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Vol. LIX, Issue 811

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Everything is fined Inconsistencies with rule violations has cost the NFL their credibility.

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ational Football League commissioner Roger Goodell is probably relieved that this football season is finally over. The 2014-2015 season has had more ups then downs facing controversy after controversy.

The latest offense has been the notorious ‘deflategate’ involving the New England Patriots. The Patriots, who already have a bad reputation among the league as cheaters, as a result of ‘spygate,’ are under investigation of whether they had anything to do with under-inflating the footballs used during the AFC Championship Game.

‘Spygate’ is the name given to the controversy when the Patriots were caught illegally videotaping the Jets’ defensive signals eight years ago.

A lapse in rule enforcement on the part of the NFL is at play.

Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks came under scrutiny before the NFC Championship, during which he tweeted wearing gold shoes for the game. The league responded by threatening that if Lynch wore the cleats, he would be suspended from the game. How can a player be suspended for wearing gold cleats while no punishment has been had for cheating by deflating footballs?

“Belichick already has a credibility problem,” said John Shrader, sports broadcaster and California State University, Long Beach professor. “I don’t think they care about a damaged reputation.”

Of the 12 footballs used by the Patriots, 11 were reported to be under-inflated. Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick blamed the bad weather for the deflation. But bad weather cannot only affect only one team’s footballs; none of the Indianapolis Colts’ footballs were reported as being underinflated.

In fact, the LA Times reported that Brady had checked the footballs before the game to make sure they were to his liking.

Maybe Belichick and Brady are proving that cheaters can actually prosper in life and win a Super Bowl title.

While everyone wants to win, it’s supposed to be about sportsmanship and having respect for the game. During the

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Students receive vaccinations to combat sicknesses such as MMR, and hepatitis at the USU Ballroom on Tuesday.

International students give vaccines a shot ALI provided health care services for international students

By MaDisoN D’orNellas Assistant News Editor

Over 100 international students received vaccines and other services from Student Health Services in California State

University, Long Beach’s University Student Union ballrooms on Tuesday.

The American Language Institution, a department that offers English Language programs on campus, organized an immunization clinic for international students.

Sean Cochren, Associate Director for ALI, said the immunization clinic was organized to help answer any questions international students have about their vaccination records.

“ALI students are part of the college community and need certain immunizations that are required by the school,” Cochren said. “This is helpful to have because

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Food fight The European Union’s food regulations are rigid compared to those of the United States FDA.

By Brooke Becher Diversions Editor

Just when we thought bread loaves were yoga mat free, the United States dines on disregard once again.

The country’s household donut sprinkles are under risk of reform by the Food and Drug Administration, in light of research that states that their make-up of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, are no longer “generally recognized as safe,” according to CNN. While America looks towards a glazed-over future, the European Union has been leading in action against the cardiovascular threat since 2003, with Denmark being the first to ban trans fat additives worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

“I think Europe is much more regulated in this sense,” assistant professor of Spanish Daniel Herrera Cepero at California State University, Long Beach said. “For example, the Coke here is made with corn syrup whereas it’s made of sugar in Europe—even in Mexico too.”

Growing up in Spain, Cepero spoke of the culture’s fresh lifestyle, where the origin of food isn’t a mystery, and tuna comes directly from a body of water rather than a can.

“One advantage of the food in the states is that

we have so much diversity,” Cepero said, citing supermarkets that offer Mexican, Romanian and Chinese cuisines. “Here you have access to a very [broad range of] markets— it’s amazing.”

According to Breitbart, the EU took another stand against genetically modified crops in a November announcement, allowing member nations the jurisdiction to ban the crops from their soil even if in compliance with food regulations.

The FDA and the EU both provide food regulation and policy standards with the public’s quality of life in mind, but even though the two agencies share a mission— their operations run on both poles of the spectrum.

According to Yasmine Motarjemi and Hubb Lelieveld’s book, “Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide For the Food Industry,” the EU places the burden of responsibility to deliver a compliant product on the supplier, as part of their “farm to fork” approach cited to their website.

This system is not carried through the state’s FDA “where each new packaging application is directly validated … and the customer has almost no information on the composition of the material.”

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they have large amounts of questions and records and sometimes don’t speak very well English, so we try to help and facilitate their needs.”

The services at the immunization clinic included checking vaccination records and administering vaccinations on site if necessary, said Kandi Dubrall, a licensed vocational nurse and Clinical Coordinator for Student Health Services. Dubrall said one of the most challenging issues for both international students and nurses at the

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Crime Blotter

Man verbally harasses students near bookstore

By Collin James Contributing Writer

Students called campus police after a man reportedly heckled and shouted racial slurs towards Muslims at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 28, said Lt. Richard Goodwin of the University Police. The man was reportedly a bald, white male, wearing all black. Students said they called the police after being verbally harassed by the man. Police asked the man to cease, and the man complied.

Goodwin said that the man claimed to be having a “friendly debate with students in the area.”

Bag reported stolen from men’s locker room A 24-year-old student reported his bag stolen from the men’s locker room of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center at 7 p.m. on Jan. 29, Goodwin said. The student reported the theft to University Police. Police do not have a description on the bag or any possible suspects.

Possible alcohol poisoning at Parkside dorms Police and emergency vehicles responded to a possible alcohol poisoning at 11:55 p.m. on Jan. 31, Goodwin said.

