Daily 49er, September 15, 2016

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Standing tall at Standing Rock American Indians gather to protect their reservation.

By Jorge Paniagua Opinions Editor

Throughout history, the U.S. Army was used by the government to keep the American Indians from leaving the reservations assigned to them — which at the time were believed to be devoid of any natural resources.

Fast forward to 2016, and the tribe living on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in rural North Dakota is protesting the 1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The pipeline threatens their sole water source, the Missouri river, which provides drinking water for millions of Americans and irrigation water for thousands of acres of farming lands.

However, it goes beyond the importance of water — the pipeline would

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BRUINED PLAY

LBSU loses to UCLA in four sets.

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PANEL

Constitution day at The Beach Students and professors discussed First Amendment rights and how they relate to new media.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Open mic, open hearts Semester’s first Poet’s Lounge is Thursday at USU.

By Xochitl Abarca Staff Writer

By Sau Torres Staff Writer

Every seat was filled at Wednesday’s 2016 Constitution Day Panel, with students eager to learn about serious First Amendment issues regarding the future of our country.

The panel, held in Physcology 150, was hosted by Cal State Long Beach’s Center for First Amendment Studies.

For those looking to reveal their musical hidden talents or overcome their case of stage fright – the Poet Lounge is right for you.

The Poet’s Lounge is an open mic program hosted

by Beach Pride Events, and has been a Cal State Long Beach tradition for five years. The night offers two hours for spoken word artists to share their work with Yasmin Cortez | Daily 49er

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Dr. Chris Karadjov, one of three panelists, speaks to the audience during a panel talking about Constitution Day on Monday.

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ELECTION

CRIME BLOTTER

Trump’s child care plan may fail to reach low-income Americans

Japanese Gardens lose their lights and son attacks father

By Michelle Jamrisko

By Selena Gonzalez

Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s plan to help families cope with child care costs has the potential to trim household bills, but low-income workers are unlikely to realize the full benefits and some people could be discouraged from joining the labor force.

The billionaire businessman’s proposed child care savings accounts will be tough for poor Americans to take advantage of because they’ll have difficulty coming up with the tax-deductible contributions. Stayat-home parents will receive the same tax deduction as working parents, the campaign said Tuesday, a policy that raises questions about the incentives to join the labor force amid a drop in the participation rate over the past decade.

That would leave the plan’s impact on the broader economy mixed, with Trump also proposing alleviating

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Constitution Day is an annual event dedicated to educating students and the public about the First Amendment and the impact of new technologies and media.

“We are living in an age of constitutional significance, we are living in global historic levels of unrest and of distrust in presidential candidates,” said moderator Christopher Duerringer, director of the Center for First Amendment Studies.

Staff Writer

Son attacks father A father and son were brought to the University Police station by a faculty member Monday after the son hit the father. Upon being interviewed by a police officer, the father revealed that his differently-abled son had hit him, but he did not wish to file a report about the incident.

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Adrienne Zalkind holds her 8-month-old daughter, Chloe during a brief moment of rest at a fountain near their home in Hollywood, Florida, May 5, 2012. For working women with children, work and childcare becomes a complicated balancing act. child care costs through tax deductions and rebates, and a mandated six weeks of paid maternity leave. While varying widely by state, child care bills outpace rent and tuition in most of the country.

“If you’re low income, it’s not like

you can float $1,200 until you reach the tax refund,” said Michael Madowitz, an economist who has studied child care cost issues at the Washington-based Center for American Progress. Still, the initial details of the plan are a “good effort,” he said.

Panelist Kevin Johnson, one of three speakers for the evening and director for the Center for First Amendment studies at CSULB, spoke about Donald Trump’s current battle with the First Amendment.

“Donald Trump wants to open up libel laws to make it easier to sue media and win lots of money,” Johnson said.

He explained that the type of lawsuits Trump uses, called strategic lawsuit against public participation, are intended to censor and intimidate one’s critics by burdening them with legal fees that they most likely can’t afford.

Chris Karadjov, Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and

Mass Communication, spoke about online media and free speech issues.

He said that in this digital age, anyone can be a journalist; anyone can publish online, giving rise to legal issues such as shield laws.

