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Forum opens up intersectional dialogue

A student-led forum discussed issues of systematic racism and campus safety yesterday night.

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Black student union representatives voice their concerns about the lack of action regarding the knife incident that occurred on Feb. 25.

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What was initially scheduled to be a 90-minute discussion between students and administration turned into a four and a half hour outpouring of students’ fear, frustration and demands for change yesterday.

“We need to be able to come to our own campus and feel safe and secure that administration is doing their jobs,” a Muslim Student Association spokesperson said.

The student-led forum was held in the University Student Union Ball-

rooms, and the space was at capacity with around 500 students, faculty and staff.

At least 50 different speakers addressed their frustrations with the administration’s failure to notify Cal State Long Beach in a timely manner about the Feb. 25 incident when a 20-year-old student took out a knife in a sociology class on race, class and gender. They

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Teachers supporting teachers Students in the college of education talk teacher shortages, CFA strikes, and the future of education.

Student project thickens

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As part of the Education Week hosted by the Cal State Long Beach College of Education, the College of Education Student Assembly Spring Mixer students gave out snacks, set up games that had prizes and passed out flyers on the Central Quad Wednesday.

“We should be taken more seriously,”

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The future of cloud security is being shaped in a CSULB laboratory.

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In a zombie-like state, feeling stressed and deprived of sleep, she had been staring at the same five lines of code for 20 minutes, but there was more at stake than the competition. Her work could one day protect Americans from criminals, the NSA or the FBI. Sarah Shibley is a senior computer science major at

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Cal State Long Beach. For nearly a year she has been juggling work, school and a software project, but her effort has not been without reward.

Shibley received honorable mention at last month’s CSULB Student Research Competition for her work on a computer program named Lemon, which she claims will provide “absolute security” for those looking to store or share encrypted files on the cloud.

Shibley thought of the name Lemon as a reference to the ancient technique of writing secret messages in lemon juice that could only be revealed by heating the paper.

In a post-Edward Snowden society, the debate over privacy vs. national security is the loudest it has been in

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Student groups on campus exhibit an “apartheid wall” giving information about what Palestinians experience in the West Bank and Gaza Strip of Israel.

Reproducing the wall Palestinian Awareness Week brings demonstrations of a day in the life of a Palestinean to campus.

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Demonstrations where volunteers are stopped, searched and questioned were hosted by the Muslim Student’s Association and Students for Justice in Palestine to simulate the real-life struggles Palestinians are currently facing, because of the border regulations, through mock checkpoints.

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who works for UP. SSA President Gissela Chavez had an continued from page 1 additional incident in mind.

When Chavez approached the microphone, she held the police reports of also discussed the anti-abortion Genoan incident that took place on Feb. 21 cide Awareness Project, systemic racin her hand. ism and white supremacy.

An undocumented member of the Several student organizations atLong Beach community was detained tended the forum including La Raza, by the UP and deported to Tijuana the Sociology Student Association, Chiwithin four hours of arrest. cano/a-Latino/a Studies Student AssoHis son and wife attended the fociation, Black Student Union, Muslim rum to speak about their experience.

Student Association, Safe Space CSU, The deportee’s son spoke on behalf of Students for Justice in Palestine and the his mother, who did not speak English.

Coalition for Cultural Alliance.

He said the police pulled his father and Each organization made specific himself over for a broken taillight. demands, some of which included the After initially being permitted to resignation of Dean of Students Jeffrey leave, the deportee and his son were Klaus by Friday, the expulsion of the soon pulled over again by CSULB, acstudent who displayed a knife by April cording to the son.

6, a student oversight committee, inAccording to the police report, creased transparency and safe spaces which was given to the Daily 49er for students of color. under the condition that the family’s “It is important to acknowledge first names be withheld, CSULB police offiand foremost that the knife incident cer I. Sanchez pulled over a man and his highlights layers of anti-black racism,” son on Ximeno Avenue and Los Coysaid a student otes Diagonal speaking on Feb. 21 at 10:24 behalf of the p.m.

Officer SJP. “SpecificalSanchez’s first ly, misogynoir. name was not We have a rule of law and The hatred of on the police I can’t step away from black women report. When that. I think there will be for their gender, the officer had disappointment... their blackness, dispatch contheir sexuality duct a wants or and their mere warrants check, existence.” he discovered -Jane Close Conoley, According to the man was CSULB President President Jane wanted by U.S. Close Conoley, Immigrations the Long Beach and Customs Police Department is still investigating Enforcement. the incident and still needs to interview The man said he’d been arrested 15 five more students. University Police years ago for the possession and sales of turned the investigation over to LBPD drugs and had been deported to Mexbecause of a conflict of interest: the ico, according to the report. Sanchez, male student is both a relative to a UP along with corporal J. Millner and offiofficer and a community service officer cer M. Serrato, detained the man at the

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Palestine Awareness Week, which is a yearly event, brings an “apartheid wall” to campus as a representation of the wall put up by Israel to separate Israelis from Palestinians.

