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Above, The Synthesis BFA Photography Exhibition is coming to a close as photography major Mathew Chan showcases his senior project in the Dennis W. Ditzi Gallery Wednesday afternoon. Below, Michelle Martinez, studio art major, tours the Synthesis Photography Exhibition in between classes on Wednesday afternoon.
As the semester comes to an end, the ASI Senate remains hard at work. By Michaela Kwoka-Coleman Staff Writer
The ASI Senate voted against a resolution Wednesday that would have supported a student health fee increase, saying that the students should be the ones to decide this matter. The proposed increase would have raised the fee from $96 per academic year to $150. The fee was originally brought before the ASI Senate by Director of Student Health Services Mary Ann Takemoto in early March. Most senators said that students should be able to decide whether to pay more. Sen. Logan Vournas, next year’s ASI vice president, said that before having students vote on a fee increase referendum, other avenues of obtaining the money should be explored. She suggested the possibility of reallocating funds from different ASI or USU funded groups.
Senior artists present “Synthesis” as a last goodbye before graduation.
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In the echoing halls of the student art galleries at Cal State Long Beach, filled with the smell of fresh paint, walls filled with photographs portrayed naked bodies and a tied up Chinese American police officer in the Dennis W. Dutzi gallery Wednesday night. The end of the spring semester is close and the senior students of the Fine Arts program are gathering to display a variety of different final projects until the last week of school. One such student to participate in Wednesday’s “Synthesis”
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exhibition is Matthew Chan. His collection “You are that vast thing that you see far” is set up in the Dennis W. Dutzi gallery. His photograph of the bound police officer portrays how different ethnicities are mistreated within certain professions. Chan thinks that art is a tool that gives him the possibility to express his own voice in broad cultural conversations — both for contemporary issues and those rooted in the past. “I see my role as an artist to culturally contribute,” said Chan, who is Chinese American. “I am a minority male artist and I feel like we are under-represented in many contexts. It
The ASI Senate also held the second reading of a proposed resolution to create a Student Oversight Committee for Risk Assessment. The resolution, written by Senators Vournas and Yasmin Elasmar, would create a student-run committee to deal with
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incidents of alleged or actual violence on campus. As the resolution is written, the committee would meet monthly to discuss the campus climate. Additionally, it would meet as needed when incidents of alleged violence or discrimination are reported on campus. The overarching purpose of the committee would be to have a safe place for students to voice their concerns about what happens on campus. As of now, the proposed committee would be comprised of Dean of Students Jeff Klaus, the ASI president and vice president, one ASI senate representative, six student representatives, President Jane Close Conoley and ASI Executive Director Richard Haller. The university president and the executive director of ASI would be the only non-voting members on the committee. The resolution was written in collaboration with the newly formed student group coalition We Are CSULB. We Are CSULB has been
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Who let the dogs out? No, really — who did it? They’re about to be all over the Health and Human Services 1 lawn. Next Tuesday, a handful of therapy dogs as well as some huge Newfoundlands will make Cal State Long Beach their pawing ground for the day. Pause 4 Paws will offer students the chance to pet therapy dogs, donate money to a local nonprofit focused on helping animals and take photos with two to four Newfoundland dogs. The event will take place on the HHS1 lawn from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organized by five students enrolled in CSULB’s Communication 337 Event Planning class, Pause 4 Paws aims to soothe the nerves of overstressed students as well as raise
money for Long Beach-based nonter way to de-stress profit Friends of Long Beach Anistudents than with mals. animals?’” Gonzales Friends of Long Beach Animals said. “And so then we is an animal shelter that advocates thought, ‘Oh, let’s bring therfor responsible pet ownership and apy dogs on campus!’” low-cost spay and neuter programs The group of organizers, confor low-income sisting of junior residents of and senior comLong Beach. munications Senior commumajors, will be We wanted to create nication major selling raffle a stress-free event for Shayna Gonzatickets that stustudents the week before les and the rest dents can buy finals, and we thought, of her group for $1 and all ‘What better way to desaid they wantproceeds will ed to be able to go to Friends of stress students than with not only give Long Beach Ananimals? students the imals. opportunity to Pause 4 Paws -Shayna Gonzales, Senior decompress, plans on rafcommunication major but give back to fling off various the Long Beach finals-friendly community — prizes to stuand, of course, the dogs. dents who donate such as gift cards “They do a lot of education on to Starbucks, massage gift cards and correct animal care,” said senior finals go-packs including Scantrons, communications major Brittany pencils and greenbooks. Romero. “So they go around to a lot According to Romero, Pause 4 of the Long Beach and Signal Hill Paws will also feature a photo booth elementary schools and educate the where students can donate a dollar kids on pet care.” to take photos with two bear-like “We wanted to create a stress-free Newfoundland dogs and post their event for students the week before photos on Instagram using the finals, and we thought, ‘What bethashtag #Pause4Paws.
