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Students and faculty from LBSU, CSUN and other CSUs demonstrate in front of the Office of the Chancellor on Tuesday. They are protesting EO 1100 and EO 1110-R. HANNAH GETAHUN Daily 49er

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parent with [student’s] concerns with the campus police instead of writing this resolution,” Aguilar said. “Talking to campus police as to the reasons why they took the actions that they took before writing this resolution, so that there’s less confusion with what needs to be written.”

Mejia clarified that the resolution is, in no way, intended as an attack against the University Police Department.

“To be quite frank, if we have some kind of training it would be geared toward students, so that they have the tools and resources to know what their rights are in a protesting situation or in any sort of nonviolent civil disobedience,” she stated.

Sens. Justin Contreras, Aaron Jordan, Frances Canales among others all expressed the resolution possessed strong potential, but made it clear they were more in favor of the overall ideas that the resolution represents, rather than what the it actually asks for in its wording.

The resolution was tabled at the recommendation of Senate Vice President Leen Almadhi, after the discussion continued past the half-hour point.

“This is an amazing start,” she said. “But the reality of the situation is we’re student leaders and we need to make sure that everything we put out is perfect the first time, and that we don’t have any loopholes within this legislation.”

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The debate regarding Resolution #2019-06, “In Support for Increased Transparency,” made its way back to the Associated Students Inc. Senate floor Wednesday evening.

In the second draft, the writers of the resolution, Sens.

Megan Kim, Melissa Mejia and Brianna Guzman, reworded statements and phrases that were deemed by the Senate the week before to be either too ambiguous or too specific to Campus Clash.

A panel and Q&A held Oct. 23 by nonprofit right-wing organization Turning Point USA, Campus Clash was met with wide backlash from university students, not just because of the content of the night’s panel, but also because of the way that the university prepared students for the total closure of the USU, increased security detail that included riot-gear equipped officers and K-9 units.

The resolution’s title was changed to “In support for Increased Transparency Regarding Controversial Events” by Kim in response to feelings over the ambiguity of the title’s intention.

Shifting the discussion, Sen. Alejandra Aguilar questioned why Kim and Mejia immediately took the resolution route after the event instead of first opening a dialogue with LBSU campus police, expressing that drafting a resolution first almost comes across like an attack against the competence of University Police Department.

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CSU students and faculty defend GE classes Demonstrators speak out against recent executive orders that may eliminate ethnic and gender studies courses and remedial math and English.

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Michael Meeks, a third-year political science major from CSUN, holds a sign during a demonstration Tuesday at the Office of the Chancellor.

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A circle of concerned students and professors from Long Beach State and California State University, Northridge, among other campuses, gathered near the entrance of the CSU Chancellor’s office Tuesday, chanting slogans such as “Hey hey! Ho ho! Chancellor White has got to go!”

The group gathered to protest at the Board of Trustees meeting on the implementation of Executive Orders 1100 and 1110-R and voiced their complaints at the meeting as well. EO 1110 states that students are to be enrolled into General Education courses rather than remedial math and English.

1100-R establishes a revised GE curriculum. Some at CSUN are worried that 1100R would phase out Area F of the CSUN GE requirements. Area F outlines six units of ethnic, gender and sexuality studies courses.

Rocio Rivera-Murillo, a CSUN sociology and Chicano studies major, led the call and response through a megaphone.

“When Ethnic Studies is under attack,

what the fuck do we do?” Rivera-Murillo said.

The group responded: “Stand up! Fight back!”

In August 2017, Executive Orders 1110 and 1100-R were placed into effect by Chancellor Timothy P. White.

The chancellor voiced in the guiding principles of the order that students have already taken these preparatory courses in high school; therefore they are not necessary. By eliminating of these types of courses, White argues that students can graduate faster, which falls in line with CSU goals to increase four-year graduation rates.

However, some CSUN students and faculty argue that with Executive Order 1100-R students will not seek out Area F classes that go over ethnic, gender and sexuality studies, thus diminishing the quality of their education. Protesters also argued that remedial courses and ethnic, sexuality and gender courses help with the retention of students of color.

