Daily 49er, February 1, 2017

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

VOL. LXVIII, ISSUE 56 | FEBRUARY 1, 2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Students protest while BOT deliberates tuition hike Chanting at chancellor’s office while Board of Trustees talk fees.

By Adam R. Thomas and Estela Garcia Staff Writer

Guest speakers included Stewart Chang, an associate professor of law, Amanda Trefethen, a lecturer in the Philosophy Department at CSULB and lawyer who works regularly with non-profit organizations dedicated to community development and social justice, and Yousef Baker who is an assistant professor of International Studies at CSULB. Chang discussed the new immigration policies that have sparked controversy and worry

The California State University Board of Trustees weighed a major proposal to increase tuition by 5 percent systemwide at their first meeting of the year yesterday. At the same time, a small but dedicated group of student protestors came to petition against the proposition in the meeting.

From information provided by the board, the proposed increase would come out to an additional $270 a year for undergraduates, $312 a year for credentialed students and another $438 a year for graduate students. A major reason given for the necessity by board members was a looming potential fiscal shortfall should tuition not be guaranteed, partly due to the fact that Governor Jerry Brown only allocated $157.2 million in new funding for the CSU system in the January budget, which was 48 percent less than the requested $346 million.

Prior to the meeting, members of Students for Quality Education joined Associated Students, Inc. representatives from different CSU campuses, including Cal State Long Beach. The goal was to “create a big enough voice to make board members aware of how students feel about what decisions they’re making,” according to Michelle Aranda, an SQE member at CSU Northridge.

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Group leader and CSULB history professor, Igmen Ali, left, and guest speaker Yousef Baker engage with students on Islamophobia, and share their points of view at the teach-in on Tuesday.

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‘Reclaiming Democracy’ at CSULB

By Nadia Villanueva Staff Writer

More than 70 students gathered at the Cal State Long Beach speaker’s platform on Tuesday to listen in on the first of four teachin sessions. “Reclaiming Democracy,” is a series meant to inform,

empower and activate the campus and community to promote democracy, justice, equality, respect and inclusion.

The series have been planned and organized by faculty members of CSULB’s Liberal Arts department. This first seminar, “Overcoming Exclusion, Discrimination, and Oppression” discussed the issues immigrants face, the discrimination minorities receive and what can be done to overcome the uncertainty regarding what’s to come.

“We need to get organized, we need to get educated and we need

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The first of four teach-in sessions held to foster open discussion.

We need to get organized, we need to get educated and we need to get involved in community and national politics.

-Ronald Loewe, CSULB anthropology professor

to get involved in community and national politics,” said anthropology professor Ronald Loewe, who hosted the event.

AIRPORT

Students react to Long Beach Airport international plan Long Beach officials vote 8-1 against international flight proposal.

By Connie Ojeda Staff Writer

After nearly two years of negotiation between JetBlue Airways and Long Beach officials, the international flight plan proposal for Long Beach Airport came to a halt.

The proposal, set forth by JetBlue, called for the addition of international flights along with the construction of a facility for customs and immigration services.

Despite undergoing an extensive study outlining costs and economic benefits, the city council rejected the plan, standing in favor of concerned residents who feared the effects an international airport would pose on traffic, air pollution and noise within the surrounding neighborhoods.

Cal State Long Beach history major Giovanni Castillo was among those expressing concerns about the international flight plan.

“I think they did the right thing by rejecting the proposal. During class you can actually hear the planes flying by,” Castillo said.

Castillo made it clear that adding international flights would not only add to the noise surrounding the school, but also to the traffic.

“If they add a larger airport, traf-

fic is going to get really bad. The 405 [freeway] is already bad as it is. Now imagine with an international airport?

I don’t think it would be a benefit to the city,” Castillo said.

Although the city does have a strict noise ordinance in place, limiting flights to 50 a day and setting a curfew for departures and arrivals, the addition of such flights could potentially lead to a reevaluation of the city noise limits – something which students say may disrupt concentration.

Along with Castillo, mathematics graduate student Neera Saxena also agreed with the city ccouncil’s decision.

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The Long Beach City Council voted 8-1 against the proposal to make LBG an international airport.

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FLIGHTS

In light of the recent graffiti incident, how do you feel about the racial climate on campus?

