DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
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LBPD drops sexual assault investigation The university continues to investigate whether the party created unsafe conditions for students. By Valerie Osier, Ariana Sawyer & Collin James Staff Writers
The Long Beach Police Department said Tuesday that it has dropped the investigation of a sexual assault that was initially reported to have taken place at the Kappa Sigma house during a Valentine’s Day “Lace and Lust” party Feb. 13-14. “The victim chose not to continue with the criminal prosecution, therefore our investigation has been suspended,” said Marlene Arrona, a spokesperson for the LBPD. Jeffrey Klaus, the associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students said that the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development at Cal State Long Beach will “continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the party or the event,” regardless of the LBPD’s suspension of its investigation. “We will continue what we will do because we’re looking at the organization in terms of what happened with the party,” Klaus said. The investigation, which began as the result of the sexual assault allegation, concerns risk management protocols such as guest lists, whether alcohol was served and whether it was served to minors, according to Klaus. The fraternity did not reply to a request for comment Tuesday night. Two 20-year-old students that attended the party said that the fraternity did not check their ID’s, and that they were given beer and offered hard liquor from a bar. The CSULB students spoke under condition of anonymity because they, and others, had engaged in illegal underage drinking. According to section 4.E of the CSULB code of conduct for fraternities and sororities, the purchase or use of any bulk quantity of alcoholic beverages or providing a common source of alcohol such as alcoholic punch or open bars is prohibited. The code also states that “all alcoholic beverages consumed at chapter functions, regardless of location, must be brought by the individual members and guests attending the function for their own personal consumption, or purchased as individual drinks through a cash bar operated by a licensed establishment where the function is held. In the event that the BYOB option is selected for a chapter event, only members and guests who are 21 years of age or older may bring or consume alcohol at the event. The responsibility for checking identification is with the sponsoring chapter(s).” Students Ramona Moser, 23, and Erika Rahmqvist, 22, who were invited to the party by a Kappa Sigma member, said Tuesday that, any woman could come to the party, while men had to be affiliated with a fraternity to enter. “There were a lot of girls walking around in underwear ... and guys in boxers,” said Moser,
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Beer cans and plastic cups can be seen in the backyard of the Kappa Sigma chapter house Monday.
an exchange student from Switzerland. Though the party was lingerie themed, party goers were allowed to wear what they wanted. “I asked [my friend] about the theme, and she told me that there was no need to dress up,” Moser said. Rahmqvist, an exchange student from Sweden, said the house offered an open bar with beer, liquor and hard punch, commonly known as “jungle juice.” The party, Moser said, finally came to an end when police arrived at 4 a.m. A neighbor of the off-campus Kappa Sigma house on Atlantic Avenue and Eighth Street, who has lived in an apartment next door for six years, said he is moving because of the parties
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that the fraternity throws. “There’s a lot of disturbance and loud music – sometimes they have parties of about 200 or 300 people or more,” the neighbor, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said. “[Police] helicopters will be over and above, trying to break it up because the neighbors had complained about the too much noise and partying and disruption … At 1, 2, 3, sometimes 4 o’clock in the morning, they’re still partying.” Michael Uhlenkamp, executive director of news at CSULB, said in an email Monday, “The university is in the process of reviewing the available information about the alleged assault to determine if it will launch a Title IX investigation.”
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The Title IX office did not return requests for comment. Last week, CSULB Student Life and Development Director Brett Waterfield confirmed that Kappa Sigma had been suspended by the fraternity’s national organization until further notice while the LBPD investigated the allegations. He also said Kappa Sigma nationals conducted an investigation of their own to identify components of the party that could have led to the creation of an unsafe environment. Waterfield said that that investigation was completed on Feb. 19, and that a report would be sent to the OSCED. Waterfield did not return requests for comment on whether that suspension had been lifted.
