CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 21 | OCTOBER 18, 2017
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CSULB says #UsToo University students react to actress Alyssa Milano’s #metoo social media movement. By Lilly Nguyen
Staff Writer
SHOTS ALL AROUND Students lined up in front up the bookstore, right, on Monday to receive free flu shots. The service was held in accordance with the Living Well at the Beach’s Health and Safety Week.
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emester goals: don’t procrastinate, study everyday — and avoid the flu like the plague. It’s flu season again and efforts to reduce the risk of contracting influenza have reached Cal State Long Beach. Participating students, staff and faculty received free flu shots in front of the bookstore vending area Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic is part of a variety of events being hosted by Living Well at the Beach, a group on campus dedicated to student well being, during Health and Safety Week.
Sponsors of the event include the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, Red Cross Volunteer Services and Student
Health Services. Those who missed out on the event have another chance to get their shots Oct. 25, Oct. 31 and Nov. 16 during the same hours.
Anyone with a social media account may have noticed Sunday that droves of sexual assault survivors began updating their statuses to #metoo in light of allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein, an American filmmaker and former studio executive, was deposed in the wake of sexual harassment allegations that have only grown in number since it was first reported by the New York Times Oct. 5. Actress Alyssa Milano responded by taking it a step further, asking survivors of sexual assault and harassment to tweet “#metoo” in an effort to “give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” The tweet has 22,000 retweets, 47,000 likes, and 63,000 replies since it was first sent on Sunday afternoon and the numbers continue to climb. The tag, meanwhile, has expanded to other social media outlets like Facebook and Instagram. The issue is further complicated with discussions of systematic misogyny. “I support [survivors using the #metoo tag]. It’s very brave of them to say they have experienced that,” said Eilleen Salas, a Cal State Long Beach graduate student majoring in biology. “It’s sad that [Weinstein] had so much power over all of these women, and that there are so many women starting to come out about it.” The outcry began a dialogue about the abuse of power by both executives and “A-listers” in Hollywood, particularly in the case of individuals such as Bill Cosby and see SURVIVOR, page 2