Daily 49er, September 21, 2016

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

VOL. LXVIII, ISSUE 15 | SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

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Social network app Yik Yak set up a zip line event for CSULB students on Tuesday in front of the Walter Pyramid. Students were able to set up a zip line time through the app and win prizes like Yik Yak stickers and socks. Michael Kang and Edwin Escobar threw their bean bags onto the target beneath them while riding the zip line. Yik Yak is a location based social network that allows users to connect with people nearby in real time. The app is especially useful around college campuses because students can post statuses and connect with fellow peers.

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Amazon finally opens at The Beach

Amazon opens oncampus pickup and returns at CSULB.

By Caitlyn Mendoza Staff Writer

Amazon@TheBeach opened its door for the first time Tuesday at Cal State Long Beach.

Students, staff, faculty and reporters gathered shortly before 11 a.m to see what has been behind all the construction for the past couple of months.

“The Forty-Niner Shops partnered with Amazon to bring Amazon@TheBeach to CSULB to offer students, staff, faculty, and community [members] a convenient place to pick up and return Amazon orTrang Le | Daily 49er ders,” said Kierstin Stickney, director General Manager of Amazon Campus Jon Alexander cuts the ribbon with CEO of 49er Shops Don Penof marketing and communications of rod during the grand opening of Amazon@TheBeach at the University Bookstore yesterday. the 49er Shops.

Using Amazon@TheBeach, students, staff and faculty can order Amazon on Campus Jon Alexander books, supplies and anything else off met with him to ask if CSULB would FAST FACTS of Amazon and pick it up in lockers be interested in having Amazon on on the south side of the University the CSULB campus.

• Students are able to try Amazon Student free for six months, before Bookstore. With Amazon Prime and “[Amazon@TheBeach] is a great locking into the $49 per year agreement. All that is needed to Amazon Student, orders placed bepartnership, [it has] lots of exposure, register is a CSULB email address. fore noon can be picked up the same [they are] a great business partner day. who can do things that we could nev• The Amazon lockers are located adjacent to the University According to the 49er Shops CEO Bookstore, next to Lot 5. Amazon@The Beach will operate Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday 12 – 9 p.m. and General Manager Don Penrod, see AMAZON, page 3 two years ago General Manager of

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Tears and fears at Hollywood Horror Nights Live a real-life horror film at Universal Studios.

By Jason Enns

Arts & Life Editor

There’s no telling when someone will sneak up behind you, jump out of an old picture or the walls of an entire room will disappear — in the new mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood Horror Nights, things aren’t always as they seem.

Even when there are no surprises, you’re still dealing with women getting sawed in half right before your eyes while ducking and weaving through corpses hanging from the ceiling.

Hollywood Horror Nights Creative Director John Murdy has been working with construction teams for

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Body Positive teaches the Beach self love Body Positive speaks to students about self love and body positivity.

she’s supposed to hate her body?’ So I decided to change the world,” Sobczak said.

A myriad of schools, including CSULB, have created Body Positive programs in order to make a support

By Nubia Valdez system for students and has proven to Staff Writer be successful.

“We purchased the Body Positive curriculum and brought it to Long Every seat in the Anatol Center was Beach because we noticed that there filled with Cal State Long Beach stuare students here who could really use dents, faculty and community members some support and assistance in feeling during part one of The Body Positive better about themselves,” said Angela presentation. This dialogue kicked off Girard, associate director of Student body positivity month and discussed Health Services. “There has been some the importance of self love and apprepositive results for some of our stuciation. dents. It’s been amazing to watch and Co-founder of The Body Positive, see.”

Connie Sobczak, spoke at the center Sobczak explained to students how Tuesday aftershe and her noon for a comco-founder, Elizmunity forum on abeth Scott, came what The Body up with the the Be Positive is and Positive Model of Who you are what her book Sobczak’s book fundamentally is “Embody” highby interviewing incredible and that’s all lights. hundreds of peoyou have to focus on.