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Super Tuesday Republican Donald Trump won 258 delegates and a majority of delegates in: Alabama Arkansas Massachusetts Tennessee Vermont Virginia Ted Cruz won 110 delegates and a majority of delegates in: Oklahoma Texas Marco Rubio won 78 delegates and a majority of delegates in: Minnesota
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Relationship life hacks The WGEC presents “Let’s Talk Relationships” TED talk style presentations. By Taryn Sauer Staff Writer
Whether it is the beginning of a romantic relationship or the fifth year of a friendship that has begun to show its wares, relationships are complex and learning how to address them early on is key to promoting a healthy lifestyle, according to the Women’s And Gender Equity Center. The WGEC will host a “Let’s Talk Relationships” presentation in the University Student Union ballroom today from 6-8 p.m. While open to all ages and types of relationships, the discussion is especially geared toward
the issues that youth face today. The topics will include how to define, communicate and set boundaries in healthy versus unhealthy relationships. Then the talk will transition specifically to romantic relationships and how to assess those challenges, including how to repair an unhealthy relationship and deciding how to end one. Speakers Tiffany N. Rivera, Branson Boykins and Christina Kreachbaum will cover the three sections of discussion. The topics will take on a theme of treading water: “Diving In,” “Keeping Afloat” and “Braving the Storm.” “[Learning to navigate relationships] is similar to swimming,” Desiré Campusano, a graduate student assistant for the WGEC, said. “Honing your technique from the tools you have gained, [you will] be able to swim like a pro.” “Relationships aren’t easy, but they are a part of all of our lives,” Campusano said. She said that talking about healthy relationships is key to discovering the many misconceptions surrounding “intimate partner dating
violence.” “A lot of times, people don’t realize they are in a toxic or unhealthy relationship,” Campusano said. “So, the more knowledge you have, you are more likely to choose a healthy relationship, and more likely to see the ‘Red Flags’ in unhealthy [ones].” And this is not limited to just assessing individual connections; the talks will also provide tools to gauge other relationships. “Everyone has a role to play in understanding the warning signs of unhealthy relationships they witness [or] are a part of, dismantling rape culture and in being an effective bystander,” Campusano said. While this is the first of many in the “Healthy and Consenting Life Hack” series, the WGEC has promoted these types of discussions in response to the chronic number of sexual assault reports in the past five years, according to the WGEC. “We know this has been going on for generations but, now, we are taking action that is long overdue,” Campusano said.
John Kasich won 23 delegates but did not win a majority in any of the Super Tuesday state primaries. Ben Carson won 8 delegates but did not win a majority in any of the Super Tuesday state primaries.
Democratic Hillary Clinton won won 984 delegates and a majority of delegates in: Alabama Arkansas Georgia Massachusetts Tennessee Texas Virginia Bernie Sanders won 347 delegates and a majority of delegates in: Colorado Minnesota Oklahoma Vermont All information comes from the Associated Press.
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Student protestors confront a man holding signs expressing his viewpoint on religion Tuesday in front of the Speaker’s Platform as a touring group of children rest in background. Illustration major Caleb Halsted sets up a contrasting sign reading “Practice love, ask questions” to show his protest against the man’s words. Halsted states, “If no one else is going to steps forward and do this, then why not me? This is the first I’ve had that feeling that like I don’t want to let this go and this is really important to me.”
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Crime Blotter Student pulls knife out in class. By Matt Simon Staff Writer
Student with knife Officers received a call from an instructor in the psychology building who felt threatened by a 20-year-old male student who displayed a pocket knife in class Feb. 25. The University Police turned the case over to the Long Beach Police Department due to a conflict of interest. The student is related to someone in the police department, according to University Police.
Thou shalt not speak to me University Police received a call about a man harassing people that walked by on Feb. 25 at 1:58 p.m. Multiple people called saying the man was making religious statements. There were no arrests and when officers arrived the situation was over.
iLost my Mac A 21-year-old male student reported Feb. 26 his Macbook laptop was stolen. He forgot it in the class and when he went back it was gone. The laptop is estimated to cost anywhere from $700 to $1,000.
