Daily 49er, May 14, 2018

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VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 81 | MAY 14, 2018

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Recall awaits answer The petition to replace District 2 councilwoman needs over 6,300 confirmed signatures to make it on November ballots.

By Carlos Villicana Special Projects Editor

Long Beach residents in District 2 may vote for a new city council representative sooner than expected if the city clerk’s office verifies that the petition to recall Jeannine Pearce received enough signatures.

District 2 consists of areas in downtown Long Beach such as The Pike and the Port of Long Beach. If the petition did gather the 6,363 required signatures, then a vote to decide whether or not Pearce should be removed from office will occur Nov. 6.

Proponents of the recall effort handed their petition to the city clerk’s office Wednesday, May 9 with 9,462 signatures. Of these signatures, only 6,363 need to be from voters registered in District 2. Meeting this number of signatures would trigger the first of two possible votes, according to Pablo Rubio, an analyst from the office of the city clerk.

Ian Patton, a political consul-

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tant who submitted the recall petition, said that the number of signatures sends a “very powerful message” that elected officials can be held accountable for their actions.

“She’s embarrassed the entire city with her behavior,” Patton said.

Patton stated that the effort to recall Pearce was sparked by the discovery of a June 3 altercation the councilmember had with a former chief of staff, Devin Cotter, as well as allegations of domestic violence which were also made by Cotter.

If it appears on ballots, the initiative to recall Pearce would apply only to her constituents in District 2.

This would be the same election where voters will elect a new governor for the state of California.

If the option to recall Pearce were to win this hypothetical election, then a second vote to find a replacement would take place on April 9, 2019, according to Rubio.

This would be run like a normal election, with Pearce unable to run for reelection as per section 11381 in division 11 of California’s elections code.

The Committee to Recall Councilmember Jeannine Pearce, which an Aug. 25 press release lists Patton as a contact for, also lists special treatment from law enforcement and paying Cotter after he was no longer employed by the city among the reasons for which Pearce’s recall was sought.

According to the Long Beach Post, Pearce met with supporters Wednesday at a bar to celebrate the passing of the recall petition’s deadline. There she claimed that the petition is the work of hotels opposed to her political stances.

“It’s not about my personal situation. I’m really confident that at the polls, should it come to a point where we’re on the ballot in November that the [2nd] District will do the right thing and continue to support the values they supported when I was elected,” Pearce said, according to the Long Beach Post.

If the required number of signatures was not obtained, then District 2 residents will have to wait until 2020 to elect a new representative.

CRIME BLOTTER

Assault, trespassing and grand theft

By Sabrina Flores

Assistant Photo Editor

Parking: It’s that serious Authorities were called to Parking Lot G15 at 1:39 p.m. May 3 in response to a female subject reporting an assault. Upon successfully making contact with the subject, officers discovered that a male suspect had hit the woman with his vehicle.

The dispute began as a fight over a parking spot and eventually escalated into the man running the woman over with his car.

According to Lt. Richard Goodwin, the female victim did not receive serious or life threatening injuries and checked as okay when Long Beach Fire Department came out to assess her condition.

The victim was released without need for medical transportation and the male driver was arrested by University Police and charged of assault with a deadly weapon.

Grand theft A resident of the Parkside dormitory contacted University Police at 11:34 a.m.

May 9 to report that his bike was stolen. The student was not able to give an exact time for when he realized the item was stolen, but informed officers that he believed it happened the previous night.

University Police described the object of the report as a black Suntour 21-speed mountain bike.

Authorities were not able to provide a value on the bike and are currently investigating the report.

Trespassing University Police received notice that a subject they had previously made contact with was in the library at 11:05 p.m. May 7.

When officers arrived to address the situation they found that the subject, who was male, had previously been advised not to return to campus for seven days “per legal statute,” according to Goodwin.

The man was cited for violating campus authorities advisory and subsequently released and forced to leave the library as well as campus.

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Who uses BeachSync at CSULB? Not student clubs After a review by the Daily 49er, two-thirds of clubs haven’t made a post in a year or more.

By Adam R. Thomas Staff Writer

Despite Cal State Long Beach’s efforts to introduce the community management system BeachSync to every incoming student since 2011, the site seems to be a virtual ghost town.

BeachSync is a local version of OrgSync, a platform used by colleges across the U.S. and internationally to help students connect with various clubs and organizations on their campuses.

The digital platform lists all clubs, fraternities, sororities, religious, political, activity, honors and other groups recognized by the university, including official school departments.

BeachSync is introduced at the end of the required Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration workshop to all incoming students.

However, of the 390 stu-

dent-run organizations listed on the site, only 107 have made even a single post in a year or longer.

The site was launched by Associated Students Inc., which negotiated the contract with OrgSync.

Platform management was transferred to Student Life and Development and the office of Student Affairs in 2014, in part to increase student participation, according to Melissa Norbomm, the assistant director of the SLD department.

It costs roughly $17,000 a year to maintain the contract between the university and OrgSync, which is scheduled to run through May 2019, according to Norbomm.

