Daily 49er, February 11, 2019

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Parkside crash course

Two armed men crash near Parkside College Dorms after robbing 7-Eleven early Saturday morning.

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University Police Department stands watch outside of Parkside College Dorms after two armed men were spotted on the premises.

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“Velvet Buzzsaw” prioritizes humor over horror page 6 Grammys consistently snubs Black artists page 9

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Long Beach State students can officially submit ideas for a new mascot to replace Prospector Pete.

Associated Students Inc. launched a website Feb. 11 at 8 a.m. to encourage “students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members or anyone who is passionate about LBSU” to contribute.

“This gave us an opportunity to start this whole process, the wheels just started turning now,” said Leen Almahdi, ASI vice president and chair.

Submissions can be made by individuals or groups and must include a sketch or concept design. They must include a brief narrative explaining why the mascot is a good fit for the campus, in-

corporate Beach Pride and fit the university’s mission and vision. Submissions must not be based on a human persona.

ASI will assemble a committee of representatives from the student body, faculty, staff, alumni and the Long Beach community who will select the top candidates from the submission process in March.

The LBSU student body will be able to vote among the final candidates from May 6 to May 8, and the final results will be announced on May 9. ASI will use the results to send an official recommendation to President Jane Close Conoley, who will have final say over the future icon of LBSU. Students can submit ideas at www.asicsulb.org/mascotsearch/

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THEFT

Armed suspects run through campus after robbing a 7-Eleven The three robbers led UPD on chase near Parkside College resulting in a crash.

By Kat Schuster and Samantha Diaz Staff Writers

The Parkside College Dorm was placed on lockdown around 4 a.m. Saturday after two armed adult males dressed in black and wearing ski masks were spotted by a University Police officer on the Parkside property near Earl Warren Drive.

The two men, armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a knife, and a female getaway driver crashed near the dorms after robbing the 7-Eleven on Palos Verdes and Atherton at 2:22 a.m. Officers pursued the men onto campus until they crashed their car into a newsstand. The suspects ran on foot onto the Parkside dorm property.

“Woke up to one of the worst emails possible,” a Long Beach State Student tweeted at 4:45 a.m. “Really hoping everyone at Parkside is fine and those two guys leave

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UPD closed off the scene of the crash on campus and informed Parkside residents to shelter in place.

ASAP.” Both a campus-wide email and a tweet from UPD notified residents in Parkside to remain inside in a “shelter-in-place,” until officers confirmed that the suspects were no longer on campus.

According to Capt. Richard Goodwin of UPD, there would be increased law enforcement throughout the day until they finished their investigation. Officers searched the Parkside buildings.

“As time would allow it, one of our officers just happened to be at 7-Eleven,” Goodwin said.

Hyunsuh Pike, a resident of Parkside College, said he was outside the complex around around 2:30 a.m. where he was approached and detained by UPD for matching the phys-

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ical description of the robbers.

“The cops came and cuffed me then held me in their patrol car,” he said. “They questioned me for about a hour, then let me go.”

Parkside College tenants who were awake at the time of the incident said they were not told to stay inside until the email alert was sent at 3:45 a.m over an hour after the police chase occurred.

“No one came by to inform and tell us to stay indoors,” said Erin Cox, a first-year pre-nursing major. “Some people got curious and went outside. We were all kind of wondering what happened.”

Cox added that her roommate saw police car hazard lights and helicopter lights beaming through their window.

Many other Parkside residents reported

that they slept through the ordeal and didn’t know of the occurrence until Sunday morning upon checking their emails.

“I was asleep when it happened but I was awoken by a group chat message,” said Patrick Roche, a first-year biology major. “I didn’t think it was anything to worry about.

According to UPD, residential advisors were told to notify their floors to stay indoors while the search for the robbers was ongoing.

The three suspects have not been located.

The getaway car has been impounded by UPD. Austin Brumblay, News Editor contributed to this story.

