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Graduates struggle to find work locally

By Mac Walby Managing Editor

Sitting in his cramped rented room on the East side of Long Beach, Paul Durang flips through stacks of hiring flyers and pores over his resume. He glances at his cell phone almost every minute, seeing if there are any calls or emails he may have missed.

“I started looking for a new job last summer,” Durang said. “It’s been a constant cloud hanging over me.”

An accounting major graduating this month, Durang hasn’t had a problem getting offers for business and management positions. However, finding work in accounting has been a different story. And leaving the Los Angeles area may be the most realistic way for him to find it.

“The area is just so competitive,” Durang said.

“Everyone starts scrambling for a spot early.”

A new report this year from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation paints a much prettier picture than the reality many in Long Beach are facing. The county of Los Angeles added more than 94,000 jobs this year alone and unemployment has continued to drop, according to the report. As students from Cal State Long Beach begin to enter the workforce, this should be good news.

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Many must look for work outside the county to find first job.

GRADUATION

AIS honors students to the beat of a drum

Someone told me Los Angeles is not a learning market, it’s a good-to-great market... you aren’t always going to live where you want to be at first.

Faculty recognize graduates of indigenous studies.

-Justin Covington, CSULB student

By James Chow

But workers say many of these jobs aren’t high-paying and others are temporary.

Some of that could be due to a lack of qualified workers, said Gary Godshall, co-owner of PrideStaff, an employment agency in Long Beach. With his wife and business partner, Beverly, the two have run PrideStaff, helping anyone from warehouse workers to medical professionals find a job in the area since 2011. But in the last year, the Godshall’s have seen a shift.

“The jobs are out there, but the quality of candidates has dropped,” Godshall said. “Many are coming out of college with little experience … and many more are leaving the area entirely.”

But Peggy Murphy, program coordinator for the Career Development Center, thinks CSULB stu-

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American Indian Studies professor Craig Stone handed four graduates an eagle feather that was blessed and sung over while a multigenerational group — featuring elder gentlemen and a young boy — beat a large drum in unison.

“If you take these feathers and you pray with them, they will help you to think about the direction in your life … to know your path,” said Craig Stone, American Indian Studies program director and professor.

Among the eight cultural commencement ceremonies featured on campus, the American Indian Cultural Graduation honored indigenous students and students in the program with academic regalia and drummed native folk songs in the University Student Union ballrooms on Saturday.

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During the event, Stone talked much about indigenous history on campus, mentioning events such as CSULB’s introduction of the American Indian studies classes and the reburial of Native American remains and artifacts on university grounds.

“In 1968, ethnic studies began in the CSU system up in San Francisco, and then American Indian Studies began in Cal State Long Beach,” Stone said.

He echoed the sentiments of students from Sherman Indian High who later came to Cal State Long Beach and their push for the recognition of AIS. “They decided that we need to teach about [indigenous] people, that there’s voices and stories and epistemology,” Stone said. “There’s ways of thinking, thoughts, philosophy and history that was not being taught.”

Fast-forwarding nearly 50 years, the university has continued efforts in advocating for indigenous peoples. Stone talked about the reburial of Native American remains that took place last summer.

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continued from page 3 CSULB was the first university in the United States to rebury the ancestors of a land under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on campus grounds.

NAGPRA requires institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American artifacts to their respective grounds.

“There’s all these people, all these families, who’ve done all these things for the reburial,” Stone said. “There’s lot of people that thought [the reburial] would never happen, but that happened last summer.”

Many recent alumni were recognized for having a close affinity with the native community in Long Beach and beyond.

Graduate Heidi Lucero gave three people including AIS lecturer Cindi Alvitre a red quilt with NAGPRA sewn in the middle.

Lucero, among a few others, donned a basket hat at the event to signify cultural identity.

“We wear it as a cowboy would wear his cowboy hat,” Lucero said.

“And it’s part of what I do. I’m a basket weaver so I actually weave hats like this in baskets. It’s just something to show my cultural identity.”

Efforts to improve the American Indian studies department are still developing.

According to Stone, thirty-five years ago, AIS had no exclusive office and no secretary. Four years ago, AIS had four to five part-time faculty members, three students pursuing an AIS minor and no partnerships with other departments and colleges. Currently, AIS has 14 students pursuing minors and two pursuing certificates, nine to twelve part-time faculty members , a halftime secretary, twenty partnerships across the university and an own office.

Nicholas Osife, a native graduate in mathematical economics and applied mathematics, talked about the lack of opportunities in mathematics in his early education.

“My interest in mathematics delves early on, but as a native student on the reservation some of the opportunities to learn the things I was interested in just weren’t there,” Osife said. “I remember I didn’t learn algebra in fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth [grade]. I really just believed that the only reason that I’m here is because of my grandfather and my late grandmother encouraged us to explore anything that we were ever interested in.”

Graduates felt a need to continue furthering and contributing their work to native communities. Leslie Jimenez, who earned a doctorate in education, related her individual achievements to her whole community.

“An event like this acknowledges and reminds us of who we are, who those before us were and those yet to come,” Jimenez said.

“It reminds us that our culture does have value. [It’s] more than just a ceremony. It is a manifestation that indigenous people are planting their seed within different fields to heal, to bring Native visibility, ways of knowing ... It’s empowering, it’s healing, it’s, for me, an honor and a reminder of what my duty as an indigenous woman is.”

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American Indian Cultural Graduation honored indigenous students and students in the program with academic regalia and drummed native folk songs.

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American remains that took place last summer. CSULB was the first university in the United States to rebury the ancestors of a land under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on campus grounds.

NAGPRA requires institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American artifacts to their respective grounds.

“There’s all these people, all these families, who’ve done all these things for the reburial,” Stone said. “There’s lot of people that thought [the reburial] would never happen, but that happened last summer.”

Many recent alumni were recognized for having a close affinity with the native community in Long Beach and beyond.

Graduate Heidi Lucero gave three people including AIS lecturer Cindi Alvitre a red quilt with NAGPRA sewn in the middle.

Lucero, among a few others, donned a basket hat at the event to signify cultural identity.

“We wear it as a cowboy would wear his cowboy hat,” Lucero said. “And it’s part of what I do. I’m a basket weaver so I actually weave hats like this in baskets.

It’s just something to show my cultural identity.”

Efforts to improve the American Indian studies department are still developing.

According to Stone, thirty-five years ago, AIS had no exclusive office and no secretary. Four years ago, AIS had four to five part-time faculty members, three students pursuing an AIS minor and no partnerships with other departments and colleges. Currently, AIS has 14 students pursuing minors and two pursuing certificates, nine to twelve part-time faculty members , a half-time secretary, twenty partnerships across the university and an own office.

Nicholas Osife, a native graduate in mathematical economics and applied mathematics, talked about the lack of opportunities in mathematics in his early

education.

“My interest in mathematics delves early on, but as a native student on the reservation some of the opportunities to learn the things I was interested in just weren’t there,” Osife said. “I remember I didn’t learn algebra in fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth [grade]. I really just believed that the only reason that I’m here is because of my grandfather and my late grandmother encouraged us to explore anything that we were ever interested in.”