The Body Posple and asking itive is a national “what are you -Connie Sobczak, organization that struggling with?” teaches young rather than “I Co-founder of The Body Positive people everyone know what is is formed differright for you.” ently and overThe model coming challengconsists of five es with their own core competenbodies can lead them to happier lives. cies: practice intuitive self-care, reclaim After being being exposed to the your health, cultivate self-love, declare body image trauma that manifested ityour own authentic beauty and build self in her family members, Sobczak encommunity within youth and adults. dured a six-year struggle with bulimia “Who you are fundamentally is inwhile raising a one-year-old daughter. credible and that’s all you have to focus Once she stabilized a healthy self-imon. Yes, you can be obsessed with your age, decided she needed to do somehair or this or that, and image is part of thing about the way people view their growing up, but play with it and have own bodies. fun with it,” Sobczak said. “It doesn’t “I looked at [my daughter] and I have to be about taking away who you thought, ‘How do I raise this child so are. You get to be more of who you are nothing [will] ever make her feel like not less of who you are.”

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What would hold you back from studying abroad?

“I always wanted to study abroad since before I started college. It is my senior year and I am trying to go to University of Wollongong. I love Australia, and my major is all about the environment and they have a great program there. The only thing holding me back really is money.”

—Jayde Bahrami, environmental science major, senior

“I wanted to go to Germany, but the biggest thing that is holding me back in money. This is my last year in school, so I should have done it, but I didn’t take the opportunity to learn more about it and talk to my advisor.

So, money and laziness are holding me back.”

—Joshua Pulliam, geography major, senior

“I would study abroad because I am from England and I think it would be brilliant opportunity to go back and get a sense of where I am from.

It would also force me to become more independent and mature.

Why I am not doing that is because I have indecision about myself and not very much confidence in what I could do. It is just the matter of do I believe in myself to be able to live alone away from my parents, who I have been very close with my entire life.”

— Doug Perkins, political science major, freshman

“I would love to study abroad. I am Korean, and I have lived here my whole life and I haven’t been out of the country before. In high school, I took AP Spanish and Literature, and I think it really opened my eyes to different cultures. I am not going right now because I would just like figure out what I’m going to be doing in the future and how my career is going to turn out before I study abroad.”

— Aimy Lee, healthcare administration major, freshman

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Amazon on Campus is the division of Amazon behind the on-campus pick up and return lockers.

Students are able to try Amazon Student free for six months, before locking into the $49 per year agreement. All that is needed to register is a CSULB email address. “[Having Amazon@TheBeach] was important to us, it made sense to us that [Amazon on Campus and CSULB] had the same idea and desire to offer this new system to students,”said Deborah Bass, a spokesperson for Amazon.

Amazon on Campus built their first on-campus lockers in February 2015 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but the company had been working on this idea for the last two years when Alexander first came to Penrod — it took a little longer than

expected. Bass said, the reason behind that was because they had to figure out space and figure out the perfect location for the students, just like this location.

“Amazon has really changed the landscape of retail and [has] really rid the cost of many items down by making things so affordable,” Penrod said.

Most college students are on a budget, trying to find the cheapest supplies and books for the new semester — Amazon is usually the easy way out for students, especially when they can save a ton of money.

“It’s super helpful, I get most of [my textbooks from Amazon] because it’s usually cheaper,” said junior psychology major Valerie Watts. “It’s neat because one, it’s Amazon on Campus and that’s not something you hear everyday and two, it’s a really cool partnership and I feel it can be expanded into really great things on campus.”

The Amazon lockers are located adjacent to the University Bookstore, next to Lot 5. Amazon@The Beach will operate Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday 12 – 9 p.m.

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months on mazes that he’s spent a year planning, in preparation for this Halloween season’s scares “The whole point of it is to create what I call living horror movies,” Murdy said.

“It should feel like you’ve walked thought the movie screen and are living a horror movie.”

This year’s main attractions will be several haunted mazes themed after popular horror films “The Exorcist,” “Halloween,” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and hit TV series “American Horror Story.” Universal Studios’ new permanent attraction, “The Walking Dead,” will have elevated scares.

The Terror Tram returns as reimagined by “Hostel” creator Eli Roth, as well as a “Purge” themed scare zone.