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campus that is constantly under construction. There’s always stuff happening. We really do our best. A physical accessibility on campus is always a work in progress. I don’t think it’s ever going to be the perfect ideal, but I think that the campus tries really hard and is very mindful about accessibility, at least that’s what I’ve seen since I’ve been here.

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ccessibility on a campus seemingly always under construction requires someone to build metaphorical bridges before they are finished. Newly appointed director of the Bob Murphy Access Center, Carmen Valera looks to assist over 1,500 students this semester with their academic and personal goals.

The Daily 49er sat down with Valera to talk about her background, the challenges she faces following the former director David Sanfilippo and fulfilling moments she has had with students.

What do you plan to accomplish here?

I think what is the most important for me is to ensure that students with disabilities have choice and voice in the services that are going to affect them academically. It’s not about us or anyone telling a student: “This is what you should have.” It’s about having that conversation about what’s available, what is it that you need, what is it that has worked for you in the past. So I think it is really ensuring that the student is really part of that decision in terms of accomodations. So those are some of my plans for the future and also to address issues around ableisms, which is the value that society places on able-bodied people and what that means when you think about academia.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

The way this began for me was 25 years ago when my kids were very small and I found out they had learning disabilities.

It’s a pretty involved disability in elementary school, so it was my entry in the world of disability as a young mom. My personal life has paralleled my career life. This was very personal because these were kids. How do I figure how to advocate for my kids? The biggest lesson that I learned was that the immediate first placement they wanted for my kids was a segregated environment.

Historically, people with disabilities have been fighting against segregation to be included into the regular community.

What that meant for me as a parent was: It was a fight with the school districts for a very long time.

I moved to California in 2002 where I started a job at Disability Rights California.

They’re the protection and advocacy for the state of California for people with disabilities. I spent 16 years there prior to coming here. I would say it was one of the best experiences I ever had; what we were doing was we were advancing justice with people with disabilities through individual representation work, but also systemic work.

How does it feel to follow a director that served Long Beach State for so long?

I spent two weeks with Dave. Everyone was saying you got some big shoes to fill.

He started when there was nothing. It’s been interesting because I’m a much different person. You know Dave, as well as I, had a very strong sense of what’s right and making sure students have what they need to be successful.

What do the students say about the accessibility on campus?

So you know I think it’s mixed; this is a

What do you think the biggest challenge is?

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Carmen Valera will oversee the Bob Murphy Access Center and hopes to assist over 1,500 students this semester.

Q&A

New director of Bob Murphy Access Center help students ‘find their voice’ Carmen Valera talks about her past, present and future in a Q&A session.

We have an increasing number of students who have mental health disabilities. Sometimes the kind of ongoing type of therapeutic care that students require becomes a challenge for us. I think one of the things that I’d really like to do in the next year or so is kind of thinking about campaigns to [destigmatize] mental health across campus ... think about what does inclusion really look like in a campus community ... and really begin to think about ways to do that.”

What has been the most fulfilling moment as the director here so far?

I think it’s been the students. I end up helping a lot of students who have either been disqualified from school because of grades or because of things that have happened and really supporting them to get back into school. It’s really just helping them find their voice, being their advocate and helping them advocate for themselves.

I think is what’s the most rewarding to me.

I’m just excited to be here; LBSU is a great place. My commitment has been in the service for people with disabilities for 25 years.

It’s what I’ve chosen in terms of my work, my scholarship, etc. I think this building, this center to me, represents kind of the best of the best. I think it’s a statement for the campus about how LBSU values students and how we should all value our students and people with disabilities.

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CRIME BLOTTER

UPD responds to thefts, vadalisms and a suspicious person

By Jonathan Rulison

suspects at this time.

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Suspicious Person

Grand theft in Hall of Science

On Feb. 1, a Hall of Science faculty member reported a theft of equipment totaling $10,000. The reporting Long Beach State faculty member said the theft occurred sometime between Jan. 14 and Feb. 1. University Police Department Capt. Richard Goodwin explained the stolen equipment belonged to an employee of University of Southern California. There are no suspects at this time.