Graduates felt a need to continue furthering and contributing their work to native communities. Leslie Jimenez, who earned a doctorate in education, related her individual achievements to her whole community.

“An event like this, in a way, is like acknowledging and reminding us of who we are and reminding us that our culture still has value,” Jimenez said. “So it means more than just a ceremony. It’s empowering, it’s healing, it’s, for me, an honor.

I honestly wouldn’t have been here if it wasn’t for my ancestors, who are all the indigenous woman and my community who have been here before me.”

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Some of you will be disappointed because the classes that you took did not prepare you for nonacademic work outside California. You have been in a world that is decidedly liberal and which voted for Hillary Clinton. If you remove the California votes, President Trump won the popular as well as the Electoral College vote. Thus there will be a cultural mismatch when you accept a job outside California.

Your cultural shock can be overcome. My cultural shock was in moving to California from Colorado.

You can soften the shock by studying cultural and historical information such as that on YouTube video’s in “Prager University.” Take an area of interest to you and start to understand what your teachers have not taught you. Be inquisitive and read information from conservative publications as well as items in the New York Times and other liberal news media. In other words, be inquisitive and use the critical analysis tools that you have learned.

Finally, be sure to give your employer an honest day’s work for your pay. The market determines how much your employer is able to pay. There is no free lunch! Too high a pay and the company will not be competitive and go out of business. Too little pay and people will have low morale and will neither work hard nor effectively. Both are bad for business. I have found you may want to choose your supervisor carefully. I went from the best job in the USAF to the worst job in 24 hours when my supervisor was transferred. Thus I can only wish you the best of luck. May you have a job close to your interests so that work will become a pleasure and not a drag.

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Searching for parking solutions Long Beach City Council to approve downtown parking study.

By Collin James

Contributing Writer

Parking in Downtown Long Beach is dwindling and residents there are willing to pay more and more for a good spot. 40-year-old downtown resident Terrance Amoroso gave up long ago on circling the blocks looking for a space and decided to buy a parking pass. A $152 per month fee grants him access to the Courtyard-Marriott’s parking structure on Linden Avenue - only a block from where he lives.

“Having that peace of mind, and knowing you can go out late at night and have a space to come back to is worth it,” Amoroso said. The Courtyard-Marriott’s structure is protected from the elements and would-be thieves; a luxury his street-parking neighbors do not have.

Although Amoroso says the price of his parking pass is worth the convenience, the price of that convenience is going up. His parking fee was increased by $10 by the end of April.

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Parking at CSULB is typically crowded and sparse, similar to the parking environment in the City of Long Beach.

“I’m not happy about it, but it is still worth it,” Amoroso said.

Ask any resident or worker in these neighborhoods and they will likely tell you parking is a hassle. The problem is that no one knows exactly how to best tackle the problem or even how many

parking spots are in Long Beach, including city officials.

“We don’t have any [data] citywide on the number of parking stalls,” said Eric Widstrand, the city’s chief traffic engineer.

The city is interested in finding out

and will be contracting a study in the Alamitos Beach neighborhood in downtown. City Council will vote to approve the study on Tuesday, May 23, which will award $250,000 to KOA Corporation, a Japanese city planning firm.

“We want to conduct a downtown parking study in Alamitos Beach to help us assess what the actual parking demand is in those areas,” Widstrand said. “We will get a better idea of how many people are parking, where are they parking and when is the biggest demand for parking.”

Meanwhile, a similar study on parking in Belmont Shore concluded in April. A lawsuit settlement between the city and the Transportation and Parking Solutions is one of the reasons the City of Long Beach is financing these studies. TAPS is a non profit group that advocates for improved parking in downtown. They filed suit under the California Environmental Quality Act. “When you have people circling around for long periods of time, you’re adding to the pollution and traffic,” Debbie Dobias said.

He says that the parking shortage downtown began with the Downtown Plan, a massive development scheme approved by City Council in 2012. Currently, there are 33 new buildings in the downtown area that are either under construction, in the planning phase or awaiting approval. These new buildings, Dobias said, are chipping away at the existing commercial parking

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Shuttle system sees student scrutiny Varying wait times drive confusion and frustration with campus shuttles.

By Mac Walby and Alex Race Staff Writers

Kevin Alvarado paces back and forth in front of the Beachside dorms waiting for a Cal State Long Beach campus shuttle. He gives his phone a series of frantic glances, eyeballing the time and praying that he won’t be late for his classes.

Alvarado isn’t the only student worried about the prospects of missing a shuttle – take a few shuttle rides and you’ll often hear the complaints of students regarding the shuttle services offered on campus.

“When I got on the shuttles, they were always packed and I almost always ended up being 20 minutes late,” said Tory Corona, a senior graphic design student.

If a student misses an initial shuttle due to it being full, the varying and sometimes lengthy wait times leave students weighing their options. In some cases, this means booking it cross-campus in order to make it to class on time — in others, it means waiting for the next shuttle despite an unpredictable schedule.

“I knew the next shuttle was going to be 15

minutes, so I was already going to be late. It took just as long to wait for it as it took to walk to class – so I just walked to class,” Corona said.

The perceived problems with the shuttle services aren’t due to a lack of effort. The Parking Transportation and Services department spends a lot of money trying just about everything to alleviate the flood of commuters CSULB caters to on a daily basis.

“We continually monitor shuttle wait times and accommodation levels to assess the shuttle transportation demand,” Amy Gerety, interim director of parking and transportation services, said in an email. “We use this information to make adjustments when applicable.”

Parking and Transportation spends $1.2 million annually on the shuttle services on campus — this includes both maintenance and operation.

The department is operating at a loss of almost $7.5 million this year, having to offset this gap with reserve funds.

In an informal survey of one hundred individual students taken between what students call the “busy hours” of 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. at the last stop of the East Loop shuttle station, 87 said that they have missed a shuttle due to it being full. 62 said that during the course of a semester, they miss a shuttle at least two to three times due to it being full — seven saying they have missed a shuttle five-plus times.

The East Loop wait times can vary between 5 and 14 minutes, depending on the window in

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If this is the option that we’re being given and I’m paying over $100 to park here, then I think I should be catered to to make sure that I get to my classes on time.

-Jillian Sutton, CSULB student

which a student arrives. As many as three shuttles operate at a time on the East Loop — usually during the busy hours. When the route is on a two-shuttle rotation, the shuttles tend to leave back-to-back, resulting in a long wait time if a student misses that window.

“The last time I used the shuttle service I had to wait for three shuttles before getting one,” said student and regular shuttle rider Brian Vu. If a student misses a shuttle from the last stop on the East Loop and they need to head to the library on the upper portion of campus, they face a quarter mile walk that takes 15 minutes at a walking pace of 3 miles per hour. 52 students said they were late to class as a result of missing a shuttle due to it being full in the same survey.

“If this is the option that we’re being given and I’m paying over $100 to park here then I think I should be catered to to make sure that I get to my classes on time,” said Jillian Sutton, who commutes from Los Angeles. “I shouldn’t have to get here an hour early to make sure that I get to my class. Really early in the morning, between eight

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supply. And new units are not required to provide their tenants with a parking space.

Alamitos Beach has some of the most heavily impacted parking surrounding downtown Long Beach and Belmont Shore.

