DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
Vol. LIX, Issue 821
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Just for kicks Kayce Contatore Contributing Writer
Soccer is one of the world’s most widely played sport. It is often the first sport that kids are introduced to. At the age of five, many future soccer players sign up for a team with the American Youth Soccer Organization where his or her parent can volunteer to be a coach. For some, that first sport becomes their only sport. They dedicate time away from school to play for a club team, jump for joy when they make the high school varsity team as a freshman and hope to sign a letter of intent to play college soccer. For men at California State University, Long Beach, the hopes of playing their beloved sport for an NCAA Division 1 school will never come to fruition. Over 20 years ago, CSULB cut men’s soccer while keeping women’s soccer due to funding issues stemming from the NCAA 1972 federal law known as Title IX, according to Roger Kirk, CSULB’s assistant athletic director for media relations.
It has been more than 20 years since men’s soccer has kicked it across George Allen Field.
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Bike riders wear helmets and use the green lane on Covina Avenue and Second Street in Long Beach on Tuesday.
New bill seeks to handle helmets SB 192 would make helmets a requirement for all cyclists, even those over the age of 18. By Nicca Panggat
Title IX states that federal money for LBSU scholarships offered to student athletes must reflect the female to male ratio of students on campus, which is about 6-to-4. Due to the higher female population at CSULB, women’s sports must receive more money for scholarships in order to comply with the law. Usually, laws to protect gender equality do just that, but at CSULB, men are being treated unfairly so long as women are the only sex allowed to play NCAA soccer. In the ‘90s, there was not enough funding available to continue supporting men’s soccer, football and lacrosse, Kirk said. “The athletic director at the time put together a plan to sponsor a core seven sports...and put the department’s focus on being competitive in those seven sports,” Kirk said. The lucky seven fully funded sports were men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s baseball, women’s softball and women’s soccer. Today, all of CSULB’s sports are fully funded with the maximum amount of scholarships, but no
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Casual beach cyclists, people who ride to the grocery store and alternative commuters who bike long distances could soon be charged with a criminal offense for biking without a helmet. Should Senate Bill 192 pass, all California cyclists would be required to
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Any passengers riding on a bicycle or in an attached trailer would be held accountable under the same law and would be similarly required to wear helmets. The bill also says that cyclists must wear reflective clothing if they are out past dark. California State University, Long Beach Cycling Vice President Emil Anastacio said he wears both a helmet and reflective gear when he rides. Despite his efforts, he said he has been hit before; Anastacio said that last week, a car clipped his wheel. “[Biking is] my thing,” Anastacio said. “Why won’t you wear [a helmet]? Chances are I’ll get hit one time. I still don’t really think they should regulate it at all.”
Anastacio said he rides for both leisure and work as a bicycle courier around Long Beach. He said having mandatory helmets for cyclists is not as important as having better infrastructure for people who bike. “Most of the time, yeah it’s our fault,” Anastacio said. “There’s a lot of reckless cyclists out there. But I think if you just put them in their own place, it’ll definitely get a lot more safe.” Riding out on Broadway Ave. with the dedicated left lane for cyclists is one of the places he said he feels safest. He said on Seventh Street, cars tend to respect his space a lot less.
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Extreme makeover: art edition The Getty Conservation Institute is repainting CSULB campus art in preparation for a conference in October. By Branden Raulston
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wear helmets for their safety regardless of their age, according to the bill put forth by Sen. Carol Liu. The proposed legislation cites that cyclists found in violation of the new requirement would be punishable by a fine of $25, which is the same fine that is charged to the guardians of young cyclists riding without helmets. California’s bicycle helmet law has been in place since 1994. It states that helmets are only mandatory for cyclists who are under the legal age of 18. “Any responsible bicycle rider should wear a helmet,” Liu said in a press release for SB 192. “This law will help protect more people and make sure all riders benefit from the head protection that a helmet provides.”
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The lucky sculpture on CSULB’s upper campus that has been isolated by chain-linked fencing for the past few weeks is getting a makeover from the Getty Conservation Institute. The institute is restoring the sculpture known as “Duet” by Robert Murray, which was originally crafted in 1965 as part of the Long Beach Sculpture Symposium. It has since been repainted numerous times, changing from its original yellow coat to most recently a dark red. The restoration is happening in preparation for a conference in October, according to their website.
