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VOL. LXVIII, ISSUE 93 | APRIL 19, 2017

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Daniel Gomez looks to continue his advocacy for the CSULB community when he becomes the new ASI president in June.

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FEATURE

From senator to president Daniel Gomez shares his story in student government.

By Matthew Ramirez Staff Writer

Just a few weeks ago, Daniel Gomez served as a senator at-large for Associated Students, Inc. Following the election results in March, Gomez will bring his passion to serving students to the executive level as the new ASI President at Cal State Long Beach in June.

Gomez is a transfer student from Cerritos College and is now in his senior year, pursuing a major in Communication Studies and a minor in Public Administration. But, it was at community college where he began his work in student government.

At Cerritos College, he was a kinesiology major and later worked as the school’s commissioner of athletics. Gomez said that serving as commissioner was the start to his career in student involvement.

“A lot of what I did was attend athletic events and

help budget the athletic programs.” Gomez said.

Gomez then moved on to work in the Cerritos College Public Affairs office and in the Transfer Associate of the Arts program.

The AA-T program is for students who wish to transfer from a community college to a CSU and students who complete the program are given confirmed admission to a university in California.

Before transferring to CSULB, Gomez continued his work in the Public Affairs office at Cerritos College and as a senator for the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.

His work for the SSCCC was where he found the inspiration to serve students further. Gomez worked with 13 other community colleges in Sacramento during the “March in March” to advocate for and

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EVENTS

Misty May-Treanor receives the key to Long Beach The three-time Olympic gold medalist was honored at the City Council meeting Tuesday.

By Alex Ormeno-Manfredi Staff Writer

Cal State Long Beach alumna Misty May-Treanor was presented a key to the city of Long Beach by Mayor Robert Garcia before the city council meeting Tuesday evening. Former teammates, friends, family and Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro attended the ceremony.

May-Treanor is considered one of the most successful American beach volleyball players and she proudly calls Long Beach home. She grew up in nearby Newport Beach and graduated from CSULB in 1999. She is currently coaching volleyball at Long Beach City College.

“We all know that Misty is not just a star on the court but as

a community leader and someone that mentors young people as a coach [at LBCC], as a committed wife, as someone who inspires families and her growing family,” Garcia said. “We’re all in awe of not just her Olympic contributions but her contributions as a Long Beach resident. We really appreciate everything she has done in our city.”

The mayor has given out two other keys to the city: one to Gov. George Deukmejian and his wife Gloria; and one to Bobbie Smith, the first African American member of the Long Beach Unified School District. Each key to the city is handcrafted and personalized by a local iron worker.

“We’re still in our original home and we love it, we can’t think of a better city to raise our growing family in. I love how the city embraces everybody and it’s a great melting pot which I’m glad to be apart of,” May-Treanor said.

To conclude the ceremony, May-Treanor had some heartfelt words for the crowd. “... Olympians aren’t born, they’re made whether you’re cheering or supporting monetarily by donation … It really takes a whole community to build an olympian.”

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Cal State Long Beach alumna Misty May-Treanor was presented with a key to the city by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia on Tuesday night.

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LONG BEACH

Tenant credit reform item removed from city council agenda

By Samantha Diaz Staff Writer

Long Beach activists rallied outside of the city council chambers Tuesday night to bring renter’s rights to the council’s attention.

Citizens called for the council to create guidelines for protections for tenants in the city, stating that 60 percent of Long Beach residents are renters.

They urged the council to declare the third Wednesday of every April “Renters Day” and criticized the council for removing an item that would cut costs to the credit check process when applying for an apartment residency off

of the agenda last minute.

“We find ourselves having to fight, having to chant so that we don’t get displaced. If we don’t unite, then they are going to continue to push us out of our own city,” said Jorge Rivera, program director of LiBRE, a non-profit organization that advocates for renters.

“Today is the day that we demand renter’s rights. Let Renters Day be the day that we fight for our right to remain in Long Beach.”

Members of the Gray Panthers stood with signs describing different cases of homelessness among the senior citizen population in Long Beach.

