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Women’s Basketball

Mustangs break 49ers’ hearts A trio of injuries derailed the women’s basketball team in an overtime thriller on Valentine’s Day.

By William Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team lost three key players to injury in a heartbreaking 58-57 loss in overtime to Cal Poly Saturday in the Walter Pyramid.

Three pivotal 49er players went down with injuries: Junior center Devin Hudson, sophomore guard Raven Benton and sophomore guard Jewelyn Sawyer.

Hudson left in the first half after coming down awkwardly on a rebound attempt. LBSU carted off Benton, the team’s leading scorer, on a wheelchair and took her to the hospital after getting hit hard on a layup attempt. The team has not released and update on her status.

Cal Poly’s Taryn Garza fouled Sawyer hard over the back and knocked her out of the game.

Sawyer and Benton were having big games before they exited. Benton had 13 points while Sawyer crashed the boards and collected nine rebounds.

Hudson returned in the second half, but her injury limited her playing time and role in the game.

Head coach Jody Wynn said the three injured players are doubtful for the upcoming games.

“I’m not counting on any of them to play,” Wynn said. “Not to be a Debbie-downer, but they’re in pretty excruciating pain.”

Sophomore guard Anna Kim drained a jump shot with 13.2 seconds left on the game-clock to give LBSU a one-point lead in overtime. The 49ers defense needed to make one more stop to secure a win.

Cal Poly (12-11, 7-4) senior guard Ariana Elegado beat the 49ers with a game-winning layup in the final seconds of overtime.

“Just coming off that last play I knew I wanted to take it to the hole,” Elegado said.

Elegado’s game-winning field goal was the ninth lead change of the game. The Cal Poly bucket capped off an up-and-down game for both sides.

“It was pretty crazy,” Elegado said. “[I had] chills almost the whole game. I felt like it was a championship game. So many people were into it. We had passion for it.”

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Senior accounting major Chris Dinh (left) and junior communications major David Kling (right) screw together side panels for the garden planters at the Grow Beach! building kickoff on Sunday.

BUILDING AT THE BEACH Grow Beach! hosted a build-it day for the community garden this weekend.

By Amy Patton News Editor

The Associated Student Inc. Grow Beach! community garden is under way.

The manpower of about 70 volunteers consisting of ASI represen-

tatives, Grow Beach! members and plot owners began to build and raise garden plots behind the Isabel Patterson Child Development Center on Sunday.

“I have this vision that’s coming into play, and I’ve been working on this for almost two years now,” ASI Vice President Nayiri Baghdassarian said. “ So seeing something tangible, its great.”

Baghdassarian said that volunteers had been working since about 10 a.m. and planned to finish as much as possible Sunday so that soil can be laid out and students can be planting by

next week.

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Elizabeth Flores said that once they are finished building the garden boxes, the physical planning and facilities management department can set up fencing and gates for security and build ADA regulated cement pathways and ramps.

As she was lending a hand to the building process, freshman theater major Megan Benetta said she would be renting a plot this semester. She said she plans to plant tomatoes, green beans and carrots once the plots are ready for gardeners.

“My mom used to grow a lot of vegetables and I always liked doing it with her,” Benetta said. “And I’ve been looking for something to keep me occupied.”

Baghdassarian said that all gardening would be organic. She said that Grow Beach! Plans to host workshops to teach organic gardening.

Grow Beach! Holds meetings every other week.

Flores said that three quarters of the 88 plots have already been claimed. Applications to rent a plot for the semester are open until all slots are full.

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Scotsfestival attendees represented their ancestral ties with traditional festivities and tartans at the Queen Mary.

By Brooke Becher Diversions Editor

Afloat the iconic 1936 oceanliner-turned-hotel moored in Long Beach might be the last place one would expect to find a plaid sea of kilt-clad clans tapping their ghillies to blaring bagpipes and tossing 20-foot cabers.

Queen Mary traded her sunbathing seals for sheep-herding demonstrations on Saturday at the 22nd annual Scotsfestival, the longest running annual event, ac-

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cording to Steve Sheldon, director of events at the Queen Mary.

“The music, the whiskey and the craic—the friendliness—are what bring us out today,” Michael O’Donoghue, a festival-goer, said while spectating the sheaf toss competition, head-to-toe in Celtic garb with traditional, evergreen Irish tartan. “Everyone feels open enough to walk up and talk to you about what you’re wearing; you can’t come here and just be closed off.”