“This conflict has existed since the birth of Israel,” said Aliyah Shaikh, former board member and active member of the MSA. Both sides of the wall are covered with information about Palestine and the laws enforced on them by Israel. The event, led

by MSA and Students for Justice in Palestine, is also providing lectures and discus-

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Juliet Anne Formeloza, a senior liberal studies major pursuing a dual credential in special education and multiple-subject, said. “It’s not just a field like where it’s all fun and games

CSULB police station.

About two hours later, ICE agents Sanchez and Dwyer came to the station and took the man away in the back of their car. He was subsequently deported.

There were no warrants for the man’s arrest at the time he was arrested, according to the report.

He was transported to Tijuana, though his family said they were not notified that he had been deported.

“Within those four hours, we had a lawyer and everything ready. But I guess it wasn’t enough,” the son said.

“We are not in collaboration with ICE,” Conoley insisted.

Solorzano told the deported man’s wife that he had an open door if she wanted to talk about what happened to her husband.

“The police department here is not collaborating with ICE,” Solorzano said.

“Yes, it did happen. And it was one in the 24 years, 25 years I’ve been here because of circumstances that surrounded

this event. This was an isolated event.

This is not something we do on a regular basis.”

The man’s wife continued to sob throughout Solorzano’s speech.

When Conoley stepped up to the microphone to talk about what CSULB would do moving forward, she said that CSULB is governed by the Title 5 education code, not the California penal code.

“We will make a change in the — it’s the knife, literally the knife policy on page eight of the student handbook,” Conoley said. “I’m assuming the outcome will be no weapons … “ Several students interrupted Conoley as she tried to comment and some 10 students walked out of the forum during her statement. She asked students to allow her to speak since she’d taken notes and stayed quiet while they spoke.

“I know there are some things that students are frustrated about in terms of resignations, or firing or expelling,”

Conoley said. “But we have a rule of law and I can’t step away from that. I think there will be disappointment, but we will follow up on every other issue that was brought up.”

Associated Students, Inc. President José Salazar condemned Jeffrey Klaus’ behavior and called for the “the resignation of officer who deported the individual.”

“What got me today was the fact that our own police took a member of the community and sent them to ICE for deportation,” said Salazar. “Most of these students are first generation students. Most of their parents are migrants ... Do you think they’re going to feel safe bringing their own family members to commencement to Cal State Long Beach, a place where we deport our community members?”

Salazar left the microphone in tears.

Irma Corona-Nieto, Financial Aid Counselor for Educational Opportunity Program Retention chided students for not showing respect for Conoley or Solorzano.

“I have been here since 1975 and of all the presidents that I’ve experienced, and I’ve experienced Horn, McCrane, Maxson, Alexander,” Corona-Nieto said. “Just so that you guys are a little bit appreciative, this is the first time in the time I’ve been here that a president has taken the time to listen to you.

“We have to really give it to her that she’s got the pantalones that she has.”

Corona-Nieto said, “I am so proud of you because I was beginning to lose faith in the [millenials]. I was thinking you were passive. I was thinking you were asleep. I was thinking you didn’t care. And I was thinking you were just taking care of yourself and moving on, but I’m very proud of you … You’ve said that you’re embarrassed of Long Beach, I am not. L.B. has a beautiful history.

L.B. has a lot of things to be proud of.

And this moment is something to be proud of.”

sions in the evenings this week exploring and explaining the conflict.

In the past, since there are no cameras facing the open area in front of the bookstore the organizers would have to sleep on campus to guard the wall because people would vandalize it at night, Alghweir said.

The purpose of the wall is to represent the wall that surrounds the Palestinians.

Currently, the Palestinians are confined to the Gaza Strip and West Bank and must go through a checkpoint to leave and return to Palestine, Shaikh said.

The separation between Israel and Palestine hinders all aspects of the Palestinians’ lives, such as attending school and receiving medical care, according to Shaikh.

“This is not humane,” Shaikh said.

“People’s human rights are being violated.”

The MSA and SJP create mock checkpoints where some students dress like Israeli soldiers and others dress like Palestinians to create a visual experience of going through a checkpoint. Some Palestinian students became emotional when they were reminded of the trauma they’d been through while going through the real checkpoints, Shaikh said.