“Exorcist is something I’ve been chasing the rights to for a very long time, for decades,” Murdy said. “It’s pretty surreal after all these rooms to be standing in ‘The Exorcist’” An attraction that has cable-owning horror fans excited is the first ever installment of the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards-winning TV series “American Horror Story.” The show that offers a new theme to every season mashes up three chilling seasons into one terrifying building.

The AHS maze starts in the first season’s “Murder House” before sending attendees through “portals” into the “Freak Show” and “Hotel” sections.

For non-fanatics, the premise of “Murder House” is that the spirits of all those who have died in the house still haunt it.

“It deals with a lot of different time periods within that one house, so what’s kind of cool about this section of the maze is it jumps scenic environment,” Murdy said. “The looks dramatically

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As maze-goers walk up to the “Freak Show” circus tent, attendees will pass by the actual carnival posters used in the “American Horror Story” TV show.

change as you go along.”

The maze starts where the show starts, in the beaten up dilapidated Murder House.

“You’re going to hear [Addie] saying, ‘You’re going to die in here, you’re going to die in here,’” Murdy said.

Then, mazegoers will experience Larry Harvey and the charred ghosts of his family. The room incorporates lighting effects, smoke effects and stimulates attendees sense of smell, all the time not knowing where there might be a secret door with a spirit behind it.

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Tipsy the clown sneaks up behind unexpected guests in the AHS maze.

“It’s set them up, knock them down,” Murdy said. “So everybody look over here and then scare them from the opposite direction.”

The house even includes a piggy-man scare, which references a story-line that is confined to a single episode.

“The final sections of ‘Murder House’ deal with the basement,” Murdy said “[A] lot of the action takes place in the basement.”

Mazegoers won’t make it out of “Murder House” without running into Dr. Montgomery and his specimen jars, the carved smile of the Black Dahlia and axe wielding Tate in full skeleton makeup.

“What they’re really good at is getting as close to you [as possible without touching you],” Murdy said.

The Murder House wraps up with the pieced-together remains of Dr. Montgomery’s son, who became the monstrous creature Infantata. Finally, fans get a reveal about Constance’s children.

“She talks about having four kids. She has three on the show, you only see three,”

Murdy said. “So the fans for years, ever since Murder House aired, have been wondering what happened to the fourth kid.”

The truth of the matter is that the fourth kid was cast and filmed, but edited out – never making it to audiences’ screens.

“So [Ryan Murphy] asked me if I could bring that character to life in the maze,” Murdy said. “So fans of American Horror Story, you’ll finally get to see what Jessica Lange’s fourth child looked like who’s an adult male, and he’s very strange.”

When mazegoers enter into the “Freak Show” portion, they walk into twisty the clown’s woodsy hang-out. Doll parts and balloons hang from the trees when attendees pass twisty’s rustic bus on their way to the freak show circus tent.

“This [attraction] is all about Mordrake,” Murdy said. “On the show, Mordrake is a character who shows up on Halloween night… and he’ll claim one person and take them with him.”

After going through the final portal,

Infantata jumps out and scares three Hollywood Horror Night attendees.

attendees find themselves in the art deco interior of “Hotel Cortez.”

“Then we go into the room you’re not suppose to go into, room 64, and run into the mattress man,” Murdy said. “You basically get trapped behind the mattress man and the addiction demon.”

Then mazegoers enter the trophy room of James Marsh — the sadistic serial killer who created the hotel — before entering the “hidden vault” where vampires Valentino and his wife have been locked away for decades.

Murdy says one of the biggest challenges in making this maze is choosing which scares to utilize, and condensing the three seasons into a single maze.

For horror fans that think they wouldn’t be worn out after going through “Murder House,” “Freak Show” and “Hotel Cortez,” there are several other mazes that have had just as much effort and collaboration to create the “living horror movies.”

For the bravest students, go to ushtix. com/csulb to get a discounted ticket.

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Testing, testing HIV The Beach gets fast results onboard HIV Mobile Clinic.

