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Thieves snatch 12 textbooks from summer to fall
The Educational Leadership department estimates the missing textbooks to be valued at $1,200.
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Thieves made off with 12 teacher edition textbooks in two isolated incidents within a three month-span, according to University Police. In two separate incidents in July and September, thieves stole a total of 12 textbooks from the Academic Services building at California State University, Long Beach, according to a report filed with the University Police. Police officials said that the thieves stole eight textbooks in July and four in September. Kimberly Word, associate director of Educational Leadership, said that the total estimated loss of the textbooks was roughly $1,200. Lt. Richard Goodwin of University Police said that this specific situation was “unusual,” as most textbook thefts typically occurred in high-student populated areas, such as cafeterias and libraries. Word said that in the first incident, eight newly ordered textbooks meant for a teacher education instructor disappeared from an office within the Educational Leadership Department in July. One of the staff members inspected the textbooks by opening the shipping box the orders arrived in. The box was then set aside on a table and was left there for two weeks with the books still inside. During those two weeks, a cleaning crew put the box on a top shelf, Word said. When Word arrived to check on the box after those two weeks, the books were gone. “We know in a matter of a week, or two, that the books were gone,” Word said. In the second incident, four new textbooks belonging to professor William Vega of the Educational Leadership Department disappeared in September, Word said. Vega ordered four textbooks to use for his class. He left the textbooks on the shelf for a week. He later discovered the books missing from his office, Word said. “Because we order so many books in our department for our faculty members, he thought he misplaced
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Senior Pavo Ljepopio, 22, international business major, is the goalkeeper for the mens’ water polo team at California State University, Long Beach.
49ers goalie Pavo Ljepopio opens up about his journey from Croatia and his career at LBSU. By Josh Caudill Staff Writer
Fresh out of the water, his brawny stature resembles a warrior returning from battle. His look is one of both exhaustion and satisfaction. He walks with confidence before introducing himself. “Hi, I’m Pavo,” he says. This is Pavo Ljepopio, the goalie of the 49ers water polo team. Still dripping with sweat from an evening practice, he sits down and reflects upon just how he got here.
Hailing from Dubrovnik, Croatia, the goalie had to express pride in his hometown and its connection to his current one. “I’m a big ‘Game of Thrones’ fan,” Ljepopio said. “Funny fact for you ‘Game of Thrones’ fans. My hometown is [the fictional set of] King’s Landing, so I really like that show.” Ljepopio’s journey to the campus of LBSU was long. Having played water polo since he was 8
years old, Ljepopio faced a crossroads as he approached the end of his high school career in Croatia. “You either go pro or you choose education,” Ljepopio said. “My older friends that came over here told me that it was amazing, you could go to college and play water polo and if you’re real good you can get a scholarship. That’s
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A voice for the missing
Remembering the missing 43 Normalista students one year later. By Abilene Carrillo Staff Writer
A small rectangle room fills as students voice their feelings towards Mexico’s government and its social injustice. Students for Quality Education at CSULB held an open dialogue Monday night in remembrance of 43 still-missing students. SQE screened Vice News documentary, “The Missing 43: Mexico’s Disappeared Students.” The documentary followed the story of the missing 43 students who upon traveling by bus on Sept. 26, 2014, planned to protest at the Mayor of Iguala wife. Reportedly, the students were stopped and detained by the municipal
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police of Iguala who opened fire on the students. In total, 100 students from Raul Isidro Burgos Ayotzinapa Normal School entered the city after nightfall. “The students who went missing were doing a political action against the mayor’s wife because they don’t agree with what they do as in the government there,” said Norberto Lopez, event organizer for SQE.
SQE is a political advocacy group for higher education on campus. The organization believes higher education should be free to all students, so that everyone can be given the right to broaden their horizons regardless of what their background is, according to CSU Students for Quality Education. Lopez said that the students were attending school for their teaching credentials. This is not the first attack on students fighting for social justice in Mexico, according to the George Washington University National Security Archive. “You can relate it to the Tlatelolco Massacre in 1968 where the same thing
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CSULB organization Students for Quality Education hosted a screening of Vice documentary “The Missing 43: Mexico’s Disappeared Students” in remembrance of the missing students. happened” Lopez said. “Students were uneasy about the government and all the money they were spending on the Olympics.” Military personnel opened fire on the students in 1968 in La Plaza de las Tres Culturas, killing hundreds of protesters.
