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ON THE COVER NAOKI GIMA / Daily Forty-Niner The California Faculty Association and California State University reached a tentative labor agreement one day into a strike that was supposed to last the entire planned first week of the spring 2024 semester.

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SAMUEL CHACKO / Daily Forty-Niner The Daily Forty-Niner tabled during Week of Welcome, handing out the most recent print issue and providing students with more information about the publication. From left to right: Marlon Villa, Maureen Linzaga, Cheyenne Elizarraras, Sam Farfan and Mark Siquig.

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elcome back to The Beach! I hope you all had a restful winter break and feel prepared for this new semester.

In this new edition of the Daily Forty-Niner, our content looks a little different than usual! We have decided that we will no longer be printing themed issues, we're printing a more traditional, newsfocused paper each month. As the most prolific source of news at CSULB, we feel as though it is our duty to keep the campus informed with topical content.

Personally, this has always been a goal of mine as Editor-in-Chief to help prioritize and produce consumable news in a consistent, accessible manner.

With an ever-changing campus, producing quick and high-quality news is essential.

For these reasons, as a team, we decided to change our print editions to fit the needs of the campus. We're evolving as a publication, and there are more changes to come!

This year, I have been extremely grateful to witness the most open-minded, adaptable and supportive team I have ever seen at the Daily FortyNiner in my three years on staff. I'm lucky to lead a

group of highly motivated individuals, always taking initiative. Just this week, my team has shown a great deal of dedication, from spontaneously creating news videos to bringing back the Daily Forty-Niner crossword puzzle to designing graphics on the fly; they've done it all. Without this wonderful team, none of the upcoming changes would be possible.

Although we will no longer be printing themed issues, we will have multiple themed digital editions which can be accessed on our website and on Issuu.

A new digital edition is uploaded every Monday, featuring the most relevant stories of the week.

In this edition, a wide variety of are stories highlighted, focusing on the aftermath of the CFA strikes, faculty opinions on the tentative agreement, local events and recent news in sports on campus.

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Land Acknowledgment Here at the 49er we acknowledge that the school we report on is located on the sacred site of Puvungna, “the gathering place”. We are on the land of the Tongva/Gabrieleño and the Acjachemen/Juaneño Nations who have lived and continue to live here.

We also acknowledge the Gabrieleño/Tongva (pronounced: GABRIEL-EN-YO/TONG – VAH) and Acjachamen/Juaneño (pronounced: AH-HACH-AH-MEN/JUAN-EN-YO) as the traditional custodians of the Los Angeles region along with the Chumash (pronounced: CHOO-MOSH) to the north and west, and the Tataviam (pronounced: TAH-TAH-VEE-YUM) and Cahuilla (pronounced: KAH-WEE-YAH) Nations to the east.

We respect and value the many ways the Tongva/Acjachemen cultural heritage and beliefs continue to have significance to the living people and remind us about the sacred and spiritual relationship that has always existed here at what we now call California State University Long Beach.

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NEWS

NAOKI GIMA / Daily Forty-Niner Members of the California Faculty Association strike at the Atherton Street entrance of the CSULB campus in the rain on Jan. 22. The strike was supposed to last the entire first week of the spring 2024 semester but was cut short due to a tentative agreement that was reached later on in the day.

Contract comparisons: Tentative agreement raises the floor for lowest-paid faculty

BY LINSEY TOWLES & ACSAH LEMMA News Assistants

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embers of the California Faculty Association (CFA) are set to vote on the tentative agreement that put an end to last week’s strike after one day, an agreement offering a handful of working condition improvements.

On Jan. 22, the CFA called off the scheduled week-long strike after accepting a tentative agreement from the CSU. Union members are expected to vote on the tentative agreement beginning Feb.12. A 51% agreement is needed from all union members to accept the new contract.

The tentative agreement has prompted mixed reactions from faculty and students as it is compared with the original offer from the CSU presented prior to the strike.

According to the CFA, the major sections of the agreement the union sought to improve were articles 20, 23, 31 and 37 which pertain to workload, leaves of absence with pay, salary and health and safety.

Here is how the tentative agreement compares to the original contract offered by the CSU. Raising the floor for lecturers A major concern for CFA negotiators was ensuring the lowest-paid faculty received raises. Faculty members are divided into ranges, with ranges A and B getting the lowest starting pay. In the original offer from CSU, there was no raise for faculty in these ranges. In the tentative agreement, range A faculty would receive a 21.6% increase in annual salary from $54,360 to $66,082. Range B faculty are set to receive a 15.1% increase from $64,860 to $74,658.

General Salary Increase (GSI) In the original contract offer, all faculty would receive a general salary

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TENATIVE AGREEMENT VS. ORIGINAL OFFER Source: CFA

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CSU

5% General Salary Increase

5% General Salary Increase

Raise in salary for Range A and B employees

No raise in salary for Range A and B employees

Service salary increase of 2.65%

No service salary increase

Parental leave increased from six to 10 weeks

No increase in parental leave

Mental health services to require 1,500:1 counselor to student ratio

No language to acknowledge mental health services

Pay increase for department chairs of $160 per month of service as a chairperson

Pay increase for department chairs of $160 per month of service as a chairperson

Graphic by LINSEY TOWLES / Daily Forty-Niner increase (GSI) of 5% that would be in effect on Jan. 31, 2024, according to a CFA email. In the tentative agreement, faculty would receive a 5% GSI in the 20232024 school year and an additional 5% GSI in the 2024-2025 school year if the CSU’s base funding isn’t cut.

Mental Health Improved mental health services for students was also a major point of the CFA's demands for their new contract.

In the imposition offer from the CSU, no mention was made of decreasing ratio of students to mental health counselors.

In the tentative agreement, howev-

er, “CSU management agreed to move toward 1,500:1 student-to-counselor ratios.” Currently, the common ratio is 4,000 students to one counselor in the CSU system, according to CSULB librarian Kelly Janousek.

