Daily 49er, October 2, 2017

SPECIAL REPORT

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

D49er

‘I had to be there’

VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 14| OCTOBER 2, 2017

A former Daily 49er staff writer flew down to Mexico City after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit to help his family and extended community.

By Roberto Herrera

M Contributing Writer

EXICO CITY — When I arrived in Mexico City on Sept. 22 for a threeday trip, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. After being there countless times before, this beautiful place was unrecognizable.

For the full story, see pages 4 and 5.

Roberto Herrera | Daily 49er

Four men stare in disbelief at one of many buildings that collapsed during the 7.1 magnitude tremor in Mexico City. The building was a five-story apartment structure that collapsed entirely on the parking garage.

Karo “The Heat”

PARISYAN

José “Suavecito”

LIVE AT THE

DIAZ

LONG BEACH PYRAMID TICKETS ON SALE www.longbeachstate.com/MMA

NO REFUNDS. ALL BOUTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

The Greatest MMA Event in Long Beach History

@EXTREMEFIGHTERSMMAEVENTS

2 ARTS & LIFE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM | ARTSNLIFED49ER@GMAIL.COM

COLUMN

Stop giving creeps a pass Paying to see “Jeepers Creepers 3” allows child molestors to continue working in the fi lm industry.

By Carlos Villicana

Assistant Arts & Life Editor

VICTOR RONALD SALVA

I

t seems obvious to me that any person disgusted by child molestation would never consider funding the work of child molester. Yet as of Sept. 26, Box Office Mojo reports that “Jeepers Creepers 3” has collected over $1.77 million in ticket sales. The film is directed by Victor Salva, a registered sex offender.

Since the film was greenlit in 2015, movie fans have argued the morality of paying to see Salva’s third installment in the “Jeepers Creepers” franchise.

The debate is split between people who want to see the film and those who believe doing so allows yet another sex offender to hold a position of power within the film industry — I side with the latter. I refuse to watch this movie, I do not wish to pay or be entertained by a pedophile.

For those of you who don’t know, Victor Salva was convicted of sexual misconduct in 1988. The director confessed to filming himself having oral sex with 12-year-old actor Nathan

Forrest Winters while filming his feature film debut “Clownhouse” in 1987.

Salva served 15 months out of a three year prison sentence and has directed nine more movies since, one of which was distributed by The Walt Disney Company. Winters never again acted, saddled with the trauma of this experience beyond the length of Salva’s far too short prison sentence.

Some have argued that boycotting “Jeepers Creepers 3” is unfair to the cast and crew that are not guilty of Salva’s crime. However true it may be that the collective cast or crew did not molest a child, these people have still chosen to work under Salva. One Google search of the director’s name will provide you with a page full of references to child molestation. His status as a sexual predator is both widespread and easily accessible knowledge. People, including Winters himself, have protested Salva’s films before. Anyone choosing to work with him should expect that “Jeepers Creepers 3,” its director as well as the cast and crew will face backlash.

“Atmospheric and macabre, with no happy endings, but not to be taken totally seriously,” Salva once said of his own films. I agree; his filmography is garbage which isn’t worth another thought, but the discussion surrounding his newest movie is to be taken seriously.

“Jeepers Creepers 3” had a onenight-only special screening on Sept.

26, and it clearly made money. It drew enough interest and profit to lead to a second one-night-only screening on Oct. 4, and an Oct. 28 airing on the SyFy Channel. People have chosen to ignore Salva’s past and reward him for his work, arguing that they wanted to see the film so they should be allowed to. My problem with this is that the movie exists at all.

In a world with constant uproar over the lack of directing jobs for women, people of color and LGBT filmmakers, we have a child molestor that is rewarded with a film which will play in theaters nationwide.

When debating whether you want to watch “Jeepers Creepers 3” or any other film by Victor Salva, ask yourself if you truly want to send the message that the story devised by a child molester matters more than that of the aforementioned people or the molester’s victim. I certainly don’t.

Yes, you can pirate the film to watch it without getting any money into Victor Salva’s pockets. But why even watch it? It’s just a movie, one among the hundreds upon hundreds that are released every year. The options are limitless when it comes to the amount of films you can see or things you can do instead of watching another film by yet another working director who is a pedophile.