Nevertheless, the platform remains almost untouched across campus groups at the university.

“My team does not use BeachSync,” Tess Morales, the president of Dragon Boat racing team, wrote in an email. “The only time I’ve ever used BeachSync is in order to fill out the officer information that is required by the school. In order to communicate, we have a team Facebook group page that has all of our past and present members.”

A careful review of every sin-

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The chart shows the number of organizations that have seen at least one post on their feeds on BeachSync, to measure the usage of the platform.

gle organization’s public feed tab on the site echoes Morales’ statement.

During the spring semester, only 95 organizations, or 20 percent of the total 468 organizations listed on the site, had made a sin-

gle public post or more on their BeachSync profiles — and this was only for an introductory post at the beginning of the semester.

Another 62 campus groups, or 13 percent, made their last public post at some point during fall

2017. This left 311 organizations, or the remaining 67 percent , as either having made no posts in at least a year (170 organizations) or see WEB, page 3

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never having made a public post at all (141 organizations).

A third of the pages with more regular activity belong to organizations operated by the school itself. Of the 157 groups that have used BeachSync to make a single post or more in the last school year, 50 of them fall into the “Departments and Services” category.

This makes up the bulk of that category, which has 76 listings.

Many organizations haven’t seen any activity in over five years and feature dated information.

For example, The Daily 49er page has only one post, an event created in 2013. It also lists as a primary contact an Editor in Chief who graduated several years ago.

Some pages, like that of the College Democrats, feature an accurate email address that is still used by the group, despite a lack of updates and otherwise incorrect information.

Several pages with no posts at all include that of the LBSU Lifting Club, which has no contact information, no profiles and lists no officers.

Out-of-date information like this appear to be a common feature. Reaching out to over 100 student clubs and organizations using contact information listed on the site resulted in only four responses and multiple “message could not be delivered” automated replies.

“BeachSync is something that we do not really use to reach out to current members,” said Tram Tran, the current president of the Eta Sigma Gamma honor society.

“I have asked members if they

Phi Gamma Delta hasn’t seen a post since 2012, even though they were once quite active.

preferred for us to just email them or use BeachSync for [messages]. And they preferred a different platform. Some of them said that messages sent to them [from BeachSync] went to their junk mail.”

Eta Sigma Gamma is a useful example of an organization with at least one post in the last year, as it still reflects a general lack of activity. Other than updating the group’s profile page, Tran made three posts on the group’s page in 2017, which stopped in September. As with Eta Sigma Gamma, several campus clubs confirmed a general preference to use more commonly known platforms for interclub communications, like

Facebook or MailChimp.

“Everybody knows how to use Facebook,” said David Ochoa, vice-president of the College Democrats during the recent Marketplace for Ideas event on campus. “It’s just easier to say, ‘Go find us on Facebook’ rather than to find us on BeachSync.”

However, the data from the site and student testimonials contrasts with information provided by Norbomm.

Using administrative tools to generate reports on usage, she said that 22,479 users had logged in to the website in the 2017-2018 school year, with an average number of 10 logins per user from 2014 to 2018.

BeachSync

Naturally, this leads to questions about who exactly is using BeachSync and whether it’s an effective tool for students on campus, an almost impossible task to independently measure.

All of the iterations of the OrgSync platform used on college campuses internationally are filtered through a central website hub.

Using sites such as Alexa or SEMrush that measure online activity return global numbers in the hundreds of thousands of pageviews per day that are not reflective of individual, localized versions of the site like BeachSync.

Norbomm also stated that inactive, older pages and activity

on them were being intentionally preserved by Student Life and Development.

“We don’t remove anyone from the system, like graduated students,” Norbomm said. “The reason behind that for now, is because this is sort of our way of keeping track of who was involved with what organizations. We want to maintain that record. That also means that the average number of individual student logins is going to include those students from previous semesters.”

Norbomm stated that there are no current metrics for what constitutes “success” in terms of usage or engagement of the platform.

She also confirmed that the process for removing dated listings for organizations is purposefully slow, taking at least two years, in order to potentially allow different iterations of the same club to use the same page.

There may be a chance for the university to move away from BeachSync. OrgSync was purchased by another company, Campus Labs, in 2017 and is now offering a platform similar to OrgSync called Engage, which is used by other Cal State campuses, such as Cal State Fullerton. Norbomm stated that while no official decision has been reached on transitioning to a new platform, SLD was “leaning toward a transition” to Engage, if not another platform, in the hopes of offering additional services and increasing student usage.

“We think [moving to Engage] could be a really good move for the campus into this kind of re-launching of the platform,” Norbomm said. “Maybe we can try to get increased usage by students and hopefully it’s a cleaner look and people notice that we’re making a change.”

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A guardian angel for foster youth students During a NFYI and Guardian Scholarshosted panel, former foster youth share their grievances and experiences with the system.

By James Chow

Senior News Assistant

Lauren-Michelle Hardge has lived the last several years of her young adulthood in what she calls “survival mode.”