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“Now in 2014 you have the government involved in the disappearance of the students trying to inflict fear on the people who believe in social justice,” Lopez said. “ So it matters to us because we
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Saturday school, without the punishment
LBUSD introduced a new ethnic studies course as an incentive for students to obtain college credit while in high school. BY RIVA LU Staff Writer
High school students in the Long Beach Unified High School District can now earn college credit with an elective course every Saturday at California State University, Long Beach. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, a CSULB Chicano and Latino Stud-
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them or gave them to a student,” Word said. “ He realized that he had been ordering the same book several times because he could no longer find it. The last time he went to look for it, the fact that he knew he set it on his desk, that he knew that he showed a student that it wasn’t there; and that he knew ‘I think my book got stolen.”
ies professor came up with the idea of an ethnic studies class at the My Brother’s Keeper Summit last year. The summit was a men’s success initiative program that aimed to support male students of color succeed academically. “The idea is to create a pathway,” Vazquez-Ramos said. “It can potentially give students as much as 12 units, which is one semester of credit, and in addition to students taking [Advanced Placement] classes, they can have a full year of college credit by the time they start at the university or any place they can potentially start after they graduate.” Vazquez-Ramos said that the purpose of teaching this course is to build bridges of communities between ethnic groups and have more kids become more sensitized by having the knowledge and culture and contributions for ethnic groups. Jasmine Can, a senior psychology major at CSULB, said that offering college credit for elective courses
will give the high school students a chance to experience college courses. “It will prepare students with the expected workload of a university,” Can said. “It will also help students become more aware of other social contexts and factors that are not part of their norm.” Vazquez-Ramos said that he introduced this course during the spring semester at El Rancho High School and unified the resolution there last summer. “El Rancho High School was the first school in the state to take this action on their own, which is to exercise the authority that all districts have and create a new requirement for students to graduate,” Vazquez-Ramos said. Vazquez-Ramos wrote an opinion article to gather support, which ran in the Press Telegram in late March. In his article, Vazquez-Ramos said that college-accredited ethnic studies courses are critically important
to motivate young people to pursue higher education opportunities that are not currently in their minds. Superintendent of the LBUSD Chris Steinhauser saw the opportunity and committed to fund 12 classes every semester for the next five yearsat a cost of $1.25 million, said Vazquez-Ramos. Vazquez-Ramos said that each class costs $10,000 and that they are being paid for by the school district. The enrollment maximum for each class is 30 students. “We have a unique relationship at Long Beach between the university, the school district and the city,” Vazquez-Ramos said. Long Beach City College announced that they would provide a free year’s tuition as a part of the Long Beach college promise, Vazquez-Ramos said. “This course will motivate students and expand their curiosity,” Can said. “It will reduce impacted classes in the university by having
Word said that the offices in both the faculty offices and Educational Leadership Department are open during business hours in the summer. The faculty offices are open from Monday to Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m., and closed Thursdays and Fridays unless otherwise opened by a faculty member. During department business hours, whenever someone enters the office, a receptionist is supposed to check who it is. In the faculty area, there would usually be a faculty member in their office, but not in the lobby.
“We don’t get a lot of foot traffic here; the most [this office] has gotten at one point was five people,” Word said. According to Word, the estimated cost for the loss of the textbooks in the first incident amounts up to $800, and the second incident is estimated to be $470. Lt. Richard Goodwin of University Police said that textbooks thefts are on the decline compared to bicycles and electronic devices, but that tracking a lost textbook is more difficult. Goodwin said that the campus
bookstore has security measures put into place, such as when a student is trying to sell their books; the staff will look up that student’s past and present class schedule. The bookstore is supposed to notify university police if a person doesn’t have a class that matches up with the book. However, Goodwin considers third-party book retailers and online stores much harder to track since those areas don’t have access to student records. Cpl. Stephen Gray of University Police said the investigation for the missing textbooks is still ongoing.