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Express yourself Facebook has heard the cries and have added five new options in addition to the like button. By Yasmin Cortez
Too much to drink? University Police received a call about a man that was in an altered state after drinking too much Feb. 27 at 12:43 a.m. The man, in his 20s, was transported to the hospital.
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After Facebook launched the new reactions feature last week, 1.6 billion users worldwide can now express themselves. The newly animated buttons bring a new kind of interaction to posts. In addition to the “Like” button, users can now select from love, laughter, surprise, sadness or anger. In a recent Facebook post addressing the new reactions, Mark Zuckerberg said, “Not every moment you want to share is happy. Sometimes you want to share something sad or frustrating.” Just by pressing and holding the “Like” button
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on the mobile app or hovering over the button on the desktop version, users can access these new features. This can also be used to help businesses and advertisers learn which ads earn the most amount of attention and money. “We see this as an opportunity for businesses and publishers to better understand how people are responding to their content on Facebook,” Facebook product manager Sammi Krug said in an official Facebook blog post called “What the reactions launch means for news feed.” Facebook will take a ‘like,’ ‘wow,’ or ‘sad’ engagement as content a user wants to see. In time, the social media site plans to use this information to show users the type of stories they wish to see and businesses can use this feedback to improve their content. “Page owners will be able to see Reactions to all of their posts on Page insights. Reactions will have the same impact on ad delivery as likes,” Kung said. Some people are taking a liking to the new update.
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“I think they’re pretty great, especially in those times when someone posts a sad or angry status,” Jenny Sheng, Civil Engineering major, said. “It seems insensitive to ‘like’ it. You don’t have anything to say but you support them.” Others were indecisive about the new reactions. “I think the new reactions are too much,” English literature major Jakob Crawford said. “I can see the ‘angry’ face being used as a bullying method for kids … but I think it can go both ways. I think the new reactions allow a more intricate way of communicating with our audience.” According to the Facebook annual report, there are more mobile users than desktop users and in a survey conducted by GlobalWebIndex in 2015 found that only 48 percent of users update their status but 81 percent still tend to ‘like’ posts. Facebook users can now say more with a reaction than actually having to reply to a post with text. With the new reactions, this can appeal to the mobile audience, and Facebook hopes to increase user engagement overall on all versions of their site.
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Student artist creates hauntingly beautiful pieces connecting biblical themes and motherhood. By Katherine Lemus Staff Writer
As people enter the West Gatov gallery on campus, large ceramic works of “Sacrifice “along the wall are visible that show both the images of an artist’s life and the hauntingly beautiful vision of a woman in them. Andrea Williams is a Cal State Long Beach junior art major focusing in ceramics. Williams’s piece, “Sacrifice,” draws many parallels from her life, family and faith as well as her new role as a mother. These subjects are noticeable when viewing the pieces. One piece holds an image of a woman with a child in an almost similar iconic piece from Christianity, the Madonna. At the beginning of her art career, Williams did not know that she would fall into this path. “I didn’t know what to do and it was only in my early 20s that I decided I wanted to be an artist. It took me a
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while to realize I wanted to be an artist,” Williams said. Once Williams was able to find her calling as an artist, she found that ceramics was the way she would want to express herself. “I fell in love with the material when I worked with it and felt like it was the right path for me personally and I wanted to pursue it. Whether or not it was going to work for [me] in the end I still wanted to pursue it,” Williams said. The image directly parallels her new role and love for her daughter as well as her strong faith. “I was reworking old images that I had done and also taking iconic images from Christianity. I drew a lot of inspiration from that while some are just images of me,” Williams said. It was the inspiration of her past and the present that helped Williams rework and create her piece. “My work is trying to convey this new life that is transforming as I live through it, with this new body that I am experiencing daily,” Williams writes in her introduction for her pieces. Williams is both a full-time student and a mother, so finishing these pieces was a challenge with all her responsibilities. “It was very difficult. What motivated me to finish this was really to choose images that would speak more about
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Andrea Williams, a Cal State Long Beach senior ceramics student, displays her ceramic artwork “Sacrifice” in the Max L. Gastov Gallery West located on campus. Her work will be displayed until March 3. the parallels between me, myself, and my faith in regards to motherhood, Jesus Christ, Mary and her role as a mother,” Williams said. Williams felt like she needed to finish these pieces and further explain her feelings during its completion. Her new sense of motherhood and views on her life and family have helped her greatly
in the process. “Finishing them was very therapeutic for me and it really gave me the chance to reflect on motherhood, since I was away from my daughter most of time when I was making these pieces,” Williams explained. “As I work, these things are on my mind, and when I am assembling these
pieces I am exploring the instincts that come and, just like my work, my life has been put together by different moments, reactions, feelings and choices,” William said. Williams’s artwork is currently being showcased in the student art galleries on upper campus for the remainder of the week.