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Therapy dogs will be on campus next Tuesday to help students decompress and raise money for local shelters.
“We’re hoping [the Newfoundland dogs] will be kind of [be] what will attract students, like ‘Oh my God, look at these huge dogs!’ and they’ll want to either donate [for a photo] or enter for a raffle prize,” Romero said. Gonzales said that the group’s motivation behind bringing therapy dogs to campus has to do with bringing Long Beach animals to the CSULB community. “Long Beach is kind of like, a really big dog-friendly community,” Gonzales said. “We were going to have [the event] at [El Dorado] park. And then we thought: ‘Well, why not bring it to school during finals week?’” Representatives from Friends of Long Beach Animals will be facilitating interaction and supervising the dogs. They will also be there to answer any questions that students interested in getting involved with the nonprofit may have. For more information on the event, follow Pause4PawsCSULB on social media.
holding protests calling for the resignation of Jeff Klaus after a number of campus safety issues. Senator Elasmar said that she thinks for the first year the six student representatives to the committee will be members of We Are CSULB. However, she said that after the inaugural year, any CSULB student who wishes to be a student representative can apply for the position. The ASI senate went on to discuss a proposed resolution to add more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. This resolution, also written by Senators Vournas and Elasmar, would “urge the university to create, and actively maintain, gender-neutral bathrooms in every new building constructed on campus.” The purpose of creating more gender-neutral bathrooms is to create a safer campus environment for gender nonconforming students. Although the resolution promotes gender-neutral-bathrooms to be included in future campus buildings, it does not address adding gender-neutral-bathrooms to current buildings. Sen. Marcus Harwell commented that he hoped that all bathrooms on campus will eventually be gender neutral. One of the last proposed resolutions discussed was for creating more alternative food options on campus. If passed, the resolution would create a path for adding kosher and halal food options in the dining plaza and residential dining halls. The hope is that by offering these options, the different religious communities at CSULB will be better served. The ASI Senate will vote on these resolutions next week at its final meeting of the spring semester.
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leave campus. The last individual cited in the stop was 21-year-old Ryan Andrew Valencia for being in possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. This case is currently being investigated by the University Police Department.
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Trio cited after traffic stop After stopping a vehicle for traveling at an unsafe speed last Thursday, a University Police sergeant suspected the vehicle may have been related to a different report of a suspicious individual in Parking Structure 1 the sergeant was investigating. The sergeant contacted back up,
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and once patrol officers and detectives approached the vehicle, they found three individuals. It is unknown if any of them are students. During a search, a 31-year-woman
was found to be in possession of another person’s personal identifying information. On the crime bulletin the woman is listed as both Sade Perez and Monica Minijarez. She was
cited for having possession of the other person’s information and for vehicle code infractions. Officers also found 31-year-old Jonathan Myers, who was told to
Mental check University Police were contacted April 20 when a 17-year-old male jumped into a stranger’s car after asking for directions. When police arrived the teen was taken into custody to be held until he could receive a mental evaluation at a proper facility. The male’s uncle was contacted. It is unknown if the male is a student.
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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.
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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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Senior communications major Eric Kim takes a smoking break in front of the library on Monday.
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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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-
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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-
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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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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.
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Students and counter protestors from CSU Safe Space challenge Beach Newman and the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform Tuesday during their presentation of the Genocide Awareness Project.