Hardge, 25, grew up in Inglewood and was put into the foster system at 6 years old. Her biological father was never around the house, and her mother struggled with substance abuse.

Until the age of 18, she lived a nomadic lifestyle, switching from the atypical family structure in an impoverished community to a nuclear household in a wealthier area. Moving to Santa Clara and then Rancho Cucamonga, Hardge called her experiences “traumatic” as she struggled to adjust to the differing socioeconomic backgrounds.

“I would walk to school and see a parking lot full of Corvettes and Mercedes and Hummers,” Hardge said. “I didn’t even have a bus pass, couldn’t even afford one.”

She is now a resource program specialist for foster youth assistance program Guardian Scholars at Cal State Long Beach.

Hardge was one of about 20 individuals in a small, vocal group discussing mental illness among those in foster care Saturday.

The event was hosted in the Alamitos Bay room in the University Student Union on campus by the National Foster Youth Institute and the CSULB branch

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A small congregation of previous foster youth participate in working groups Saturday. Members of the group took turns discussing barriers they had encountered in foster care while attempting to balance mental health issues, housing stability and homelessness.

of Guardian Scholars. The discussion featured a panel of foster care experts and two working groups.

Currently, the university serves a little over 100 identified-foster students, with almost 70 of them involved in Guardian Scholars.

According to John Hamilton, director of the program, up to 80 percent of foster youth have issues surrounding their mental health.

Congressman Alan Lowenthal of California’s 47th district was in attendance and encouraged voting members to reach out to their state representatives for the development of foster youth domestic programs. He also emphasized the importance of advocating for stable housing opportunities across the state.

“It’s so difficult as it is for a young person … [to get] housing. We all live in LA County in Southern California, one of the most expensive areas in the nation,” Lowenthal said. “…Now compound that once you age out of foster youth, you are now put into the system where you won’t

I would walk to school and see a parking lot full of Corvettes and Mercedes and Hummers. I didn’t even have a bus pass, couldn’t even afford one.”

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Lauren-Michelle Hardge, Guardian Scholars resource program specialist get those additional resources for housing. Then you’re under a lot of stress.”

Getting secure housing is a pertinent issue for people aging out of the foster system. According to Hardge, 68 percent of foster youth that age out of the system become homeless.

Despite this, Guardian Scholars is trying to pool as many resources as it can to keep foster youth students informed on community services and help them with financial assistance in

higher education.

But funding continues to wane for Long Beach’s Guardian Scholars, as it is entirely financed by donors.

“Realistically speaking, [when] our support group came, we mostly put love into it,” Hardge said. “We didn’t have money to do all the different things. What we were able to provide was tea and chips and cookies.”

Participants of the event voiced problems in the type of care and treatment in the foster care system — with one being treated “like a number,” and another being cut off from services after reaching the age limit.

California Assembly Bill 12 allowed assistance for youth in the foster system to receive resources until 21. When those resources are no longer available, support programs such as the LA County Department of Mental Health help these “transition age youth,” or at-risk populations between 16 and 25, ease into everyday life by providing services including housing assistance and shelters.

However, once an individu-

al ages out, they are cut from the services. Cheryl Crumble, resource and development specialist for Guardian Scholars, said that not all are ready for that abrupt transition since everyone is on a different path to recovery.

“You might have some developmental, disabled, trauma that you’ve experienced as youth,” Crumble said. “So when you get to college, even though you’re chronologically 21, you may not really be mentally 21.”

The foster care youth remains an “invisible community.” According to Hardge, only 0.006 percent of foster youth graduate with a post-secondary degree.

But Hardge attempts to change this by teaching her students to be advocates for the community.

“I’m 25, and I’m just getting into the thriving mentality,” Hardge said. “...It’s something so empowering about working in a field where you’re actually making change and not just living in a space where you’re just working to survive. It’s a whole other life out there when you’re thriving, and I want that for my students.”

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Disney or bust Students put off the stress of finals for a day at Disneyland.

organization received for only having 1,000 tickets available for a campus that enrolls almost 40,000 students, those who were able to go were pleased.

A VIP lounge was available for students to visit in Tomorrowland Starcade, where ASI gave out free swag, ice cream and beverages. Attendees also had the chance to spin a prize wheel to win clothing and accessories, then travel to the other side of the room and take advantage of the Long Beach-Disney crossover photo booth.

Second year biochemistry major, Daniel Nguyen, got to the park at 8 a.m. with a large group of friends to take full advantage of the Disney deal.

“We’ve been on all the rides already so it’s been pretty awesome,” Nguyen said. “This was really cool in my opinion, I would definitely come back next year if [ASI] did it again.”

By Kat Schuster News Editor

Tea cups, dole whip and walking around half-soaked from Splash Mountain — almost 1,000 Cal State Long Beach students had the opportunity to experience all the fun of Disneyland right before jumping into finals season.

Associated Students Inc. announced last Saturday that it would host the first-ever ASI Day at Disney and would selling $10 tickets to replace the annual “Big Event” that usually hosts a prominent music artist at the Walter Pyramid.