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Grand opening for NAACP By Lynohila Ward Staff Writer
Long Beach officials will host a grand opening celebration tomorrow morning for the first park in the United States to be named after the NAACP. The NAACP Freedom Park is a 2.8-acre park along a bicycle path with benches and picnic tables, according to a press release. It is apart of the Pacific Coast Electric Right of Way. The city acquired the land in 2008. District 6 Councilmember Dee Andrews helped push a naming recommendation through the City Council last year and will take part in the grand opening ceremony. “In Long Beach and across the United States, the NAACP has helped to make positive change in education and economic development, and has stood for freedom and justice for all,” Andrews said in a press release. The NAACP was founded in 1909 and is a grassroots based civil rights organization. According to the NAACP website, its mission is “to ensure the political, education, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.” The celebration begins at 10 a.m. in Central Long Beach at 2300 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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massacres in Mexico. They said that they believe social justice needs to be served and that the Mexican authorities need to give answers. “Forty-three missing, 43 who could have been successful in life just taken out of this earth,” freshman psychology major Ana Murillo said. “There was no justice for that.” Mexican authorities confirmed a
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total of six victims died during the two attacks. The next day survivors of the attacks began to search for their missing classmates in local jails and police stations, but their whereabouts were unaccounted for. “They say they found their ashes but I feel like it can’t be real,” freshman psychology major Denise Soto said. “Parent’s don’t have their bod-
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“It’s important because education in Mexico isn’t like how it is here. Most people just come over to the United States and these were students who were actually trying to learn and get an education there.” - Silvia Gonzalez, sophomore communications major
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ies there is no proof that it’s them.” Two days after the attacks took place, Guerrero state authorities arrested a total of 22 Iguala police officers connected to the attacks. The attacks, authorities believe, were coordinated by the Guerrero Unidos cartel and the mayor’s wife, according to the Vice News website. “It’s important for students to be
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informed about what’s going on in the world,” Associated Students Incorporated Cultural Diversity Secretary Brenda Vasquez said. “And be well aware of the injustice that is going on.” La Raza will have a “die in” vigil Tuesday night for the 43 missing students on the Free Speech lawn at 6 p.m.
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The culture corner Long Beach international student talks about Nigerian food and buses. By Kevin Flores Arts & Life Editor
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elcome to the culture corner, a recurring series focused on the homesickness, culture collision and assimilation that California State University, Long Beach’s international students experience. It’s a chance to learn about another culture and see your own through a different pair of eyes. Meet Ngozi Kalu, a matriculated student on an F1 visa from Lagos, Nigeria. She’s two years into a nursing degree at the Beach. Why did you decide to study abroad in the United States and why CSULB specifically? I had family in the United States so I decided to see what I could achieve studying here. I applied to three CSUs— Fullerton, Dominguez Hills and Long Beach—and my uncle who went to CSULB recommended it. I got my admission letter for CSULB first, so everything was just pointing toward it. What family do you have here? I have grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. But my dad, mom, brothers and sisters are back in Nigeria. To you, what is the biggest difference between life in Nigeria and the United States? In Nigeria we have good public
transportation. I think it’s better than we have here when it comes to availability. There’s no schedule to see when the bus is coming. You can leave your house whenever you want and the bus is always there for you. They’re lined up so when one gets filled up, the next one is waiting. The downside is that if there’s not a lot of people getting onto the bus you are just waiting. What’s one place you really want to go in the United States? I’ve heard of Chicago because my ex-roommate went there. She went during fall and they had snow. That’s one thing I was pissed about when I got here because I heard it never snowed in [Long Beach]. I’ve never been in the snow. How diverse is Nigeria? Nigeria is the most populous country in West Africa; there’s over [173] million people. We have a lot of ethnic groups and about 800 local governments that have their own indigenous languages and customs. I belong of the igbo ethnic group. Tell me about the food in Nigeria. It’s many different cultures and ethnic groups coming together and making delicacies. We eat a lot of starch like casaba flour and yam flour. We also eat a lot of soups. We have vegetable soups, okra soups. What’s your favorite Nigerian dish? My favorite is afang soup. Afang soup is a thick vegetable soup with waterleaf and periwinkle. What’s your favorite American food? I never tried burgers before I got here. The first burger I had was McDonalds. I’d seen a lot about McDonalds on TV. That was my number one place to go after coming here. I don’t think we
have it in Nigeria. Is there a lot of Western influence in Nigeria? Of course, Western influence has been there since day one. We were colonized by Britain. What don’t you miss about Nigeria? Nigeria needs to work on its infrastructure, especially electricity. Anytime the electricity goes out here, I don’t get surprised. I say, “I’m used to this.” In Nigeria the electricity goes out randomly all the time. We don’t have constant light. In the good neighborhoods there’s better electricity, but in the bad neighborhoods the electricity posts are not stable enough and they fall sometimes and people get electrocuted. It’s really something to appreciate here; to have light 24/7. What do you miss the most about Nigeria? A: Oh I miss their craziness. I don’t mean it in a bad way. When you hear two Nigerians interact—Nigerians born there—they talk so fast and they are so into the conversation. I miss the slangs we use like Pidgin. It’s broken English with a lot of slang. Has going to school in the United States helped you adjust better? School helped me a lot. All the experiences—the good, the bad and the ugly—they all helped. I don’t think you can develop as a person if you don’t meet people. A man cannot be an island. What do plan to do when you graduate? A: Permanently relocate here and work. My plan is to become a nurse practitioner.