By Elizabeth Ortiz Staff Writer

It’s easy for students to go about their lives assuming they could never be affected by HIV, but taking precautions could potentially save their life or the life of another; Student Health Services recommend sexually active students get tested.

“If a person finds out he or she has a HIV virus, then the person becomes detectable, which can save another person’s life,” said Hector Medes, Salud a la Vida Mobile Facilitator. Salud a la Vida is a Cal State Long Beach-based center for Latino community health.

Being detectable means the person who is infected is responsible for the knowledge and is able to take medicine that works against the virus. Approximately 60 percent of young adults from ages 18 to 24 do not get tested or know

their sexual health status. Mendes said more than 7,800 Long Beach residents have tested positive since 2013.

“If the first test comes out positive [inside the mobile unit], then a second one is given by a different product company to verify it,” Mendes said. “I want people to look at HIV testing as a normal physical, and [know they] shouldn’t be scared to come in.”

Mendes said a person who walks into their mobile unit will get his or her finger pricked, but they will get results within one minute of testing. He believes these mobile-blood test are more accurate than physician-lab test because the test are made for one purpose. In a lab, one blood test can be used for several panels.

There are two mobile units that offer free testing once a month on campus – Bienestar, which collaborates with Salud a La Vida to provide services, and Mobile Clinic, which is offered through the Long Beach Department of Health. Mobile Clinic uses saliva swabs to test for the virus, as opposed to Bienestar’s blood work.

“Within 20 minutes of being orally swabbed, HIV results are available to students,” Holly Boettner, campus health

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educator said. “HIV is a disease transmitted through fluid including blood, semon, [premature ejaculation], vaginal secretions and breast milk. On the other hand, saliva, sweat, tears and urine do not transmit the disease.”

Boettner said the Mobile Clinic has been testing students and the surrounding Long Beach community for over 10 years. It is an accurate test, but if someone tests positive, a more thorough blood test will be implemented in the Student Health Center. She said the campus and City of Long Beach act as two different communities.

“There hasn’t been an active case [on campus] since a couple years ago, [but that doesn’t mean one shouldn’t get frequently tested],” Boettner said. “If [sexually] active, it takes two weeks to eight months from having sex for positive results.”

According to Doctors Without Borders, some people may develop flu-like symptoms within weeks, and some within years. There is no cure for HIV, but treatments are advancing to help people’s rapid declining immune systems from weakening.

Boettner said CSULB is in collabora-

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tion with the LBDH. So, if any student becomes preliminary positive, there is an “Early Intervention Program” that leads affected students to get information to doctors, health insurance and HIV education.

“Mobile Clinic will change it’s location to a heavy traffic area this semester, but students who get most tested are the ones who realize it’s after-the-fact, not the students who have sex before hand,” Boettner said.

Boettner said the test is usually $100 per swab but offered to CSULB students for free as part of tuition’s health fee.

There is a drug called “Prep” to prevent HIV when taken before sexual contact, which is not offered on campus, but can be obtained through LBDH. “We do our part to help the community, because if I can take the model I learned at Long Beach and use it in the community, I will,” said Luis Angel Cendejas, a graduate health educator for Salud a la Vida.

Cendejas said Salud a la Vida caters to the second largest ethnic group in the Long Beach community affected by HIV which are Latinos 18 to 24 years-old. Af-

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rican Americans are the first largest in that age bracket.

“All students, friends and family are able to be tested,” Medes said. “We work in the Long Beach community offering services for free.”

The HIV Mobile Units will be back again on Oct 13 at the HHS1 Lawn.

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From Guate-mala to Guate-buena Why U.S. intervention is necessary for Guatemala’s future.

By Michaela Kwoka-Coleman

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Guatemalan citizens gather in front of the Presidential Palace to protest against the presidency of Otto Peréz Molina in 2015.

If the current U.S. government executes its aid for the country’s organized crime problem effectively, it could seriously benefit the Latin-American nation.

Yet, Guatemala’s citizens are wary of trusting any new politicians given power — especially if that power was handed to them through U.S. intervention in the country.