Shield laws – which protect journalists from revealing confidential information, such as sources – are a problem because there is legal confusion on who exactly is protected under the law. According to Karadjov, there are courts that agree that traditional media and nontraditional media such as blogging platforms are seen the same as any legitimate publication under the law “Let’s not confuse new media and

Japanese Gardens loses its lights On Monday, the Earl Miller Japanese Gardens staff reported a theft of courtyard lights. The reported theft happened between last Friday and Sunday. The missing lights caused a power outage problem as they were ripped off, leaving the wires they were connected to exposed. The incident is still under investigation, but the power outage has been fixed.

Two females were reported by staff to University Police on Monday for having marijuana in their car in Lot 14C. The women are students and were sent to judicial affairs.

Student purse and computer theft A female student reported Sept. 7 that her computer and phone were stolen from her car in Parking Structure 2.

The computer, worth around $800 and in a yellow cover, and her black purse have yet to be found. Police took fingerprints from the scene, but found no evidence that lead them to a suspect. The incident is still under investigation.

Females reported for marijuana possession

Reported thief spotted at dorms Friday, a male student at Parkside Commons Residential Hall reported that a female stole his bike. When UPD arrived on the scene, a further investigation revealed that cables had been cut off of other bikes parked in the area. The suspect is reported to be thin, under 5 feet 6 inches and was wearing a short sleeved shirt. The incident is still under investigation.

news media,” Karadjov said.

Jason Whitehead, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, spoke about what he thinks is the most important issue facing Americans today: Supreme Court Justices and their relation with the Constitution.

Justices in the U.S. Supreme court are appointed by the president and approved by the U.S. Senate. Due to the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia, there is a vacant seat on the bench.

“Right now we have a divided government, a Democratic president and a Republican Senate that refuse to appoint President Obama’s choice,” said Whitehead.

Whitehead explained that this is a crucial time for the future of the U.S. because right now there are four conservative judges and four liberal judges.

The next appointed judge’s way of thinking and voting will decide on major historic cases that hold potential change the way people in the U.S. live.

Jasmine Sim, a sophomore communications major, said that most important thing she took away from the lecture was how to critically analyze the presidential candidates.

“Rather than look at their ideologies [I will] look at their values and backgrounds,” she said, “that’s how they will vote and decide over things.”

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ASI plans for student success

By Meghan McGillicuddy Staff Writer

Plans for voter registration, workshops for undocumented students and disability awareness days were discussed at Wednesday night’s Associated Students Inc. Senate meeting.

In anticipation of the upcoming November presidential election, ASI plans to set up voter registration tables for Cal State Long Beach students who are at least 18-years-old.

According to marketing assistant for ASI Judy Lee, voting registration will

start Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

All students who have not yet registered to vote are encouraged to visit the tables to ask questions and complete the registration process.

The registration booths will be located at the Friendship Walk, next to the Faculty Office buildings.

Lee also announced the return of the event Ask an Executive, where students can tweet questions to ASI executives using #AttnASI. ASI hopes that offering direct lines of communication between their executives and the general student body will improve campus relations and leave students feeling more informed and involved in the goings-on of CSULB. Ask an Executive will take place today from 3:30 - 5 p.m. at the University Library.

Next at the meeting, the senate elected junior criminal justice major

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Kylie Martinez as a trustee for the Isabel Patterson Child Development

ASI hopes that offering direct lines of communication between their executives and the general student body will improve campus relations and leave students feeling more informed and involved in the goings-on of CSULB.

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CSULB’s student government addressed voter registration and disability awareness.

Center.

Martinez was present to accept the position, and said she hopes to learn

more about operational management and the nuances of how the university functions.

The senate was also updated on upcoming community outreach events by Kenai Duarte, the ASI Secretary for AB540 and Undocumented Students.

AB540 is piece of California legislation that offers financial aid and assistance for undocumented students attending college in state.

Duarte said she has begun work on a new project entitled The Day in the Life of an Undocumented Student.

The event, which is meant to share personal stories and humanize members of the community who are often marginalized, is planned for Feb. 8, 2017.

Duarte is also working on Allied Dreams, a workshop designed to help undocumented students on

campus understand what AB540 is, how it can benefit them and the best ways to go about accessing the available resources on campus. Exactly when the workshop will debut is not yet known, but will be shared with the student body as soon as possible.

Lastly, ASI Chief of Staff Matthew Argame shared his plans of creating disability awareness days.

