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Nothing but paws-itivity CSULB communication studies students host event to help students to deal with stress before upcoming final exams. By Xochitl Abarca Staff Writer
Easy access to sexual assault resources Free app aims to provide easy access to resources for sexual assault victims on college campuses. By Nubia Valdez Staff Writer
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college; over 90 percent of those vic-
tims don’t report their assault. Capptivation’s Reach Out - College Edition, a free smartphone app, aims to help sexual assault victims in college easily access resources and information available to them in their college or community. This includes easier access to medical, administrative and law enforcement personnel. “We saw that a lot of college campuses have resources that [sexual assault victims] could go to. It’s just impossible to look at it separately and decide what to do first,” Sarah Zandi, one of the apps
founders, said. “[The app] is to consolidate [the information] so they don’t have to go look for it. Something happened to [the student] that they didn’t ask for, obviously, and now they have the additional burden of how to deal with the aftermath. We want to remove that burden for them,” After graduating from different colleges in 2014, five friends decided to combat sexual assault by giving their peers resources and information, rather than victims having to seek it out
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Cal State Long Beach students, along with Friends of Long Beach Animals, brought furry friends to campus Wednesday to help ease students’ stress going into finals. The “Back on my Paws, Bark at Finals” event took place at the Graduation Lawn from 1 - 4 p.m. and was planned as a special project by a group of students in the Event Planning Communication 337 class. Different groups of students from this class usually organize events like this, bringing therapy animals to campus at the end of almost every semester. “‘Back on my Paws, Bark at Finals’ [was] for students who are experiencing anxiety, depression and stress,” senior communication major Annie Carrazco said. “We are trying to help the students get ready for finals.” According to the article “Cardiovascular Effects of Human-pet Dog Interactions,” published in The Journal of Behavioral Medicine, petting a dog can help lower blood pressure, ease depression and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The event starred an 11-year-old, 60-pound border collie mix named Buddy and a five-year-old, three-legged Chihuahua named Kanga. Not only did students have a chance to play with the dogs, but for a small donation of at least a dollar, students got to take a Polaroid with one of the two therapy dogs and were given raffle ticket. Raffle prizes included donated tech accessories and gift cards from spon-
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Queer crafts fair showcases student art Beach Pride Events and Safe Space CSU collaborated to promote LGBT awareness. By Michael Garcia Staff Writer
Balloons and rainbow banners tied along the rails of the University Student Union signaled the Queer Arts and Crafts Fair, where student-vendors sold homemade jewelry, candy and art pieces. “The Queer Arts and Crafts Fair
is inclusive to all of our students and allows them to sell their creations whether they’re arts, paintings or body items,” Beach Pride Events Lead Program Assistant Kaila-Marie Hardaway said. Beach Pride Events hosted the festival Wednesday afternoon at the USU Front Lawn. “It’s really good exposure for our students who like to make their own creations and it brings awareness to the LGBT community here on campus, even if some of our vendors don’t identify themselves as part of the community,” Hardaway said. Women’s, Gender and Sexuality and sociology professor Shae Miller had natural vegan cosmetics for sale
at her table, while graduate student Jada Esters and Associated Students, Inc. Secretary for Cultural Diversity Victoria Villa sold jewelry and art pieces. Anthropology and women’s studies major Sarah Kenne, who is part of the group Safe Space CSU, was selling homemade candy and sugar scrubs at her table. “The group Safe Space CSU actually came up with the idea [for the fair],” Kennel said. “We have a really big art community here and we thought it would be cool to hold it right now since it’s right before Christmas and everyone can buy
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Graduate student Jada Esters sells jewelry and paintings at the Queer Arts and Crafts Fair on Wednesday.
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CSULB parking app in the works University Dining Hall to add new food items next semester. By Meghan McGillicuddy Staff Writer
The Cal State Long Beach Department of Parking and Transportation Services announced that it is in the process of developing a mobile app during the Associated Students, Inc. Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon. The mobile app will allow students and faculty to pay for daily permits, track how much time they have left in their parking spot and add more time to their spot.
Whether or not the app will be used for visitors is unclear, CSULB Parking and Transportation Operations Manager Amy Gerety said. Students will also be able to pay for citations through the app. “We’re not sure when the app will be released because we’ve hit a snag,” Gerety said. “The company that is developing the app is having trouble implementing our rules.” The app needs to recognize different university regulations, such as general parking versus residential parking. Students who live in the dorms are only allowed to park in three lots: 14c, 14d and 19 while students who live off campus use general parking spaces in the remaining lots.