“Research, national research, CSU research shows that remedial education puts students of color at a disadvantage and that’s one of the reasons why we decided to get rid

of non-credit bearing remedial courses,” said Toni Molle, director of public affairs at the Office of the Chancellor. Molle referred to a study done by the City University of New York.

During the public comment portion of the BOT Committee on Educational Policy, speakers took to the platform to voice their concerns.

Raven Adams, a third year Africana studies major, believes that LBSU does not do enough to let students know that ethnic studies classes are available to them. 1100-R would make it more difficult for students to find these classes.

“It might not outwardly say, ‘We don’t want these classes here’ but it does not value them at the same level as other classes despite the fact that Long Beach [State] claims to support diversity and cultural understanding,” Adams said. “These classes are where you are going to get that.”

Protesters lifted signs with slogans such as “Keep Diversity in Our University” and “Your silence will not protect you.” Professors and students spoke on how the executive orders would affect them; some with tears in their eyes.

Asia Gonzalez, a fourth-year Chicano studies major, arrived with Students for Quality Education and La Raza Student Association.

“A lot of times, the Board of Trustees, they continue to make decisions for the school across all the Cal States without referring to students … so a lot of the times we have to take time out of our day to come here and voice our opinions,” Gonzalez said.

According to Karen Loong, a fourth-year Asian-American studies student from CSUN who helped organize the demonstration, Northridge is the only campus in the CSU system whose Faculty Senate voted against the orders. CSUN students and faculty plan to travel across the state in protest against these orders, which are still in effect. Their next demonstration will be Thursday at CSU Los Angeles.

After speaking at the Board of Trustees meeting, demonstrators staged a walkout, chanting “Chancellor White has got to go” with their fists in the air.

“This is a statewide movement, and we have nothing to be afraid of,” said Stevie Ruiz, a CSUN Chicanx studies professor.

“We are going to continue until this stops.

No negotiation until it is gone.”

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Students and community members give their suggestions for what Long Beach State should strive for approaching 2030 on the Beach 2030 website.

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Community participates in Imagine Beach 2030 online event

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Posts varying from discourse over the introduction of an e-sports association to the appointment of a giraffe as the new mascot with the hashtag #LongBeachLongNecks filled the feed of users engaged with the Imagine Beach 2030 online event Wednesday.

Through Imagine Beach 2030, students, faculty and community members all over campus sat at computers, sharing and exploring different ideas for what they want Long Beach State to look like in 2030.

Partnering with Institute for the Future, a company that helps organizations plan for the future, LBSU launched Imagine Beach 2030, a two-day online event that garnered input from the city and campus community.

Over 12,480 posts and responses had been made by 2,344 people as of 9 p.m. Wednesday night.

The two-day event is the first phase in a two-year “futures thinking” project called Beach 2030 Vision Map and Strategic Plan.

Participants receive “points” for responding and posting on the dashboard. They can also “add a signal” to posts, which are links to articles or videos that relate to the content of the post.

Popular posts appear on the dashboard in categories like “Everyone’s Talking About…,”

“Super-Interesting Cards,” “Most Wanted Futures” and “Most Uncertain Futures,” among others.

Students contribute to Beach 2030 by “playing cards.” The two “card” options are named Positive Imagination, which are meant for hopes and dreams for LBSU, and Shadow Imagination, which are meant for concerns relating to LBSU’s future.

One post about the mascot became one of the most trending posts in Beach 2030.

Written by Dominic Hure, the post said, “GIRAFFE FOR MASCOT -school colors -we will be the long beach long necks -every spot on a giraffe is unique -majestic and peaceful, but dangerous when messed with.” The post got 109 positive votes and 101 replies. Promotional flyers donning “Giraffe 4 Mascot” also appeared around campus.

The most popular post, written by Xi M’ae said, “Tuition is free!” and got 365 positive votes and 192 replies. The forum-style interface allows for replies to other replies.

