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Last semester, all student dormers were warned by housing officials not to put money on their Wash laundry cards as old washing machines were to be replaced with brand new ones over winter break. However, some residents were dismayed to find that the old machines were still there last week. According to Corry Colonna, housing executive director, installation was delayed until Feb. 6.

“When I sent out the message to students in November or December about the laundry, we thought that negotiation was completed but that process was not quite done,” Colonna said. “We needed to change the terms a bit on our end and go back into negotiations. Lesson learned.

I was so excited to share the news about the improvements, I shared too soon.”

Colonna said installation of the new washers and dryers was delayed due to long negotiations with Beach Bucks and Wash.

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Housing will hold free laundry days to remedy faulty washing machines.

Dormers still awaiting new washers

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Although California legalized recreational marijuana use, the Cal State System is unwavering in its prohibition of the plant.

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toners rejoice; recreational cannabis is now legal in California. However, students will still have to leave campus for their lawful toke.

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By Sabrina Flores

The Spring 2018 semester began just after the state legalization of recreational marijuana Jan. 1, and Cal State Long Beach attendees may be wondering what legal ramifications remain tied to the drug. Frequent consumers of marijuana might be surprised to find that the school’s treatment of the pungent psychoactive substance is unchanged from 2017.

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“I know the new law legalizes personal use and possession of marijuana in California,” said Elizabeth Chapin, manager of public relations for Cal State Long Beach. “However, it is still illegal under federal law.”

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Even with California’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana, students still face serious consequences for possessing the Schedule I drug.

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College of education shows off its goods Graduate students and faculty displayed research at the eighth annual Educational Leadership Symposium.

By Sarah Vehrs

Assistant News Editor

Ever since Jenny Jacobs was a little girl, she knew she wanted to be a teacher. She would even take notes on what her favorite teachers did, so she could utilize those skills one day in her own classroom.

When Jacobs pursued her bachelor’s degree in theater, she never imagined that one day she would be presenting her doctoral research on the value of performing arts in higher education at Cal State Long Beach.

The eighth annual Educational Leadership Symposium took place in the University Student Union Saturday, where graduate students and faculty in the college of education displayed their research on a wide variety of topics.

“I’m really passionate about theater, so I decided to examine what the performing arts bring to higher education,” said Jacobs, a doctoral student in the college of educational leadership. “I found that almost all of the administrators that I spoke to think that the

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The Annual Educational Leadership Symposium took place in the USU Ballroom on Saturday. Faculty, students and administration converse amongst each other about the importance of campus leaders’ relationship with the community.

performing arts have the power to connect institutions to their community in a similar way to athletics.”

The morning kicked off with a continental breakfast and a welcome message from Anna Ortiz, department chair for the college of education. Groups then split off into different sessions, which included educational workshops for the attendees, followed by keynote speaker Stedman Graham to end the day.

“This is the first time I’ve ever presented any of my research,” Jacobs said. “So this event is a really great way to get my feet wet and share my experiences with people who come from so many different backgrounds and experiences.”

The room was buzzing as students and faculty chatted about research projects that filled the student union. According to Kimberly Word, the associate director in the educational leadership department, the event al-

lowed graduate students and faculty members to showcase their work with posters, workshops and panels. This gave presenters and attendees the opportunity to learn about and discuss research findings.

“The Educational Leadership Symposium is an opportunity for people to see what the college of education looks like with our students and faculty,” Word said.

“It’s also an opportunity for our current students to network with

alumni, and other faculty across the university and throughout other educational institutions.”

Stedman Graham, chairman and CEO of his firm, S. Graham and Associates, was invited to be the keynote speaker of the event.

Graham delivered his message on leadership identity, which he has learned through his experience as an educator and entrepreneur.

“I decided to come because I wanted to see the keynote speaker, and to learn from what he had to say,” said Lynda Murray-Thomas, a doctoral student in the educational leadership program. “This is my last year before I graduate from the program, and I decided to come so that I could network and get some inspiration.”

Ortiz stated that the event is a great way for the college of education to recruit prospective students and to showcase learning opportunities.

In addition, Ortiz stated that the keynote speaker was an extremely valuable source of information for students because the topic of leadership identity is crucial for them to grasp.