Emad Alghweir, vice-president of MSA, traveled around Israel, went through different checkpoints and witnessed the hardships the people there are experiencing. Because he was an American, he was able to pass through the checkpoints with ease.

“The majority of the Palestinian people are living in this suppressed environment,” Alghweir said.

He said he saw people trying to get through the checkpoint so they could receive medical attention, but the Israeli soldiers stopped them and made them wait.

“I was like, ‘Wow.’ ” Alghweir said.

“Just because I have this piece of paper, I’m better than him?”

Though most students went up and read the information on the wall or watched the mock checkpoint demonstrations, others weren’t so peaceful. According to Alghweir, there have been two instances this week where people came to argue with the organizers.

On Tuesday on student came up to the

PAW organizers and argued with them, to try and get a reaction, said Alghweir.

But the organizers remained calm and the student left frustrated.

They said things such as “Palestinians are rapists” and, “Why don’t they just leave,” Alghweir said. He said it appeared to him as if they were just trying to get a reaction, but everyone just remained calm.

“I love the Long Beach community and I know there is a lot of open-minded people here who will understand what’s right and what’s wrong,” said Alghweir.

“They will speak up about it.”

For more information on Palestine Awareness Week and the times and locations of the lectures, visit SJP’s Facebook page.

and we get summers off … I want us to move into the direction where teachers have the same merit as doctors and lawyers.”

The COESA’s goal was simple: promote the college and inform prospective students of the opportunities and resources the college offers.

Senior Andrea Alonzo is part of the outreach and success team for the college. Her job is to promote the

college and the existing programs within, give tours to students interested as well as reach out to interested students in community colleges.

She is pursuing two credentials and will soon start looking for jobs, which brings up the subject of salaries.

“Within the next five years we’re actually going to be in like a teacher drought because of the recession that

happened in 2008,” Andrea Alonzo, a senior and student ambassador lead for the College of Education, said.

“A lot of teachers were being laid off and now it’s kind of like ‘Oh, we don’t have enough teachers, let’s bring them all back.’”

Credential programs included there were multiple-subject, single-subject, special education, counseling, administration, liberal stud-

ies and early childhood education.

More events are scheduled for Education Week through Saturday including workshops, a job fair and an event called Open Class, Open House where students can sit in on a Liberal Studies, Teaching Credential or Graduate class. That open course schedule is posted on the CED website along with other events during the week.

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Aliasgari remembered the joy of first learning about encryption, and bringing the same to students is his passion as an educator. He described Shibley as “an excellent person, very intelligent and hardworking.” years, and the recent Apple vs. FBI “It is OK that you don’t know it,” controversy has brought it all to a Aliasgari said. “I didn’t know it when climax.

I was young. Motivated students like Businesses are concerned with the Sarah, they say, ‘Well there has to be integrity of their products and sera way. I keep working on it till I can vices, while law enforcement and the crack it,’ and that characteristic, to government look to use every availme, is pretty much all you need to able resource to protect Americans. succeed.”

Each has a mass of supporters To keep the project on track Shibbacking their agenda. ley and Aliasgari would meet weekly.

Shibley and projects like Lemon One other student contributed briefare key components in the debate. As ly before leaving the country. millennials secure more influence As the competition neared, the in society as consumers, voters and work became more intense. In the innovators, so do their values and three days leading up to the presencreations. tation Shibley slept for a total of five “I think the government’s just gonhours, guzzled coffee and struggled na keep reaching out, trying to get to focus. more, which isn’t a terrible thing in “The couple days before the comsome situations,” petition are kind Shibley said. “It is of a blur,” Shibley nice to have them said. keeping us safe, Shibley deLemon was created with but for some of it scribed her honthe goal of replacing that you don’t really orable mention, uncertainty of privacy want the governthe equivalent of with confidence while ment having their third place, as “a hands in everyvery surprising maintaining the beloved thing that you do.” and rewarding convenience of storing moment.” Though and sharing everything in The Project Lemon needs one place.

Categories more work before ranging from it is ready to be creative arts to released, finishing mathematical the competition sciences are featured in the annual was a relief for her.

CSULB Student Research Competi“Afterwards, I had a whole slew tion. Students present the work they of things I wanted to do to celebrate produced with the guidance of their it being over, but I was so tired that faculty mentor. when I got home I just fell asleep for Professor Mehrdad Aliasgari was the rest of the day,” Shibley said.