Parking and Transportation Services will also re-launch its website within the next two weeks. The new website will be be more adaptable to smartphones and students will be able to pay for permits and citations more efficiently, Gerety said. After Gerety’s presentation, 49er Shops CEO Don Penrod brought food samples for the senators. The ASI Senate sampled Mediterranean food such as Shawarma, a type of grilled chicken and seasoned lamb. “We will be adding these items to OPA! Greek @ the Beach next semester,” Penrod said. “We had a lot of requests from students to add Mediterranean food to their
menus.” OPA! Greek @ the Beach is located in the University Dining Plaza and serves Greek food such as spanakopita, a baked puff pastry usually filled and feta cheese. Last on the agenda, ASI Vice President Logan Vournas said that she will not go to meetings with the California State Students Association. Located in Long Beach, CSSA oversees every student government organization through the CSU system. “They completely ignored me when I asked them a question about how they will help the CSUs if the tuition increases,” Vournas said. “I think it’s a waste of time to attend if they won’t give us the information we need.”
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continued from page 1 gifts and give students some extra cash.” Safe Space CSU is a student-run group that dedicates itself to creating a safe environment for all on the CSULB campus. Journalism and public relations major Sylvana Uribe was promoting the #ThisIsMe project, a photoshoot in which students have words written on their bodies to encourage positive body image. “[The project] was started by another student here at Cal State Long Beach, Jordan Daniels,” Uribe said. “It’s a photo series where the premise is to have people identify their insecurities, usually triggered by societal pressures and then we have them use words and messages to combat these pressures and have them write those words on their bodies.” #ThisIsMe will be holding a fundraiser open mic at Roxanne’s Cocktail Lounge at 1115 E. Wardlow Rd. in Long Beach Dec. 3 from 3-6 p.m.
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continued from page 1 -sors such as Unleashed by Petco, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, Carl’s Jr., Peet’s Coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Pieology Pizzeria. All proceeds from the event were donated to FOLBA. “We want students to feel relaxed, especially coming back from Thanksgiving break – everyone is feeling a drag, we just want them to take a break and forget about finals for a bit,” senior communication major Jayme Camiling said. “I feel way better that the dogs are here in time for finals,” junior English major Alexis Capil said. FOLBA is a non-profit organization dedicated to responsible ownership, as well as promoting education and humane treatment of all animals. FOLBA believes that dogs and cats play an important role in people’s lives. The group promotes low-cost spay and neuter programs to low-income residents of the Long Beach area. FOLBA incentive program Saving Lives Thru Spay/Neuter and Education, is to stop the euthanization of healthy dogs and cats in animal shelters resulting from human neglect and animal overpopulation. Al and Mary Shadbourne, who own and brought Kanga the Chihuahua, explained that the process of adopting a dog and certifying it as a therapy dog is not very hard. First, FOLBA picks up the dog from the shelter and sends them to their new adoptive home. After six months, the
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CSULB students play with Buddy, one of the therapy dogs available at the Graduation Lawn Wednesday. The “Back on my Paws, Bark at Finals” event was planned as a special project by a group of students in the Event Planning Communication 337 class. dogs are brought to be accessed and tested for basic obedience and stress coping skills. If they pass, they are then trained. According to a 2016 Mid-Year Report by the City of Long Beach Animal Care Services, Long Beach has already
achieved a record number in saved animals. The report states that there was a 15 percent reduction in 2015 in the number of cats and dogs impounded in shelters, going from 3,783 to 3,219. Additionally, there was a 37 percent reduction in 2015 in the number of cats
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and dogs euthanized, going from 1,156 to 725. The report states that the percent of positive outcomes in adoptions or returns to original owners of dogs and cats that come into the shelter has improved from 85 percent to 89 percent for dogs
and from 54 percent to 63 percent. FOLBA has helped in the adoption of over 500 animals from the Long Beach Animal Care Services animal shelter. The FOLBA website features pictures and information of animals currently up for adoption.
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from administrators. “When we graduated, we realized that our perspectives were unique and the idea that we had would be relatable to us and to kids across the country,” said Zach Csillag, one of the apps founders. “We knew it was important for everyone to have access to this information.” Reach Out - College Edition provides students with their college campus’ and community resources as well as information on school policies regarding sexual assault. The developers provide a starting point for college administrators to then input the resources and information that student would need. A college’s administrators are able to log into the app’s software and edit information, keep the information up to date and add anything they think students need to know about dealing with sexual assault. Students are then able to access the information whenever and wherever they want, all while retaining anonymity.
