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The California Faculty Association “Fight for Five” protest arrives at the California State University Office of the Chancellor Tuesday. The march drew more than 1,000 protesters.

The fight continues Students and CFA members takeover Downtown Long Beach in protest for higher instructor wages.

By Ariana Sawyer Contributing Writer

A sea of red overtook the lawn and plaza in front of the California State University Office of the Chancellor Tuesday on Golden Shores in Downtown Long Beach where the California Faculty Association protested for a 5 percent salary increase.

“The folks who work in this building don’t teach any students,” CFA president Jennifer Eagan, dressed in the red ‘I don’t want to strike, but I will’ union shirt, shouted from the mobile stage. “The folks in this building think it’s their university.”

The crowd booed vehemently and began chanting, “Whose university? Our university,” as employees in the building looked out from office windows several stories high.

“The California State University values its employees and continues to prioritize compensation while also addressing other areas that support student success,” the CSU Office of the Chancellor said in a statement Monday. “The CSU remains committed to the collective bargaining process and achieving a negotiated agreement with the California Faculty Association.”

The CSU has offered a 2 percent salary increase, but the faculty said that is not enough. According to the CFA, faculty salaries

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have been slashed once inflation has been accounted for, and a five percent increase is the least they will accept.

California State University, Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley said on Thursday that she supports the faculty and that they are “woefully underpaid.”

“They definitely deserve a raise,” Conoley said. “If you compare their salaries to the UC salaries, and you know, they live in the same cities, they pay the same rent, but yet, there’s a marked discrepancy between their salaries.”

Also in attendance were CSU Students for Quality Education, who came to support the CSU faculty and to protest a 2 percent hike in student tuition, as well as CSULB student organizations La Raza and the American Indian Student Council.

Student posters displayed phrases like, “Suck my debt” and “Enjoy your money, I’ll be your doctor.”

The California Faculty Association’s “Fight for Five” march drew more than 1000 protesters who congregated outside of a Board of Trustees meeting, according to Steven Levinson, CFA Monterey Bay chapter president.

Kevin Wehr, Collective Bargaining Chair, was a speaker at the Board of Trustees meeting that took place during the march and protest.

“I told them not to underestimate our resolve because we have the capacity, if necessary, to shut down the system,” Wehr said.

Participants came by paddle-board, kayak, bus, car, bike and foot from as far away as CSU Humboldt in Northern California and as nearby as CSULB, which contributed some 150 faculty

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Jennifer Eagan, California Faculty Association president, leads a chant at the CFA “Fight for Five” protest outside of a Board of Trustees meeting in the California State University Office of the Chancellor on Tuesday.

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members and 20 students according to CSULB CFA chapter president and literature professor Douglas Domingo-Foraste.

Domingo-Foraste arrived with the CSULB protesters in a red double-decker bus.

“CFA faculty have every right to present their side of the issues to the Board of Trustees,” Office of the Chancellor spokesperson Toni Molle said in an email.

“This is part of the process.”

The CSU and CFA are still engaged in the process of fact finding until early December. Fact finding allows both sides to present their arguments to a three-person panel, made up of one representative from each side and one neutral party. According to a release from the CSU, fact-finding hearings are scheduled for Nov. 23 and Dec. 7.

Fact finding is the last step in the formal negotiation process, according to the CFA. In early October, both sides met with a mediator, but were unable to reach a resolution.

The CFA announced on Nov. 4 that its members had voted to authorize a strike by an overwhelming 94.4 percent.

The strike would take place in the spring 2016 semester. Specific strike plans have yet to be made by CFA, but “whether or not [it] does go down hinges on Chancellor White’s decision,” Eagan said after the announcement on Nov. 4.

“The last thing we want to do is harm students, of course,” Dorothy Wills, a Cal Poly Pomona professor and CFA spokesperson, said. “But the administration’s policies are hurting students every single day.”

Chancellor White and the Board of Trustees will vote today on whether to raise the cap on executive salaries, according to Molle.