“We’re trying to bring attention to the impact gentrification is having on the older adult community in terms of the rent increases that are displacing seniors from their homes. Seniors are disproportionately impacted by [gentrification and rent increases],” said Karen Reside, secretary of the Gray Panthers. “We want to make sure that

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continued from page 1 against legislative bills that affect students statewide.

“That was the catalyst for me, I discovered that I had the ability to advocate, that this is something that I care about a lot,” Gomez said.

Gomez is also a father, and says he wants to make changes in student government now so that his son has a stable future when he begins college.

But while Gomez is in college, he says still needs help balancing his responsibilities as a student and as a member of ASI. “If it were not for my mom and my girlfriend, there is no way I would be able to balance everything going on in my life,” Gomez said.

Gomez also takes his son to events that he works on to introduce him to what he does when he’s

protections are built in for renters because as of now renters have no protections.”

Reside wanted the council to create

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Protesters left unsatisfied despite “Renters Day” institution.

We find ourselves having to fight, having to chant so that we don’t get displaced. If we don’t unite, then they are going to continue to push us out of our own city.

-Jorge Rivera, LiBRE program director

limits on landlords and unjust evictions, stating that seniors living off of social security payments are more susceptible to sudden evictions than any

away from home.

“I try to bring my son to some of the things that I do,” Gomez said. “All my son has ever known is me in school, so we tend to do homework together when we can.”

With the experience Gomez gained in student government in community college, he joined ASI to continue his advocacy for the campus community.

Gomez had the experience, but his drive to serve students came from after the controversial campus incident in which a student brandished a knife in class which later started an investigation by the University Police Department and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

“I felt that it was an opportunity to help in any way I could,” he said.

Since the incident, Gomez said he was propelled in his mission to serve the students. He tried serving students with his work on several resolutions,

other group of renters.

The current eviction guidelines state that if a resident has lived in the unit for less than a year, the landlord is required to give them a 30-day notice, and a 60-day notice if the person has been a resident for longer than a year.

“I’m a senior living off of social security and the only way I can live in Long Beach is through affordable housing. If I lose my housing I don’t know where I would go,” said Reside.

Renters spoke about evictions among other problems facing Long Beach renters, urging the council to take action on renter’s rights.

“Let’s recognize that renters are 60 percent of our city. Let’s recognize that 73 percent of the homeless are homeless because they couldn’t afford a home,” said councilwoman Jeanne Pearce of the third district. “Today is the day to say: ‘let’s recognize your efforts, let’s recognize your contributions.’ And [the council] is going to try

one being a proposal to provide feminine hygiene products in the restrooms.

Gomez also worked with another group of senators to support CSULB becoming a sanctuary campus. The day after the 2016 presidential election, Gomez met with the La Raza Student Association, a Latinx cultural group, to discuss the possible effects of the Trump presidency.

“I spent part of the day at the Raza Center where we spoke about how the election would affect us and our families,” Gomez said.

The following week, Gomez and student senators in ASI began their proposal on the Sanctuary Campus Resolution.

Gomez also served on the team to fight the current tuition increase by proposing the Opposing Payment Peaks Act. This act was ordered to prevent rises in tuition for students.

However, the CSU Board of Trustees later voted to raise tuition despite the work ASI has done with Board of Trustees members, the Students for

and help in any way we can.”

Although Pearce along with two of her colleagues, Vice Mayor Rex Richardson and Robert Uranga of the seventh district spoke to the residents and encouraged their efforts, the issue of renter’s rights were not touched on during Tuesday’s meeting.

Council officials did not share with the protestors why the credit reform item was taken off the agenda, leaving many citizens feeling underrepresented, despite the council declaring Renters Day. “The members of the California Apartments Association and the property owners … they put so much pressure that we are not going to discuss the credit reform item today since it was taken off the agenda,” said Rivera about the removal of the item. “We need credit reform and we need it now.

It’s the least they can do with everything that they’ve already started that is constantly displacing our own people.”

Quality Education and state legislators to prevent the increase.

“A lot of the collaboration that took place was between ASI and SQE, I really thought we were going to win,” Gomez said. Despite efforts by students, the Board of Trustees vote resulted in the tuition increase taking effect this fall semester.

