DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
Vol. LIX, Issue 855
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Monday, April 13, 2015
hits campus with a quickie
Michael A res | Daily 49er
CSULB students hold glow sticks in the air in anticipation for the concert to begin.
After eight years of CSULB’s on-campus concert drought, ASI gives students a “Sure Thing.” By Stephanie Thai Contributing Writer
Luminescent glow sticks batted at the smoke of the dimly lit arena. All eyes and ears fell on a tall figure standing center stage caressing an electric guitar. “For those who don’t know, my name is Miguel,” the voice casually announced, triggering an eruption of screams from all corners of Cali-
Michael A res | Daily 49er
Grammy award winning artist Miguel performs in the Walter Pyramid on Friday.
OPINION
Dying with dignity or for profit? California’s recently proposed legislation, the End of Life Option act, will potentially be on the ballot if legislation doesn’t pass in Sacramento.
CSU SMOKING TIMELINE CSU passed a system-wide ban on tobacco products on campus
November 2012
CSULB smoking policy bans smoking within 20 feet of building entrances and other areas on campus.
SFSU enforces smoking policy with $58 citations.
June 2003
The CSULB smoking ban taskforce will be surveying the campus of its smoking habits.
CSULB forms a smoking taskforce
By Amy Patton
February 2015
News Editor
CSULB student body passes smoke free campus referendum
March 2013
April 2010
Contributing Writer
Fall 2016
August 2004
January 2012
SFSU bans smoking on campus.
August 2013
UC President request that all UCs and CSUs
CSUF first CSU to go entirely smoke free
February 2013
Illustration
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A my Patton
CSULB President Conoley intends to have new smoking and tobacco policy enforced
CSU begins process of banning tobacco products on campuses
April 2015
CSULB smoking task force sends out smoking habit survey
See DIGNITY, page 6
News 2
See MIGUEL, page 4
Smoking out the answers
By Michael Mendoza The End of Life Option Act introduced into California has given people the impression that dying with dignity is the noble thing to do. However, lawmakers should not pass this Death with Dignity bill unless they get rid of the loopholes that allow hospitals and insurance companies to abuse the law. The controversy of assisted suicide began in 1990 when Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted in the suicide of 45-year-old Alzheimer’s patient Janet Adkins, according to Bio online. Kevorkian’s ideology of putting patients out of their misery
fornia State University, Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid on Friday. Hosted by CSULB’s Associated Student, Inc., Friday’s concert featuring R&B polymath Miguel and Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale generated a strong social media buzz within the college community. “I think [ASI’s] just waiting to see the outcome of what this [concert] is in order to see if there will be future events,” Mariana Castellanos, a sophomore social work student at CSULB said. “I really hope they do it again before I graduate.” ASI President Joe Phillips explained that the delay in concerts in the past was due to contract issues and touches on where the funding for the spring concert came from.
If enforced, California State University, Long Beach’s smoking ban will be the first in the California State University system to be mandated by the student population. Other CSU’s have enacted campus-wide smoking bands in previous years; however, none have been passed through a student vote. CSU Fullerton and San Francisco both have smoking bans on campus that were passed by the student senate body. In February 2012, the CSU system passed an initiative to begin the process of banning the sale of tobacco products on CSU campuses and began enforcing it the following year. CSULB still sells cigarettes at the convenience store next to the bookstore for $6.99 per pack. The average price of a pack of cigarettes in California is $6.45, according to data released by the U.S. Federation of Tax Administrators.
See SMOKING, page 2
Diversions 4
Opinions 6
Sports 8