The student, 19, was taken from the Parkside Dormitories to Long Beach Community Hospital where she received treatment.

Possible phone theft in library A student reported a possible petty theft in the campus library on Jan. 28 at 3:45 p.m., Goodwin said. The 20-year old student reported her phone stolen after she realized it was no longer in her back pocket. The phone is a white iPhone 5c with a black Otter Box case.

The phone and the case are valued together at $180. No suspects have been identified.

Bike stolen near Liberal Arts Roof rack stolen Building from student A student reported his bike stolen vehicle from the west side of the Liberal Arts A student reported a roof rack stolen from his vehicle on Jan. 30 at 1:00 p.m., Goodwin said. The rack was stolen from Parking Lot 8 from a gold 2005 Honda Accord. The theft caused damage to the paint of the car. The roof rack was valued at $403. No suspects have been identified.

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The student reported leaving the bike locked between 7:50 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

When he returned, he said the cable lock was cut and the bike was missing.

The student described the bike as a blue mountain bike of an unknown make and model. The bike was licensed to the student from the city of Long Beach. No suspects have been identified.

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A gender-neutral and a lactation station opened on the first floor of the University Student Union between the KBeach studio and the Beach Auditorium.

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The USU Board of Trustees approved and opened a gender-neutral restroom and lactation center in the Union.

By Daily 49er staff A gender-neutral restroom and lactation station opened in the University Student Union on the first floor between the

KBeach radio station and the Beach Auditorium over winter break.

The University Student Union Board of Trustees approved the project after BOT Chair Vanessa Mendoza brought the need for these facilities in the USU to attention of the board.

Lindsay San Miguel, the Associated Students Inc. communications manager, said the restroom and lactation center were added to the USU after hearing multiple student complaints.

“There are students who are pregnant who may feel awkward breastfeeding in public and other students who aren’t comfort-

able with seeing breastfeeding in public,” Tatiana Calara, a third year Child Development and Family Education major, said.

The Senate and ASI Board of Directors originally listed the general lack of knowledge regarding lactation stations and gender-neutral restrooms on campus in the agenda for the board meeting on Sept. 24, 2014.

There is no sign outside of the new restroom or lactation center entrance to indicate the new facilities. San Miguel said the BOT chose the location because the space was not used frequently before the renovation.

A Stunning Difference What your teachers will not tell you Dr. George A. Kuck (galbertk@aol.com) Our American culture is based on the three items found on the quarter.

They are Liberty, “E Pluribus Unum” (Of many, one), and In God We Trust.

These three items are the foundation of the Republican Party. They are not the foundation of the “Progressive” movement. “Progressives” have replaced liberty with equality of outcome and finances. “E Pluribus Unum” has been replaced by multiculturalism. “In God we trust” has been replaced by “In government we trust.” Stark differences between the results of these philosophies have been shown during the last 6 years. Liberty and the ability to rise to our greatest capabilities have been replaced by demonization of the “rich” who make over $200,000 per year. People not agreeing with progressive ideas have been targeted by the IRS. Multiculturalism has led to the cultural separation of each different group and the targeting of each group for special privileges to attract their votes. “In God We Trust” has been replaced by “In Government We Trust.” Progressive philosophy has led to an increase in the national debt by over $1,000,000,000,000 in debt each year. We cannot give everyone what they desire. The result will be a country overwhelmed by debt – debt that you as a young person will pay. Think about it carefully before you vote next time.

Do you want to be a feel good progressive or a logical Republican?

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immunization clinic was translating the student’s vaccination records.

“The year requirements for vaccinations in some countries are different, so the records have to be translated into English year requirements,” Dubrall said. “If the years don’t translate, the students will be given another vaccination.”

The clinic offered Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis B and Meningitis vaccinations. TB tests could be taken for students from high-risk countries, Dubrall said. Hepatitis B and MMR vaccinations are required for all CSULB students. Menin-

The clinic offered measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), Hepatitis B and meningitis vaccinations. gitis vaccination is required for all dorm residents.

Prices for the vaccinations ranged from $2 to $113 depending on the type of vaccination received, according to the CSULB Student Health Services website.

Angela Girard, the Director of Nursing for Student Health Services said Student Health Services works closely with International Students Services to organize immunization clinics, which help ensure compliance from international students to get their vaccine records checked.

“This is absolutely helpful for [international students] because ALI arranges one group setting which makes it easier for the students,” Girard said. “It’s best for convenience to do it at the same time, same place, and same day.”

Faisal Abokhodair, an international student from Saudi Arabia, was one of many to receive vaccinations.

“The [immunization clinic] was helpful,” Abokhodair said. “I received Hepatitis B and MMR shots.”

Cochren said ALI organizes a vaccination clinic about four to five times a year and usually the third week of every semester. This gives international students multiple opportunities to receive vaccines and have all of their questions answered.

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Rubio clashes with State Department at hearing on Cuba policy WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio began Congress’ assault on the White House plan to relax trade, travel and diplomatic restrictions with Cuba, telling top administration officials Tuesday that he didn’t think it would be effective and that human rights were being overlooked.

In the first of several congressional hearings on President Barack Obama’s policy, Rubio laid into the administration. He reiterated his strong objections to the policy, saying he had “deep reservations” about _ and “direct opposition” to _ many of the changes being proposed.

