CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
D49er VOL. LXVIII, ISSUE 36 | NOVEMBER 7, 2016
DOMINATION
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Ben Hammerton | Daily 49er
ith an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team dominated UC Irvine 3-0 Sunday at George Allen Field to take the Big West Tournament title. Senior Mimi Rangel was awarded Big West Tournament MVP. To read more about the game, see page 12.
CAMPUS ALERT
Body found at Parking Structure 1
The identity of the male has yet to be released.
By Michaela Kwoka-Coleman
News Editor
Early Friday morning, Cal State Long Beach University Police received a call about an incident at Parking Stucture 1, near the Walter Pyramid. According to the UPD activity log, the call came in at 5:57 a.m. and the Long Beach Fire Department was called to the scene. A Beach Alert was sent to CSULB students, faculty and staff Friday at 7:56 a.m. saying that Parking Structure 1 was closed until further notice. The alert said that there was no threat of danger and that the rest of campus was open as usual. Later, at 8:59 a.m., another Beach Alert was sent out saying that UPD had concluded its investigation and that the structure was now open. At 3:10 p.m., CSULB President Jane Close Conoley sent an email en masse to students, faculty and staff saying that the incident in Parking Structure 1 involved a young man who was dead at the scene. Associate Vice President of Government and Media Relations Terri Carbaugh said that she believes some CSULB staff members were on the scene first and were the ones who alerted UPD. Additionally, she said that while the man is not currently thought to be a CSULB student, it is believed that he had been previously enrolled in the university. In her email, Conoley said that an investigation has been launched to determine who he is and what connection he has with the university. The man’s age has not yet been confirmed, though he has been identified as “young,” Carbaugh said “This is a tragic event. It may cause distress among some members of the Beach community,” Conoley said in the email. “To assist, the university has a number of resources available
see BODY, page 4