One criticism from Rabinia Woodstock to the comment said, “Nothing’s ever REALLY free- how do you think it would get paid for?,” which solicited even more responses.

Associated Students Inc. President Genesis Jara said she imagines by 2030, the university will accommodate marginalized communities and students at risk of homelessness and food insecurity.

“I imagine a future where the state has developed a sustainable funding model for the

CSU system so that all students can obtain an affordable degree,” Jara said. “I imagine a future where our students don’t have to go hungry just to attend class. I imagine a future where students don’t have to be homeless to get a degree. I imagine a future where students of color and of marginalized communities face no systematic barriers and are able to afford and obtain their degree.”

Some campus members found the process to be counterproductive with some responses including content completely unrelated to the future of the campus.

“While the overwhelming number of responses is encouraging, I am a little afraid that many good ideas will get lost in the crowd,” said Curtis Bennett, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

The School of Art Concerned Students of Colors and Allies argued that LBSU has a lack of transparency and that they feel ignored by administration. They pointed to the firing of Kimberli Meyer as one issue of concern and said they are unconvinced the Beach 2030 initiative will benefit the group in any way.

“LBSU [administration] doesn’t need this initiative to plan for 2030, they know what must be done: implement anti-racist policies and implicit bias trainings school wide; denounce white-supremacy through actions not just words; hire diverse tenure-track faculty and staff committed to social justice; sustain ethnic, women and gender, and

queer studies programs and majors; sustain and fund the Humanities,” the group said in an email to the Daily 49er.

Douglas Domingo-Foraste, Long Beach chapter president of the California Faculty Association, doesn’t agree with the university’s implementation of the Institute for the Future platform to facilitate discussion.

“My feeling is that the medium itself has become the message,” Foraste said in an email to the Daily 49er. “That we’re using the Institute for the Future (IFTF) to run this process is, in itself, disturbing. Instead of writing and reading and debating cogent argumentation about the university’s future direction, we tweet and retweet. Hence the McLuhan reference. I swear this process is being run by the HAL 9000.”

President Jane Close Conoley said she hopes the initiative helps increase engagement with both the city and the campus community.

“We have various milestones, you have to get engagement and want to get people talking,” Conoley said. “I want to make sure we do it in a way that at the end of the process, people say “not only are we moving in positive some directions but my voice was heard.”

Students and community members can visit the website www.imaginebeach2030. org to share their thoughts. The last day to participate in Beach 2030 is Thursday, Nov. 15.

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“Fusion” is a collaborative dance show presented by the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music and Department of Dance set to debut Nov. 16.

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Music and dance departments come together to present ‘fusion’

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Every few years, Long Beach State University’s music and dance departments join forces to present a collaborative work and this year’s presentation of “Fusion” will showcase a diverse range of dance pieces.

In partnership with the Bob Cole Conservatory Symphony and the CSULB Chamber Choir, “Fusion” will feature three premieres by faculty choreographers Rebecca Bryant, Rebecca Lemme, Julio Medina and Andrew Vaca. The performance will also feature “Gloria,” a seminal modern dance work created by internationally-renowned choreographer Mark Morris.

Medina’s work, set to Mahler’s “Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor,” explores the association between proximity and connection — or lack thereof. Audience members get the chance to enjoy Medina’s interpretation of the emotional complexity of the music as his movement physicalizes the emotional dichotomies set in the musical score.

In Vaca’s “Tipping Point,” the work explores the struggle to maintain order in a

world of the unpredictable and will feature a live pianist playing onstage among the dancers.

Bryant and Lemme have come together to produce a new, multimedia dance work set to Anna Thorvaldsdottier’s “Aeriality.”

The piece combines visceral contemporary movement with video imagery that tackles themes of femininity and resistance through societal constructs and relationships.

“Fusion” will close with the presentation of Mark Morris’ “Gloria.” Set to Vivaldi’s “Gloria In D,” the work is the ultimate collaboration among the dance, music and choral departments featuring solo, duet and ensemble performances from the CSULB Chamber Choir.