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Gone with the print The graduating Daily 49er staff give their farewells.

By Daily 49er Editorial Board

Now that the Daily 49er is closing up shop for the school year, we say goodbye to the graduating seniors who have helped mold this paper into what it is today. Some have been here for three years and others a single semester, but all have created an impact at the paper that will have a lasting effect for the editors to come. Here are the graduating staff ’s final goodbyes.

Miranda Andrade-Ceja, Editor in Chief How am I supposed to think about the end when I have two research projects to complete

by Tuesday? I will likely miss everything about the Daily 49er once I leave forever.

Hell, I might even miss coming in on Sundays. I’ll definitely miss the delirious laughter, the daily interactions with some of the best people I’ve ever met and the beautiful print product we never fail to export each night.

Shoutout to Barb for being the best mom/advisor I’ve ever had, and shoutout to Gary for the laughter he always gave me.

And the Ginger Ale. Anyway, it’s not over until I pass all my finals. Unless Barb doesn’t give me that incomplete grade I need for journalism 420.

If that happens, then I’ll see y’all next semester.

Jade Inglada, Design Editor I remember my first day on staff July 2016, when it was too

hot and everyone was playing Pokemon GO, and I wondering if I’d ever fit in.

Now, almost two years later, I’m not the same person I was coming into this newsroom. I was in a really weird place after transferring, and the Daily 49er breathed life back into me.

Nothing has prepared me for post-grad life more than being here.

I’ve met the most incredible people because of this paper and they make me feel so blessed that we could all share this journey together. I love them all. I don’t know when I’ll find another newsroom that makes me feel more at home.

Christian Gonzales, Sports Editor It’s crazy to say this, but graduating from CSULB or LBSU has been fun thanks to this newspaper. Coming from a community college, I didn’t expect to get a reality check right away when I joined the Daily 49er. Going from a bi-weekly newspaper to a daily has been eye-opening. It has helped me become a better journalist during my time at the paper. I want to thank everyone that I met at the Daily 49er and the advisors for making my experience an awesome one.

Daniel Green, Opinions Editor It’s hard to believe that I’m at the end of not only my time at the Daily 49er, but of my academic career. I was only on staff for one semester but I enjoyed my time here with all the other

editors and staff writers. Even when I was the newest member of staff, everyone made me feel welcomed.

My time here was short, but I loved every minute. I was lucky to meet everyone and have this experience.

Nicole Fish, Copy Editor I’m so excited to graduate.

That being said, I will miss working at the Daily 49er for the friends I have made. I’ve never laughed so hard at work or met so many characters in one place.

Everyone says this about their own lives, but we need our own dramedy.

Spending this past year in the newsroom was the most fun and the most taxing experience I had in my four years at CSULB. It’s inspiring to see the dedication everyone has to the paper and I’m proud of us for the work we’ve done. We’re almost at the finish line. Let’s celebrate.

Bobby Yagake, Multimedia Manager I first came to the Daily 49er wanting to take pictures, but taking on assistant editor and editor positions brought the best out of me through creating content I never imagined I could even conceptualize such as podcasting and social media.

I may have wanted to become a public relations student in the last year, but it was through my three years I have worked at the Daily 49er that gave me the skills and confidence to make this decision.

I wish all the editors and students I have met in the last three years the best in their futures.

Drew Mametsuka, Assistant Design Editor This past year has been an adventure that has not only tested my creative abilities but also my skill set, my patience and my sanity. From staying here late into the night to laughing until I’m in tears, this job has been one hell of a ride.

Everyone has their own personality and each person brings something new and different to the table. I think that’s one of the many reasons why we functioned so well together. We are a cohesive group of misfits who became a family.

Every night is full of laughs and that has been one of the things I will not only miss but will cherish for the rest of my life. The only thing really left to say is thank you.

Amanda Recio, Social Media Editor The truth about the Daily 49er is that every single person, inspiring and cosmic in their own way, have had such a grand impact on my life.

It’s incredibly difficult to put into words how grateful I am for the time I’ve spent with you all and the bond that has grown between us over the past school year. There was never a day in the newsroom I didn’t feel challenged and yet so fiercely supported; it was this dynamic that eliminated any doubts I had about my ambitions in life.

I am indebted to all of you amazingly tenacious weirdos who have allowed me to open myself up to friendship, laughter and a thousand emotions I (literally) can’t handle.

Hunter Lee, Photo Editor It’s hard to grasp that my time with the Daily 49er has almost reached its end. I have never met such a diverse group of people that each had their own unique personality, yet somehow all got along together. No matter how stressed I felt at times, I could always find comfort in being surrounded by my team.

Those late nights spent in the newsroom trying to make the best paper possible will forever hold a place in my heart. I didn’t know much about myself when I transferred to Long Beach, but these people have molded me into the person I am now and for that I thank each one of them.