Shibley’s mentor. He has a doctorate in computer science and engineering Lemon and is CSULB’s cryptography and inWhen it comes to fostering uncerformation security expert. tainty while delivering convenience, Aliasgari thought of the concept “the Cloud” is in a category of its for Lemon a few years ago and apown. Lemon was created with the proached Shibley last year to work goal of replacing that uncertainty of on the project because of her enthuprivacy with confidence while mainsiasm, despite her inexperience with taining the beloved convenience of the subject. storing and sharing everything in “At the time I knew nothing about one place. security, and I had never used some “Some people feel kind of uncomof the tools and languages I needed fortable with the government being to work with,” Shibley recalled. “Afable to have full access to everything ter one of our first meetings when that they store on the cloud, but he explained the overview and end there aren’t really a lot of other regoal of our project, I remember besources that we can use because eving totally overwhelmed and asking eryone wants to use Google’s stuff,” myself, ‘Where do we even start?’”

Shibley explained.

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Cloud storage providers encrypt users’ files, but the provider still has control of the key and the file.

This means that the government or a criminal could access the file with the provider’s keys. Lemon solves this dilemma by allowing users to securely store and share files through Google Drive or Dropbox by encrypting them before they leave the user’s computer, according to Shibley.

Lemon also stores all of the pieces to the puzzle in different places. The public key, used to encrypt the file, is stored on Lemon’s server, the file is stored in the cloud, and the private key to unlock the file is only on the user’s computer.

Other methods require users to give away their private key when sharing a file, increasing the likelihood that the key becomes compromised. Since the public key only encrypts the file, a sender can retrieve the recipient’s public key from Lemon’s server, encrypt the file and then only the recipient’s private key can unlock the file.

If law enforcement seized the encrypted file or a criminal intercepted it, it would be nearly impossible to crack. The data would be completely useless.

“It is computationally infeasible because the algorithms that we use, they’re the ones that are the most tested and accepted by the international security community. So they are pretty much uncrackable,” Shibley said.

There are so many possible key combinations that even the nearly 14 billion years the universe has existed would not be enough time for the world’s strongest supercomputer to come close to guessing the correct key, according to Shibley.

Apple vs. FBI In ancient Egypt around 1900 B.C., a scribe wrote the earliest recorded encrypted message using non-standard hieroglyphics. Over a millennium later scribes were using encryption to transcribe the book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament, according to the SANS Institute, an organization that specializes in information security.

The practice of hiding messages from prying eyes predates modern civilization, but today it is thriving more than ever. Encryption has advanced exponentially since those first hieroglyphics with some form

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nardino case, the iPhone is running newer software and the burden on Apple is greater. Under the logic of the decision in New York, the FBI should lose, according to Scott-Hayward.

With threats from Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court and the U.S. government already appealing the New York decision, these cases could have sweeping implications for the security community and software like Lemon that provide unbreakable encryption.

Aliasgari believes this complicated issue must be considered from three aspects. There are the implications on Apple’s business, the powers the law grants the government, and the technical details of breaking into an iPhone. There may also be more going on behind the scenes.

“Maybe this is a time that CIA, NSA and FBI are trying to prepare the society to accept their behavior and so that is why they are bringing it out ... it is PR for both sides of them and they are both pursuing their own agenda,” Aliasgari said.

“Maybe what they are hoping to get out of this is that eventually people will say, ‘Hey, you know what? I give up my privacy. We don’t need to have that,’ or maybe people will say, ‘No, I want to keep it.’”

Shibley will hold onto her privacy and believes others will begin to do the same. She predicts that more people will practice encrypting information locally with programs like Lemon to take the power over information from the hands of the corporations that store it.

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When the courts ordered Apple to assist the FBI in cracking an iPhone, Apple and those in favor of complete encryption condemned the move as dangerous, despite the iPhone in question being a key piece of evidence in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks.

“I think it would be really neat if Apple could hold off and not let the FBI have a back door because that’s pretty sketchy … and once there’s a backdoor it means that anyone could hack it,” Shibley said. “It wouldn’t just be the government that could gain access to it. It could be anyone that could find their way in.”

The FBI has insisted that it wants Apple to hold onto the program used to unlock the phone, and that this is an instance of cracking a single phone, not all of them.

Assistant professor Christine Scott-Hayward, who has a doctorate in law and society, is CSULB’s Fourth Amendment law expert. She says that the outcome of the Apple vs. FBI controversy is unclear.

“There is a dispute as to whether the statute that the FBI is relying on, the All Writs Act, can be used to require Apple to take affirmative steps to help the FBI,” Scott-Hayward said in an email. “One of the factors to be considered is the burden on Apple, which it argues is high.”