“CSU built up a lot of goodwill in the legislature this year, and my colleagues and I appreciated the university’s approach of no tuition-increase threats, their relative restraint on executive compensation, and their working collaboratively with students, faculty, staff, and alumni to make CSU’s case,” said California State Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), who is also a member of the CSU Board of Trustees, in a statement.

“Stonewalling on needed and deserved salary increases for faculty will chip away at legislators’ confidence in the system, and maintaining that confidence is imperative as we fight to bring additional funding to CSU.” In June, Gov. Jerry Brown approved an additional $97 million for the CSU system.

Micayla Vermeeren also contributed to this article.

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Top, California Faculty Association members hold signs and blow whistles at the “Fight for Five” protest outside of a Board of Trustees meeting in the California State University Office of the Chancellor Tuesday. Above, students for Quality Education, including CSULB junior hospitality management major Courtney Yamagiwa, center, hold signs and chant. Left, a California Faculty Association member leads a chant into a megaphone.

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Frogs, fungus to be explored Board of Control approves grants for graduate student research in development.

BY YASMIN CORTEZ Staff Writer

The Board of Control meeting approved grants to help fund graduate student research during Tuesday’s meeting.

Justin Jacobs, undergraduate researcher in Dr. James Archie’s lab at California State University, Long Beach, had a grant approved for $400 to attend an annual meeting in Portland, Oregon from Jan. 3-7 because he has discovered a new species of frog in Madagascar that will be called ‘Blue Fire.’

Jacobs said this is the first time this research will be published through CSULB. “We have the chytrid fungus that’s killing vast amounts of frogs across what world and there is a huge issue with it,” Jacobs said. “It’s hypothesized that many species will be going extinct, so if we don’t document it now we won’t ever know what was here.”

Another research in development by geology graduate student AJ White was funded for $1,000.

“There’s this emergent method in geoarchaeology that’s called ‘fecal sterol biomarker analysis,’” White said. “And basically there is this molecule, the breakdown product of cholesterol in guts of humans, specifically the guts of humans and pigs … basically it can be linked back to people.”

White will conduct fieldwork in Vietnam to test if this works in a tropical setting. He hopes to specifically establish when people first colonized and settled in the pacific islands.

“It speaks a lot to CSULB as supporting its students,” said White “… I’d encourage everyone who is doing some sort of research to apply for this. I’m not sure how many people are aware of this grant but it’s an excellent resource.”

Will Qui Quan Thai was approved for $917 for his research study of first generation Vietnamese studies and the big gap in literature. Most of the money will go towards transcribing audio and volunteers will be compensated with Starbucks gift cards. He wants to “stray away from the stereotypes” and find out more about this minority and how they transition into school, Thai said.

TEDxCSULB will officially take action now that Matt Choi’s second reading allowed his organization to be allocated $10,000 for the event happening next April 9.

College of Natural Science and mathematics student council President Jessica Phan was excited to be allocated $1,000 for a first class seat for guest speaker and Nobel prize winner, Sir Richards Roberts who is coming from Massachusetts for the 37th Nobel Laureate series.

After the presenters and students had given their proposals and left, BOC discussed revisions to the Policy on Executive Fellowships. The draft sample to the policy change was renamed “Elected Executive Scholarships” and the title “fellowship” was dropped. They discussed and clarified the difference between elected and appointed, the GPA requirements, unit limits and taxes with scholarships.

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Francisco Abdul Estin (right), a hotel worker in Long Beach addresses the issue of a higher minimum wage at a roundtable meeting with Mayor Robert Garcia (left) on Tuesday at Admiral Kidd Park.

Weighing in on minimum wage A report the LA County Economic Development Corporation developed compares the benefit and possible impact of higher wages.

BY JOSHUA KANG Staff Writer

The Long Beach City Council held its first public meeting Tuesday since the completion of a minimum wage study that it requested last summer, as it continues to debate potential citywide wage increases.

The study that the commissioned Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation released last week offers insight into the possible benefits and impacts of a $15 an hour minimum wage for the city of

Long Beach, increasing incrementally by 2020.