While downtown Long Beach parking is limited future construction projects, Belmont Shore is constricted by narrow streets and small parking spaces. Many of the homes were built in the 20s and 30s at a time when cars were much smaller. The garages in the homes are now functionally obsolete - too small hold [to] today’s SUV’s and trucks, according to Belmont Shore Business Association President Mike Sheldrake.

“You have to have some skill in getting your car into the garage,” Sheldrake said.

Sheldrake said the worst time to look for parking is in the evening, when Belmont Shore residents are returning home from work as the restaurants and bars launch their happy hour specials. Most drivers at this time are looking for a place to park and rarely is it on the same block as their intended destination.

“Everyone is competing for space at the same time,” Sheldrake said. Sheldrake is also the owner of Polly’s Gourmet Coffee, and said that if was not for the lot behind his business, he might lose customers.

The Alamitos Beach study is expected to be completed in 2018. For more information on state of parking in Long Beach, visit Parkinglb.org.

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and nine the shuttles are packed and I’m either standing or getting smacked in the face with a book bag, and that’s super uncomfortable.”

Sutton says that with her commute, time spent getting to campus, classes and back home, her travel time can exceed two hours a day. She says the whole process would be made easier if parking was made more available on the upper part of campus — other students would agree.

“Lot 7 [the staff lot on upper campus] needs to be turned into a parking garage,” said student and regular shuttle rider Charles Denton. “I have to re-park my car every in lot 7 at 5:30 p.m. [when students are allowed to park there] because I have a class on upper campus.”

Gerety says that Parking and Transportation are aware of the frustrations students have regarding the wait times, acknowledging that some of the shuttles have a 15 minute gap between trips.

“We encourage students to plan accordingly to arrive to classes on time,” Gerety said.

Parking and Transportation spends over $2 million per year on sustainability programs such as the shuttles, the Long Beach Transit tap card and U-Pass. The school will also be paying back loans for parking structures on campus — $3 million every year until after 2030, according to the Parking and Transportation Services annual report.

As it currently sits, the funding isn’t necessarily there to address all of the needs for convenient and sustainable transportation. Students may have to be patient and wait until the funding to arrive so more shuttles can be added to the rotation.

The off-campus shuttle routes allow students to navigate their way outside of campus.

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A showcase of cinematic potential Graduating film students presented their projects to faculty, family and peers.

By Carlos Villicana

Assistant Arts & Life Editor

Film students’ labor of creativity and dedication to their craft paid off in roaring applause and proud cheers from faculty, family and peers for the graduating class of Film and Electronic Arts at Cal State Long Beach.

The Carpenter Performing Arts Center was host to the “Creative Nonfiction” and “Narrative Film” showcases on Saturday, where 26 films, two trailers and one music video premiered to an audience of hundreds throughout the evening.

Film and Electronic Arts department chair Jerry Mosher began the evening by thanking the department’s faculty and staff, as well as the students’ families for their support in making the films possible by providing food, transportation and other resources.

“Each and every one of you have taught me to be a better teacher,” film professor Helen Hood Scheer told the students in the audience. “‘I hate writ-

Students, parents and faculty sit in the Carpenter Center to watch the senior thesis films. ing, but I love having written.’ You documentary filmmakers know exactly what [Dorothy Parker] means.”

The “Creative Nonfiction Showcase” consisted of 14 documentaries total, beginning with five from junior film students that focused on topics like the affect that transitioning genders had on

a person’s relationships with family, a puppet master’s life in Los Angeles and roller derby.

The senior film students’ work began with “Turning Point,” a documentary film following 24-year-old mixed martial arts fighter Gabriel Green after he suffered a crushing knockout loss. The

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film was directed by Jair Holguin and produced by Armando Rodriguez.

“I was in control of a three-thousand dollar budget and I allocated funds towards services for the film such as color correction, sound mixing, food, transportation, scheduling... and I helped push my crew to stay motivated

because I know that school got them bummed out,” Rodriguez said. “And I like to think that because of that they were much more responsive to the process of filmmaking.”

The pre-production process consisted of planning shots, sending out call sheets, securing gear and aligning schedules, after which they followed Gabriel Green throughout the course of four months.

“I hope to market my film on social media and hope that it can get more views, and maybe monetize it after a film festival run in the summer,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve got a few [festivals] I’m thinking of right now, they’re in my producer’s notebook.”

Rodriguez and his crew knew that their film would be shown at the Carpenter Center because of past experiences.

“I can’t speak for the rest of my crew, but for my own experience, I was very excited since I’ve had plenty of history with the Carpenter Center,” Rodriguez said. “I used to film here as a College Beat student, and now I’m debuting my thesis film as a producer here, so I feel like it’s a big step in my life.”

After a 30 minute intermission, the “Narrative Film Showcase” began with

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ACTIVITIES

School’s out, get out and into Long Beach Whether you’re graduating or resting until next semester, summer time in LBC is blooming with things to do.

By Carlos Villicana

Assistant Arts & Life Editor

Classes may be over for some, but life goes on — Long Beach will have plenty to offer residents during the three months between the spring and fall semesters. Whether you’re a horror fanatic, music lover or looking to celebrate cultural events, these are just some of the events you can attend to have fun and connect with the city, its people and more.

June: Rock the Queen returns to The Queen Mary on Saturday, June 3.

Hosted by Los Angeles radio show The Woody Show, the line-up at this alternative rock event includes Smash Mouth, the Spin Doctors and Sugar Ray. Standing only tickets are on sale for $39.00, while seated tickets are selling for $49.00.

Pacific Islander Festival takes place June 3 and 4 at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Admission is free for Aquarium

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Festival attendees dance on one of the two dance stages at the Love Long Beach Festival. members or included with a general admission ticket for the Aquarium, which is $17.95 for children ages 3-11 and $29.95 for adults. The Fijian, Samoan and Tahitian cultures will be among the

many recognized at the festival and will allow visitors to experience Hawaiian games, cultural crafts and traditional island dance and music.

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Olympics will host the 2017 Summer Games at Cal State Long Beach on June 10 and 11. Athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in basketball, bocce, golf, gymnastics,

swimming and track and field. Arts and crafts booths, live music, games and

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Session I (5/30-7/7) JOUR 315 Literary Journalism (GE AREA: C2a, Captone F) Learn the craft of literary journalism. Read exerpts from great literary journalists and hone your skills as a writer.

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Session II (5/30-8/18) JOUR 312 Global News Media (GE AREA: D2, Capstone F) Increase your knowledge of the media abroad.