Traditional wool-woven skirts and their cross-hatched designs have extended beyond the postromantic era of Highland-dress code into the modern age of liberty-spiked punk rockers and on the racks of stores like Forever 21 and Hot Topic.

Although they originally served as a military insignia to earmark troops, tartans eventually became the unifying crest for Scottish clans of the early 19th century.

“[Tartans] are very uniquely related to Scottish culture—funny thing is, they’re not even from [Scotland],” Edward Grant Ries of Clan Wallace said, explaining that the fabric predates the time of Christ and was transferred over— along with bagpipes—by the Romans to the British Isles.

Ries cited clan-culture as a possible explanation for the overbearing Celtic importance of ancestry.

Under clanship, genes didn’t decree authority. Instead, leadership transposed to a clan member best suited to protect the family’s interest, juxtaposing the widely practiced system of monarchy at the time.

“The problem with [clanship] is that it led to a lot of divisiveness and separation; the Scots could never pull together—which is still true—because of this “clan-

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Graduation drought The CSU chancellor said he has a plan to improve the education level of California’s workforce.

By Ariana Sawyer Opinions Editor

Water isn’t the only thing California is running out of, according to California State University Chancellor Timothy White in a virtual press conference Friday afternoon.

“California is also facing an equally devastating drought, and that is the number of people in California who have a bachelor’s degree,” White said.

In ten years, the state of California will be 1 million degrees short of sustaining its economy, White said. This includes degrees given by any university statewide, as well as by the CSU system.

White announced an initiative to raise graduation rates 9 percent by the year 2025 during an initiative at the annual state of the CSU talk in January.

He said in order to implement this goal the CSU system needs to acquire another $100 million from somewhere, whether it’s from the government, a philanthropist or the students.

Though tuition will not be raised next year, students will most likely see a series of 2 percent increases in the years to come, White said. “[I plan to have] that conversation as I read the tea leaves of our resource needs in the demand,” White said.

Public CSU system statistics indicate that raising graduation rates by 9 percent is actually a simple goal.

In the last ten years, the number of undergraduate degrees that CSU awarded raised by 27.6 percent, from 65,741 in 2003-2004 to 85,191 in 2013-2014.

To get money by other means, White said he urges students to knock on office doors in Sacramento or to write letters to legislators to convince the state government to give CSU the additional $100 million in recurring funds needed to improve graduation rates.

“It’s not to be greedy,” White said.

“It’s money [for] CSU to create opportunities for our students by way of more faculty, academic advisors and mentors, undergraduate research opportunities and all of the things that engage a student in a really meaningful education.”

Additionally, White said he would like to use technology to make the transfer process more clear for the approximately 50,000 students coming from high schools and 50,000 coming from community colleges.

White said that oftentimes students end up taking community college classes that are nontransferable due to confusing information and policies, leading to the current 4.7year average graduation time.

At California State University, Long Beach, tuition is currently $3,226 per semester, including a student excellence fee of $173, which may increase by another $165 per semester ($124 in the summer) depending on the results of the USU referendum vote Feb. 25 and 26.

After the three 2 percent increases mentioned by Chancellor White, tuition at CSULB would be $3,423.

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CSULB student charged with 5 accounts of burglary

By Amy Patton News Editor

Los Angeles Airport Police Crime Task Force investigators arrested CSULB student Ryan Green, 23, for commercial burglary last week.

Sgt. Joseph Belinda indicated in the crime report that the LAX task force positively identified Green for baggage thefts in LAX baggage claim areas on Feb. 8. Last weekend, CTF investigators conducted surveillance of baggage claim locations in response to an increase of baggage thefts in south side terminals.

During the surveillance, investigators watched Terminal 5 for Green, whom they believed to be responsible for previous baggage thefts at LAX. The police report indicated that investigators saw Green pick up a bag from the carousel in baggage claim and exit the area. Investigators then followed Green to a nearby terminal, where he then picked up

another bag from the carousel that did not belong to him.

Investigators then followed Green to a men’s restroom, where he entered a handicap stall. The report indicates that the investigators heard him pilfering through the bags. When Green left the restroom. Investigators saw him throw one of the small pieces of luggage into a trashcan. He then reportedly walked to a shuttle stop outside the terminal and “appeared to be leaving the airport.”

