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CSULB alumna dies in car accident with two colleagues

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Karolina Christine Mora, a Cal State Long Beach international studies alumna, was killed in a car accident with two of her colleagues while driving to a high school event in Texas on May 14.

She was 26.

Mora was traveling as a representative for Liberty in North Korea, a non-

earlier this year.

“She’s always been interested in human issues and development and culture,” said Mora’s best friend and LINK colleague, Andrea Sattui.

“She wanted to inspire our generation to make important changes,” said Sattui.

“She was my other half...my best friend.”

Aside from Mora’s genuine care for people, her father and best friend both said she had a love for rain-

who will be remembered for more than just her big heart.

“Karolina was a happy person,” CSULB internadevoted to North tional studies alumna KimKorean human berly Conchado said. “She rights and humaniexuded brightness in the tarian crises, to way that she held herself.” spread awareness Conchado said that her of the oppressed smile was a familiar comcountry’s lack of fort seen on campus and freedom and exin classes all the time. treme poverty and “She was making Karolina Christine Mora what students can wonderful friends, do to help, accordtraveling and spreading ing to the LINK website. this message of empowerment and “She was always helping people,” hope,” she said. “Knowing what she said Karolina’s father, James Mora. was working on during her last weeks “She was going to the heart of the makes me feel so proud of her.” countries, visiting villages and stayKarolina is survived by her paring with people in their homes, not ents, James and Monica Mora, and hotels,” he said. “I don’t think she ever her four younger siblings: Sergio, saw a hotel on these types of trips.”

Spencer, James and Isabella.

Friends and colleagues described The family held the memo- rial on May 18, and the funeral sionate about making a difference for was held yesterday. Contribupeople in need. Upon graduation from tions to the three affected famiCSULB, she traveled to Guatemala to lies can be made online at: fundhelp abused women, and to Korea to raise.l ibert y innorthkorea.org / teach English. She had joined LINK fundraise?fcid=318507.

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w it h t h e Old, i n w it h t h e n e w John Haberstroh Former ASI President

By Scott BoSco and cat tompkinS Staff Writers

Cal State Long Beach will be welcoming the new University President Jane Close Conoley to campus this August. in the position is supposed to be July 15; however, the house that is traditionally for the University President, which is located in Long Beach near campus, was in need of repair. She said it probably will not be ready for her to move in by the intended date.

“Maybe I will stay at a Residence Inn,” Conoley said as a joke.

In the meantime, Conoley has spent about an hour and a half every week, speaking with former Interim President Donald Para on the phone in preparation for the transition as Para retires and she takes the reigns on campus.

“The size of Long Beach itself is daunting,” said Conoley. “But [Para] has helped give perspective.” She said that Para calmed any anxieties she may have had about the transition.

Para said he is working to make everything go as smooth as possible for Conoley.

“She’s already committed to student success, she already gets it,” he said. “She had that mindset before she applied.”

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briefings on various topics. Her goal is to get up to speed with as much as she can, as fast as she can, she said.

The university goal of “putting money toward student success” could not have been reached without a stable budget, Para said.

Ending the year with “not a good budget, but a stable budget” is a blessing that helps to reduce the anxiety that comes with the job, according to Para.

Conoley said she credits Para with her new understanding of the CSU system, in terms of the people involved and the system’s relationship with the governor.

She said she is a little sad that the current student body presidents, Jon Bolin and John Haberstroh, won’t be with ASI in the fall. Conoley said she has begun to establish a relationship with them, but she is

also looking forward to meeting and working with the new student leaders as well.

Her goal is to be very in tune with the needs of the student body.

“Each campus has its own story,” Conoley said. “The good news campuses already, so I know the big issues.”

She has high expectations, and she hopes to continue to help Long Beach thrive. Conoley said she feels that sometimes those who live in Long Beach don’t always understand the high reputation the city has throughout the country, but she said she knows that working in this city, on this campus, is a huge opportunity.

“I do not look forward to criticism,” she said. “But I am more than open to it.”

Q: What were your most memorable experiences during your term?

A: “My most memorable moment was at the January 2014 plenary of the California State Student Association at [Cal State University of Fullerton] where the board voted in favor of pursuing the Student Representation and Involvement Fee. This was a tremendous moment for CSSA because it would guarantee a stable funding model [for] CSSA to execute its mission to serve every student in the CSU — present and future [and] in ways never possible.

The CSU Board of Trustees will hopefully support this fee at a meeting this year.”

Q: What was something that you wished you had executed differently?

A: “I wish nothing to be different. I have no regrets about my two terms. I do think that not being in a Master’s Program would have given me even more time to do my job, though.”

Q: Do you have any words of wisdom that you would like to give to the that leadership is a choice and a burden.

You have to want to be a leader, and being a leader means making tough decisions.”

Joe Phillips Incoming ASI President plan to implement and execute at the start of your term?

A: “Nayiri [Baghdassarian] and I have actually already been working on some major projects prior to our term starting. The most recent accomplishment of ours was the 24-hour study center, which Andrew Carnes, [the] Secretary for Internal Affairs, and I have been working on for the past year. Students can expect it to be up and running next fall. As of right now, we are also beginning the planning stages of our ‘Jobs for Grads’ idea, which would be where we would work with local businesses to agree to give priority to Long Beach graduates when hiring. It is still being worked out.”

Q: Did your experiences as former ASI Chief of Staff prepare you for your new role? be my third year in ASI, and I had been with John [Haberstroh] and Jon [Bolin] for the last two years working closely with both. I have been involved in many of our ongoing projects, and I know how things get done behind the scenes. It will not be too steep of a learning curve.”