“I feel that [the racial climate is] almost progressively getting a bit more tense. I’m not certain if this is just in the wake of the election or the recent inauguration. But outside of the campus is where it is really more profound. On campus I feel very safe. I am a bit concerned because I’m looking to study abroad overseas, but I’m not exactly certain on how we as Americans would be perceived when studying abroad. But specifically to the campus, it’s disheartening and it’s really unfortunate.”

—Bobby Lith, communication studies, senior

“This shows what Trump was running towards during the election, he was running towards racism and division between our people.

Once he got elected, it made people believe that it’s alright to think that way since the ‘majority,’ of us voted for him when in actuality he didn’t even win the popular vote. Us American don’t want that and the protest in the airport shows we don’t want to be divided, we want to be one because as one we win and as divided we lose.”

—Irabiel Romero, applied math/physics major, junior

“I’ve been here almost five years and I totally feel safe here. We have no racist people here. I have not encountered any problems over the last four years. I 100 percent feel safe on this campus.”

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Protestors and members of SQE congregated outside the Chancellor’s Office as the board discussed a series of early morning closed session meetings about honorary degrees, pending litigation and executive personnel matters.

This was followed by public comments from members of the California State University Employee’s Union and Service Employees International Union over the initiation of a new collective bargaining agreement between the unions and CSU system. Then, the real topic of the day began in earnest: the board’s Committee on Finance and its proposed tuition increase.

After introducing the items on the agenda, board member Peter Taylor opened the floor up for public comment. In response, members of SQE and their supporters, most in matching burgundy shirts, walked up to the podium one at a time to deliver their message against the preliminary proposal.

“To us it’s not just a measly $270 increase,” said Elizabeth Cabral, a student from CSU Dominguez Hills who led the SQE attendees. “We see a door opened to a continuous cycle of systematic student exploitation to fill stu-

dent budgets that you say are meant for students. But how many of you have personally walked on our campuses, and personally surveyed my peers and I on our campuses? Can you think of a time?”

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TUITION

What the board doesn’t understand is that we are students that have obligations; not only to ourselves but to others.

-Marcos Montes, CSU Los Angeles ASI vice president

The dialogue coming from the protesting students varied as much as the individuals who came up to the podium. One student tried an earnest plea of financial mercy, saying, “Be better than those that sat in this room before you.” Another declared that the board had ”no idea what it’s like to work for your education.” There was a smattering of occasional chanting “The more we pay! The longer we stay!”

Board members brought up the fact that even with a 5 percent increase, the

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Student representatives from Students for Quality Education held signs in protest of the proposed tuition hikes during the Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.

CSU’s tuition costs would be less than national average. They also highlighted the website www.calstate.edu/tuition-increase where students and parents can give feedback to the proposal.

The board talked around the issue of a potential defunding of the State of California due to the escalating tensions between the state and federal authorities over immigration enforcement. In such a case, Steve Relyea, the

CSU’s chief financial officer said, “we’re going to have to make some choices . . .”

CSU Los Angeles ASI president Kayla Stamps and vice president Marcos Montes had their own thoughts on what happened regarding the possible increase proposed by the board members.

“It’s extremely important that we are able to come together and show that we care about what is going on on our

continued from page 1 international students for the school, it would also add to the pollution and noise within the city.

Saxena gave the example of a friend who lives in El Segundo, a city near LAX, who although has gotten used to the noise and air pollution, still has to cope with lost phone signals.

“Phone calls get disconnected when planes are flying and signals get distorted,” Saxena said.

Despite losing in an 8-1 vote at the city council meeting, the plan still drew many supporters.

Alice Mendoza, a Long beach resident, was among those shocked by the outcome of the vote.

“It’s a big deal because we do have international students that, during vacation, do need to go overseas. I think it’s going to affect a lot of them,” Mendoza said.

Following the rejection on behalf of the city council, JetBlue’s senior vice president, Rob Land released a statement.

“We are profoundly disappointed that after years of delay and a city-mandated study validating the safety, security and economic positive nature of the project that the city council would reject the development of a Federal Inspection Station at Long Beach Airport. JetBlue will evaluate its future plans for Long Beach and throughout the greater Los Angeles Area and California,” he said.

Although many students are glad officials shot down the international travel proposal, students like Mendoza fear the decision may adversely influence flight prices and create a shortage of jobs if JetBlue cuts ties with the Long Beach Airport.

campuses,” Stamps said. “There’s a reason why we have student governments and organizations. Students need to be represented.”

