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Long Beach State’s Hannah Sanders, far left, and Rocio Rodriguez, far right, walk off the field as the California State University, Fullerton women’s soccer team celebrates its victory over LBSU on Sunday at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, California. CSUF defeated CSULB 1-0 in the Big West Tournament title match to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Another kick in the grass The 49ers lose the Big West Tournament final to Fullerton, but an at-large bid to the NCAA Tourney is still possible.

By Josh Barajas Sports Editor

FULLERTON, Calif. – Tears filled the eyes of some of the Long Beach State women’s soccer team’s players as they walked off the pitch after losing to Fullerton 1-0 in the Big West Tournament Championship on Sunday.

It’s the second year in a row the Titans (16-3-1) beat LBSU (12-6-1) in the final, and it’s the third conference tournament win for Fullerton in as many years. LBSU head coach Mauricio Ingrassia said called Sunday a

“bad day” as far as performance on the field, but also said he was content with what the 49ers accomplished all year.

“We had a hard time technically on the field, a hard time connecting with each other, and we made one mistake and it cost us,” Ingrassia said. “Other than that, [my team] can hold their heads up high.”

The mistake Ingrassia mentioned occurred in the 56th minute and resulted in the only goal of the game.

Fullerton’s senior striker Rebecca

Wilson started the play by evading two 49er defenders and firing a shot to the lower left corner of the net. Freshman goalie Imani McDonald made the save, but left the rebound in the center of the box where CSUF freshman midfielder Alba Barrios was waiting to poke in the game winner.

“I saw [Wilson] do all the work, I know she’s really good at what she does, she’s really dangerous out wide and getting the shot off,” Barrios said.

“I knew I had to follow up just in

case the ball popped out and it did. It wasn’t a pretty goal, but I had to get it done; I knew I had to get it into the back of the net.”

Fullerton looked much more comfortable throughout the entire match.

Even after scoring the goal that gave them the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Titans didn’t panic.

“We stayed calm and composed

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President’s Scholar Program slated to change The 20-year-old program will be restructured to be more inclusive.

By Riva Lu Staff Writer

The 20-year-old President’s Scholars Program at California State University, Long Beach will

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be seeing large structure and benefit changes come fall 2016.

President Jane Close Conoley said that the changes are pending and will not affect the current scholars on campus right now.

“We are telling students that they will be eligible for scholarships that would be as much as full tuition and full housing [for] up to two years,” Conoley said.

Conoley said that a big change is that there would not be a promise for full tuition and full housing for four years.

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Maxson 20 years ago, CSULB’s President’s Scholars Program has also provided students with priority registration, small classes, faculty mentors, opportunities to travel and many more other privileges.

She also said that the organizational needs now are not to support a small number of academically talented students, but to invest in programs that the larger student population has access to. “[The changes] are a big concern to me because the reason that I chose to be a part of this program was because it gave me a full ride,

and that was just something that I couldn’t turn down,” first year international studies and economics major Julia Jaynes said. “It feels like a disservice to me.”

By 2017, the university will develop a strategy to invite very high-performing students to be a part of the scholars program, Conoley said.

“The other thing is that the President’s Scholars program in its current form benefited only freshmen coming in from high school,” Conoley said. “Actually a majority of our students are transfer students. The

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President’s Scholars program was never available.”

Conoley said that in her dream world, CSULB would have an honors program that is very adaptable to every major in a few years.

“We think that this is a fair thing to do, rather than just putting our resources into freshmen,” Conoley said. “There’s two populations in the school and that may have grown over time, too.”

Conoley said that there are three sources of funding for the program

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CI-Oh no!

As technology rapidly improves in the 21st century, CSULB moves forward without a leader.

By Joshua Kang Staff Writer

As of this semester, California State University, Long Beach officially made history by becoming the only campus of the 23 CSU colleges to remain without a chief information officer.

In its history, CSULB has never had a chief information officer. There have been numerous occasions on which CSULB has attempted to fill the executive position dating back as far as February 2013.

Some of the key responsibilities of a CIO typically include developing new strategies to further enhance services, security and management of technology and technological staff or resources, while also representing the university as a leader to faculty and the community to achieve necessary goals.

“Right now some of the responsibilities are not being filled, but many are filled by Information Technology Services,” Dowell said. “And I will say that they have done a good job of keeping the basic system running well without much down time.”