“Jeepers Creepers 3” is nothing but a horror film about an ugly monster. No one’s health will suffer for not seeing it. Giving the film your money allows Victor Salva to continue taking funds that could be used by others, such as aspiring filmmakers who have never been convicted for having oral sex with a child.

When picketing an advance screening of Salva’s 1995 film “Powder,” Winters and five friends held signs that read “Support the victim, not the victimizer.”

That is the action everyone should take.

Winters is currently crowdfunding for a non-profit organization that would serve as “the voice for our children who virtually have none in our judicial system” called “we R their voice.” Supporting victims of child molestation is a much better use of ten dollars than funding the exploits of a sex offender.

FAST FACTS

MOVIES NOT DIRECTED

BY A SEX OFFENDER • “The Guest” Directed by Adam Wingard • “Halloween” Directed by John Carpenter • “The Hitch-Hiker” Directed by Ida Lupino • “It Follows” Directed by David Robert Mitchell • “Jennifer’s Body” Directed by Karyn Kusama • “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Directed by Tobe Hooper • “Green Room” Directed by Jeremy Saulnier • “Hush” Directed by Mike Flanagan • “The Transfiguration” Directed by Michael O’Shea

Correction: In the article published Sept. 28, Samuel Camarena’s official title is the Advancement Analyst, Systemwide University Advancement for the CSU Chancellor’s office.

ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR Looking for exp. Zumba Instructor to teach Fri. noon class. Also looking for people to sub. Zumba classes noon and 5 p.m.

Call Herb 626/807-3348

got opinions?

politics.gover nment.lear n.presidential.candidates.celebrity.audit.money.finances.majors.department.professors.schedule.work.paycheck.taxes.budgetcuts.news.media.life.sex.entertainment.relationship.need.politics.government.politics. learn.presidential.candidates.celebrity.technology.family.tests.life.publicschool.tuition.personal.education.books.health.science.sex.e n t e r t ai n m e n t . r el at i ons h ip. ne e d . po lit ics. gove r nm e nt . pr o fe s s o r s. li fe. email opedD49er@gmail.com

NEWS 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM | CITYD49ER@GMAIL.COM SUSTAINABILITY

Fall brings warm colors, but this month is green Passed by the Board of Trustees, the raise is stirring contention from some members of the campus.

and ways to carpool to campus will be provided.

The University Police Department will be at the event to provide bike registration and Velofix, the mobile bike shop, is giving complimentary bike checks.

Long Beach Mobility Team is going to be there to give students the opportunity to try the Long Beach Bike Share.

By Sahara Barba Staff Writer

In an attempt to make Cal State Long Beach a more eco-friendly campus, Physical Planning and Facilities Management recently installed the biggest solar panels project in the Cal State University system.

Sustainability and Associated Students Inc. are hosting several events throughout October intended to raise environmental awareness, including competitions to win prizes.

Since the competitions are monthlong, sustainability assistant Adeline Morley said that by appearing on students’ radars frequently, it will “show students that sustainability is a priority on campus.”

The events during sustainability month differ each year because the goals change based on what the campus is focusing on at the time.

Monthlong Competitions Recycle Wars Student organizations can compete for points by turning in recyclables at the ASI Recycling Center located across the parking lot from the Walter Pyramid at 5800 Atherton St. The organization that wins the most points

Photo courtesy of Physical Planning and Facilities Management

Starting Oct. 1 CSULB will be celebrating Sustainability Month and promoting the off campus community garden.

wins the cash value of all the recyclables turned in by their team, a pre-paid Week of Welcome spot for the next semester, a media promotional package and the Trash Trophy.

Caps must be removed from all bottles and teams that remove recyclables from campus bins will be disqualified.

The recycling center is open every day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except Tuesday.

Organizations can sign up by emailing asi-sustainu@csulb.edu.

Green Rides Challenge To earn raffle points, students need to take a photo of themselves taking sustainable transportation on campus and tag @ CSULB_Parking or use #RideCSULB17 on social media. Videos are double points with a cap

of five entries per participant.