Adriana Ramirez, Video Editor Working at the Daily 49er surrounded by talented and passionate people has been an extraordinary experience. Despite always being in my cave, I got to know a bit about each person on staff and I’m genuinely going to miss everyone. The editors not only helped me grow as a journalist but also as a person.

Thank you everybody for filling my days with laughter and for inspiring me to do and be better.

I can’t wait to see what everyone accomplishes in life.

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The junior fashion class showcase their varied designs, left, at the Campus Couture event on Friday. The “Flores” collection, above, designed by Daniel Flores, was inspired by concepts from Mexican culture. Flores’ pieces are bold and primarily featured billowing sleeves, a plethora of sequins as well as a combination of fitted and flowing fabric.

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Lighting up the catwalk Fashion design and merchandising students collaboratively work to hold the largest student-run fashion show on the West Coast.

By Kristi Alarcon & Miranda Andrade-Ceja

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undreds of audience members were abuzz with anticipation inside the Carpenter Performing Arts Center Friday night as they waited for models to grace the stage, wearing the latest student designs.

Backstage, fashion design and merchandising students mentally prepared themselves to showcase their creations on the runway.

Once the lights dimmed and the 30th Annual Campus Couture Fashion Show began, models were greeted with thunderous applause, whistles and shouts of, “Yas, work it! Slay!”

This year’s fashion show included asymmetrical hemlines, layers of tuleing, high necklines and bold patterned cutouts.

Stephanie Langford, senior design major was the big winner of the night. Langford’s intricate construction and vibrant designs won her Best in Show and the Necchi Award for Best Construction.

The show included 48 top student designers and about 200 student volunteers, including models. The year-long, labor-intensive event is meant to provide design students with the opportunity to proudly showcase their original designs on a professional runway.

“We use this event to showcase the sophomore, junior and senior designers creativity so we can push them into the fashion industry,” said Krysten Gonzales, head coordinator of the event. “We want to expose our amazing fashion department, and showcase how talented our designers are who are still in college and are hopeful

to go into the fashion industry after they graduate.”

The hour-and-a-half long program featured 93 different outfits on a rotating crew of models.

“I am seeing a lot more outfits revolving around street style this year,” Gonzales said. “There is just a lot of colorful pieces that look cohesive that you would find if walking the streets of New York. It’s very collectic and fresh.”

Street style is considered a grassroots fashion movement that resists against mainstream designers and trends by mixing fabrics, exploring hemlines and combining trends.

For some students, the show was an outlet to demonstrate their personal representation of fashion, which included various themes and creative collections.

“My collection is themed ‘Supernatural,’ which represents the idea that glamour and fashion can still be achieved with sustainable and eco-friendly materials,” said Raynesha Lawson-Jones, senior fashion design major. “My inspiration derives from the early beginnings of American Sportswear, representing women’s empowerment, natural beauty, elegance and sex appeal.”

Others students used the opportunity as a form of self-expression and a symbol for all the hard work they put into the semester. For senior fashion design major, Daniel Flores, the show was a way to communicate both their cultural and gender identity.

“As a non-gender conforming being, I express my androgynous look through my daring sense of style, and I’m not afraid to boldly feature my feminine attributes with

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Fashion senior Stephanie Langford showcases her “Dare 2 Love” collection at the event on Friday. The collection was inspired by her relationship with her husband.

makeup or women’s clothing,” said Daniel Flores, senior fashion design major. “My collection theme is ‘Flores,’ which pulls concepts from the Mexican culture with the sincerity and beauty found within colorful flowers.”

Flores’ designs attracted a roar of applause from the audience, who responded positively to their diaphanous offthe-shoulder dress and glittery crimson, thigh-high boots. Flores won outstanding fashion design major at the end of the night.

Despite the awards and accolades from post-production, some of the designers felt that presenting their collections to a crowd of hundreds was a feeling of immeasurable relief and success.

“Fashion is a language. It expresses not only who you are, but what you believe in and what you agree with, what your dislikes and likes are,” said Alondra Pena, junior

fashion merchandising and design major.

“I’m so relieved that today is over with and I believe fashion defines the person in general no matter what you’re wearing.”

Campus Couture 2018 Winners Best of Show/Necchi Award: Stephanie Langford Outstanding Fashion Designer: Daniel Flores Outstanding Fashion Merchandising Major: Sofia Svennson Academic Achievement Awards: Hannah Ramirez & Genesis Ventura Reclaimed: Cecilia Rangel Paris Pick: Paige Brubaker

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Why a CSULB building should be named in Dr. Joe White’s memory

By Alex Trimm

featuring White.

As I listened to him speak, I was both moved by his insights on our nation’s perpetual search for identity and transfixed by the charisma he exuded. When he spoke, the room was at full attention, with the same kind of reverence given to a preacher or world leader. Even though he was given a brief introduction, I kept asking myself: who is this man?

As a freshman, I was a business major and unsure of the career path I’d take, but by the time I returned to my dorm, I decided I would study psychology.

For many who knew White, this kind of experience was common. here are thousands of people who were directly impacted by his mentorship and influence.