“We talk a lot about identity and values and social justice, so that as part of our work as leaders, we become advocates for underserved communities or disenfranchised groups of students,” Ortiz said. “I think his focus on identity really resonates on what we do in the classroom with our students on a regular basis.”

CRIME BLOTTER

Hit and run incidents, vending machine vandals and restraining orders

By Sabrina Flores

Assistant Photo Editor

Vending machine break-in University Police were called to the courtyard of the nursing building Jan. 21 to investigate two vending machines that had been broken into.

Upon arrival, police discovered the damage sustained by the machines inhibited the purchase of Coca-Cola drinks. The remaining product was taken into police custody; the situation is still under investigation with no current suspects.

Campus cart disappears without a trace On Jan. 22, officers received a call concerning a missing campus cart belonging to the Physical Education department. After being removed from the area surrounding the Social Sciences/Public Administration buildings, the cart was not returned to its original location. A report was filed with no suspect information.

Suspicious person served restraining order A call reporting the presence of a suspicious person in the library was made Jan. 24 at 5:45 p.m. The suspect was the subject of a restraining order, but hadn’t been “officially” served. Officers issued the order and removed the person from the area.

Forgery attempt Upon entering the campus Wells Fargo bank Jan. 25, a woman attempted to cash a forged check. Police were called, but the suspect fled the scene before they arrived. The case is still under investigation.

Hit and run misdemeanor University Police received a report Jan. 24 regarding damage done to a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident. The vehicle that was struck left with damages that include dents and paint transfer. Though there was no suspect at the time, a report was filed.

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Students will be able to use the washing machines in the student housing for free in the coming days until newer models are installed.

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In order to correct the situation, housing representatives will have free “laundry holidays” after new machines are installed during the spring semester. The dates for these holidays have not yet been determined.

“We recognize that there would be some disappointment,” Colonna said. “It is just something fun that we wanted to put in there.”

Jessica Teng, a freshmen kinesiology major who lives in Los Alamitos first floor, said the upcoming free laundry day could be problematic due to the volume of students trying to participate.

“I read the email and it is a good thing,” Teng said. “But, how would that work if everyone going to come down and there is only two washers and two dryers that work on the girls side? It is good it will be free but it is going be full of people when that day comes.”

In transitioning from using Wash, some students agree that paying for laundry with Beach Bucks will make life easier.

“I like that we can use our ID now and it won’t be the old laundry card that you have to pay for,” said Autumn Macklan, freshmen psychology student living in Los Alamitos third floor. “I have the semester card. I guess it is similar but hopefully it is easier than it is now.”

Students can deposit Beach Bucks to their ID card either online or at one of eight value stations around campus.

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Gentrification documentary moves in

“City Rising” sparks conversation about displacement and gentrification in Long Beach.

By Hannah Matt and Kylie Canales Staff Writers

A new documentary criticizing gentrification brought loud cheering from a full audience at Long Beach’s 4th Street Art Theatre Wednesday night. The theatre hosted a screening of “City Rising,” produced by non-commercial educational and independent television station KCET. The film focused on the issue of displacement in six California communities: Boyle Heights, South Central Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Oakland and the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento.

The documentary reveals the issues that arise when cities push for development. This development, known in the documentary as gentrification, promises growth and regeneration of low-income communities. But as the film explains, gentrification often drives up home values and displaces those who are not able to afford it after renovations are made or are priced out of their residency.

According to the film, this makes it nearly impossible for certain members of these communities to ever have a chance at home ownership. The film shows communities changing, culture

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In addition to federal law [the Controlled Substances Act], executive orders 930 and 1108 also inhibit marijuana from being legal on campus. According to these executive orders, a campus that fails to enforce federal law will be met with consequences.

“It really comes down to money,” said Detective Chris Brown of University Police Department.

“The school gets a lot of money from the federal government, and until the federal government changes their mind on what they classify as a dangerous drug or not, the university is not going to change their stance on it. Not unless [Cal State Long Beach] wants to give up their pell grants and FAFSA grants.”

Both Chapin and Brown confirmed the school allots no distinction between medicinal and recreational marijuana. Possession of any form of cannabis,

diminishing, and homelessness increasing within “developing” neighborhoods and cities.

Despite the struggles that low-income residents face with the rising costs of rent, it’s no secret that Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia has opposed rent control — a regulation which advocates have collected signatures in hopes of land a spot on the November ballot.