Points can also be earned at the Green Rides Expo by going to the parking table.

The grand prize is a Jax bike and five runners up will get swag bags filled with notebooks, pens, water bottles and T-shirts.

Where on Earth is Earthy?

The sustainability mascot named Earthy is hiding on campus. Clues about its whereabouts will be given out on CSULB Sustainability and ASI’s social media.

Once Earthy is found, students can take a picture of it or with it, and post the photo on social media with #LB4Sustainability for a chance to win a prize.

Sustainability swag bags will be given out as prizes and the grand prize is a $25 Beach Bucks gift card.

Events Green Date at Grow Beach Tues. Oct. 3. 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Green Date will feature crafts, DJ’s from 22 West Media and refreshments at Grow Beach, the community garden located next to the Isabel Patterson Child Development Center.

The cost for a plot of land at Grow Beach is $25 for the entire school year. The fee includes access to the tool shed, water, composting and waste disposal equipment.

Green Rides Expo Thurs. Oct. 5. at 11 a.m.

Sustainable Transportation is hosting the Green Rides Expo, where they will be teaching several ways to make the commute to campus more environmentally friendly.

Information about bus routes

Eco-Crafts & Noontime Tunes Tue. Oct. 10. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The event will be in the University Student Union Southwest Terrace and will feature music and crafts focusing on reusable materials. The first hour will be for socializing and learning about sustainability and the second half of the event will feature a DJ..

Climathon Fri. Oct. 27. to Oct. 28.

The Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the City of Long Beach are hosting a 24hour hackathon at the Duncan Anderson Design Gallery to solve city transportation issues that contribute to climate change.

The event is occurring in cities around the world simultaneously.

Climathon is open to the general public.

Signing up with a team with a wide range of skills is recommended, such as good public speaker and someone who’s skilled in math or science. Teams can be arranged at the event if someone doesn’t have one.

To sign up, email CSULB-IIE@ csulb.edu. The application deadline is Oct. 15.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Passed by the Board of Trustees, the raise is stirring contention from some members of the campus.

By Joel Vaughn Staff Writer

Cal State Board of Trustees created conflict among students after their Sept. 19 meeting with the decision to raise executive administration pay within the Cal State University system.

Michael Uhlenkamp, interim senior director of public affairs for Cal States, said that executive administrators, presidents and chancellors, received a pay

raise of 2.5 percent. Cal State San Marcos’ President received a 10 percent raise, due to the fact that CSUSM’s president’s salary was already below the average president’s salary at other public universities in the state, such as those within the University of California system.

“The employees of the college are our most critical asset and it’s important that we adequately compensate them whether that be faculty, staff or administrators,” Uhlenkamp said.

Uhlenkamp also explained that Cal State administrators are paid less than their counterparts within and outside of the state of California.

“We know that if you are working at or leading a CSU, that you are going to be making less than if you were doing that same job at a different institution,” Uhlenkamp said.

As an example, the presidents of the Cal State system make anywhere from $200,000 to $450,000, with former San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman making $420,240. Our own President Jane Close Conoley has an annual salary of $336,538.

Uhlenkamp went on to explained that some CSU executive pay was supplemented through their college foundations, which the board folded into the state in order to avoid a conflict of interest with presidents sitting on the foundation boards.

Douglas Domingo-Foraste, Long Beach chapter president for the California Faculty Association, said he finds executive administration raises particularly troubling and that the majority of them aren’t essential to the university.

“If we on this campus get one more administrator, the whole ship is going to keel over,” Domingo-Foraste said.

Though he sees this as an important issue to bring to light, Domingo-Foraste said that only so much can be done since decisions are made within the Board of Trustees.

“If [the Board of Trustees] want to spend their money so every admin has a pony, they can.” Domingo-Foraste said.

He said he hopes the board doesn’t expect the California Faculty Association to roll over on faculty pay and student tuition,

which was raised for the 20172018 semester during last March’s Board of Trustees meeting, for the sake of administrator salaries.

Courtney Yamagiwa, Students for Quality Education member, further expanded on this conflict with executive pay and tuition cost as a whole.