Gomez will be begin his term as president this June, he and the rest of ASI have tuition as their top priority to ensure that financially insecure students can continue to attend CSULB. “Part of our goal is to figure out a way to find long term sustainable funding,” Gomez said. “The ultimate goal is to offer free tuition because I don’t want my son to have to worry about tuition.”

As ASI President, Gomez said he wants to handle more than just tuition, he plans to work with ASI in its entirety to relieve student fees, improve campus infrastructure and collaborate more with student and cultural groups on campus to be more proactive in serving and advocating for students.

Correction: In the April 18 edition of the Daily 49er, the names and photos were misaligned in the Campus Voice. They are presented correctly below.

C A M P U S VO I C E

Do you think more professors should use open source textbooks? Why or why not?

“I think they should do open source for the efficiency and convenience and to save students money.”

“It sounds like it saves a lot of money, some professors don’t even go through the whole textbook.”

“Yeah, more professors should do it because textbooks are so expensive. I know people that don’t even buy the textbooks.”

—Jenny Quintero, senior, speech language pathology major

—Danielle Feliciano, sophomore, health science major

—Erica Gracyk, freshman, chemical engineering major

“It sounds cool, but it wouldn’t be good for those that don’t have tablets or laptops.”

“It sounds cool, but it wouldn’t be good for those that don’t have tablets or laptops.”

—Vanessa Marin, freshman, undeclared

—Rodolfo Chacon, sophomore, sociology major

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CRIME BLOTTER

Mirror, mirror off the wall

By Adam R. Thomas Staff Writer

Mirrors in men’s room smashed The first floor men’s restroom on the south side of the Academic Services building was vandalized on Monday.

An unknown, presumably male suspect went into the men’s restroom shortly after noon and smashed the pair of mirrors inside the lavatory, the sound of which shocked several nearby passersby and workers.

“I thought it was catering dropping glasses in the Anatol center,” said Deborah Guilbeau, an office assistant at Academic Technology Services offices located next door to the bathroom.

Guilbeau was working with fellow assistant Jessica Dominguez at the time and the pair stated that they heard the loud sound of shattering glass, then a pause before the sound occurred again as the second mirror was smashed.

Dominguez presumed the suspect was a likely student as she witnessed a male subject wearing a backpack leave the scene.

The suspect was wearing a black hoodie that looked “skaterish,” according to Dominguez, who said that he fled to the nearby parking lot next to the Cal State University Long Beach campus’ Seventh street entrance. “[The sound] scared the hell out of me,” said Jessica Olague, the Assistant Director in the Teacher Preparation Advising Center for the College of Education. “I thought someone might be

injured at first.”

Olague had been walking in the hallway next to the bathroom at the time of the incident, and said she turned around at the noise of smashing glass and witnessed the suspect from behind as he left the scene.

Olague’s described his flight as “walking quickly,” not a sprint. None of the available witnesses to the crime could provide more description as to race, height or build.

“I’ve never heard of such a thing,” said Lt. Richard Goodwin of the University Police Department. “I’ve heard of vandals scratching mirrors, painting mirrors . . . but to go in and just break a bunch of mirrors? I don’t get it.”

Alleged stalker steals coin purse, harasses ex A female CSULB student reported her ex-boyfriend for theft and stalking to the UPD on Monday. The woman said that her ex took her coin purse containing her ID at an off-campus coffee shop in Long Beach, and that when she confronted him on the street he dropped the purse and left. She then said that he began calling her and harassing her.

Goodwin said that in addition to investigating the stalking behavior, UPD was pursuing charges of theft for the attempted robbery of the coin purse.

According to the campus police activity log, the ex-boyfriend is also a CSULB student.

“Detectives are working on it now,” Goodwin said. “We have the suspect

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A male suspect smashed the mirrors in the first floor men’s restroom in the Academic Services building on Monday afternoon. The glass has been cleaned up, but have yet to be replaced. identified. Without being able to divulge too much because it is an ongoing investigation, [the detectives] will review any camera footage and interview witnesses making it possible for us to file a case.”

Beachside bike theft despite precautions A male student reported that his bike had been stolen from the off-campus Beachside dorms on Friday. The student’s bike was a black Micargi Super M1000 model, and he said that he had secured it with both a bicycle chain and a U-lock. Both security devices had been cut through, according to the victim, who had left town for a week only to return and discover the theft.