Issues brought on by lack of resources have delayed the hiring of the school’s first-ever potential CIO,

according to David Dowell, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at CSULB. “There was debate about the cost in the university budget committee,” Dowell said. “Some thought it too expensive and were uncertain of the need.

The search just started again this fall, but has been planned for over a year.”

CSULB began its initial search for a CIO almost three years ago, when CSU San Bernardino and Fresno were also still looking for a suitable candidate.

But with both schools hiring their CIO’s last summer, CSULB, which was technologically behind the times three years ago, is even more so today. Despite being the largest in terms of overall size and student enrollment, Long Beach does not have a clear leader.

CSULB recently retained Witt/ Kieffer, an executive search firm specializing in healthcare, education and nonprofit organizations, to assist with the hiring process.

The CIO would work closely with President Jane Close Conoley and provide critical leadership to the decentralized divisions of Information Technology Services and Academic Technology Services on campus.

CSU Fullerton has had its current CIO since 2008, while CSU Northridge has had one since 2006 and CSU Los Angeles since 2003, according to their respective school websites.

“I wasn’t aware that we didn’t have a CIO, but I definitely think that it’s important to have one especially in the times we live in now,” junior business major Joclyn Fiero said.

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“There’s a reason why all of the other campuses already have their positions filled. It’s an important job that needs attention.”

Dowell acknowledges that without a CIO, CSULB limits its ability to get funding and keep up with the constantly shifting technological landscape.

“The CIO will help us extract data from our big data systems to create what is known as a ‘business intelligence’ data warehouse that will help us to make better decisions,” Dowell said.

“The CIO will also enhance support for mobile computing and that is what students are most likely to notice quickly.”

Steve La, director of network, telecom and security for information technology services, revealed that in 2005 the campus had approximately 300 Wireless Access Points that served up to 7,000 mobile devices per day.

“Today, we have approximately 1,800 Wireless Access Points on campus serving over 46,000 unique mobile devices in a day,” La said.

The number of mobile devices using the school network is more than five times what it was 10 years ago. Recent technologies, such as newly WiFi enabled smart watches, seem to only be adding to the potential for more connected devices, as reported by Business Insider.

Dowell said, “I think ITS has done a good job of keeping our basic infrastructure running, but we have not been able to move to more cutting edge technology with data warehouses and mobile computing.”

as of now. The first source comes from endowments that equal up to $400,000 a year. The second source would be from private fundraisers, which raise up to $350,000 a year. Lastly, the university receives $450,000 a year through donations – the source that is dwindling the most. “[The program] was working in the early years of the program because tuition was so low and housing was not charging the president’s scholars,” Conoley said. “They were just going in for free and with different financial changes and the recession, we are losing 25 percent of our budget. That just doesn’t work anymore.”

The program is built around the endowment income and the private fundraising, which will equal to around $700,000 to $750,000 a year, Conoley said.

Conoley said that CSULB will continue to invest university resources within the next three years and have already calculated what they had to save and find. But, as the funding package changes, they get to a situation where they are totally privately funded.

“There will be, over time, an increase in the number of President’s Scholars, but we will be teaching them in the Honors Program how to write applications to be Rhodes Scholars,” Conoley said. “We think that they will be supported for four years, but we want to teach them how to go out and get money.”

During a Town Hall meeting last month, Conoley stated that change is needed for financial and organizational reasons. However, she said that she does not want to lose the best features and guiding principles of the program.

Jaynes said that Maxson enriched the opportunity of giving extremely high achieving students the ability to come to this school and creating a better learning environment for students and the professors that challenge them.

“The program is being diluted, but on the other hand I do think that CSULB needs to offer more opportunities for students,” Jaynes said. “This is something that you worked so hard for, so you want an outcome from all your hard work and you’re willing to give back for the opportunity.”

Conoley said that the program wants to work towards struggling students, average students and top students.

“We want to find programs that can cover all spectrums of students,” Conoley said.

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Carson’s theory on pyramids has been around — and wrong — for centuries WASHINGTON — Is there another mystery of the pyramids that needs to be solved?

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is standing by a speech he’d made years before that the pyramids of ancient Egypt, known as elaborate tombs for the pharaohs, were built to store grain. “It’s still my belief, yes,” he told CBS last week.