“Fusion” will have two performances on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for students, seniors and Dance Resource Center members.

Tickets can be purchased either online or at the box office on the Atherton St. side of the Carpenter Center. In order to get the discounted admission price students must purchase tickets at the box office.

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American Private Boyce (Jovan Adepo) makes a shocking discovery in the underbelly of a French church during a routine mission against the Nazis in “Overlord.”

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Overlord’ delivers with Nazi zombies and war drama

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or the past few years, World War II dramas have taken a very conventional approach to their storytelling, focusing on either a key political figure fighting from an office, a few boots on the ground or planes in the sky.

Finally, a movie has come along that seeks to break new ground in the genre in a different and gruesome way. That movie is horror-thriller, “Overlord.”

Following a group of American paratroopers as they fight to bring down a German radio tower, the film takes a dark and unique turn as the soldiers discover secret Nazi experiments in the lower levels of the old church housing the tower.

The story, while featuring some familiar elements for both encompassing genres, is a unique blend of the two that works well and keeps audiences on the edge of their seats from the opening entrance in France to the final big battle between the Americans and the Nazis — and their zombies.

One of the most interesting story elements of the film is the development seen in some characters as the story progresses, namely Jovan Adepo’s Private Ed Boyce and Wyatt Russell’s Corporal Ford.

Boyce, a fresh-faced private struggling with a fear of death, finds emotional growth and strength while dealing with both

the horrors of war and of the experimentation in the small French town the story is set.

He finds a way to balance the importance of finishing their mission and protecting hundreds of soldiers set to storm the beaches of Normandy while also saving the lives of a few from the darkness hiding in the underbelly of the church.

Ford, a corporal who has seen some dark times while fighting in Italy, is always about no deviations from the mission, but as complications arise, he finds himself wrestling with his morals and finding a way to accomplish his mission to do the right thing.

Featuring a cast of “I-know-their-face-but-not-theirname” performers, every member does well to portray their characters who, albeit made up of familiar archetypes, are every bit as interesting to watch, especially Adepo and Russell.

Russell, who’s more well-known for his work in comedies including 2014’s “22 Jump Street,” 2016’s “Everybody Wants Some!!” and this year’s acclaimed AMC series “Lodge 49,” actually proves he has dramatic chops as the corporal.

Given that his character has seen and done some horrible things, the role requires someone who can show that raw anger and devotion to the mission and Russell wonderfully embodies every necessary element of Ford.

In addition to the solid story and strong performances, the film succeeds in large part thanks to its breakneck pacing and exhilarating action, with three key set pieces standing out amongst the rest.

The first comes in the opening as audiences are thrown

right into the action as Boyce and company are thrown from their plane after it’s shot down. As Boyce spins in the air, struggling to get his bearings and find his ripcord, the camera and the audience are spun right with him, effectively creating the same sense of fear and dread in the viewers as Boyce.

The second is by far the most disturbing of the film, and one of the most shocking in cinematic history, as war photographer, Chase is transformed by a mysterious serum into a rage-fueled, indestructible monster.

The combination of body contortions, disturbing practical effects and minor CGI make up for a horrifying transformation that will have many viewers crawling in their seats.

The third, unfortunately, won’t be discussed here due to spoiler territory, but what can be praised is an explosive onetake featured in the sequence.

“Overlord” might not reach the B-movie heights some audiences are prepared for, but thanks to a combination of stylish direction, thrilling action, a strong combination of wartime drama and dark horror, this is a fast-paced and entertaining joy ride from start to finish.

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The road to change has more routes than voting Going to the polls is not the end of affecting better legislation in our governments.

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Naim Muhammed, a second year Africana studies major from CSUN, participates in a demonstration against executive orders 1110 and 1100R Tuesday in front of the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

By Tashfina Rahman Staff Writer

Every election season there seems to be a message around every corner, from celebrities on social media to the local canvasser knocking on your door, urging you to vote, telling you it’s the only way we can influence change in our government.