Investigators then detained and ultimately arrested Green with the assistance of uniformed airport police officers. During a later interview with the police, Green admitted to taking the luggage. Green said in the interview that he used his mother’s “buddy pass” to fly into LAX from San Jose earlier that day. Green was charged with five felony accounts of commercial burglary.

California Democrats push for vaccinations Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked state officials to reconsider vaccination exemption regulations in a letter to Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley last week.

The letter is in response to the measles outbreak that swept through 14 states in the past few months, a press release on Boxer’s website stated.

“While a small number of children cannot be vaccinated due to an underlying medical condition, we believe there should be no such thing as a philosophical or personal belief exemption, since everyone uses public spaces,” Senators Boxer and Feinstein wrote in the letter. “As we have learned in the past month, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children not only put their own family at risk, but they also endanger other families who choose to vaccinate.”

Under current law, parents may opt out of required vaccinations by either claiming religious objectifications or stating that they decided not to vaccinate with the help of advice from a health professional.

Health experts indicate that public schools should have a minimum of a 92 percent vaccination rate to effectively prevent outbreaks from rapidly spreading. Some preschools in Los Angeles have rates as low as 36 percent, according to a recent Los Angeles Times analysis.

“We think both options are flawed, and oppose even the notion of a medical professional assisting to waive a vaccine requirement unless there is a medical reason, such as an immune deficiency,” Boxer and Feinstein stated in the letter.

According to the press release on Boxer’s website, only a small number of children cannot receive vaccinations due to medical conditions. The recent measles outbreak indicates dangers of opting out of vaccinations in mass amounts, the press release states.

The letter also asked that Dooley review state policy in regards to vaccination exemption due to the “growing trend” of parents not following vaccination schedules and schools not tracking the progress of vaccination completion.

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Vigil held for Chapel Hill shooting victims The Muslim Student Association members said they tried to spread a message of compassion in order to assuage some of the suffering and hate caused by the shooting.

By Kevin Flores Contributing Writer

In the middle of a memorial illuminated by flickering candlelight, a placard displayed the names and handdrawn silhouettes of three friends who were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

The CSULB Muslim Student Association arranged roses and candles in concentric hearts on Maxson Plaza late Thursday afternoon for a candlelit vigil in honor of Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, the three victims of last week’s shooting.

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“It is an injustice upon us if we do not reflect upon what we were taught to reflect upon,” Bilal Zaheen, the MSA president, said. “As Muslims we always engage in the fact that before we’re Muslim we’re human. Muslim and human go hand in hand, just as human and Christian go hand in hand, just as human and Jew go hand in hand.”

When those in attendance observed the moment of silence, a poignant mood cast over the crowd. Only the dribbling sound of the fountain could be heard in the background. Then, when vigil attendees chanted a Muslim prayer, open hands rose to chest level in the soft candlelight.

“Even though the tragedy occurred 2,520 miles away, students on campus felt compelled to speak out,” Fatima Abdelhafeez, the vice president of MSA said. “I relate to them as a female Muslim wearing a scarf, on a college campus, commuting. It’s emotionally traumatizing in certain ways.”

MSA opened the floor for mourners to express their personal feelings about the events. The prevailing sentiment was one of tolerance and harmony.

The CSULB alumni and Communications Coordinator from the Council of American-Islamic Relations, Ojaala Ahmad, also spoke to the crowd of mostly students.

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Muslim Students Association members light candles at Maxson Plaza on Feb. 12. in honor of the victims of the Chapel Hill shooting.

“Unfortunately a lot of the times Muslims in general are painted with the paintbrush that we are all extremists, we are all terrorists, we hate America, and the rhetoric just goes on,” Ahmad said.

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terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 47 percent of Americans had a favorable view of Muslims. By 2010, that number had dropped to 37 percent.

“Even though it’s been almost 15 years since 9/11, these things are still happening to us,” Abdelhafeez said in reference to violence against Muslims.

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During the vigil, Zaheen asked the crowd to gather and try to understand the victims’ perspective. “[The shooting victims’] situation was not so different than ours,” Zaheen said. “Their lives were not so much different than the lives we live here today.”

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nishnes,”” Ries said. “And yet the “clannishnes” is what has enabled them to preserve their culture because of all the stories and jealous prerogatives that they had.”

In fact, through genealogy, Ries discovered that his wife, Elaine, to whom he had already been happily married for several decades, was his seventh cousin.

They shared a grandmother in Clan Wallace.