The conference, FAR-SITED: Creating and Conserving Art in Public Places, will use the 50th anniversary of the Long Beach Sculpture Symposium as a launch pad for three days of curated panels and presentations on new art techniques, as well as creating and maintaining outdoor art in the 21st century. “The plan with the Getty really isn’t just about the one Murray piece,” Brian Trimble, the Interim Director of the University Art Museum, said. “The idea is that this the starting point to go through and first conserve all of the original nine sculptures from the
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sculpture symposium and then move into the other works on campus.” The Getty Conservation Institute started with “Duet” because the piece was painted in the mid-20th century, something in which the institute has particular interest. It will be the most complicated of all the restorations but should be finished in the next one to two weeks, according to Trimble. “Research and scientific analysis has been happening for at least the last year,” Trimble said. “We actually started the conversation in 2013.” The Getty Conservation Institute is funding the entire restoration. In order to return “Duet” to its original color,
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LGBTQ climate at CSULB to be reassessed The introduction of an improved ranking system intends to improve LGBTQ friendliness on campus. By Melitza Beltran Contributing Writer
In an effort to promote commitment to LGBTQ inclusion on college campuses, non-profit organization Campus Pride is launching an index for sports. Schools are evaluated annually on more than 50 self-assessment questions. Once the assessments are concluded, schools receive a 14-page report containing results and recommendations to help create an action plan to improve their LGBTQ campus climate, Rebby Kern, the media, communication and programs manager for Campus Pride, said. California State University, Long Beach has a Campus Pride score of four out of five stars that will most likely be diminishing because of the new indexes, Associated Students Inc. Sen. Kelsey Reyes said. “We’re reputable in being LGBT friendly as a university and our community,” Reyes said. “So it would be unfortunate to have our school score go down, when in reality we are LGBT friendly.” ASI is in the beginning stages of trying to figure out a resolution to help improve that score, Reyes said. CSULB raised its score from 2.5 stars in 2013, to four stars in 2014. “We can’t expect LGBTQ students to come out on campus if their campuses aren’t coming out as LGBTQ friendly,” Kern said. The Campus Pride Athlete Report found that one in four LGBTQ student-athletes in the United States are pressured to remain silent about their sexual identity. It also found that 21 percent of those students are targets of derogatory remarks through electronic media, which is nearly double the amount made towards heterosexual athletes. ASI will be working with the Department of Athletics and the
Office of Equity and Diversity to help ensure that non-discrimination policies are followed, Reyes said. The Campus Pride Sports Index will function in just the same way the Campus Pride Index does by releasing a national standard of LGBTQ inclusive policies, programs and practices. It will be specifically geared toward intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation and sports departments, Kern said. “Our primary concern is that we want LGBTQ students to succeed,” Kern said. “[Which will be done by] continuing conversation across campus, across departments and really bridging gaps between campuses and really making an institutional commitment to inclusion.” The Sports Index would measure LGBTQ policy inclusion, student life, training and education, safety and support and commitment on a five-star scale. The new assessments would give colleges “a higher benchmark to achieve greater inclusion,” Kern said. Some LGBTQ students on campus said they believe a larger presence of acceptance on campus would be beneficial to CSULB because it would spread awareness and tolerance. “As humans, we shut people out because we don’t understand them,” junior communications major Megan McKibban said. “Education and bigger representation would create a positive environment for everyone.” Senior journalism major David Espindola, who said he identifies with the LGBTQ community, said he has learned to teach the positives through the resources made available to them on campus. “Coming into this university, where I’m exposed to new ideas and new ways of thinking, it kind of helped me grow as a person,” Espindola said. “It also helped me understand, not just myself, but other walks of life.” Freshman biology major Josh Avellan said he would still find CSULB LGBTQ-friendly, even with a lower score. “People, mostly in Southern California are pretty accepting of everything because it’s such a multicultural area,” Avellan said.
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MLK – Pastor William D. Smart, Jr. speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 16th Annual Celebration in the Beach Auditorium on Tuesday.
MLK celebration speakers urge college
students to engage in human rights activism By Gene Kumagai Contributing Writer A celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took place on Tuesday afternoon in the Beach Auditorium, and a panel followed in the evening. The celebration focused on the
Selma-Montgomery marches, which were led in part by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The marches began in January 1965 and aimed to secure equal voting rights. “If you think to yourself ‘my vote doesn’t really count for anything,’ shame on you,” President of the Af-
ricana Studies Student Association Amethyst Jefferson-Roberts said. In Spring 2014, the number of African-American undergraduate students at CSULB decreased by 19 to 1,214 students, with nine less African American graduate students than in fall 2014, totaling 258 students, according to the university website.
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Vehicle vandalized in faculty parking lot By Collin James Contributing Writer
The owner of a black GMC Yukon reported her car vandalized at 6:35 a.m. on Feb. 23 in Parking Lot 9, Goodwin said. The owner, a 44-year-old woman, said she discovered an eight-inch key mark along the side doors of her car after leaving her car parked overnight. Goodwin said that it is highly likely that the act was “intentional and not random” based on the fact that it happened during the night.
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According to a petition written by Ryan Price, the campaigns director of the California Bicycle Coalition, Liu’s bill sends the wrong message about bicycling and will produce the wrong
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Police received an alert regarding an abandoned bicycle that was found near the Electrical Engineering building at 9:15 p.m., Goodwin said. Police thought the teal Magna Red Ridge bicycle matched the description of a bicycle that was previously reported stolen. Police confiscated the bicycle from the scene.
