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Vol. LXVII, Issue 22
Board of Control votes to form committee
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President Salazar’s proposal to change the executive pay policy was diverted to a committee. By Valerie Osier Staff Writer
The Associated Students, Inc. Board of Control decided Tuesday to form an ad hoc committee to further discuss the executive pay proposal that has caused controversy among ASI executives. An ad hoc is a committee formed for a specific task. The ad hoc would be overseen by ASI Treasurer Wendy Lewis, with the objective of determining what changes to the executive pay policy would be most beneficial to students. “I think that that was a good decision because essentially we are the executives, but we do represent so many students and everybody should have an opportunity, if they’d like, to have input on this,” Lewis said. “It takes a long time to go through these policies ... it would basically be an opportunity to have all the experts come around a table and to be able to have the correct input so that when we do put a policy out, it’s been looked at and it’s been created by [people] who know this stuff.” The policy was originally on the meeting agenda as an action item to be voted on by the BOC, but ASI President Jose Salazar motioned to make it a discussion item and the board approved. Lewis later said that the executives, Salazar includ-
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California State University, Long Beach students display their hands covered in red paint with the number 43 on them at a vigil (above) on the free speech lawn on Tuesday. (Below) The vigil was in remembrance of the attack by government security forces in the city of Iguala, Mexico where 43 students disappeared one year ago.
The vigil marks the one-year anniversary of when 43 students went missing in Iguala, Mexico. By Abilene Carrillo & MiMi Nguyen Staff Writers
Students in white shirts held up 43 red hands for social justice Tuesday night. La Raza Student Association held a “die-in” vigil on the Free Speech lawn at California State University, Long Beach in remembrance of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students. “We connect [the 43 missing] to government corruption and how government corruption happens all over the world,” said Hasany De la Vega, secretary of La Raza.
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Nele-ing it! Nele Barber has all the talent of a future 49er star with a personality to match. By Kayce Contatore Assistant Sports Editor
After being tricked into trying out for her high school volleyball team, Nele Barber found a passion and became one of the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team’s best
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players. Between gymnastics and karate, Barber always put volleyball on the back burner, until the coach called her father and said that she should
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try out for the team. “My dad was telling me it was for gymnastics and I was like oh sure, gymnastics at the sports school, yeah,” Barber said. “So I went there and it was not for gymnastics. Everyone there was doing sprints or throwing balls and I was like...alright just go through it.” Luckily for the 49ers, Barber decided to stick with volleyball and left balancing on beams and kicking boards behind. The happy accident that got the outside hitter in the sport perfectly reveals her happy-go-lucky spirit and go-with-the-f low personality. The Berlin native embraces each moment with incredible enthusiasm, whether she is on the court or giving an interview.
At first blush, Barber comes across as immensely humble, but incredibly outgoing. Barber’s roommate, freshman middle blocker Doris Bogoje recalled the first meeting with her new teammate, where Barber immediately embraced her in a bear hug and exclaimed, “I’m your new roomie.” “She has that first impression that people can love her,” Bogoje said. “The relationship between us stayed just like the first impression and we are really good friends now.” Back in Germany, the junior recalled receiving an invitation every year from the volleyball coach at the Schul-und Leistungssportzentrum, the Berlin School and Competitive Sports Center. In the beginning, she was one
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of the smallest players, but quickly grew into her current six-foot frame. With her past experience in gymnastics, Barber said she had the body control needed to compete in volleyball. Barber said she must have done something right at the try-out since she made it into the school and on the team. Ever since then Barber has kept at the sport and continued to progress. After high school, Barber had two options; either try to play professionally or go to school, but many professional clubs want the players to focus on the sport and not another activity. Over the summer af-
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According to the Los Angeles Times, 43 students who were studying to be teachers from Raul Isidro Burgos Ayotzinapa Normal School went missing after entering the city of Iguala, Guerrero in Mexico, while on a school bus, during a school field trip on September 26 last year. De la Vega said the missing students were student activists in Ayotzinapa, Mexico who were stopped and taken by police. Stephanie Hernandez, a student from Millikan High School, said that she participated in the vigil because she feels as if indigenous students are underrepresented in the media. “I hoped that wherever these students are they hear us, that they hear us screaming, and they know that they’re not alone,” Hernandez said. La Raza organized the vigil to bring awareness to CSULB students about the fact that the 43 Ayotzinapa students are still missing a year later. “It’s just awareness of culture and helping equality,” De la Vega said. “We fight for justice.” During the vigil, members of La Raza called each of the names of the 43 missing students. Students represented the missing students by lying down on the lawn. Attendees and office members chanted for the return of the 43 during the die-in-vigil. Students read original works. Guests sang songs to keep the morale strong. “They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds,” said Karla Camacho, alumni officer of La Raza wrote in her poem. De la Vega said that when the 43 students went missing last year, La Raza set up desks that represented the missing students with their names and pictures. Camacho said La Raza will be collecting, translating, and sending letters to the parents of the missing students for the next two weeks.