The awareness days will be planned in coordination with the Student Health Advisory Committee and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Argame said he is working with the Student Health Advisory Committee to host these days in the SRWC. Dates are forthcoming as plans are solidified.

Micayla Vermeeren and Michaela Kwoka-Coleman contributed to this story.

4 ARTS & LIFE Tom Hanks makes a soft landing in ‘Sully’

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Film adaptation of 2009’s “Miracle on the Hudson” lands in theaters.

By Ross Siev

Contributing Writer

The roar of the engine engulfs the room as a crash-landing plane flies overhead and onto the freezing Hudson River.

“Sully” depicts 2009’s “miracle on the Hudson,” where US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency water landing, leaving all 155 passenger and crew members alive.

The film focuses on the soft and humble pilot responsible for the landing, Captain Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, who is portrayed by Tom Hanks.

Moving on from “American Sniper,” a film about an American hero who is haunted by the aftermath of war, Clint Eastwood directs a film about an American hero who is haunted by the aftermath of doing an emergency landing.

As we’ve seen with with movies like Apollo 13, Miracle and Black Hawk Down the humdrum of American patriotism makes a movie a sure-fired success. However, this format fails to land when it applies the Pilot Sully’s story.

Eastwood shows he’s able to get the top talent for his films by casting Tom Hanks. Despite looking 50 pounds heavier than the real-life captain, he provides another example why he’s one of Hollywood’s best performers.

Haunted by the events, and facing possible termination, Hanks brings out the inner horror of a person who

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Aaron Eckhart as co-pilot Jeffery Skiles and Tom Hanks as Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger making an emergency in the Hudson Rivver.

is otherwise depicted by news outlets as a modest man.

Laura Lenny, who plays Sully’s spouse Lorraine Sullenberger, does nothing else in the film but support her husband by being overly-teary and complaining about a property bid. Other than the scene of Sully contacting her after he’s rescued, the film would do much better without her involvement .

Co-starring alongside Hanks is Aaron Eckhart as co-pilot Jeffery Skiles. He provides much needed positive relief in an otherwise droll

film through his banter – complaining about a $5 hotel Snickers bar and wishing that they landed in the Hudson during the summer.

When the plane’s engines are hit by a flock of birds, Sully must make the decision of whether or not to make an emergency landing in the Hudson or a nearby airport within three minutes. While the plane’s ending is clearly predictable, it isn’t the initial focus since the events are told through teasing flashbacks.

Most of the film depicts the aftermath and the dramatic struggles Sul-

ly endures, from the major argument during that time: whether or not he made the right decision to land in the Hudson or try to make it to the nearest airport.

With 40 years of experience and having landed thousands of times, he has to tackle the issue against the close-minded National Transportation Safety Board or face an early retirement.

Sully encapsulates the modest American hero who must deal with the trying results of his actions.

While he is portrayed as level-headed, Sully is filled with nightmarish

visions of a 9/11-like scenario where the plane crashes into a building.

Perhaps it was no coincidence that this film was released two days before the 15th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center Despite the film’s droning plot, overly-dramatic characters and terrible CGI on the plane, perhaps the largest takeaway here is Tom Hanks’ performance. He makes the captain a believable and relatable human, rather than just primarily existing to be the living embodiment of American workmanship.

Creative cuisine drives through Broadway Neighbors and visitors gather together for final neighborhood food truck festival.

By Navy Keophan Staff Writer

Having dinner on the sidewalk will never be better than it can be tonight on Broadway ave., when there will be 13 food trucks to try out in just a four-block radius.

Locals and visitors can get a taste of what the On Broadway Business Association has to offer as Heights Village hosts the final Third Thursday Food Truck Fun event of the year.

The event, held on every third Thursday between April to September from 5-9 p.m., brings local food trucks to a stretch of Broadway between Loma and Obispo avenues in

Long Beach. Members of the community can stop by and take in their options before creating a meal from a myriad of different style cuisines.

The fun of of this event isn’t just the variety of options, but also the fusion style foods that food trucks are popular for. Attendees can choose from lobster rolls and New England style clam chowder from Lobsta Truck, sushi burritos from Jogasaki, Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches from Mandoline Grill or grab a roti from India Jones – just to name a few.

“Some of the trucks have been with us since the beginning [in 2012],” said Sidney Cramer, local business owner and former event organizer.