Rubio, R-Fla., said he opposed the policy changes “for the simple reason that I believe that they will not be effective” in bringing about meaningful change to Cuba.

The potential presidential candidate has emerged as Congress’ chief critic of the new Cuba policy. In a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing Tuesday, Rubio said the opening to Cuba neglected the reality of human rights abuses on the island nation.

Rubio, whose parents came from Cuba in 1956, took the reins of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee as Republicans took control of the Senate last month.

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by Roberta S. Jacobson, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, contended during Tuesday’s hearing that the United States was pursuing the opening with its eyes wide open, and that it was time to examine a different strategy from the one that has failed for half a century.

“This administration is under no illusions about the continued bar-

riers to internationally recognized freedoms that remain for the Cuban people, nor are we under illusions about the nature of the Cuban government,” Jacobson said. “When we sat down with our counterparts in Havana, we were clear that our governments have both shared interests and sharp differences.”

Ticking off a list of issues over which the two countries are negotiating, Jacobson said she raised with Cuban officials “our concerns about its harassment, use of violence and arbitrary detention of Cuban citizens peacefully expressing their views.”

Rubio and New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, are key Senate opponents to the policy, and both were involved in the subcommittee hearing.

Menendez, in his opening statement, said that despite the length of the negotiations between U.S. and Cuban officials, the talks hadn’t yielded anything worthwhile.

“Let me be as clear on this issue, as I have been since December,” he said in his opening statement. “Eighteen months of secret negotiations produced a bad deal _ bad for the Cuban people. While it may have been done with the best of intentions, in my view, we’ve compromised bedrock principles for minimal concessions.”

He continued: “At the end of the day, 53 political prisoners were released while so many more remain in jail _ and the Cuban people _ those who suffered most under the regime _ still have zero guarantees for any basic freedoms.”

Other senators involved were supportive of the policy, including Sens.

Barbara Boxer, a Democrat from California, and Jeff Flake, a Repub-

lican from Arizona. Flake said it was time to relax travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba, something he has pushed for years.

The Obama administration’s plans to open the door to Cuba became public with a dramatic unveiling in December, with the release of U.S. aid worker Alan Gross and the announcement that trade and travel restrictions will be eased and that the United States would work to established a greater diplomatic presence in Cuba.

In his questioning, Rubio pushed the administration for information on who on the U.S. side negotiated for the changes, and he drilled into the fact that Jacobson’s office was not the prime mover. And he wanted to know which pro-democracy groups in Cuba were consulted.

He also pushed for a declaration from the administration that the opening of any diplomatic presence, such as a U.S. embassy, wouldn’t come with restrictions on whom in the country the embassy personnel could visit.

Citing recent public comments from a top Cuban official, Josefina Vidal, Rubio asked Jacobson whether the United States would ever go forward with an agreement that _ as Vidal indicated _ made certain prodemocracy activists in the country off-limits to embassy personnel.

In a back and forth with Jacobson, Rubio pressed her for an answer.

Rubio: “Can you say ... that under no circumstances will the United States ever agree to limit the ability of our personnel to interact with democracy activists ... as a condition of expanding our embassy operation?”

Jacobson said the United States wanted to have the “greatest possible

ability” to interact with people on the island.

Rubio: So we will never agree to limit our personnel?

Jacobson: “We’re going to keep pushing to get those restrictions lifted as part of getting an embassy” _ Rubio cut her off, saying, “Secretary Jacobson, this is a pretty straightforward question.” Asked the question again, Jacobson said that she “can’t imagine that we would go to the next stage of our diplomatic relationship with an agreement not to see democracy activists, no.”

(EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE) The hearing also included testimony from Cuban human rights activists, including Berta Soler, president of the Cuban Ladies in White.

Speaking through translators, the activists described the repressive life on the island.

Rubio, as chairman and a key critic of the administration’s policy, dominated the hearing, though Flake and others made it clear that Rubio’s stance faced resistance in Congress. But Rubio and his Republican allies could crack jokes about their differences.

At one point, after a long reply in Spanish from Soler, Rubio began talking before the translator had performed her role.

Rubio apologized, saying that he had understood Soler _ and forgetting that his colleagues in the Senate often couldn’t.

“What I’ve told Sen. Flake is don’t worry about the translation,” Rubio joked. “I’ll let them know later what they’re saying.”

—Chris Adams, McClatchy Washington Bureau

Democrats block DHS bill over immigration provisions WASHINGTON — Democrats banded together Tuesday to block the Senate from considering a Homeland Security spending bill, leaving GOP leaders scrambling to find another path forward to challenge the president over immigration.

All 46 members of the Democratic caucus voted against cloture on the motion to proceed to the $39.7 billion measure, citing opposition to five House Republican amendments that effectively reverse executive actions on immigration or block similar orders in the future. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., also voted against cloture.

Fifty-one Republicans voted in favor of opening debate on the bill, well short of the 60-vote threshold.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who voted no, immediately entered a motion to reconsider the vote.

The Democratic filibuster prevents McConnell from moving to the bill, forcing him and his House counterparts to come up with a Plan B to fund the Department of Homeland Security after Feb. 27. The Kentucky Republican, however, has been quiet about his next moves.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of GOP leadership, suggested earlier Tuesday that McConnell might bring up the Housepassed bill for at least another floor vote.