Workload Workload is known as Article 20 in the CFA contract for 2022 through 2024.

Union members sought a decrease in workload and language in the new contract to define faculty member's workload. In the imposition offer from the CSU, there was no change to faculty workload.

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In the tentative agreement, there now contains language that supports defined workload, stating that the CSU will provide, "support for lecturer engagement in service work."

Leaves of Absence with Pay Currently, CFA members are granted six weeks of paid parental leave. In their new contract, union members sought an increase to this time. Originally the CSU offered no changes to parental leave, according to the CFA infographic. The tentative agreement accepted last week says the CFA would increase parental leave to 10 weeks.

Lactation Spaces and Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms Lactation spaces for faculty and students as well as gender-inclusive bathrooms were not acknowledged as an urgent need in by the CSU originally. After the one-day strike, the proposed contract contains language acknowledging these spaces, stating that the CSU will provide, “improved access, and pathway to monitor” in regard to both of the concerns.

Campus Safety In the tentative agreement, faculty are now able to have legal representation when dealing with campus police, a deviation from previous policy in which not all CSU faculty were able to. The new agreement would establish "rights and protection for faculty who are interviewed or approached by police,” according to the CFA. While some campuses allow for faculty to have legal representation, the tentative agreement would codify it into the contract and require all CSU campuses to have the same standards.

Faculty Parking Fees The CSU had proposed an increase in faculty parking fees by $2 every month for the new CFA contract. Depending on the CSU campus, that is a 1518% increase per year, according to the infographic. With the agreement, faculty parking fees cannot exceed more than 5% per year.

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NEWS CSU faculty split on tentative agreement

BY ANTHONY ORRICO News Assistant

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ome faculty members at several CSU campuses are unhappy with the concessions made in the tentative agreement and how the strike was called off after only the first day.

The CFA backed away from many of their key bargaining positions including the 12% general salary increase (GSI) and a full semester of paid parental leave.

The tentative agreement allotted a 5% retroactive pay increase for the 2023 school year and a 5% increase effective July 1, contingent on the California state government not reducing CSU funding.

Paid parental leave went from six weeks to 10 weeks, while a full semester consists of 16 weeks.

A group of faculty called CFA Rank and File United are pushing for members to vote against ratifying the tentative agreement and instead go back to the impasse present during the strike.

"Part of what we were doing was recognizing that faculty working conditions are student learning conditions, and we were on strike for significant improvements, and those conditions are still not met," May Lin, associate professor of Asian American Studies at CSULB, said.

Some faculty members expressed their discontent with the agreement, specifically in the lack of changes to workload management and the lack of language in the agreement mandating a specific counselor to student ratio.

The agreement notes the importance of moving to a 1,500-1 student to counselor ratio but does not mandate it as a condition of the agreement.

"In this tentative agreement, all we see is this kind of aspirational language and an acknowledgement of the issue, but we're fighting for there to be actual change and for there to be more counselors hired because folks are waiting weeks, even months to see someone, and oftentimes are already in a moment of crisis," Lin said.

CSULB lecturer Kavitha Koshy said her main issue was with the lack of substantive change in the workload for faculty.

"I started out on this strike thinking about workload all along. And it hasn't changed anything for me. And so I still have to do a five-five load if I want to get that base increase. It's not a quality of life that we were striking for at all," Koshy said.

The five-five workload Koshy refers to is five classes per semester for professors and lecturers.

Language in the tentative agreement

SAMUEL CHACKO / Daily Forty-Niner Ali F. Igmen, a history professor at CSULB, talks with multiple CFA strikers in the rain on Jan. 22. The expected weeklong strike ended that same Monday as CFA reached a tentative agreement. does address workload but does not lay out a specific maximum amount of courses a faculty member could teach in any given semester.

Rather, the agreement states, "Members of the bargaining unit shall not be required to teach an excessive number of contract hours, assume an excessive student load, or be assigned an unreasonable workload or schedule."

CFA Secretary and professor of communications at Fresno State Diane Blair said this agreement is not an ending point, but rather progress in the CFA's continued fight for fair working conditions.

"I think one of the things that I have learned as being sort of involved in union leadership for many, many years now is that contract negotiations are better understood as contract develop-

ment," Blair said. "And, the goal is to just make sure that we're moving forward in a progressive way towards what it is our faculty members need in terms of their livelihood and their working conditions.

But it's an ongoing process that never ends."

A straw poll conducted by CFA Rank and File at four town hall meetings surveyed more than 700 faculty members and found that 66%to 84% of attendees would vote no on the tentative agreement. Between 13% to 24% were unsure and 3% to 14% said they would vote yes.

The CFA is holding three statewide virtual town hall meetings on Feb. 6, 7 and 8 at 2 p.m., 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. respectively.

CFA members will vote on the tentative agreement starting Feb. 12 and ending on Feb. 18.

Long Beach braces for second storm Class instruction may be impacted by inclement weather in California on Monday.

BY LINSEY TOWLES News Assistant

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he severe flooding and heavy rainfall on Thursday were the first of two storms in the Long Beach forecast, with more stormy weather expected to begin as early as Saturday afternoon and last through Tuesday.

Counties in Southern California are on high alert for severe weather as the National Weather Service forecasts a high risk for "life-threatening and damaging flooding." According to the NWS, Los Angeles County can expect the most rainfall on Sunday beginning at 6 p.m. through 6 a.m. on Monday.

Long Beach can expect three to six inches of rain to fall over the course of three days, as well as potential thunderstorms on Monday and Tuesday. The NWS has also released information on large swells and rip currents at all beaches between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The NWS is encouraging people to stay away from oceans during that time.

In light of these conditions, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued an Ocean Water Quality Rain Advisory due to elevated bacteria levels in the ocean water due to rain runoff.