The Guatemalan people’s uncertainty is completely justifiable — the U.S. once backed a coup d’etat that overthrew a well-received president, Juan Arevalo, because they considered him a “communist threat.” In the 1950’s, the U.S. placed a Guatemalan exile, Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, in power.

The coup d’etat turned into a fullfledged civil war in the nation, which lasted from 1960 to 1996. The war, dubbed the “silent holocaust” due to the amount of indigenous Maya who were targeted and murdered by pro-government – and often U.S.trained – forces, pinned rich against poor and government military forces against leftist, mostly Maya, insurgents.

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Since the United States’ attempt at ridding the country of communism, Guatemala has seen a variety of corrupt politicians and military officials come into power.

The Guatemalan people have witnessed a government that takes bribes, steals public funds and ul-

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Guatemala’s citizens are wary of trusting any new politicians given power — especially if that power was handed to them through U.S. intervention...

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hen you think about Guatemala, what comes to mind? Actually, a better question might be: Can you locate Guatemala on a map?

The significance of what the Guatemalan people are currently enduring in the Latin-American country — which, for those unaware, borders Mexico, Belize and Honduras — speaks volumes about how Latin-Americans are beginning to deal with their country’s corrupt governments.

Only a few thousand miles south of Long Beach, organized crime plagues a country which has taken impressive steps to rid itself of corrupt, greedy politicians.

Yet, many Guatemalans are left with two choices — either stay and embrace the bloody situation created by invading Mexican cartels such as the Zetas, or leave their lives behind and seek asylum in the United States.

Without necessary reform from the current Guatemalan government, Guatemala’s status as a Central American nation with one of the highest crime rates will remain.

As a result of consistent protests by Guatemalan people against fraudulent politicians, the country’s attorney general has gotten rid of criminal networks tied to the recently impeached president Otto Peréz Molina — who now sits in jail.

The peaceful protests held by thousands have proven to be effective — the people’s demands are being met to a certain degree; however, U.S. intervention is still necessary.

Now, I know that might sound like a promotion for imperialistic affairs, but it isn’t — the U.S. owes a great deal of help to a country it once involuntarily damaged.

timately neglects the needs of the people.

Furthermore, the country has become an extremely violent and dangerous place to live in as a result of organized crime making its way into

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The Zeta cartel, for example, has taken over hundreds of miles of the border between Guatemala and Mexico. They also currently control much of the land around the city of Cobán in central Guatemala, according to the International Crisis Group.

Additionally, the Sinaloa cartel has joined with smaller groups along the border regions. Many times the drug cartel leaders provide jobs, social services and even fund local festivals for citizens, which the government has failed to do.

The U.S. and its neo colonialist motives are responsible for much of Guatemala’s violent past. Now, the U.S. has the opportunity to make things right and fix the problems it helped create.

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Continued funding toward the investigation of government corruption is the necessary step the U.S. should take in aiding the country.

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In 2004, a U.S. funded investigation found that former president, Alfonso Portillo, was the head of a money laundering and embezzlement scheme. Portillo allegedly stole millions of dollars in public funds through various U.S. and European banks and now faces extradition charges.

Even so, the U.S. has done little since this investigation. Recently, the United Nations has stepped in to take over the job that the United States should be doing.

For instance, the United Nations recently helped establish an anti-impunity commission, which helped put former president Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, in prison for a customs fraud scheme.

If Guatemala hopes to ascend the ranks from developing to developed nation, the government must distance itself from corruption.

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Philadelphia Eagles players Steven Means (51), Malcolm Jenkins (27) and Ron Brooks (33) raise their fists in the air during the national anthem for a game against the Chicago Bears on Monday, Sept. 19 at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Athlete protests don’t stop because the killings don’t

By Greg Cote Miami Herald

An open-minded, liberal-leaning friend said this to me the other day as we discussed athlete activism and protests involving the national anthem: “I get the cause, for sure. But hasn’t the point been made? Why keep making it over and over?”

Hers was a rhetorical question, but the answer keeps coming. Different cities. Different victims. Same story. Unarmed black men being needlessly shot and killed by police.