“I think we’ll give them an opportunity to vote on that more than one time,” Thune said. “But using

the procedural rules to keep us from even debating it I think is a disservice to people who care deeply about this issue on both sides.”

But Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that none of the alternative options that have been presented so far are “viable.”

“I’ve been in at least 20 discussions in the last 72 hours or week on this. Nobody really has a strategy yet, I’m sorry to say,” McCain told reporters earlier Tuesday.

McConnell could choose to repeat the procedural maneuvering that eventually enabled him to win passage of Keystone XL legislation last month after Democrats filibus-

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tered a similar procedural vote.

After a few days of arm-twisting, the parties eventually reached an agreement to hold additional amendment votes, winning back enough Democrats to advance the bill to passage.

Republicans say they’d be willing to consider amendments to strike the contested language, though it’s likely they would insist on 60-vote thresholds for adoption or pose motions to table, making it hard for Democrats to prevail.

Democrats are instead pushing McConnell to take up their “clean” version of the bill.

—Tamar Hallerman, Sarah Chacko and Jennifer Scholtes, CQ-Roll Call

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Anti-vaccine movement to blame for recent measles outbreak A growing movement of misinformed parents who refuse to vaccinate their children has caused the recent outbreak of Measles, a virus which was once considered eliminated in the United States.

It started in mid-December when an outbreak occurred at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Since the theme park attracts guests from around the world, including countries where vaccination rates are not as high, it was the perfect incubator for measles.

According to the New York Times, 102 people have been infected nationwide so far this year, and it is expected to spread among those who still haven’t received the vaccine.

At the onset of the new millennium, the fact that the United States had eradicated measles was the culmination of a vaccination program that was released to the general public in 1963.

Prior to this, measles was an extremely common illness, as it still is in the rest of the world.

According to the Center for Disease Control, by 1960, over 750,000 U. S. residents were hit by the virus, and between 1956 and 1960, there was an average death rate of about 400 people per year.

Jonathan Bernstein: Christie’s measles vaccine madness explained

However, the U.S. number had been can no longer say that steadily decreasing it is measles free. Even ever since the MMR Wealthy Southern Californian parents within the California immunization had went to college, but failed to learn an State University, Long been falsely linked to important lesson that may result in some Beach community, one autism. What is even people’s deaths. of our students had a more shocking was confirmed case but has that mothers who since recovered. In the had obtained a highmean time, this student er level of education Jacob Yungman exposed twenty other were less likely to people while on a field trip, according give their children the measles, mumps Contributing Writer to NBC4 and CSULB. and rubella immunization.

The current anti-vaccination data had been used, and the medical An article published in the Atlantic movement is rooted in a 1998 study professionals soon declared the study on Sept. 14, 2014 revealed that schools conducted by British doctor Andrew a hoax. The spike in the rates of people in wealthy neighborhoods of Los AngeWakefield, who claimed that the rise of who have autism was due to greater les had significantly lower vaccination people being diagnosed with Autism numbers of people reporting the gerates than the rest of the city. At some directly correlated with a growing netic condition. of these schools, 60 to 70 percent of number of children being vaccinated, By 2010, Wakefield had his credenparents requested that their children according to a Forbes article. tials revoked as a medical doctor, and be exempted from vaccinations due to The media in the U. S. and United the journal that initially published personal beliefs.

Kingdom quickly publicized the the research, The Lancet, officially Such low rates mirror those in Subsupposed finding, and organizations retracted the paper. Such events, howSaharan African countries like Chad, founded by parents began growing in ever, did not stop the anti-vaccination where access to vaccinations is limited number to file lawsuits against commovement. due to a poor economic situation and a panies that manufactured vaccines, as According to a 2012 study by the lack of medical infrastructure, accordwell as to put an end to public schools University of Cincinnati, Lenisa ing to the World Health Organization. requiring students to be vaccinated.

Chang, an assistant professor of This ignorance and rejection of sciHowever, other medical researchers economics there, found that there ence by parents who are disproportioncould not reproduce Wakefield’s study. had been a 2 percent decline in the ately educated and have high incomes In 2004, it was revealed that falsified rate of child vaccinations, and that can be blamed on a lack of literacy

when researching health topics on the Internet.

The catch-22 of increased access to the Internet is that, while there has never been an easier way to create, share, and discuss information, many people are susceptible to believing false claims – especially on topics like politics and science.

The anti-vaccination movement has largely been able to gain steam through a series of false articles, badly cited blogs and the outright ludicrous credibility given to celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, who was duped into believing that her son’s autism is a result of vaccines.

This current measles outbreak serves as yet another prime example as to how false information and refusal to accept scientific facts can have a negative impact on people’s lives.

In sum, pay attention in your English 100 classes when they tell you how to cite a credible source. It might literally prevent people dying from an illness. Please, have the decency to vaccinate your children for the survival of the human species.

This week’s tempest on the trail of possible Republican presidential nominees has been New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s seemingly weak defense of vaccinating American children. By calling for “balance” in government policy, and saying that “parents need to have some measure of choice,” Christie was blasted by bothliberalsand conservatives. By late Monday morning he seemed to bebacking offhis comments.

But Christie’s apparent attempt to appeal to vaccination opponents, while a surprising strategy for a governor in a densely populated state, is consistent with a plausible Iowa caucus strategy: an attempt to lock up a small faction of voters.