“Willy Wallace was really the inspiration for freedom in Scotland and around the world,” Ries said, citing Wallace’s revolt against English oppression in the 13th century and the postmortem rebellion that ensued after he was slain by the English.

“We’re not fighting for glory or honor or riches—only for freedom; it’s the one thing that an honest man should not

give up except at the peril of his own life,” Ries paraphrased from the 1320 Declaration of Abroath. The document was penned after England’s attempt to establish authority over the land, triggering the first war of independence in Scotland.

“Those words ring uncannily familiar to us [as Americans],” Ries said.

Scots experienced a century of forced displacement beginning in the 1700s known as the Highland Clearances. Host countries adopted the uprooted culture of the deported and displaced Scots, with especial influence on Canada, Russia, New Zealand, Australia and America, according to the BBC. “The context of the effect of Scottish culture on America is huge,” kiltmaker Susan Rose of the Gordon Clan said. “All but four of the presidents of the United States come from Scottish heritage.”

Rose explained how the English

sent military commanders to divvy up the Highlanders, shipping the burliest men to Australia while those with exceptional whit landed in the United States. Some of these refugees included Alexander Graham Bell, Allan Pinkerton of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and John Muir.

“When you look back in ScottishAmerican history—literally all of the engineering has been done by displaced Scots. The American Revolution was won by displaced Scots,” Rose said.

“They didn’t want to lose this country too, so they had an axe to grind.”

Her scarlet locks brushed the top of an intricately woven sash, plush in polychrome and synched at the top by a bejeweled broach.

“Most tartans when you look at them are very male looking; it’s a military uniform. It’s not for females,” Rose said. “So when you come across one that’s for the ladies. If they could dress their women, that means they had money.”

Her lineage traces back to Clan Gordon, a sect best known for its affluence and domination of the north.

“The chief of Clan Gordon would be called the cock of the north in every term that you can imagine,” Rose said. “He had his own 3,000 standingman army when the king did not have a 3,000 standing-man army. He was one of those guys.”

Rose described her job as a kiltmaker of 26 years as an honor in carrying on Scottish-American traditions, having designed most of the attending bands’ kilts.

“What [the festival] does is tie everybody together; we’re called a diaspora,” Rose said. “We are a people without a country. We’re Americans, but we didn’t come from America. This is our way of collectively coming together.”

Scotsfestival at the Queen Mary is the first of the season, acting as the kick-off to the larger expo called the Seaside Highland Games held in Octo-

ber. The autumn fair is about five-times larger with almost 100,000 attendees, according to John Lowry, chief of the Seaside Highland Games of Clan Gordon descent.

Lowry carries on his Scottish heritage through heavy involvement in various organizations and boards with a shared mission of progressing Celtic tradition. Although he said he enjoys the athletics and Whiskey deluge, he is partial to the music.

Sitting by a quintet of stringed-instrument musicians, Gina Thornburg, an attendee from Woodland Hills, couldn’t agree more.

“My great grandparents still kept the Irish culture going [by] still singing, playing the music and dancing,” Thornburg said above the sweet songs of the violins, contrasting the faint nasalnoted bagpipes droning in the distance.

“For me, it’s about getting together as a community to forget your troubles and to celebrate life with all of its imperfections and all of its beauty.”

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Globetrotters’ fadeaway Does the legacy of the charismatic exhibition team still slam dunk for the college-aged crowd?

By Megan Gilbreath Design Assistant

For nearly a century, the Harlem Globetrotters have entertained millions of international basketball fans with their unbelievable ball-handling skills and basketball stunts. On Saturday, an audience chuckled and smiled, enjoying the sweet game of basketball at the Honda Center.

“College students probably don’t think too much about them, but if there ever was a game at the pyramid, I think it would sell out,” Josh Barajas, a senior journalism major at CSULB, said. “Watching the Globetrotters play live is probably on a lot of basketball fan’s, of all ages, bucket lists. I know it’s on mine.”

But the half-filled arena hinted that the teams’ days of sold-out seats are over.

Families with children dominated the crowd, from mothers cradling newborns to hyperactive middleschoolers. Young adults were scarce.

Owner and coach Abe Saperstein established the Globetrotters in 1926, originally calling the team the “Savory Big Five,” according to the

NBA. The all African-American team couldn’t play professional ball due to the association’s “whites only” ban, so they entered the Negro American Legion League. The ban was later lifted in 1950.