It’s not true, experts say. But it’s also not something Carson made up.

Carson’s belief first surfaced when Buzzfeed found a videotape of a 1998 commencement speech Carson gave at Andrews University, a Seventh Day Adventist institution.

Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist.

“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it.

And I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time to store that much grain.”

Where did he get that?

Joseph is a Biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, a Hebrew sold into slavery by his brothers who rose to become one of the most powerful figures in Egypt. Interpreting a dream, the story goes, Joseph persuaded the pharaoh to store grain for a famine that was to last seven years.

The story of the pyramids as the storage place for that grain gained some popularity in the account of a monk, Bernard the Wise, a pilgrim to Egypt in A.D. 870. The monk, seeing the pyramids, wrote that they were “the remains of seven granaries,” according to Robert Ritner, a professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

“Mr. Carson’s education comes from ideas that were circulating before the Renaissance,” he said.

While the Seventh Day Adventists believe in the story of Joseph, the pyramids as a storage unit “is not a church belief,” according to a church representative who spoke on the condition of anonymity according to church policy.

Egyptologists scoff at Carson’s interpretation of the pyramids as anything but tombs.

“The suggestion by Mr. Carson is not a new suggestion about the pyramids but it simply represents a remarkable lapse of education,” Ritner said.

The pyramids, which date to 2500 B.C., have been known since ancient times to be the pharaohs’ tombs. “This was common knowledge to Egyptians and outsiders,” Ritner said.

“We know what they are” from written accounts from the time and from the structures themselves, cataloged by Westerners in the 19th century. The pyramids contain small

rooms with the sarcophagus and treasures for the after-life. “You could not imagine a less likely granary,” Ritner said.

There were structures for grain storage in ancient times. But they were designed for easy access, not like the solidly built pyramids.

“This theory has been around for centuries” said Leo Depuydt, an Egyptologist at Brown University. “It is completely baseless. The theory is a complete and utter falsehood. … The hieroglyphs were only deciphered in 1822 and excavations began around 1850. That prevented the theory from being pulverized into subatomic particles and laughed off the stage until the 19th century.”

Matthew Douglas Adams, senior research scholar at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, said: “I can state unequivocally that there is no basis whatsoever for the notion that pyramids in Egypt were used for grain storage. The archaeological and textual evidence as to their purpose — to serve as the burial places of Egypt’s kings — is overwhelming and not a matter of debate among scholars.”

Harvard University scholar Peter Der Manuelian agreed: “The Egyptians tell us in their Pyramid Texts what the pyramids are for: They are parts of royal tomb complexes.”

— Maria Recio, McClatchy Washington Bureau, TNS

Lisa Krieger | San Jose Mercury News | TNS A lack of tourists have left many camels and their guides waiting for business at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt.

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The Greenbar Craft Distillery near downtown Los Angelest was founded 11 years ago by Litty Mathew and Melkon Khosrovian when a hobby turned into a career for them.

California distilleries get into spirits of handcrafting Greenbar Craft Distillery’s Grand Poppy organic aperitive was inspired by hikes in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park and created with local, organic ingredients that pay homage to Southern California.

The Los Angeles distillery’s California connection is paying off — over its 11 years in business, the distillery has developed a unique lineup of organic, handcrafted spirits, including vodka, gin, whiskey and rum. Husband and wife founders Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew say they don’t worry about faithfully reproducing centuries-old European recipes. They only care about taste.

Mathew winked. “We’re not very traditional.”

In the midst of a Renaissance for carefully crafted spirits, artisan distilleries like Greenbar have boomed in California and across the nation — there are now nearly 800, up from only about a dozen in 2000. California, home to at least 75 craft spirit makers, has been a pioneer in this expansion.

These pricier artisan spirits are a growing niche of the $60-billion U.S. spirits market, with 2 percent of sales last year, according to the American Craft Spirits Assn. The volume of craft spirits produced has nearly doubled in the last two years, the trade group said.

A new law signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown could push California craft distillers even more mainstream.

The Craft Distillers Act of 2015 allows spirits makers to sell up to three bottles of their alcohol from tasting rooms and operate an on-site bar and restaurant

for the first time.