“Higher education has continuously been defunded, but they have enough money to vote to increase their own salaries for the campus presidents and all the chancellors. That’s only from state funding, not student tuition,” Yamagiwa said.

Additionally, Danielle Carancho, senator at large with Associated Students, Incorporated, is concerned that these administrator raises are not in line with the Board’s perceived need to raise tuition to balance quality and accessibility. This is due to the administrator’s pay coming from the state, while the state is cutting college budgets. “[Faculty are] the ones that are giving us our education, they’re the ones that are teaching us and they’re the ones that are in the classroom everyday with us,” Carancho said. “I don’t believe that

administration should be getting paid more because they already make a ton of money.”

She also elaborated on lobbying efforts put forward by ASI’s Lobby Corps during the California Higher Education Student Summit earlier this year being brushed aside in favor of the tuition hike.

“Just to know that our efforts went unnoticed or unheard, because they did end up approving [a tuition hike] just shows how little that they care about students,” Carancho said. “It’s kind of a slap in the face to then go and give admins a raise.”

“

“

Executive admins receive pay increase

If we on this campus get one more administrator, the whole ship is going to keel over.

-Douglas Domingo-Foraste CFA President, Long Beach Chapter

4

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM

Martha Gomez and Carlos Herrera, above, stand outside their home in Mexico City on Sept. 27. A Mexican Naval soldier, right, calls out to the woman still trapped inside a crumbling building through a megaphone, in hopes of hearing any cries for help on Sept. 22. Trapped inside of the building, the woman by the name of Laura Ramos, was found dead beneath the debris the same day.

Photos by Roberto Herrera | Daily 49er

I

magine arriving to a metropolitan city like Los Angeles, and as soon as you walk out of the airport you see a damaged eight-story apartment building with its entire wall missing, the inside of the abandoned apartments plainly visible to the naked eye.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the lives of Mexican people on Sept. 19. The death toll is approximately 300 people, including children. It came on the 32nd anniversary of a historical 8.0 magnitude earthquake which occurred in 1985 and cost the lives of over 10,000 people.

After the quake, the government wasn’t letting any pedestrians into the danger zones. Entry was only granted to rescue teams, engineers, search and rescue and any form of public safety officials. The only way I could help was by going to Walmart in Mexico City and buying a variety of supplies to donate them to a donation center, as well as document what was going on by snapping photos of the destruction and writing this article.

The videos that surfaced on social media Tuesday, showed the shock and terror of people’s faces during and after the earthquake. Watching these videos could make your stomach shrivel up, but being there is a completely different experience.

Being that both my parents are from Mexico City, most of my extended family has been living there their whole lives. Though the thought of something happening to them was horrifying, I soon learned that my family down south was unharmed.

They were somehow better than OK — at least in comparison to the many dead and missing in the capital. I found out that in Mexico City, my grandparents and my mom’s brother were helping victims of the earthquake in any way they could.

I instantly thought that I had to go help one way or another. I couldn’t just stay home through the weekend and think that everything was going to be OK, because it wasn’t and would not be for a very long time.

W

Meeting my family again hen I landed at the Mexico City’s international airport, dozens of volunteers from different parts of the country were pouring in with their construction helmets, safety gloves and small bags to help in any way possible. After being driven through the remains and crowds of people searching for resources, shelter or loved ones, I had arrived at my grandparent’s home at long last.

Neither of my grandparent’s homes were damaged as severely as the multistory buildings in Mexico City. The most harm done by the quake was toppled furniture, decorations gone askew and a few broken dishes in the kitchen.

According to Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera, approximately 3,000 buildings were impacted due to the Sept. 19 tremor. That number includes buildings that collapsed during or after the earthquake, as well as those that are going to be demolished after being declared uninhabitable.

O

The rubbly remains nce I left the airport and took an Uber to my paternal grandparent’s house, the driver began taking me to the different buildings that had either been damaged or collapsed. It was emotionally exhausting.

Buildings that were five to ten-stories high and built in the ‘80s and ‘90s were the most affected. Some fixtures were left debilitated due to missing walls, broken windows, missing roofs or giant cracks throughout the building, while others were pulverized.