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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
Members of the public gather at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels to leave messages and tributes following the terrorist attacks on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
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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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Conference call with Agent Sharon Carter Emily VanCamp talks “Captain America: Civil War.” By Miranda Andrade-Ceja Arts & Life Editor
Marvel women are badass. From Black Widow to Jessica Jones, every Marvel woman has something to bring to the table whether it’s in the form of a punch to the face or cool one-liners. In the eagerly-awaited third Captain America film, “Captain America: Civil War,” audiences will be reintroduced to Agent Sharon Carter as portrayed by Emily VanCamp. In light of the upcoming film that’s slotted to release on May 6, VanCamp participated in a student media conference call to talk diversity, memorable scenes and, of course, if she identifies as “Team Iron Man” or “Team Captain America.” What new things can audiences expect from your character in this film that they might have gotten specifically in Winter Soldier, without giving spoilers, obviously? We were really planting a seed in “The Winter Soldier.” Cap didn’t even know that she was Sharon Carter, within that film. Steve finds out who she is – and
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Emily VanCamp attending the Captain America Civil War Photocall, at the Corinthia Hotel, in London, UK, on Monday April 25. that’s sort of, I think, just inevitably deepens their connection because of obviously the shared tie with Peggy. There’s just an inevitable, immediate trust between them. And we really explore that throughout this film, and we see that the stakes are high for her because her job is at stake if she is helping Cap. So, Marvel recently released this featurette highlighting the company’s achievement in adopting more women roles in their movies. In addition, you were also involved in the Captain America Civil War Challenge for young women in STEM. What are your feelings on playing the strong female role and em-
powering women across the country in the process? I mean, that’s just a huge compliment to hear that, because you know these characters are so much fun to play, but to know that in doing this, it could be you potentially empowering young girls, is amazing. And I think Marvel’s really trying to diversify, they’re really sort of incorporating more women in these great parts, and I think it’s just kind of heading in the right direction, you know? But it’s super-enjoyable to play, too. I know a lot of Marvel fans are picking Team Captain American and Team Iron Man so if you were to choose a team
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This film is a Captain America film, though, it does have quite a few other Avengers in it. How do you feel that the film differentiates itself from the previous two Avengers films, and makes itself truly a new Captain America movie? It’s interesting. It does really feel like the Avengers. Everybody is in it, pretty much. So it is hard to differentiate it, but they really are kind of focused on the relationship between Tony and Steve, and what they represent. And the rest is just sort of people picking sides. And they really delve into the depth of what these two characters within the universe truly, truly feel. And they are the extremes of those feelings that other people are kind
of following, so it still does feel like a Captain film. Please describe the most intense scene you’ve shot during production. I think the one that I connected with the most was just her speaking at Peggy’s funeral – a really difficult moment for Steve. It’s also where he finds out that she’s Sharon Carter, which is very interesting, and the fans have such a love of Peggy, that it was nice to sort of honor her. And it really did make sense for Sharon to do that, so that was probably one of my favorite ones. It’s also where you almost wonder if she’s speaking to Cap in this moment in terms of the sort of difficulties that he’s going through, so that was pretty good. It’s kind of fun to go up against Bucky. My stuff wasn’t the highest intensity stuff, so I just got to show up a lot and have fun. Which is really great, especially after “Revenge,” which was like, constantly, constantly tortured. So it was a great departure from that. So, with Captain America: Civil War, what are you most excited for in the future with Marvel’s cinematic universe? Well I’m always excited for all of their films, to be honest. Whether or not I’m a part of them, you just don’t know until they’re sort of written, I think it would be amazing to continue in the universe, but even if I don’t, I’ll certainly continue watching because as I said, the movies just keep getting better and better.
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independent from the character that you play, which side would you choose and why? Hmm, that’s a really good question that I’ve been asking myself quite a bit. I guess, because I have such an attachment to Sharon and her loyalty to Steve and Captain, I just feel that I sort of agree with him. It’s tough, though, because to have superheroes running around, without any sort of monitoring, it does seem wild and crazy. But I really see both sides. It’s kind of hard to, even watching the movie, it’s hard to see the Avengers going at each other. But you really do see the right and wrong of both sides. It’s a tough one, but just because of my attachment to the character I’d probably go Team Cap.