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Vending Machine Broken Into: A burglary at the College of Business Administration was reported Wednesday. An employee found that a vending machine had been broken open
and coins were on the ground. The total loss is unknown. Student Stalked Off Campus: A 21-year-old female from the Beachside dorms reported to UPD Tuesday that she was being stalked by an unknown male. She said the male has been following her for two months and was seen walking past the west side gate on Pacific Coast Highway and Clark Avenue. Burglary at Japanese Gardens: The grounds crew at the Japanese Gardens reported on Monday that the sheds located inside the gardens were broken into. The break-in happened Sunday night and it is unknown what was taken.
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Attempted Suicide On Campus: A student reported an attempted suicide to University Policy Tuesday. The student said his friend texted him saying that he had taken medicine for a migraine. Campus police found the student inside his vehicle in Parking Structure 2, located near Palo Verde Avenue. The officers called the Long Beach Fire Department, who then transported the 22-year-old male to a local hospital.
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“We wanted to make sure [the information] is always there for a student if they ever need it but [we] also wanted it to be private and anonymous because it is a sensitive matter,” said Csillag, “but we also wanted to try to empower the students with the information.” Capptivation’s next goal is to bring the app to high school students across the country. Their goal is to educate them with information, resources and support in addition to educating them on behavior, boundaries and what is expected of them as they move onto college. “In terms of changing the culture and making a difference, we have to target the younger population,” said Csillag. “They are the ones that are going to continue to feed into college campuses.” Over 3,500 schools, including Cal State Long Beach, have already teamed up with Capptivation in order to provide this app for their students. The app is available for free across the country to participating schools. Students can download the app and search their school. Once selected, they can anonymously enter their information and look up any information they want.
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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
“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.
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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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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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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-
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 Contributing Writer
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. By Sara DeLeon Staff Writer
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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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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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 university will hold an open forum after a student pulled a knife in class.
A student leader-led forum will be held today to further discuss campus safety.
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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.
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The 49ers shot 42.9 percent from downtown as they handed Hawai’i its first road loss in conference play Saturday.
The 49ers picked up a pair of 10-point wins to close out their regular season as the No. 3 seed in the conference.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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.
Dec. 7, 5 p.m. 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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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.
“God loves Fedoras” but “hates hoes” says the street preacher on the freedom of speech lawn on upper campus.
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 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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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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If these walls could talk Visitors to the student art gallery come to see art, end up looking within. By Jason Enns
Arts & Life Editor
The semester is coming to a hectic end, students are finishing up their final projects and soon to be graduates are turning in their senior theses. For BFA in Photography students, this means exhibiting their work in the student art galleries next to the art store. It’s senior week at the galleries, and students are making their final artistic statements before graduation. 13 photography students have taken over the two rooms of the Gatov Gallery, displaying a wide range of their interpretation of the theme “Misplacement,” a theme agreed upon by the students showing this week. Works range from abstract col-
lage-style photos to exhibits that reflect race and sexuality. Senior photography student Liliana Ramirez chose to capture the photographic process by focusing her piece on sound. “My body of work deals with the relationship between image and sound, you can make an image into a sound or a sound into an image,” Ramirez said. “I was playing with the idea that a camera is almost like a computer in that it makes something into an image, and if that’s the case then what else can we make images with?” Using a combination of sound editing software and Photoshop, Ramirez’ pieces include visual representation of her spelling out the word “photographic” and the shutter on a camera. Dominick Chavez is showing brightly colored collage-style images that he calls still life constructions. “One thing I like to think of these [pieces] as is some sort of visual trickery,” Chavez said. “This places
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Dominick Chavez’s collage-style pieces were used as the poster image of the “Misplacement” group exhibition.