The meeting Tuesday was the fourth of a series of six public forums and roundtables that Mayor Robert Garcia and the City Council organized to give transparency and opportunity for community review and comment.

“I’ve said since day one, that one of my goals has been for this to be an inclusive, balanced and respectful dialogue because this is an issue that affects a lot of people,” Garcia said. “It clearly affects workers and their quality of life, it also clearly affects small business in particular in their ability to provide services, and of course the nonprofit sector youth programs.”

A roundtable of guests consisting of non-profit leaders, small business owners and numerous employees from different sectors of the economy in Long Beach were invited to participate in the meeting.

The minimum wage study gathered information about employment

and wages in Long Beach through various sources and also surveyed many business owners to contribute to the overall report.

The study found that in a best case scenario, 33,000 workers would receive a substantial increase in their standard of living if the wage went up to $12 an hour by 2017. Furthermore, up to 45,000 workers would get an additional $5,000 in annual income per worker if the wage were to go up to $15 an hour by 2020.

According to the study, some of the negative impacts in the worstcase scenario would mean about 14,000 workers being at risk of having their hours reduced or replaced in order to cut costs and maintain business.

Small business advocates argued that some consequences of the increase in wage would result in less hiring of new workers, reduced hours for current employees, increased prices for products or services and reduced profits possibly resulting in relocation.

Joses Magno, a senior at CSULB and member of Anakbayan Long Beach, a progressive Filipino student organization, disagreed with this assessment.

“Workers making more would improve efficiency and increase sales for businesses,” said Magno.

“At the last meeting, I heard about a lady who works three jobs and she only sees her daughter for half an hour a day. Business owners might say they want it to work out for everyone, but they don’t understand what a living wage means for people. They don’t know what it’s like.”

The City Council expects the hearings to be completed over the course of the next two to three weeks and then the council, as well as the LAEDC, will begin deliberations and will begin making and taking public comment in their bodies. Garcia said they will then hear some type of recommendation or action in the course of the next couple months.

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Thieves Batteries drive off with reported car, break into another

By Ross Siev Staff Writer

Lt. Richard Goodwin of University Police said that a student reported his car stolen at Palo Verde Ave. on Nov. 5.

The student parked his car on the east side of the street at 9:15 a.m., and when he returned to the area at 11:30 p.m., the car was missing.

A student reported her car broken into at Lot 16 on Thursday. The victim, a 24-year old female, parked her Jeep at 8 a.m. and later discovered that someone cut a hole into the Jeep’s plastic window and moved some of her bags around at 10 a.m. Nothing was reported stolen.

Police responded to a female and a male yelling at each other in their blue Toyota truck at the East Turn on Saturday around 1 p.m., Goodwin said. Police charged both subjects, with the male being charged for drug possession, and the female arrested with battery. The female subject was later booked at Long Beach City Jail. Goodwin suspects that the two subjects are not affiliated with the campus.

A girl reported battery when a man in a wheelchair pushed her while saying, “Little black, I know you didn’t move cause I was white” at Liberal Arts 1 on Friday, Goodwin said. The girl, who is blind, couldn’t give out any more description about the man, but University Police are searching for a suspect.

Man found Lifting sleeping in phones in office the gym University Police responded to a call about a man sleeping in his office at Liberal Arts 4, the Daily 49er office on Nov. 11 at 5:48 a.m., Goodwin said.

When police arrived, they found several beer bottles nearby and discovered that the man, Editor-in-chief Greg Diaz, was intoxicated. University Police cited Diaz and detained him until he was later released at 10 a.m.

“I went out with a few friends and had too much to drink, walked to campus and tried to sleep it off in my office,” Diaz said. “It’s obviously embarrassing for me and something I do apologize for.”

Two students reported that their phones have gone missing in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Nov. 4, Goodwin said. The first student said he left his phone at the basketball court bleachers, where he saw someone picking it up. His phone is described as a $400 Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The second student’s cellphone is described as a $400 black iPhone 6 with a blue case. Police and SRWC employees are currently investigating, Goodwin said.