While voting is an essential civic duty of all citizens in a healthy democracy, especially during this turbulent time in our nation, it isn’t the only way to bring about changes in at a local or national level.

There are many reasons to seek influence and action outside of the polling boxes. During a time like the present, when the rights of many are being threatened, voting might just not feel like enough, and some may not have the ability to vote.

Either way, there are many routes one can take to influence the government outside of the realm of electoral politics, including social activism, calling and writing letters to legislators, attending meetings and hearings, forming political organizations and volunteering for political parties or candidates.

Time and time again, I’ve heard people dismiss the value of social activism in the form of protests, claiming that it doesn’t get anything done and that the participants are merely “whining,” instead of taking real action.

Naysayers be damned because protesting is in fact a valid way to make your voice heard when you see injustices occurring or

feel frustrated with the actions of your elected officials. At the very least, protesting is a way to start necessary debates. More often than not, they also receive media coverage, which sends a message to your officials that the people they are serving are beginning to rise up, which is something that no politician ever wants.

Professor Jose Luis Serrano Najera, who teaches a class called “History of Social Activism” at Long Beach State, points out that historical evidence supports the theory that social activism has the power to make a difference.

“By October of 1964, after the many sit ins, marches, voter registration drives and boycotts of the Civil Rights Movement, Gallup polls indicated that nearly 58 percent of all Americans approved of the Civil Rights Act that had just been signed into law in July of that year,” Najera said.

Najera said the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts of 1965 showed a “tremendously influential shift in national discourse to focus on civil rights in a short amount of time inspired by the actions of social activism, which eventually led to meaningful legislation.”

Another option is to voice your discontent by calling your legislators. After all, their job is to serve the public. If you don’t agree with a certain bill that is being proposed, call your senators and urge them to vote against the proposed legislation.

But before you call, make sure you have a couple of things down. Tell them you are a constituent because senators are usually most interested in people they can wrangle

a vote from. You should do the research behind the topic you want to speak about and be able to provide reasons why they should vote one way or another.

When faced with all the gut-wrenching national issues that our country always seems to be facing, it’s easy to forget about our problems here at home. Your local community needs you just as much as your country does and it’s a lot easier to affect change locally.

There are a lot of local meetings that happen throughout the week that are open to the public and are usually posted online afterward. These can range from town hall to city council to school board meetings, depending on where your interests lies.

Unlike national politicians, local ones are typically very accessible. If there is an issue in your community that you are passionate about, it’s likely that you’ll be able to speak about it face-to-face with local legislators, which is much more likely to leave an impression. These local meetings essentially serve as public forums for the community and are often forgotten in the shit storm of national politics.

That brings us to the next method for getting involved in politics: forming political organizations. There is nothing more likely to enact change than a group of fervid citizens coming together. There are so many impactful social movements that sprout from just a few ambitious people coming together.

Professor Najera pointed out recent events that prove the effectiveness of grassroots political coalitions.

“Immigrant rights activists, who protest-

ed outside various Obama campaign offices in 2012 did eventually push [him] to enact Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) through Executive Order,” Najera said. “Also, since 2013, Black Lives Matter activists influenced national discourse in regards to police brutality and the disproportionately high incarceration rates of African Americans.”

Volunteer your time to causes and people that matter to you. While voting does matter, it’s only effective when people actually get out there and do it. If you feel passionately about a certain candidate or proposed bill, you can volunteer for their campaigns.

Many worthy candidates and causes do not receive the attention they deserve due to a lack of resources and manpower.

So, if you really care about something, take the time to get the word out about it.

Persuade your community to care as much as you do and you can play a role in changing the face of your government.

At the end of the day, in order for change to occur, we need these forces to combine.

We need people to vote just as much as we need them to speak up, organize, mobilize, volunteer and protest. Change begins with you, so don’t stand by idly and wait for it to happen.