In 1939, during a leading game of 112-5, the Globetrotters attempted to keep the audience entertained with basketball tricks, according to the NBA. The team’s clowning around and talented ball handling soon became the Globetrotters’ trademark.

“They were a huge component to my basketball experience when I was young and are still revered to this day,” said Dan Monson, head coach for CSULB men’s basketball. “They combined basketball skills, winning and entertaining like no one else; I know my own children are Globetrotter fans. I have made sure of that.”

The Globetrotters own a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, awarded in 1982 for the team’s entertainment value. In 2002, the team also earned a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame, according to their website.

“I think more people from our age group understand more of the jokes,” said audience member Melissa Valdovinos, a student at Fullerton Community College. “[The game] is family-based, but we older people understand everything because we are closer to [the team’s] age group.”

“This is good entertainment for me, I’m really into sports so that’s why I came,” said audience member Angel Rodriguez, a student at Carter High School.

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The Harlem Globetrotters play against the Washington Generals at the Honda Center on Saturday.

After almost a century, the Globetrotters are still breaking records and creating history. This past January, the Guiness World Record Association awarded Globetrotter player Big Easy Lofton for the farthest basketball hook shot, a whopping 61 feet and 4 inches, according to harlemglobetrotters.com.

Buckets Blakes now holds the Guiness World Record for the most bas-

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A cat sits in a cage during the “Great Escape” event at Moorpark Park in Studio City on Sunday.

The festival has sold out for the past two years, drawing in about 40,000 fans. Starting independently in 2004 as a one-night concert in Echo Park, it has since teamed up with Goldenvoice and now is held at Exposition Park to accommodate its growth.

Staffs at the adoption drives are completely made up of volunteers, Roos said. Friends of Moorpark Los Angeles Animal Services Mobile Pet Adoption, a supplementary adoption organization, hosts drives at Moorpark Park twice a month, on the first and third Sunday.

A passion for dogs drove PJ Acerno, an employee at Goldenvoice, to start-up the non-profit organization Goldiepup in order to raise money for LA Animal Rescue.

“We’ve only had three events so far,” Acerno said. “But we’re trying to make it a biannual thing.”

The first event that Goldiepup hosted was a two-day benefit show in the parking lot of the Fonda Theater, headlined by Best Coast, the Death

direction.

“I think the Globetrotters aren’t really relevant anymore because they’re more of just a comedy act as opposed to competitive play … they do things we’ve already seen,” Tian said. “The popularity of the NBA and its reputation gives the precedent for what basketball should be, out matching the comedic tricks the Globetrotters offer.”

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Popular entertainment promoters teamed up with animal shelters to host a pet adoption drive on Sunday.

On the corner of a busy Los Angeles intersection, dogs barked, tugged at leashes, nuzzled against potential adopters or just lazily languished in the warm sun. The lush greenery at Moorpark in Studio City served as the backdrop for the Great Escape, a pet adoption drive, held on Sunday.

Animals came from various Los Angeles area shelters run by two different organizations: the privately owned nonprofit Los Angeles Animal Rescue and the city-run Los Angeles Animal Services.

“Some people feel like animal shelters are too depressing to go into and avoid them, which prevents a lot of good connections from being made,” Sue Roos, executive director at the LA Animal Rescue, said. “Events such as the Great Escape are important because they also give the animals a chance to relax and get out of the shelter.”

Entertainment companies Goldenvoice and FYF hosted the event.

The entities are most known for booking and promoting shows at venues such as the Fonda Theater, their involvement with Coachella and collaborating to produce FYF fest.

FYF Festival is an annual twoday indie-rock festival that sees line-up full both headliners and artists outside of the mainstream.

ketball underhanded half-court shots in one minute, making six baskets.

Both players created these new records during an event at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, home of the Phoenix Suns.

Despite the Globetrotters’ recordracking talent, the overwhelming popularity of the NBA swoons students like junior biology major at CSULB Kristian Tian in the opposite

Valley Girls and Baby Alpaca in October 2013.

“Events like this are really cool because they help bring in a different demographic than the adoption drives usually attract,” Acerno said. “Not a lot of people follow the LA Animal Rescue or Animal Services, but [Goldenvoice] and FYF have a pretty big and younger audience; by promoting these events we can help raise awareness for adoption.”