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Erin Alexandra Alford - Opera Performance MM Kristel Ira Aranas - Animation BFA Monica Joan Brazil – Drawing & Painting BA Alanna G. Carroll - Illustration BFA Christopher J. Cazneaux - Music Education, Choral/Vocal BM Nicholas Maxwell Cotter - Music Performance MM Harumi Camille Deluna - Art; Graphic Design BA/BFA Marisa Katherine DiCamillo - Jazz Studies BM Lawrence L. Diggins - Animation BA Anh Ngoc Dinh - Drawing & Painting BA Jason Gibson - Design BA Amanda C. Giron - Studio Art BFA Caitlin Kelly Glavinich - Design BA Saane Aziza Halaholo - Music Performance BM Nolan Stuart Havig - Studio Arts, Graphic Design BFA Derek Hink - Theory & Practice of Cinema BA Jared Daniel Hughes - Studio Art BA Florence Jandasek – Dance/Choreography MFA Randel Robert King - Art History MA Lakeisha Jonay Knott – Narrative Production, Producing & Directing BA Micahla Joy LeDesma – Film and Electronic Arts BA Su Joung Lee - Studio Art, Graphic Design BA Nicole Sim Bao Ling - Narrative Production, Producing & Directing BA Lea Violet Mano - Dance BA Jaclyn Monique Molinar - Art History BA Brandon Morton - Studio Art BA Krista Rose Paulsen - Illustration BFA Bethanie Weber Rayburn - Art History MA Dorothy Robbins - Piano Performance MM Megan Root - Theory & Practice of Cinema BA Emma R. Schneider - Dance Science BA Cintia Segovia Figueroa - Master of Fine Arts MFA Laura Aika Tanimoto - Narrative Production, Producing & Directing, Japanese BA

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Abdullah Adeeb Almunis - Finance BA Gabrielle Therese Carullo Banzon - Supply Chain Management BS Arturo Castillo Jr. - Operations & Supply Chain Management & Management BS Yin Ching Chan - Human Resources BS Melissa Cole - Finance BS Jorge Luis Contreras-Garzona - Management BS Tanner Nicholas De Berry - Operations & Supply Chain Management BS Tina Marie Downey - Management Information Systems BS Zahraa Fadlalah - Business Administration, Finance MBA Jesse Ramon Garcia - Information Systems BA Nohelia L. Gavarrete – Management & Supply Chain Management BS Randy Gonzalez - Accountancy BS Robin Greenway - Business Administration, Accounting BA Rosa B. Gutierrez - Accountancy BS Risa Hamamoto - International Business BA Heather Hardin - Accountancy BS Tegan Hetzel-Dobbins - Marketing BS Yasuhiro Horimoto - International Business BA Cameron J. Hughes - Finance and Accountancy BS Maxwell Joseph Langner - Business Administration MBA Julie Mai - Marketing BS Farah Taha Abdelbaqi Marar - Business Administration MBA Haneesh Marella - Supply Chain Management MS Chieko Mishima – Accountancy BS Iqra Naveed - Finance MBA Sophie Nguyen - Accountancy BS Thanh Thuy Nguyen - Accountancy BS Evelyn Jaeun Kim Park - Supply Chain Management MS Brigitte Perea - Management BA Nancy Phong - Accountancy BS Mollie Privett - Business Management BS Bahman Ramezani - Management Information System BS

Adela Redzic - Business Administration MBA Juan A. Renteria - Finance BS Katrina Rosales - Accountancy BS Heather Lynn Slawinski - Human Resource Management BS Ethan Eric Stager - Business Administration, Information Systems BS Patrick L Stearns - Finance BS Najmieh Tousi - Supply Chain Management MS Chase Seiichi Walker - Information Systems BS Camille Williams - Accountancy BS Saori Yamamatsu - Accountancy BA

College of Education

Lynette Ivonne Baltierrez - Educational Administration MA Georgette Baltierrez-Manohorathat - Educational Administration MA Chloe Elizabeth Duggan Calder - Liberal Studies BA Deana M. Campbell - Educational Administration MA Shanda Marie Carrasco - Education Specialist Credential Elizabeth Cortes - Dual Language Development MA Jacqueline Ivette Fleites - Early Childhood Education MS Stephany L. Glover - Educational Leadership EdD Maria Gomez - Multiple Subject & Education Specialist Credential Maria Antonia Guillen-Menjivar - Multiple Subject Credential Jennifer Sue Harrison - Liberal Studies BA Madeline Holly Morgaine Hornak - Early Childhood Education MA Maisha N. Jones - Educational Leadership EdD Su Fern Khoo - Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy MS Yuka Konishi - Dual Language Development MA Shelley L.K. Lopez – Educational Administration MA Maziyar Malekafzali - Single Subject Credential Ashley Money - Student Development in Higher Education MS Erica C. Morales - Dual Language Development MA Scott Morris – Multiple Subject Credential Jaime D. Muniz - Kinesiology Credential Nathalie Larissa Nann - Counseling - Marriage and Family Therapy MS Breanna Sara-Bowers Newby - Special Education MS Ryan D. Ohl - Science Credential Lauren Marie Ongman - Social Science Credential Karla Barbara Oropeza - Education MA Kobi Elizabeth Pekich - Liberal Studies BA Alexandria M. Pellegrino - Secondary Education - English Credential Amra Pepic-Koubati - Educational Administration MA Rosemary Ramos - Educational Leadership EdD Roxxan Rendon - Art Education Credential Haley Renee Rickard - Liberal Studies BA Jacqueline Andrea Ochoa Rodrigues - Dual Language Development MA Leticia Rojas - Educational Administration MA Jennifer Michelle Solano - Educational Leadership EdD Vicky Su - Multiple Subject Credential Jessica Ta - LOTE (Spanish) Credential Susan Varga-Szabo - Liberal Studies BA Natasha Sophia Vega - Liberal Studies BA Anna-Diana Friederike von Haumeder - Marriage & Family Therapy MS Roberta Pham Vu - Liberal Studies BA Qiaochu Wang - Single Subject Credential Shannon Marie Williams - Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy MS Siyin Yang - Mathematics Education MA Hannah Eunah Yim - Multiple Subject Credential Jaquely Lizzett Yniguez – Early Childhood Education Lindsey Kimiko Yoshimoto - Education Specialist Credential Gabrielle Harmony Zavala - Liberal Studies BA

College of Engineering

Izdihar Hilal Amur Al Hajri - Aerospace Engineering BS Amrou Almaaini - Chemical Engineering BS Majid Al Shekaili - Mechanical Engineering BS Muath Abdulmajeed A Alabdulkareem - Computer Science BS Abdulrahman M. Alansari - Engineering & Industrial Applied Mathematics PhD Samnang Dona An - Electrical Engineering BS Salil Dinesh Bhandarkar - Electrical Engineering MS Manav Bhanot - Computer Science MS

Bhushan Bhise - Electrical Engineering MS Bahareh Bozorgchami - Electrical Engineering MS John Russell Lindquist Connors - Electronics Engineering Technology BS Myron D. Davis, Jr. - Electrical Engineering MS Anna Marie Dimapasok - Civil Engineering BS Michael Drake - Biomedical/Clinical Engineering & Electrical Engineering BS Shawn Everts - Aerospace Engineering BS Francisco Fierro - Computer Science BS Bernardo Alejandro Flores - Electrical Engineering BS Kristin Margaret-Lynn Hedtke – Electronics Engineering Technology BS Erik Heikkila - Electrical Engineering BS Jose Felipe Hernandez-Uribe - Computer Science BS Matthew Timothy Hoffman - Aerospace Engineering BS Cindy Huynh - Civil Engineering MS Kumin In - Computer Science BS Niloufar Kiani - Mechanical Engineering MS Do A. Kim - Biomedical Engineering BS Theara Boon Kwok – Electrical Engineering BS Colin Edward Lauzon - Aerospace Engineering BS Jared Malabed - Mechanical Engineering BS Cameron Marsh - Electrical Engineering BS Hana Moshirvaziri - Engineering & Industrial Applied Mathematics PhD Thuan Gia Nguyen - Electronic Engineering Technology BS Jim Nguyen - Chemical Engineering BS Alexander Ladislaw O’Donnell - Mechanical Engineering BS Conner Onstenk - Aerospace Engineering BS Gaurav Palande - Computer Science MS William Pasco - Civil Engineering BS Jay Patel - Civil Engineering MS Phu C. Phan - Mechanical Engineering BS Aidan Taliesin Phillips - Computer Engineering BS Jesus Rivera - Electrical Engineering BS Amber Lyn Scardina - Electrical Engineering BS Jordan James Smallwood - Electrical Engineering BS Joseph Sockett - Mechanical Engineering BS Christine Van - Civil Engineering BS Jennifer Vinh - Chemical Engineering BS Stephanie Yung - Mechanical Engineering MS Roja Zakeri - Mechanical Engineering PhD