A 57-year-old male reported his catalytic converter stolen from his car parked at Parking Lot 12 on Feb. 18, according to Lt. Richard Goodwin from the University Police. The victim reported the theft at 9:30 p.m. Goodwin said there was a series of thefts a few years ago; however, this is the first to be reported this year. Police are investigating the crime.
result. “It will discourage bicycling, making our streets less safe and Californians less healthy,” Price said. “We’re not against helmets. But there are proven ways to make our streets more safe while encouraging bicycling… A mandatory helmet law is not one of them.” Price said that reducing speed lim-
its on key streets, building protected bike lanes and bike paths and educating motorists and bicyclists on how to drive or ride safely would all be more beneficial to cyclists. According to Liu’s press release, if SB 192 passes, California would be the first state to make helmets mandatory for adults.
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Golden balance struck The indie quintet lights up a new avenue of sound on its 13th studio go-around. By Ian Jones
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Just when Of Montreal began to command dominance in its latest soundscape adventure, the electro-pop five-piece turned the volume up to a fresh sound, this time by bringing in bright guitar-riffs and invigorating melodies. The completion of its 13th studio album “Aureate Gloom” proves that this change for Of Montreal is not only here to stay, but also here to please. With past electric-pop hits like “Gronlandic Edit” and “Id Engager,” listeners may have expected another album chock full of up-tempo synthesizers emitting modulating beats, mixed in with voice samplings.
However on “Aureate Gloom,” most of the post-millennium electronic drone is replaced by an energetic and refined sound, adding bright studio drums and funky keyboard riffs. The Georgia-based group introduces a modern garage band sound, balancing brash guitar licks with a Talking Headsinspired bass groove. This combination of low-fi guitar and loud drums explores uncharted melodic territories for the band, yet “Aureate Gloom” still retains the energetic style associated with their signature psychedelic-pop sound. In suit of the previous 12 albums, “Aureate Gloom” shells out up-beat melodies and major chord shifts, providing another easy-listen likely stay on the playlists of devout Of Montreal fans. Certain liberties taken with the new album’s sound gives the band an unfamiliar edge, transitioning Of Montreal’s sound into a radiant, distorted blend of The Strokes and Cage the Elephant. “Bassem Sabry” lures the listener in with a drawn-out power chord, quickly interrupted by sharp thuds of the drums. An electronic clavichord stealthily gains melodic prominence behind front man
Kevin Barnes’ positive-yet-sullen vocals, singing about a “dark and violent funk.” “I believe in witches / I believe in you,” Barnes belts, seemingly about his complicated 11-year relationship with his wife. “So the mute-minded search / Silly in love.” These emotional ties don’t seem to dampen the up-beat tempos of other songs like “Monolithic Egress” and “Aluminum Crown.” They each supply the listener with a harmonic balance between not-quite-Artic Monkeys level distortion and Talking Head’s rhythmic and whirring choruses. The product is an entirely new sound, rewarding not only already-made Of Montreal fans, but also listeners of acquired taste who may opt for KCRW as opposed to KIIS FM or KROQ when scanning stations. “Aureate Gloom” is a modern masterpiece nestled within the niche genre of electro-pop. The ideal musical juxtaposition struck from chord to chord, song to song and even from album to album is something not many artists can achieve, let alone do correctly 13 times in a row.