Outside of puppy-love, Bennett Kogon, a supervisor at FYF, mentioned that the entertainment companies are given the chance to promote their own events and expand their fan base in addition to finding strays a place to stay.

“Animal homelessness is always an issue, especially in a place like LA,” Kogon said. “FYF cares a lot about dogs – we all own dogs – and feel like it is something important to pay attention to, plus by coming out to these events we can broaden our fan base as well.”

The Daily 49er is hosting a panel discussion on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the hall of science.

The topic of discussion is the upcoming USU Referendum, which is up for a vote on Feb. 25-26.

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In the moments before today becomes tomorrow, the air is damp along Pine Street, sloping down to the packed Irish pub. Through the gated patio, across the dance floor, all the way at the back of the bar, Mark orders a round of shots for his new friends.

Mark wears his baseball cap backwards. Mark speaks with his eyebrows, which are difficult to distinguish from one another. Mark spends his late nights buying rounds of cheap shots from his brother who works behind the bar. Mark is very single.

He buys short glasses filled with a light turquoise drink – a splash of red drops into the middle of each and spirals to the bottom.

A woman with long, tangled hair picks one up, and Mark grabs another.

They link arms, and on the count of three, the drinks are dropped to the back of their throats. High fives all around.

“Single! Single! Single! Single! …” Mark chants as he puts his glass down. No one joins him.

Mark makes his way to the dance floor where “A Devil Went Down to Georgia” is spinning the crowd of men and women in jeans and dresses and sandals and heels and hats and hairdos.

A Guinness. A Kilkenny. A shot of Jameson. The sign above the bar says 113 days, two hours and 14 minutes left until Saint Patrick’s Day. In the moments before today becomes tomorrow, the buzz is a high

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Purple, black, blue, shimmery orange and hot pink – you can choose the most fashionable style of e-cigarette at any of the 10 different local shops here in Long Beach or some 200 shops nation-wide.

You can choose, but you really shouldn’t because new scientific studies indicate that these “cancerfree cigarettes” aren’t free of cancer at all.

“E-cigarettes represent a new public health challenge and threaten to undo and reverse the progress we’ve made by renormalizing smoking behavior,” said Dr. Ron Chapman, health officer and director of the California Public Health Department, according to the SF Gate. He said they also contain another 10 chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive problems.

The aerosol produced by vaporizers can have up to 15-times more carcinogenic formaldehyde than regular cigarettes, according to a peer-reviewed study in the New England Journal of Medicine last month.

The Department of Public Health has said that young people and teenagers are particularly vulnerable to the e-cigarettes, the ads for which often falsely claim that they are safe, that they help people quit smoking and that they do not cause cancer.

At least 10 percent of U.S. high school students use a vaporizer, according to a report by the CDC in 2012.

The e-cigarettes are colorfully attractive and technologically forward with their USB cord chargers that hook up to any laptop computer. The Food and Drug Administration should never have allowed these cigarette alternatives to flood our markets without

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E-Cigarettes - A man who did not want to be identified inhales vapor from an electronic cigwwarette, March 12, 2014, while socializing with friends outside Big Boss Brewery in Raleigh, N.C. regulations.

The assortment of available flavors sound like candy instead of cancer.

“Java jolt,” “piña colada,” “magnificent menthol,” “cherry crush” and “vivid vanilla” are just a few of the flavor choices that Blu, a popular e-cigarette company, offers.

If the consumer is under the age of 18, he or she can still order anything from the Blu website simply by clicking the button that says the user is 18 or older, as no additional proof is required.

According to the CDC in April 2014, most states do not regulate the sale of e-cigarette products, and if they do not claim to be therapeutic, the FDA doesn’t regulate them at all.

Rather than help people quit, vaporizers spawn a new generation of smokers who – like young people in the ‘60s – are unaware of the damages they are doing to their bodies.

Two weeks ago, the California

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Men’s Basketball

Losses piling up

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The Dirtbags used Blair Field to take the weekend series against visiting Michigan.

By Eddie Rivera

Two more double-digit losses on the road extend LBSU’s men’s basketball losing streak to three games.

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By Oscar Terrones Sports Editor

Back-to-back road losses at UC Santa Barbara Thursday night and Cal Poly Saturday night have the Long Beach State men’s basketball team back under .500 for the first time since Jan. 17.

The 49ers (13-14, 7-4) lost both games by double digits: 70-55 at the Gauchos (13-11, 6-4) and 71-58 at the Mustangs (12-11, 5-6).