Petty theft in Kinesiology building

A student reported their wallet and

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The Hall of Science reported a theft of items totalling around $10,000. pink iPhone 7s was stolen from a Kinesiology building locker on Feb. 1.

According to Goodwin, there were no

signs of forced entry to the locker and no information was discovered on how the lock was compromised. There are no

UPD received a report of a possibly intoxicated transient man walking near the College of Business Administration at 8 p.m. Feb. 4. The man was described wearing blankets and having a medium body build. Officers questioned the man as he walked through the building near room CBA 135. After their interview, officers concluded the man had not been drinking and was not a danger, allowing him to continue on his way.

Capt. Goodwin reported that this semester has had less crimes than usual.

“This semester is starting off really good,” Goodwin said. “Maybe it’s the calm before the storm.”

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Toni Collette plays Gretchen, a former curator at Los Angeles’ leading contemporary art museum in Netflix’s “Velvet Buzzsaw.”

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ slices up the art world Netflix’s new art thriller makes up for dull horror with sharp satire.

By Perry Continente Assistant News Editor perrrycontinente

Velvet Buzzsaw” is about as subtle as it’s namesake.

The Netflix film is a brutal condemnation of the way capitalism reduces genuine art into lifeless dollar signs. Yet, when the blood starts to splatter the walls like a Pollock painting, the film loses much of its edge.

Buzzsaw’s premise is certainly unique: the high and mighty art world, utterly divorced from reality, is punished by the very art that they curate, package and sell to the highest bidder.

When gallery assistant Josephina (Zawe Ashton) steals the work of a deceased, reclusive and unknown artist, she and gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) sell the work for millions with the help of feared critic Morf Valdewalt (Jake Gyllenhaal).

“Buzzsaw” spends its entire first half setting up the characters as being fundamentally unlikeable. The entire cast of characters are primarily money-obsessed, pretentious narcissists who you can’t wait to see dragged down from their lofty perches of high art into the grime of the film’s second half.

The paintings turn out to be haunted (of course),

and created with the artist’s own blood. The work exacts gruesome revenge on all those who profit from it.

Every actor in the film, including Toni Collette as a predatory art buyer who oscillates between saccharin and sadistic, and Tom Surridge as a tasteless hack, embodies their character perfectly. Both actors deliver deliciously over the top lines with barely restrained glee.

Grounding the insanity are Daveed Diggs as Damrish, an up-and-coming street artist new to the scene, and Natalia Dyer’s Coco, a hapless assistant who can’t seem to catch a break.

Dyer in particular provides many of the film’s best moments as her comparative innocence butts up against the art world’s cutthroat politics and supernatural shenanigans.

However, it’s Gyllenhaal who steals the show. Everything about his character from his exaggerated confidence to his critique of a funeral reflects his massive ego, disregard for others and disdain for anything that falls short of his lofty standards.

It’s disappointing then that once the ghosts get going, Morf and the gang lose much of their charm.

Rather than providing dramatic exits for these colorful characters, the scenes are disappointingly foreseeable.

The premises of each kill are interesting enough, from a living tattoo to a chrome sphere acting as a cuisinart; there is some real imagination at play. This level of creativity is exactly why it is such a shame that when the paintings begin to wreak havoc, the film begins to embody a paint-by-numbers level of predictability.

Each execution feels like checking off a box on a list, rather than something exciting, horrifying or even funny. They each follow a very basic pattern and lack the sharp wit and deviousness of the rest of the film.

That is, with the exception of one that falls toward the conclusion in the only moment the film fully realizes its twisted premise in a scene that is as hilarious as it is horrifying.

“Buzzsaw” doesn’t fall off entirely after the first half concludes. Much of the dark humor remains, and Gyllenhaal’s descent into madness as he unravels the mystery is delightfully manic.

His intensity as “Buzzsaw” nears its climax and rivals actors like Nicholas Cage at his most insane.