College of Health and Human Services

Kelley Amber Agnes Abarquez – Speech-Language Pathology BA Kian John Akhavein - Public Administration MPA Jalyn Alexander - Nursing BSN Rosemary Nicole Almeida - Social Work MSW Quinn Alexi Arellano - Exercise Science BS Katrina April Hope Bessem - Nursing BSN Maryam Biganeh - Public Administration MPA Lilian Bui - Health Care Administration MS Estella Calderon - Public Policy and Administration MA Catherine Campana - Kinesiology MA Tianna Canfield - Health Care Administration MS Ashley Marie Cardona - Health Science-Community Health Education BS Pamela Poindexter Case - Social Work MSW Lindy Nathalie Castillo - Social Work MSW Patrick Paul Chamanadjian - Public Health MPH Reem Chehade - Criminal Justice BS Victoria Cimo - Exercise Science BS Malia Selina Corona - Speech-Language Pathology BA Arlen Ovid Crabtree - Public Administration MPA Sheena Nicole Cruz - Public Health MPH Carol Yvonne Cuadros – Social Work MSW Vi Thanh Dang - Health Care Administration BS Almira Romero Dang - Social Work MSW Luisa Del Cid - Sport Management MA Whitney L. Dietlein - Social Work MSW Suzanne M. Ehlers - Nursing MSN Hilda Ebun Eke - Health Care Administration MS Jessica Jean Elderkin - Health Science BS Emily Brown Elmore - Kinesiology MS Shealyn Rose Engfer - Nursing BS Jordan Brennen Eres - Public Administration MPA Alejandro Estrada - Nursing MSN Yonatan Even - Hospitality Management BS Lizeth J. Felix Sanchez - Public Administration MPA Jessica Fey - Dietetics & Food Administration BS

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demic Excellence. This is the 54th year that CSULB has honored qualified students who accept stitutes one of the largest groups received during one year by the CSULB chapter of Phi Kappa Phi ted during one year by any chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Brigitte Foster - Nursing MSN Michelle Elaine Francis - Nursing MSN Neil Fujiwara - Public Administration MPA Leslie F. Gama - Community Health Science BS Karina Garcia - Public Administration MS Marisa Nelly Garcia - Public Administration MPA Leslie Garcia - Social Work MSW Melissa Njeri Gathura - Health Science BS Lauren Ashley Gelgur - Gerontology MS Rebecca Gomez - Social Work MSW Anastasia Gorelova - Health Care Administration BS Kevin Greenup - Kinesiology MA Deepika Grover – Health Care Administration MS Gabriel Guzman - Criminal Justice BS Don Ha – Health Care Administration MS Colin Warrington Hartel - Public Policy & Administration MPA Makenna Henry - Kinesiology MS Dora Luz Hernandez - Health Care Administration MS Maria Elena Hernandez - Public Administration MPA Eliana Hill-Modlinger - Nursing MSN Elizabeth Rose Hodgins - Public Policy & Administration MPA Sara Lindsay Hogg - Social Work MS Shaina Hohnstine - Communicative Disorders BA Stacy Indermill - Nursing BS Alexis Cuaresma Jacalne – Speech-Language Pathology BA Sara Jane Jewett - Public Administration MPA Caroline Kelley - Kinesiology, Sports Management MA Kara Kenyon - Kinesiology Exercise Science BS Amber Koblick - Health Care Administration MS River Koblick - Health Care Administration MS Shilpa Krishna – Health Care Administration MS Jasmine Rose Lace - Exercise Science BS Tiffany Lee Laffe - Nursing MSN Youn Kyung Leu - Nursing, Family Nurse Practice MS Hanna Rose Levini Nursing BS Sherry Lynn Lindemann- Social Work MSW Dianka Katrina Lohay - Social Work BA Derik Ket Lu - Social Work MA Jonathan Macias - Health Care Administration BS Graciela Macias - Social Work MS Sandy G. Maciel - Criminal Justice BS Jackie Mark - Public Policy and Administration MPA Angel Martinez Pastor - Nursing BSN Kyndra R. McDaniel – Social Work BA Jeffrey Ryan McIlvain - Public Administration, Public Works Administration MS Julie Ewart Meenan - Social Work MS Hetal Pravinbhai Meghani - Health Care Administration MS Brittany Mickens - Public Administration MPA Nand J. Modi - Health Science MPH Stephen E. Moore - Emergency Service Administration MS Ximena Moreno Moreno - Child Development & Family Studies, Family Life Education BA Michelle Alexis Moss - Nursing BSN Suchira Muenyong-Zinner - Health Care Administration MS Jenny Yen Nguyen - Nutritional Science MS Thuy T. Nguyen - Adapted Physical Education Credential Courtney Elizabeth Northrop - Public Administration MPA Chad Oberly - Public Policy & Administration MPA Christopher Aaron Ordonez - Child Development BA Monica Ortega - Social Work MSW Sarah Frances Ottone - Criminology & Criminal Justice MS Heidi Piedra – Social Work MSN Amandafe Alarde Perry - Nursing BSN Maggie Ramadan - Social Work MSW Elsa Ramos - Public Administration MPA Katherine Nanee Rann - Nursing BS Kristyne Adeline Robles – Public Policy & Administration MPA Dario Jesus Roldan - Social Work MSW Helene Francesca Rotolo - Public Policy & Administration MPA Daniela Ruiz-Cedeno - Social Work MSW Ritt Rungsisullatanont - Health Science MS Kelly Russell - Nursing Science MS Micaella Salunga - Health Care Administration BS Vanessa Serrato - Social Work BA Sofia Magdalena Svensson - Fashion Merchandising BA Kristen Joy Miyuri Tanji - Social Work BA Emily K. Tay - Public Administration MS Elizabeth Tirpak - Nursing MSN Rose Tran - Gerontology MS Thao Dieu Tran - Family Nurse Practitioner MSN