It’s hard to know exactly why a presidential contender makes any particular comment. Yet one chal-

gambits to do so.

Old-timers will recall a spirited fight between Walter Mondale and Gary Hart in 1984 overwhich of them declared his support for a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem first, a particularly silly argument given that neither of them would have carried out that pledge (which is always embraced by candidates, but not by presidents) had he been elected. In the 1970s, when the nomination system was new and party actors hadn’t learned how to deal with it, things were different.

Jimmy Carter’s Iowa “win” (he actually finished behind undecided voters) was central to how he won the Democratic nomination in 1976. But those days are long gone.

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The parties, not the voters, are the major players. Doing well in early contests can matter to party actors, but only if they are otherwise open to the candidate and if their main concern is electoral success. (Thus, Democratic party actors were especially impressed with Barack Obama’s Iowa victory in 2008, while being convinced that Howard Dean’s failure there in 2004 showed he had no special electoral magic.)

Still, differentiation is a solid strategy _ so long as it increases a candidate’s chances with one group but doesn’t risk alienating the bulk of the party. Whatever happens with Christie and measles, expect more of the same from the large Republican field. The candidates are going to be desperate to find a way to stand out from the pack, and they may try some pretty nutty

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lengefor candidates, especially in a large field in a mostly unified party, is how to differentiate themselves if they share positions with their rivals on every important issue _ as most Republicans do in the 2016 cycle. This devolves into petty arguments about which candidate is most adamant on, say, opposition to Obamacare.

That situation is even tougher in Iowa. Mike Huckabee, for example, may have won the Republican primary in the state in 2008 by winning the support ofChristian home schoolers_ not a huge constituency, but big enough when 34 percent of the vote (and only 41,000 voters) was enough for a solid victory.

The problem with that strategy, however, is that finishing first in Iowa over a fractured field isn’t enough to propel a candidate to the nomination.

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Ending homelessness with homes California should follow in Utah’s footsteps.

Ruben Diaz Contributing Writer

Utah is making homeowners of the homeless.

According to a comprehensive report about homelessness by the state of Utah, 2005 marked the first year of a ten-year program to end homelessness by giving homeless people homes. The report also states that since then, there has been a 72 percent decline of chronic homelessness in Utah and “chronic homelessness among veterans has reached an effective zero.”

On the Daily Show, a satirical news show, Daily Show staff member Hasan Minhaj interviewed Llyod Pendleton, the director of the homeless task force in Utah in an episode last December about how Utah can afford to give homes to the homeless.

Pendleton said the costs could vary from $10,000 to $12,000 to provide one homeless person with necessities, such as food, and a home. He went on to say that it is much more cost efficient to pay those amounts rather than $20,000 for other costs such as emergency room visits and jail time, which a homeless person cannot pay.

Since this system is working in Utah, other states should give this a shot as well. According to nonprofit organization HomeAid Northern California, the state of California has the highest population of homeless people in the nation. Therefore, all California cities dealing with homelessness should try Utah’s system, but is California capable of doing it?

According to University of Southern California News, there was a “Homeless Cost Study” that focused on observing the costs saved in Los Angeles by giving four homeless individuals homes.

“Investigators found that the total cost of public services spent on the four individuals during two years living on the street was $187,288,” USC News reported. “The cost of public services dropped by more than $20,000 per person during two subsequent years spent in stable, permanent housing.”

After having two years of housing and access to mental and physical health classes, the four individuals were more stable and had an improved quality of life, according to USC News.

Having programs similar to this in California will not only help end homelessness, it will also save money, as with the four homeless people from the study.

According to health news website Reporting on Health, Angelo Solis was a homeless alcoholic who was taken to the hospital frequently for being unconscious in public in Solano County, California. He ended up receiving almost $1 million in medical charges, which tax payers ultimately had to pay. If Solis was given a home and had mental and physical health classes then his hospital visits and charges could have been avoided.

Moreover, by instilling this program, homeless people have a second chance at rebuilding their lives and starting over again. Why not give them that chance?

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Quarterback Tom Brady celebrates with his teammates after winning Super Bowl XLIV 28-24 against the Seahawks for the fourth time in franchise history. The Super Bowl was held at The University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz.

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shouted and caused Nadal to fault. Nadal went on to win the match and stated Smyczek’s sportsmanship was “amazing.”

The National Football League is investigating further into the situation, but if the Patriots are found to have tampered with the game balls, the penalty against them will be lax. The organization might have to pay a fine and lose

a few draft picks, but this is not enough.

According to the LA Times, the investigation is still on going and will take a few weeks to come to fruition. The Patriots did not have to worry about losing any star players or their head coach for the final game. Could this be because Patriots owner Robert Kraft is a close friend of Goodell?

The friendship between Kraft and Goodell is no secret. A GQ magazine story last week stated

that Kraft was Goodell’s “fiercest advocate” and that he was the “assistant commissioner.”

Goodell and the league had no problem suspending New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton when they discovered that he played a part in offering money to players who injured or knocked opponents out of games. If Belichick is found guilty of taking part in “deflategation,” he should face the same punishment.

“The NFL would have to sus-

pend Belichick [if found guilty],” said Shrader. “Somebody will pay for it, but it will probably be a poorly paid equipment manager.”

The Patriots don’t have to worry about their reputation being damaged because they already have a credibility problem, but issues like these are what give the NFL a terrible reputation. There are too many double standards.