Each building had anywhere from 20 to 100 apartments. Unfortunately, many of the people living in those buildings became homeless due to them being declared uninhabitable, or their homes collapsed and turned into rubble and dust.

The first night I was in Mexico City, a friend was able to get me ac-

“

Don’t worry. We will keep try not giving up. If you have an fighting, and try your best to -Marine, Mexico City

cess to one of the restricted streets had been affected by the earthquak

W

Rescue mission in action e arrived to 241 Enriqu apartment building was rounding the structure navy officers, engineers and public A telescopic boom lift had two m of the building, where they could be down a wall on the top floor in orde to keep it from collapsing.

After looking at the structure for it had a set of stairs at the very bot out that the set of stairs was the en first floor, which had completely di What shocked me the most was n the verge of collapsing, but that the

5

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM

At one of the many donation camps in Mexico City, above, a line of volunteers can be seen loading water containers into the trunk of a car to distribute them to other donation camps that are in need of water on Sept. 22. Immediately after the earthquake, many people got together and created DIY donation camps where water, food, toiletries, tools and medicine were donated and distributed to volunteers, rescue teams and victims. A family wearing pajamas, below, stand in terror in the middle of a street due to a 6.1 aftershock that occurred in Mexico City on the morning of Sept. 23.

“

ying to find you... We are ny energy at all, please keep scream for help.

, where four buildings and a home ke. I had no idea what to expect.

ue Rebsamen, where one five-story s on the verge of collapsing. Sure were multiple Mexican marines, safety officials. men elevated close to the fifth floor e seen using a jackhammer to break er to take weight off of the building

r a while, I realized that the front of ttom that lead to nowhere. I found ntrance to the building and that the isappeared, was the parking garage. not the fact that the building was on ere was still a woman inside.

I witnessed a marine, a volunteer and a search-and-rescue member attempt to call out for the woman trapped inside the building. Everybody began raising their closed fists, which is the signal for complete silence. Generators and all lights were turned off. The silence was deafening.

After about ten minutes, no one was able to hear anything.

“Don’t worry. We will keep trying to find you,” the marine called out through the megaphone. “We are not giving up. If you have any energy at all, please keep fighting, and try your best to scream for help.”

I later discovered the following Monday, Sept. 25, that the woman trapped inside, Laura Ramos, was found dead. This wasn’t an isolated incident. Countless buildings still had people trapped inside. Families stood outside in agony, hoping that their loved ones would be found.

The earthquake has so far cost the lives of approximately 300 people, including children, with dozens still missing.

Immediately after the tremor, the public began to dig through the rubble in order to rescue adults and children trapped inside the collapsing buildings.

N

The aftermath of aftershocks ine days after the earthquake, the citizens of Mexico City are still helping in any way they can.

Engineers, rescue teams from other countries, the Mexican navy and marines are still digging through the remains of the collapsed buildings in hopes of finding anyone alive.

On every corner, tents are put up with signs that read “centro de acopio,” which translates to “storage centers,” where donations such as toiletries, food, water and medicine are received and distributed to volunteers, rescue teams, victims or the public.

I write this to show a first account on what Mexico City is going through the eyes of a college student, a Mexican-American and a journalist. I didn’t want to leave the capital when my three-day trip was

over, because I knew that the worst is yet to come.

Family members, volunteers and other civilians told me that Mexico City isn’t at its critical point right now. Mexico is in a global spotlight due to this recent earthquake.

It is a common thought in the community that people are expecting it to get much harder because inevitably, people outside of the capital will stop seeing the news in the headlines. There will be a point where supplies will become low, volunteers will be desperately needed and people will forget what has happened and move on with their own lives.

The public needs to be reminded. Although people have a right to continue on with their day-to-day, that doesn‘t mean the help needs to stop.

I didn’t want to leave Mexico. I wish I could have stayed and helped more. I wish that I had all the money in the world so that I could give not just to the victims in Mexico — but the victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and all the other Caribbean Islands who completely lost their homes due to natural disasters.

If you don’t have the opportunity to physically go and help, there are countless organizations you can donate to such as unicefusa.org, donate.worldvision.org, Topos Mexico, etc.