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Bloomingdale’s eggnog ad is everything wrong with the way we approach sex Bloomingdale’s knew exactly what it was doing with that spike-her-eggnog ad, and it speaks to just about everything wrong with the way we approach sex.

“Spike Your Best Friend’s Eggnog When They’re Not Looking,” reads the ad, as a guy (who looks a lot like “Blurred Lines” singer Robin Thicke) gives creepy eyes to the woman next to him.

Come on, Bloomie’s.

The upscale department store, which operates 40 stores nationwide, apologized on Oct. 10.

“In reflection of recent feedback, the copy we used in our recent catalog was inappropriate and in poor taste,” a brand representative told Tech Insider.

“Bloomingdale’s sincerely apologizes for this error in judgment.”

It shouldn’t have taken “recent feedback” (read: a Twitter firestorm) to inject better taste into the copywriters’ brains.

The Bill Cosby saga should have been enough, with spiked drinks sitting center stage in dozens of the 50 sexual abuse or assault complaints against him.

Lady Gaga’s powerful new video, which shows the fictionalized account of two women being raped after their drinks were spiked, should have been enough.

Countless brave essays, like this one, that reveal the pain of being drugged and raped should have been enough.

In Bloomingdale’s defense, eggnog is usually “spiked” with rum or scotch, not Rohypnol. So you can imagine the brainchild behind the ad saying, “With rum! I meant with rum, people!”

And maybe he or she did.

It’s still a problem. Because it sets up a dynamic that we really, really, really need to move past: that men are sexcrazed lechers, angling at every turn to wear down an unsuspecting woman, even if it means diluting her senses. (“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” anyone?)

It leaves no room for men to feel a whole range of emotions about sex — from “not in the mood” to “bring it on.”

It leaves no room for women to have perfectly healthy, perfectly huge appetites for sex — no wearing down or drink-spiking required.

It sets up sex as a male conquest.

She’ll give in, he’ll enjoy himself, hopefully someone remembers the condom.

How depressing.

You can’t convince me that the copywriters intended to send any other message than that. Not when they chose a man and a woman, rather than two women, to pose at this imaginary holiday shindig. Not when he’s giving her that look. Not when they added “ … when she’s not looking.” (Why? Why couldn’t you just ask your best friend if she wants some rum?)

I suspect some of those on the team behind this ad knew it was creepy, since they went with “best friend’s eggnog” rather than “date’s eggnog.”

“Date’s eggnog” leaves you zero outs in the you’re-glorifying-rape conversation. “Best friend’s eggnog” covers your tail a bit.

They should have canned the whole thing. As all of us know, celebrating with eggnog (spiked or not) at a holiday party is fun and, often, a prelude to something even more delicious.

This stupid ad is neither.

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Tech Insider | TNS Bloomingdale’s “Spike Your Best Friend’s Eggnog” ad created a firestorm of criticism on social media.

Movie review: ‘The Night Before’ is an instant Christmas classic: naughty, but nice

Directed by Jonathan Levine, “The Night Before” proves the stoner comedy and the holiday movie to be a surprisingly wonderful combination.

An instant classic, the film features plenty of nice characters doing very naughty things to celebrate the season.

But fortunately for audiences, this updated twist on seasonal cheer isn’t a lump of coal, with a warm-hearted message to be found amongst all the Christmas Eve mischief.

For 10 years, Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has celebrated Christmas with his best friends Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie), getting drunk and stoned, eating Chinese food, and singing karaoke.

What started as a way to cheer him up after his parents’ death has turned into tradition, but while his friends have grown up and moved on, Ethan hasn’t.

With a baby on the way for Isaac and newfound football fame for Chris, this is their “last Christmas” and Ethan’s

got designs on a mythic, mysterious party, The Nutcracker Ball.