Montes, a senior political science and international studies student, said that it’s critical to have all students be represented because CSU campuses are so diverse.

“What the board doesn’t understand is that we are students that have obligations; not only to ourselves but to others,” Montes said.

The pressure to let students know about the boards plan was high, since CSU campuses have only been in school for about a week, Montes said.

Nevertheless, he and his team made it vital to make sure they would be listened to this morning.

The board will make their final vote on March 21-22 at the Chancellor’s Office in downtown Long Beach.

“Ultimately, what we wanted to achieve today was to let the board know that we won’t stand aside while they make decisions for us that will only affect every current student and students to come,” said Dulce Lopez, an SQE member at CSU Dominguez Hills, who spoke in front of the board along with others.

Student protesters exited the meeting room just before the end of the meeting chanting, “we’ll be back.”

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among immigrants and advised those with work or student visas not to travel. Although Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students are safe, Chang said the likelihood of it continuing is “not on the table.” He assured students that CSULB was a “sanctuary place” that could not give out student’s information, ending his lecture with the three words of advice: “know your rights.”

Trefethen discussed issues on rights, restrictions and “the resistance that can happen when we assert our constitutional rights in the courts.”

“We can demand more, we can demand proof of the state’s compelling interest, but we have to be clear about something. We have to be clear that facts are real, we have to say that facts matter,” Trefethen said in regards to the many restrictions and policies going into place.

“All people no matter their race, gender, ethnicity, age, class and ability has to be seen as equally valuable and protected by the law,” said Trefethen.

Baker, the last speaker at the teach-in, informed students of the true nature of the Muslim religion.

With so much racism shown toward the religion, Baker felt it important for students to actually understand

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Students clap in unison, first slow then fast, to show the togetherness of the campus at the teach-in on Tuesday.

the religion and how unlikely it is for a Muslim to be a terrorist.

“We have to practice radical empathy and mourn those who died in Ferguson, Baghdad or Skid Row in Los Angeles with the same empathy

as someone who died in Paris or Boston,” he said.

Baker emphasized the importance of citizens acknowledging our nation is no better than the rest, and realizing that we are not the victims and

our “enemies” may not be the perpetrators we visualized.

The seminar ended with the students and faculty breaking up into five discussion groups, which allowed students to express any con-

cerns or ask any questions.

While most students were there for support and to be informed, one student walked around with a sign stating “Honk 2 Stop Illegals, China Trade, H1B Visas.”

CORRECTION: On page two of Monday’s issue of the Daily 49er, the bylines on the bottom two stories were transposed. The writer of the article titled “CSU condemns executive orders” is Valerie Osier and the writer of the article titled “‘Reclaiming democracy’ series to start Tuesday” is Lola Olvera.

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Jane Birkin plays a lonely women who is engaged in a long-term romance with a TGV train driver “Le Femme et le TGV.”

OSCARS

CSULB alumni take the red carpet

Cal State Long Beach alumnus nominated for 2017 Live Action Short Film Oscar.

By Samantha Diaz Staff Writer

If you were expecting this year’s Oscars to be full of distant Hollywood stars and directors, you may be surprised to find a connection close to home — or at least close to campus.

One of Cal State Long Beach’s own alumni is nominated for the 2017 Live Action Short Film Oscar.

Giucan Caduff produced the film “Le Femme et le TGV” alongside fellow alumni cinematographer Nausheen Dadabhoy. The two graduated from CSULB’s film department in 2005 and had worked together on the

short film “20 Rules” in 2014 before Caduff recruited Dadabhoy for “Le Femme et le TGV.” The film, which means “the women and the TGV,” tells the true story of a lonely Swiss woman who has been waving at the TGV train that passes by her house for years.

One day she receives a letter from the train conductor, which begins the poetic, yet anonymous relationship between the two – until the train stops going by her house. The woman sets out on her own to find the train conductor with whom she has grown attached.

Caduff got involved with the project when writer/director Timo von Gunten brought the idea to him after reading about the woman’s story through an article in 2013. Once on board with the film, Caduff and Gunten had to confront the task of raising funds for their creative project.

Once they got the funding they needed from both French and German

TV stations, they were able to begin the process of location scouting, tightening the script and finally, filming the movie.

“It was a very challenging film to make,” said Dadabhoy. “We had seven days to film the movie and one bad day of weather threw the whole schedule off. But then the rain cleared and we got our magic shot, so it worked out.”

