CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 36 | DECEMBER 4, 2017
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HEALTH
Circling the drain After drinking fountains test positive for lead, the university plans to answer questions in a public forum. By Kat Schuster News Editor
Long Beach State junior forward Mason Riggins shoots in Sunday’s game against Stanford at the Walter Pyramid.
Christian Gonzales | Daily 49er
RED IN THE WATER After a disapointing loss against Fresno State, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team bounced back on Sunday after defeating Stanford 76-68 at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers were led by sophomore Jordan Griffin, who had his first start of the season and dropped a career-high 21 points in the win. This is the first time in program history that Long Beach has beaten two Pac-12 teams in the same season. Read the full story on page 12.
As members of Cal State Long Beach continue to quench their thirst with store-bought water bottles, officials finally revealed a solution for the bagged drinking fountains. According to Mary Stephens, vice president of administration and finance, the majority of water testing results conducted by Titan Environmental were completed Dec. 1. The campus will receive an email sometime during the week that will contain test results and any additional information about the process. In late October, a CHEM 100 class taught by Elaine Bernal tested drinking fountains in the McIntosh building and found that some of the drinking fountains had tested positive for lead. On Nov. 8, campus officials confirmed the results in preliminary testing stages. All fountains on campus have since been declared out of order and covered with blue tape and black bags. A public forum will be held Dec. 8 in Hall of Science 105 to address the issue and to quell any concerns that campus members may have. The forum will be led see LEAD, page 3
LONG BEACH
Deck the shores with floats of jolly
The 35th Annual Belmont Shore Christmas Parade welcomes its attendees to a “Christmas in Paradise.”
whites. The street, emptied of its usual traffic by 5 p.m., was filled instead with thousands who flocked from their homes carrying folded chairs and blankets with their friends, families and beloved pets in tow. As darkness descended so did the floats, marching bands and paraders for the 35th Annual Belmont Shore Christmas Parade, aptly themed for yet another quintessentially Californian winter “Christmas in Paradise.” For many, this gathering of Long Beach natives and visitors is just another installment of a longstanding tradition. Breanna Eubanks, 35, explained that she and her family used to live in Long Beach. When they moved to Wildomar, which is over an hour drive away
By Lilly Nguyen Staff Writer
It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Belmont Shore Saturday night during the shore’s 35th annual Christmas parade. With neighboring streets lined by cars, residents left their doors open and some were content to sit outside and dine in the chilly air. Lights strewn along Second Street lit the cordoned-off path in all shades of reds, greens and
Sabrina Flores | Daily 49er
Santa and his reindeer made a guest appearance on a truck belonging to LBFD, to the delight of those at the parade.
see PARADE, page 3