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1. Viento y Agua, Long Beach 5514 E. Britton Dr. Ah, Viento y Agua — my first coffee house love. I was introduced to Viento y Agua during a thrifting trip in my freshman year, where my vegan friend went because she loved their vegan-friendly products. I was sold seconds after walking into the open space of the coffee shop. Viento y Agua has a strong presence in the Long Beach arts community, offering local artists the platform to display their art as well as holding open mic events open to all. Though sometimes a little too noisy for diligent studying, there’s always spaces and outlets to be offered. That and delicious drinks. Exploring their organic smoothie menu will be the best choice of your life, trust me.

2. The Library, Long Beach 3418 E. Broadway Unfortunately, most of the coffee shops on this list close at “normal” hours, “normal” in this case meaning you clearly don’t have a thesis due at midnight. The Library reigns as one of the few coffee houses in Long Beach that is actually open past 10 p.m., and even though this place is cash only, it’s worth hitting up the ATM beforehand. The drinks are decadently rich in flavor and overall exceptional — but a little on the pricey side. I’m partial to the Vanilla Goddess, which is essentially just a white mocha with an extra shot of syrup and more cream. It’s delicious.

But the real reason the Library is making this list is because of the decor. The moment you walk in, you’re greeted with antiquated furniture and several comfy armchairs to settle into for hours.

3. Hot Java, Long Beach 2101 E. Broadway At the end of the rainbow road, you’ll find Hot Java. Located on scenic Broadway and Junipero Avenue, a rainbow painted four-way intersection leads customers up to the local Long Beach cafe. The cafe offers a variety of innovative drinks and pastries to patrons. Now, this place gets packed. Despite the high number of tables littered around the cozy cafe, the popularity and location often make this place too packed to study. But if you can find a spot, you’re set for hours. The environment of Hot Java is almost always quiet, the lull of conversation hardly interrupting even the most easily-distracted studiers. My personal favorite drink is the Flaming Mexican Mocha — nothing tastes quite as good as cayenne and dark chocolate.

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5. The Bagelry, Long Beach 5514 E. Britton Dr. The Bagelry is my most recent study spot, and if I’m being honest, it’s my absolute favorite. Mostly because the Bagelry is pretty empty almost all of the time. However, it isn’t just the silence that makes this pick a great study center. With free refills on a wide selection of coffee and warm, freshly baked bagels, bagel sandwiches and other bagel-related foods, the Bagelry offers an environment that not many cafes offer: peaceful outside seating, like a back patio flush with leafy shrubs, trees and silence.

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The tall buildings that surround this area offer maximum shade, so bust out your laptops and Kindles because you’ll actually be able to see the screen without that pesky glare in the way. Folded fleece blankets and pillows are shelved and ready for your use, and Wi-Fi is, of course, totally free.

4. Portfolio’s, Long Beach 2300 E. 4th St. Portfolio’s is a walk down Retro Row, dominating the corner of Junipero Street and Fourth Street with its breakfast sandwiches and fresh roasts. It’s a busy location, and sometimes electrical outlets are hard to find. However, Portfolio’s offers both low-rise tables and puffy armchairs as well as tables and chairs for group work. While I may not go to this place for extensive, hardcore research (it tends to get a little loud, and sometimes table space is sparse) this place is great for some light reading or collaborative group work.

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Delectable places for Spring Break Check out these local restaurants.

By Katherine Lemus Staff Writer

With spring break around the corner bringing a week to relax and enjoy exploring the city, a few options to eat out at can be found around Long Beach.

The Original Park Pantry is one restaurant to go visit with friends or family. It is a restaurant that has been serving many since 1959.

With its classic look of mid-century décor and menu, the Original Park Pantry serves American classic home-cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“Everything has just about stayed the same, [The Park Pantry has] kept the good quality food, and the design,” Tammy Sintani, a server at the Pantry, said.

In almost 60 years The Original Park Pantry has changed very little, with only a couple of new additions

to the menu and a few renovations done to the building.

“The original owners sold the Original Park Pantry to an employee,” Sintani said. “There were about 20 other Pantry’s but this is the only one that is left, the original.”

While reservations are not required, Sundays and holidays are the Pantry’s busiest days.

Some of the restaurant’s favorites recommended by customers are the pancakes and the smoked salmon.

“We sometimes get people come in two or three times a day,” Sintani said. “I think it’s a combination of the good food and the friendly service.” Sintani said.

The Original Park Pantry can be found on the corner of Broadway and Junipero Street across from the park for which it was named.