“I have no idea what could cut through a U-lock,” Goodwin said. “I mean, they have bolt cutters that are pretty big, but I don’t know.”

Pokemon pack pilfered by PCH A “multi-colorful backpack with Pokemon cartoons,” illustrated on the side was reported stolen to the UPD by a male student on Friday. The theft occurred in the parking lot of the Residential Learning Center at the CSULB Beachside College off of the main campus.

The student had left the backpack on the ground outside near his car, which was parked near Pacific Coast Highway.

He had entered the vehicle in order to talk on his phone, and said that he was unable to pay attention due to the phone call and when he finished the call he realized that his backpack had been stolen.

The backpack contained a MacBook Air laptop, a binder full of sheet music and computer components, according to the victim.

“The backpack is outside of the car,

and while they’re talking on the phone not paying attention somebody walked up, grabbed the backpack and ran off with it,” said Goodwin, who described the incident as a crime of opportunity.

Threatening message to Muslims in men’s room The UPD received a report of a threatening message etched inside of the stall farthest from the door in the men’s restroom in Peterson Hall 2 on Friday.

The message read, “We will kill all Muslims on Friday,” indicating that it had been written earlier in the week.

“It was scratched in, probably with a knife,” Goodwin said. “This was quite the topic [among the UPD staff] on Friday because of the hateful comments that were made.”

Goodwin said that currently there were no known suspects.

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What Your Teachers Never Taught You Democrat Party and Socialism Dr. George A. Kuck (galbertk@aol.com)

In 2016, a near majority of Democrats voted for an avowed socialist, Bernie Sanders. It is reported that over 40% of Americans now believe that socialism is as good as or better than capitalism. If you believe socialism is better than capitalism, ponder these questions. 1. Can you pass laws to increase the prosperity of the poor without making the “wealthy” poorer? A minimum wage of $15 per hour wage sounds good but what small business can afford pay $30,000/year for someone to sweep the floor, shovel snow, or wash dishes? 2. Will what one person receives without working cause another person to work without receiving? Have you ever had to work overtime without pay to complete items not done by coworkers? I have. 3. Can a government give to someone anything it does not first take from somebody else? The government does not create wealth, it just moves money around. Printing money does not create wealth. It only creates inflation by decreasing the value of money so people feel richer in the short run. 4. Socialism divides wealth into many small packets so that everyone is “equal.” When you divide wealth in this fashion, you constrain the success of those who have the ability to build capital and therefore decrease their ability to provide jobs. 5. If half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, will the other half get the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get that for which they work? This is the beginning of national suicide. Examples of this are Cuba and Venezuela. Why do you think so many Cubans risk their lives to get from Cuba to the United States? On arrival, the Pilgrims initially set up a socialistic government and starved. The first winter starvation forced them to become capitalistic.

Socialism would work well in a “perfect” world with “perfect” people. Socialism’s fatal flaw is the world is not perfect. Thus socialist societies have and always will fail. Capitalism recognizes man’s greed and other flaws to create wealth that everyone can share according to their work and ability. There is no free lunch!

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COLUMN

Reroute, reshoot, reboot

By Sol Mendez Staff Writer

Every summer, Hollywood seemingly prides itself on releasing reboots and remakes, trying to outdo the originals by constantly revisiting overused storylines and plots in an attempt to find that summer’s next big blockbuster.

This year, just like the many summers before, is shaping up to also release its share of revivals.

Some familiar titles to look out for this season include, “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “The Mummy,” “It,” “Baywatch,” “Going In Style,” “Alien: Covenant” and “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.”

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” in particular is probably one of the more anticipated of the summer bunch, as the

movie is already getting its second reboot after only having been originally released in 2001. Moreover, this time around, Marvel, who has the rights to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, is making another high school aged Spider-Man origin film.

The summer of last year’s reboots included, “Alice in Wonderland,” “Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles,” “The Legend of Tarzan” and “Ghostbusters.”

While the movies did underperform, The Los Angeles Times shared data that, while movie tickets were on a steady increase, reboots and remakes tended to come up short.