The film was followed by a discussion panel led by community leaders around Long Beach, including Eva Ramirez from Long Beach Residents Empowered, Brenda Caloca from Latinos in Action California, Susanne Browne from the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and documentary director Rita Baghdadi.

Browne explained the zoning plan for downtown Long Beach that was passed in 2012. The plan proposed massive amounts of renovation and development to increase the value of the area.

“It’s basically a huge gentrification plan,” Browne said. “The plan promised development, but it didn’t include a single unit of affordable housing.”

Jorge Rivera is a community organizer and the program director at Libre, one of the organizations that contributed to the making of the film. He explained how the community came out fighting against the gentrification plan and demanded a community benefits package.

“Ground zero is downtown Long Beach,” Rivera said. “If the plan was going to move forward we wanted to make sure there was some sort of affordable housing. They moved on anyways and

whether it be flower, concentrate or derivative, including cannabidiol are strictly forbidden on university property.

“We’re taking a hardline stance on [marijuana] possession,” said Brown. “We do not want possession on campus. We understand people have it for medicinal purposes. [You] can’t smoke it on campus, [you] can’t have it in your car.”

Your dorm room isn’t an exception either, according to Brown, who has witnessed cases where students were removed from on campus housing after the discovery of marijuana in their rooms.

Any amount exceeding 28 grams of flower or edibles and four grams of concentrate are grounds for arrest.

In comparison, alcohol is legal on campus in designated areas and situations. Previously, anyone found consuming alcohol outside of designated selling sites would be cited, but recent changes in policy have made it possible for individuals over 21 years old to legally carry closed containers as long as they are not publicly

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In response to the issue of gentrification in Long Beach and other cities, KCET’s documentary, “City Rising,” captures the negative effects increasing development has on low-income residents.

property values went up and people became displaced.”

According to Rivera, Libre has seen an increase in calls from people who have problems with renting in the area.

“The process has already begun,” Rivera said. “It’s sort of like stopping a moving train — and I don’t know if you even can stop it.”

Rivera said he encourages people to get informed of their renters rights and volunteer their time.

“It’s going to take a movement of renters to put a halt to it and until we have enough power we won’t see any change,” Rivera said. “We know it’s a hard task,

but unless we come together it’s gonna be hard to stop.”

Beto Rodriguez, a member of the organization Housing Long Beach and a Cal State Long Beach graduate, did a routine walkthrough in a Long Beach neighborhood that morning. On his cellphone, he had hundreds of pictures of broken thermostats, water-damaged ceilings and improperly covered windows on homes being painted on the outside.

“The homes I saw today received a $500 rent increase and the people living there were given a 60 day notice,” Rodriguez said.

“Now, the people not part of the organization were left to go to court; but the people that were

part of the organization, they can form a rent strike against the landlords.”

Rodriguez encouraged anyone renting in the community to join the organization so they can fight together rather than stand alone.

According to Rivera, college students are specifically affected by gentrification. Student homelessness is a problem at CSULB and universities around the country. He elaborated that younger community members and students should speak and let their voices be heard since they will be the ones who will deal with these issues in the future and they have the power to change the community.

We’re all about academic success here.

We want students to be successful, so the thought is we can get students into some kind of sphere of student conduct and ethical development or counseling to get them to understand what abusive consumption looks like.”

and a “criminal citation for infraction violation of the health and safety code.” Although underaged violators can technically be arrested on misdemeanor charges, according to Brown they typically are not.

Anyone between the ages of 18-21 will receive a $100 fine, while individuals over the age of 21 will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development for counseling.

First time offenders are required to attend a four-hour Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs class. Second time offenses result in required counseling. By the third offense, the situation must be evaluated to see if the student has a dependency issue or is a danger to themselves or others.

“We’re all about academic success here,” Brown said. “We want students to be successful, so the thought is we can get students into some kind of sphere of student conduct and ethical development or counseling to get them to understand what abusive consumption looks like.”

Despite pot’s firm status as an illegal substance on campus, some students suggest the possibility of establishing a hypothetical compromise.

“Maybe they [can] have dedicated locations to smoke marijuana if students need to, especially if it’s prescribed,” said Maria Moreira, second year communication studies major. “I feel like I’d be pretty pissed too if I used marijuana as medication and had to walk off campus.”