Put ON YOUR FLOWER CROWNS Tomfoolery will soon ensue as Californians flock to our chosen local music festivals. Duh.
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MUSINK Costa Mesa March 4-6 There are few things in this world better than good music, good tattoos and good company. At Travis Barker’s 9th annual Musink festival, the three will come together in form of an all-ages, three-day long celebration of Orange County’s alternative art scene with bands and pop-up tattoo booths overtaking the OC Fairgrounds.
Stagecoach Indio April 29-May 1 I don’t like country music. I make fun of it heavily and I don’t understand the hype. But still, people love it, and most of those people end up frolicking about at Stagecoach every year. Nestled in the same canyon as Coachella, Stagecoach gives country music fans the only legitimate excuse to think trackers are sexy, hoist red solo cups with pride and proclaim with drunken confidence that they’re more than “pretty good at drinkin beer.”
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Bottlerock Napa Valley May 27-29 Can I go to Bottlerock?! Can I pretty pretty please with a thousand cherries on top go to Bottlerock? Between the beautiful, NorCal setting of Napa Valley, a lineup set to rival 99 percent of other 2016 lineups and a decently affordable pass price, Bottlerock has the potential to, for lack of any better term, rock my socks. Stevie Wonder, Florence + the Machine and the Red Hot Chili Peppers each headlining a day with The Struts and X Ambassadors bringing up the rear? Sign me right up.
Blaze ‘N’ Glory-Miranda San Bernardino June 4 Insert pot joke here? Just kidding. Sort of. A lovely intersection between tree-lovers and festival-goers. With the promise of a good lineup (The Growlers are playing, come on) and a solid (if not totally mellow) crowd, get lit at Blaze ‘N’ Glory.
Outside Lands San Francisco August 5-7 In my mind, Outside Lands is to San Francisco what FYF is to Los Angeles. Even though the 2016 lineup hasn’t been announced, I feel more than confident in what Ranger Dave has in store for you and will tell you now it’s worth the trip up the coast.
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CRSSD Waterfront Park, San Diego March 5-6 CRSSD’s website declares that the festival will rise “rain or shine.” At this 21+, non-smoking DJ-set emporium hubbaloo, folks can see the ocean from the main stage. Embrace the wonderful world of dance and DJ tunes at this San Diego-esque tribute to Party Town. Oh yeah, and Chet Faker will be there.
Coachella Indio April 15-24 Guess who’s back. Back again. HEALTH. Beach House. Grimes. Run the Jewels. Wolf Alice. It may be too quick to say that this is the festival of my dreams. But, yea, it is.
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FYF Los Angeles August 27-28 Lineup to be determined. Oh, FYF. You classic cesspool of fond times, music discoveries and delicious lineup histories, you. I spent my first music festival experience at FYF with very good friends and memories that make my cheeks hurt with joy. I ran back and forth between stages, my eyes tearful and unblinking with hope of a newfound favourite. We jumped, arms entwined, to Bloc Party, Kanye West and Jesus and Mary Chain. I know it wasn’t and isn’t Isle of Wight, or Roskilde or T in the Park, but FYF was my first. And ladies and gents, we always go back to our first.