“There will be an explosion of more and more small distillers,” said Lance Winters, master distiller at Alameda, Calif.-based St. George Spirits, the first craft distillery in the nation. “Hopefully because of the fact that there will be a lot of competition, people will be really working hard to differentiate themselves from one another.”

The industry has changed dramatically over the last two decades as consumer preferences changed.

“When I first started distilling, people were predominantly drinking wine coolers,” Winters said. “In an era when white wine is just too hard-core to drink, there’s not a lot of hope for a distiller to carve out a living.”

Then about 15 years ago, spirit-driven cocktails became popular. These drinks showcased the sharp taste of distilled liquor rather than hiding it in a bevy of other ingredients.

Momentum continued to build, Winters said, as more customers turned to local sources for food and expected the same from their spirits, leading to greater demand for craft distillers. The surging interest in craft beer doesn’t hurt, either.

Craft brews have continued to outperform the overall U.S. beer market and now represent 11 percent of total volume. California alone has nearly 600 craft breweries, according to the California Craft Brewers Assn.

Many craft distillers started off as craft brewers and ventured into spirits-making to further challenge themselves.

“What is whiskey but distilled beer without the hops,” said Andrew Faulkner, vice president of the American Distilling Institute, a trade organization for craft distillers.

Whiskey is the most popular spirit — 37 percent of craft distillers produced it last year, according to the American Craft Spirits Assn., a trade group. Craft producers often while away the time it takes to age whiskey by expanding their production to gin, produced by 13 percent of craft distillers last year, and vodka, which trailed at 12 percent.

Stark Spirits in Pasadena chose to focus on rum and brandy while its single malt whiskey aged in barrels. The microdistillery has only two full-time employees — husband and wife Greg Stark and Karen Robinson-Stark — who do everything from distilling to hand labeling and signing bottles.

Though the distillery opened less than a year ago, its products can already be found in more than 30 California restaurants and retailers. Their specialty is a 100-proof orange brandy called Sunshine that’s made from locally grown citrus fruits.

“It’s fun, and it’s ours,” Robinson-Stark said.

In California, there are at least 75 craft spirit manufacturers, up from the five to 10 that were in business in 2000, said Cris Steller, executive director of the California Artisanal Distillers Guild.

Much of the action is happening in Northern California, home of craft distilling pioneers such as St. George

Spirits and related industries like craft brewing and winemaking.

“The growth in California, I think, is due to the fact that we grow so much here,” Steller said. “Between the beer industry and the wine industry, that creative momentum just grew into distilling.”

Advocates say direct-to-consumer sales could help California catch up with Washington, Oregon and New York, which have outstripped the Golden State in spirits production and number of distilleries.

Brian Christenson is ready to take on the challenge in Southern California. A former art director at an advertising agency, Christenson decided to turn his interest in craft brewing and spirit-making into a new career.

His Santa Ana distillery, Blinking

Owl, should be fully operational by early 2016 and will produce vodka, gin and a Scandinavian spirit called aquavit, similar to gin and flavored with dill and caraway.

“Orange County is the last frontier, just because there isn’t anybody,” Christenson said. “There definitely is a need.”

Khosrovian and Mathew of Greenbar saw the same opportunity when they first emerged on the craft spirits scene in 2004 as the 38th craft distillery in the nation.

“Lots of companies in the Midwest or the East Coast were trying to capture a bygone era,” Khosrovian said. “You find very few companies trying to relive the past in California.” ­­—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, TNS

ARTS & LIFE Escape to the desert ARTSNLIFED49ER@GMAIL.COM

Three-step student guide to planning a camping trip to the California badlands.

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areas.

Remember to leave these areas in their natural conditions. Pick up trash, including that of those that were not so responsible.

Step 2: The necessities

By Edward Hart Contributing Writer

Finals are approaching, accompanied by unfathomable stress. Let Mother Nature soothe those pre-final worries with a weekend getaway into the wilderness. Follow these three steps for a successful trip.

Step 1: Picking a location Southern Californians are fortunate to be living only a few hours away from endless camping opportunities in the desert. Much of the land out there is public land, meaning basically any flat spot off any dirt road could be a free campsite.

When staying in campgrounds, the fee goes toward maintaining facilities. Roughing it allows campers to escape the crowds and the fee.