The answer is that it hasn’t stopped — Tulsa just the latest example.

The answer is that, sometimes, to be heard, you have to shout. Sometimes, to be heard, you have to repeat yourself.

The irony is that the people who think these anthem protests should have run their course by now and the people outraged into action sometimes use the same words to express those feelings: Enough is enough.

The difference is, one side says it as an exasperated plea that the sideline

kneeling and raised fists during The Star-Spangled Banner should stop — sometimes mistaking it as un-American behavior when what it is is a call for a better America.

The other side says those three words as a frustrated demand that the unjustified killings stop first.

Tulsa is the latest seat of this national outrage that gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement and more recently to the Colin Kaepernick-inspired show of anger and solidarity by athletes. Does anyone believe Tulsa will be the last?

What city will be the next to remind us that racial profiling and prejudice are alive and well in the United States of America in 2016?

“This killing has to stop please,” Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.

Teammate Jermon Bushrod shared via Twitter a photo of the dead man lying beside his car, noting the man’s hands were still above his head as he lay on the asphalt after being Tasered and then shot.

Four other Dolphins teammates knelt during the national anthem at a

recent game to protest, and this was before the shooting in Tulsa. Expect more demonstrations this Sunday before the Dolphins’ home opener vs. Cleveland and elsewhere around the NFL. The protests also are seeping into other sports, including on the U.S. women’s soccer team. NBA players have said they’ll get involved, too. Athletes have powerful voices and they are using them for good, for change.

You wonder why the protests continue? This is why: Officer Betty Shelby fatally shot Terence Crutcher, 40, a father of four, shortly before 8 p.m. Friday as he stood beside his car with both arms raised in the “don’t shoot” manner. His car had broken down on his way home from attending a music appreciation class at Tulsa Community College, according to his family. The officer’s lawyer says his client believed the unarmed man was behaving erratically and may have been under the influence of PCP. The police roadside video shows no apparent indication of that. From the sky, a police officer in a helicopter can be heard saying what seems textbook racial profiling:

“Looks like a bad dude, too. Could be on something.”

Tuesday afternoon, police officials said a vial of PCP was found in Crutcher’s vehicle. Hmm. We’ll see what the autopsy shows. For now: Hmm. But even if he was on something, does that justify fatally shooting an unarmed man in a tableau that saw multiple police cars at the scene? When deaths like this one pile up one after the other, unequivocal benefit of doubt to the police can be increasingly tough to give.

So players keep taking a knee because unarmed black men seem to keep taking a bullet.

In this case, Officer Shelby has been placed on administrative leave, the local district attorney’s office is investigating whether the shooting was justified, and the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation as well. The usual stuff. But can the public trust that justice will be done? That a system that needs fixing will be fixed? That there won’t be a next city where an unarmed person’s death seems so unnecessary?

The victims are never stars, or names you know.

Professional athletes are helping to bring light to their stories.

It is fitting in a way that Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, who is of mixed race, began this athlete movement, because of course this should not be just a black cause; it should be an American cause. Shouldn’t all of us be indignant over unarmed people being killed where race playing a role seems undeniable? That includes police officers themselves, that vast majority of whom are good and fair _ but all of them put in a terrible spot because of the actions of a relative few. That’s the thing about police work. It’s one of those occupations too important to afford even 1 percent bad cops. The world can get by with bad car salesmen or bad coaches. But when the commercial airline pilot flies drunk or the cop approaching a car at a traffic stop treats blacks differently, deaths can occur.

My friend said of the protests, “Hasn’t the point been made? Why keep making it over and over?”

It is because, all across the country, Tulsa seems to keep happening, over and over and over.

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LBSU finishes ninth at tourney Long Beach State finishes 36 shots behind BYU at weekend tournament in San Jose.

By Matthew Simon Sports Editor

HOLLAND SHOURDS FRESHMAN

Long Beach State freshman Holland Shourds led the 49ers at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational with a 22nd place finish Tuesday at the Almaden Golf and Country Club in

San Jose.