These scenes alone make the film worth a watch.

If you’re looking for terror you should look elsewhere, but if you want a black comedy held up by great performances, you could do a lot worse than “Velvet Buzzsaw.”

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FESTIVAL

Belmont Shore gets chocolate wasted The chocolate festival on Second Street attracts people from all over Long Beach Saturday.

By Rachel Barnes Opinions Editor rachelsalien

Long Beach residents got a mouthful Saturday as hundreds flocked the 15th Annual Chocolate Festival.

Attendees bit off more than they could chew as they traced up and down Second Street with chocolate smudged smiles.

“It’s so fun to support the local businesses,” said Kim Jones, a first-time attendee of the festival.

Jones and her mother, Jan said they love being introduced to all of the things that “The Shore” has to offer. According to Jones, people came from all over to experience the chocolate-related festivities.

The lively atmosphere was amplified during the Hof’s Hut pie-eating contest.

Boys and girls of all ages shoved their faces into chocolate pies in the hopes of winning a free cupcake from local bakery, The Frosted Cupcakery.

Excited faces slammed into pies as participants in the contest raced to eat their pie faster than the person next to them.

“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” Dwight Bell said after he was proclaimed the winner of the third, and final, pie eating contest of the day.

Other winners included 13-year-old Andrew Koskela and 12-year-old Sarina Forsyte.

Throughout the day, people visited the many booths and vendors that lined the sidewalks on either side of Second Street.

The Beach on 2nd, a store in Belmont Shore that sells LBSU merchandise, also took part in the festivities. LBSU student Karen Ruhman and Hillside dorms dining employee Craig Orrell served vegan chocolate cookies with chocolate chips, also dipped in chocolate.

“We wanted to make sure that everybody is able to eat and that they can have something good,” Ruhman said.

The cookies were a personal recipe of Orrell that he said he makes for students living in Hillside and sold out at around 1:30 p.m.

Down the street, Frosted Cupcakery quickly sold out of their red velvet cupcakes.

“We make everything fresh,” said Stacia Samartan, an owner of the Frosted Cupcakery. “It’s not like we have a whole bunch extra, so when we sell out, we sell out.”

Samartan said she always loves being part of the festival because she gets to meet people that have never been to her shop before, despite the store being part of the chocolate festival for 14 years.

Clockwise from top left to right. Guests try many treats while at the Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival. Paula Rojas sells vegan and plant based treats and drinks.

13-year-old Andrew Koskela smiles as he’s pronounced the first winner of the day at the pie eating contest.

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ENVIRONMENT

Green goes bad “Bad environmentalism” movement uses humor to shed light on important issues.

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“Bad environmentalism” uses crude and sexual humor to inform people about important issues and challenge the “killjoy” image of environmentalists.

By Saad Kazi

Contributing writer

A new alternative in green thinking is vulgar, absurd and sexual. More individuals are loosening up to challenge remarks of environmentalists being stern, gloomy hypocrites.

Bad environmentalism is a relaxed, comical approach that informs the public of the damage that it creates on the environment.

“These artists and activists are very self-aware in addition to being humorous,” California State University, Fullerton professor Nicole Seymour said of so-called “bad environmentalists.” “They

don’t take anything seriously, including themselves.”

The CSUF professor lectured at Long Beach State’s Anatol Center Thursday to give attendees more insight into the message behind her new book, “Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age.” “It seems we need environmentalism, yet there’s something deeply wrong with … the more prominent, mainstream strain of it,” Seymour said. Sarcastically, she joked “but everyone hates environmentalists! They’re gloomy-and-doomy killjoys that make us feel guilty.”

Examples of bad environmentalism include material from stand-up comic Simon Amstell, 1941s, ecosexuals and the 2008 series Green Porno.

These works are ‘bad’ from a mainstream environmentalist standpoint, and they embrace irony and absurdity “to remind us of the ironies and absurdities surrounding environmental crisis,” Seymour said.