“In short, what I’m trying to say here is that there is no one magical way that is better than any others in influencing policy and government,” Najera said. “Instead, the majority of people, the ones we now refer to as the 99 percent, should get involved in whatever ways they can, as part of a broader unified strategy to bring about social change.”

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Beach 2030 Students, we need your assistance. As you probably know, on November 14-15, you will be invited to “play the game” of Beach 2030, CSULB’s attempt to democratize long term planning. The “Institute for the Future” will ask you to vote with hashtags on the importance of issues to discuss in our two-year process for long-term planning. The university administration will provide suggested hashtags for you to vote with. Our hope is that you will read this long piece adapted from a letter to President Conoley and vote with our hashtags. Make the university discuss issues of relevance to you and the faculty.

The CFA’s role as the union that represents faculty is intimately tied to the fate of our students. We care deeply about the economic and working conditions of the faculty because we also care about our students’ education. We find tremendous work satisfaction in seeing our students succeed and thus our comments will be directed to student success—but a broader definition of it than merely graduating in four years. All our comments should be viewed through this lens, one which is bound up in student-faculty relationships, genuine learning, and graduation with degrees that show significant intellectual growth and maturation. #TenureBeach2030—We would be self-deluded to think that we will soon return to the situation of 40 years ago in which tenure-line faculty constituted 75-80% of the faculty. Then the university prevented adjunct faculty from replacing tenure-line faculty by restricting part-time lecturers to teaching nine units. That restriction was lifted around 1990 to allow “part-time” lecturers to teach 15 units. Now lecturers constitute 50% of our faculty. Good for the university’s bottom line. Not so good for students. If current trends continue, by 2030 we expect a university staffed even more by lecturers. Perhaps a few favored departments or colleges will continue to have numerous tenure lines, but they will be the exception. We see this as destructive to the university’s educational and social mission. A mostly tenure-line faculty is our goal. If we cannot attain it, however, must our students adjust to faculty who are overworked, not paid for service, and lack time to build student relationships? Or can we improve the situation of lecturers so that they are paid well enough to devote themselves to our campus alone and are given enough free time to build those student-faculty relationships we prize?

Related to the future of tenure is the problem of #FairPayCSULB2030. Will we continue to retain experienced and motivated faculty if we allow salaries to continue to be compressed to the point that starting assistant professors make a few hundred dollars less per year than full professors with 20 years’ experience? How will a lack of money for existing faculty complicate our ability to maintain the positive morale that motivates us to build positive relationships with students in the lab, the classroom, the library, and the office?

Also related to the problem of declining tenure are persistent questions of #AcademicFreedomBeach2030 and external funding. Already corporate donors have begun to corrupt the broader system of academia. Will money from corporations, foundations, and foreign governments, and even strings attached our own government grants make our faculty tentative to investigate the hazards of global warming and the specter of Russian domination of the countries of the old USSR? Will the university remain a place of free intellectual inquiry in the face of threats to that inquiry from those with money enough to grind their political and social axes?

Perhaps the most basic right of any student or faculty member is to be safe where she works and goes to school. #SafetyBeach2030 affects both faculty and students, whether it is the threat to life from a building fire started by improperly stored chemicals or a behaviorally unbalanced individual who seeks to do us physical harm. No one wants to see an armed camp, but we want to be safe. How will the university balance those two competing possibilities?

How will the university protect our #IntellectualPropertyBeach2030? How will it affect student success to experience faculty with little incentive to innovate in light of the potential for others to control our work? Will the faculty want to involve students in research and creative work when the end product loses value because others have unfettered use of it? #AccessBeach2030 remains another critical issue. Whom will we serve as Long Beach becomes a more affluent city? As Long Beach changed to a more multi-ethnic and economically divided city, the composition of our students changed as well. Will real estate values and gentrification make Long Beach a city significantly more affluent than now? As more people whose parents lack a college degree are pushed to the fringes of Los Angeles, will a program like the Long Beach Promise and local admission preference begin to make CSULB a bastion of privilege? Will the failure of the Trustees to control tuition make the CSU as expensive as the University of California campus is now?