What ensues is one wild night on the town, where the friends try to commemorate their party hardy past, while also confronting demons of their own. Rogen’s Isaac has by far the funniest arc of the film. Gifted with a stash of drugs by his uber-cool pregnant wife Betsy (Jillian Bell), Isaac goes on the trip of his life, and ends up exchanging sexy texts with a mystery suitor, chatting with a friendly nativity scene, and memorably, freaking out at midnight Mass while wearing a Star of David sweater. Rogen makes the most of his gifts for physical comedy and nonsensical wordplay, but the sweet eagerness and trepidation that he brings to Isaac round out the character fully.

Mackie is unleashed in the role of the newly famous, nearly manic baller, and the actor is reveling in the freedom of the role. That leaves Gordon-Levitt

stuck playing the straight man, and his Ethan is rather bland. His pining over ex Diana (an under-utilized Lizzy Caplan) is fairly standard-issue movie romance stuff. Surrounded by scores of character actors and celebrity cameos, his performance fades to the background. But that leaves room for the inimitable Michael Shannon as a drug dealer peddling green that unlocks the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future, and a wild turn from “Broad City” genius Ilana Glazer as a sexy, thieving Grinch.

The references to canonical holiday classics is what cements “The Night Before” in the legion of Christmas fare.

Tracy Morgan takes on the “The Night Before Christmas” poem and makes it his own, and there’s a little thrill when the familiar strains of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite greet the friends at the ball. References to “Home Alone” also make it into the film — there’s almost not a holiday classic that goes

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For all the drinking, drugging, sexing, swearing, and sucker-punching, “The Night Before” works because its heart is in the right place — you might even say that its heart grew three sizes that night. It’s a story about how friends are your family, and even

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the most imperfect of Christmases can be great when you’re with the ones you love. “The Night Before” is a hilarious, heartfelt shot in the arm that offers a much-needed antidote to treacly holiday fare.

— Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service, TNS

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Just…dance Shake your groove thing at these Long Beach dance nights.

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When: Saturday, Nov. 21, 4-6 p.m.

Where: 3321 E. South St. What: Two step dance workshop. $20 per person.

Bored on a Wednesday? Need some Swing in your life? Look no further than this assorted list of far-out dance nights in Long Beach. We hope you dance.

Salsa and Bachata Wednesdays at Café Sevilla

80’s Nights at Hamburger Mary’s

When: Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Where: 140 Pine Ave. What: 18 and over. $7 cover, $5 after 9:30 p.m. Salsa and Bachata dance lessons from 8-9:30 p.m. Nightclub dancing to DJ and live band until 1 a.m. Two for one drinks all night.

When: Sunday nights at 10 p.m.

Where: 330 Pine Ave. What: 18 and over. 80s dance club with DJ Smuckers. Drink specials and “sexy gogo’s.” No cover. Follows 9 p.m. drag contest and show.

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Sole Saturdays at The Federal Bar

When: 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays Where: 6285 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. What: Free dance lessons with admission from 2-3 p.m. Members $6, non-members $8. Dancing with a live band 3-6:30 p.m.

When: Saturdays at 10 p.m.

Where: 102 Pine Ave. What: Free before 11 p.m., $5 after.

“Club feel, house party vibe!”

“Bump n’ Grind” at Que Sera

Taco Tuesdays at Cuban Pete’s

When: Tuesdays 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Where: 245 Pine Ave., #290 What: $1 tacos, $3 drinks. DJs play hip-hop, Top 40 and Latin music.

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When: 1st and 3rd Saturdays Where: 1923 East 7th St. What: Four years running. Resident DJ La Flaca Lee. Old school hip hop dance club. Voted #1 dance party by the Press Telegram

Following consent with stalking sity Student Ballroom, from 6-8 p.m.

According to a press release from the WGEC, the California State University, Long Beach organization interACT will open the event. Based out of CSULB’s Department of Communication Studies, interACT is a social justice performance troupe that focuses on that performs for colleges and academic conferences across the country.

WGEC will hold a panel on all types of stalking on Thursday.

By Jordan Daniels Staff Writer

The Women’s Gender and Equity Center is preparing to host their annual panel, “Stalking: Who Is Stalking You?” “We’re hoping that students will be able to recognize predatory behavior and identify precautions for stalking,” said Pam Rayburn, the coordinator for the WGEC. “The take away will also be that students will be able to connect to resources and services on campus if

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Social justice performance troupe, interACT, will open the “Stalking: Who Is Stalking You?” panel. they are a victim of stalking and know where to go.”