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officers that are suppose to be protecting and serving us and instead they’re continued from page 4 killing us.” The only exhibit that comes close to matching Sanders’ shock value is the idea of what a photograph really is, Matthew Chan’s series that speaks to sort of pushing the medium.” the influences of dominant culture, He used photo deposits with a comwhich Chan describes as emasculating bination of software editing. and tokenizing. His photos don’t only “Most of what you see here is what’s display archetypally beautiful naked in front of me, it’s hard to say what was women, but nude photos of himself. brought in lat“It’s an opporer and what was tunity for me to there originally,” challenge myself Chavez said. and challenge the It’s an opportunity for me Avery Sanders norm; It’s a way has numerous for me to liberto challenge myself and large photos of ate myself,” Chan challenge the norm; It’s himself spread said. a way for me to liberate across the 10He says his myself. foot wall. The piece aligns with same photo of the theme by re-Matthew Chan, Sanders is reflecting on the BFA Photography senior peated multiple misplacement of times, but in each his identity; the photo there are dominant culstickers of targets ture tears down placed in different places on his body. his inherent culture, taking away his “Each image — there’s 27 images — identity. represent each African American that Chan’s artist statement describes was unarmed that was shot by a police how media often portrays Asian males officer in 2016,” Sanders said. “The taras being an ignorant, meek, mystical gets represent where they were shot.” villain. He uses a Shaolin Monk char27 victims were people living all acter in his photos as an example of across the nation, and each were fatalhow Asian males often have their sexly wounded by the gunshots. Sanders uality stripped away. says visitors to the gallery have called There are several other exhibits that his project heavy, painful and stunalso make senior week at the art galning. leries worth seeing, and the window “That’s kind of what I wanted to get of opportunity is closing. The exhibit at, just to show people that this is hapwill close its doors for good tonight at pening, that people are dying by police 5 p.m.
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Students stand in the gallery taking in Avery Sanders’ heavy photo project about fatal police shootings of black men this year.
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for tuition has become an arduous feat. Furthermore, I doubt I’ll have money to buy my friends and family any Christmas presents. I hate to be a grinch, but this college student is broke. I was, thankfully, able to pay off my tuition during the fall semester — but with recent talks of a tuition hike among CSULB officials, I doubt I’ll be able to afford next semester’s fees. The CSU Board of Trustees, which is composed of 25 members who enact policies on campus, have postponed their decision on whether there will be an increase in tuition later next year. Furthermore, President-elect Donald Trump is working on a new plan that will cut 50 percent of non-military spending, which will include all federal expenses other than military costs. It looks as though neither the U.S. government nor CSULB officials are on our side anymore. I work twenty hours a week, broken into four-hours
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n Monday, Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley sent an email to students announcing a statewide increase in university tuition, but failed to address the information in detail. Instead, her e-mail focused on the importance of diversity on campus — which, is crucial, but doesn’t correlate to the reason behind a tuition increase. I suppose the California State University Board of Trustees hasn’t realized that a great deal of university students not only have to deal with a hefty tuition payment, but also pay for their own school essentials such as books and basic living expenses. According to a Los Angeles Times article titled “UC and Cal State will consider the first tuition hikes in six years” by Teresa Watanabe and Rosanna Xia, the tuition increase would amount to $270 per student. If students qualify, the amount may be covered by financial aid. But what about the students who don’t have that kind of help? The reason for this hike, as described by the article, is because officials are scrambling to better accommodate the “growing share” of low-income and first-generation university students through more dorms, classrooms and lab space. However, is charging current students more for their already pricey education the correct step to dealing with incoming students? I don’t think so. Ending the current tuition freeze could easily make new annual fees the new norm for the CSU system. Hordes of students are currently struggling financially as they begin to make plans for next semester — myself included. As a full-time student who is only able to work a part-time job, paying
‘Do more in four,’ becomes ‘do more if you can afford to,’ regrettably.
shifts five days a week. With my income of $11 an hour, I have nowhere near enough money for more academic expenses. I’m convinced CSULB officials don’t see the big deal in raising tuition because they’re not actually going to school — they’re not experiencing the arduous financial difficulties that so many of us students are.
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Long Beach State women’s soccer team finished its season in a first round loss to Santa Clara 3-0 Nov. 12.
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Rangel and Gonzales net postseason awards Long Beach State women’s soccer team earns NCSAA honors. By Matthew Simon Sports Editor
After a season that included a Big West title and NCAA playoff berth, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team had three members earn National Soccer Coaches Association of America awards. Senior midfielder Mimi Rangel was named to the NSCAA Division I Women’s All-West
Region Team. During her senior year, Rangel started in 20 games while playing in all 21 of LBSU’s contests. Rangel was second on the team with 13 points after scoring four goals and dishing out five assists to finish tied with freshman defender Chloe Froment Froment, who came to LBSU from France, made an immediate impact on the defensive side of the ball and was named to the NSCAA Division I Women’s All-West Region Team. She was the only freshman out of 33 to make it onto a All-West Region Team. In her rookie campaign, Froment logged an astounding 1,930 minutes of playing time — more than 200 minutes than teammate senior
goalkeeper Ashton McKeown, who had 1,709 minutes. Rounding out the awards was LBSU’s top offensive weapon junior forward Ashley Gonzales. Gonzales was named to the NCSAA Division I Women’s All-West Region First Team. The award makes Gonzales a perfect 3 for 3 for earning NCSAA awards since arriving at LBSU. The Big West’s current Offensive Player of the Year, led the Big West with 11 goals. With those three players, LBSU went 10-7-4 and made its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008. LBSU’s season came to an end after a 3-0 loss to Santa Clara in the first round of the playoffs Nov.12.