A #DiverseFacultyCSULB2030 that approximates that of our students might go far towards sustaining our mission of serving a diverse student population in 2030. We would like to see hires of people of color and an open discussion of why this has not happened.

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Spriggs sprouts into leadership role

By Samantha Diaz Managing Editor samanthadiaz98

“You don’t stop playing until the whistle blows,” senior outside hitter Tyler Spriggs told her teammates from the sidelines in a tough game against Hawai’i Nov. 3.

Leading has always been natural for Spriggs.

From her start as a freshman at Arizona State, and now at Long Beach State (15-13, 7-8 Big West), she has never shied away from speaking her mind. This is why it came as no surprise at the home opener against Seattle University in late August, that head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer announced the senior as captain of the women’s volleyball team.

“Throughout most of my career I’ve kind of been looked at like, ‘OK you have this natural leader in you so if you see something you need to speak up,’” Spriggs said.

The quality is something her new players and coaches picked up on immediately when she joined the team. Within weeks, the players chose her as their captain in a silent vote.

“She brings years of experience and naturally stepped into that position and that’s something she earned from the players,” McKienzie-Fuerbringer said.

Spriggs not only makes a difference for team morale, but with her pure talent as well. Spriggs was named athlete of the week by the Big West Conference, in which she lands fifth in total kills at 311.

Volleyball wasn’t always the clear path for the outside hitter. The Los Angeles native comes from a family of basketball players, with her father Larry Spriggs playing four years in the NBA, her uncle coaching at Georgetown and her cousin playing overseas ball.

“I’ve always been the biggest kid out of the class,” said Spriggs, who towers at 6-feet1-inches. “Growing up it was always like, ‘You’re going to play basketball because of my height and my dad’ then I started playing volleyball in the third grade and I was like OK I kinda like this.”

It took Spriggs six more years to tell her parents she wanted to focus solely on volleyball and drop basketball, in a LeBron-esque conversation with her dad she refers to as “the decision.”

“That was hard for everyone to come to terms with, especially my dad, but they were always super supportive of the decision,” she said. “Their biggest thing was as long as you’re good at it. Whatever you decide to do just be the best, we’ll be behind you all the way.”

Her other main support system were her two grandmothers who both died of cancer in 2015. The deaths took a mental toll on Spriggs and her love for the sport, according to her brother, Larry.

“Although we saw Tyler lose some of her spark for volleyball at the time, everybody in the family knew to keep her focused on what she loved,” Larry said. “Through volleyball she channeled her emotions and played at such an incredible level it led to her becoming a top ranked recruit.”

Since returning from Arizona and transferring to Long Beach, Spriggs has had the chance to be around more of her family, including her mother who goes to all of her home games and her brother, who she calls one of her best friends.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to support her, especially now in her hometown,” Larry said. “I’ve been supporting her since she first started … the family is beyond proud for Tyler’s volleyball career.”

While the pressure of being the only transferring senior on the team was on her shoulders, Spriggs fell right into motion with the rest of the players and quickly became a integral part of their development.

“Maybe it’s a drill or whatever is at hand, but she’s got a real good feel and awareness of the dynamic of the team,” McKienzie-Fuerbringer said.

The outside hitter looks to Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as inspiration as a leader, not only because of her father’s time with the team, but because of his mindset and ability to make others better. Spriggs exhibits the same resolved, determined demeanor on the court, as she puts her teammates in check

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Senior outside hitter Tyler Spriggs digs the ball against Hawai’i Nov. 3 in a 3-1 loss. without scaring them away.

“His level of intensity all the time and the … ‘I want you to be the best so you can make me better,’ that mindset is something that not many have and it’s something I wish I could do all the time,” Spriggs said. “You get to that point of self awareness. I know when

it’s time to be loose and when it’s crunch time, let’s go, nothing else matters.”

While the senior is now soaking up her last few months as a Division I volleyball player, she looks to lead in her future as a club volleyball coach, just as her mentor McKienzie-Fuerbringer did for her.

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