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La Raza officer Abigail Ordonez lays on the grown in remembrance of the 43 missing students one year ago in the city of Iguala, Mexico (top). More students lay on the ground on the free speech lawn in remembrance (left). All of the students who disappeared also had a paper made for them during the vigil (right).
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NEWS PRESIDENT continued from page 1 ed, realized earlier that the policy was not yet ready to be voted on and they previously agreed it would be best to move it back into discussion. Salazar originally proposed revising the executive pay policy in June after he discovered he could not be legally compensated for his job due to being undocumented and having not completed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals paperwork. The BOC has deliberated the proposal since June, which would change the way executives are paid. Although the policy changes would not be enacted until July 2016, which is after Salazar’s term ends, he has been pushing for the change. “The whole reason I’m pushing this is because … I would never want this to happen to someone else,” Salazar said in an interview last week. “I would never want them to be in the same situation that I was put in. I already have a lot of difficulties being undocumented, it’s very hard for me to fi nd a job that pays well.” The current policy states that executives are compensated through a fellowship, in bi-monthly payments of $632. Salazar’s proposal would change that into a scholarship to be paid in larger sums, once in the fall and once in the spring semesters. Under AB 844, undocumented students are allowed to be paid only through grants, scholarships, fee waivers or reimbursements for expenses. During the BOC meeting, ASI executives and officials discussed the implications of the policy changes. Associate Vice President of Financial Management at CSULB, Sharon Taylor, noted a “clear
CITYD49ER@GMAIL.COM divide between a scholarship and compensation.” Some of the implications discussed are that if the payment is changed to a scholarship, then nothing in the executive policy can mandate that the executive positions be treated like jobs. They cannot require office hours or prevent executives from holding another job. “I think it’s the accountability piece that keeps bringing its head to the top,” Taylor said. “When you make this change, you have to be realistic: you are losing accountability. They don’t have to show up at their office at all. You can have an expectation in your bylaws … but if someone never shows up, there’s nothing you can do.” Salazar said that executives are exposed to media pressures and pressures from their constituency and that would provide enough accountability to ensure the executives would do their job. Senator Carlos Vegara pointed out that students in the President’s Scholar Program cannot stop meeting the volunteer hour criteria in the middle of the program and suggested the board look into their accountability measures. Taylor said that the process to disqualify a President’s Scholar who is not performing is much shorter than the process to impeach an executive in ASI. Lewis said she will have Salazar and Miriam Hernandez, vice president of ASI, give their input with the ad hoc committee and she would like to have student input on the committee as well. Hernandez told the board that in the meantime she and Lewis are working with the Dream Success Center to create an information packet that would help any undocumented students who may want to run for office prepare for their DACA and other necessary paperwork for the 2016 elections.
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Bike thefts By Joshua Kang Staff Writer
Lt. Richard Goodwin of the University Police said that a bike was reported stolen Wednesday from the bicycle racks between Liberal Arts buildings 4 and 5. The victim parked the bike at 1:30 p.m. and noticed that it was gone at 4:30 p.m. The bike owner described the bike as a “specialized mountain bike” valued at $4,500-5,000, Goodwin said. Goodwin also said that the cable lock securing the bike was missing as well. The victim of another bike theft reported theirs stolen near building D of the Hillside Housing Complex on Sunday morning. The owner described the bike as a Diamondback Response XE worth about $400, Goodwin said. Goodwin said that the bike was secured the night before using a cable and a U-Lock but was not registered with the campus police. There are no suspects or leads, Goodwin said. Another bike theft occurred on Thursday between noon and midnight near the University Student Union. The bike is a Fuji estimated to be worth $1000, Goodwin said.