"The Department of Public Health recommends that beach users avoid contact with ocean water for a period of

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NAOKI GIMA / Daily Forty-Niner Cal State Long Beach experienced some flooding and closed off employee parking lots E3, E4 and the parking lot in the LifeFit Center. Southern California is also expected to get hit with some heavy rainfall from Sunday through Tuesday. three days after significant rainfall, especially near flowing storm drains, creeks and rivers," the Los Angeles DPH said in a press release.

The advisory comes on the heels of Thursday's storm that resulted in three inches of rain and 47,000 gallons of sewage to spill into the Colorado Lagoon and Alamitos Bay in Long Beach. This was due to infrastructure challenges experienced by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District according to city officials.

All recreation swimming areas in Colorado Lagoon and Alamitos Bay have been shut down and have notices posted as city workers attempt to clean the area.

The City of Long Beach is also taking steps to prepare for the onslaught of expected rain and flooding after Thursday's

storm. Flooding resulted in the closure of the 710 freeway, stranded vehicles in the area of the Terminal Island freeway and Willow Street underpass and multiple responses to flooding by the Long Beach Fire Department.

Cal State Long Beach also experienced flooding and was forced to close multiple parking areas including employee lots E3, E4 and the LifeFit parking area.

"The second storm is likely to bring even stronger weather conditions including gusty winds and high surf with the possibility of increased risk of flooding," the City of Long Beach said in a recent press release. "Residents in historically vulnerable, low-lying areas, including the peninsula and Alamitos Bay, should prepare now."

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Empty sandbags are available for Long Beach residents at the following locations: - Lifeguard Station located at 72nd Place and Ocean Blvd.

- Fire Station 7 (2295 Elm St.) - Fire Station 12 (1199 Artesia Blvd.)

- Fire Station 13 (2475 Adriatic Ave.) - Fire Station 14 (5200 Eliot St.) Station 14 is temporarily closed for construction. However, sand and sandbags are located off East Paoli Way and East 3rd Street.

To read more on how to prepare for severe weather, visit the Los Angeles County Fire Department website.

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NEWS Registration deadlines extended for spring 2024 semester

BY KHOURY WILLIAMS Copy Assistant

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egistration deadlines for the current spring semester have been extended by a week to Feb. 12, according to a message sent by the Long Beach State email notification system.

Delivered on Jan. 18, the email lists extensions for several key registration deadline dates, including instructor drops, self-service registration, petition to withdraw and approved withdrawal requests.

Deadline extensions were given out due to the California Faculty Association (CFA) strike that took place across all California State University campuses on Jan. 22, according to University Registrar Meghan Griffith-Piña.

Originally planned as a weeklong strike from Jan. 22 to Jan. 26, the CFA and CSU management came to a tentative labor agreement on the first day, effectively ending the strike. In the wake of the CFA strikes and possible class cancellations, Griffith-Piña said deadline extensions were approved to help students and limit confusion.

“Due to the possibility that some classes may not have been held during the first week of the semester, the registration deadlines were updated in order

to ensure that students have the maximum opportunity to finalize their Spring 2024 schedules,” Griffith-Piña said in an email statement sent to the Daily Forty-Niner.

Griffith-Piña said the dates for tuition and Day 1 Textbook Access fee deadlines have both been extended as a result of the registration changes.

“After consulting with Student Financial Services, deadlines for students to drop classes and have their tuition adjusted were also extended to align with the updated Spring 2024 registration deadlines. Students now have until Feb.11 to receive a refund for reduction in calculated charges,” Griffith-Piña said.

While no further registration updates are expected for the current semester, Griffith-Piña said students can visit CSULB’s Key Dates and Deadlines page to stay up-to-date on all academic deadlines.

Students now have more fluidity when it comes to course selection and their schedules. Psychology major Jess Emerson was not aware of the registration extension beforehand, but now said she might use the allotted extension time by swapping out one of her classes.

“I have two back-to-back classes, political science and Pagan culture, that are far apart from each other, so I might switch them out,” Emerson said.

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ARTS & LIFE

Photos by MARLON VILLA and GEORGIE SMITH / Daily Forty-Niner Clockwise from top: The personality behind each club is what made them attract visitors to their booth to share details during the Week of Welcome at CSULB. The Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity follows the core values of scholarship, brotherhood, community service and cultural awareness. The chapter has been apart of Cal State Long Beach's campus since 2001. Week of Welcome encouraged students to roam the central quad and check out the various clubs CSULB has available to join.

Week of Welcome comes back with a bang

BY SAMUEL CHACKO Managing Editor

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ong Beach State held Week of Welcome events from Jan. 30-31 as new and returning students learned what activities are offered at CSULB. Many groups such as sports, personal interest clubs and greek life organizations came out to show what extracurric-

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ular activities students join on campus.

Tents in the central quad filled the campus with murals, dancing, music and excitement.

"It was great to see hundreds of students interacting with one another," ASI senator Andre Achacon said. “I felt happy to introduce dozens of students to the world of campus leadership and help them navigate the application and election process.”

Fraternities also kept that energy going with dances, prize wheels and

giving students more information on their clubs.

Sports-related clubs such as volleyball, soccer and archery took part in the Week of Welcome. Jiu-jitsu, club sports rowing, water polo and surfing were in attendance as well.

Opportunities to win prizes through raffles or spinning the wheel brought in large groups of students with many winning tote bags, mugs and stickers.

Tents were quickly set up Tuesday and Wednesday morning and then taken

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down following the afternoon class rush.

"My goal coming into my final semester is to gain alumni and invite them back to campus so students get to learn about what roles they held here on campus and where they are at now," said the University Student Union & Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Board of Trustees ASI chair Jeremy Ramos.

More information about clubs and other groups can be found on the events and organizations page on the CSULB website.

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Photos by SAMANTHA CORTES / Daily Forty-Niner The Long Beach Expo's first show of the year was from Feb. 1 to 3, with hundreds of vendors specializing in currency, trading cards and historical artifacts.