‘Daily Show’ host Noah to focus on Web to lure younger viewers NEW YORK — Trevor Noah, the new host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” said the program will step up efforts to reach viewers on Snapchat and other online platforms when he takes over next week. “We’re trying to find a way to get into those spaces in an authentic way and not just trying to chop up ‘The Daily Show,’” Noah said at a press event Friday in New York. “We acknowledge that Snapchat is a thing, and so we will treat it accordingly and we’ll do that for every source that we feel merits that.” Jon Stewart hosted his final show in August, capping a 17-year run in which he became a go-to source for younger viewers for his sharp and humorous take on current events. Noah’s Sept. 28 debut will be simulcast across all of parent company Viacom Inc.’s networks, which include MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. The 31- yearold South African comedian will have a wide range of guests his first week, including musician Ryan Adams, comedian Kevin Hart, tech entrepreneur Whitney Wolfe, and New Jersey Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie. The way Americans consume news, even humor, is undergoing a dramatic shift to online outlets. Advertisers are moving their spending from TV to the Web and mobile devices to reach younger, more tech-savvy viewers. The explosion of online outlets has
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Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show.” forced “The Daily Show” to not only find new ways to reach audiences, but also expand where its writers get their material, Noah said. “Our go-to source is no longer dictated by a small group of cable news outlets,” he said. “Sometimes a story is made and breaks on Twitter and we
have to find a way to react to that.” As part of its revamped digital effort, the show recently hired writer-comedian Baratunde Thurston, the former digital director for the satirical website the Onion. The show will feature more live music than it did under Stewart, though the format will be largely unchanged, Noah said. “What you’re going to see is a big difference in the style,” Noah said. “I look at ‘The Daily Show’ as a beautiful house that I’ve inherited. I’m not going to break the house down.” The past few years have been a sea-change in late-night television with the retirements of long-time talk-show hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman, who were replaced by Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert, respectively. Comedy Central has been hit particularly hard by the changes, losing “The Daily Show” guest host John Oliver to HBO and Colbert to CBS. Noah said he doesn’t have plans to “target” any politicians yet and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump would be welcome on the show. “Donald Trump is an interesting one because the truth of the matter is he doesn’t say much,” Noah said. “Really what we’re doing is enjoying the spectacle of it all. We’re indulging in it, but at some point our indulgence may come back to bite us.” —Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News, TNS
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Eight ways to cope with midterms Abilene Carrillo
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s college students our level of sanity during midterms is at an all time low. Handouts, note cards, textbooks and study guides run our lives. Here are eight ways to keep your sanity in the all darkness.
1. Cry a little bit
I mean come on now. We are all adults here, we are allowed to shed a tear or two. Just go ahead and let it out. Crying might actually help you clear out all the frustration and emotions you are feeling, just do not cry
During midterms you do not have time to be on a diet, you barely even have time to sleep. If that cookie is going to make you feel better about having to read 5 chapters in one night, you eat that cookie!
3. Get your Netflix on
Sometimes you have to put the study guide away and just enjoy some time to yourself. Maybe not a complete Netf lix binge but just enough to clear your mind and relax for a bit. A funny comedy or action movie will keep your mind off the stack of notes you still have yet to read.
4. Go to the beach
5. Drink
Hearing the waves crashing on the sand is so therapeutic. The beach is less than 10 minutes away and it is free. Enjoy the sunset, dig your feet in the sand and relax.
Relieve some stress and grab a beer at the Nugget. After all, you might as well enjoy it. We are one of the few universities that offer this luxury to students.
It’s that dreaded time of the semester when we all wish summer was never over.
7. Complain with classmates
6. Spend your time on social media
Let’s face it. We have all done this. The professor posts the study guide and you wonder to yourself, “when did we ever learn this?” You immediately text your classmate and you both engage in a full on conversation of how stressed you are and how crazy this exam is.
Whether it’s looking at memes about midterms or writing about your stress level, Facebook is life. Or you can always just go on Instagram and post selfies about how hard you’re studying (when in reality you just don’t want to study, period.) Maybe you can just tweet how you’re thinking about making drastic career changes in your time of mental insanity.