It is these graduates and colleagues who are committed to memorializing White’s lifelong contributions to the field of psychology, establishing EOP and ethnic studies in the U.S., that have come together to be part of the Joe White Legacy Memorial Project.

White’s career first started at CSULB in 1962 after he obtained a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and became one of the first five African Americans in the nation with a doctorate in clinical psychology.

In the six years he served on the faculty on campus, White mentored countless students and created the Educational Opportunities Program in 1967. Now in its 50 years of

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n April 16, the ASI Senate passed a resolution 21-0-1, commemorating the career of Dr. Joseph L. White and to support the Dr. Joseph L. White’s Legacy Memorial Project.

The project proposes that CSULB President Jane Close Conoley name a building on campus to recognize Dr. White’s role as the founder of the Educational Opportunities Program and the field of Black psychology.

I introduced this resolution along with Senator-at-Large Thulani Ngazimbi to support honoring Dr. White’s unique contributions and service to higher education during his 56-year academic career.

We ask our fellow Senators to embrace this project because there is nothing more important than the voice of Long Beach students, many who are here because of EOP. I also proposed this initiative because White impacted me personally.

My first and only encounter with White was two months into my college career at CSULB, in October 2014. To fulfill a University Honors Program requirement, I attended an event commemorating the 60-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which included a panel

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service, EOP is in every CSU and UC and 114 California community colleges. The program has helped more than 250,000 low-income and disadvantaged students achieve access to public higher education.

President Conoley has been asked to exercise her authority to name a CSULB building for service recognition of White, delegated to her by the CSU Chancellor (Executive Order 713), under the CSU’s Naming of Facilities and Properties policy (Policy No. 15501.00, Section 403), which allows the naming of a CSU building to honor someone’s service when “It should honor a person who has achieved unique distinction in higher education and other significant areas of public service; or who has served the CSU in an academic capacity and has earned a national or international

reputation as a scholar, or has made extraordinary contributions to a CSU campus or the system which warrant special recognition.”

Our resolution was brought to the ASI Board of Directors not only as a show of thanks and appreciation for White’s countless contributions to the field of psychology and the entire landscape of public education in California, but also as a call to action for those he influenced by his deeds to carry on his legacy.

White retired from UCI in ‘94 and passed away on Nov. 21, 2017 at the age of 84.

May Dr. White rest in peace and his legacy be recognized at CSULB. Alex Trimm is an ASI Senator Atlarge and Psychology senior.

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There is a new trend toward more bonus incentives and can may be coming in the future to address underperformance in Long Beach State sports.

TREND

The money breakdown of LBSU coaches The eight coach salaries that have different incentives and a trend that may lead to more bonuses.

LBSU head coaches base salaries for 2017-2018 season

$300,000

By Luke Ramirez and Samantha Diaz Staff Writers

Long Beach State’s athletic program has seen much success recently with the men’s volleyball team after claiming the No. 1 spot in the nation and winning the NCAA Championship. Other teams, like the 20172018 men’s and women’s basketball program, have not been so relevant after disappointing seasons.

While talented athletes have come in and out of Long Beach, it’s the head coaches who have propelled their respective programs into the upper echelon of college athletics, mid-major or otherwise.

Long Beach State Athletic Director Andy Fee recently extended the contracts of men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson and men’s volleyball coach Alan Knipe, which poses the question: How much does performance matter in each sport when head coaching contracts are negotiated?

In Monson’s extension he was given a base salary of $283,560, with a supplemental base compensation of $16,440. This is a $75,080 pay cut from his previous contract, largely due to an unsatisfying past few seasons for the men’s basketball team.

In 11 seasons, Monson has led the 49ers to three regular-season Big West Conference titles, one Big West Tournament title and a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2012 and three NIT appearances.

On the other hand, newly-crowned national champion Alan Knipe had his contract extended to 2023, just days before the 49ers captured the title over UCLA at Pauley Pavilion May 5. The Daily 49er was

$250,000

$200,000

$150,000

$100,000

$50,000

Dan Monson (men’s basketball) $358,640

Troy Buckley (baseball) $190,008

Jeff Cammon (women’s basketball) $180,000

Alan Knipe (men’s volleyball) $140,004

Mauricio Ingrassia (soccer) $110,760

Kim Sowder (softball) $101,376

There is a wide range in coach’s salaries among the different sports at Long Beach State.

unable to attain Knipe’s new contract information by the time of publication.

“Both President Conoley and I think that Alan has done an unbelievable job,” Fee said in a press release April 30. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to keep him here at Long Beach State. I know that he’ll continue to lead our men’s volleyball program to even

more success, and most importantly, do so in the right way.”

After examining eight LBSU head coaches’ contracts, our staff compiled information on base salaries as well as bonus incentives. Here is what was found: Monson is the highest paid coach at Long Beach State by base salary, while beach vol-

Gavin Arroyo (men’s and women’s water polo) $88,585

Mike Campbell (beach volleyball) $52,716

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leyball head coach Mike Campbell is the lowest paid. Campbell’s beach volleyball team resided in the top 10 of national rankings for the entirety of the 2018 season with a 26-8 record. see CONTRACTS, page 10

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As for the men’s volleyball team, Knipe led the 49ers to a 28-1 record and ultimately an NCAA Championship, along with a plethora of other accomplishments.