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feels like we have forgotten the minorities, because a lot of people see the world as black and white.” Next to the photograph of the police officer is a series of pictures portraying naked men and women covered in sand and painted with different patterns.
Chan’s inspiration came from Lebanese artist Walid Raad, who is known for creating art about memory and cultural history. Chan’s collection resonated with many of his peers. “Matthew’s pieces are very conceptual and well thought out,” senior photography major Chelsey Coleman said. “I think it stands out...his style is unique.” Chan has been working on his final
project for the past two semesters and said his process has made him perceive himself as a true artist, being able to show multiple pieces that represent memories, which are connected to one another. By showing all the pieces during his senior exhibition, he hopes that people will find it easier to understand the meaning of his works, because there is no single focus in each piece.
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“My work is easier to digest and understand when there is a larger number of pieces that are being shown together,” Chan said. “A lot of my pieces are usually fragmentations of memories that do not really stand out by themselves as singular pieces. It might be hard to understand the context of my art pieces if you only look at them by themselves.” Senior animation major Rachel Shin thinks it is good that the art stu-
dents get the opportunity to showcase their work. She found many pieces in the exhibition to be interesting and creative. “This is not one of those things that you just look at and pass by,” Shin said. “These pieces make you stop by and examine. That is something that you would really want in your own art; create a moment for someone else to stop and actually think about it.”
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The ‘Ghost’ of ethnic diversity Hollywood, yet again, offers us a white actor for a non-white character in a major feature film.
Chinese character would look like. No one can forget the disaster that was Mickey Rooney crashing through “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” as a bumbling caricature of his Japanese role Mr. Yunioshi. Last year’s “Pan” had the paler-than-snow Rooney Mara cast as the famous Native American character Tiger Lily, a By Lauren Torres move so offensively bold even Mara Staff Writer expressed regret in taking the role. The excuse of old Hollywood, that there weren’t enough actors of color, ollywood; the place has no room in the 21st century. Now, where silver-screen more than ever, there’s a plethora of dreams come true ethnically diverse actors to choose and you can be from. So what excuse is Hollywood anything you want hiding behind now? Max Landis, – that is, unless you’re Asian, Native screenwriter of films such as “AmerAmerican, African American or anyican Ultra” and “Chronicle”, took to thing but white. YouTube to express, in his professional During a summer spent internopinion, why having Johansson as the ing for a talent manager I witnessed star was more beneficial than probcountless Caucasian actors being lematic. submitted for roles with descriptions “The only reason to be upset about like “ethnic” or “Hispanic/African Scarlett Johansson being in ‘Ghost in American.” Hundreds of ethnicalthe Shell’ is if you don’t know how ly diverse actors’ the movie indusheadshots came try works,” he through that ofsaid. He then goes fice, only to end These aren’t choices made on to argue that up in the trash there are simply due to lack of options; can. no “A-list female, these are deliberate, These aren’t Asian celebrities.” harmful choices made choices made due This that’s-justto lack of options; the-way-it-is attiwith no regard to their these are delibtude is the problem effect on the diverse erate, harmful at the core of every populace of moviegoers. choices made with Hollywood injusno regard to their tice. Studio execeffect on the diutives with their verse populace of money at stake moviegoers. would rather pick a safe, bankable bet Hollywood’s most recent whitewashlike Johansson than take a chance on ing scandal stems from the casting of an unknown Japanese actress. Then, Scarlett Johansson, who is Danish and because Asian actresses don’t get the unmistakably white, as Japanese charsame exposure as their white counacter Major Motoko Kusanagi in the terparts, they aren’t considered as vilive-action adaptation of anime “Ghost able options for future projects. It’s a in the Shell.” self-perpetuating cycle. While Johansson’s feeling the heat On top of that backwards reasoning, of backlash for this now, she’s hardly there are at least a handful of actresses the first. In 1937, “The Good Earth,” that could have been considered, like a film about a family of Chinese Rinko Kikuchi (“Pacific Rim”, “Babel”), farmers, had white actors perform in Karen Fukuhara (“Suicide Squad”), or yellow face and prosthetics to fit the Kimiko Glenn (“Orange is the New Western stereotype of what a “real” Black”).