Through my short trip, I learned that my life in California is fortunate compared to the lives of many people in the capital. I don’t regret taking the opportunity to aid the people of Mexico City, even if it were for a weekend.

I don’t know what plan my grandparents have in regards to helping rebuild their community. But my mom’s brother has offered his apartment to friends and coworkers who were left homeless rent free until they get back on their feet.

I plan to go back in the next month or two to visit again and find any other way I can help the people who will, without a doubt, keep fighting to help themselves.

6 OPINIONS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM | OPEDD49ER@GMAIL.COM

Sabrina Flores | Daily 49er

While cameras may not seem necessary during the day, once night falls cars are left more succeptible to theft with no means of finding the culprit.

OP-ED

Think twice about leaving your car on campus Is a parking pass really worth it if your car isn’t safe?

By Joel Vaughn Staff Writer

T

he worries around my morning commute should consist of traffic and finding parking. Instead, my biggest concern is wondering whether or not my car is safe in the parking garage.

Since Sept. 28, the first day of the semester, Cal State Long Beach’s University Police logged 27 calls to parking structure one, two and three, three of which are grand theft auto, one auto-burglary and one standard burglary.

In total, there have been five cars stolen across the campus this semester.

This may or may not be a shock, especially after learning the parking garages have minimal security and no video surveillance.

Does the campus police exist so they can be reactionary to whatever campus threat is in

Daily 49er Miranda Andrade-Ceja Editor-in-Chief eicd49er@gmail.com

Mac Walby Managing Editor managingd49er@gmail.com

vogue, such as bomb threats, rather than the security of students or their property?

Furthermore, does the college’s parking fees only function as a way to price gouge commuter students? Shouldn’t we commuter students actually expect security after shelling out $130 a semester?

If the university really is going to raise the cost of parking, they should at least assure us our cars will be safe on campus.

In all likelihood, you won’t need the boys in blue to protect you from a school shooter or a bomb threat; what you will need them for is the protection of your car. Based off the call log and the lack of anything more than a few blue call boxes in the garage, this responsibility has been woefully shirked for the first month of this semester.

Instead, the university passes around the donation basket to vaccinate and train a bomb dog that in all likelihood we have little to no use for.

Security in the parking garage on the other hand doesn’t seem to be a priority since we can’t put a cute vest on a security camera and trot it around campus like

what may as well be The Beach’s new mascot, Avery the bomb dog (a $5,000 waste of donor money).

Tangible campus safety needs to be a priority, not the school shooter and bomb threat paranoia that seems to be the ever-present boogeyman. Even with shuttles shepherding us to and from the parking garages, that still leaves the problem of our cars being left to the wolves.

There are a few preventative measures in place, such as cameras at the entrances and exits of the garage; there also exists the delusion that there will always be enough students walking to and from cars that you’ll never have to worry, and campus officers execute — infrequent — patrols.

But the police’s own call log serves to argue that all three of those safety precautions aren’t enough.

Will University Police continue to be so lackadaisical once there’s a mugging in one of the parking garages, or even worse, an abduction or a rape? This is how slow we are on simple proactive safety measures such as security cameras in the garage rather than just the entrances

Editorial Office

General Manager

Phone (562) 985-8000 Fax (562) 985-7994

1250 Bellflower Blvd., LA4-201 Long Beach, CA 90840-4601

News Editor Kat Schuster cityd49er@gmail.com

and exits.

In the interest of a dose of fairness and not sounding too alarmist, chances are your car won’t be broken into or stolen while in class, but the university isn’t doing much to prevent it.

Regardless of that, what’s the point of having a mandated police presence on our college campus if all they function to do is tell us not to smoke on campus, hand out traffic tickets and show off the illustrious career of being an officer of the law during Week of Welcome?

Like many other commuter students, my ability to show up to campus and receive an education rides on having a car. I can take care of regular maintenance to assure that it continues running, but what I can’t completely guard against is theft.

When I paid $130 for a student parking permit — and soon to be more in subsequent semesters — I didn’t pay just to struggle with finding parking in the morning.

I bought into the high cost for the peace of mind that my car and its tires were secure on campus in a garage rather than out on a side street.