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The Thrifty Traveler: Santa Fe offers artsy getaway for people, pets History, architecture and a worldclass art scene put Santa Fe, N.M., on the short list of many an avid traveler. When we visited friends there during a tour of the American Southwest, I was surprised to learn it also has great food and spectacular canine access. If you’re planning on making your way to this cultural hot spot, there are a number of items you’ll want to include on your travel itinerary. Food: Vegans and vegetarians will find lots to love about the food scene in this creative corner of New Mexico. Cafes, eateries and coffee shops abound with meatless sandwich options, eggless baked goods and more. A fun place to go in the morning is Revolution Bakery. It’s 100 percent gluten-free, with a mostly organic menu and boatloads of vegan items available for those who prefer cruelty-free noshables. For the price of a scone or a muffin, you can start your day with a tasty treat. Thai Vegan on Cerrillos Road offers meatless menu items for those who choose to skip animal products altogether. Most entrees are less than $15, and the atmosphere is romantic yet casual. Fireside seating is available. Cafe Fina offers great vegetarian brunch options for less than 10 bucks, while a decent veggie burger can be scored for lunch at Second Street Brewing along with custom-brewed suds. For a modern atmosphere with authentic Italian fare, make your way to Andiamo in the Railyard District. Vegetarian dinner items start at less than $10, and parking during the week is relatively painless. Fun: If you’re looking to cruise the galleries and boutiques,
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Artwork decorates the grounds outside the historic basilica in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. Canyon Road is the place to go. The historic center of Santa Fe’s art scene, it’s a picturesque stroll that will keep you entertained for quite some time, while enjoying unique pieces of art by individuals whose work is sought after by shop owners around the world. The window shopping is free, with higher-end purchasing options available for a variety of budgets. Santa Fe’s museum scene is also noteworthy. Local artifacts, Native Ameri-
can pieces and other collections are available for perusing as you see fit. The main must-see venue however is the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Filled with works by this world-renowned artist, this museum also honors her legacy through photographs and informational exhibits. Their gift shop has fun souvenirs that are accessible for the average budget. I scored a pair of reversible ceramic earrings for roughly $60. They have two differ-
ent color schemes and stainless steel fasteners, providing lifelong wearable memories for 30 bucks a pair. General admission tickets to the museum are $12. Fur: If you’re traveling as a couple with a pooch in tow, you can also check out the free-to-visit Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. While canines can’t enter the interior, there’s a decent-sized park to the left of the front entrance with benches, grass and trees for shade. While one
pet parent stays with Pookie, the other can explore the inside of the Basilica for a peek back in time to old Santa Fe. Bring a book for when it’s your turn to dog sit, and a picnic blanket and snacks to enjoy as a family afterwards. Our Labrador loves any chance she can get to check out a community’s treat scene. There are a couple of fun places to do this in Santa Fe. The first is Critters and Me. A casual, affordable pet supply store frequented by locals, it also carries its fair share of giant treats and toys that dogs are allowed to shop in the aisles for themselves. The second is Teca Tu. Located in the Sanbusco Market Center, this drool-worthy pet emporium is located inside the boutique mall. Dogs are welcome to stroll inside the venue, enjoying water bowls on their way to treat and toy nirvana. You’ll find everything from sweet potato chews and child-sized jerky treats to canine couture and tug ropes. While parking is challenging in Santa Fe, it’s free outside this particular indoor market, and within walking distance to pooch-friendly patio coffee and a grassy railroad park for walking Rover. The other thing that’s fab about the town’s pet scene is the abundance of water fountains with drinking spouts placed at heights suitable to both two and four-legged travelers. Winter months bring a water shutdown for pipe safety, but they’re open for use from spring through autumn. —Myscha Theriault, Tribune News Service (TNS)
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Continued from page 1 Trimble said that the institute peeled through 13 layers of paint and has been working with Murray to bring the sculpture as close to the initial swatch as possible. “Well, I think it’d be important to the artists who designed it,” senior international studies major Michelle Forrester said. “We have so much art on our campus that it’s kind of nice if it is still looking good.” Forrester admitted that she finds some of the sculptures to be a bit weird but overall, she appreciates and enjoys the art on campus. “I don’t really think about the sculptures very often because I’m running to classes but when I happen to see them, I think they’re a nice touch to the campus,” Henrietta Haycraft, a junior creative writing major, said. “I think campus art is important because it breaks up the monotony of the trees and it can start conversations about things one might not consider without being exposed to abstract art.”
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Electronic music and spirituality collided at the pier on Sunday with the second techdeep house event of the season from Subtract Music. By Alex Berman Contributing Writer
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The 1965 sculpture known as “Duet” by Robert Murray, in preparation for a conference in October, is being painted yellow at the free speech lawn.
Passenger rights group calls for a cap on airline change fees If unforeseen circumstances force you to re-book an international flight from the U.S., you may face a hefty change fee — as much as $500 per ticket. But a passenger rights group has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to adopt a $100 cap for such a fee, arguing that the charges are exorbitant for an airline industry that is now collecting record profits because of slumping fuel costs. Change fees for international flights were as low as $50 to $100 for a nonrefundable ticket only a few years ago, said Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org, a 50,000-member group that filed a petition with the federal agency this month to adopt the cap. Instead of dropping or holding steady as airlines have reported higher profits, Hudson said, the fees have increased as demand for air travel has continued to grow. “They are enormously profitable now, and it appears they are engaging in rampant cartel-like behavior,” he said. The U.S. airline industry collected
$2.8 billion in change fees in 2013 and is expected to report even more revenue from change fees in 2014 when the latest report from the Department of Transportation is released in May. But airlines say the fees are not excessive and are clearly described to travelers before they book flights, according to Airlines for America, the trade group for the nation’s airlines. “FlyersRights’ petition fails to demonstrate that there has been a market failure when it comes to what airlines charge for changed reservations,” said Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for the trade group. “Airline pricing is extremely transparent, and customers are aware of what they are purchasing and at what price before they buy their air transportation.” Hudson said the Department of Transportation lost the right to regulate fees on domestic flights when it deregulated the airline industry in 1978 but still has the authority to impose restrictions on international flights.