Other students are in consensus with Moreira that a regulated smoking policy and area should be acceptable.

“I think maybe during school hours or during the week or a certain time period it shouldn’t be allowed,” said Ryan Bell, sophomore human development major.

“If it’s like in a certain area then it should be fine.”

But no official action can or will be taken to set up designated “smoking” grounds on campus until marijuana is no longer federally considered a Schedule I narcotic.

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Detective Chris Brown consuming in unauthorized locations.

Those caught with marijuana will be forced to relinquish their paraphernalia, which will be taken into custody by authorities.

The punishment that follows depends on the age of the individual, the circumstances and how an officer chooses to enforce the law.

For those under 21, punishment entails special counseling

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The lights go down as play begins before a large crowd at the League of Legends World Championship at Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 29, 2016.

GAMING

Esports are coming for your balls What was once a shameful hobby for nerds is now a booming sports industry.

By Mac Walby

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G

ame 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals set viewership records for the league, with 31 million people tuning in to watch LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers take on Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. It was the mostwatched series in almost 20 years, but it wasn’t even the most popular sporting event of the night.

According to Riot Games, 36 million people around the world instead had their eyes fixated on screens showing a much less traditional event--the video game League of Legends.

Esports is loosely defined as or-

ganized professional gaming, and in 2016 it was a half-billion dollar industry.

A Dota 2 tournament had an over $20 million prize pool, with the winning team taking 9 million as a result. In 2017 it showed no signs of slowing down, selling out major arenas across the country including Staples Center in Los Angeles, KeyArena in Columbus and even Madison Square Garden in New York City.

In the next few years, Americans will start seeing video games on national television more and more often, and soon Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch will be competing for prime time slots against the likes of the NFL and NBA. Don’t believe me? Just ask Robert Kraft, owner of the New

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I think esports has the same chance to see the same kind of dynamic growth, and we want to play in it.”

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Robert Kraft England Patriots. He’s the new owner of the Boston Uprising, an Overwatch League team joining Blizzard’s leap into the sports deep end.

“This is a growth area,” Kraft said during his team’s announcement. “Look at a company like Facebook 20 years ago, look where they are. I think esports has the same chance to see the

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Overwatch is a 6-on-6 shooter with various game modes, with its own take of King of the Hillstyle and point-based objectives.

It has a roster of 26 different characters that fill certain positions, such as tanks who soak up lots of damage, damage dealers who go after the other team and supports, who keep their teammates alive.

Built on the foundation major sports associations have been using for decades, The Overwatch League was announced last year and kicked off in 2018 to impressive numbers, with major investors from the traditional sporting world.

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The boom for esports comes at a time when many traditional leagues are having trouble with viewership, especially the NFL. This is part of the reason that, according to Newzoo, 22 percent of young men watch esports, putting it just behind baseball and hockey here in the States. Soon that number will grow and spread to other demographics.

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A process greater than the outcome

An art show that’s not about the art, Robert Irwin shows us the beauty in everyday objects.

By Samantha Diaz Arts & Life Editor

The journey is greater than the destination in the University Art Museum’s newest exhibit, “Robert Irwin: Site Determined.” The show, curated by Cal State Long Beach art history professor Matthew Simms, focuses on the developmental process for many of Irwin’s most popular and theorized pieces and how he uses his given environment as a source of inspiration for his work.

While most art exhibits have paintings and sculptures covering the walls and filling every space in their galleries, Irwin’s art is something that must be appreciated with time. The way he utilizes the characteristics of each environment creates a sensual experience for viewers that can only be fully

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Museum curator, Dr. Matthew Simms, explains one of many pieces in involved in Robert Irwin’s plans for the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas.

recognized by following his journey to finishing the pieces.

“It’s this focus on the simple gesture of art that is responding to things that are already happening and it requires you to rethink what art is,” Simms said. “[The

exhibit is] asking us to rethink what art is.”

From airports and institutes to Cal State Long Beach’s own campus, Irwin shows his talent not by placing beautiful pieces of art into environments, but by using

that environment as part of the piece itself. He takes into account the slope of the land, the way the sun will hit the viewer and the sound of a nearby river to assure that the art will compliment the surroundings rather than disturb

them, and invite people to take notice of the space around them.