They have now lost their last three games after a season-high six-game winning streak was snapped on Feb. 7 against UC Irvine.

“I thought we fought hard,” head coach Dan Monson said, according to the official LBSU website. “I just thought we didn’t respond well enough. I didn’t think we came out as the aggressor, and we’re letting teams get comfortable. We’re not dictating things until it’s too late.”

This game was a rematch of a Jan. 17 matchup in the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers blew out the Gauchos 69-53, with senior point guard Mike Caffey scoring 22 points and senior forward David Samuels notching a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards.

Neither Caffey nor Samuels had nearly the same impact in the rematch. Samuels had nine points and seven rebounds while Caffey had 11 points. Senior guard McKay LaSalle had a career-high 18 points in the loss, shooting four of five from beyond the arc and seven of eight overall.

“I thought our toughness was pretty evident,” UCSB head coach Bob Williams told the Daily Nexus. “We were physical, and I thought it was probably our best defensive effort that we’ve had this year in terms of start to finish and our commitment to defending.”

The Gauchos were without reigning Big West Player of the Year Alan Williams.

Williams was still recovering from a shoulder injury that has sidelined him for seven games. UCSB freshman guard scored 13 points while grabbing three rebounds and handing out four assists.

“We were flat out tougher,” Vincent told the Daily Nexus. “We were the more physical team. [Junior guard Michael Bryson] had a big game. That definitely helped. We controlled [Caffey] this game.”

Bryson finished with a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds. Monson said before the game he didn’t expect the team to shut out Bryson, but that they did have to disrupt him.

“We’re not worried about Bryson,” Monson said. “We’re not worried about Al. We’re worried about Santa Barbara. If [last Saturday against Irvine] showed us anything it’s about the team.”

The 49ers didn’t fare much better in their second meeting with Cal Poly. The Mustangs had four players score in double-figures, including junior forward Joel Awich, who scored a game-high 19 points on seven of 11 shooting.

Junior guard Reese Morgan came off the bench and scored 18 points. Morgan killed the 49ers with his three-point shooting, going four of eight from beyond the arc.

The 49ers again struggled with rebounding, getting dominated on the boards 4023 against the Mustangs. Branford Jones was the lone bright spot for LBSU, scoring a team-best 11 points while collecting five rebounds and six assists.

The 49ers return home for their short road trip to host Big West Conference leading UC Davis inside the Walter Pyramid Thursday night at 7 p.m.

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LBSU pitcher Tanner Brown went six innings in the Dirtbag’s 7-2 win over Michigan on Saturday at Blair Field. Brown allowed just two hits and struck out eight batters.

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ultimately cost them the game. Leading 34-28 at halftime, The Beach completed four of 25 from the field in the second half.

“There was a lid on the rim,” Wynn said. “I mean, we only made six baskets in the last 25 minutes of basketball.”

The 49ers offensive struggles lingered into overtime as they went just one of seven in the extra period until Kim’s late game jumper.

“When I made that shot, I was like ‘we’re not losing, we worked too hard and it’s our home floor,’” Kim said.

“The main thing was getting a stop, and we just slipped as a team.”

Cal Poly head coach Faith Mimnaugh praised LBSU’s defensive effort for keeping the game close with its confusing defensive schemes.

“You have to credit [LBSU],” Mimnaugh said.

“They’re tenacious and they throw different stuff at you.

[They’re] always trying to create havoc on the court.”

The 49ers struggled all game from beyond the arc, shooting just three of 21 from deep. Kim said it was just one of those days where nothing goes in the basket.

“Sometimes you just have an off-day,” Kim said. “A lot of these girls work on their shot on their own time. It just wasn’t our day.”

The 49ers travel to UC Davis to take on the Aggies next Thursday night at 7 p.m.

The Long Beach State baseball team took two out of three against Michigan in a successful opening-season series at Blair Field.

On Friday night, the Dirtbags (2-1) offense got off to a slow start while Michigan (1-2) took an early lead 2-0 with a couple doubles at the top of the first. The Dirtbags patience play paid off in the fifth inning.

Michigan left-hander Brett Adcock unraveled in the fifth and walked five Dirtbags, who took advantage with a pair of runs and tied the game at two.

Senior right-hander Kyle Friedrichs led the Dirtbags pitching effort with a careerbest 10 strikeouts through the first six innings. Friedrichs said he thinks he is the leader and the guy his team can trust.