Green Porno uses a collection of short, comical skits based on different manmade ecological disasters. The skits usually use fake scenery, ironic tone of voice and sexual displays to touch on its pro-environmental messages.

“By pointedly not even trying for naturalness, Green Porno indirectly asks us to reflect on how much effort [traditional] nature and wildlife programming typically puts into looking effortless, or ‘natural,’” Seymour said.

Seymour referred to how conventional

nature documentaries use a set of characteristics to paint a picture of wildlife that is more strict in detail. These characteristics include the usual male voiceover narration, the film’s authoritarian scientific views and a narrative style that focuses on an individual member of a species.

Seymour quoted a further observation from media scholar Richard Kilborn about how these documentaries carry “a discreet silence … regarding how certain shots may have been obtained and what criteria were employed in the assembling of particular sequences.”

“Green Porno defies many of these classic nature and wildlife programming conventions, thereby reflecting critically upon them,” Seymour said.

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COLUMN

Grammys glorify White mediocrity Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar sit out this year’s awards ceremony.

By Jeremy Porr

Arts & Life Editor brownqueerbb

Over the past 60 years, the Grammys have only awarded 10 Black musicians with the coveted Album of the Year trophy. Many Black artists have taken note of this fact and decided not to attend the ceremony this year.

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night, and noticeably missing from the star-studded list of attendees were nominees Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar.

Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich told the New York Times he offered all three men performance spots but was turned down by each.

“The fact of the matter is,” Ehrlich told the Times, “When they don’t take home the big prize, the regard of the academy, and what the Grammys represent continues to be less meaningful to the hip-hop community, which is sad.”

The Grammys have famously snubbed many Black musicians for some of their most critically acclaimed work in recent years, instead, opting to give them their wins in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category.

Beyoncé and Frank Ocean both won in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category but were shut out of any Album of the Year wins for “Channel Orange,” “Lemonade” or Beyonce’s self-titled album. I’d argue that all three of those albums were some of their best work, respectively. Still, the Recording Academy chose to honor white artists in the Album of the Year category instead, including Beck in 2013 and Adele in 2017.

Ocean addressed the controversy in a post to his Tumblr page in 2017.

“Winning a TV award doesn’t christen me successful,” Ocean wrote. “It took me some time to learn that … Blonde sold a million plus without a label, that’s successful … I am young, Black, gifted and independent.”

The Best Urban Contemporary Album category was created in 2013, the first winner of the category being Ocean for his debut album, “Channel Orange.” I would argue that the Best Urban Contemporary Album category serves the same purpose as the Best Popular Film category suggested for this year’s Oscars. The Best Popular Film category was quickly rescinded after much controversy for this year’s Oscars ceremony.

Many critics argued that the Best Popular Film category was a way to award and acknowledge Marvel’s “Black Panther” without giving it the major award of the night,

Grammys

Beyoncé infamously lost Album of the Year to Beck in 2013.

Best Picture.

Black artists should not be relegated to special sub-categories when they have historically contributed the most to the music industry. Genres including rock, blues, jazz and even pop would be nothing without Black artists, and they deserve proper recognition.

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COURTESY OF CSULB

The Student Recreation and Wellness Center is one of many resources full-time students are already paying for and should utilize.

TUITION

If you don’t use the student services, do you even go here?

LBSU offers many top-notch services that students need to take advantage of.

By Max Perez

Contributing Writer

Looking at the cost of tuition can be scary, but often times we just attribute it to the fact that college is expensive without paying attention to what the money actually goes toward.

We are pushed into a frenzy to register for classes in an impacted college system, then have the added pressure of passing those classes while balancing work and family. And not to mention we’re broke because the tuition we pay for all of these stressful classes is expensive. But rather than complain about something we can’t change overnight, it’s more beneficial to take advantage of all the services that exist that we’re already paying for.

Instead of coming to class and heading back home right away, why not stop at any of the many services this campus offers? These services help with both our physical and mental well-being to make us the best and most productive students we can be.