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o everyone freaking out about Facebook’s new “reaction” emojis being used to track your emotions, let me just say: Welcome to social media. Yes, it’s true: Facebook’s new faces, designed to supplement its perennial “Like” button with varied feelings such as a sad face, an angry face and a shocked face are being used so the site will learn how you react to certain news events and tailor your News Feed so it’ll be more appealing to you
with the idea being that, yes, you’ll keep scrolling through Facebook. What’s this? A company has a vested interest in keeping you involved with its product? No way! Thanks to the Edward Snowdens of the world, “tracking” has become something of a bad word, society’s fear du jour. The realities of our social media world come as a shock to the people who knowingly signed up for this stuff in the first place. Do hardcore Facebookers not remember last summer’s “celebrate pride” profile picture overlay, timed with the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage legalization, that turned its users’ faces into a bowl of Skittles? The media freaked out with tech bloggers the Internet over proclaiming that the site
is “tracking” users who applied the rainbow-colored filter. You put the filter on. You use Facebook. Yes, the site’s “tracking” you; in this case, the company used the data to share how many users decided to show off their Skittles faces for same-sex marriage. (Over 26 million, if you’re curious.) As the meme goes, “Congratulations … you played yourself.” And yet, here we are again — with the new “reaction” emojis comes a new wave of media freakouts: “Is this another form of surveillance?” asks blog Mic.com, and although the question is rhetorical, the fact that we’re using such a charged word to de-
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Anaheim shows no tolerance for racism The Ku Klax Klan is aging into the grave. By Amanda Mayberry Staff Writer
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acism is alive and well and it lives in Anaheim. Early Saturday morning in Pearson Park, Ku Klux Klan members took to the streets to rally in favor of “White Lives Matter” and ended up stabbing three counter protesters. Growing up, I remember listening to stories my mother’s boyfriend would tell her. Stories about violence and beatings he would get whenever he found himself in Orange County. As a woman of color, Orange County has not ever been the area for me. Nobody ever told me to avoid Orange County, but I always knew better. Somehow it has always been common knowledge amongst friends. “Don’t go to the show in Anaheim, unless you want to deal with the boneheads,” a friend told me once as we discussed which location we wanted to see a certain band. In recent years, I thought I felt a shift, maybe the racist sentiment in Orange County had sank to the minority. Maybe, if I dared venture to hangout in the area, I wouldn’t face immediate and prevalent danger. Maybe it’s safe, maybe the times are changing. I still have not braved the area, but after news of the KKK rally took over my news feed, I felt disappointed but not surprised. When I asked my mother if she heard of the rally, she hadn’t, but she immediately asked, “Where was it? Orange County?”
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She was absolutely right. According to an article by the LA Times, an estimated 20 self-proclaimed Ku Klux Klan members wearing all black and donning an array of traditional KKK symbols were met by angry counter protesters at a rally held Saturday morning. The counter protesters were brown, black and white women and men. Some community members caught wind of the KKK rally and planned a counter protest. This prompted an alert to the local police. Unfortunately, police were not able to prevent the violence which resulted. Armed with wood planks and fists, counter protesters beat Klan members, showing the notoriously racist group no mercy. In retaliation, three of those counter protesters were stabbed and 13 more arrested in the chaos. From the 100+ photos I’ve seen, plus the couple of videos, the rally was a bloody mess. Gray-haired and wrinkled, the aging Klan members and the ideals they carried stood no chance against the younger counter protesters and the new ideals evolving around Black Lives Matter. They were quickly beaten back into whatever hole they crawled out of, and good riddance. Unfortunately, I worry about what this means. Just as change seemed to be inevitable, the Anaheim KKK revives itself. I can still see the silver lining. The beatings that counter protesters dished out to Klansmen may foreshadow the waning influence of the KKK’s archaic beliefs. Will Anaheim ever be safe for minorities? For a small minority woman such as myself who just wants to see a band? The sudden emergence of aging Ku Klux Klan members in Anaheim over the weekend has taken the current
tically alter your News Feed based on what you “like,” “wow” or “love?” That’s no different than when Netflix starts recommending a bunch of “dark TV shows” because you watched a few episodes of “Black Mirror” (and it was only a few episodes, and you still wake up thinking you might find nothing but white bears on all your devices.)