Blu-ray blues On Monday, a report was filed about a Blu-Ray/DVD player stolen from an office in the College of Business Administration. The video player is black and estimated to be worth $150, Goodwin said. Currently there is no suspect information available, Goodwin said.
Computer thief welcomes high school student Goodwin said that University Police responded to an alarm set off at 11:54 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Beachcart snack station across from the College of Business Administration. Police stopped three juveniles who were suspected of setting off the alarm as they walked to Parking Lot 3. Police detained them and contacted their parents. They were turned over to their parents later that night. Nothing was reported stolen.
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Director Davis Guggenheim, Malala Yousafzai, and Ziauddinuddin Yousafzai in Birmingham, England. Dec 16, 2013. P HOTO COURTESY OF FOX S EARCHLIGHT P ICTURES
Malala Yousafzai at the Kisaruni Girls School in Massai Mara, Kenya. May 26, 2014.
Teen advocate and Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai captures hearts on the big screen. By Shawnkira Sanchez Staff Writer
There are times when silence is not an option. Pakistani teenager, Malala Yousafzai, an activist for global education is the subject of a new documentary film, “He Named Me Malala.” Her defining moment came at the age of 15 years old when she was targeted and shot by the Taliban while on a school bus for demanding girls’ rights to education. Oscar-winning documentary film director Davis Guggenheim poetically captures an intimate portrait of Malala in her double role both
as a quirky teenager who playfully arm-wrestles with her siblings, and as the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. The Yousafzai family dynamic is the heart of the film. Viewers get the chance to meet Malala’s father Ziauddin, her mother Toor Pekai and brothers Atal and Khushal. They are a family who despite being subjected to violence, tyranny and death threats—to the point of being forced to leave their home—forgive Malala’s shooter. After the bullet entered her left brow, Malala was evacuated from her Pakistani home in Swat Valley to Bermingham, England to receive expert medical care for the extensive surgery her injury required. Malala’s parents spoke of their reaction as they were on their way to the hospital, and Guggenheim recalls the reaction of her mother. “On their way to the hospital Malala’s parents thought that she was dying, and her mother kept worrying about the mothers of the boys who
shot her,” Guggenheim said. Despite all odds, Malala survived, and scenes throughout the film follow her road to recovery. The original idea for the documentary between producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald was to create a feature film version of Malala’s story. But after meeting the family in England, they changed their minds. “We realized, ‘Who could ever play her?’” MacDonald said. “We saw that the family was so compelling; you just saw this family that had been plucked out of their home and suddenly in England. It was a much more powerful story. A narrative feature would probably just have covered up to her shooting and possibly recovery.” The film pairs both live action and animation scenes to capture, as Guggenheim describes, “the storybook telling” of the memories and history of Malala’s family—from the story of the Afghan female warrior whom Malala was named after to the
recollections Malala’s parents shared about their childhood. “...What we realized was that the more detail we put into something, the more we got it wrong,” said animation designer Jason Carpenter. “Here we are as Westerners making a film about Malala, a girl from Pakistan, and we don’t have the insight or ability to be there and know the life history. And one of the goals is to get it close enough so [viewers] can feel it and approach it and make it accessible so that it imprints on [the audience].” Having spent 18 months with the Yousafzai family, director Guggenheim was faced with the challenge of capturing the true portrait of Malala and her family. The goal was to present the film in such a way that the audience could get to know the Yousafzai family as well as Guggenheim did within the span of an 87-minute film. Despite having multiple Oscar-winning documentaries under his belt, Davis Guggenheim struggled
with how to capture the life-changing spirit of the Yousafzai family. “It’s a very complicated story structure; being nonlinear it was very hard to do,” Guggenheim said. “I love this family so much, I love this girl and her father so much, and I had to get it right. If I screwed this up, I’m screwing up something more than a movie. It’s about helping the world understand who these people are.” In spite of becoming a household name, Malala describes her efforts of sharing her story not because it is unique but because it is a story shared by many. Ultimately it sends a message on behalf of those who are deprived of education around world. “We realize the importance of light, when we see darkness,” Malala said. “The importance of our voice, when we are silenced. Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are our most powerful weapons” The “He Named Me Malala” will have a limited release in the United States on October 2, with its wide release on October 9.