On top of the Park Pantry serving breakfast all day, lunch and dinner, it also offers happy hour from 3 - 8 p.m. every day.

Not a lot of advertising is done for this restaurant but through word of mouth, the Pantry receives many new customers every day, according

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Almost two dozen eateries will open their doors for Taste of Downtown East Village, which began yesterday.

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Local eateries offer specials in the first installment of a threepart restaurant tour of Long Beach.

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Long Beach is very good at a handful of things, one of them being its ability to offer residents a massive variety of food thanks to the specialty restaurants that can be found in the nooks and crannies of the city.

Downtown Long Beach hosts food-based events regularly throughout the year, and right now Taste of Downtown East Village is in full swing.

Almost two dozen eateries in the East Village are opening their doors and offering signature drinks, dishes and desserts for remarkably reduced prices. There is no entrance fee re-

quired to enter the event, but food does need to be purchased with tickets bought for $1 a piece.

Live music, painting lessons and a bicycle valet are all available alongside the specials, highlighting the vibrant atmosphere always found in the East Village.

The foodie fun doesn’t end with this event, though.

Taste of Downtown Pine Avenue, which will guide attendees through the renowned restaurant district, will give crowds another chance to gorge themselves on June 22-23.

Wrapping up the season, Taste of Downtown Waterfront will be held Aug. 24-25 to give the summer days one last hurrah. Though restaurant listings have not yet gone up for these two installments and advanced registrations will not open until closer to the dates, unused food tickets from Taste of Downtown East Village do rollover and can be used at either event.

So, go forth, prosper and welcome the inevitable food baby with open arms.

to Sintani.

Another option to take a trip to is the Harbor House Café.

The Harbor House Café is a restaurant that has been serving food for almost eighty years. For almost eighty years, Harbor House Café has served people American classics like their traditional half pound burger or teriyaki burger and their variety of meals from their ten page menu.

The Harbor House Café was converted from a small beach cottage to a restaurant in 1939.

The cafe is filled with movie memorabilia such as old movie posters, vintage pictures along with other antique items that decorate the walls and an energetic atmosphere that is felt in the restaurant.

With its large portions and reasonable prices, the Harbor House Café is a destination that is great for spring break.

While not technically in Long Beach, the Harbor House Café is located in Sunset Beach on Pacific Coast Highway and is about a 15 minute drive from campus.

It is always open, all day and all

night.

Another restaurant option to visit is Domenico’s Italian restaurant that has been open since 1954.

With its private atmosphere and good service, Domenico’s has changed little over the years.

New additions to the menu have come but the restaurant has kept its old school décor, Italian foods and recipes over the generations.

Starting out as a pizzeria, Domenico’s has added salads, soups and pastas. Of course, Domenico’s still maintains its traditional roots of homemade and unique pizzas such as its ground pepperoni pizza and customer favorites such as ground sausage pizza.

According to the restaurant’s website, “Domenico and Beverly Spano opened Domenico’s in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. With a simple menu consisting primarily of made-from-scratch pizzas and the now famous house salad, Domenico and Beverly introduced their Italian faire to the Long Beach locals.”

The Spano family also had other pizzeria locations in Lakewood, Ha-

waiian Gardens and Santa Ana. They sold the original restaurant to the Kenyon family in the mid-60s.

After over 60 years of business, Domenico’s is still going strong and serves its customers delicious food.

Domenico’s is located on Second Street and Belmont Shore.

Many historic restaurants stand today that some may not know about. If, during spring break, you find yourself exploring Long Beach and getting hungry, know that these hidden gems can satisfy your cravings.

Original Park Pantry 2104 E Broadway 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily

Harbor House Cafe 16341 Pacific Coast Hwy 24 hours daily

Domenico’s 5339 E 2nd St 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily

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The addictive comfort of Berlin Berlin Bistro is the best café that you’ve never been to. Until you go.

Then you’re screwed.

By Madison D’Ornellas Managing Editor

Berlin Bistro is downtown Long Beach.

It’s a spot that allows the businessman to sit next to the faded hipster.

The large, white lanterns hanging from the exposed ceiling beams, the inviting glass doors and windows opening to the calm hustle of Fourth Street and the wood and brick walls lined with local art create a sense of Metropolitan comfort that you can’t find anywhere else in the LBC. My first time at Berlin two years ago was an innocent coffee stop, with a short conversation with some friends on the long, oak table at the center of the inside space preceding my tasting of one of the best latte’s on the West Coast.

Oh lord, I thought. This place will be death to my wallet someday.