The team shot the movie in France and had to wait for the train to go by every day since they did not have enough money to pay for one to go by at the times needed. They were on location for a month waiting for the train and it didn’t come through until the day before filming started.

“I must have waited six hours for that train, but at least then we knew it existed,” said Caduff. “There’s always going to be trouble on the film set...

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The challenges faced while filming soon proved to be worth it, as “Le Femme et le TGV” quickly picked up award after award. The film won Best Screenplay at the Trail Ridge Middle School Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Crime Writers’ Association Awards, all before it’s world premiere almost a year later on Aug. 5. It was there that Caduff and Gunten began hearing talks of an Oscar from sales agents and screen professionals.

“I hadn’t thought of it until then,” said Caduff. “Oscars are just not on my mind when I make a movie.”

The team was touring a flurry of film festivals on the week that Oscar nominations were announced.

“We were at a film festival in Germany, in between screenings,” Caduff said. “We all ran backstage to check our phones for the announcements and the internet wasn’t working, so eventually a friend from L.A. called us

and gave us the news. Then we started getting all the notifications and I remember sitting there watching my phone, not knowing what to do but knowing we should be celebrating...It’s still very surreal.”

For many students studying film at CSULB, this is a dream come true.

Having a film viewed in multiple countries, winning numerous awards and opening up many doors for a future career; however, Caduff and Dadabhoy wanted to make very clear that the film industry is not all glamour.

“You have to find the people you like working with and who are really committed to their work,” said Dadabhoy. “It’s easy to give up and half the time you’re poor.”

Caduff added, “It’s important to make connections while you’re in school. Don’t just come for the degree and don’t treat the film as if it’s just an assignment.”

The Oscars winners will be announced on February 26th.

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Student art that impacts the heart 12th annual GLAMFA expedition is underway at CSULB.

By Sommer Dalton Staff Writer

The ever-evolving world of art is captured in the 12th annual Greater Los Angeles Master Of Fine Arts expedition, held at the Cal State Long Beach art galleries. This year, the event kicked off the start of the semester by showcasing 28 local artists, all of whom are graduate students from universities in Southern California.

The exhibit includes seven galleries with pieces ranging from traditional canvas work to visual installations and everything in between.

Together, the galleries create a sanctuary for people to come and experience the collision between art and emotion.

“I think in Southern California we always attribute the premier art scene to Los Angeles,” Angella D’Avignon, a 2nd year art history student said. “Now we’re getting the full range between Santa Barbara and San Diego.”

Students who have had little exposure get to benefit from having their work shown.

“These events are good because it gives people who wouldn’t go straight to gallery or representation, a space to show what’s happening in the art world, and what they’re thinking,” D’Avignon said.

GLAMFA is helping to provide a platform for new, emerging artists to launch their careers. Among them

“Wendiceratops” by Jackie Rines captures the eyes of gallery visitors.

is Angie Jennings, an CSULB art student who showcased her piece titled, “Black Deaths from Hollywood Cinema and Shamu,” in the Werby Gallery.

The two-channel video installation was set up to play a loop of Hollywood movie clips that show black actors in multiple scenes of violence and death. On the neighboring

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screen, the viewer is able to simultaneously watch a clip of Shamu, the famous orca from Sea World, swimming around his enclosure.

“I’m calling her piece the best in

show,” D’Avignon said. “When we’re seeing depictions of black individuals on television, it’s usually a spectacle. I think she’s interested in subverting that and making it more of an identity and representation issue, by exploring the uncomfortable aspects of those conversations.”

D’Avignon described the overwhelming sadness she felt while watching the clips, and how powerful art can be in conveying a message.

“You have to think yes, this is something we should be aware of but also why is it still a spectacle?” she said. “What’s wrong with our society and why is this is still happening?”

The ability for people to experience different forms of art is what GLAMFA is all about. President Shannon Leith of the event urges people to come down and experience it for themselves while there’s still time. Galleries will be open today noon to 8 p.m., and Thursday from noon to 5 p.m.

Her hope is that people will walk away from it with a different outlook then they came in with.

“Art, for me, has been a way of experiencing and enjoying the world more deeply,” Leith said. “It’s a way to explore and dig into the different tiny facets of life, something I don’t think I’d do if it wasn’t for art.”