Jeff Bock, box office analyst for tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, told the LA Times, “anytime you mention ‘reboot’ and ‘remake,’ the audience thinks ‘rip-off.”

As a matter of fact, last summer’s remake of “Ghostbusters” was met with negative reviews from critics and faced backlash from some, partially due to the all female cast.

While “Ghostbusters” received a 55 percent from Rotten Tomatoes, critic consensus described the reboot as doing, “impressive job of standing on its

own as a freewheeling, marvelously cast supernatural comedy — even if it can’t help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original.”

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This summer, many classics will get a new spin as Hollywood studios continue to make reboots.

[Studios] rely heavily on dusting off old movies and known properties to draw audiences who are increasingly picky about their entertainment options.

-Ryan Faughnder, LA Times

For enthusiastic moviegoers, the remake viewing experience doesn’t always depend on the slight changes of plot, but rather, how the film is affected by the way that producers and directors carry the reboot.

A few successful reboots doesn’t necessarily mean success for all, and endless remakes and reboots that come

out of Hollywood will most likely not stop anytime soon. While American moviegoers may be used to seeing the same plotline over and over again, the LA Times alludes that they simply won’t die as studios, “rely heavily on dusting off old movies and known properties to draw audiences who are increasingly picky about their entertainment options.”

And while one may tire of seeing the same movie every couple of years, the studios will most likely not stop remaking them anytime soon, due to another critical factor.

Daniel Loria, editorial director of Boxoffice Media explained to The Washington Post that remakes had much more to do with overseas audiences, more than North American audiences.

“We’re playing a global box office game now,” she said. “North America alone isn’t the say-all, end-all in the total global picture of box office sales.”

So take your pick for the summer, sit back and try to feel the nostalgia. Even if you don’t, I’m sure you’ll get another chance to see a newer version of it in a few years.

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SUMMER ‘17 REBOOTS “Alien: Covenant,” May 19 Original release: June 22, 1979 “Baywatch,” May 25 Original release: September 22, 1989 “The Mummy,” June 9 Original release: May 7, 1999 “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” July 7 Original release: May 3, 2002 “It,”September 8 Original release: November 18, 1990

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Eco-fair gives Earth Week flair Student groups promote sustainability awareness.

By Matthew Ramirez Staff Writer

Sustainability, renewability and personal well-being: these were the themes of the Cal State Long Beach Eco-Fair held on Tuesday in celebration of Earth Week.

The Eco-Fair took place in front of the Speaker’s Platform and featured kiosks from a plethora of groups, including Cease Animal Torture, Student Health Services, Long Beach Water and students from the CSULB Environmental Science and Engineering programs.

Student groups and organizations from the city attended the event as well as artists. Narsiso Martinez, a second-year art major, visually presented sustainability in the form of his exhibit.

During the summer and winter vacations, Martinez works in the agriculture business harvesting crops for commercial food companies. His work serves as inspiration for many of his pieces, which he reuses recycled cardboard from grocery stores to create portraits and scenes of what it is like to work in the farming industry.

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The city of Long Beach office of Sustainability was on campus Tuesday for the eco-fair for earth week giving out succulents and buttons, and helping students learn more about sustainability.

Martinez said that his art gives the farmworkers a chance to be noticed.

“Every time I have the opportunity to speak about the fields I go for it. My art creates a narrative, it puts the agriculture business and the people together,” Martinez said.

Student groups on campus provided awareness on personal health and

proper diet.

Cease Animal Torture promoted healthier diet options and resources to eat better foods.

“A vegan diet is the most sustainable diet because it saves water and other resources. Three times a day we have the option to make a compassionate and sustainable choice to keep meat

and dairy products off our plates,” said Katherine Reuter, a student and member of Cease Animal Torture.

Organizations from the city of Long Beach included the Long Beach Bike Share and Long Beach Water. Groups advocated using alternative transportation and water conservation.

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ed to promote bike use in the city of Long Beach by sharing information on future biking events and offering discounts to their service.

Long Beach Bike Share offers subscriptions to use their bicycles which are stationed at various points in the city.

Their mission focused on reducing emissions from cars and encouraged more people to be active in riding bikes instead of driving.