Airline CEOs in war of words A war of words has broken out between the chief executives of Delta Air Lines and Emirates over government subsidies and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Here’s how it all went down: Delta chief Richard Anderson and other U.S. airline executives have been saying that they can’t compete with Persian Gulf carriers on international flights because the state-owned airlines receive billions of dollars in subsidies from their governments. The U.S. airline executives have asked federal officials to renegotiate the treaties that allow such carriers to increase flights to the U.S. The gulf-based airlines shot back, saying U.S. carriers have received government subsidies of their own in the form of government loan guarantees after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and benefits from bankruptcy protections over the last few years. Anderson got into hot water when
he launched a salvo in a televised interview with CNN: “It’s a great irony to have the UAE from the Arabian Peninsula talk about that, given the fact that our industry was really shocked by the terrorism of 9/11, which came from terrorists from the Arabian Peninsula,” he said. Of the 19 terrorists involved in hijacking the commercial planes on 9/11, 15 were from Saudi Arabia and two were from the United Arab Emirates. The remaining two hijackers were from Egypt and Lebanon. Emirates CEO Tim Clark said Anderson “crossed the line” when he seemed to link the terrorist attacks to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and the state-owned airlines. Anderson apologized but Emirates officials are still miffed. “We believe that the statements made this week by Mr. Anderson were deliberately crafted and delivered for specific effect,” the airline said in a statement. —Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Modern-day flappers wearing yoga pants and feathers jived alongside their neon-laced male counterparts on the dance floor; but just as important as the thudding house music was the sense of an underground community. Pulsing bass and soothing, ambient melodies shook the end of Belmont Pier on Sunday with the second Subtract on the Pier, a live DJ event. Its lineup featured fairly new and emerging Los Angeles-based, deep-tech DJ’s such as Brandon Ernst and Anton Tumas as well as a yoga session from Galactivation Yoga before the show. The elements of both the live deeptech house music and experimental yoga played strongly into the scene’s vibrant burner culture, which is based strongly around the ideas and movement behind the famous Burning Man event. “It’s very underground, spiritual music,” Sean Micheals, an attendee from Cypress, said. “A lot of people come here and they dress how they want and they act how they want; you know, there’s freedom of religion.” Subtract on the Pier is relatively new to the music circuit in comparison to more renowned events such as the award-winning Desert Rose Music Festival and Burning Man, which has brought a one week-long temporary metropolis to Black Rock City since 1986, according to their respective websites. Opening artist of the evening, Brandon Ernst, stated that it was his first attendance at Burning Man that brought him into the culture and motivated him to become a DJ. He said that he was first invited to the festival through friends he met at an Ayahuasca Sacred Plant Medicine Ceremony, a gathering where participants ingested the broth of an Amazonian psychedelic vine to provoke spiritual awakening. “I basically went to Burning Man and found home,” said Ernst. “Burning Man helped to transform my life and connect me to people and give me purpose to spin music and give back to the world.” The ocean-view of Subtract on the Pier fits into the integral role of natural scenery in the burner culture. Burning Man and the Desert Rose Music Festival have grown closely associated with their location, adopting desert themes strongly influencing the garb and aesthetic of the culture. The integration of yoga into the event ties in well with the music’s strong spiritual emphasis. Christa Everest, or as her pupils and peers call her, Christa Galactica, is a long-time practitioner of yoga and active teacher of what she calls “galactivated” yoga. “Yoga is about unification with your divine,” Everest said. “The physical part of yoga is just one branch on that tree, but the tree is about connecting to the bigger picture; the actual [burning ceremony] is like a physical expression of what the bigger picture looks like as a society.” Along with self-ascribed burners, the event attracted many other electronic music loving communities. “Burners, hippies, ravers, spiritual and religious people come to enjoy the music,” Micheals said. “I would say that house music is universal.”
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continued from page 1 action has been taken to try to reinstate any of the sports that were cut out, Kirk said. While the school provides the money for the scholarships offered, it is up to the coaches to disperse the money among the athletes on the teams. CSULB does not seem to want to spend the extra money that they would need to spend on women’s sports scholarships to justify reinstating an NCAA men’s soccer team. Sophomore journalism student Jared Thieme, who is in his first semester on the club soccer team, said that of all the sports that should be reinstated, men’s soccer would make the most sense, especially considering how well the club team has been doing. “The school needs a men’s team...and we have a pretty successful women’s team,” Thieme said. “It wwould be tough with funding but I think we could do it.” If men’s soccer were reinstated, the school could make a profit from tickets to matches and company sponsorships. The revenue earned from the team would warrant the money spent to bring back the sport. The club team, who is just starting their spring season, had a successful season in the fall and is looking forward to winning their league this season. Assistant captain for the men’s club soccer team, Denny Deluna, said that he hoped to see a men’s
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LBSU defender Melanie Fox earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week during The Beach’s 2014 season. The Beach had an overall record of 8-7-6, and a conference record of 4-22. soccer team at CSULB. “I know it’s going to be difficult, but we can try to set up petitions or ask people if they would contribute to doing this,” Deluna said. CSULB is one of only two schools in the Big West conference to not have an NCAA men’s soccer team. It is not too late for the school to reinstate men’s soccer and to give back the hopes of soccer players everywhere who dream of being a 49er.