“It’s nice for students to know that art can be something that follows you around in the world,” Simms said. “It’s not just something you make. One of the things that happens when you spend time with Irwin’s art is that you start to realize that art is happening everywhere.”

Students are able to feel a close connection to their campus by seeing the first drafts of “Window Wall,” a piece adjacent to the Fine Arts buildings created by Irwin in 1975, which was restored in celebration of the exhibit. By walking by the site, Irwin is inviting viewers to see the opposite side of the frame as a sort of moving picture, and to see their own lives as a piece of art itself.

“The fact that CSULB has his first permanent site-determined public sculpture, it’s important to bring that whole body of work here,” museum director Kimberli Meyer said. “It felt like this was the birthplace of that body of see EXHIBIT, page 6

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In the center of the exhibit, stands Irwin’s model for “Untitled (Dusk to Dawn),” the site permanent piece created for the Chinati Foundation.

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Each gallery includes numerous sketches done over time for projects the Long Beach native has worked on over the course of his career, many of which either changed drastically in their processes or ended up unrealized.

“It’s not about the art, but it’s the process of thinking toward the art,” Simms said. “What we usually see are the finished things...so by bringing out some of the unrealized stages of this project we get to see the evolution. All the effort and all the thinking that went into it is valuable.”

The exhibit culminates with drawings and models of Irwin’s plans for a project commissioned by the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Viewers can see the evolution of Irwin’s plans for the building, as they go from a monochromatic color scheme with no window panes or roof to the finished product of two long

hallways with wide windows that play off the placing of the sunshine.

“To me it’s just a very interesting way to look at architecture rather than just the buildings itself,” Huntington Beach resident Victor Manalo said after touring the gallery. “Really being in harmony with the environment and even highlighting the environment is wonderful to look at.”

One of the largest parts of the exhibit is taken up by Irwin’s plans for the Miami International Airport, which he worked on for years but never saw come to fruition. While this project was never realized, it taught Irwin the most as an artist in terms of creation, recreation and ultimately failure.

“They have a kind of educational value in the sense that they show the process of an artist who’s trying to create something on this scale getting started,” Simms said.

“There is something to be taken from it, to not feel as though a project that didn’t get fully realized didn’t involve a valuable lesson.”

“Robert Irwin: Site Determined” will be on campus through April 15 before relocating to the Pratt Institute of Architecture.

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“Pocket Pool,” above, is one of Irwin’s most recent pieces, a series of fluorescent tubes wrapped in theatrical gel to create contrasting colors. Museum attendees view one of Irwin’s plans, below left, for Ohio State University. A working model, below right, for a tower near the Chicago river was never realized.

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Save the date for Diane Guerrero Guerrero will be the first female to headline the series.

By Samantha Diaz Arts & Life Editor

In the fourth annual “Evening with” series, students will see the event’s first female headliner and hear a variety of new topics.

Associated Students Inc. and Beach Pride Events have booked Diane Guerrero, the Colombian-American actress, philanthropist and social rights activist for Feb. 6. Although she is most known for her roles in “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin,” her advocacy for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and immigration rights have made her a particularly appealing guest this year for students.

“We wanted the speaker to reflect the diversity of our students and to make students feel welcome,” Program Assistant Jonathan Ibarra said. “Someone

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Diane Guerrero, best known for her role Maritza Ramos of “Orange Is The New Black,” will be taking part in a moderated discussion on campus Feb. 6.

who [could] speak on many issues our students may be facing was important.”

The “Evening with Diane Guerrero” will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the USU ballrooms. It is currently sold out,

but ASI will be giving out tickets through social media throughout the week.

While previous years have featured guests such as Common, who inspired students to follow their dreams, and Stan

Lee, who spoke to students about his journey through the Great Depression and World War II, Guerrero brings a new sense of purpose to the series: a call to action for immigration rights.

In her book, “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided,” Guerrero writes about her struggles growing up as a Colombian-American, fearing for her status and place in the country. She tells the story of coming home from school when she was 14 years old to find out her family had been arrested and later deported, and how that affected her life and career.

“I thought that being brown and broke, as well as hiding out from authorities for most of my childhood, somehow made me less valuable in the eyes of others and, at moments, in my own eyes,” Guerrero writes in her book.

This year’s event was organized by a group of student representatives in the Beach Pride Events Council who felt the issues Guerrero is able to shed light on are both timely and nec-

essary for the campus to hear.