Stop telling me to put my smartphone down If women can have it all — and I believe we can — it’s thanks in large part to our smartphones. So stop telling us to put them away. On a recent Friday I had a 9 a.m. meeting with an author in the Chicago’s Loop area downtown, followed by an 11 a.m. interview at my office. On the 15-minute walk from the Loop to the Tribune, I accomplished the following on my phone: — Paid my daughter’s Girl Scouts fee. — RSVP’d yes to a birthday invitation for my son. — Refilled three prescriptions at Walgreens. — Arranged a photo shoot with a man I interviewed two days prior. — Answered an email from my editor. — Texted a friend to meet for lunch this week. — Scheduled a dentist appointment for my son.
I don’t text while I’m crossing streets, and I’m careful not to run
into my fellow pedestrians. And still, without fail, strangers scold me. “Put your phone down,” a man scowled at me near Jewelers Row that Friday. When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, a guy waiting behind me in line for a cab tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Are you waiting for a cab or playing with your phone?” “Both,” I answered, then went back to playing with my phone. (I was actually trying to Google Map my way to Greenwich Village.) What’s it to him? I wasn’t holding up the line. Everything I do on my phone while I’m walking or waiting is another thing I don’t have to do when I’m with my kids. If that means I sometimes fail to take in the gleaming white facade of the Wrigley Building as I walk north over the Michigan Avenue Bridge — well, so be it. If that means I occasionally walk across Randolph Street heading south, duck my head and don’t look up again until the Art Institute — brushing right past Millennium Park’s jewels — well, I’ll catch them another time. If that means the sights, sounds
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A person using a phone is not necessarily a person misusing a phone. and charms of my beloved city whirl around me while I’m buried in the Walgreens app — eh. I put my phone down. I look up. I take it all in. But I do it on my own timetable. Usually when I’m with my kids. Or my husband. Or my friends. People, that is, whose favor I’m actively trying to retain and who need and deserve my
undivided attention. (Man near Jewelers Row, you don’t need my undivided attention. You need to mind your own business.) Other people’s lives, obviously, fall into very different rhythms from mine. Which is why I never turn a judgmental eye toward the parents who are on their phones at the park
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(or the floor hockey lesson, recital intermission, bounce house birthday party place). I don’t know what else their day entailed. Maybe they spent the entire day feeding, enriching and screen-free entertaining young children, and this is their lone 15-minute window to make appointments/check Facebook/ send out birthday party Evites. Maybe they left the office early to hang with their kids, and they’re tying up one final loose end. Maybe they’re emailing their partner a grocery list. Does it really matter? Increasingly, having it all means fitting “it” in wherever and whenever you can. For that reason, smartphones are a godsend. They also deserve some of the heat they get — for tempting us to text when a face-to-face conversation is in order, for turning us into distracted drivers and so on. But a person using a phone is not necessarily a person misusing a phone. Let’s keep that in mind and cut each other a little slack. —Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, TNS
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Viva la Loteria! CSULB art students embrace Latina stereotypes in the student gallery. By Shawnkira Sanchez Staff Writer
A buffet of festive Hispanic foods lined the entrance into the Gatov West Art Gallery while Ranchera music filled the air. In the very center of the room, Loteria cards and pinto beans sat atop a table for visitors to interact with. Five California State University, Long Beach art majors of various mediums came together to collaborate on a Latin inspired interactive multimedia art exhibit. Marlene Tafoya, Bianca Hurtado, Romana Vera, Vanessa Olivarez and Cindy Vallejo all joined forces for the project to confront stereotypes. “We feel that as Latinas a lot of stereotypes are imposed on us and go unnoticed,” Olivarez said. “We want to make [the audience] aware of what is happening.” Loteria is a game similar to bingo. It includes a deck of 54 cards each rep-
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Vanessa Olivarez, 23, Marlene Tafoya, 23, Bianca Iturtado, 23, Cindy Vallejo, 22, and Romana Vera, 23, were all in the art program at California State University, Long Beach. resenting an image and meaning. The group put their own spins to the game and picked cards that best stereotyped Latin culture, such as heavy drinking and the role of Latinas being child bearers. They recreated their own images to mock such imposed stereotypes in efforts to critique them. Discussing the importance of cen-
tering their exhibit on the popular Mexican game, Vera said, “We wanted to play Loteria to bring the community together. Whether we come from a really good family or a dysfunctional one we create a community. That is what we are and that is what we did.” Mutually expressed amongst the group of artists is that diversity within
the student population in the school system is visible. Yet, the educational curriculum is Anglo-centric. “History is written by the people in power but we are the people in numbers so we need to know where we come from,” Vera said. “Being whatever combination you are within the Hispanic-American culture, we never
really fit in into either. You just grab from whatever you can. Sometimes you just get confused… you’re given all this information of America that is kind of twisted.” When visitors enter the gallery, they enter into a celebration of the Latin culture that is reflected in both the photographs of the gallery to the game of Loteria. The music in the background represents both the Hispanic and Americans roots of the art students. Hurtado was the mastermind behind the music and purposely mixed “the cliché Mexican playlist” with contemporary pop music. When asked what the ultimate message the art gallery portrayed to the public on behalf of the Hispanic community, Tofaya said: “That we are here. We are proud. We are the backbone. We make things happen, and we should be appreciated and also celebrated. Our whole community should be treated as an equal part of society.” The School of Art displays student artist’s work in the Fine Arts buildings 2-4, with new exhibits weekly. Visitors can experience the Tafoya group gallery Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m. and Thursday from noon to 5 p.m.