“We are an unusual European concept,” says Kerstin Kansteiner, Berlin’s owner and president of the 4th Street Business Association. “To me, we always

divide up the worlds; we are a coffeehouse or we’re a restaurant or we’re a bar. But you can’t have it all. But we’re like ‘Yes you can.’ ” After moving from her hometown of Bielefeld, Germany in 1989, Kansteiner has brought with her not only an easygoing business attitude, but a knack for making things come together in an effective way. Upon her arrival she noticed a scary lack of cafes in downtown. So she decided to establish Portfolio’s, named numerous times the No. 1 coffee shop in Long Beach and quintessential landmark of downtown.

“You don’t know until you open up the doors or not if something’s going to work,” Kansteiner said. “But it did.”

But Berlin’s upbringing was a test for Kansteiner. Wary about the downtown neighborhood, she talked with Fingerprints owner Rand Foster about the safety of the location.

Today, with little to no security guards and minor disturbances, they laugh about their early fears.

“Now we understand that people still think that this is what downtown is,” Kansteiner said. “But it’s changed dramatically. In the four years that we’ve been here, people live here now, they come out, they walk around. It all works.”

The attached space of Fingerprints allows for an eclectic series of background

music while you sip on a heavenly Lavender Palmer.

Fresh ingredients from local farmer’s markets make the menu. There’s a medium amount of choices, which helps alleviate order stress. The menu also changes seasonally, which makes you miss the plates you grow to love while spicing up each time you glance at the menu.

Executive chef Tim Balen has a background in Mediterranean and Italian dishes that are rarely included on Berlin’s menu. But working with fresh, organic ingredients every day makes for a cozy, yet exciting, kitchen.

“My mom’s kitchen in Yorba Linda is bigger [than the kitchen], “Balen says. “It does get insane sometimes but seeing so many familiar faces each day, people do come back. It’s one of the things that’s been built here, this kind of comfortable spot to chill in. I like that we’ve established this kind of approachable menu and it’s still quality, nothing crazy. And we can kind of mix it up sometimes.”

Kansteiner and her team allow room for creativity, both in the dining area and the kitchen. It’s comfortable in Berlin. It’s relaxing. And the people, both working and enjoying the grub like to come back.

To this day, Berlin is my go-to. When I need a record, a semi-quiet place to write or an outside table occupied with the

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Berlin’s European design concept was inspired by owner Kerstin Kansteiner’s hometown cafes in Bielefeld, Germany.

Best Flatbread That You Will Ever Have in Your Entire Life, I walk three blocks down Fourth Street, past Ahmisa vegan café and into the “heart” of Long Beach’s East Village Art District.

Like Tom’s to Seinfeld and the Olym-

pia Café to SNL, Berlin is my spot, a regularly visited watering hole that I confide in when I need a break from life. And a mean grilled cheese.

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G-ouch: 49ers end UCSB rodeo The 49ers sweep the Gauchos to become the first MPSF team to reach 20 wins, their first 20-win season since 2013.

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The teams traded points for a majority of the set before another DeFalco kill sparked the 49ers. LBSU gained set point after a shot from Matt Marsh was hit just outside the antenna before DeFalco got a kill to put away set two at 25-21.

DeFalco said in close sets, he tries to remind his teammates to not stay hung up on a bad play and to “bring fire.” He said he is proud of how far his team has come so far this season and how much he has improved from the start.

“I’ve progressed as much as my coaches and my teammates allow me too,” DeFalco said. “I absorb everything from them...and I’m really proud of what everyone’s been help-

ing me with.”

The teams kept up the back and forth play to start the third set with each team gaining the lead before errors forced a tie set. The 49ers gained a 14-13 lead with a kill from freshman opposite hitter Kyle Ensing and held onto the lead for the rest of the set. DeFalco put the match away with an ace 25-19.

DeFalco finished the night with ten kills, three aces and seven digs.

UCSB’s redshirt freshman middle blocker Henri Cherry said that his team has been focusing on their side of the net and improving his own team’s game.

“We’ve been working on learning from our mistakes as the match progresses...and leaving each point be-

hind and working on getting better,” Cherry said.

Cherry ended the night with seven kills on 14 swings with no errors and one block assist.

As the post-season inches closer for the 49ers, Knipe said that the focus is tightening up his team offensively. “[We need to] try to continue to push the envelope on the things we expect our offense to be good at and continue to tighten up our serving and passing,” Knipe said. “More than ever before we got to focus on the things we can control and we can control us.

The 49ers are back in the Walter Pyramid as they take on UCLA Saturday night at 7 p.m.