“Although some trucks do change out, we try to keep things consistent so it’s easy for all of us.”

Cramer, who owns Spa Sidney, a beauty lounge and day spa on Broadway, said when the event was first held in 2012 it was met with open arms by community members and businesses located in the corridor.

Even though the overall response was

positive, there were some “legitimate concerns” voiced by local restaurants and retailers regarding parking limitations in the neighborhood.

“The city had a lot of restrictions with food trucks,” Cramer said.

“They looked at what we were doing and changed city policy so that it’s easier for events like this to be done.”

While there are no plans to make it a year-round event, Cramer sees Food Truck Fun as a time for people to get together and get to know each other.

“I always get a kick out of standing in line and hearing neighbors talk to each other and meeting for the first time,” Cramer said. “It’s just people having a good time.”

Although tonight’s event marks the end of Food Truck Fun for the year, another food truck event will take place Sept. 25 as part of Friends of Bixby Park’s “Art in the Park” showcase.

For more information about Third Thursday Food Truck Fun, visit http://www.onbroadwaylb.com.

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run through sacred burial grounds, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dace Archaumbault II. “These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground,” Archaumbault said after bulldozing took place on the reservation.

Sites like the Standing Rock Sioux reservation must be left undisturbed by capitalist forces, if not — the footprint that the Sioux nation has left would be wiped out by an encroaching force.

Who is behind the $3 billion dollar project? Texas oil company, Energy Transfer Partners and get this — the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the same army that once forced Indians to live on bleak reservations.

Ironically — these lands, which money moguls once deemed useless, turned out to be essential for the transportation of hydrocarbons necessary to create fuel.

The protests proved to be iconic — with protesters, many who referred to themselves as water protectors, setting up teepees at the protest site and American Indians on horseback.

The coming together of American Indians from throughout the nation proves that the indigenous population stands united — and their voices refuse to go unheard. Last week, the Justice Department asked ETP to “voluntarily pause” the project.

This temporary halt in construction is more significant than most Americans might acknowledge it to be. The federal government is finally beginning to pay attention to the avid claims that the American Indians have been making for hundreds of years.

The kind exclaiming about the environment being destroyed by money-hungry corporations— while their culture is being taken down with it.

Nonetheless, a “voluntary pause” is exactly that — a pause — while ETP figures out how to go about the construction and eliminating its biggest hindrance — ardent American Indians demanding justice.

“This is a momentary victory,” one American Indian protester said in a video posted on the Sacred Stone spirit camp Facebook page.

“It’s not a win,” he said, “but it demonstrates that we are winning, that we remain vigilant, cautious and prepared to

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Nantinki Young - known as Tink - stirs large pot of soup for protesters gathered along the banks of the Cannonball River in North Dakota.

CANADA put our bodies on the line in defense of Mother Earth and the protection of our rights as indigenous peoples to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.”

If older generations of the U.S. Army took the land of the American Indians — then this era of Army Corps members are making it simple for an oil company to pollute and wreck what little is left for those who live on the reservation.

According to an article for Politico

by Sarah Wheaton titled, “Obama’s fragile climate legacy,” — President Barack Obama would like to be remembered as the president who saved the world from climate change.

However, if the Obama administration fails to stop the transferring of what would be 500,000 barrels of raw oil through the pipeline per day, then the climate change dilemma would worsen.

The United States is already home to more than 2.5 million miles of oil pipelines crossing the country in every direction. Developers believed that the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline would be a nonevent.

That was until tribal members of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation decided to stand up for their land and protest the construction of the pipeline.

The possibility that the Obama administration does not allow the construction of the pipeline is real — we’ve

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themselves through poetry, spoken word, music, rap and more, in a safe and welcoming environment.

The Poet’s Lounge takes place the third Thursday of every month from 8-10 p.m.

This semester, that translates to this evening, Oct. 20 and Nov. 17.

The event will be located at the Sunset Lounge on the Second floor of the University Student Union, near Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Participants made a home at CSULB in 2011 and started with an inaugural crowd of 50 that has grown to the nearly 200 guests that attended last semester.

It returns regularly not only because of its increase in attendance, but also because of the positive feedback that consistently rolls in.

