Daily 49er, February 21, 2018

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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 51 | FEBRUARY 21, 2018

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Hunter Lee | Daily 49er

A Wakandan Wonder Woman strikes a battle pose with Black Panther at the Long Beach Comic Expo.

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T’S AN AVERAGE DAY in Long Beach, California. Mario, Luigi, Wonder Woman and General Grievous pose for a picture. They laugh as an R2-D2 rolls by. This is a scene you can only find at an event like Long Beach Comic Expo.

For full expo highlights, see pages 4 and 5.

GRADUATION

VOLUNTEER

‘Save Commencement at CSULB’ rally gathers sparse crowd

Keep it clean, Beach

Provost Brian Jersky met with students outside of Brotman Hall to discuss concerns. By Lauren Martinez Staff Writer

Less than two weeks after Cal State Long Beach officials announced that the venue for the 2018 commencement would be moved and music removed, students organized a picketing event. A teary-eyed student projected her emotions into a megaphone Tuesday af-

ternoon as eight fellow protesters stood beside her, displaying signs in solidarity. She described watching her father walk the commencement stage at CSULB some thirty years ago. She dreamt of walking the same stage one day, and now since the graduation venue will be moved to the intramural fields, that dream won’t be the same. Julia Jaynes, a mathematical engineering senior, coordinated the rally that took place at the Speaker’s Platform adjacent to the University Bookstore. Although music was reinstated to the ceremony, the change in venue and lack of communicasee PROTEST, page 2

The third Saturday of every month, Justin Rudd hosts a 30-Minute Beach Clean Up. By Sarah Vehrs

Assistant News Editor

Over 100 people patrolled the beach with trash bags in hand Saturday morning. These community members were custodians for the day and volunteered for Justin Rudd’s 30-Minute Beach Clean Up. The 225th consecutive beach

clean took place at 10 a.m. Feb. 17, and has been happening on the third Saturday of every month for the past 19 years. Rudd, an Alabama native, moved to California 22 years ago, and made his way to Long Beach two years later. A year later, he launched the beach cleanup to help eliminate some of the debris that routinely washes up on shore. “I’m a runner, and I was running on the sand and noticed the large amounts of trash on the beach,” Rudd said. “I was tired of jumping over piles of trash, so I decided to gather some friends see SERVICE, page 2


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