Long Beach Expo celebrates 60th anniversary

BY SAMANTHA CORTES Arts & Life Assistant

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ncient coins, signed trading cards and historical memorabilia were among the many collectibles found at the Long Beach Expo’s 60th Anniversary trade show on Feb. 2.

As one of the West Coast’s oldest collectible shows, the Long Beach Expo welcomes thousands of guests and vendors to its three annual events. From Feb. 1 to 3, attendees perused the aisles of the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center for pieces to add to their collections.

Tortuga Trading Inc.’s booth greeted guests at the entrance, with displays of antique firearms, shipwreck artifacts and relics from popular movies like Pirates of the Caribbean. The collections were curated by founder Sean Rich, an archaeologist and historian who is best known for being an armory specialist on “Pawn Stars.”

Long Beach Stamp Club member Ed Nelson’s booth had displays of colorful stamp sheets with themes such as comic strip classics and team sports. Nelson began collecting at the age of ten and joined the club about 20 years ago.

Since 1926, the club has worked to expand the popularity of stamp collecting and build community amongst its members. The dwindling popularity of the hobby, the recent pandemic lockdown and the lack of local trade shows has made it difficult for the organization to attract new members.

“The toughest time was COVID because no one was talking about us,” Nelson said. “Now we’re just starting to be live again, but unfortunately everyone is getting older … and people just don’t get around that much anymore.”

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Nelson began to recruit the new generation of stamp collectors at his booth, with an overflowing bin of free stamps for children and curated albums for them to browse. He believes that stamp collecting is a versatile interest that people can begin at any age.

“It’s a good, fun hobby that can be as inexpensive as you want or as expensive as you want,” Nelson said.

A large portion of the exhibit floor was dedicated to buying, selling and trading coins. Newport Beach Numismatics, Inc. President Michael Smith sold his collection of rare and ancient coins alongside his wife, Erica Smith. After being in the industry for 23 years, Michael Smith founded his own company in 2023 and was able to sell at his own booth for the first time.

“The whole experience has been awesome,” Michael Smith said. “I’ve been able to meet a few new collectors and investors. I’ve also sold a few coins for some of my existing customers.”

His display had coins from the Ancient Roman Empire and Greece, including a two-sided Athenian owl coin from 440-404 BC. Erica Smith said that they are now trying to attract a younger crowd to the world of rare currency by selling goldbacks.

“It’s a good way to start an investment in gold and a way to introduce young people to the coin market,” Erica Smith said.

Collections of rare banknotes were seen at booths throughout the show, including some misprinted, foreign and commemorative bills. Professional coin graders were also on the floor to review attendees’ purchases.

News and upcoming events with the Long Beach Expo will be found on their website. The latest news from coin experts and other in-depth articles are included in their newsletter.

Various antique firearms and weapons were on display at Tortuga Trading Inc.’s booth at the Long Beach Expo on Friday. Many collectibles and artifacts at the event were available for purchase, allowing visitors to expand their collections.

Collections of Halley's Comet stamps were showcased at The Long Beach Stamp Club's booth on Friday. The club aimed to attract attendees' attention, in hopes of bringing new members into the stamp collecting community.

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Rain or shine, Little Saigon continues to celebrate Tết The coming of spring is celebrated with new year wishes, food, gifts and live music at the Asian Garden Mall Tet Flower Festival.

BY JULIA GOLDMAN Podcast Assistant

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ive music, new year wishes and the smoke from Vietnamese street food filled the front of Little Saigon’s Asian Garden Mall for the annual Tet Flower Festival on Thursday, Feb. 1.

Tet symbolizes a reunion with family, a remembrance of ancestors, the coming of spring and a celebration of the new year. The Vietnamese calendar carries a symbolic 12-year cycle, with animals being attributed to each year. This year, Tet celebrates the Year of the Dragon.

Red striped tents framed the festival’s rain-soaked pavement, where local vendors sold a collection of Tet essentials, like traditional gifts, Vietnamese attire, decorations, flowers, red envelopes and fruit.

Luna Truong, a third-year engineering major at Cal State Long Beach, said that she was at the event to eat and purchase an "áo dài," a traditional Vietnamese dress, for the Tet celebration. The festival, Truong said, was a reminder of home.

“This is part of our tradition," Truong said. "We brought the culture here. So we bring a part of our identity with us.

This is to remind us of who we are."

To the left of the mall, rows of vendors also offered the traditional dishes of Tet. Behind grills with flickering flames, cooks prepared BBQ pork skewers, grilled corn, rice cakes, shellfish and more.

Lâm Nguyen, 58-year-old CSULB alumni and business owner of Kim Tháp, said that he and his wife, Huong Tiêu, have been selling food at the Tet festival for about 10 years. After arriving in the United States in 1982, graduating with a degree in computer programming in 1988 and working a series of different jobs, Nguyen founded Kim Tháp.

After being asked if owning his own business has brought him happiness, Nguyen said, “It makes me young. If I stay home for free, nothing to do, I’m getting old."

Nguyen, for the new year, said, “I wish every people to have a healthy life, happiness life, and all around the world, peace. With the kids, like you guys, have a good graduation.”

New year wishes are a culturally fundamental part of Tet’s celebration, and for eight years, Khánh Diep has shared new year greetings with the customers at Little Saigon’s festival through her art.

Her stall is lined with scrolls, gourds, sculptures and tags adorned with Diep’s calligraphy and paintings. Diep’s handdrawn Vietnamese phrases bring good luck and wishes for the new year, and are intended to be hung up at home for the entire year.

Though Diep said that business has been slow this year from the cold and rainy season, she said, “I send greetings

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JULIA GOLDMAN / Daily Forty-Niner Khánh Diep, a vendor and calligrapher at the Asian Garden Mall Tet Flower Festival posing in an áo dài with her art. Her scroll reads: Wealth and money, New year brings happiness with friends and family, Happy life, Health, Prosperity. to all of my neighbors who go to the Tet market to shop there, good luck in your life, good luck on your way to making a living and may you have prosperity and happiness.”