Long Beach Water came to promote proper water conservation to students.

At the booth was “Conservin’ Mervin,” a video game console made to promote players about saving water for this drought season.

Despite a considerable rainfall this winter, Nick Salcedo, a CSULB alumni and participant at the Long Beach Water tent felt that people still need to be informed on proper water usage as to prevent restrictions in the future.

The goal for Long Beach Water was “To promote water conservation and make it apparent to students,” said Salcedo.

Events for Earth Week will continue until the end of the week.

Create and Celebrate with Screen Printing will take place Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as music, photo booths and eco-crafts will be available to students for entertainment and environmental education.

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TECHNOLOGY

Graphic images need a new ‘trigger warning’ Facebook fails to account for dark side of human nature after man uploads video of murder he commits.

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inventions to make the world more dystopian.

Ride-sharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, are seen solely through the eyes of the riders who hail them, not the drivers who get the short end of the stick with low wages and no benefits.

The magic of driver-less vehicles, coming to a road near you, is talked about merely in terms of alleviating traffic jams and accidents, not of the millions of long-haul truck drivers, cabbies and delivery drivers who will soon be out of a job.

Airbnb, the online house-sharing service, didn’t expect hosts to decline customers based on foreign- or black-sounding names. Faced with evidence of that it was happening, the company had to issue new guidelines to curb the practice.

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Social media features like Facebook live are useful tools for disseminating information to wide audiences. However, designers need to consider how some users take advantage of new technology for the worst.

Technology is technology, but people are people.

Greed and hate don’t just go away because the interaction is digital.

Facebook, in particular, has had to learn this lesson again and again.

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“I found somebody I’m about to kill. I’m going to kill this guy right here. He’s an old dude, too.”

I wish I had never heard the voice of Steve Stephens, cold and cocky as he trolled the streets of Cleveland on Easter Sunday.

Recording a shaky video with his smartphone, the 37-year-old stopped his white Ford Fusion and walked over to Robert Godwin Sr., a 74-yearold father of nine and grandfather of 14 who was out for a walk. Still recording, Stephens asks Godwin a question and then shoots him in the head, zooming in on the bloody scene before calmly walking back to his car.

This gruesome footage – and the pain of my hometown – was posted on Facebook, alongside photos of cute kids searching for eggs and families smiling on the steps of churches after services.

Police initially thought that Stephens had broadcast the shooting on Facebook Live, the service that lets users share their experiences in real time. It turns out he didn’t; he recorded it on his phone and uploaded it.

That’s horrific enough.

But the day is almost certainly coming when someone really will commit murder live on Facebook, a social network with 1.86 billion active users. When that happens, I’m not sure the Silicon Valley giant or its peers will be ready for it.

Time and time again, enterprising geeks in the Golden State have failed to account for – or straight-up downplayed — the dark parts of human nature. As they idealistically roll out apps and online services designed to make the world more utopian, they conveniently forget that some users will eagerly find ways to use their

ple are people. Greed and hate don’t just go away because the interaction is digital.

Facebook, in particular, has had to learn this lesson again and again.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has always had an overly optimistic view of his

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A year ago this month, he told Buzzfeed of the then-new Facebook Live feature: “We built this big technology platform so we can go and support whatever the most personal and emotional and raw and visceral ways people want to communicate are as time goes on.”

It turns out that “raw” and “visceral” are a lot darker than Zuckerberg ever imagined.

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In January, an aspiring actor in Los Angeles started a Facebook Live session and shot himself in the head while sitting in a parked car. The man’s family in Texas spotted the livestream and alerted police, but officers couldn’t find him in time.

A few days earlier, a 14-year-old girl in Miami hanged herself on Facebook, first making a noose out of a scarf and attaching it to a door frame.

Police, once again, arrived too late.

Perhaps most unsettling, a Turkish man, distraught over a breakup, told viewers in October: “No one believed when I said will kill myself. So watch this.” Then he tried to shoot himself, but the gun jammed. He pulled the trigger again and the screen went black.

The internet. It’s not just for cat videos anymore. And with the Godwin murder on Sunday, Zuckerberg likely will be forced to confront that reality.

That’s a good thing.