To find these areas, contact the agency responsible for managing them. Much of the desert is managed by either the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service. The BLM and the NPS have field offices in Barstow, California, where inquiring adventurers can get information on one of the 69 designated California desert wilderness

A one- or two-night trip doesn’t require much gear. A tent, a sleeping bag and pad, some food and water are about it. Luckily, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center rents everything a camper might need at an affordable, nightly price.

Obtaining a camp stove to boil water allows for hot meals. Easy menu options requiring only boiling water include oatmeal for breakfast and dehydrated meals, which are effortless to prepare and make for a surprisingly tasty dinner.

Sandwiches for lunch, a couple gallons of water and snacks complete the grocery list.

The desert will get cold at night during the winter, so it’s a good idea to bundle up. A 20-degree sleeping bag should do the trick. Remember that the cold ground will drain heat from the body, so a foam sleeping pad or a couple blankets under the sleeping bag are a must. Fire regulations in the desert vary, so make sure to look up current ones for your location ahead of time.

Step 3: Activities Explore! In these dispersed camping areas the possibilities for hiking and adventuring are nearly endless.

Picking a mountain near camp and a

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The Mojave and Colorado Deserts meet at Joshua Tree National Park, about three hours out of Long Beach by car. personal route to the top can lead to a real sense of adventure.

Southern California also has many hidden treasures that are all within a 4-hour drive of Long Beach. There is a yearly river flowing through Surprise Canyon near Death Valley, underground lava tubes that you can hike down to in the Mojave National

Preserve and even an 11,700-year-old Creosote Bush out near Lucerne Valley.

Wake up early and enjoy the sunrise.

Just lounge around and enjoy the peace and quiet. Simply being away from the hustle and bustle of city life is refreshing. So even if escaping the city doesn’t extend that project deadline, spending some time in nature makes sitting in

class on Monday morning all the more bearable. It also provides a better story to tell friends instead of the usual party story.

Remember to put the phone on airplane mode. Part of the fun of getting out of the city is disconnecting from the hustle and bustle and connecting with nature.

Breaking news: ‘Spotlight’ saves the day MOVIE REVIEW

“Spotlight” shows us the bare bones of investigative journalism.

By Madison D’Ornellas Opinions Editor

Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Brian dʼArcy James, Rachel McAdams Rating: R Tenacity. Patience. Bravery.

Such are the characteristics the investigative reporter as eloquently portrayed in Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” a fast-paced, voyeuristic perspective

of what it was like to be a reporter in 2001 at the Boston Globe before and during the world-rocking, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into Catholic priests sexually abusing children in Boston.

“Spotlight” shines a light on the Boston Globe newspaper’s section called Spotlight, a highly covert news column, which consists of a small staff including reporters Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Caroll (Brian d’Arcy James) as well as editor Walter Robinson (Michael Keaton).

Supporting acts were a talented bunch featuring Liev Schreiber as quiet, powerful editor Marty Baron, Stanley Tucci as a sociopathic lawyer Mitchel Garabedian and Billy Crudup as antagonistic lawyer Eric Macleish.

What makes “Spotlight” so refreshing for the audiences is its accuracy; we are shown every element of reporting, from testing interviews to arguing with lawyers. McCarthy is able to tell a harrowing story while avoiding sensational over-dramatization Even though we know that the bad guys get caught, McCarthy is able to keep us on our toes by creating natural shots of workflow with the help from the landscape of Boston; we go with the reporters to city hall, poor neighborhoods and corner cafes.

And always we are flies on the brick walls of Boston.

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(From left to right) Actors Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery and Brian d’Arcy James portray the infamous team of Boston Globe reporters and editors who broke a major story in the recently released film “Spotlight.” the dimly-lit corridors of archives full of news clips and hunched over their coffees and pizzas as they scribble frantically into their notepads.

“Spotlight” is a testament to good reporting that doesn’t back down in the face of authority to get a story. It also reminds us that the First Amend-

ment saves our backs more than we know, especially with handling legal documents like the Boston Globe Spotlight reporters dealt with.

Another important lesson that McCarthy teaches us with “Spotlight” is the importance of holding back a story from publication until it is right.

The performances in “Spotlight” remind us that journalists are not superheroes risking their necks everyday for a good story. They are just doing their jobs. Eye-opening and educational, “Spotlight” reminds us that grit and annoying persistence, we can get what we want.