The new year wishes that Diep’s calligraphy holds are also found in Thuyai Truong’s flower stand, Beauty Me Online. Truong has been selling at the festival for almost 20 years and refers to her-

self as “kind of a senior here."

Truong carries chrysanthemums, new year decorations, fruit and all kinds of orchids, like cymbidium orchids. She said that she operates her business because she loves orchids and that she does it with passion.

“You know, the festival keeps growing up every year,” Truong said. “We want to keep our culture for our young

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generation so they know the Vietnamese new year.”

Little Saigon’s Asian Garden Mall Tet Flower Festival is running until Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. There is also a firecracker celebration at noon on Feb. 10, which is the official day of Tet. This article would not be possible without the help of Binh Dang, who provided assistance in translation.

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ARTS & LIFE

TRASH DAY brings innovation to the punk rock scene

Courtesy of @treestamp_ on Instagram After setting the stage ablaze, TRASH DAY crew strikes a post-concert pose, capturing a wave of energy that mimics their set.. The band's chaotic music often creates an electrifying environment at their shows, though they encourage attendees to stay safe and care for one another in the crowd.

LA-based punk rock band strives to shake up the local music scene with the saxophone, guitar harmonies and a respectful attitude for moshing.

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BY ALEX GRYCIUK Guest Writer

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igh energy and fast-paced — the alternative nature of punk rock can be intimidating to new listeners.

However, TRASH DAY offers a refreshing attitude and unique soundscape that invite mosh-rock lovers and new listeners alike to express their unconventional personalities and love of music.

The Los Angeles-based band began their journey together after connecting over mutual musical interests on an Instagram forum. During their freshman year of college at the University of California, Santa Cruz, friends Ethan Reichwald, Trevor Pickett, Liam Fahey, Benjamin Chung and Chris Fleischer decided to form TRASH DAY. “We would just go to the practice room and just play for fun all the time,” Pickett said.

After a few years, the group established a unique musical style that is easily identifiable in songs like “Want You,” “Get Up” and “Dumpster Fire.” TRASH DAY blends harmonies, tonal guitar, smooth saxophone and powerful vocals into energetic punk rock melodies that glimmer with hints of indie elements.

“Most of our songs are chaos, but, we try to organize that chaos as much as we can,” Reichwald said.

Their dynamic music translates to an exciting, yet carefully curated concert experience.

“So we [the band] do this like, wave of energy throughout the set,” Reichwald said.

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A typical TRASH DAY concert begins with resounding, lively tunes that set an animated tone for the rest of the show.

About halfway into the set, the band slows down the pace to then bring it back up again.

“After we give people a chance to engage with the material a little bit better, the last half of our set is almost always just extremely hard,” Reichwald said.

While encouraging dancing, the band also makes safety and fun a priority for all concertgoers, despite of the volatile mosh culture in punk rock audiences.

“We’re worried about [having] a safe, respectful environment. I always preface it, ‘take care of each other.’ Make sure you’re looking out for each other in the mosh,” Reichwald said.

TRASH DAY’s laid-back beginnings have also influenced their current philosophy about their musical career.

“We never thought it would get as big as it is now ... We came up in a garage just playing for our friends and having a good time, and it just has kind of turned into like this bigger thing. Which, is amazing,” Reichwald said.

To keep up-to-date with upcoming shows, fans can follow the band on Instagram and Tik Tok. TRASH DAY’s music is also available on major platforms like Youtube, Spotify and Apple Music. The band hopes to release their new song “Take My Money” along with other singles in March.

“If you’re in SoCal, Long Beach, or really anywhere in California, and you are looking for a fun time, a mosh, some good energy and some good music, check us out and give us a listen,” Reichwald said.

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OPINION

Quick tentative agreement leaves long road ahead for faculty Luke Wukmer, part-time mathematics lecturer at Long Beach State, expresses feelings shared by many faculty members about the tentative agreement that was reached between the CSU and CFA.

BY LUKE WUKMER Guest Writer

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y core belief is that the California State University system is worth investing in. Our fight is for the survival of quality, affordable higher education itself.

Two weeks ago saw the largest higher education strike in U.S. history. The CSU is the largest public university system in the United States. There is a chance that our action (or inaction) will serve as a litmus test for higher education across our country. By unions, by chancellors and by the general population.

In her welcome message this semester, President Conoley said: “The coming semester will require our collective participation to bring solutions to unprecedented budget pressures.” She is bracing us for more bad news.

Entire colleges across the country are shuttering in the face of budgetary mismanagement. Some CSUs face these threats.

The status quo suggests that education is not important—that faculty jobs are not worth doing. And that the crises affecting our students are not worth fixing in a timely manner. They claim there’s no money to address our needs, despite a 30% tuition hike.

I love this school and cherish the opportunity to work with my students and my department. I do not take it for granted. But entering my fifth year, it’s become clear there’s no path to fair compensation for my time.

Year after year, faculty are told to accept subpar contract terms, and that we’ll make amends next bargaining cycle. Our strike was a manifestation of our need for immediate improvements. We struck in the pouring rain at 7:30 a.m..

We largely shut Long Beach State down that day, as did other CSUs. The strike was to grow throughout the week. Events were planned. Bernie Sanders and Katie Porter had amplified our platform. Good Morning America was coming out.

Our hopes were dashed almost immediately: the strike was called off that night. Our union had reached a premature and subpar tentative agreement with the CSU. We were shocked.

We scrambled to resume classes on Tuesday, fearing disciplinary action.

Students who had bravely stood up for faculty were now told to return to class without comment.

Two weeks later, the sting remains.