Rosa Maria Urquiaga - Speech-Language Pathology BA Almyra Jannelle Langaoen Valdez - Communicative Disorders BA Araceli Valencia - Health Care Administration BS Gene Vengerin - Public Administration MPA Kaila Vento - Kinesiology MS Karol Francis Violan - Health Care Administration BS Emilia Vitti - Communicative Disorders BA Alan Vu - Speech-Language Pathology BA Sullivan James Wall - Kinesiology BS Jasmine Janise Watkins - Health Care Administration MS Victoria Lynn Whalen - Nursing MS Shalini Wijeratne - Food Science BS Bena Wu - Nursing BS Sarah Jane Young - Kinesiology BS Uenah Yun - Nutrition and Dietetics BS Laura Imee Zamora - Health Care Administration MS

College of Liberal Arts

Abeer Ali A. Abbas - Linguistics MA Bailey Austin Adling - History BA Brayden Aguilar - Sociology BA Nasser Khalifa Al-Mkawni Al-Naimi - Political Science BA Hajar Alenezy - Linguistics MA Hassan Ali - Religious Studies BA Vanessa Altamirano - Psychology BA Karsten A. Arellano - Communication Studies BA Lauren Dixon Arnett - Communication Studies BA Ari Arvi - Psychology BA Carina Assayed - English Education BA Maria Del Carmen Baaz Medina - Psychology BA Alexandra Laine Baldermann - Communication BA Kathryn Ellen Beechinor – History BA Maria Grazia Botti - Psychology BA Liam Brown - Journalism-Public Relations BA Eleni Marie Browne - Psychology BA Matthew Alexander Burditt - Rhetoric & Composition, & International Studies BA Kristy N. Casillas - English BA Jennifer Chamreun - Psychology BA Sophorn Chea - Psychology BA Elizabeth Ann Chelling - English Education & Psychology BA Blair Lorene Clark - Communication Studies BA Justine Antoinette Collin - History BA Alisha C. Conover - Psychology BAt Daniel Patrick Cooper - History BA Alexis M. Cordova - Psychology BA Cristina Maia Cortez - Psychology BA Alfredo De La Cruz - Human Development BA Gitana E. Deneff - English Literature MA Delaney Jaclyn A. Denniston – Sociology BA Eve Doering - French & Francophone Studies MA Darren Andrew Donate - English BA Paschal Nikolas Dulay - Industrial/Organizational Psychology MS Sara Elgadra - Linguistics MA Brenda Elaine Estrada - Psychology BA Katlin Marie Eveland - Environmental Science & Policy BA Jesus Dimas Felix - English BA Ellin J. Forer - English/Creative Writing BA Sydney Elizabeth Fox - Psychology BA Robin A. Gaitan - English BA Lauren Ashley Garcia - Psychology BA Ashlee Goite - Spanish MA Sabrina Setare Golbaz – International Studies & German BA Lauren Keaulani Gutierrez - Psychology BA Eric Reid Hamilton - English MA Sydney Elizabeth Gordon Hamm - Human Development BA Shawn Heckler-Toyohara - Psychology BA Holly N. G. Hernandez - History MA Madison Diane Huske - Communication Studies BA Rebecca Lee Jacobs - Geography MA Rachael Adrianna Jones - English Education BA Vida May J. Kotico - Psychology BA Susan Elizabeth Lage - Business Economics BA Sophia Daon Lee - International Studies BA Sophia Katarina Lepore - Journalism BA Jake R. Looney - History BA Robert Luis Lopez III - History BA Emma Madsen - Psychology BA Vanessa Magana - Psychology BA Arwen Maier - History BA Dorri Mang - Communication Studies BA

Christopher Charles Maye - English MA Alayna Rose Mitchell - Sociology BA Bianca Mora - International Studies BA Matthew Nare - Psychology, Human Factors MS James Nienhuis – English & Comparative World Literature BA Irene Nino de Rivera - Anthropology BA Brandon Norris - Communication Studies BA Kiana Marie Nua - Psychology BA Aidee Nunez-Jimenez – Psychology BA Michael Enrique Oliver - Psychology BA Christian Ivan Ortega - Psychology BA Sebastian Michael Ospina - Communication Studies BA Angela Ostroff - Communication Studies BA Henry Steven Palacios - Political Science BA Brooke J. Pellam - English/American Studies BA Itzel Perez - Comparative World Literature BA Alissa Marie Petersen - Sociology BA Kyle Petrulio - Linguistics MA Kellie Elizabeth Purnell - History BA Marijose Ramirez - Communication Studies, Political Science BA Manuel Romero - Italian Studies MA Gabriella Marie Salazar - Political Science BA Hugo Sanchez Hernandez - Psychology MA Owen Preston Schumacher - English MA Kylie R. Shahar - Political Science & Philosophy BA Avi Sharan - Mathematical Economics & Economic Theory BA Karina Sharma - Human Development BA Kylie Sholty - Political Science BA Michele Rose Stone - Psychology BA Michelle Styrpejko - Communication Studies BA Hilary Tran - Human Development BA Bionca Trejo - Human Development BA Hannah Alice Turley - Psychology BA Elizabeth Tyler - Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies BA Gerardo Urbina Garcia - Sociology BA Stephanie Valenson-Ogita - Human Development BA Maria Arthella Geronimo Vallarta - Geography BA Toby Van Der Veer - Psychology BA Tian L. Walker - Anthropology & History BA Alexandra Wieting-Lukowski - Communication Studies BA Amy Elizabeth-Feiner Williams - Psychology BA Katie Rose Woodson - Psychology BA Victoria Molly Guieb Yamzon - Human Development BA

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Brandon Kosal Abrajan - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Amanda Bjornstad - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Breanna Christine Donoho - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Kellie Harper - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Elka-Anne C. Lacno - Applied Statistics MS Samantha Jean Morris - Biology Education BS Andy Huy Nguyen - Applied Statistics, Mathematical Economics BS/BA Michelle Pelka - Applied Mathematics BS Melanie Abigail Rader - Biology BS Nicole Rodriguez - Applied Mathematics BS Christian Santizo - Applied Mathematics BS Kunal P. Shetty - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Ann Tintly - Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology BS Nancy Tran - Biology BS Sara Patrice Valencia - Biology MS Khoi Nguyen Duy Vo - Mathematics MS Calvin Voong - Biochemistry BS Hui Zeng - Applied Statistics MS

The Officers of CSULB Local Chapter 086 of Phi Kappa Phi offer their heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to our best and brightest Juniors, Seniors and Graduate Students.

Dr. Mike Walter, President Dr. Wendy Reiboldt, Vice President Shayleen Fay, Treasurer Professor Thomas Rhoads, Public Relations

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Breaking down graduation apparel.

By Samantha Diaz Arts & Life Editor

A cap, gown, tassel and sash.

Almost every graduating student from Cal State Long Beach will be adorned with these pieces of clothing to commemorate their leaving the walls of CSULB and entering the world of hopeful job offers and careers. Some students will be sporting cords and medallions or different colored sashes and tassels during Commencement. Each piece of attire has its own purpose and style according to school and particular student.

Tassel: The tassel is generally worn as a decoration for the graduation cap and is placed on the right side of the cap then moved to the left side post-ceremony. Cal State Long Beach has the standard black and gold tassel as well as different colors according to the schools of study. A rainbow tassel also became available this year. Tassels are completely gold if the student is receiving their Masters or Doctorate.

Cap: CSULB students wear black caps, which they can decorate any way they choose. Cap color varies by school color.