It’s time for the rules to be upheld and the proper punishments to be dealt.

We’re a nation of addicts If we weren’t such a nation of addicts, maybe hordes of drug smugglers wouwwwwldn’t crash our borders to feed our habit.

Maybe drug cartels wouldn’t terrorize Mexico and Central America _ our gift to our southern neighbors.

Maybe drunks wouldn’t kill so many on our highways, or our health-care system wouldn’t be so overwhelmed and costly. Maybe not so many families would fall apart and our cities wouldn’t be bloodstained by gang wars _ or so many adolescent lives wasted before they could even get started.

Time to face it: We’ve become a nation of addicts. So many addictions it’s hard to list them all. Alcohol. Tobacco, nicotine and vaping on electronic cigarettes. Sugar, fat, junk food. Sex and pornography, the addictions of the mind, body and soul.

Gambling, the Internet, video games. Prescription drugs, including sedatives, hypnotics, sleeping pills and tranquilizers. Street drugs, cocaine, cannabis, meth, PCP. Compulsive aggression, kleptomania and pyromania. Chocolates? Don’t tempt me.

The National Institute of Drug

Abuse calculates that the cost of illicit drug use alone amounts to $181 billion annually in health care, productivity loss, crime, incarceration and drug enforcement. Add alcohol and tobacco addictions and we ring up $554 billion a year. If we include all those other addictions, the cost is incalculable. Could it be $1 trillion?

Think of what only a slice of that could do for improving education and for combating hunger, poverty and homelessness.

It’s worsening. Overdose deaths are increasing, the Institute reported. It calculated that almost 24 million Americans, or 9.2 percent of the population, had used an illicit drug or abused a pain reliever or similar medication in a single month in 2012. That’s up from 8.3 percent in 2002. Most of the increase was attributed to marijuana use, the nation’s most common illicit drug.

Well, we know how to take care of that, don’t we? We legalize marijuana and the percentage of illicit drug users will drop through the floor _ which is the direction that we’re going, based on the increasing number of states that have legalized “medical” use of weed and the

breakthrough statewide legalization of “recreational” marijuana in Washington and Colorado.

Ending the “crime of self-medication,” as illegal pot use is euphemistically called, will empty the jails of those innocents who use or sell this supposedly harmless, even beneficial, substance, we’re told _ even though the science absolving marijuana of any harm is not settled.

What are we running from that we’re so compelled to search for, create and overdose on so many props?

Do we have it so tough that we have to risk addiction to ease the pain and find calm? Or excitement? Some might blame our hectic, overworked lives. Others might accuse our unraveling culture. Or growing tolerance of self-destructive behavior as a libertarian sort of right.

This is no moral diatribe about how “if only we had the willpower” we wouldn’t be in such a mess.

Addiction is a disease, a chronic one, in which actual physiological and chemical changes take over our brains and bodies. It begins in a search for escape, pleasure and relief. It ends in dependence and, sometimes, death. Rightfully, an

entire industry has been created in which brave, smart and compassionate people love and care for the addicted. We need more of that. A lot more.

But first we must acknowledge our addictions, so many of which now fly under a cultural camouflage that some addictions aren’t harmful or dehumanizing. In this we’re not entirely consistent. Being hooked on smoking is very bad, unless you’re smoking weed. Crack is destructive but not pornography. Hard work is a virtue; being a workaholic is sort of easy to ignore, at least at the office where it is sometimes rewarded.

We now hear about “recreational” marijuana and how getting high is “self-medication.” Next step is to call it recreational addiction.

We ignore addiction as if it weren’t a national scourge. Gallup finds that it’s not even listed among America’s top 20 social issues.

Public opinion needs to confront the reality. Only then will the science of addiction and its treatment be given the jolt it needs to match its seriousness.

—Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune

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The FDA must determine if there is a reasonable concern before discontinuing a product with additives that is ranked on a “generally recognized as safe “ or GRAS scale, according to a statement released by the FDA. On the flip side of matters, the FDA’s supervisory approach heavily contrasts with the EU’s “better safe than sorry” initiative, the Precautionary Principle, which was inducted in 2002.

Rather than placing new pharmaceuticals or food additives with uncertain health risks on the market, the Precautionary Principle requires a rigorous process to ensure safety, according to Neal D. Fortin’s book “Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy and Practice.”

Outside of consumer-to-food relationships, the two systems continue to vary their missions.

While the EU takes special consideration of animal, plant and environmental

health and affirms living wages for farmers, the FDA addresses their responsibility to ensure security of the food supply, according to the administrations’ respective websites.

American engineering student at CSULB Jason Morris has his own thoughts on the diverging regulations after experiencing the contrast first-hand on a trip to Italy.

“I think that we should focus less on quantity, and more on quality,” Morris said. “I don’t feel like our long term health is being considered here.”

Still, the FDA’s lax liberties with food regulation has opened the states’ gates to a number of chemical additives and food handling practices banned in several regions beyond the Land of the Free.

Handling Regulations:

Food Dye:

Brominated Vegetable Oil: Acting as an emulsifier in soda and sports drinks, BVO prevents soft drinks from separating. It is banned in more than 100 countries because it contains bromine, a chemical that produces corrosive or toxic vapors.