Admission is free, and anyone is welcome to attend or participate. Those looking to participate should sign up early because seats fill up fast. For more information about the Poet’s Lounge, call the Beach Pride Center at 562-985-2535 or email info@beachpride.com.

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Long Beach State takes 13th at tournament Long Beach State women’s golf team freshmen do well at tournament.

By Matthew Simon Sports Editor

After two days of play, the Long Beach State women’s golf team finished 13th at the Colonel Bill Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic in Fort Collins, Colorado Tuesday.

Freshman Maria Davis led the way for the 49ers as they jumped one position in the last day of play to 13th place with 6-over 222 after scoring a 75 in the final round.

After the 54-hole tournament, the 49ers were 61-over-par with a final score of 925.

LBSU four shots behind host Colorado State (+57). Rounding out 14th and 15th place were Hawai’i and Boise State respectively.

San Jose State took the team title with a 7-over 871, winning by 14 shots over UC Irvine and 18 strokes better than Gonzaga in the third round.

Along with Davis, fellow LBSU freshman Holland Shourds tied for 24th at 10-over par.

Junior Alicia Arzaga tied for 71st, with a 22over par and junior Savannah Knox went 23over par ending up in 74th place.

Competing in individual play, junior Felicia Taverrite shot 20 over par to tie for 67th place.

“I’m pleased with the promise that our two freshman [Davis] and [Shourds] showed this week,” head coach Joey Cerulle said in a statement. “There is reason to be excited about them over the next four years. It was a difficult task to ask our players to play a man down all tournament. We will regroup with some changes coming in the next week.”

The 49ers look to make those adjustments when the team competes in the Julie Inkster Invitational at the Almaden Golf & Country Club in San Jose this coming Monday and Tuesday.

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Long Beach State junior middle blocker Ashley Murray goes up for a kill against UCLA. The 49ers went on to lose the match in four sets Wednesday night at Walter Pyramid.

LBSU loses to UCLA in four sets

Long Beach State battles with UCLA; falls in four sets Wednesday night.

By Luke Ramirez Staff Writer

Despite two impressive sets against UCLA, the 49ers could not pull off the upset against the No.11 Bruins last night.

The 49ers struggled most of the night, and Coach Brian Gimmillaro

expressed his disappointment following the game.

“It was terrible. We made a million mistakes,” Gimmillaro said after the decisive fourth set. Gimmillaro seemed to have the biggest problem with his setters not executing well and playing uncomfortably against UCLA’s big blockers at the net.

The match opened up with a 25-17 loss for the 49ers as UCLA came out strong, hitting a potent .326 average.

Reigning AVCA national player of the week and senior Nele Barber did all she could on defense, collecting 8 digs in the first set alone. Hailey Harward and Ashley Murray each had 3 kills to

lead the Beach in scoring.

In set two, Long Beach came out of the break looking like a completely different squad and opened the set with a 3-0 lead, electrifying the crowd on hand at the Pyramid looking to see an upset.

As LBSU seemed to have make adjustments, UCLA wasn’t playing consistently like they they did in the first set with several hitting errors.

The 49ers won the second set 25-21.

Sophomore outside hitter Anete Brinke had a strong showing in the second, matching Barber’s four kills in the set giving her six total to that point in the match.

The final two sets of the match were won by the Bruins 25-20 and 25-23, respectively. LBSU played some sloppy volleyball and exhibited more of the woes Gimmillaro vocalized.

“It’s like we were passing [a football] into coverage all night long; set after set after set,” Gimmillaro said. “When you pass into coverage all night, you’re going to lose the game.”

In the fourth with the score 23-23, LBSU had a penalty for touching the net in a point the 49ers looked like they could have won easily. The call was one of many going against the the team in the match and only made it more difficult to keep up with the UCLA team.

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Nele Barber continued to do her thing with 12 kills, 17 digs, and 2 solo blocks. Brinke was able to quietly put up some numbers of her own, despite the attention placed on Barber in light of her recent national accolades. She had 9 kills, 15 digs, and 2 blocks.

LBSU (5-5) will try to bounce back from Wednesday’s tough loss as they head into a crucial tournament in San Diego this weekend, playing 3 matches in 2 days – one of which is against University of San Diego, whose team is ranked 10th in the nation with a record of 5-2.

The 49ers will return home Sept. 30 to face Cal Poly at 7 p.m.

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