“The fact that she’s a woman of color, but then on top of that the fact that she’s made it from humble beginnings and then became the successful person she is today,” Associated Students Treasurer Jonathan Wanless said. “Then to the point where she’s at a now, with a platform and the motivation to speak on immigration reform, which is an important issue [on campus].”

Guerrero will speak to a crowd of 500 in the University Student Union ballrooms about immigration reform and the struggles immigrants face every day, especially to avoid deportation.

After her speech she will take questions from the audience.

“A lot of students have faced issues with their undocumented status and it sometimes can be shameful for them to talk about so they just keep it to themselves,” Wanless said. “So for [Guerrero] to have the privilege to speak out about it at such a high level, it can give students the strength and encouragement to do the same; like ‘if she did it, I can do it too.’”

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Spring’s in Session The Daily 49er sports staff compiled a list of sports that will be in play during the Spring 2018 semester. We did a breakdown of the following sports that are in action: women’s tennis, women’s water polo, beach volleyball, track and field, baseball and softball.

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Tennis

Softball

The Long Beach women’s tennis team started its season this past week Friday against UC Riverside.

The 49ers picked up a 5-2 victory over the Highlanders for their first win of the season and in the Big West Conference. In the No. 1 spot, senior Lena Pacholski will lead Long Beach in its next game Saturday against Saint Mary’s at Rhodes Tennis Center. The 49ers will play their next conference game Feb. 10 against Hawai’i.

The conference is filled with nine teams and the Big West Tournament will be held April 26 at Indian Wells, California.

The LBSU softball team looks to improve upon a sub .500 season in 2017 (23-28-1, 11-10 Big West) finishing tied for third in conference. The 49ers are led in the circle by sophomore pitcher Cielo Meza (6-4, 1.26 ERA) and senior pitcher/outfielder Jessica Flores Meza who had 41 strikeouts in 65 innings last season. Head coach Kim Sowder enters her 12th season at the helm with a lineup spearheaded by junior shortstop Nicole Fry and senior outfielder Rachel Loera, who both hit over .270 last spring.

The 49ers travel start the campaign with 20 consecutive road games before hosting Baylor at the LBSU Softball Complex March 6.

Track and Field

Beach Volleyball

Both the Long Beach State men’s and women’s track and field team will start its season off by hosting the Beach Opener March 2 and 3.

Key returning members include women’s senior sprinter Ashleigh Chambers and men’s junior thrower Josh Carr who both were 2017 NCAA west preliminary qualifiers. There are a lot of fresh faces joining the men’s team this year with 20 true freshmen joining; the women’s team will have no freshmen but a mixture of upperclassmen.

Last year No. 7 LBSU beach volleyball team made its first appearance in the NCAA Beach Volleyball championship, but fell short to No. 2 LSU 3-2 in five sets. This year the team has a plethora of freshmen and transfers which have given them a new look. There are also three fifth year returners in Rachel Nieto, Nele Barber and Sasha Karelov. Sophomore Hailey Harward understands that the team will not be perfect from the start, but will continue to improve throughout the season.

Lineups have not been set yet, but the 49ers will have their annual Alumni game Feb. 24 followed by their season opener March 7.

Women’s Water Polo

Baseball

It’s not that often when the men’s water polo team and women’s water polo teams have the same coach. Gavin Arroyo leads both programs, but this Spring he will lead the women’s team who are coming off a 18-12 record after losing in the Big West Championship game to UC Irvine. It was the second time in program history that the team advanced to the Big West Championship game.

Long Beach will have seven seniors returning this season that starts Saturday against Pacific at Stanford. The team’s first home game will be against UC Santa Barbara March 10.

The Dirtbags enter the 2018 season as the reigning Big West Conference champions, coming off of a historic season filled with accolades (42-20-1, 20-4 Big West). They hosted a NCAA Regional and Super Regional Tournament and fell just one game shy of the College World Series. As a result, seven year head coach Troy Buckley will be seven impact players short after the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft claimed the core of the team’s success. Senior pitcher John Sheaks, senior shortstop Laine Huffman and junior second baseman Jarren Duran assume veteran roles amongst a team full of fresh faces.

The Dirtbags host St. Mary’s Feb. 16 to kickoff the season.