Potassium bromate, which is found in vegetable oil and is banned in most developed countries, is still actively used in food products in the U.S.; however, California requires a warning label to be added to any product containing potassium bromate.

SOURCES: USA Today and ABC News

Created solely to manipulate looks, food dyes are made from petroleum and coal tar as well as other chemicals. Food dyes may be found in commonly sold products, such as candies, cereal and flavored beverages, and snack foods such as Cheetos and Kellogg’s NutriGrain Bars.

The EU has taken on a more conservative path, banning many food dye additives.

However, the U.S. has yet to ban any food color additives, even though Yellow #5 and Red #40 are internationally recognized to be potentially harmful.

Yellow #5 and Red #40 are both approved by the FDA. Yellow #5 is said to mutate DNA, but can be found in Doritos, Starburst and M&Ms. Red #40 is thought to cause tumors of the immune system, and can be found in ice cream, grenadine, fruit cocktail and maraschino cherries, according to CBS. The EU has banned Yellow #5, but allows Red #40 to be sold with an advisory label.

The advisory states that the product is not recommended for children and those with low or developing immune systems.

While the FDA focuses on mass production at a lower cost to ensure supply, the EU prioritizes health and sustainability.

In the U.S., chicken chlorination is a standard practice to avoid salmonella poisoning.

Through this process, all poultry intended for sale is chilled in antimicrobial baths that contain chlorine.

This practice is prohibited in the EU, which hinders any poultry imports from the U.S. The two also conflict in their plans regarding pesticide use in food products. The consumption of pesticides, even in trace amounts, can lead to cancer, reproductive harm, and endocrine disruption, according to Radcliffe’s Integrated Pest Management World Textbook.

The EU has placed a ban on 22 pesticides, typically found as residuals in the food chain.

Fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, kale and grapes are included in foods that are highly likely to contain pesticide residuals because they receive the highest dosage of pesticides, according to Radcliffe.

The site also notes a USDA study that found pesticide residue to linger in fruits and vegetables even after being washed, peeled or cored.

SOURCES: FDA.gov and EU Pesticides Database

SOURCES: Red40.com andABC News

A fresh flavor In the University Dining Plaza New Mediterranean options have come to campus.

By Sean GallaGher Contributing Writer

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George’s Greek Cafe is finally open for business in the campus food court.

A semester later than anticipated, George’s Greek Cafe has opened at California State University, Long Beach’s University Dining Plaza.

The restaurant was originally promised to open in the first month of the Fall 2014 semester, but never unlocked its registers.

“During the rush it gets really hectic,” Marcos Muro, the restaurant’s supervisor and junior French major at CSULB, said. “Especially during the first week because everybody was waiting all semester for us to open.”

George’s Greek Cafe is unique compared to other choices on campus because it is not a large chain restaurant, but a smaller local establishment. There are four locations outside of CSULB including those in Downtown Long Beach, Belmont Shore, Lakewood and

Huntington Beach.

According to its website, George’s Greek Cafe was founded by father and son team George and Demitri Lozides, who aim to bring customers “a little piece of Greece in southern California.”

The on-campus location differs from their four restaurants in that it is not a sit-down, full service establishment.

The menu is also significantly less extensive than other locations, although it still offers a wide variety of authentic Greek food.

Some of the items offered include the crispy fried chickpea balls better known as falafel, juicy tender gyro meats, freshly made Greek style pita sandwiches and smooth, creamy dips such as hummus.

“George’s Greek Café came about as we were looking for an exciting new concept to add to the University Dining Plaza,” Kierstin Stickney, the Director of Marketing & Communications at the Forty-Niner Shops, said. “[It] is a wellknown and beloved restaurant in our community and we thought the unique and tasty menu items would add a nice variety for our campus.”

However, now that the Cafe has opened its doors, are students satisfied?

“It’s more filling and a break from the usual,” senior human development major at CSULB Ana Hernandez said.

She found the departure from the typical pizza and fast food joints on campus satisfying, touting that George’s is “not as common ... [I] get sick of the same food over and over.”

Alex Tran, a sixth year communications studies major at CSULB, mirrored Hernandez’s opinion.

“It’s nice to have something different,” Tran said, although he admits that he wouldn’t mind a big chain coming in either.

When scouting for a bite, fashion major Jaymee Jo Meck frequented the Second Street location while she lived in Belmont Shore. She welcomed the new addition to the dining plaza.

“I ate [at George’s Greek Cafe] all of the time,” Meck said. “I’m really happy that there is one on campus now!”

With options like the fresh falafel made daily or the spicy feta, Meck said she appreciates the vegetarian options for her meat-free lifestyle.

“Since opening on Jan.12, it has been a big success,” Stickney said. “We have had a lot of positive feedback from our students.”

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The 2015 preseason coaches poll selected the Long Beach State softball team to repeat as Big West conference champions.

All of the Big West head coaches participated in the annual poll, which was released last Tuesday. The 49ers received four first-place votes and earned a total of 59 points to nab the top spot.

“I’m grateful for the respect that people show to the program,” head coach Kim Sowder said.

“However, that poll doesn’t mean anything. How that poll finishes up at the end of the season, that’s all that matters.”

Sowder’s players were a little more enthusiastic about the preseason poll.

“I like the fact that, [since] we were Big West champions last year, they think we’re going to do it again,” senior infielder Ashley Holmes said.