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@ The Beach Organization and the WGEC, the panel is a free event that will take place Thursday in the Univer-

The panel will consist of experts from the Counseling and Psychological Services, University Police and Interval Crisis Shelter.

The latest CSULB Cleary Report states that one stalking incident occurred on campus in 2013.

The report defines stalking as a repeated course of conduct directed at a specific person (when based on gender or sex) that places that person in reasonable fear for his/her or others’ safety, or to suffer substantial emotional

distress.

According to the University Police’s Website, stalking can include inappropriate approaches and confrontations, appearing at a place of work or residence, unwanted telephone calls, threats, threats to your family and/or friends, unwanted letters, unwanted or threatening gifts and sexual assault to name some of the ways that stalking may occur.

The panel will go into all types of stalking, including physical and cyber stalking, with interACT’s performance being based off of physical stalking, according to Rayburn “It’s relevant to the students,” said Desiré Compusano, a graduate intern majoring in social and cultural analysis of education. “We’re on social media and the Internet, so everything that can happen on the ground can happen online.”

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Paris, ISIS: What’s what

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n Friday, Nov. 13, eight attackers struck Paris in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that occurred within minutes of each other. The recent terrorist attacks are the worst France has experienced in peacetime since World War II. The suicide mission across Paris killed a total of 129 people and wounded at least 352 more, according to CNN. The Paris attacks struck less than a year after the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo.

The biggest problem with the Paris attacks lies with the realization of how strong of a threat the Islamic State poses to the world.

The Paris attacks affirm the immediate threat that the Islamic State poses to the West and to the entire world. The war in Syria extends far greater than the Middle East. The recent terrorist attacks on Paris further illustrate that it will directly impact many countries.

However, despite the Islamic State’s attack on Paris as a result of France’s warplanes in Syria, terrorist threats should not deter the world from aiding Syria; because that’s exactly what ISIS wants.

The Islamic State, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, is a religious Islamist militant group that seizes and controls territory like a military force, not just a terrorist group.

ISIS also operates as a government, issuing taxes and utilizing extortion and theft to generate funds to organize global attacks, making it much more difficult to fight.

According to BBC, leaders of the Islamic State said they carried out the attacks, claiming that it was a response to France’s military involvement in the air strikes on Syria and Iraq.

The attacks struck the Bataclan concert hall, the Stade de France sports stadium and restaurants and bars in Paris. At 9:20 p.m., the first of eight

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Sylvain Perriot stops to take a picture of the flag at half mast above the Presidential Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Nov. 17. attacks began at the Stade de France.

A total of three suicide bombers struck the sports stadium, killing one person along with the three suicide bombers.

Minutes after the first attack, gunmen in black vehicles opened fire on civilians sitting at restaurants throughout Paris. They struck the Le Carillon, Le Petit Cambodge, Café Bonne Bière, La Belle Equipe and Comptoir Voltaire, killing 39 people and seriously wounding 28 others.

The last attack struck at the Bataclan concert venue when gunmen wielding AK-47 assault rifles stormed the venue and opened fire on the audience, killing 89 people, according to the New York Times.

French President Francois Hollande said the country had been "attacked in a cowardly shameful and violent way" and vowed to be "merciless" in its response to IS militants. Immediately following the Paris attacks, President

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According to CNN, White House Deputy National Security Adviser, Ben Rhodes said, “We don’t believe U.S. troops are the answer to the problem [in Syria and Iraq].”

Rhodes pressed Congress to refocus on passing Obama’s new war powers resolution against the Islamic State, which has been awaiting approval for months. Congress’s approval of the more tailored plan would send a signal of the United States’ long-term commitment to the fight.