Gown: Long Beach students all receive black gowns. The color of gown usually depends on the school’s colors. Students receiving a Masters or Doctorate degree have different style sleeves and hoods.

Sash: The sash is worn as a decorative piece and can display an organization or achievements of a student. The color generally depends on the school colors. CSULB students had the choice of purchasing a black and gold sash with the school’s seal on one side and the year or major on the other side. Students in a fraternity or sorority sport different colored sashes, according to their organization while students can wear different colors at their cultural grads as well.

Medallion: Medallions are worn as decorative pieces and vary by school.

Cord: Cords are worn to show an academic achievement or affiliation with an organization. CSULB students wear gold cords when they have earned a GPA of 3.5 or above

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free health screenings for athletes and their families will also be available.

The Long Beach Marine Stadium Park will be hosting the Patchwork Show Long Beach Spring 2017 on June 11.

Visitors can shop for handmade goods and food from over 150 vendors and food trucks. The event is family and dog friendly.

vention and Entertainment Center on July 29 and 30.

Discussion panels from the creative teams behind Disneyland’s The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, ‘90s Nickelodeon show “Are You Afraid of The Dark?” and Halloween Horror Nights will be among the event’s special attractions.

If you’re looking for love, not fear, the Love Long Beach Festival 2017 will be held at the Shoreline Aquatic Park on July 29 and 30. $5 admission per day gives you entry to the festival which includes DJs, two dance stages, food trucks and vendors. Ages 16 and under enter for free at this event that aims to spread “the magic of Long Beach.”

July: Country music fans will have the chance to see stars like Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice and the Swon Brothers when ShipKicker 2017 takes over The Queen Mary on July 1. Line dancing lessons, mechanical bull rides and a beer garden (an outdoor area where beer and food are served), will be included for 21+ fans who purchase a $49 ticket in advance online, or $59 on the day of the event.

This Independence Day, the “All-American July 4th Aboard the Queen Mary” will offer arts and crafts activities, a “patriotic theatrical movie” in The Queen Mary Theatre and a performance by The Pointer Sisters, a R&B group. Tickets are $44 per adult and $24 per child before the event and $49 per adult and $29 per child the day of.

Children 4 and under enter for free.

For those who can’t wait until October 31 to get their fright on, the Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival will bring a taste of Halloween to the Long Beach Con-

August: If you’re feeling charitable, Meals on Wheels of Long Beach 5K Run, Walk, Roll & Stroll will be held on August 5 at the Long Beach City College Veterans Memorial Stadium Parking Lot on Carson & Clark.

The fundraiser aims to provide meals for disabled veterans, and participants will be gifted a t-shirt and medal.

Entry for students and disabled participants is $25, while individuals and groups can register for $35 and $30, respectively.

R&B fans can look forward to the Third Annual Summer Breeze Festival on August 12 at The Queen Mary.

Tickets are not yet on sale, but the festival will feature Bobby Brown, Brandy, Keith Sweat and Rome.

Comedian and star of FXX’s “Legit,” Jim Jefferies brings his Unusual Punishment Tour to Long Beach’s Terrace Theater on August 26. Tickets for this show range from $46.50 to $179, depending on seating.

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“Mourning Dove,” a drama dedicated to the children of Syria who live each day with their families and themselves in danger. The film was followed by CSULB-Hamburg University of Applied Sciences co-production “Oceans Across,” the selfaware and self-deprecating “A Man Makes a Film,” animated film “HapPine-ss,” and more.

Two movie trailers, a music video about a boy going to prom and five films brought the showcase to a finish. “A Shot of Nectar,” which focuses on how a mother deals with the discrimination aimed at her schizophrenic son, was one of the closing films.

“This was the first film I ever worked on sound design for, and the first film I ever really worked on for anything other than errands or low-level work,” sound designer and junior film student Andrew Haag said of his experience working on “A Shot of Nectar.”

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Haag explained that the sound design specialization within the film major is not very popular because it is seen as difficult, but he says it’s not as bad as people may think.

“I actually was able to use this as an assignment for my sound design class last semester,” Haag said. “But I was the head of the [sound] department here so it was absolutely terrifying [in] every moment … but it really paid off.”

Haag has now had several people approach him about working sound design on their projects.

“Which is good for me because then I get literally as much work as I can take on,” Haag said. “[I feel] a lot better than I was this year. I know a lot more and I’ve learned a lot about better mic placement and how to do things and how not to do things. So I’m pretty excited for next year and I’m really excited to see what everybody turns out.”

When the showcase concluded, the film students celebrated outside and congratulated each other on their accomplishments, just days before they graduate from The Beach and move on to pursue careers as filmmakers.

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GRADUATION

Let my people go: to Commencement Students scalping Commencement tickets could make money in other ways.

By Marilyn Ramirez Opinions Editor

It’s commencement season and we all know what that means: students have been scavenging for extra tickets, trying to give the whole family a chance to see what is undoubtedly a remarkable accomplishment.

These students are given eight tickets each. The school claims that to be the limit, but due to the demand, the school opens a free ticket “sale” for students the week before graduation—which is great.

The administration doesn’t really have to hold this event, mainly because CSULB could decide to not give away more tickets and give their guests some breathing room at Commencement.

What isn’t great are students scalping spare tickets. I’m annoyed with people trying to profit off of something that is one, free to begin with, and two, very low in supply when looking at how more and more students graduate each year. There’s more than enough in those soon-to-be abandoned apartments that they can sell instead.

According to Cal State University Long Beach Institutional and Research Assessment Enrollment Trends, the school will be releasing more than 3,000 students into the wild lands of opportuni-

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ty and adulthood this spring semester. The CLA alone will have three ceremonies for Commencement. They’ll be two hours long each and filled with hundreds of family members waiting to see their kids/grandkids/parents/cousins and so forth take the stage and receive their degrees.

Commencement shouldn’t be one of those

things where families are freaking out about attending because someone wants to charge $20 a ticket.

I get it, $20 doesn’t sound like a lot of money.

It’s peanuts compared to the ever-growing cost of survival, which includes food, housing, transportation and health, and graduating students are trying

to make a few bucks that they can stretch out over a longer period of time. They’re leaving the safety of financial aid or other forms of fiscal support.

U.S. News & World Report writer Farrall Powell explains that according to student loans expert Mark Kantrowitz, the average graduate in 2016 has $37,172 in student debt and a survey by Citizen’s Bank found that 59 percent of students had no clue when they’d be able to pay off their student loans.

Debt is terrifying, undoubtedly so and no one can argue that selling an item that’s no longer needed is a smart way to make quick cash. Having said that, that item doesn’t need to be a ticket to Commencement. As a wise man in my life once said, anything non-health related that you haven’t used in the past six months can either be sold or tossed. Forget about selling the ticket for cash and sell those old composition textbooks instead.

For over four years, graduating students have experienced the meaning of the Freshman 15 and eating the same meal over and over again. They’ve dealt with running out of money a week before receiving their paychecks. They’ve even survived living with crappy roommates and fleeing to their parents’ homes to escape said crappy roommates.

Of these and the dozen other depressing college-life cliches students are forced to deal with, buying a ticket to Commencement shouldn’t be one of them.

Those of you who are considering selling your tickets — don’t. Just give them away to someone who needs them and walk away knowing you made a small contribution to someone’s peace of mind.

