DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
Vol. LXVII, Issue 10
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Conserving energy when heat strikes
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Temperatures inside classrooms may rise with heat. By Riva Lu Staff Writer
With temperatures rising across the Southland, the National Weather Service sent out a weather advisory across the Los Angels County warning about hot, dry conditions and elevated fire danger. “Some kids are hiking all across campus in the heat to get to class and all they want to do when they get there is sit in some nice air conditioning, but it’s not happening,” freshman child development major Elizabeth Rundles said. Paul Wingco, the energy and sustainability manager at California State University, Long Beach, said that the university would keep campus buildings cool to tide students and faculty over, but that high temperatures outside may mean slightly higher temperatures inside as well. “We try our best during the hottest summer days to maintain the same level of comfort in all campus buildings,” Wingco said. “But occasionally we are asked by state energy officials or the electrical utility to reduce our electrical load to help avoid disruptions within the regional electric grid.” Sophomore chemical engineering major Urias Alvarez said that the majority of his classes are in the engineering buildings and that they have been very hot lately. “It’s tough to pay attention… when you’re sticking to your chair,” Alvarez said. According to the National Weather Service, Long Beach residents should expect to see peak temperatures in the low 90’s throughout the rest of the workweek, after which it will drop back to the mid 80’s. Alvarez said that to remain sustainable during heat waves, the university should consider putting energy efficient shades over the windows to prevent so much heat from getting into the classrooms. In the case that CSULB is asked to reduce its energy usage, Wingco said that the university opts to reduce electrical loads that have little to no impact on campus operations. Wingco said that that the campus would only adjust room temperatures above normal settings in the case that their first attempts at power reduction were not enough. CSULB has an average electricity bill of about $600,000 a month in the summer, but only $300,000-400,000 in the non-summer seasons, Wingco said. To help minimize the cost impact, Wingco said that we can reduce energy waste by keeping windows and doors closed, lights turned off or down whenever possible and not running electrical equipment between noon and 6 p.m. in the summer.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Kanye Fur coats, drama at the U.N. and reality shows are some of the reasons you should vote for Kanye West in 2020. Josh Barajas Sprots Editor
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resident Barack Obama ain’t doing right if you ask me. He promised change, but not much really has. Clinton, Bush, Carson and Rubio are just more of the same. If I were you I would vote real change in 2020. I’d vote for Kanye. Rapper/entrepreneur/designer/father/ inspiration Kanye West announced his candidacy for president of the United States in 2020 during his acceptance speech for the VMA Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. Who is better fit to be president than
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a man who stands on a platform that prohibits hate and bad self-esteem? Who wants to fight a man that wants to teach your kids to stand up and believe in “theyselves”? A country under Kanye’s leadership would be exciting and spontaneous. That is why we need to put him, and his stunner shades, in the oval office. If you are terrified about mad genius Kanye starting World War III or another Great Depression, then you are being ridiculous. All Kanye has to do is drop a brand new pair of
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Yeezys every six months and price them at $5,000 a pair, and people will actually buy them. Then he can distribute the profits to education and healthcare. Boom, economy, education and healthcare in one fix. As far as Kanye’s foreign policy, who doesn’t want to be friends with Kanye? Even the people that Kanye has embarrassed on national television want to be his friend.
See PRESIDENT, page 6
Hold on, Wilson! Freshman Mykah Wilson finds home at LBSU on the volleyball court.
By Josh Barajas Sports Editor
Three weeks into the Long Beach State women’s volleyball season and freshman libero Mykah Wilson has already made her presence known on the court for the 49ers. Wilson earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31 for her debut performances in the 49ers’ first three matches against Alabama, Duke and St. Mary’s. Wilson totaled 58 digs over the three matches and averaged 4.46 digs per set in the opening weekend. While attending Southlake Carroll
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High School in Southlake, Texas, Wilson was an All-State selection her senior season and the District Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior. Wilson ended her high school career by leading the Dragons to back-to-back area championships and a third-place finish at the State tournament. The Texas native talked to the Daily 49er about her decision to attend LBSU and seeing so much time on the court as a freshman. What’s it like for you, as a freshman, to get playing time and earn Big West Defensive Player of the Week? It’s been awesome and honestly, I owe it all to my team. I had goals for myself coming into this, but I never thought they would come true this fast. I just think that with the support system I’ve had behind me that it’s been great for me and I’m excited to see where we go as a team from here.
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Freshman libero Mykah Wilson has 86 digs for an average of 3.74 per game in LBSU’s first six games of the season.
See VOLLEYBALL, page 8
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