“Honestly I wasn’t thinking about [the strikeouts] until I came in and I was done,” Friedrichs said. “They’re like, ‘dude do you see all these strikeouts?’”

Freshman outfielder Tristan Mercadel tripled down the right field line and brought in Zack Rivera to take the lead 3-2 in the sixth inning.

The Wolverines offense clicked in the eighth and had runners on third and second with no outs. Junior right-hander Ty Provencher was called to the mound and picked up the save for The Dirtbags.

“That’s my job,” Provencher. “I come in with the runners there, and that’s what I

have to do.”

Assistant coach Jesse Zepeda, filling in for suspended head coach Troy Buckley, said he thought the key to the team’s offense was being able to take advantage of Michigan’s mistakes.

“They gave us free opportunities, and we were able to capitalize on them,” Zepeda said.

Saturday’s game featured junior Tanner Brown on the mound. He picked up where Friedrichs left off with eight strikeouts in the contest. The Dirtbags’ early offense supported Brown’s pitching effort. Garrett Hampson drove in three RBIs and the Dirtbags beat the Wolverines 7-2.

In Sunday’s finale, Long Beach State gave up more runs than they had all weekend.

The Dirtbags gave up three hits and three runs in the fourth inning. They also gave up two runs in the 10th inning. The Dirtbags offense struggled early, but after a Zack Rivera RBI single in the sixth inning, they only trailed 3-2.

In the bottom of the ninth, junior infielder Zack Domingues picked up his first hit of the season to tie the game at 3-3.

In extra innings, the Dirtbags brought in Provencher, who hit Michigan’s Jake Bivens, then gave up a two-RBI single to first basemen Jacob Cronenworth.

“Obviously, it’s tough to sweep a team,” Zepeda “This is a good Michigan team.”

The Dirtbags host Pepperdine Tuesday at 6 p.m. and NC Dinos Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Blair Field.

LBSU dominates UCSB in the Pyramid A stifling defensive performance propelled the women’s basketball team past a winless UCSB squad.

By William Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor

Inside a quiet and nearly empty arena, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team blasted winless UC Santa Barbara 68-38 on Thursday night in the Walter Pyramid.

Despite playing in front of a small crowd, the 49ers (20-4, 7-3) enjoyed the silence, limiting UCSB (0-22, 0-9) to a combined 38 points en route to its 20th win of the season.

“As long as we have our loyal fans, we’re ok,” junior center Devin Hudson said.

“We’re just going to keep winning and proving to people who we are.”

The Beach had a terrific defensive effort after giving up 80 points against UC Riverside by surrendering its lowest point total of the season. Head coach Jody Wynn said she was really proud of the team’s defensive performance LBSU’s offense got off to a slow start in the first half, turning the ball over 12 times.

Hudson said team captain Hallie Meneses helped the team stay poised during a timeout when the team was struggling.

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LBSU forward Madison Montgomery is challenged on a shot from UCSB center Clair Watkins in the Walter Pyramid on Thursday. Montgomery contributed six points off the bench in the Beach’s 68-38 route against the Gauchos.

“Hallie brings a lot of composure,” Hudson said. “So when she slows down, it slows us down. At the first timeout, she was telling us ‘slow down, slow down.’”

The Beach’s defensive scheme stymied the Gauchos’ offense, keeping them without a field goal for the first four minutes of the game. Hudson said the shutdown performance helps the 49ers retool going into its next conference matchup against Cal Poly.

“The last couple of games we kind of got away from our defense and what we do,” Hudson said. “Playing against a team like [UCSB] and forcing them into 23 turnovers helps us going into Saturday’s game because we know what we have to do.”

Wynn said good team defense and communication helped the 49ers breeze to a

30-point blowout. “[We’re] playing as a unit,” Wynn said.

“I’m talking about direction, action and defensive rebounding. And that propelled us to some pretty good offense.”

LBSU catapulted to a 37-16 lead at halftime, after senior guard Lauren Spargo drained a three pointer. Spargo said the 49ers’ unselfishness and ball movement helped reestablish their offensive approach.

“We played really good team ball today,” Spargo said. “We weren’t selfish and moved the ball around to get the best shot for whoever was open. We’re trying to get back to playing as hard as we did in the preseason.”

The 49ers will hit the road for their next matchup on Thursday night at UC Davis at 7 pm.