arrived at The Beach. Wheeless said although he had multiple scholarship opportunities at other schools, he felt that LBSU was the most personable and the coaches had a real desire for him to play for them. Going into college, Wheeless knew if he were able to play, it would be the last leg of his baseball career. Before he was hurt, he thought there was a chance at playing in the major leagues, but after the injury he said he needed to be more realistic. “The pain of knowing that I would never be as good as I once was, was constantly on my mind,” Wheeless said. He did not play his freshman year of college, but continued rehab and eventually started the throwing program and training. His limitations did not stop him from pushing through the practices. Wheeless’ former teammate Jacob Hughey said watching him get prepared to pitch was one of the most comical things he’d ever witnessed. “Every time before Jack pitched, he would down three raw eggs – disgusting – and then do a full Rocky-montage workout right before he went out
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Jack Wheeless (above) still attends Cal State Long Beach, even after leaving the Dirtbags. Wheeless’ left arm bears a scar (below) that serves as a reminder of the the accident the ended his baseball career two years ago.
there,” Hughey said. When Wheeless was finally healthy enough to play, he was unable to throw at the same level he had before the accident. Because of this, the Dirtbags had to cut him from the team. Wheeless would have rather the accident never had happened, but he does value what it did for his family. He said that after it happened they got closer. “It made me a lot more appreciative of life because I never really thought of how easily I could die,” Wheeless said. Wheeless is studying sports broadcasting at Cal State Long Beach and hopes to be either an announcer or sports analyst.
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since 1998, discussed his career and experience working with celebrity athletes on television and his journey on the radio. After speaking to a room of around 40 people, Myers spoke with the Daily 49er about his favorite moments on the job and the importance of building a network for student journalists going into his industry.
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What’s been the best sporting event you’ve covered? One game was when the Patriots were in the Super Bowl. It was their perfect season and they were facing the Giants and had they won that, they would have finished with a perfect season and New England was winning late, but then of course the Giants came back and won the game. Then I had to interview Bill Belichick after
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the game. Then I had a situation in college football where Boise State was playing Oklahoma when a player [Ian Johnson], who was one of the heroes, proposed to his girlfriend afterwards. Johnson, who I was interviewing about the game, said he wanted to propose to his girlfriend on national television. So I rushed through that, thinking he maybe forgot, so that stood out. Then there was a moment as a reporter for the Red Sox. We were doing the World Series when the Red Sox finally broke through. I was the first the guy on the field and to interview the players and I’m not a Red Sox fan but for them and their history it was a special moment.
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