Business Office

Beverly Munson (562) 985-5736

Phone (562) 985-8001 Fax (562) 985-1740

Design Adviser Gary Metzker Content Adviser Barbara Kingsley-Wilson

Multimedia Managing Editor Photo Editor Design Editor Arts and Life Editor Samantha Diaz Social Media Editor artsnlifed49er@gmail.com Copy Editor Exec. Video Producer Sports Editor Christian Gonzales sportsd49er@gmail.com

Robert Yagake Sabrina Flores Jade Inglada Amanda Recio Matthew Simon Miriam Nyback

1250 Bellflower Blvd., LA4-203A Long Beach, CA 90840-4601

Assistant News Editor Assistant Arts and Life Editor Assistant Photo Editor Assistant Design Editor Assistant Social Media Editor Assistant Sports Editor Assistant Copy Editor

James Chow Carlos Villicana Hunter Lee Drew Mametsuka Alex Ormeno-Manfredi Luke Ramirez Angela Yim

Opinions Editor Marilyn Ramirez opedd49er@gmail.com

Editorials: All opinions expressed in the columns, letters and cartoons in this issue are those of the writers or artists.

The opinions of the Daily 49er are expressed only in unsigned editorials and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the journalism department or the views of all staff members. All such editorials are written by the editorial board of the Daily 49er.

Letters Policy: All letters and e-mail must bear the phone number of the writer and must be no more than 300 words. The Daily 49er reserves the right to edit letters for publication in regard to space.

SPORTS 7

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM | SPORTSD49ER@GMAIL.COM

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bolden nets two for LBSU in bold victory The 49ers open Big West Conference play against Hawai’i with a win.

By Marck Parra Staff Writer

The Long Beach State women’s soccer team opened its Big West Conference play in strong fashion Sunday, beating Hawai’i 2-0.

Senior forward Tori Bolden scored twice to lift the 49ers to victory at George Allen Field.

LBSU (6-3-1) was looking to carry the momentum from its positive preseason into the game against Hawai’i (5-4-0).

“Our goal is always to score two goals in a game and keep the other team from scoring,” LBSU head coach Mauricio Ingrassia said. “We’re looking to knock the other team out.”

In the early minutes of the match, however, it was the Rainbow Wahine who set the offensive tempo of the game and match and looked to convert on their opportunities.

During this stretch, the Rainbow Wahine found their best chance to score in the game when a foul was committed inside the 49ers’ box, awarding them a penalty.

However, LBSU breathed a sigh a relief as Hawai’i’s midfielder Raisa Strom-Okimoto shot the ball highright and missed the penalty shot.

The game remained scoreless.

After the penalty, the 49ers’ offense were able to take control of the game and looked poised to score.

LBSU was the clear protagonist in the latter moments opening half and had multiple opportunities to score, but took a 1-0 at halftime.

Joseph Kling | Daily 49er

In the 32nd minute of the first half senior forward Tori Bolden scored the 49ers’ first goal in a 2-0 win over Hawai’i to open up Big West Conference play for the 2017 season.

“In conference, you have to come out aggressive because it’s anybody’s game,” Bolden said. “I think we started off slow, but once the game progressed, we were fine.”

With nine shots and two corner kicks in the first half, the Rainbow Wahine’s offense looked strong, but the 49ers’ defense was solid in the back and more than able to hold off the on-

slaught.

To start the second half, Hawai’i looked puzzled on the field and LBSU took advantage of this and cemented itself as the prime controller of the match.

It wasn’t until the 65th minute of play, however, that the 49ers were rewarded for their offensive showing of the second half and doubled their lead

DOERS DO

CSULB Winter Sessions 2018 SESSION ONE Entirely Online

SESSION TWO On Campus

December 20 – January 19

January 2 – January 19

after a series of plays in the Rainbow Wahine’s box led to a LBSU score.

Bolden scored her second goal of the match after she received a pass inside Hawai’i’s box from sophomore defender Kaitlin Fregulia who sent it her way on a header, and shot the ball left to get past Hawai’i’s goalkeeper.

This goal proved to be decisive and the game ended with a resounding 2-0

LBSU victory.