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How ESPN killed its greatest innovation since SportsCenter.

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ere’s the thing; Grantland should never have even existed.

Corporate machines are rarely where you find true creativity. Machines are built on keeping the status quo, making parts interchangeable and simply replacing them when problems arise. For years at ESPN that status quo was built on sports coverage and highlight packages.

But since 2011, readers of sports and pop culture (and the places they intersect) were treated to some of the best journalism writing and cultural criticism anywhere on the Internet.

Grantland was a true anomaly within the corporate world of ESPN. What really set Grantland apart was also what ultimately ended it.

ESPN, the owner of Grantland, is a corporate giant living in the service of another corporate giant in Disney.

And after four years of accolades and acclaim, ESPN finally pulled the plug on the website on Oct. 30.

Top things to check out on Grantland

By Daily 49er Staff Oral History of the Malice at the Palace by Jonathan Abrams, March 20, 2012 While the oral history has been in vogue over the past five years, this one about one of the most insane nights in sports is a must.

When the barriers between fans and athletes crashing down that night, it was fascinating to read nearly everyone’s voice that was involved that night. Also, Ron Artest really asked, “Do you think we are going to get in trouble?”

The Front Lines of Ferguson by Rem-

Grantland went against everything that its parent company seemed to be interested in. In a world sports news is designed to tell you everything you need to know in a single tweet or 20-second highlight, Grantland was gloriously excessive.

It gave its writers the freedom and space to write about the things in this world that truly fascinated them. Whether it was a what life has been like for Noel Gallagher after Oasis, a visit to a porn convention in Las Vegas or an analysis of all the conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination, Grantland was always willing and eager to drag its audience down the rabbit hole with them. Making their obsessions our obsessions.

It is no surprise then that the genesis for Grantland came from a person that made a career out of writing about his obsessions.

Grantland started as simply the vanity project of former ESPN

columnist and podcaster Bill Simmons. Certainly a polarizing figure in sports writing, Simmons built a large audience out of passion for his Boston sports franchises.

While Simmons certainly ceased to be the biggest draw behind Grantland, with its dozens of writers and podcasters, it was his ousting in May that ultimately led to the crumbling of the site.

Reports about dissatisfaction with the new editor-in-chief and uncertainty over ESPN’s support of the site culminated in a half-dozen writers and editors leaving over the past month.

It is easy to say that the loss of Grantland certainly won’t leave a hole in the Internet, that all the writers and editors will go on to other projects and good writing is still readily available for those that want to find it.

But that misses the magic that Grantland actually created. More than great individual articles, it was a place

that seemed like the smallest germ of an idea could grow into something greater.

The most fun sports podcast that I listened to was Grantland’s NBA After Dark, in which Chris Ryan, Juliet Litman and Andrew Sharp discussed the off-the-court activities of professional basketball players. From breaking down the Instagram profile of Golden State Warriors players to their love of all things Boogie Cousins, NBA After Dark unapologetically discussed basketball as the soap opera substitute that it is.

And it is easy to see how that could have grown from three people sitting around the office one day discussing what Dwight Howard just said on Twitter.

It was a place that would devote an entire week to the works of Paul Thomas Anderson, one of the most enigmatic directors of my lifetime. It was a place that would tackle the hardhitting question of “what is the current

bert Browne, Aug. 16, 2014 The Michael Brown saga that played out in Ferguson, Missouri, is one of the most important civil rights events of this century.

Grantland’s Rembert Browne visited the front lines of the protests there and wrote about the experiences of being a persecuted black man in the middle of a heated exchange between protestors and police.

we all know this. And yet despite this fact, sports fans just can’t seem to help getting overly invested in the fates of our favorite teams.

This article by the former Editor-in-chief parallels his 8-year-old daughter’s first experience having her heart broken by a sporting event with the game that Simmons still can’t get over.

who originally signed Michael Jordan to Nike. What made it fascinating was how the competition to sign the next great athlete bled into college and eventually high school athletics, and Vaccaro’s realization at the exploitation he created.

Wu Tang, Atomically by Amos Barshard, March 19, 2014 Wu-Tang was one of the most inf luential artists in rap, and nearly 20 years after their first album, Grantland’s Amos Barshard detailed the lives of its members as they made their way in the world outside the group.