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J.J. Fiddler, left, and Mike Guardabascio pose for a picture at the 2012 Olympics in London. The duo covered 30 Long Beach athletes who participated in the Olympics in various events for the Press-Telegram.

LOCAL

Saying goodbye to local sports icons, for now J.J. Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio, PressTelegram and Gazette Sports team, laid off

by Southern California News Group.

By Christian Gonzales and Luke Ramirez Staff Writers

The massive sports market that is Long Beach and the surrounding areas lost two pioneers of coverage Thursday.

Mike Guardabascio and J.J. Fiddler, both 33, were laid off by the Southern California News Group. The two were the faces of the Press-Telegram and Grunion Gazettes sports section, serving an audience of thousands for over 10 years.

If you’re from the 562 area and have just the slightest understanding of sports, chances are you have clicked on one of their YouTube videos that greet the viewer with, “What up Long Beach, It’s Mike and J.J…” Along with their extensive coverage of high school sports, Guardabascio and Fiddler were regulars in the press box at LBSU athletic events ranging from women’s volleyball in the fall to Dirtbags baseball in the spring.

In fact, both are alumni of the school and began their careers in journalism on campus. Fiddler started the sports section of the Union Weekly newspaper and recruited Guardabascio, who was the managing editor at the time, to contribute to the sports section.

“I came to Long Beach State as a film major,” Fiddler, originally from Menifee, said. “Instead of doing homework, I was watching sports.”

From there, the pair set their sights on improving upon the sports coverage of the local newspapers, which included the Press-Telegram, who covers Long Beach, Lakewood, Downey, Norwalk, Artesia, Paramount, Seal Beach, Cerritos, Bellflower, Los Alamitos, Signal Hill, La Mirada, Compton and Cypress.

“It’s rewarding in a hard way to explain,” Fiddler said. “It makes

half a million people in an area feel like a small town. I can’t explain my love for the area.”

According to Guardabascio, the Press-Telegram and Grunion Gazettes are profitable newspapers in Long Beach. Both are owned by a private hedge fund called Alden Global Capital, and both publications are cutting 33 percent of its staff at 100 newspapers across the country.

After the decision to lay them off, a massive response on social media ensued. Professional athletes and community members alike voiced strong opinions against the layoff, but also took

the time to appreciate the work these men have done.

“I’ve been thinking all day about how to respond to this news,” Chase De Jong, pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization, said via Twitter. “Anger, sadness, disbelief? All of these are true, but no emotion is greater than the thankfulness I have for [Guardabascio and Fiddler].

You treated all of us like superstars.”

Fiddler and Guardabascio acknowledged every tweet.

“We were blown away by and completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of the response,”

Guardabascio said. “I did not expect to spend a whole day watching Olympians, NFL players and the community respond the way they did, and we were really humbled and touched by that.

It was like getting to go to your funeral while you’re alive to see all the things that people were posting about what our coverage meant to them.”

The span of their influence did not only include athletes and fans. Journalists were given something to strive for as far as full and comprehensive coverage. The team that was Fiddler and Guardabascio was pure motivation.

Now, the Press-Telegram doesn’t have a full-time sportswriter for the first time since 1896.

“It was emotional for us, because this really is our dream job,” Guardabascio said. “We decided this a long time ago we would do this for rest of our lives if it was possible. We had a lot of other job offers, we’ve never taken anything else, and we decided we wanted to work together and do this forever.”

The next step for Fiddler and Guardabascio has yet to be decided. Both would still like to work with each other but they will see what is best for both of them and will make an announcement soon.

“It’s been a real wake-up call and I think to the whole city that local ownership is the only way forward for local journalism,” Guardabascio said. “It’s obvious cities like Long Beach are going to get left behind by these hedge funds, so if we want something that’s special, we are going to have to do it ourselves.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

49ers take over No. 1 spot in the Big West LBSU climbs back to a .500 record after a road win over CSUN.

By Kevin Colindres Assistant Sports Editor

With nine seconds left in the game, senior forward Gabe Levin stepped up to the line with the match hanging in the balance. In front of a hostile crowd of 1,207, he hit a pair of clutch free throws to seal the deal and go home with a win.

LBSU (12-12, 6-2 Big West) swept the season series against Cal State Northridge (5-16, 2-5 Big West) with a 70-66 win at the Matadome Saturday. It was a hard-fought match that went down to the wire, but ultimately fell into the hands of the 49ers.