“It’s always a good thing. I think that our team, especially with a lot of younger players, can definitely do it again.”

The 49ers are aware of the consequences of believing the hype.

“We shouldn’t take that to our heads,” junior infielder Darian Tautalafua said. “Getting a big head around here is not really a good thing to do.”

The confident vote from league coaches gives added credibility to a program that has established itself as one of the best over the last two years. However, Sowder said she doesn’t believe it adds any extra pressure on the 49ers to repeat as

Going for six The 49ers will go for their sixth and seventh consecutive wins this weekend against familiar Big West foes.

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The Long Beach men’s basketball team is hosting a pair of Big West conference opponents when it plays UC Riverside and UC Irvine this weekend in the Walter Pyramid.

The 49ers (12-11, 6-1) will try to contain UC Riverside (10-11, 3-4) junior forward Taylor Johns, who leads the Highlanders with 16.5 points per game. LBSU head coach Dan Monson said Johns will be the best forward they will have faced in conference play.

“He is an explosive athlete with a big motor,” Monson said. “He plays really hard. He’s probably only like 6’4, but the thing that impresses me

“I’m proud of the basketball team, and I’m proud to be a 49er. School rocks!”

Michael a res | Daily 49er LBSU guard Justin Bibbins brings the ball up the court on Saturday’s game against Hawaii. The Beach improves to a 6-1 conference record as they prepare to face UC Riverside on Thursday at the Walter Pyramid.

Big West champions.

“Our expectations in this program are always to win a conference championship,” Sowder said.

And that’s not going to change.”

Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly are poised to be the 49ers’ biggest competitors for the Big West title. Fullerton came in second on the same poll with three first-place votes and 56 points in total.

Cal Poly came in third with one first-place vote and 50 points in total.

Focus will be the key to winning the Big West again, Sowder said. Playing the game one pitch at a time, making sure her players don’t get ahead of themselves and getting better every day are her main goals. She expects leadership from every one of her players, not just the seniors and team captains.

“What [the captains] bring in day in and day out, they’re team players, their work ethic, they lead by example, all the things they do are why

is he’s relentless. He just keeps coming at you for forty minutes.”

Senior point guard Mike Caffey followed up one of his best performances in last Thursday’s win at Cal State Fullerton with one of his worst in the home win against Hawaii. Caffey said it is always tough to beat Riverside because they play with so much effort.

“They play hard,” Caffey said. “We just have to come in mentally prepared. The starting group has to come out better than we did last game.”

Monson said one of the biggest challenges when playing the Highlanders is matching their toughness. He said the 49ers have been a finesse team, especially in rebounding the ball, and that won’t work against Riverside.

“They’re going to come in here and play very physical,” Monson said. “They’re going to pack it in defensively and dare you to shoot jump shots.

We can’t settle for that. That’s what I was pleased about when our bench came in and righted the ship for us. [The bench] was aggressive. Their first five points were from the foul line. The seniors didn’t have a foul shot the first half.”

On Saturday, the 49ers will face Irvine for the second time this season. LBSU won the first matchup 88-82 at Irvine on Jan. 8. Caffey had a game-high 27 points, but Irvine’s senior guard Alex Young nearly matched him with 24 points of his own. Monson said the team will have a dif-

they’re named captains,” Sowder said. “But, you know, leadership comes every day from different players.”

The 49ers’ team captains will be senior infielder Ashley Holmes, junior pitcher Selene Polamalu and senior infielder Shayna Kimbrough.

Repeating last year’s championship run will be a challenge. Getting through the difficult preseason schedule, while keeping their confidence, will be the 49ers’ first test. The 49ers will play against defending national champion Florida, and ranked opponents Oregon, Kentucky, UCLA, Arizona, Missouri and Auburn.

There are ten new faces on the team, but the return of 2014 defensive player of the year Shayna Kimbrough and 2014 first team All-Big West selection Amanda Hansen will certainly help.

“With so many new players, our identity is unknown” Sowder said. “It’s exciting to be able to build that.”

ferent game plan this time around.

“We know how capable [Young] is,” Monson said. “[Sophomore guard] Luke Nelson didn’t play the first time. All of a sudden you have two [players] out there that can score at any time.

They have four or five guys who have all scored 20 points or more [in a game]. I think that’s the biggest thing with Irvine. They’re very disciplined and very balanced.”

Senior guard Tyler Lamb has been the team’s most reliable wing defender all season, and he will presumably take on the task of guarding Young. Caffey said it is going to take all their guards to limit the number of quality shots he takes. “[Young] made a lot of shots [last game],” Caffey said. “But we kind of left him open a lot first game. [We] closed out short, and he got his rhythm going. We have to cover open shots. Just [about] closing out on him and containing him.”

Lamb said the win at Irvine was one of the team’s best wins of the season.

“We were really tested at Irvine,” Lamb said.

“We were down I think seven with like two minutes plus minutes left in the game. We lost to Irvine twice last year, so personally for me it feels great to beat them.”

The 49ers will host UC Riverside on Thursday night at 7 p.m. and UC Irvine on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Walter Pyramid.

—Alex Contreras Junior, Finance major

“I think they’re hardworking individuals and are a great basketball team.”

— Larry Zepeda Senior, Sociology major

“The men’s basketball team is killing it this year, and I’m a proud CSULB basketball fan” —Sam Graham Senior, Finance major