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Luis Sinco | Los Angeles Times | TNS A counterprotester tries to tear off the shirt of a Ku Klux Klansman after members of the KKK tried to start a “White Lives Matter” rally at Pearson Park in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 27. racial debate to a new extreme. The growing flame of the Black Lives Matter movement may be spreading into a wildfire. There has been no reported theme for the KKK rally, but this may be a strong sign of the times. It’s only speculation, but in light of the rally’s “White Lives Matter” theme, the Klan may be responding to the growing Black Lives Matter movement. With Trump’s racially lashing tongue and association with the KKK, the opposition to the BLM movement appears to be finding it’s own inspiration. In the past few years, starting with the killing of an innocent black teen, Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter has manifested into a revolutionary movement. The strength and numbers only continue to grow as the movement becomes a major part of mainstream pop
culture. Perhaps they wanted to prove a point, and they did. As the KKK tried to prove their own relevance, they only proved that black empowerment is still important. Minorities of all colors have fought against white oppression for centuries and have found inspiration and solidarity in the new Black Lives Matter movement. At the KKK rally, this collective strength prevailed against racist sentiment. Although counter protesters received their share of beatings as well, I think it’s clear who prevailed in the fight against racism. The people of Anaheim proved that they would not tolerate racism in their city. In Anaheim, the Klan’s influence reached a peak in the early 1920s. At the time, almost 300 Klansmen lived in the area. They owned four out of
five seats on the Anaheim Board of Trustees before a recall effort ousted them in 1924, according to the LA Times. The Southern Poverty Law Center now estimates that the KKK has a total of 5,000 to 8,000 members across the country. The dwindling number of Klan members is not as threatening as in the days of old following the Civil War. After the violent backlash Anaheim KKK member’s received from counter protesters, the power the Klan once held seems to be dwindling now. Once in Anaheim, a KKK rally gathered 20,000 people in the 1920s. This weekend’s rally garnered just a small turnout of people, but the message was clear. Racism does exist but is hopefully in the process of being pushed out.
Your arguments that your News Feed will become less authentic and more algorithmic, more subservient to commercial interests? Facebook. Is. A. Business. They have commercial interests. You’re seeing all those cat videos for free because advertisers pay Facebook to host ads on the site, and you’re going to get served targeted ads based on what
you like, what you click on, what you hover over, hell, even who you are. (For example, I’ll most likely get served ads for action movies and Zipcar because I’m a guy in his twenties and Facebook thinks I drive; joke’s on them!) If you’re on any social media, targeted ads shouldn’t be much of a surprise — right?
Here’s a pro tip: if you don’t want to be “tracked,” then don’t use the emojis. Maybe don’t use Facebook, because these emojis aren’t the only way the site’s analyzing your data. And if you’re afraid of being spied on while you’re on social media, then I have some news that might make you *sad face*.
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SPORTS PREVIEWS Men’s basketball Who: Cal State Fullerton (10-18, 3-12) When: Wednesday at 7 p.m. Where: Titan Gym TV: ESPN3
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Nick Faust (2) puts up a shot against Gentrey Thomas (0) on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid. Faust led the 49ers to victory against UC Riverside, 66-55.