Fight for our right to read Banned book week celebrates accessibility to literature.
By Kevin Flores Arts & Life Editor
Freedom to read might seem different from freedom of speech but it’s actually one and the same. If no one is allowed to take in your speech—no matter how unorthodox it is—you have no freedom of speech. Started in 1982, Banned Books Week aims to bring awareness to the history of
censorship that’s been imposed on literature in the past and the specter of book bans that still looms today. According to the American Library Association, in 2014 their Office for Intellectual Freedom received 311 challenges to books. “A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness,” states the ALA’s website. While there are currently no formal bans on books in the U.S., past banned books include now-classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Ulysses,” “Catch-22,” and “Naked Lunch.” In celebration of Banned Books Week, which runs through Oct. 3, here are the top ten most frequently challenged books
in the U.S. of 2014 according to the ALA: 1) The Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian, by Sherman Alexie Reasons: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs/alcohol/smoking, gambling, offensive language, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group, violence. Additional reasons: “depictions of bullying”
unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “promotes the homosexual agenda”
2) Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi Reasons: gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: “politically, racially, and socially offensive,” “graphic depictions”
Reasons: Nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: “alleges it child pornography”
3) And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Reasons: Anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint,
4) The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “contains controversial issues” ris
5) It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Har-
6) Saga, by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples Reasons: Anti-Family, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.
7) The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence 8) The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “date rape and masturbation” 9) A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group 10) Drama, by Raina Telgemeier Reason: sexually explicit
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for depression, fatigue, insomnia, glaucoma, chronic pains or various diseases such as cancer or AIDS. However, through my own obser-
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he medical marijuana industry is not as medicinal as it sounds. The medicinal marijuana industry in California is a joke. It has taken the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215) and the Medical Marijuana Program Act of 2004 (Senate Bill 420) and reinterpreted its meaning in a way that pot smokers can get high without being subject to arrest. Due to the lack of control, and little regulations over the medicinal marijuana industry, California should just move forward with the process of legalization. Without a doubt there are people out there who do use cannabis for medical purposes, whether it is
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vation as a patient, I’ve noticed a majority of users who own a medical card take advantage of the system just to get high.
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All a person really has to do if they want their medical marijuana card is walk into a licensed physician’s office, claim to have anxiety or some other type of mood disorder and as long as they have the money, they can get a recommendation. There are a lack of ethical standards and moral principles when it comes down to a physician evaluating whether or not a person qualifies for a medical card. Places like Affordable Medical Evaluations don’t check background history of their patients when they give out prescriptions. They ask a series of brief questions but no actual documentation of the patient’s medical history is required. According to the Affordable Medical Evaluations website the typical office visit time for a walkin patient is about 30-40 minutes, but in all actuality most of that time is used for filling out paperwork. The actual consultation with
the doctor only takes about five minutes. Other than the initial consultation patients are only required to visit once a year to get their cards renewed. It’s a relatively quick and easy process. At the end of the day, the more patients a doctor approve the more revenue that comes in for his or her office. The average cost for a medical marijuana card is $60, while existing patients pay $40 for renewals. A study conducted back in 2011 showed that there are 750,000 to 1.25 million medical marijuana patients registered in California, according to California NORML, a non-profit organization group that focuses on marijuana law reform. Originally, the state laws passed back in 1996 and 2004, were made with good intentions. They were set forth to help people with serious medical conditions to relieve their
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him from his budding Latino base, and have impeded his progress toward garnering the Latino vote, an overwhelmingly crucial factor in the 2016 election. It is plausible that Rubio will now pander to the Latino vote more aggressively, attending to the Republican vacuum Bush’s now-ambivalent supporters will create.