The Consequences of Caring by Bill Simmons, June 8, 2012 Sports is ultimately meaningless,

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“Sole Man” by 30 for 30 films, April 2015 Though produced under ESPN’s 30 for 30 films, this documentary about Sonny Vaccaro was released in six parts on Grantland. The film chronicled the life of the man

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NBA After Dark: The DeAndre Saga

by Chris Ryan, Juliet Litman and Andrew Sharp, July 9, 2015 In addition to many great articles, Grantland was also known for its podcasts on topics like sports, movies, reality TV and food. NBA After Dark followed the lives of NBA players off the court through news articles, Twitter, Instagram and rumors. This episode detailed the day Clippers center DeAndre Jordan reneged on his agreement to sign with the Dallas Mavericks through the emojiis of the players on the team.

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It was a place that brought together writers like Chuck Klosterman, Malcom Gladwell, Brian Koppelman, Chirs Connelly and Charles Pierce.

It was a place that best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize winners and MacArthur Award novelists wanted to write for.

It was a place that gave Zach Lowe and Jonah Keri the room to not just tell me about sports, but really explain what I was seeing in a way that went beyond platitudes. That merged the ideas of team chemistry and conventional wisdom with the statistical revolution that has taken place over the last 20 years.

It was a place that truly embraced the new, often mixing articles with Tweets from the athletes themselves, or Vines from the game the night before or memes that sprung up around a surprising moment.

Most of all, it was a place that I would have wanted to work at. A place that put a value on great writing and experimental ideas above the bottom line of page views and ad traffic.

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because that’s who we are,” CSUF senior midfielder Christina Burkenroad said. “We’re not a frantic team, we’re a crossing and finishing team, a possession oriented team and staying calm, collected and poised is just who we are.”

The first half didn’t provide much action for the 1,284 spectators present at Titan Stadium. Each team fired off four shots and forced the opposing goalies to make two saves a piece.

Burkenroad, who picked up her second conference tourney MVP award in a row after netting a hat trick in Thursday’s semifinal against UC Santa Barbara, said she told her teammates to remember their style of play heading into the second half.

“We didn’t have a corner kick the whole first half and that’s something we practice a lot, it’s definitely one of our strengths,” Burkenroad said.

“The fact that we weren’t playing to our strength; there was a reminder needed.”

The second half looked like it was headed in the same direction as the

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Long Beach State’s Ashley Gonzales, left, competes with California State University, Fullerton’s Jazzmin Mancilla, right, for control of the ball during the Big West Tournament title match in Titan Stadium at Fullerton, CA, on Sunday. first, until Barrio’s goal 11 minutes in changed the dynamic. LBSU was more direct after the goal, but never created a concrete chance to tie the game.

Even with the loss, there’s still a chance the 49ers can crack the NCAA

Tournament with an at-large bid. LBSU’s win against Fullerton on Oct. 4 and its pair of draws at USC on Sept.

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during the selection show on Monday, Nov. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

“We’re very hopeful that our season was good enough to get an NCAA bid [on Monday],” Ingrassia said.

“We’re hoping [Monday] brings very good news to us.”

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Mahalo and good-bye The 49ers once again start strong against Hawaii, but couldn’t hold on to the lead.

By Natasha Viti Contributing Writer

A crowd of 2,149 fans watched inside the Walter Pyramid on Friday night as the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team fell victim to No. 6 Hawaii in four sets.

The 49ers played Hawaii last month on their home court and lost 3-2.

“When we first played them we were expected to lose immediately,” freshman middle blocker Peyton Grahovac said. “Neither of us knew what to expect from the other and we ended up surprising them being the first team to take a set from them.”

The opening set went back and forth with LBSU senior middle blocker Hayley Benson leading the team in kills with five in set one. LBSU junior outside hitter Nele Barber led in digs with six while Hawaii sophomore middle blocker Emily Maglio led her team with six kills. The set started out in Hawaii’s favor but LBSU battled back to win the set in overtime 28-26.

From then on it was all Hawaii.

In the second set the 49ers fed off their momentum at first, but the Rainbow Warriors reacted and racked up some points to take a 15-

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LBSU junior hitter Nele Barber hits the ball towards Hawaii’s Nikki Taylor (14) and Emily Maglio (19).