In September, the Obama administration announced that 10,000 Syrians would be allowed entry in 2016. However with the recent Paris attacks, 27 U.S. states currently oppose letting Syrian refugees into the country due to the recent revelation that one of the suspects in the terrorist attacks entered Europe through a wave of Syrian refugees, according to CNN. While the final decision rests with

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Hollande closed the country’s borders and declared a state of emergency.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said to NBC News that seven out of the eight total attackers have been proclaimed dead in the attack. The French authorities are still on the hunt for Salah Abdeslam, identified as the renter of a Volkswagen Polo car used in the attack.

In a Special Report by NBC News, President Barack Obama called the attacks on Paris an “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians” and an attack on “all of humanity.”

He pledged that America would support its oldest ally and vowed to do whatever it takes to help bring the perpetrators to justice.

On Sunday during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Obama said, “The killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on France, not just on Turkey, it is an

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the federal government, the states refusing to cooperate could make the process more difficult. Ultimately, the United States should not send ground troops into Syria; instead they should offer their support by aiding the Syrian refugees.

In a video released on Monday an ISIS fighter declared, “I swear to God, as we struck France in its stronghold Paris, we will strike America in its stronghold, Washington.”

Considering these direct threats, the United States needs to increase their security and patrols to safeguard upcoming major events, as well as the city's mass transit system.

Remember, these radical jihadist Muslims do not represent all Muslims and they do not speak for the Middle East. During this difficult time, we need to remember our humanity.

As President Hollande said to CNN, “Terrorism will not destroy France, because France will destroy it.”

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MEN’S WATER POLO

Nothing to lose The LBSU men’s water polo team enters MPSF as the No. 8 seed.

By Will Hernandez Contributing Writer

The Long Beach State men’s water polo team’s 2015 season will be on the line when it plays Pepperdine in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament on Friday morning at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

However, the eighth-seeded 49ers (11-14, 2-7 MPSF) feel confident about their chances in the elimination game against ninth-seeded Pepperdine (11-14, 1-8 MPSF).

According to the Pepperdine Graphic, several players from Pepperdine’s men’s water polo team were suspended due to a violation of the University’s Student Code of Conduct. For this reason, senior utility Dimitrios Lappas feels optimistic about the 49ers chances in this winor-go-home situation.

“After what happened to Pepperdine… they lost like four or five major players,” Lappas said. “So I’m pretty sure we’re going to beat them.”

However, Long Beach State’s head coach Gavin Arroyo isn’t taking anything for granted in this matchup against the reeling Waves, who have dropped six straight games since losing to LBSU 11-10 in sudden death on Oct. 24.

“Pepperdine’s got a pretty talent-

ed squad; they’re young too,” Arroyo said. “Marko Asic is a freshman, he’s playing real well. They’re very dangerous and we’re going to have to play really well to get through that first game.”

Asic finished the regular season as Pepperdine’s leading scorer with 41 goals scored. The 49ers will need to limit Asic’s scores as well as their ejections if they hope to advance to the second round and play No. 1 UCLA (25-0, 9-0).

“Like anybody, it’s all about your ability to get stops then offense will come,” Arroyo said. “It’s all about being in good position to get stops and limit ejections.”

Coming into the season, the 49ers had a big drop off their own, losing six seniors from last season’s squad and knew that this year’s team would be young.

Although last season’s team went all the way to the MPSF tournament championship game, Arroyo isn’t totally set on returning to the tournament final this year.

“For me it’s about getting these guys experience with high-level competition,” Arroyo said. “So when the time comes, and there will be a time, we’re contending to finish pretty high and duplicate what we did last year.”

The young 49ers have stepped up to the challenge against top-tier opponents like California (21-5, 7-2 MPSF) and University of Pacific (22-3, 8-1 MPSF). Freshman defender Keegan Wicken has led the way offensively for the 49ers, netting team-high 34 goals.

The Syndey, Australia native is one of five underclassmen with at least 20 goals scored this season.

But, what is most impressive about the younger 49ers for Arroyo is their

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Sophomore attacker Lovro Miocevic (6) gets ready to throw in LBSU’s loss to UCLA on Sunday at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. focus.