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Dear Editor, The story, “Long Beach renters want more protection” by Branden Raulston printed on Feb. 3 highlighted the fact that tenants often have to deal with slow response times and out-of-pocket expenses for repairs with landlords who do not fix things on time. Many renters such as Alex Giaque wish they had the right to take care of issues without written consent and
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put the rent money into an escrow account until the landlord makes the necessary repairs. But there is a more important reason that renters need this right that the article doesn’t fully cover. Many renters do not have the financial capability to pay for their own repairs. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on average lowincome family households make $1,470 a month. When factoring in the aver-
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Modern women have been stamped with the stereotype of being likely to fall in love with person they have sex with, and acting on those feelings in any way is socially unacceptable. According to the American Psychological Association, promiscuity among women has become more common and socially acceptable due to a series of sexual revolutions dating back to the 1920s. With influences from new waves of feminism to new modes of contraception, women and society have become increasingly more open minded about female sexuality. With these increasing amounts of casual sex, women are now facing the emotional consequences of sleeping around with less familiar partners, as well as dealing with the stigma of being “that clingy girl” if they develop feelings for someone they were intimately involved with. While most girls aren’t looking to fall in love with the drunken guy from the bar they went home with, biology can sometimes work against them. During sex, and more so if there is an orgasm involved, women release a hormone called oxytocin. According to Dr. Arun Ghosh who specializes in sexual health at the Spire Liverpool Hospital in the United Kingdom, when women have
age housing costs of $1,250 that leaves a mere $220 for everything else. A typical household pays for expenses such as food, transportation costs, insurance and sometimes debt. But the question is, what happens when that excess money that is used to pay for household necessities goes towards home repairs? The simple answer is, families will struggle to get by on a monthly basis, living off paycheck to paycheck. Individuals should not have to face these kinds of decisions to sacrifice basic necessities for home repairs that should be taken care of by landlords. The sad truth is a lot of American families sacrifice more than needed just to get by. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition in California, minimum wage earners must work 129 hours per week for 52 weeks each year to afford a two-bedroom
sex or have an orgasm with a partner, the oxytocin (also known as the “cuddle” hormone”) releases, allowing women to feel a bond and trust toward the partner they are with. This occurs because it is a primal instinct that causes women to want to stay with their mate to raise a child, because strangely enough that was the original intention for sex (who knew!). Men, however, have been found to release more dopamine, the hormone linked
Modern women face the emotional consequences of casual sex and struggle with the stigma of being “clingy.”
to happiness, pleasure and even addiction. This can explain why men are less known to “catch feelings” with a girl they have sex with and also why men more likely to become sex addicts, with only 10-12 percent of sexual recovery patients being women, according to the Sexual Recovery Institute. In the cave man days, these hormones did a great job of increasing the size of the human race, however it is less useful today
apartment. Otherwise, a household must include 3.2 minimum wage earners working 40 hours per week year-round in order to make the twobedroom apartment affordable. The California State University, Long Beach Bateman team has partnered with Home Matters Americas to help raise awareness of the importance of quality affordable housing in America. Their campaign, Rethink Home, hosted a panel event on Wednesday, which featured executive members Housing Long Beach and LINC Housing. The panel event discussed the lack of quality affordable housing and the current issues regarding housing in America. Home Matters America is one of the many non-profit organizations that are actively raising awareness of the housing issues in America. Their mission is to build awareness and raise funds for more affordable homes
among young adults who are simply trying to have a good time. It seems to have become a running joke that if a guy sleeps with a certain girl, she will refuse to leave his apartment and will begin planning their wedding for the following spring. This stereotype could lead to men deciding not to sleep with the same woman twice out of the fear that she will become attached or women feeling hesitant to text the man the next day so as to avoid the “clingy girl” stereotype. Another unforeseen consequence of this attachment is the fear of pursuing a woman after sex and being the one to get attached, thereby emasculating themselves by assuming the “female” stereotype. While there may be some girls out there who are guilty of such eager thinking, the rest of the female population has had to suffer the embarrassing effects of this stereotype. Though there is science to explain this stereotype, it isn’t something that holds true for all women who partake in casual sex. “I think it’s so false,” first year international studies major Makala Rhodes said. “If you tell a girl the truth she won’t expect any more. [Boys] have this huge fear that [girls] get attached, and that makes boys think that they’re just that good . . .” For some women, this is an important lesson to learn. This biology has the potential to affect their ability to involve themselves in casual relationships. It could be beneficial for women realize that these feelings may just be their body reacting to the sexual experience and for men to realize that some women may not be able to help wanting to form a bond with them. Most importantly, men should know that not all women want to create a connection with a one-night stand, and the women who do aren’t crazy or clingy, they are simply more responsive to their natural instincts. If you have any questions, concerns or topics you would like to see me write about, please email opedd49er@gmail.com Now go enjoy a banana.