Your last resort in coping with midterms is procrastinating. Commit to procrastinating; do not let anyone tell you otherwise. If you want to cram and cramming is your method of studying, go ahead! While it might not be the best way to prepare, at least you made an effort. For that you deserve some credit.
8. Procrastinate
John M. Crisp: It’s still OK to read a book
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harbor a fond nostalgia for the technologies of my youth. I keep six or seven old typewriters in my office, long after I typed the last word on any of them. In one closet I store an old-fashioned slide projector. And a turntable that will play 78s. A box camera that shoots film. A View-Master. And from one generation further back, a stereoscope and a couple of kerosene lanterns. That sort of thing. But mostly I have a lot of books. None of them is particularly rare or valuable, although some are so old that the cover price is 95 cents. In fact, I’m not a book collector. My bulky printed database isa an incidental accumulation born of decades of reading and a mild hoarding instinct. These paragraphs probably peg me as a citizen of a certain age who
is wistfully considering the twilight of a 500-year-old technology — the printed book — in the face of the efficient, logical digitization of text in the form of e-books. Well sort, of. But an interesting report in the New York Times last week suggests that news of the death of the printed book may be premature. If you care about print, a few years ago things looked bad. Between 2008 and 2010, e-book sales exploded by 1,260 percent, and when Borders booksellers declared bankruptcy, bookstores and publishers of printed books across the country were looking nervously over their shoulders. But, the Times reports, signs indicate that some readers of e-books are returning to print. During the first five months of 2015, e-book sales fell by 10 percent. And the
American Booksellers Association lists 2,227 bookstore locations in 2015, up from 1,660 five years ago. At BookPeople, in Austin, Texas, sales are up 11 percent over last year, making 2015 the store’s most profitable year since its founding in 1970. These figures may represent a minor, temporary ebb in the once seemingly inevitable flow that will sweep the printed book into the past, along with the anachronistic technologies I mention above. But I hope not. E-readers have their virtues, of course. You can read them in the dark. You can adjust the font. And when you come across a word that you don’t know, you can access a dictionary with a touch. And they’re remarkably efficient: you can download and store hundreds of books in a device smaller than a printed copy of “Billy Budd.”
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Still, the physicality of a printed book has virtues and pleasures that e-readers can’t embody. Each printed book is a work of art, or — not to overstate it — at least an artifact, designed by someone down to the last detail of cover art and font. Every book invites the potential reader to pick it up, heft it, flip it over and fan through the pages. Maybe even admire it. Individually, each book is an object that rewards consideration, even before you get to the text. Put enough of them together and they become furniture, but in the best sense of the term. While an e-reader can hold volumes, even a small library of printed books represents hundreds of pounds of impedimenta that turns moving day into a burdensome undertaking. Still, nearly every book on the
shelves that surround me — even the ones that haven’t been opened for decades — not only tells a story, but has a story, evoking a period of time, an event, a person, an insight that can be recalled merely by observing the art on a book’s spine. Reading printed books provides other subtle pleasures, as well. I like the analogous shift in weight from your right hand to your left as you progress through a book. Or the satisfaction of hefting a really substantial, just-finished novel by, say, Charles Dickens. E-books versus print? The jury’s still out. But there’s some evidence that the physical pleasures of the printed book may persist for a while. Just because a really fine technology can be replaced by another, doesn’t mean that it should be. —John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service, TNS
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See you in Rio There are several former 49ers playing professionally across many different sports, here are their upcoming events.
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Misty May-Treanor returned to the sand in Huntington Beach after a three-year retirement.
The United States men’s national volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Long Beach State alums David Lee, Paul Lotman and Dustin Watten helped Team USA win gold at the FIVB World Cup on Sept. 23.
See you in Rio?
Former LBSU great, and threetime Olympic gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor came out of retirement on Sept. 11 to play in the AVP Championships. The Newport native returned to the sand as a favor to another ex-49er, Brittany Hochevar. After finishing in third place at the
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tournament, May-Treanor didn’t rule out competing again, although making the 2016 Rio Olympics is almost entirely out of the question, according to NBC Sports.