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Jeb Bush’s campaign fights to clarify his “multicultural” rejection and Republican misperceptions.
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reedom. Liberty. Multiculturalism. A nation of abstract, fluid and subjective concepts is bound to reduce loaded ideologies to semantics at times, but the power of words and their consequence is quickly becoming evident for Republican candidate and Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush; rampant outrage from the internet, coupled with rapidly-spreading information only compound the confusion. A diner in Cedar Falls, Iowa last Tuesday was the humble setting for this inflammatory, snowballing, multiculti debacle, as Jeb Bush informed a voter that as a nation, “we’re creeping towards multiculturalism, and it’s the wrong approach.” This was in response to the voter’s question, regarding how Bush would “empower [refugees and immigrants] to become Americans.” Bush also stated that immigrants must assimilate into the U.S., adopting “a set of shared values.” What many first fail to realize, including Bush, is the arcane, expired nature of Bush’s definition of “multiculturalism.” The definition Bush cites is academic, involving “pockets of immigrants” each
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at a campaign event in Coral Gables, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 12. maintaining distinct, separate identities and isolated from all others within a nation. His antiquated definition is a stark contrast with the “multiculturalism” that millennial voters have familiarized with. Multiculturalism in our modern context is a celebration of diversity, inclusion and cultural empowerment. Especially in the age of a second civil rights movement, with social activism such as the Dreamers’ push for undocumented rights and Black Lives Matter’s call for social equality. Bush’s inability to relate to his younger publics now creates two portraits of the presidential candidate. Outside of academia, he has become vilified as a bigot toward immigrants. Yet his marriage to Mexican-Ameri-
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pain through the use of cannabis. But not all patients who use marijuana utilize it for its medicinal purposes. By legalizing marijuana and tightening the grip on regulation, California would create a safe and open environment for medical and recreational marijuana users alike. Colorado has already set an example by doing so. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue the state generated $12,811,437 in July alone. Colorado was able to please recreational smokers while providing discounts for people using it medicinally. The state was then able to re-distribute the money made from the taxes into funding programs that support healthcare, law enforcement, transportation and education. My question is if this proved successful in Colorado, then what’s holding California back from doing the same?
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can Columba Bush and his campaign’s attention to the Latino Republican community seem to reflect a cultural integration that would support, not oppose, multiculturalism in modern perception. However, Bush’s recent dialogue seemed to leave his supporters confused, wondering about this seeming hypocrisy against immigrant inclusion, and his more recent explanation that intended to defend his perceived faux pas, has only muddled his original message. “We’re not multicultural,” Bush stated. “We have a set of shared values that defines our national identity.” Bush now maintains that assimilation to one dominant and identically valued culture is his American goal. “…The values that people share – it defines our national identity,” Bush said.
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“Not race or ethnicity, not where you come from.” Bush also argued that “in some cases, the assimilation process is retarded because it’s slowed down,” however, Bush’s assimilation concept idealizes American identity as uniform, and that the shared set of values he advocates are a reflection of all his voters, alienating him from his supporters through his assumptions of blanket voter sentiment Bush’s rejection of ethnic identification is a blow for his Latino voters, a number of which are of Cuban and Mexican descent. Bush has pursued them through town hall meetings in Puerto Rico, religious meetings in Houston and unprecedented as a presidential hopeful English-Spanish bilingual deliveries. His recent statements have estranged
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Junior outside hitter Nele Barber spikes a ball during practice in the Walter Pyramid at California State University, Long Beach.
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ter graduating high school, Barber played full time for a professional team, but wasn’t quite ready for volleyball to dominate her life. Unlike most students who would rather do anything to avoid studying, Barber was willing to do anything to be able to go to school. She saw attending college as the best balance between volleyball and schoolwork.