It was inexcusable for Facebook to leave the video of Godwin’s last moments on its site for three hours.

In the world of social media, that’s an eternity. It was long enough for thousands, if not millions, of people to watch it, record it and share it to YouTube.

The video went viral in less than an hour, even as Stephens went on Facebook Live while on the run from police before he killed himself Tuesday while being pursued.

Facebook eventually deactivated his profile page. But my Facebook and Twitter feeds were still filled with links to the video, alongside pleas for people to stop watching and spreading it.

“This is a horrific crime and we do not allow this kind of content on Facebook,” the company said in a statement. “We work hard to keep a safe environment on Facebook, and are in touch with law enforcement in emergencies when there are direct threats to physical safety.”

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On Saturday, the Long Beach State women’s tennis team wrapped up its season losing to UC Santa Barbara, 4-2.

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Missed opportunities in L.A. Long Beach State goes 1-11 with runners in scoring position in loss to UCLA Tuesday night.

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LOS ANGELES — In a game where runs came at a premium, UCLA’s freshman Chase Strumpf hit a walk-off sac fly in the bottom of the 11th to give the Bruins a 2-1 win over Long Beach State Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

The Dirtbags have now lost back-toback games after winning seven straight from April 1-14.

“Our [offense] lost the game for us and [UCLA’s] won the game,” head coach troy Buckley said. “When you pitch as well as we did, you need to find a way to win these games.”

LBSU’s offense wasn’t able to take advantage of scoring opportunities going 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position.

The question heading into Tuesday’s game was if junior starting pitcher AJ Jones would have any rust to shake off after not pitching for two weeks. Jones’ last start came April 4 and he has had to sit back and watch the Dirtbags’ weekend rotation pitch up until Tuesday night.

“I was just wanting to go out there competing and looking to be consistent,” Jones said. “ I knew if I went back to what I had been doing all year I would be alright.”

The first four innings featured little offense from either team, as both starters looked sharp to begin the game. Jones was very effective in keeping the ball on the ground and his defense converted the weak contact into outs all night.

Jones finished with a total of 10 ground ball outs.

Sophomore second baseman Jarren Duran makes the throw to first base Tuesday night.

Jones finished the game only allowing three hits, one earned run and struck out two, keeping his team in the game.

He exited after the sixth inning in a 1-1 ballgame.

“We talked about living down in zone as the game plan coming into tonight,” Jones said. “We were all able to execute pretty well today.”

LBSU (22-13, 7-2) had an opportunity to score in the second inning after a leadoff double from senior first baseman Daniel Jackson, who advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. It was then that head coach Troy Buckley put on the safety squeeze bunt play with junior

center fielder Joey Sanchez up to bat.

The play was unsuccessful after UCLA pitcher Justin Hooper made a great play on a bad bunt and flipped the ball to the catcher to get Jackson out at the plate. “[Sanchez] has to be able to do those things,” Buckley said. “Guys need to know who they are and he needs to be able to execute that better.”

The Dirtbags would piece together the first run of the game in the top of the fifth inning after junior shortstop Laine Huffman was hit by a pitch with one out. Sophomore second baseman Jarren Duran dropped down a bunt single with two outs to force a UCLA throwing

error, allowing Huffman to score easily from first base.

UCLA (17-16) answered in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run from freshman right fielder Michael Toglia. His third home run of the season tied the game at one and was the first ball hit hard off of Jones until that point in the game.

“It wasn’t my best pitch of the night and credit to him — he put a good swing on it,” Jones said. “That’s what happens at this level. Guys can really make you pay for a mistake.”

The Dirtbags’ defense played air-tight against UCLA, a recurring theme in the

last few weeks. LBSU has only made two errors in its last four games, a very important stat for a team whose pitchers look to make their opponents put the ball in play rather than go for strikeouts.

David Banuelos showed off his arm strength behind the plate throwing out two would-be base stealers in the game.

Jackson led the Dirtbags at the plate, going 3 for 4 with two doubles.

LBSU looks ahead to a weekend series at UC Irvine, April 21-23, to improve on its 7-2 conference record. Junior ace pitcher Darren McCaughan (4-2, 2.88 ERA) will try to get the Dirtbags back on track Friday night.