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JUSTIN BIBBINS GUARD
Bibbins recognized by NCAA By Matthew Simon
Sports Editor
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Junior guard Justin Bibbins received more recognition when the NCAA released its High Five, which recognized the top five players under 5 feet 10 inches. Bibbins, reigning All-Big West point guard, was ranked No. 3 in the country behind Winthrop’s senior guard Keon Johnson and Monmouth’s junior guard Justin Robinson. For Bibbins, it’s another accolade in his career since arriving from Bishop Montgomery High School in 2014. Along with the NCAA’s recognition, Bibbins was named to the preseason Lou Henson Award Watch List, which is an award given at the end of the year to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player. The junior had an impressive 13 points against No. 4 Kansas Tuesday night and shot an efficient 5 of 8 from the floor. Along with Bibbins’ on-court performances, he was also named to the seven-player Big West Preseason All-Conference Team. Currently, Bibbins is averaging 8.8 points during LBSU’s non-conference schedule. That number will improve once the team starts Big West play Jan. 5 against Hawai’i.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
49ers hit the road Long Beach State women’s basketball team will be in Arizona for ASU Classic. By Matthew Simon Sports Editor
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will be on the road
again this weekend as it travels to Tempe, Arizona to compete in the Arizona State University Classic. In their first contest, the 49ers (33) will face No. 16 Florida (4-1) Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Before beating Wofford 74-51 Wednesday the Gators were coming off their first loss to Northwestern Friday. Florida is led by sophomore guard Eleanna Christinaki, who scores an average of 20.8 points per game. Behind Christinaki, junior forward
Haley Lorenzen is second on the team, averaging 15 points per game. The 49ers are looking to bounce back after three consecutive losses. LBSU’s latest defeat was to USC Sunday at the Galen Center. In the game, junior guard Gigi Hascheff scored a career-high 21 points. Second in scoring was sophomore forward Chanterria Jackson, who chipped in 16 points. LBSU was in a battle with USC and the two traded the lead seven times. In the second half, USC used
its size to take over the game for good. The 49ers’ defense did very well, forcing the Trojans into 29 turnovers and grabbing 17 steals. In its game against USC, the team saw senior guard Anna Kim suffer an unknown injury. It is unclear if Kim will play this weekend, but she will be a big loss if not. On Sunday, the 49ers will either face host Arizona State University or Boston University.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REMAINING 2016-2017 SCHEDULE DATE
GAME
LOCATION
TIME
DATE
GAME
LOCATION
12/04
ASU/Boston U
Tempe, Az
TBA
01/14
Cal Poly
Walter Pyramid 4 p.m.
02/25 UC Irvine Walter Pyramid 4 p.m.
12/07
Pacific
Walter Pyramid 5 p.m.
01/19
UCSB
Santa Barbara
03/02 CSUN
Walter Pyramid 7 p.m.
12/10
LMU
Los Angeles
2 p.m.
01/21
UC Davis
Walter Pyramid 2 p.m.
03/04 Hawai’i
Honolulu
12/16
Biola
Walter Pyramid 7 p.m.
01/26
CSUF
Fullerton
12/19
USF
Las Vegas
Noon
01/28
UCR
Walter Pyramid 4 p.m.
12/20
TBA
TBA
TBA
02/02
CSUN
Northridge
7 p.m.
12/21
TBA
TBA
TBA
02/04
UC Irvine
Irvine
2 p.m.
12/31
Columbia
Walter Pyramid 1 p.m.
02/09
CSUF
Walter Pyramid 7 p.m.
01/05
Hawai’i
Walter Pyramid 7 p.m.
02/18
UCSB
Santa Barbara
4 p.m.
01/12
UC Davis
Davis
02/23
UCR
Riverside
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
TIME
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
DATE
GAME
LOCATION
TIME
9 p.m.
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