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Who: Cal State Fullerton (11-9) When: Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m.

Where: Goodwin Field, Fullerton

Who: No. 2 UCLA (19-4, 13-3) When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Where: Walter Pyramid

Who: Chapman (6-12, 1-0) When: Thursday at 7 p.m.

Where: Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center

Who: No. 5 UC Davis (14-8) When: Saturday at noon Where: Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis

Need to know: Earlier in the season, Long Beach State (20-4, 14-3) and UCLA had themselves a five-set thriller that ended in the Bruins’ favor. The 49ers lost a 2-0 lead on Jan. 27, giving UCLA the 3-2 win to extend its all-time series lead over LBSU to 49-36.

The Bruins are on a six-game winning streak, while the 49ers are coming off a loss at CSUN on Saturday.

UCLA’s opponents are hitting just .206 against the Bruins this season, the lowest in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

On Saturday, LBSU blockers will need to keep an eye on sophomore outside hitter Jake Arnitz, who leads UCLA with 3.20 kills per set.

Need to know: These two teams have only met twice and both meetings were one-sided. Long Beach State (10-7) defeated Chapman last season 12-2 and 21-5 on March 3 and March 8, 2014.

The Panthers are coming off a 1411 win over Concordia University on Sunday at home at Allred Pool. If the 49ers want to extend their five-game winning streak to six, they will need to keep an eye out for senior utility Alison Quincy.

Quincy has scored four goals for the Panthers in back-to-back games. The 5-11 utility player leads Chapman in scoring, netting a total of 48 goals this season. Quincy ranks fifth all-time at Chapman with 163 career goals.

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The No. 4 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team cemented its 17th 20-win season as they downed No. 7 UC Santa Barbara in three quick sets Wednesday night inside the Walter Pyramid.

LBSU (20-4, 14-3) stumped UCSB (14-9, 9-8) in their second meeting of the season, holding the Gauchos to a .239 hitting percentage for the night.

LBSU head coach Alan Knipe said that keeping the Gauchos on their heels was mostly due to the 49ers making few mistakes.

“We put a lot of pressure on [UCSB] and we passed really well,” Knipe said. “When you get that combination of you’re passing real well and serving real tough, it usually puts your pass and defense in a good situation.”

The match started off with each team trading points evenly until sophomore outside hitter Bjarne Huus spurred a 4-0 run with a kill for the 49ers.

LBSU continued to extend the lead with consecutive kills from freshman outside hitter T.J. DeFalco and senior middle blocker Taylor Gregory.

A sophomore opposite hitter Davis Cannon kill finally gave the 49ers the first set 25-15.

The Gauchos kept the second set tight with 10 score ties, but managed to take an early three-point lead.

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Need to know: Long Beach State (14-6) and Fullerton renew their rivalry and their annual non-conference series with the Titans leading the alltime series 143-85. The last time both teams met, the Titans sent LBSU into the offseason with three consecutive losses, taking the series in a sweep.

If the 49ers want to snap the defending Big West champion’s run over them, they’ll need to score some runs against one of the nation’s best pitching staffs.

The Titans’ pitchers have thrown for a combined 2.18 ERA and allowed just 5.66 hits per nine innings this season, both good for second best in the country.

Need to know: Saturday afternoon’s game will be the first conference match of the season for both schools. The 49ers are 7-13 in the alltime series against the Aggies. However, in its last head-to-head matchup, LBSU edged Davis 5-4 on April 6, 2015 at home.

Nevertheless, the fifth-ranked Aggies go into their only meeting against the 49ers on a three-game winning streak. Hannah Harvey’s goahead goal against Hartwick with 45 seconds left gave the Aggies a 12-11 win and head coach Jamey Wright his 400th career victory on Friday.

Senior center Allyson Hanson leads Davis in scoring with 41 goals.

Overall, the Aggies high-scoring offense has netted 215 goals this season, 58 more than the 49ers’ 167.

Who: No. 8 California (18-4, 1-0) When: Sunday at 2 p.m.

Where: Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley Need to know: The last time the 49ers played against head coach Gavin Arroyo’s alma mater, the Golden Bears pounded LBSU 8-3 on Jan. 23. In addition to dropping the last two matchups against Cal, LBSU is 7-13 all-time against the Golden Bears.

Cal is riding a three-game winning streak after beating San Diego State 9-5 on Saturday. The Golden Bears have also limited opponents to five goals or less in 15 games this season.

If LBSU wants to hand Cal its second home loss of the season, it will need to limit sophomore driver Carla Carrega. The Imperia, Italy native has a team-high 46 goals this season for the Golden Bears.