Some services students tend to overlook are the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, the Office of Wellness and Health Promotion and Counseling and Psychological Services.

The SRWC seems like a no brainer. Not only

does part of our tuition help fund it, but it’s a beautiful facility that holds so many different activities for students get healthier.

In 2013, the SRWC was named eighth in the top 20 Most Impressive Gyms and Student Recreation Centers in the country by The Best Value Schools.

Instead of paying for a gym membership, students can access one of the finest gyms and rec centers in the country. Not to mention that they provide lots of exercise classes like Zumba and spin classes for students to be a part of. They even have massage therapists for a minimal fee, who wouldn’t want to experience that?

The Office of Wellness and Health Promotion provides appointments with health care professionals and a pharmacy with prices drastically lower than that of a normal pharmacy. For the majority of these services, they will not bill your insurance, so this can be a very valuable asset for those who can’t afford regular over-the-counter medications.

In addition to physical health, the university also offers counseling services. The goal of Counseling and Psychological Services, which is located in Brotman Hall in room 226, is to help students maintain a healthy mindset. It provides both group and individual counsel-

ing as well as programs and workshops for students.

Like all other services, we help pay for CAPS, so we shouldn’t be hesitant to take advantage of it.

CAPS also offers crisis management, which means dealing with emergency situations. You are able to walk in any time during business hours if you need immediate help or attention, or call after hours at (562) 985-4001. On the CAPS webpage, it also has numbers to various other important services such as campus police, the wellness center, suicide prevention and sexual assault hotlines.

On a campus as large as ours, it is crucial that services are available to those who need it.

Life can get hectic and work, family and other personal engagements may stop students from getting familiar with these valuable on-campus services.

But you shouldn’t let a busy schedule stop you from making sure that you are a happy, healthy and mentally stable person. If you are not 100 percent, it is impossible to be giving your all in every other aspect of your life. Being aware of them and making sure we get our money’s worth as students to be mentally and physically healthy needs to be the number one priority.

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SPORTS 11

WOMEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

49ers earn early win against Wolf Pack

Long Beach sweeps Ohio State in AVCA Showcase

By Manny Valladares Staff Writer

By Bryan Aparicio

Assistant Sports Editor Bryanaparicio_

Nevada had been undefeated only a couple days prior, but a rough outing against UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach has put a blemish on the Wolf Pack’s record.

Long Beach State (3-0) defeated Nevada (5-2) with a early 4-0 advantage, clinching the game for the 49ers at the Rhodes Tennis Center Saturday. Nevada looked eager to bounce back from its previous loss, but Long Beach was able to take control of the game. It was a shutout that gave Long Beach some newfound confidence after dropping some matches last week.

“We were put into this position last week against SDSU and we lost so I feel like we were ready for this,” junior Natalia Munoz said.

The 49ers won the doubles point with the duo of Munoz and sophomore Lalita Devarakonda clinching it after a competitive 7-6 set. This was a great development for a doubles team that had been on the receiving end of such a loss just one game ago.

Freshmen Wiktoria Rutkowska and Dominique Meyer also contributed to the point, jumpstarting the game with a 6-0 victory.

The singles matches was looking tough for the 49ers, with the Wolf Pack leading in four of the six games early on. Two exceptions belonged to Munoz and freshman Emma Bardet, winning their matches in two sets 6-3, 6-1.

Rutkowska was the third singles win and game-clincher, ending the match in two sets 7-6, 6-3 with the first set decided after a 7-2 tiebreaker. With her teammates still playing, Rutkowska made the win clear by yelling, “Here we go Beach!”

“I love it when we get to put four points on the board before they even get a match off,” head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello said. “Everybody was doing their job today.”

The 49ers look to carry this momentum for their next game 2 p.m.

Friday against Northridge at the Rhodes Tennis Center.

AUSTIN BRUMBLAY | Daily 49er Freshman Emma Bardet swings underhand against Nevada Saturday. Long Beach is currently 3-0 to begin its season.