Barber flew half way across the world to The States and began her collegiate career at Marquette University in Milwaukee. After two years, a coaching change and a harsh winter, Barber wanted to switch things up and saw LBSU as her best option. “I love [Long Beach] so far,” Barber said. “Being here in California is like one statement, ‘You’re here in California, so you must be happy,’ and it’s kind of true.” For LBSU head coach Brian Gimmillaro, it was Barber’s natural talent and style that attracted him to
recruit her. Gimmillaro said that Barber is the kind of player that a coach wants to have on his team because of her spirit and her dedication. “It’s never about her, it’s always about what she can do to help the team,” Gimmillaro said. “If you get six people like that, you’re going to win.” Barber has exuberant confidence on the court, but is more focused on supporting her teammates. Bogoje said she has the talent of a star without feeling like she is superior to anyone.
In only five months of being a 49er, Barber has shown how valuable of a player she is, recording 12 double-doubles in 15 matches. Barber takes the top spot on LBSU in kills and digs, averaging 3.93 kills per set and 3.14 digs per set. While Barber wasn’t ready to leave school and play volleyball professionally right after high school, it is still Gimmillaro’s intent to get her back to Germany. “My goal is to get her to play on the German national team and to try and have her work to be a champion here,” Gimmillaro said. “I only
have two years with her, I wish I had four.” Barber said that once she started school, her vision of being a part of “Die Mannschaft” started to blur. But with the help of Coach Gimmillaro, her desire to represent her country is back on track. “Once I’m done here, I want to go back and show them like ‘Hey, that’s what I can do, I can help you.’” After not giving volleyball the time of day, Barber is now reaching for the highest level in the sport. Barber confessed about the sport, “I could not imagine not doing it.”
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In the business of having a good time The surf team hopes to bring out the surfing community through outreach and leadership. By Miranda Andrade-Ceja Staff Writer
The California State University, Long Beach surf team is hitting a new season with a surge of new club members and a shared goal: building a vibrant community within their organization. Following an intense recruiting process by which the surf team was able to add around 30-40 new members, the CSULB surf team is ready
to dominate the National Scholastic Surfi ng Association Division with a little bit of levity. “We’re going to run this club like a business,” coach Joel Kirouac said. “And we’re in the business of having a good time.” The club is working with Beach City Sports, an organization with over 5000 members. With the help of Beach City Sports, Kirouac hopes to fundraise for the club team heavily as well as provide numerous socials for the club team to enjoy. Kirouac believes that with enough effort and support, his team has the potential to be a top contender in the country. “I think we could even be number one in America,” Kirouac said. “We’re by Huntington Beach—that’s the Mecca of surfi ng.” CSULB’s surf club team ranked No. 10 out of 27 California teams last year. This year, all members have
high hopes for breaking into the top five. Despite competition being high, club vice president Ian Tachell believes that the community will be a driving force in the team’s success this year. But Tachell, like Kirouac, believes that having a good time is an equal priority for the club. “It’s like a beach club, it’s not even really like a surfi ng club. We just want to have fun and get as many people out there as we can.” Tachell said. Kirouac and Tachell not only want to promote community building. They hope to prepare the members for life after college, encouraging them to build connections through networking as well as diligently working to achieve their goals. Tachell also said he wants to have the 20 returning members of the surf team mentor the group of new recruits.
“We’re going to have beach days where everyone from the club and team go to hang out and surf and people on the team will be teaching people on the club who don’t know how to surf, how to surf.” Tachell said. For the CSULB surf club team, leading a club team is more than simply pursuing competitions—it’s about learning, teamwork and leadership. The club team draws new recruits in simply by showing the genuine fun that they partake in, said club president Randy Harp. “There’s a lot of surfers in this location, and it’s really important to try to bring that surf community together at CSULB.” Harp said. The club team’s fi rst competition will be held Oct. 24 in San Diego at Blacks Beach. There, the club team hopes to bring their club members to the competition in busses to show support for the team and enjoy some downtime in San Diego.
Sports Calendar 10/2/15
Women’s volleyball @ Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo – 7 p.m.
10/3/15
Men’s water polo @ UC Irvine in Irvine – noon Women’s volleyball @ UC Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara – 7 p.m. Women’s tennis at All-American Tournament in Los Angeles – All Day
10/4/15
Women’s soccer vs. Cal State Fullerton at George Allen Field – 6 p.m. Women’s tennis at All-American Tournament in Los Angeles – All Day