Why did it end so soon? The strike vote was 95% in favor. Many were ready to fight for at least a week. There have been townhalls nearly every day since. Hours of Q&A with angry faculty, with few speaking in favor of the TA. Meanwhile, the CFA’s messaging has changed almost daily. First, historic win. Then we hear you’re angry, but you don’t understand what a good deal this is. Then: Okay, you’re angry, but the deal’s still better than you think. Then:

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SAMUEL CHACKO / Daily Forty-Niner CFA professors and educators took a stand Monday morning at one of the multiple CSULB openings at Palo Verde Avenue during the rainy and breeze weather. Looking for honks and support from CSULB students and the community, they continued striking until the Monday afternoon hours.

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I’ve kept my rain-destroyed strike sign as a reminder of what I felt that day — that we were on the cusp of something big.

Okay, so you’re really angry, but if you don’t agree to the terms, the alternative is way worse.

Throughout this process, it’s become clear to me that our union in its present form is two things: utterly nontransparent, and deeply undemocratic.

We pushed for clarity from our union, tirelessly conveying that the TA is not enough on multiple fronts.

Students would see little change. We faculty demanded that the CSU respect a 1:1500 ratio of mental health counselors to students (a threshold provided by our accrediting body), to address an abject crisis. CSULB has only 13.5 licensed healthcare professionals to serve over

40,000 undergraduates. I am consistently told by students that they reach out to CAPS and don’t hear back for weeks.

This forces compassionate faculty to act as unlicensed counselors to a student body that desperately needs more support. Their school is failing them.

We rallied behind this and other critical demands. For marginalized faculty to have representation when harassed by campus police. Lactation rooms for mothers. Increased parental leave. More gender-neutral bathrooms. The TA lacks concrete gains.

Salaries remain integral. It’s understood amongst lecturers that they should teach at two or three different schools if

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they want to make ends meet. This semester, I teach 4 upper division classes.

140 students. This is considered 80% of “full-time.” In 2023, I made $42,000.

These two weeks have brought many such stories together. I talked to a lecturer from California State University, San Bernardino who has taught for 23 years and their full-time rate is less than that of a K-12 teacher—who are underpaid in their own right. We feel taken advantage of.

I still have hope. I’ve kept my rain-destroyed strike sign as a reminder of what I felt that day— that we were on the cusp of something big. But instead, we were shut down. Since then, we’ve been fighting to fix a dysfunctional union that let us down and to win the contract we deserve.

We cannot afford a whittling away of vital public institutions due to budgetary mismanagement. The position of the CSU chancellor shows a fundamental misunderstanding about how strongly we feel about these issues. She has lost sight of our worth. What the students, the CSU and higher education itself are worth.

The faculty and students deserve a sincere apology from the CSU and the CFA and a commitment to a better path forward.

I will vote NO on this tentative agreement and continue the fight for what we need because I have a real fear that if we return to business as usual, we will go back to our classes and look into the eyes of maybe the last generation to benefit from quality, affordable higher education.

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OPINION

New college, same faculty struggles

BY KHOURY WILLIAMS Copy Assistant

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eing a student at California State University, Long Beach is a dream come true for me. After my pursuit of a music career failed as a young adult, I enrolled at El Camino College in 2018 as a journalism major. While my journey was longer than the average community college student, throughout all ups and downs, the faculty was always there to help support me.

It came as a surprise to me that my first day of classes at CSULB was canceled; however, what didn’t come as much of a surprise was the reasoning behind the cancelations.

Following months of failed contract negotiations with California State University (CSU) management, faculty across all CSU campuses banded together in a weeklong strike to request a salary increase, better working conditions and several other necessities noted on the California Faculty Association’s website.

During my six years at El Camino College, the faculty there constantly fought hard to request salary increases

and reasonable working conditions as the cost of living increased exceptionally during the pandemic.

From 2018 to 2023, inflation rose a total of 22.2% with the national consumer price index score reaching an all-time high of 304.7, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

CSU management has more than enough money to fund and support its faculty. For the 2024-2025 academic year, CSU management has a total of $8.6 billion for its operations budget and only spends 71% of it, according to the 20242025 California State University Operating Budget Plan.

Even though my first-day classes were canceled due to the strike, as a new student and a journalist, I took the opportunity to help assist my new peers in reporting about the strike.

As soon as I arrived on campus on Jan. 22, I could see dozens of CFA members and supporters covering every entrance to CSULB. I spoke to several participants about the importance of the historic moment, including communications major Luis Ortiz, who said he’s in support of his faculty because they are the “heart” of the CSU system. “[Faculty] are the people that make this school run, the people that give us

MARLON VILLA / Daily Forty-Niner Long Beach State student Khoury Williams' first semester after transferring from a community college began with a class with no teacher. so much opportunity, so much chance to learn…as students, we have an untenable relationship with them,” Ortiz said.

“If they get the contract, that’s going to benefit us in the long. As students, I feel like it’s our duty to come out here and support them.”

One day into the strike, an announcement was made on the same night that the CFA and CSU management came to a tentative labor agreement, ending the planned weeklong strike.

As much of a constant as it is to see tensions between corporations and their employees, it’s something that I wish the educational system wouldn’t have to endure. Without having the support from my faculty, I cannot imagine being

Students express their thoughts on the recent CFA strike

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tudents shared their opinions on the issue after the California Faculty Association strike ended earlier than planned.

The result is a general salary increase of 5% after the intial ask of 12%.

While many felt the strike shouldve went on longer, students opinions about the strike involve concerns and sympathy for staff and overall confusion on the issue. People mentioned how the abrupt end to the strike left them in dissaray as they were expecting a week off while others were frusrated with the GSI outcome.

BY CHEYENNE ELIZARRARAS Opinions Assistant

“I know that some people were upset about the strike ending early since they were expecting an extra week off school, but personally, I am okay with going back to class,” said Sophia Paik, a first-year earth science major. “I’m someone who likes being at school.”