11 lead about halfway through. The 49ers managed to tie the game up at 21, but Hawaii ultimately won the set 25-22 after the 49ers made multiple

hitting and serving errors.

Freshman middle blocker Ashley Murray led the set with four kills and freshman libero Sarah Miller led with

five digs in the set.

Hawaii came out on fire in set three. LBSU again made multiple mistakes that added up. Hawaii end-

ed up running away with the third set 25-13. Hawaii’s best player, sophomore outside hitter Nikki Taylor, led the set with 7 kills.

“I bring a good sense of energy and team chemistry,” Taylor said. “I try to focus on being really encouraging to every single player on the court.”

Hawaii came out in the fourth set leading 6-0 with strong service aces.

LBSU seemed to be making a lot of mental mistakes and fumbling their passes.

“We really connected as a team tonight, even though we didn’t play our best,” Grahovac said. “In this game they knew what to expect from us and attacked our strengths.”

Hawaii ended up winning the set 25-20 after a late push from the 49ers.

“We need to win the next five games no matter what” Grahovac said. “We need to play as a team, we need our serves to be aggressive, and we need to get our defense back on because that’s what we’re good at.”

Despite the loss, Benson also stressed how well the team worked together.

“We were so supportive of each other,” Benson said. “Everyone was positive and no one got caught up in themselves. There were times when teammates would pick each other up and it was always reciprocated.”

Barber led LBSU in both kills and digs with 16 of each giving the German her 20th double-double of the season.

The 49ers go on to play CSUN next Friday at 7 p.m. at the Matadome.

MEN’S WATER POLO

49ers fall to No. 1 Bruins in home finale UCLA stays undefeated as LBSU seniors bid farewell to The Beach.

By Josh Caudill Staff Writer

No.1 ranked UCLA was too much for the Long Beach State men’s water polo team to handle on Sunday, as they suffered a crushing 11-4 loss on Senior Day. The Bruins improved to 24-0 on the season while making a powerful statement that a second consecutive title is a very likely possibility.

“UCLA is a great team and they showed it,” LBSU head coach Gavin Arroyo said. “We played well, minus the second quarter when they went on their run. We had some solid opportunities that we couldn’t convert on.”

The 49ers (9-13) entered the contest with UCLA, knowing it would take a perfect performance to pull off the upset.

In the first period, senior goalie Pavo Ljepopio managed to hold the explosive Bruins offensive attack to two goals, but his teammates failed to generate any offense. In the second period, the wheels fell off for LBSU. A barrage of seven goals from UCLA quickly killed any hopes of a 49er victory. Back-to-back goals from juniors Ryder Roberts and Patrick Fellner widened the gap to 4-0 before LBSU freshman Chandler Kaltenbach’s goal in the frontcourt finally got the 49ers on the board.

However, three consecutive goals from UCLA’s Alex Roelse, Max Irving and Daniel McClintock killed the brief momentum. A goal from 49ers senior Josh Tice was a quick afterthought when the Bruins tacked on two more goals to make it 9-2 at halftime.

Opening up the second half, UCLA’s McClintock would net his third goal, giving him a hat trick on the day. The lone bright spots for LBSU in the second half would be a goal for senior Zacchary Kappos and some amazing defensive saves from Ljepopio.

The third and fourth periods were

more of a defensive showcase with very few goals being scored by either team. UCLA All-American Garrett Danner ended the day with 15 saves and the 49ers goalie Ljepopio would end the day with five.

It was an emotional final home game for many of the seniors, especially the Croatian goalie, Ljepopio.

“I had a lot of exciting days playing water polo at CSULB’s pool and I am definitely going to miss all of that,” Ljepopio said. “I’m not happy with the score at the end of our game, but I’m proud of my teammates for giving a lot of effort in the pool.

“Right now we need to put our heads up and get ready for LMU and two conference games this weekend [in Northern California] against Pacific and San Jose. I’m sure we can make this a good season if we do our best.”

Long Beach State will travel to Los Angeles to take on Loyola Marymount this Thursday at 3 p.m. before heading upstate for games against Pacific on Saturday at noon and San Jose State on Sunday at noon.

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Freshman Troy Kaltenbach takes a shot in LBSU’s loss to UCLA on Sunday at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.