Need to know: Long Beach State (16-13, 10-4) leads the all-time series 65-44 and will look to complete a season sweep of the Titans on Wednesday. Last time both teams met, LBSU defeated CSUF 70-57 on Feb. 20. It was sophomore point guard Justin Bibbins’ first start in five games. Fullerton has lost four straight games against the 49ers. CSUF’s last victory came on March 1, 2014, the Titans defeated LBSU 84-76 inside Titan Gym. After dropping five straight
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games, the Titans snapped their skid in an upset 78-77 win over Cal Poly on Thursday in San Luis Obispo. However, CSUF fell victim to a slow start and lost at home 82-60 to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. Wednesday’s matchup will be the last home game for three Titan seniors: Malcolm Brooks, Kennedy Esume and Malcolm Henderson. Brooks leads the Titans with a team-high 14.0 points per game average in CSUF’s last seven games. Since conference play began, CSUF freshman guard Ahmad Khalil is averaging 16 points. Against the 49ers on Feb. 20, Khalil eclipsed the school record for most points scored in a season by a freshman, passing former Titan Bobby Brown’s freshman season total of 369.
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LBSU falls to Troy
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A crowd of 1,681 watched as the USC Trojans defeated the Long Beach State Dirtbags 7-4 on Tuesday night. Despite playing only nine innings, the game lasted four hours and one minute.
In a game that featured 347 total pitches lasted a little over four hours, the Dirtbags fell 7-4 against the USC Trojans. By Matt Simon Staff Writer
After scoring three quick runs in the first inning, the Long Beach Beach State baseball team suffered a five-run second in a 7-4 loss against No. 20 Southern California Tuesday at Blair Field. Starting pitcher Dave Smith (11) pitched a scoreless first inning, but found himself in trouble after giving up a 2-run home run to USC’s sophomore Adalberto Carrillo in the top of the second. The third baseman’s blast cut LBSU’s lead to 3-2. “[Tonight] nothing was working for me,” Smith said. “I couldn’t find the strike zone. I couldn’t bounce back when they were getting their hits. I’m just going to flush this one
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and prepare for my next start.” Smith gave up three more runs in the inning. One came on a wild pitch by Smith, the second run came on an RBI single by junior catcher Jeremy Martinez and the third on a sacrifice fly by senior outfielder Timmy Robinson. In spite of allowing nine hits and five runs, Smith finished the inning leaving the score at 5-3.
The teams were scoreless in the third and fourth inning, then Carrillo scored on a throwing error by Jarren Duran to give the Trojans a 6-4 lead in the TOP PERFORMERS top of the fifth. Rightfielder After three Third baseman scoreless innings Adalberto Carrillo Tristan Mercadel freshman Lars 1-4 2-3 Nootbaar scored on another wild pitch in the ninth Double 2-run HR after the Dirtbags intentionally 2 RBI 2 runs walked Martinez. The run gave USC a 7-4 lead, enough of a cush“Smith had ion for senior a very similar game against Jarren Duran grounded out to the closer Brooks Kriske. UCLA last week,” Dirtbags’ shortstop, scoring senior infielder “We threw almost 200 pitches,” head coach Troy Buckley said. Zack Domingues. Buckley said. “That’s almost un“Last week he didn’t pay for it, Lucas Jacobsen replaced Smith heard of. We gave up 12 free opportonight he did.” in the fourth inning with two runtunities and then gave up the hits. The Dirtbags (5-3) answered ners on base. Jacobsen got out of We didn’t pitch very good.” right back and cut the Trojan (5the inning, stranding both Trojan It was a night a season-highs 3) lead to one in the bottom of runners. However, the Dirtbag for the Dirtbags, but not in a way the second after second baseman pitchers continued to struggle. they’d hoped. LBSU gave up a 15
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hits in the loss, the most since allowing 14 against Arizona State on Friday, and committed a season-high three errors. Buckley said that even though the team hasn’t played complete games often they have been able to pull out games. “We didn’t have a facet of our game that played well,” Buckley said. “We haven’t had that happen yet all year. We haven’t had a complete game yet, except for UCLA, but we haven’t been losing when we aren’t playing good offense or good defense.” LBSU suffered breakdowns on offense, defense and pitching, but Buckley said the team knows what it needs to improve to change its fortunes. “They know what they have to do,” Buckley said. “They have to play better. We have some guys really pressing, and we have some guys not doing what they need to do.” LBSU looks to get back to its winning ways when it hosts Nebraska on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Blair Field.
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