MLB postseason bound
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher and former Dirtbag Marco Estrada is having a solid season on one of Major League Baseball’s best teams. He has a 3.00 earned run average and a 2-0 record in six starts in September. Ex-Dirtbag shortstop and current Dodger Troy Tulowitzki went down with a broken shoulder blade on Sept. 12 and has been out ever since. How-
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Marco Estrada’s 3.15 ERA is the lowest amongst Toronto’s starters; his 127 strikeouts are also the most on the team.
ever, Tulowitzki told MLB.com’s Gregor Chisholm he is eyeing a return to the Jays’ lineup in time for the playoffs. A pair of former Dirtbag right handers, Jared Hughes and Vance Worley, are also playoff bound; both with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Also on the bubble, but of a different kind, former LBSU men’s basketball star James Ennis is in danger of not making the Miami Heat’s squad in time for the 2015-16 season. Ennis has a chance at impressing the Heat when training camp starts on Tuesday.
Balling abroad
On the bubble
Los Angeles Angels pitchers Jered Weaver and Cesar Ramos are having decent Septembers as the Halos are trying to make the playoffs; they are half a game back from the second wild card spot in the American League.
David Lee celebrates Team USA’s qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Two former 49er basketball stars found teams overseas in September. Former LBSU guard Mike Caffey was singed and will play in the NBIA in Hungary. Also, ex-49er and former Philadelphia 76er Casper Ware signed with the Tianjin Steel in China.
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Jered Weaver has a 3.95 ERA in September; his lowest since May.
STANDINGS
Women’s Volleyball 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Hawaii Long Beach State CSUN UC Riverside Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara Cal State Fullerton UC Irvine UC Davis
conf. 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 1 – 0, 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 0 – 2, 0 – 2,
Women’s Soccer ovr.
12 – 1 12 – 3 3 – 11 6–8 8–4 4–8 0 – 13 6–8 5 – 11
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Cal State Fullerton UC Davis UC Santa Barbara Long Beach State Cal Poly CSUN UC Riverside UC Irvine Hawaii
8–1–1 7–3–1 7–3–1 5–3–3 4–2–5 7–5–0 6–5–0 4–6–1 3–6–1
MEN’S WATER POLO
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when I made up my mind to come here.” Ljepopio’s first stop in the U.S. was small, Division II Notre Dame College in Ohio before transferring to LBSU for his sophomore year. Such a huge transition with an extreme change of scenery meant that adjustments would be in order for the senior. “Over here I’m really surprised with the weather,” Ljepopio said. “It feels like summer all the time. I’m real happy with that and people over here are more social than back home. I’m surprised
though with how similar our cultures are.” Ljepopio has seemingly embraced the Southern California culture and has found ways to succeed despite the hectic and busy schedule that’s required of collegiate athletes. Like Croatian native and former NBA standout Toni Kukoc, Ljepopio is LBSU’s version of “The Croatian Sensation.” He’s protected the net for LBSU the past three seasons and does it as if he were a dog protecting a bone. The 11.17 saves per game he averages is impressive but doesn’t accurately reflect just how much he means to this team. “He’s the backbone of the defense,” LBSU head coach Gavin Arroyo said. “His confidence as a senior is saving us
defensively.” The senior goalie had an incredible 2014 campaign resulting in him garnering honorable mention on the All-MPSF and men’s All-American teams. He was also a catalyst for their 22-7 overall record before LBSU’s season ended in a heartbreaking loss to Stanford. “The expectations were first place but I think we [still] had a successful season. Just lacked a little bit of luck in the final game against Stanford,” Ljepopio said. ”But definitely a success for this program and one of my best years.” Now, Ljepopio is one of the old guys and is using his aggressiveness in between the goal and all-out effort to be an example for his young teammates. That type of leadership and performance in
goal is not lost on his teammates. LBSU sophomore and fellow Croatian Lovro Miocevic has known him for years inside and outside of the pool. Miocevic knew Ljepopio well before arriving at LBSU. They both played for the same club in their home country, HAVK Mladost, and they are now roommates. “I think that I am closer to him than I am with the rest of the team,” Miocevic said. “In the pool, especially during the game, he gets emotional. That is his way of playing this sport. Outside of the pool he is a very funny person, and sometimes you cannot figure out if he is joking or not. But when you need him as a friend, he is a real one.” With less than three months until his time walking the campus and pa-
trolling the cages at LBSU comes to an end, Ljepopio can’t help but think about his legacy and his time with the 49ers. “I feel sad because I know it’s only three more months of college water polo left. I’m definitely proud with what I have achieved here,” Ljepopio said. “I’m happy with the people I’ve met here. There have been lots of amazing people and lots of amazing experiences.” Ljepopio is undecided on his path after graduation, but one thing is for sure: he came such a long way from Croatia that going back where he began is out of the question at the moment. Ljepopio said, “I don’t want to go back home yet.”