“They’re mature and precocious as athletes, their mentality is almost like I am talking to juniors and seniors,” Arroyo said. “The only thing they’re missing is 20 pounds of muscle. They have dealt with some situations that generally young players lose their way or lose their patience.”

If the 49ers get past Pepperdine, then they will play another game on Friday against undefeated UCLA. Although the matchup favors the Bruins, recent history shows that any-

thing is possible.

LBSU knocked off UCLA 5-3 in last year’s MPSF semifinals round and advanced to the tournament final. That’s enough evidence for Lappas to believe that his team still has a shot.

“It told us that we can beat any team in the country,” Lappas said.

“Even though we are a state school, and we are a young team, I think we realized that we can do something big if we believe in ourselves like we did last year.”

Arroyo said that UCLA is playing on another level than any other team in the MPSF, but is not leaving out hope for an upset.

“Anything can happen in this tournament,” Arroyo said. “We’re just trying to take it game-by-game, possession-by-possession.”

LBSU’s first round game against Pepperdine will begin at 10 a.m. It the 49ers advance, the second play-in game is scheduled for 4 p.m. against UCLA at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Wynning the right way LBSU’s Jody Wynn sheds some light on her team’s identity, her biggest goal this season and if there’s any pressure to repeat last season’s success.

Is sharing the ball well this season’s team’s identity?

Yeah, we want to share the ball, move the ball [and] we want to take the best shot in a possession. The best shot might be the first shot, but if [a player has] a teammate open, our motto is “one more pass.”

By Josh Barajas Sports Editor

The Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach, Jody Wynn, is fresh off bringing the 49ers back to greatness.

Last year, the now seventh-year coach led LBSU to its fi rst 20-win season since 1991-92. That year was the last time the 49ers made it into the NCAA Tournament after dominating the Big West with four tournament titles in six fi nals appearances from 1987-92.

The 49ers did lose some of the team leaders responsible for last year’s success in Hallie Meneses, Lauren Spargo and Alex Sanchez. However,

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Head coach Jody Wynn sets up a play in LBSU’s 89-71 win over Portland State on Sunday at the Walter Pyramid.

LBSU returned seven letter-winners, including starting guards Anna Kim and Raven Benton.

Wynn took a moment to speak with the Daily 49er about the 201516 49ers and her goals for the team.

Your team picked up two big wins by an average score of 18 points on Friday and Sunday to start the

2015-16 season, why is that?

I think it’s a testament of how hard our team has worked throughout the summer and certainly throughout this fall. To be able to play against somebody other than ourselves, or our male practice players, it brings excitement to [the team] and we did a good job of sharing the ball both games.

What excites you the most about this team and this season?

The growth that we get to see. I think being younger and less experienced you see bigger strides of improvement throughout the week, where as a more experienced team you tweak one thing here and there.

Seeing them get better and gain more knowledge and through that their confidence rising [is exciting].

Is there any particular player whose growth has stood out?

Jewelyn Sawyer. She’s somebody that the last couple of years has been a defensive role player for us, but we knew had the ability to be pretty special. She figured out this summer how hard she needed to work to be able to achieve this success.

What do you feel is your team’s biggest area of improvement?

Our understanding and communication. I think we are a little too quiet for my liking right now, but that’s because we’re learning.

Is there any pressure on this team to repeat the success from last year?

No. Not at all, I don’t think so. I think there’s absolutely no pressure on them.

We’re a new team with a new identity.

Gone are four kids that had been a part of this team for four or five years, so I certainly don’t think there is any pressure [on this team]. The only pressure on them is to play as hard as they can everyday in practice so we could get better.

If there’s no pressure to match last season’s success, what’s the goal this year?

We want to play our best basketball come March, that’s our goal. Wherever that best is on their scale, I don’t know yet. It’s too early because we have so many new [players]. Yeah, we have four juniors and a super senior in Chantel [Dooley] that you kind of know what they’re going to do at this point, but at the same time a few of those juniors haven’t had the roles that they have now.

I just think that we’ll be a better team come March and that’s our goal: to get better each day and hold each other accountable for improving everyday.