With over 20 undergrad volunteers helping out, the event has gone above and beyond for people’s expectations already, bringing in people from all over the surrounding area.

“I would hope everyone on this campus knows they’re always welcome to come experience the art we have available in the galleries,” Leith said. “Even if it’s only for a break in their day.”

CLUBS

Trickers club jumps into Week of Welcome Are you an acrobat?

Do you like to do fl ips?

Well have we got the club for you.

By Carlos Villicana Staff Writer

As many as 250 clubs and organizations will be popping up tents for Week of Welcome today and Thursday as students explore the variety of student-run groups and what they each have to offer.

Alongside some of the more common student associations, there are a number of unique clubs on campus, such as the Cal State Long Beach Beach Cats, YoYo-Club and the Martial Arts Tricking Club – the last of which will only be present on Thursday because they did not register on time to be present today, according to club president Andre Pel. The Martial Arts Tricking Club practices the titular sport of martial arts tricking, described as “a melting pot of

styles” by club secretary Neil Medina.

This “melting pot” consists of acrobatics like flips and twists and sports like breakdancing and capoeira.

According to club members, the sport emerged from karate tournaments in the 1980s. After heightened levels of competition emerged in the 2000s, the sport remains relatively unknown among the general public.

The club seeks to promote the sport of martial arts tricking by teaching people of all skill levels how to participate in the sport.

One way the club does this is through open gym sessions held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. and Sundays from 12-3 p.m. in KIN 150.

The club’s open gym sessions usually attract around ten participants, but it has held larger events like competitions where practitioners show off what they’ve learned and can see how far everyone’s progressed, according to the club’s guest coach Adric Tang.

These competitions have attracted practitioners of the sport from nearby areas, such as Orange County and Los Angeles.

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Tang said people should give the club a chance and visit an open gym session so that they can learn how to back flip.

Though the Martial Arts Tricking club will be present at Week of Welcome for only the second day, the duration of

the event will be host to a wide range of clubs, activities and other entertainment.

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Big discourse, scribbled hate speech Racist bathroom graffiti is as old as text books, systematic discrimination and school policy.

By Miranda Andrade-Ceja Managing Editor

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n Jan. 25, an undocumented Chicana/o and Latina/o studies student discovered a racist, xenophobic message penned in black marker on the first floor wall of the Liberal Arts 1 men’s bathroom.

The message read: “Wetback lives don’t matter” and was subsequently painted over

by Cal State Long Beach staff.

An image of the graffiti was circulated on Facebook by student activist organizations such as La Raza Student Association, and the safety of both Latinx and undocumented students was called into question.

In response to this graffiti, President Jane Close Conoley issued an email en masse to all CSULB students and employees addressing the broadcasted slur without actually talking about it. Meaning, graffiti was alluded to, but there was no further discussion on the xenophobic content of the written slur.

The slur itself was never addressed. Days before, the CSULB Twitter account posted a photo of the painted-over graffiti with the text: “Hate, you’re not welcome here” over the whitewashed wall. Similarly, the actual slur was left unaddressed.

In fact, it seems that many students had no way of knowing that racist hate speech was on the bathroom wall in the LA1 men’s restroom, much less what that racist hate speech actually said.

Which begs the question — is this method of addressing racist acts on campus a legitimately proactive way of addressing racism and its relationship to and within CSULB? Often times, CSULB is considered such a “liberal” campus that racist acts are often brushed under the rug, and stepped on.

When one who is not actively engaged in opposing racism hears that a mosque burnt down in Dallas, Texas, they subconsciously distance themselves from the act, reiterating unto themselves that something so heinous could never exist in their own backyard, let alone their school.

This reaction fails to recognize the systematic nature of racism in and of itself, and the fact that violent acts of racism don’t simply

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Racism isn’t simply an action — it manifests itself in verbal and physical microaggressions against marginalized groups of people, and too often, people fail to realize that by overlooking racist actions we are silently condoning them.

While I appreciate the recent efforts made

by President Conoley to reassure marginalized students of their safety, neglecting to authentically discuss the subject matter essentially works to distance CSULB’s name and reputation from racist, disagreeable actions.

This disconnects the student population from the reality of the situation.

The fact of the matter is, like with any other institution, CSULB is not exempt from systematic racism, and the so-called “liberal” status of our campus should not be taken for granted — especially in the midst of a new administration that has been encouraging and inspiring hate speech and hate crimes since the conception of its campaign motto: “Make America Great Again!”