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where I am today.

When classes started back up again the following day on Jan. 23, my journalism history instructor taught our class that objectivity in journalism is about seeking the truth and not what’s more commonly discussed as being balanced reporting.

Journalists should always be fair and allow their audience to come to their own conclusions; however, if there’s a clear right and wrong to any situation, journalists don’t have to sit in the middle.

As a new student at CSULB, it’s an honor to be able to say I spent my first day helping my peers report on the CFA strike.

“I think it’s really disappointing that the union backed down,” said Van Pappe, a fourth-year women’s gender and sexuality studies major. “Within 12 hours we took the measly 5% that was already offered rather than the 12% that we wanted. My professors are not happy about it.”

“The CFA probably should’ve striked longer, especially since they only settled for 5%,” said Jenna Aranda, theater major.

“It’s kind of absurd, especially because I have genuine respect for my professors,” said Aranda.

“I love my teachers and they deserve more.”

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“I have always noticed a lack of support for staff, many of my professors work multiple jobs and that shouldn’t be the case,” said Sophia Conversano, a fourthyear graphic design major.

“If the CSU actually cared about their staff then they wouldn’t need to strike for a livable wage. This 5% seems like a bandaid to keep everybody temporarily happy rather than a long term solution.”

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SPORTS

Men's volleyball ranked No. 1 in poll

BY MATTHEW COLEMAN Sports Assistant

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ong Beach State men’s volleyball is off to an electrifying 7-0 start to a season with major expectations. Pinned at the No. 3 slot going into last weekend, a pair of sweeps earned them a boost to the No. 1 spot in the country in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll.

With the season just briefly underway, The Beach has bounced around the top of the leaderboard, but with a statement win over No. 10 Pepperdine, LBSU was able to get the coaches’ attention and get the recognition they have rightfully earned. However, the team is not satisfied just yet.

“We don’t look at it too much, obviously it is good for the university and it’s good for the guys and the morale. We are mostly focused on just getting better every single day,” senior Clarke Godbold said.

The Beach has been nothing short of dominant in a small sample size this season. In their seven matches, they have posted a commanding record of 21-3 in their 24 played sets. The fourth set was the furthest any team has challenged The Beach thus far.

Long Beach State is looking to return to the familiar territory of reaching a home national championship match as they did in 2019, which concluded with The Beach celebrating back-to-back titles on their home court with a win over Hawai’i.

LBSU features one of the best offenses in the country and is a top-five team in hitting percentage in the nation at .368.

Godbold has been a main catalyst for the offense and he currently is No. 4 in the

SAMUEL CHACKO / Daily Forty-Niner Senior middle blocker Simon Torwie for Long Beach State volleys up the ball for his teammates to spike against Concordia. Torwie scored three spikes, two blocks and two serve assists at the Walter Pyramid. country in both kills per set (4.1) and hitting .480.

“The thing that was most impressive for me and this is hopefully something we see through the course of the season is the transferring of information and training from our practice gym into match play,” head coach Alan Knipe said.

Anchoring the defense is reigning AVCA National Player of the Week and back-to-back Big West Defensive Player of the Week middle blocker Lazar Bouchkov. The freshman currently leads the

nation in blocks with 1.8 per set and 44 in total.

“We got some new pieces, we got Lazar in the middle he’s been doing great. I think we are just staying consistent right now and some guys that have gotten older [...] we all vibe really well together and are all super competitive,” Godbold said.

The homestand continues this weekend with a visit from King for two games before LBSU gets set for the ensuing weekend with a huge series against rival No. 5 UCLA.

The Bruins have had their fair share of history with The Beach in recent years, knocking each other out three of the previous four NCAA tournaments.

UCLA will not be the only volleyball powerhouse to visit The Walter Pyramid this season as on March 1, No. 8 Penn State will make the cross-country trip to Long Beach.

All six Big West teams are currently ranked within the top 20 in the nation leading to one of the most rigorous conference schedules in the country.

The Beach’s reign continues in victories over King

BY NAOKI GIMA Photo Editor

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he Beach began the weekend with a competitive sweep over the Tornadoes with set victories of 25-17, 25-11 and 25-17 on Friday night and 25-17, 25-20 and 25-14 on Saturday night.

Senior opposite hitter Clarke Godbold looked dominant in the two sets he played on Friday notching eight kills on nine attempts. Senior outside hitter Nathan Harlan led The Beach in scoring with 10.5 points, recording seven kills, three service aces and a block assist.

Friday night’s scoreline at first glance can be misleading as The Beach gave up a combined 23 points due to service and block errors.

The second game of the back-toback saw some adjustments made by The Beach, resulting in it being much more poised on offense and defense. Long Beach State looked much sharper de-

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fensively as they recorded 21 digs and 13 blocks en route to a second sweep of the Tornadoes.

Junior outside hitter Sotiris Siapanis recorded the highest scoring output for The Beach on the weekend averaging 13.5 points, 10 of those coming from kills on 14 attempts.

Long Beach State head coach Alan Knipe also hit a big milestone over the weekend, surpassing the 400-win mark for his Long Beach coaching career. His son, redshirt senior setter Aidan Knipe, has played a major part in helping Knipe reach this milestone.

“It’s special, those are important milestones,” Knipe said. “It’s nice to also have my son be a part of that group as a player, overall he’s probably been in the building for 300 of those wins in some form.”

The games over the weekend also saw Knipe experiment with different lineups and go deeper into his depth chart. The added experience for some of the younger players on the roster, which

NAOKI GIMA / Daily Forty-Niner Long Beach State redshirt senior setter Aidan Knipe sets up a kill attempt against King inside the Walter Pyramid. The Beach would play King twice in back-to-back games at home and Knipe would record a combined 54 assists across two wins over the Tornadoes. could prove to be valuable in the future as The Beach hopes to make a deep playoff push.