“It wasn’t pretty, but it’s the only picture you’re taking,” head coach Dan Monson said via LBSUHoops on Twitter.

Levin continued his impressive play by leading the team with 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists. His front court partner Temidayo Yussuf had a quiet night with just four points and five rebounds due to early foul trouble.

Junior guard Deishuan Booker contributed 12 points and eight assists, but struggled with taking care of the ball, turning it over eight times.

“A couple of the turnovers were just miscommunications with my teammates,” Booker said. “For the rest of my turnovers, I just need to make better decisions.”

Monson credited junior forward KJ Byers and freshmen guard Jordan Roberts for being the catalyst of the team’s

It was a learning experience, but we need to get back home and practice how to end these games much better.”

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Senque Carey defense and making big plays down the stretch.

Long Beach was aggressive in the paint, which led to 21 free throw attempts compared to Northridge’s nine. The “bully ball” mentality of the 49ers has been effective all season and it continued to work in their favor.

It was a close-knit battle in both halves, but the 49ers defense put them on top. Long Beach kept the Matadors in check from the field by limiting them to 41 percent shooting, but that wasn’t enough to take over.

Northridge found its footing, going on a 9-0 run with two minutes left in the match to cut the deficit to two points.

The 49ers had trouble inbounding the ball, but the team was finally able to get it to Levin to ice the game.

“It was a learning experience, but we need to get back home and practice how to end these games much better,” assistant coach Senque Carey said on 22 West Radio. “We got the 50-50 balls at the end of the game, and that’s how you win on the road in the Big West.”

The second half of the Black and Blue Rivalry continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday as Long Beach comes back to the Walter Pyramid to take on UC Irvine.

Joseph Kling | Daily 49er

Long Beach State junior forward Mason Riggins makes a layup in Jan. 20 game against Cal State Fullerton at the Walter Pyramid.

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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Ensing leads No. 1 LBSU past No. 13 USC

By Zackery Handy Staff Writer

The No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team extended its winning streak to nine games after defeating No. 13 USC 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 Saturday at the Walter Pyramid.

LBSU (9-0) was led by junior outside hitter Kyle Ensing and senior outside hitter Bjarne Huus.

Ensing had a match high 13 kills (.435) to go with seven digs and two blocks. This is his seventh time leading the 49ers in kills this season. Huus also added ten kills, four service aces, two digs and a block, which gave him player of the game honors.

“I think it reflects our practice,” Huus said. “I myself had a tough time serving in the first couple of matches, but [after] getting feedback from my teammates, I went back and changed some stuff and it was easy for me to go back and hit my serve tonight.”

Junior setter Josh Tuaniga led all players with 36 assists to go along with nine digs and two blocks.

Freshman middle blocker Simon Anderson led the match with four blocks to go with six kills. Junior libero Jordan Molina led all players with a career-high 12 digs to go along with his three assists.

USC (3-5) put Long Beach on its heels to start the match, grabbing an early 15-11 lead in set one.

“Tonight’s match was a little bit different for us than normal this season,” 49ers head coach Alan Knipe said. “We were trailing a few points in the middle of the first set.I think we did a good job of not getting frustrated, and continuing to pass.”

Serves were key for Long Beach in being able to take the lead back and run away with the game.

“They were making a ton of effort plays,” USC head coach Jeff Nygaard said. “That’s a part of their culture, they expect themselves to go after those balls so they end up getting quite a bit.”

Long Beach scored multiple points off long rallies that had players from both teams flying all over the floor. One rally saw DeFalco fly into the scorers table for a one-handed over the shoulder save, which would result in a Huus kill.

“It’s what makes the game so much fun,” DeFalco said. “We practice for that. We prepare for that.”

The 49ers’ serves gave the Trojans trouble all night as the team would collect eight aces in the match.

“They were relentlessly bombing it,” Nygaard said. “That’s a physical team so it’s something you have to accommodate to.”

With Saturday’s win, Long Beach has tied the school’s best start since 2008 and is now 9-0, winning 20 consecutive sets. Long Beach will look to move to 10-0 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday when it plays Concordia at the Walter Pyramid.

Long Beach State junior outside hitter Kyle Ensing kills the ball against No. 13 USC in Saturday’s game at the Walter Pyramid.

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