and better communities across the nation. There is clearly a housing crisis in America, and the problem is not enough people are able to purchase or rent quality affordable housing. There is no simple answer to solve issues like these and positive results do not happen over night. We need to start raising awareness of the housing issues in America and become educated on the subject matter first. Change will not happen unless others are aware of this issue and understand that it affects many of us in America. Everyone in America should be able to live in a safe, nurturing environment with access to quality education, healthcare, public spaces and community services. —Leon Ly, senior journalism major with a concenwtration in public relations
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The 49ers stay relaxed and optimistic as they make the trip to Hawaii. By Oscar Terrones Sport Editor
Long Beach State’s 65-58 loss to UC Davis marked LBSU’s fourth consecutive loss since its last win against UC Riverside on Feb. 5. LBSU will look to snap its losing streak when it hosts Cal State Fullerton on Saturday in the Walter Pyramid.
An upbeat Long Beach State men’s basketball team flies to Honolulu feeling confident it can snap its four-game losing streak Thursday night at Hawaii. “You worry about [the team’s energy during a losing streak],” head coach Dan Monson said. “But I’ve been pleased with our guys here.” The 49ers (13-15) are trying to overcome their worst stretch of play since a six-game losing streak in December 2014. LBSU is gunning for season sweeps of Hawaii (18-11, 6-7) and Cal State Fullerton (9-18, 1-11). After Tuesday’s morning practice, some of the 49ers spent extra time shooting free throws. Many lobbed jokes at one another from across the court as laughter filled the Walter Pyramid. Senior guard Tyler Lamb said it was important to remain positive during the team’s losing streak.
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Back in the LBC The LBSU softball team will try to bounce back from grueling road trips when it takes on ranked UCLA and others at Mayfair Park in Lakewood. By Josh Barajas Contributing Writer
One high-profile school after another will await the Long Beach State softball team at Mayfair Park for the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational, which starts Thursday night. Head coach Kim Sowder said she is confident in the 49ers (7-8), who lost four of their last five games, and believes her team can regroup when it takes on UCLA (13-4) and Stanford (9-8), among other teams. “My focus with the team is to play one game at a time,” Sowder said. “We’re only as good as we are at this current moment.” The 49ers’ difficult slate of matches is nothing new as LBSU has played one of the toughest schedules in the country. LBSU lost both games against the Bruins last year at Mayfair Park. “[UCLA and Stanford] are very good ball clubs,” junior utility player Haley Tobler said. “They both have very good coaching, they’re known for softball and so our team just really has to focus on seeing the strikes and being more disciplined at the plate.”
The Bruins are throwing for a combined 2.40 earned run average, led by senior right-hander and member of the USA Softball National Team Ally Carda. Tobler, who transferred from Tennessee, said playing against the top players in the country is nothing new. “I’m kind of used to seeing those big name players; the AllAmericans, the USA players,” Tobler said. “It’s still going to be a challenge, but I like to challenge myself.” Carda is 6-2 this season with a 2.25 ERA, including a no-hitter against Boise State. UCLA is also hitting a team average of .377 and average 7.8 runs a game. LBSU senior right-hander Amanda Hansen is struggling to put up the same numbers from last season. She is 2-5 on the season with a team-worst 4.55 earned run average. Sowder said she has not lost faith in Hansen. “I have all the confidence in the world that [Hansen] will figure things out,” Sowder said. “She works very hard.” Sophomore right-hander Christina Clermont has emerged as the team’s ace as Hansen’s struggled to gain consistency. Clermont has a 2.90 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 31.1 innings pitched. The 49ers begin the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational at Mayfair Park against Seattle University (5-9) at 6:30 p.m., and then against UCLA at 7 p.m. on Friday. The tournament will continue with a doubleheader against Stanford and Weber State (5-5) on Saturday before the team heads back to the 49er Softball Complex for a game against Southern Utah (2-7) on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. “Every team we play we look at as great competition,” Clermont said. “That’s our mindset going in.”