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Around the pool with Arroyo Long Beach State women’s water polo coach Gavin Arroyo gave the Daily 49er an overview of all the team’s playing in the Big West Tournament.
Hawai’i “The defending Big West champions, [they’re an] extraordinarily talented team and they’ve been in the top ten for almost the whole year. I think they were No. 4 in the country at one point. They’re a very, very good team.” UC Irvine “Traditionally, Irvine’s been the team to beat. One thing they bring is their athleticism, but they’re also precocious. They’re just pretty mentally solid, especially when it comes to championship time, they’re very used to being in the finals. They’re not easily rattled.” UC Santa Barbara “They found themselves at No. 7 in the country in this last poll and they have a really dangerous left hander. And they have the home pool advantage.” UC Davis “[They’re] big, strong [and] physical, I think they were ranked fifth or fourth at some point as well. They’ve beaten Cal twice this year so that team is also very, very dangerous and very, very talented.”
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that to prove.” LBSU’s first game will be at noon on Saturday at
UC Santa Barbara. “It is championship weekend and the stakes are obviously hire and I just want to have the girls enjoy every minute of it, because they deserve a good experience,” Arroyo said. “Win or lose, whatever the outcome may be, the art of war and enjoying the battle is what I’m looking forward to.”
Cal State Northridge “Northridge is coming off a win against [Loyola Marymount] and they’re a dangerous team. We only beat them by two earlier in the year and we got them pretty good at home, but in neutral waters [CSUN] can do some damage.”
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49ers, Titans split doubleheader Darian Tautalafua ties a school record Wednesday as LBSU and CSUF trade big wins over each other. By Josh Barajas Sports Editor
FULLERTON, Calif. – After night and day performances by the Long Beach State softball team, the 49ers split their doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton Wednesday at Anderson Family Field. The 49ers (27-19, 7-8) picked up an 8-1 win in game one, notching 14 hits and three home runs in the victory before allowing six runs on five hits in the first inning of game two against the Titans (39-11, 13-1). Fullerton eventually added two more runs to win 8-0 in six innings. “We came out hitting the ball real well,” LBSU senior infielder Darian Tautalafua said. “And in the second game we didn’t. We had about the same amount of hits, we just didn’t string them together like [Fullerton] did.” Tautalafua, already LBSU’s alltime leader in home runs (51), RBIs (169), walks (101) and runs (133), entered the game one home run shy of establishing a new single-season high and three RBIs short of breaking the Big West all-time record. The Carson native delivered home run No. 14 of the season in the third inning of game one to put the 49ers up 3-1 and tie Lauren Johnson for the single-season record for most home runs at LBSU in the process. “I really didn’t think it was a home run,” Tautalafua said. “It was hit really high, I just didn’t think it was going to go over.” Tautalafua holds several records
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LBSU catcher Lauren MacLeod, above, gets a hit during game one of Wednesday’s doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton at Anderson Family Field. LBSU pitcher Christina Clermont pitches during the 49ers’ 8-1 win in game one (below). and is close to breaking a few more, but the third baseman said she doesn’t worry too much about them. “I try not to pay attention to these records because we’re still playing,” Tautalafua said. “Right now I just want to do what I can to help the team win.” Freshman Kelli Finan put LBSU on the board first in game one by lining a two-run home run, her first of the year, off the left field foul pole to give the 49ers a 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Titans answered in the bottom half of the inning with a solo shot by senior Melissa Sechrest, but the 49ers piled on the runs in the top of the third. After Tautalafua’s record tying home run, senior Haley Tobler singled to put a runner on and
sophomore Julia Lombardi crushed LBSU’s second two-run home run of the game to make the score 5-1.