The men’s volleyball team ended its season in the Final Four in the last three seasons under the recent national champion coach.

For softball head coach Kim Sowder, this season the team has been ranked No. 17 in the nation and the highest in the last 10 seasons.

Sowder also got the 49ers to six NCAA Regional appearances in her 12 seasons at Long Beach.

Similarly, Baseball head coach Troy Buckley led the Dirtbags to a winning record in every complete season dating to 2011.

The Dirtbags have appeared in three NCAA Regional appearances in 2014, 2016 and 2017, including an NCAA Super Regional last season, falling one game short of the College World Series.

Women’s soccer head coach Mauricio Ingrassia led Long Beach to a 9-6-3 and the team’s most recent NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016.

As for basketball, the men’s team under Monson went 1518 and lost in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament in March.

Additionally, women’s basketball head coach Jeff Cammon’s first season resulted in a 8-23 record, including a 6-10 conference record and a firstround elimination from the Big West tournament.

Gavin Arroyo, head coach of the men’s and women’s water polo teams, coached them to records of 15-12 and 13-14, respectively.

Even though base salaries are where coaches get the bulk of their pay, they have ample opportunity to earn more money through bonuses, which vary for each coach in criteria and amount.

After extending and restructuring Monson’s contract, the question is whether or not Fee will continue to employ the same restructuring approach with other head coaches who are underperforming on the bases of bonus compensation earnings.

Because the available bonus are based on accomplishments such as conference championships, coach of the year honors and NCAA appearances, a greater focus on bonuses would seem to have a significant impact on performances of LBSU athletics head coaches as opposed to base salary figures.

This approach would seem to serve in the best interests of Long Beach’s athletic program.

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The Long Beach State softball team shows off their muscles in a group photo at their final practice, which was affectionately named “Tank Top Day” by the team of the regular season. The team has recorded 40 wins so far and are ranked No. 20 nationally.

SOFTBALL

That’s a wrap...almost Long Beach comes to the end of a powerful season.

By Grant Hermanns Staff Writer

The air was still and the sun intense, cooking the Long Beach State Softball Complex as the team took the field for the last practice before hitting the road Friday for the final regular season series against CSUN. You wouldn’t be able to tell the team is nearing the end of its 14-week season, as the players exude energy.

It has been an explosive season for LBSU, with 40 wins, three no-hitters, almost 500 hits and nearly 300 runs, and though the regular season is coming to an end, it’s not quite the end of the road.

Currently ranked No. 20, the 49ers have a good chance of making it into the NCAA Tournament for the 24th time and competing with 64 other teams from around the states.

Having started the season with 10 newcomers, including senior second baseman Grayce Majam, the team has blazed a trail of victories while growing closer to each other in the process.

Majam, who was proposed to by her boyfriend after the Cal Poly game on Senior Day, is happy to have finished her career at Long Beach, a place where she “truly loved playing softball again.”

“Just coming to a school where they welcomed me in to their family really easily, it was very humbling and a huge blessing in my life that I was wanted somewhere that they needed me,” Majam said.

Senior pitcher Jessica Flores, who recorded her first career no-hitter against Cal Poly two

weeks ago, said she really enjoyed seeing the way her teammates have “meshed together.”

“We’re not a team, we’re family now,” Flores said. “We’ve grown so much and I’m comfortable with everyone on this team and I think they can say the same about us and me. They’re just awesome and they made it fun to be here for my last year at Long Beach.”

This has been an awesome year and it’s been a program-changing year, for sure [...]

I always feel like there’s room for improvement and I’m definitely going to come back hungry next year and I can’t wait to finish this season strong.”

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Cielo Meza Sophomore pitcher

Flores, who described her final season as “unreal, bittersweet and sad,” is one of eight seniors on the team, including catcher Lauren MacLeod, who has enjoyed seeing the team progress this season, which she owes to “one of the greatest team chemistries I’ve had in this program.”

“Now, we’re all so closely knit together,” MacLeod said. “I think every person as an individual has grown to be a team player because of [the chemistry] and our seniors have risen to the top through their leadership.”

One of the shining stars on the team throughout the season has been sophomore pitcher Cielo Meza, who holds a 1.48 ERA

across 170 innings pitched, threw 217 strikeouts and two out of the three no-hitters this season.

Meza said she credits the positive results her team has had this season to their “drive to compete and drive to win,” and is excited to see the “winning culture” they’ve developed and where the team will go from here.

“This has been an awesome year and it’s been a program-changing year, for sure,” Meza said. “I alway feel like there’s room for improvement and I’m definitely going to come back hungry next year and I can’t wait to finish this season strong.”

Meza feels “really sad” to be seeing her upperclassmen teammates go after this season, but knows they will go on to do great things and that they’ve learned a lot from being in the program.