“I think it’s just one game, and you don’t really read too much into it,” Ingrassia said. “You tuck away, watch film and see what you can get out of it for [next] Thursday night.”

LBSU continues Big West Conference play when it hits the road to take on the UC Irvine on Thursday at 7 p.m. (PT).

D i d yo u k n ow t h e Daily 49er has a Yo u Tu b e c h a n n e l? ?

Registration begins October 16, 2017 (800) 963- 2250 | www.ccpe.csulb.edu/winter #DoersDo @CSULBInterSessn

YOUTUBE.COM/VIDEOD49ER

C O L L E G E O F C O N T I N U I N G A N D P R O F E S S I O N A L E D U C AT I O N WS_Daily49er2v_Ad1_W18.indd 1

9/28/17 2:33 PM

8 SPORTS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY49ER.COM | SPORTSD49ER@GMAIL.COM

Sophomore libero Hailey Harward and the 49ers celebrate Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid in their match against UC Santa Barbara in three straight sets.

Photos by Joseph Kling | Daily 49er

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

LBSU sweep the Gauchos over the weekend The 49ers beat UCSB, but fall short against Cal Poly in four sets.

By Kevin Colindres

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. UC SANTA BARBARA

Staff Writer

Freshman outside hitter Brooke Earkman led the team with 15 kills in LBSU’s sweep in Saturday’s match against UCSB at the Walter Pyramid.

Redshirt freshman and outside hitter Brooke Earkman wore a different jersey Saturday night after not being able to find her own. But that didn’t stop her from having a career night.

Earkman had a career best 15 kills and a career-high .382 hitting percentage at Saturday’s match. She wore No. 8 for the night, but her normal jersey is No. 42, a tribute to Jackie Robinson.

“All I could think about about was getting the job done,” Earkman said. “My focus was creating offense for the team and it worked out for me tonight.”

The Long Beach State’s women’s volleyball team closed their second week of Big West Conference play with a win against UC Santa Barbara.

The 49ers (5-12, 2-2 Big West) swept the Gauchos 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 in the Walter Pyramid. The team came into the match after a four set defeat to Cal Poly on Friday.

“The loss yesterday didn’t sit well with us, and we knew we had to step it up,” senior setter Alexis Patterson said.

With multiple injuries on the

Final Score: 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 LBSU stat leaders: • Redshirt freshman Brooke Earkman, 15 Kills • Senior Alexis Patterson, 30 Assists • Sophomore Hailey Harward, 13 Digs • Sophomore YiZhi Xue, Four Total Blocks

team, head coach Joy Mckienzie-Fuerbringer has been experimenting with different starting lineups throughout the early season. Against UCSB, Earkman was plugged in as an outside hitter, while middle blocker Radi Marinova replaced YiZhi Xue in the starting lineup.

“It’s been kind of a roller coaster of who plays where,” Patterson said. “But we are starting to get comfortable with it and it’s working for us.”

The first set was very backand-forth, as both teams struggled to get ahead. UCSB’s offense began to fall apart with multiple

attack errors, and the 49ers took full advantage.

Even with a five point cushion, LBSU had trouble staying ahead and allowed the Gauchos to get back into the set. The 49ers caught a break, taking the first set after a UCSB service error.

“We needed to stay focused down the stretch and hype each other up,” outside hitter Megan Kruidhof said.

Both teams had similar hitting percentages in the second set, but it wasn’t until the third set where Long Beach State played tremendous defense, holding UCSB to a hitting percentage of .029.

LBSU was locked in, and the team never looked back. The team ended the match with a .267 hitting percentage, and only four attack errors in each set.

“We had to come in hard against Santa Barbara and we did a good job preparing against them,” Patterson said.

Patterson expressed that one of the team’s biggest goals was to shut down UCSB’s outside hitter Lindsey Ruddins. While Ruddins still managed to get 18 kills, Patterson felt that the team did a good job taking control of the match.

“Taking them out of their system through our tough serves was a big priority, and we were able to accomplish that,” Patterson said.

LBSU is back on the road to take on UC Irvine at 7 p.m. on Thursday.