Then in the fifth, with one out and the bases loaded, sophomore L.T. Torres hit a two-RBI double to make
the score 7-1. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded once again, Tobler drew a two-out walk to make the score 8-1. LBSU showcased some hitting ability, but game one also featured another gem by right-hander Christina Clermont (17-8). The junior transfer from Syracuse tossed her 18th complete game, allowing just five hits and one run while striking out six. “They came out timely hitting and good pitching the first game,” CSUF head coach Kelly Ford said. “And then the second what’s what we did.” In game two, the rest of the 49er pitching staff ran into trouble early. Game two starter Selene Polamalu allowed four earned runs on three hits and failed to record a single out before she was pulled from the game. Freshman reliever Skie Munoz replaced Polamalu and allowed two more runs on three hits to make the score 6-0 after one inning of play. “I said [to my team between games], ‘We’ve got to separate this game, you’ve got to have a short term memory and you’ve got to be accountable,’” Ford said. “So we were accountable for our defense being poor, our pitching being poor, our hitting being poor, our coaching being poor in game one and we all committed to turning it around.” Fullerton added a run in the third and another in the sixth to end the game on a run rule. Senior lefthander Desiree Ybarra (13-5) shutout the 49ers and threw her 11th complete game, allowing eight hits and striking out four in the 8-0 win. The conference RBI record will have to wait for Tautalafua, who is sitting in second place with 169 behind Pacific’s Jennifer Curtier’s 170. The 49ers return to Anderson Family Field on Friday for the series finale against the Titans. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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With chips on their shoulders The 49ers go into the Big West Tournament as No. 1 seed, but with plenty to prove. By Jason Enns Staff Writer
The No. 1 Long Beach State women’s water polo team heads to Santa Barbara this weekend for the Big West Tournament in hopes to prove to the competition LBSU’s conference title was no accident. After winning only two out of eight games in their first two tournaments, LBSU began to fall into their rhythm ending the regular season with an overall record of 1710 and 4-1 in the Big West. “We’re the No. 1 seed and with that comes expectations,” Head coach Gavin Arroyo said. “It’s foreign territory for us, so we have to figure out a way to handle that. We’re coming in as the favorite and I think that changes a little bit [of ] your dispositions.” The 49ers would like to think they’ve proven their worth after losing only three games in the past eight weeks, but according to the
players, LBSU still isn’t taken seriously by their competition. “Even though we’re first place in conference we’re still the underdogs,” senior center Emily Matheson said. “I think we still have a lot to prove, like we know we’re great but [the Big West teams] need to know too– they underestimate us still.” The 49ers will play the winner of Friday’s game between University of Hawaii and UC Davis, and with only one game after that before the season’s end, this is the players’ last chance to gain the recognition they feel they deserve. “[We want] to prove ourselves worthy,” LBSU senior attacker Leigh Auth said. “Honestly, I feel like every game we go to it’s, ‘Oh, we’re playing Long Beach, it’s going to be an easy win.’” LBSU is looking to dispose of
that assumption, and maybe a Big West tournament cup will do it. “Every time we win it’s ‘Long Beach upsets,’ literally every title of every article,” sophomore center Emily Garczynski said. “We want to prove that our wins aren’t upsets. We want to figure out how many wins it takes until it’s not an upset.” The 49ers’ only conference loss was in Irvine, where UC Irvine defeated LBSU by a single goal. “I personally believe that not winning that game was really good for us mentally because it gave us the idea that we still can lose,” Garczynski said. “I don’t want to say we weren’t [confident] going into Santa Barbara, but we were definitely thinking, ‘we have something to prove.’” Garczynski ended up scoring the game winning shot against UC Santa Barbara, which was a game she
felt encapsulated the reason for LBSU’s success this season. “We were behind for the first half and then we all kind of looked at each other and said ‘we can do this,’” Garczynski said. “We’re not playing as individual players, we’re playing as a team.” It is likely they could compete against Irvine again in the final game of the year, a game the 49ers say they’re ready for. “We know what do now and we can be a lot smarter about it,” Matheson said. “We can definitely do better [defending] the drives.” To which Garczynski added, “If we see [Irvine] again in this tournament we’re going to come out ten times harder than we would against any other team just because we have
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