All of the players agreed that if they make it to playoffs, the mindset will not change, with the focus still on putting in the grind and taking one game at a time.

“We know that we’re going to have to play together,” Majam said. “Our mental training this year has been something that definitely pulled our team together in that aspect, not just on the field, but also as teammates becoming a family.”

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Nearly two decades into his tenure at Long Beach, Knipe leans back in his chair inside his office at the Walter Pyramid. Five All-American plaques sit on the couch to his right and a front page that reads ‘CHAMPS!’ sits on his desk in front of him. Looking at it all, he gives a wry grin, ‘We checked off some boxes this year.’”

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Long Beach State men’s volleyball head coach Alan Knipe lifts an individual tropy after his team won the NCAA Championship May 5 against UCLA.

PROFILE

Championship coach comes full circle Long Beach State’s Alan Knipe joins elite company.

By Zackery Handy Staff Writer

It’s a rare feat when an athlete is able to secure a championship as a player and a coach. Long Beach State men’s volleyball head coach Alan Knipe has put himself in an elite group by becoming the fifth person to ever win a national championship as a player and coach. He joins UCLA’s John Speraw, Penn State’s Mark Pavlik, USC’s Bob Yoder and Pepperdine’s Rod Wilde as the only player-coach combos to lift championship trophies.

Knipe’s stunt with a championship came in 1991 as a member of the Long Beach State men’s volleyball. The outside hitter helped lead the 49ers to a 3-1 victory against USC for his first title. He finished the game with 16 kills, nine digs and eight blocks.

The feeling of winning a championship as a 21 year-old player compared to a 49-year-old coach are as different as night and day, according to Knipe.

“I think that you are so young when you win it as a player and you are so green that it is just pure emotion and pure joy, and in the moment it is just exhilaration,” Knipe said.

“As a coach, you have better perspective on how difficult it really is because you have been through it so many different times. You have more of a nostalgic and historical feeling of the impact it will make.”

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Long Beach State head coach Alan Knipe, left, and associate head coach Nick McRae, right, chat before the team went to the NCAA Final Four. Long Beach won the NCAA Championship against UCLA May 5.

Knipe’s impact on the university is reaching historic proportions.

Now finishing his 15th season, Long Beach is a perennial powerhouse of men’s volleyball.

He has led Long Beach to 13 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament appearances, one MPSF regular season title, one MPSF tournament title, one Big West regular season title, one Big West tournament title and five Final Four appearances. He has been AVCA Coach of the Year three times, while coaching five AVCA Player of the Year Award winners.

Knipe’s biggest key to keeping his program at a powerhouse level is building a certain culture. He does this by keeping a tradition

of Long Beach personnel within the team at all times, all of his assistants are currently Long Beach State alumni.

“I truly believe what I say all the time that this is the greatest volleyball school in the country,” Knipe said. “It’s a culture unlike any I know, when you’re in the midst of a season and you are battling, who better to relay the message to our guys of what they need to get better at or what they need to work at than guys that are passionate not just about this team, but about their university?”

A common theme among great college coaches of any sport is the ability to not just coach players, but to help turn boys into men.

From John Wooden to Nick Saban, the goal of a coach is deep-

er than winning, and the same can be said for Alan Knipe. Long Beach assistant coach Scott Touzinsky has known Knipe for 21 years. They first met when Knipe was an assistant coach on Touzinsky’s youth and junior national teams. Knipe would eventually recruit Touzinsky to play at Long Beach.

“Alan has been like a second father to me ever since I was here as a player, so now to learn from him as a coach is like, ‘wow,’” Touzinsky said. “Winning isn’t everything. The way he builds his program and the way he gets his alumnis to become adults afterwards, specifically getting their degrees, that’s more important to him.”

Athletes from little league to

the professionals, when brought together with a good coach, learn life lessons. For Touzinsky, that came with Knipe.

“The one thing Alan taught me is how to be a man, to be able to adapt to any situation possible, to have a good work ethic and that has been able to let me go from being a player to a coach,” Touzinsky said.

Not all great coaching is in terms of coach to player relationship. Sometimes a coach has to develop, mentor and coach another coach. Enter Long Beach State associate head coach Nick McRae. McRae was also recruited and coached by Knipe as a player. He got into coaching immediately after leaving college. Knipe was coaching the U.S. national team and reached out to McRae for help. McRae would take the job and since then, the two have been inseparable on the court.

“He’s my mentor, my friend and I love him,” McRae said. “It’s cool that he is my mentor in my job because he has a family, a wife and two kids while being a head coach. It’s showing me how to correctly have a family, be in a loving relationship, have two incredible all-world boys, but also be the head coach of an incredible program.”

Nearly two decades into his tenure at Long Beach, Knipe leans back in his chair inside his office at the Walter Pyramid. Five All-American plaques sit on the couch to his right and a front page that reads “CHAMPS!” sits on his desk in front of him. Looking at it all, he gives a wry grin, “We checked off some boxes this year.”

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