“I think we accomplished what we wanted,” Knipe said. “We wanted to use different pieces on different nights to get some guys out there and get some experience and get them ready for the rest of the season.”

Nathan Harlan got the start on Fri-

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day night, building some chemistry and confidence with his teammates.

“It was amazing to be able to start in this gym and this atmosphere. I loved every second I was on the court with the guys.”

Long Beach State will take on a familiar opponent in No. 5 UCLA on Friday, Feb. 9 at The Walter Pyramid.

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SPORTS

Photos by NAOKI GIMA / Daily Forty-Niner Clockwise from above: Long Beach State men’s basketball sophomore guard AJ George goes up for a layup over two UC San Diego defenders in their matchup inside the Walter Pyramid. George would finish the game with 11 points on 4-7 shooting as the Beach would beat the Tritons 85-76. Long Beach State men’s basketball junior guard Jadon Jones celebrates forcing an eight-second violation against UC San Diego inside the Walter Pyramid. The Beach would come out victorious against the Tritons, winning 85-76.

Long Beach State men’s basketball senior forward Amari Stroud puts a Marcus Tsohonis miss with a dunk against UC San Diego. Stroud would notch seven points and six rebounds on 18 minutes played in the win against the Tritons.

The Beach claim statement win over UCSD

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scoring the first ten points for Tritons to begin the frame and bolster his gamehigh 22 points.

Long Beach State’s offense would ignite out of the timeout, propelling themselves back into the contest. A Jones block on defense led to a fast break and himself being rewarded on the other end, converting on a tough finish in the lane to tie the game at 46.

“My team does a great job of being positive with me,” Jones said. “All my teammates and coaches just say keep shooting. They believe in me and I believe in myself.”

Jones would be one of five players on The Beach to reach double-figures in scoring along with both junior forwards Aboubacar and Lassina Traore, sophomore guard AJ George and senior guard Marcus Tsohonis. Tsohonis would be at the forefront of The Beach’s comeback with 13 of his team-high 18 points coming in a second-half flurry.

The Tsohonis explosion would bring LBSU to a 59-50 lead just minutes after being down big. It was the three-point shooting of UC San Diego that allowed them to remain in contention, responding with a 10-3 run of their own.

The two-way star Jones’ intensity would once again lift The Beach to another nine-point lead just minutes after the Triton’s push. The resiliency of UCSD to fight back at the hands of the long ball would resurface and erase the deficit, being down 71-70 with 3:34 remaining.

LBSU would go on to outscore the Tritons 14-5 from that point. A defensively active and aggressive Aboubacar Traore would pick up his fifth foul to send UCSD to the free throw line, they would proceed to shoot an uncharacteristic 2-6 from the line.

The Sandpit student section gave The Beach a true homecourt advantage with their efforts preventing the Tritons from connecting on the crucial lategame attempts, on the way to LBSU securing the 85-76 win, improving them to 6-5 and 14-9 overall.

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he Beach entered Saturday night’s contest coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to CSU Bakersfield, they looked to get back on track at home inside of a packed Walter Pyramid on “ASI Night.” A decisive push in the final three minutes would help seal an 85-76 victory over a surging UCSD team.

“It was a great bounce back, Thursday was really disappointing, it was a game that we had up four with 40 seconds to go,” head coach Dan Monson said. “I think this is a very good team that is inconsistent because we aren’t where we want to be defensively.”

The sense of urgency from The Beach was on display coming out of the gate scorching hot with a 13-2 run to open up the game. A four-point play from junior guard Jadon Jones five feet behind the three-point line was the exclamation point to the fiery beginning.

From that point, LBSU’s 11 turnovers would squander their ability to grow their lead, with the largest lead of the game being ten just four minutes into the first half. They allowed the co-conference leading Tritons to hang around despite a slow start from their star redshirt senior Bryce Pope.

Pope had been the recipient of two of the previous three Big West Player of the Week awards and had torched The Beach in the team’s first meeting just weeks prior with 26 points.

A strong defensive effort from both sides led to a particularly low-scoring opening half with LBSU in possession of the lead throughout. It wasn’t till the closing seconds when UCSD’s junior guard Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones hit a stepback three-pointer at the buzzer to capture their first lead of the game, going into the break up 36-34.

The second half would begin with the sharp-shooter Pope finding his stroke,

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SPORTS

FEBRUARY MATCHES

MEN’S BASKETBALL SAT 2/10 4 P.M. VS. CAL POLY

WOMEN’S TENNIS

THU 2/22 7 P.M. VS. CSU BAKERSFIELD

FRI 2/9

2 P.M. VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

SAT 2/17

12 P.M. VS. UCSD

THU 2/29 7 P.M. VS. CAL STATE FULLERTON

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

SAT 2/24 11 A.M. VS. SACRAMENTO ST.

THU 2/15 7 P.M. VS. UC DAVIS

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

SAT 2/17 3 P.M. VS. CSUN

FRI 2/9

7 P.M. VS. UCLA

FRI 2/16

7:30 P.M. VS. CENTRAL STATE

SAT 2/17

7 P.M. VS. EDWARD WATERS

FRI 2/23

7 P.M. VS. LEWIS

SAT 2/24 3 P.M. VS. HAWAI’I

BASEBALL

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

FRI 2/16

6 P.M. VS. WASHINGTON

SAT 2/17

6 P.M. VS. WASHINGTON

SUN 2/18 1 P.M. VS. WASHINGTON

TUE 2/20 7 P.M. VS. TORONTO

FRI 2/23

SOFTBALL

6 P.M. VS. OMAHA

SAT 2/24 6 P.M. VS. OMAHA SUN 2/25 12 P.M. VS. OMAHA

WED 2/28 6 P.M. VS. MICHIGAN

Graphic by MATTHEW COLEMAN and MARY CATIPAY / Daily Forty-Niner

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Listen to the new episode of Beach Weekly Featuring a segment on the recent CFA strike

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