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, we are reminded that the current democratic state of affairs has been a result of imperialism, occupation, genocide and lethal force against anyone who stands in the way — especially if they are people of color.

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If CSULB does not encourage the authentic, in-depth discussion of subjects like systematic discrimination, then it’s very likely that microaggressions such as racist graffiti will manifest into much, much more. Racist climates do not spring up like mold in a bathroom.

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Bobby Yagake | Daily 49er

Long Beach State junior utility Virginia Smith looks for a teammate to pass to during the 49ers’ 7-6 win over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday April 26, 2016 at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Title on their minds

The women’s water polo seniors are ready to lead their team to a Big West title.

By Jordan Py Staff Writer

The Long Beach State women’s water polo team has had nearly a week to think about its 1-2 start to the season, but its confidence couldn’t be higher.

With the return of senior defender Christina Kotsia, who missed last season while she was playing with the national team in her home country of Greece, the Beach is looking to make a statement.

“We are really determined,” senior attacker Daniela Screnci said.

“I believe just because we came so

close last year [to winning the Big West] we are really motivated, especially now that Christina is back and she has had extra competition in Greece and playing with the national team and training for the Olympics.”

With a young, fast team and Kotsia back, Screnci thinks LBSU can really succeed this season.

The Beach is currently ranked No.14 after beating No.17 San Jose State Jan. 28 but dropped the final two matches of the weekend to No. 4 California and No.1 Stanford.

The tougher matchups to start the season are giving the Beach more confidence, though.

“So far, we’ve played some Pac12 teams,” senior utility Jackie Stanger said. “So, it’s been difficult but it’s that difficulty that we need to get through because we know that things can only get easier after playing the hardest.”

Not only did the Beach get a boost on defense with Kotsia’s re-

turn, but junior utility Virginia Smith and sophomore attacker Tori Morrissey, LBSU’s two top offensive weapons from a year ago, are back as well.

CHRISTINA KOTSIA DEFENDER

“I think our defense especially is pretty phenomenal,” Screnci said.

“For the first game of the season, just starting out with San Jose, we really came out powerful as a de-

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SPORTS SPORTS

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After firing a 1-under-par 71 in the final round of the 2017 Folino Invitational, Long Beach State’s redshirt sophomore Joe Fryer took the individual medal while helping the 49ers take the team title Tuesday at the Industry Hills Golf Club.

The second round of the invitational was pushed to Tuesday due to darkness on Monday.

In the last two rounds, LBSU posted a 292 while finishing the tournament with an 872 – which was 8-over par.

The 49ers finished two shots better than UC Santa Barbara and 15 strokes better than UC Irvine.

In Fryer’s final round he had five birdies and 11 pars.

Following Fryer’s finish, LBSU senior Agostino Milazzo finished 5-over-par, which tied him for 10th place.

Sophomore Andres Gonzalez finished tied for 25th at 10-over with rounds of 78 and 72, while Patrick Pockels tied for 28th at 11over after he shot a 77 and 76 in the second and final rounds.

LBSU will be back on the green Feb. 13 when it heads to St. George, Utah to compete at the two-day Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational at Sunbrook Country Club.

fensive line we really shut them down. So, our offense completely took over just because we were just pushing and pushing on them.

Eventually they just kind of wore down and we were able to win in double overtime.”

Although a Big West title is on the minds of the team, they also have thoughts of an even bigger goal.

“I really, really want to go to the [NCAA Tournament],” Kotsia said.

“It’s very hard, I know that, but we have raised our limits. I feel like all of us are thinking ahead and we are going for the [NCAA tournament] and whatever comes, comes and we are going to do our best.”

LBSU’s road to a title continues this Friday, when it hosts another PAC-12 opponent, No. 3 UCLA at 6:00 pm at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.

This will be the 49ers’ one and only home game in the month of February.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO PARTIAL 2017 SCHEDULE

CORRECTION

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DATE

MATCH

LOCATION

TIME

02/03

UCLA

Long Beach

6 p.m.

02/11

Triton Invitational

La Jolla

9 a.m.

02/12

Triton Invitational

La Jolla

9 a.m.

02/24

UCI Invitational

Irvine

9 a.m.

02/25

UCI Invitational

Irvine

9 a.m.

02/26

UCI Invitational

Irvine

9 a.m.

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