It’s been 1,052 days, almost three years, since Long Beach has lost inside the Walter Pyramid.

In front of a crowd of 1,735, the 49ers continued the streak and trounced the Buckeyes in straight sets, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21, extending their perfect record 12-0. The last time these two teams met was in the 2018 Final Four, where Long Beach defeated Ohio State in four sets, advancing to the national championship game.

The 49ers hold a 32-0 home record dating back to March 26, 2016.

Unranked Ohio State has now lost three straight games, including being swept back-to-back in the AVCA Showcase after dropping its match Friday.

Despite sweeping the Buckeyes, the 49ers had a sloppy outing; they missed spots on the court and had plenty of errors throughout the match including 16 service errors.

“I thought there was a couple of lapses,” head coach Alan Knipe said. “We weren’t hitting our serve all the way up and being aggressive. We could have been a little better blocking the ball tonight, that’s credit to Ohio State. They did a good job of not being predictable where they were going to hit.”

Senior opposite Kyle Ensing led the way with 11 kills on the night, while senior setter Josh Tuaniga had a gamehigh 31 assists and a few key plays that helped Long Beach regain control in the third set after both teams went back and forth.

Tuaniga had a couple of dumps, a sneaky attack that catches the defense by surprise, in the third set that contributed to a 6-0 run, giving Long Beach a 17-12 lead.

“It’s just too good of a weapon,” Knipe said on Tuaniga’s ability to dump the ball. “His numbers are incredibly high with the success rate, and we’ve been pushing him … we want the [opposing] defense to have to account for another offensive weapon.”

Long Beach will host UCLA Saturday 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Walter Pyramid.

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Sophomore forward Naomi Hunt pulls up for a three pointer against Hawai’i Saturday. Long Beach State are now 4-5 in Big West conference play.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Long Beach’s dynamic duo heats up against Hawai’i Naomi Hunt’s career shooting night and a sidekick role from Shanaijah Davison leads to a blow out victory for the 49ers.

By Mark Lindahl Staff Writer MarkALindahl

After coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss at Cal Poly, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team was determined to get back to winning games.

The 49ers were off to a hot start Saturday against the Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors, with sophomore forward Naomi Hunt finding her shot early on, canning a career high six-of-nine from behind the three point line and finishing with 20 points and eight rebounds.

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Shanaijah Davison also got in on the action, but this time in the role of sidekick, as she knocked down two transition threes and finished the game with 18 points.

Hawai’i (9-13, 5-4 Big West) had won five of its last seven games, but the intensity of Long Beach State’s (7-15, 4-5 Big West) lead guards Davsion and Justina King were too much to handle as the 49ers won 56-40.

Long Beach held Hawai’i to only four points in the first quarter, allowing one field goal.

“I think we all had a bad taste in our mouth and a feeling of disappointment after that game,” head coach Jeff Cammon said. “I think it energized us … We just didn’t execute toward the end, but what I

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told them was we have to learn from this.

Let’s use this loss to get better and fuel us for the next game.”

Inserting junior forward Aaryon Green into the starting lineup gave the 49ers some much needed energy patrolling the paint, as she finished the game with three steals and plenty of hustle plays to keep the momentum in their favor. “[Aaryon] worked her butt off to get to this point, and yes I would say she added to the energy, especially on the defensive end and I think that’s where we won the game,” Cammon said.

Once again implementing its stifling full court press, the 49ers were able to hold

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the Rainbow Warriors to 13-of-51 shooting from the field, along with a lowly 13 percent from the three-point line.

Long Beach on the other hand, was able to get whatever it wanted, finishing 20-of44 from the field and knocking down 52 percent of its shots from beyond the arc.

“I thought our communication was good.

I thought our activity was good,” Cammon said. “We did a good job of following the game plan and I think the activity, the energy, the communication, all those things are key.”

Long Beach will defend home court against UC Irvine Thursday 7 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid.

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