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The Dirtbags pose for a team photo with the Big West Conference trophy on Sunday. LBSU celebrates their first conference title since 2008 after their win and Cal State Fullerton’s loss to CSUN.

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LBSU clinches first Big West Conference Championship since 2008.

By Luke Ramirez

Assistant Sports Editor

The No.7 Long Beach State Dirtbags sat on the grass in front of the home dugout at Blair Field after their 2-1 series sweeping win against Hawai’i long after the home crowd of 2,030 had filed out of the stadium.

With eyes fixed on the big screen in right center field, they watched and waited for CSU Northridge to wrap up their victory against Cal State Fullerton — meaning the Dirtbags would win the 2017 Big West Conference championship.

CSUN recorded the final out on a fly ball and the LBSU players went into a frenzy, sprinting to center field before dog piling in celebration.

“It’s a huge deal to win a championship,” head coach Troy Buckley said. “It’s hard to do and this team should really enjoy it.”

In 2017, LBSU has already won 35 games, has six series sweeps, 11 weekend series victories and now one Big West Conference championship.

Many thought that the Big West title would be decided in the last regular season series against CSUF, but the Dirtbags were able to clinch the conference feat a week early.

“I’m extremely proud and blessed for these guys,” Buckley said. “They grinded. I know we have some talent but no road is easy to get here.

LBSU came flying out of the gates in game three against Hawai’i, scoring two runs in the top of the first against opposing starting pitcher Jackson Reese. Juniors Ramsey Romano and Brock Lundquist both had RBI singles in the inning to take the early lead.

Senior LBSU starter Dave Smith cruised through his first six innings on the mound for the Dirtbags (35-16-1, 18-3 Big West), needing only 63 pitches in that span. The only blemish in his quality start was a solo home run in the top of the seventh by Hawai’i (26-22, 8-13 Big West) right fielder Adam Fogel. “[Smith] was fantastic,” Buckley said. “For him to do what he did today was huge. He’s a guy that keeps the ball down and says, ‘I’m not going to beat myself, you’re going to have to beat me.’”

The home run made the score, 2-1, where it would stand after junior relief pitcher Chris Rivera notched his tenth save of the season. The final out came via strikeout and started the Dirtbags celebration.

It was the Dirtbags final regular season home game, which meant that Smith and the team’s seniors were honored on the field prior to the start of the game.

‘It was a good feeling to do all that before the game,” Smith said. “To have my family out on the field with me and getting to pitch in front of the fans at Blair for maybe the last time was special.”

Smith once again proved to be a stalwart on the mount in Sunday games this season. His final line was; 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 Ks. “When they announced the score of the Fullerton game, it gave me chills when I was warming up,” Smith said. “I knew this game would be important but to hear that we could do this today was crazy.”

Next week, LBSU heads to Fullerton for a three game series against the Titans (33-19, 14-7 Big West).

Even though the series will have no importance in deciding the Big West, fans should prepare for another classic rivalry series.

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BASEBALL

Dirtbags David Banuelos recognized as country’s best college catcher LBSU catcher David Banuelos one of 15 finalist for Johnny Bench Award.

By Luke Ramirez

Assistant Sports Editor

It’s said that at the heart of every great baseball team, there is a catcher who not only excels in on-field performance but is also a sterling leader. Junior catcher David Banuelos has been just that for the No. 7 Long Beach State Dirtbags in 2017.

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After making 47 starts so car this season, junior catcher Dave Banuelos looks to repeat his 2016 First Team All-Big West performance.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

LBSU men’s basketball playing at Michigan State next season Michigan State will host Long Beach State this year.

By Christian Gonzales Sports Editor

Long Beach State’s men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson has been consistently known to mash up grueling non-conference schedules on a yearly basis. And you could tell by this season, coming off a 15-19 overall record which led to a fourth-place finish in the Big West Conference.

Well, next season is no different, as LBSU will travel to the east coast to play at Michigan State University. The game will be a part of the 49ers non-conference schedule in the 2017-2018 season.

“There is a contract in place with that game and I think with a lot of new faces this year our schedule will not be as many of those marquee games of the past years,” Monson said. “But certainly, we still want to put our players in a position against the best competition so we know where we stack up — and Michigan state will be one of the top two or three teams in the country.”

Last season, the 49ers traveled

15,125 miles on a nine-game road trip that featured games against four teams ranked in the Top 10 at the end of the year: North Carolina, Louisville, UCLA and Kansas. That led them to finishing with 23,000 miles in the non-conference schedule.

While Michigan State returns mostly intact, as the Spartans are coming off a 20-15 season and are likely to be a preseason top-three team in 2017-2018.

For Monson, it’s a trip down memory lane as his father was an assistant coach for Michigan State when Monson was in 9th and 10th grade. Monson is looking forward to taking his team back to East Lansing, Michigan and spent seven years competing in the Big Ten conference as head coach at the University of Minnesota.

With the transfers coming to LBSU it will be interesting to see how the transfers react to the tough schedule that is being put together in the next couple of weeks. As for other opponents the 49ers could face Monson is waiting for the 49ers schedule to be complete and will release the schedule when it’s complete.

“If those schools release them that’s fine but we’re not doing it until we have them all in place.” Monson said.

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Dirtbags junior catcher Dave Banuelos goes around the horn after a Hawai’i strikes out Friday at Blair Field.

Banuelos will look to repeat his 2016 First Team All-Big West performance.

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sion for the Johnny Bench Award given to the country’s best college catcher.

“It’s a big time honor,” Banuelos said. “Definitely something that every catcher works for and it also makes the program look pretty good.”

Banuelos is one of 15 nominees for this prestigious award and has also stirred up some interest from Major League teams with the first year player draft around the corner in June.

“It’s been awesome to have him,” assistant coach Zach Miller said. “He’s always had the tools and the skillset to be one of the most talented players in the country.”

Banuelos has thrown out 17 out of 27 base stealers this season, shutting down the opposing team’s running game and forcing teams to play station-to-station. Offensively, he’s hitting .315 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs. His .525 slugging percentage is good for second best on the team.

“The bat has kind of been a bonus for the team,” Banue-

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los said. “I focus on my defense and the pitching staff a lot more than my offense.”

Miller spends the majority of his time working with the LBSU catchers and notes how Banuelos has progressed over the last three years with the Dirtbags.

“His ability to catch and throw has always been there,” Miller said. “It’s clear he has one of the best arms on the west coast and his blocking has improved a lot this season.”

On BaseballAmerica.com, Banuelos has been projected to go as high as pick No. 151 in the MLB draft and was ranked eighth on D1Baseball.com’s catchers list. Banuelos says it’s the coaches that he attributes his success this year to.

“I give all of them big credit for where I am today,” Banuelos said. “Miller especially. I thank him the most because he’s put in a lot of time to see me develop.”

Three finalists will be selected on June 5 by a national voting panel and the winner will be announced during the college world series on June 29.

“It would be huge to see all the work put in behind the scenes has paid off and it would mean a lot to me and the program,” Banuelos said.

As LBSU makes its way through the NCAA playoffs this summer, Banuelos will be a major part of the team’s ability to contend for a national championship.

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