Shourds, who shot a 78 in the final round to complete the 2-day tournament, lead the 49ers to a ninth place finish in the 11-team competition. Sophomore Haley Tygret moved up five spots with a 77 to finish tied for 24th place.

Along with Shourds and Tygret, junior Savannah Knox moved up five spots after recording a 78 to finish tied for 40th.

Junior Alicia Arzaga and freshman Maria Davis rounded out LBSU’s top five finish with a 20-over 236 score. Arzaga shot a 78, while Davis stumbled down the rankings after shooting an 86 in the final round.

Competing in the individual competition, junior Felicia Taverrite took 55th place after shooting 23-over with an 82.

With the performance, the 49ers finished 36 shots behind Brigham Young University, who took first with an overall score of 882. San Jose State finished in second place, ending only three shots behind BYU. BYU’s Kendra Dalton won the individual competition with a 4-under score of 212 after three rounds.

LBSU golfers will be back in action Oct. 3, when they travel to Columbia, Mo for the Johnie Imes Invitational.

CHEER CLUB

Cheer Club provides place for unexperienced

Club Cheer look forward to participating in more LBSU games.

By Elizabeth Campos Staff Writer

Pom poms and cheers are more than just high school memories. Game nights and full stadiums are still a part of the college experience and Long Beach State cheer squads are here to brighten up every game.

Long Beach State sports teams receive support from two different cheer squads, Spirit Squad and Club Cheer.

Club Cheer, established in 2011, has cheered for LBSU teams that tend not to get as much mainstream attention, such as hockey, lacrosse, rugby and volleyball.

Spirit Squad sticks with teams like basketball and perform more consistently for a single sport.

In addition, Club Cheer works independently alongside their advisor, Rita Hayes — who also serves as the director of the club sports and recreation department on campus.

Another main characteristic of Club Cheer is that they do not require particiPhotos by Lindsey Maeda | Daily 49er pants to have prior experience in order to CSULB Club Cheer members, above, work on their form while practicing their cheers in the west gym yesterday.

Demi Kong, below, flies into the air as join. she demonstrates a stunt with fellow Club Cheer members spotting her.

“You learn as you go,” Calimbas said.

Connie Marie Calimbas, consumer affairs major graduate and secretary of Club Cheer, has been part of the club for one shell, skirt, bow and pom poms. games, as the girls also participate in fundyear and has continued to help even after For returning members, a $35 fee is reraising and community events. she graduated. quired that goes toward banquets.

The members will participate in the sev“It’s very exciting,” Being part of the enteenth annual Team Spirit Long Beach Calimbas said about 20 girls that the club Breast and Ovarian Cancer walk in Beltheir first practice of had last semester, semont Shore on Sept. 24. the semester. “I’m very nior psychology major The Team Spirit Long Beach Breast and I just expect us to have interested to see who’s Karla Velarde returned Ovarian Cancer raises funds to benefit fun. The other team is going to show up and because of the relabreast and ovarian cancer support promore for competing so it’s who’s going to stay.” tionship she built with grams at the Memorial Care Todd Cancer During Week of her team.

Institute at Long Beach Memorial. really cool to see people Welcome, Club Cheer “It feels like family,” Regene Rolland, president of Club that have no experience signed up 140 intershe said, “and it’s hard Cheer, recognizes that a lot of work and have fun. ested people for more to detach from your commitment is needed to be part of the information regarding family.” team, but enjoys her responsibility to the the club, while other Calimbas and Veteam and the relationships that are built -Regene Rolland, prospective recruits larde’s favorite memthroughout the season. president of Club Cheer inquired about meetories include cheering “I just expect us to have fun,” Rolland ing times through the for the hockey team. said. “The other team is more for competclub’s social media.

“We’re really close ing so it’s really cool to see people that have Club Cheer has fees that need to be covto them and we have a bond,” Velarde said no experience have fun.” ered by both new and returning members. about the team. “They’re like our brothers Club Cheer will be cheering for Long For new members, a required $200 fee inand we’re the little sisters.”

Beach State Hockey Oct. 6 at The Rinks cludes the uniform – which consists of a Club Cheer is more than practices and Lakewood Ice.

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