“If you don’t have [positivity] instilled in you as a person, then it’s going to be hard to bring it out at a time like this,” Lamb said. “With us being a team, I think even if we did have one or two guys weren’t positive, it wouldn’t really show because everybody’s glued in with the team.” After Thursday’s loss to UC Davis, senior forward David Samuels said the team needed to change the way it reacted to losing. “Lately, I feel like we’ve been taking it too personal,” Samuels said. “We’re not having fun anymore. We have to get back to having fun.” Playing at Hawaii presents many challenges that do not involve the game. The travel, time change and potential distractions make facing the Rainbow Warriors more difficult. Monson said other factors make Hawaii a difficult environment. “I don’t want to minimize this, but the selling of alcohol at their arena is so much different,” Monson said. “I always say those are the toughest arenas in America to play in. The Creighton’s and Hawaii’s. The places where they just take it up a level.” Lamb said he was not too concerned about the atmosphere awaiting the
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49ers in Honolulu. “It’s not difficult,” Lamb said. “I think it’s just a mindset. It is hard to go in there and play because we’re playing against the whole island. That’s what we signed up for.” Monson said Hawaii is a team built to frustrate its opponents, and that the game will be decided by whoever is tougher. “They’re built to kind of punk you,” Monson said. “To see what [junior guard Roderick] Bobbitt was able to do to [UC Davis senior guard Corey] Hawkins was impressive. They’re going to disrupt Mike and the other guys are going to have to make plays.” Lamb praised Bobbitt’s defense and his ability to create steals. Bobbitt leads the country in steals per game at 3.4. Lamb said the 49ers cannot have a repeat performance of the first game where the Rainbow Warriors forced 20 turnovers. “Our focus with Hawaii is to not let them speed us up,” Lamb said. “Don’t turn the ball over. Play strong with the ball. We want to get in the open floor and get our [big men] to finish or get open shots for our guards.” The 49ers host last-place Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. LBSU escaped with a narrow 91-86 overtime victory at Fullerton on Jan. 29. The Titans are on a five-game losing streak and are losers of 11 of their last 12 games. LBSU travels to Hawaii for a Thursday night game at 9 p.m. before returning home to host Cal State Fullerton inside the Walter Pyramid at 4 p.m.
Time to scrap A short-handed LBSU women’s basketball squad will take on Hawaii in a rematch. By William Hernandez Contributing Writer
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will enter the final stretch of its regular season when it hosts Big West leader Hawaii Thursday night inside the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (20-6, 7-5) are 0-2 after losing leading scorer Raven Benton and leading rebounder Devin Hudson to season-ending injuries. LBSU is confident going into their next matchup against the first place Rainbow Wahine (19-7, 11-2). “As long as we have five [available players], we can play and the kids know it,” head coach Jody Wynn said. “They’re up for the challenge and our three seniors still want to go out the way they want to go out.” With only six active players its previous game, LBSU fell 83-66 at secondplaced UC Davis on Feb. 19. Although Benton and Hudson’s seasons are over, the 49ers might get junior guard Chantel Dooley and sophomore guard Jewelyn Sawyer back in time for Thursday night’s showdown against the Rainbow Wahine. Dooley, who missed the 49ers’ last three games, had ice wrapped around
John Fajardo | LBSU Athletics Long Beach State (7-5) will face league-leading Hawaii on Thursday at the Walter Pyramid. Hawaii took the game in their last matchup in a 72-64 win over the Beach. her left knee during Monday’s practice. She is averaging 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and is listed as dayto-day, according to Wynn. Despite Hawaii’s dominance over conference opponents, the 49ers are more concerned about what they do as opposed to their counterparts’ impressive resume. “It doesn’t matter if it was the first place team in the league or the last place team,” Wynn said. “We still have to approach the game the same way: scrap, win the 50-50 balls, and control what we can control.” Senior forward Lauren Spargo, the 49ers’ second leading scorer with Benton out for the year, played 37 minutes in the loss against UC Davis on Feb. 19. Fatigue may soon become a factor, but Spargo said the team can’t let up its style of play. “We need to use our quickness to our advantage and beat them to their stops,” senior forward Lauren Spargo said. “Just being more hungry for the ball every time it comes off the rim.” LBSU will have its hands full against a deep Hawaii roster, led by senior guard Shawna-Lei Kuehu who averages 12.3
ppg. Team captain Hallie Meneses said the 49ers need some of the younger players to step up their play to make up for Benton and Hudson’s lost the lost production. “We need to have our freshmen not be scared to knock down shots,” Meneses said. “Even though we don’t have Raven and Devin, we still have other girls who have yet to show their full potential. It’s time for them to stop living in the potential.” The last time LBSU and Hawaii faced off on Jan. 29, the Rainbow Wahine handed the 49ers a 72-64 defeat. That loss marked the beginning of a rough, six-game stretch against Big West opponents for LBSU, which went 3-3. “Conference is a whole different beast,” Meneses said. “At this point, we just have to fight. We knew it was going to be a dogfight since before conference even started.” LBSU will play its second-to-last home game of the season inside the Walter Pyramid at 7 p.m. on Thursday night. The game will be nationally broadcast on ESPN3.