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Graduation daze Chicano Latino Ceremony

By Cynthia Mauleon and alejandro raMos Staff Writers

“¡Sí se pudo!” chanted the families of the 400 Latino graduates who took the emony last Sunday.

“When one Latino graduates, a whole family, a whole community graduates,” said graduating senior and criminal justice major Rodrigo De Avil, one of the student speakers who shared his story about his experience at Cal State Long Beach “We realize the most important support program isn’t the university,” said Manuel Perez, Associate Vice President of Student Services. “It’s out here. It’s your family.”

According to the CSULB website, Latinos make up 36.6 percent of the student body, the largest group on campus. stay at CSULB. felt relieved,” Oviedo said. “I had a handful of mixed emotions, I was glad that [CSULB] has been my home.”

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Cultural dancers took the stage at the CSULB Latino Graduation, one of the many themed grad events.

By justine dela rosa Assistant News Editor

The 8th annual Lavender Graduation Celebration on May 19 was themed, “Reminiscence and Luminescence: Remembering Your Radiance.” Wearing lavender stoles, graduating students in

the LGBTQIA community were “glitter-bombed” as they were recognized in front of their families and friends.

“We have come so far,” Laura Kaiser, the Associated Students Inc. secretary for LGBTIQ affairs and graduating senior, said. “As cliché as it sounds, I am not only talking about our development as CSULB

people in general.”

The queer community at CSULB has

stronger presence of the Safe Zone Ally Program and the Campus Pride Index score’s increase from 2.5 to 4 out of 5.

“And while we venture into the big, queer world, some of us far and some of us close, I hope we take with us the memories of the lives we’ve touched and the songs we danced to, along with the glitter I

Lavender Grad Ceremony made notable progress, Kaiser said. She referenced the school’s implementation of 15 gender-neutral bathrooms, the

think we all know will never leave our clothes,” Kaiser said.

Eric Kenney, a graduate student with a master’s in public administration, said he participated in the ceremony because it is important for the LGBT community to have recognition.

“We’re not just stereotypes, and we have substance to us,” he said. “And it’s great for our families and friends to come and see us.”

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The Long Beach chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the oldest and largest national honor society, welcomed its newest members on Sunday in the heart of the big, blue Walter Pyramid, the landmark of CSULB This event marked 51 years of annual Phi Kappa Phi celebrations where each year, students in all seven CSULB colleges who rank at the top of their class, in terms of grade point average, are invited to join the honors society. Chapter 86 was established on campus in 1963.

Eight students received scholarship awards, before the new Phi Kappa Phi members were inducted. The name of the society, “Philosophia Krateito Photon,” translates from Greek to mean, “let the love of learning rule humanity.”

Dressed to the nines in traditional black and gold upwards of 750 attendees, including the celebrated students and their guests.

The ceremony opened with a word of introduction and welcome from the president of the Phi Kappa Phi, Mike Walter, for whom the pyramid is named. The microphone was turned over to the University Interim President Don Para, who received the Excellence in Academic Award later in the night.

“The [Phi Kappa Phi] celebration does much to enhance the academic reputation of the entire campus and the experience of the students we honor,” Walter said. “Recognizing and encouraging scholarship is a part of what the university is about.”

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ASI acquires extra $1.2 million to spend on student programs The student-run non-profit corporation plans to launch a 24-hour study center. demic school year should be “very much” like a trial year

By Justine dela Rosa because ASI will have the ability to fund new areas that and Cynthia Mauleon Joseph Phillips, current ASI Staff Writers Chief of Staff and incoming ASI President, advocated for during his presidential campaign.

Associated Students Inc. will Current ASI President John have an extra $1.2 million to spend next school year, as a re- Haberstroh said that the most sult of a $16 student fee increase visible ways that students will and a 3.5 percent increase in see the effects of the referenstudent enrollment, ASI Ex- dum is through the developecutive Director Richard Haller ment of a 24-hour study center that the University Student said.

The 1.5 to 2 percent enroll- Union Board of Trustees rement growth in recent years cently approved. The 24-hour accounts for an increase of center, which is set to open this $109,022, according to ASI’s fall, accounts for about $39,000 fee income projection. In a cam- of the budget.

“We are bringing an afterpus referendum last February, students voted to implement a hours study center in the west new student fee that is also set wing of the University Student to generate approximately $1.1 Union next fall,” said Haberstroh, who is also a member million for ASI. Haller said the next aca- of the USU Board of Trustees.

“We’ll have a dedicated room 24 hours a day, and when the west wing will open between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.”

Phillips said next year’s ASI members will focus on keeping the promises they made when advocating for the referendum.

“The number one priority of our incoming administration is to make sure that students know that we are using the new fee money to literally do what we told them we were setting out to do,” Phillips said. “I want students to know that my administration will make good on our promises.”

Phillips said the approval of the study center is just one of the erendum goals so far.

“I hope that the recent decision to open the center can set any doubt that ASI can deliver to rest,” he said.

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By Priscella VeGa Print Director

Cal State Long Beach has been referred to in numerous ways, but an offall, which intends to unify the university under one name.

Vice President of University Relations and Communications Andy Hoang has sis that weakens the school’s brand with many universities and colleges throughout Southern California.

CSULB has hired the branding agency 160over90 to take part in the university’s rebranding, Hoang said.

Andrea Taylor, vice president of University Relations and Development, is spearheading the comprehensive campaign, and for the past month, Hoang where he gives a presentation on the importance of unifying CSULB under one name for marketing purposes to various student and faculty organizations.

The main goals of the marketing campaign focus on launching the rebranding project, building a new website and creating a social media culture, a style guide and branding the university.

“The importance is that it helps fund critical areas to help support student

He said the campaign is currently in a silent phase, but will go live sometime in this fall. Students will be able to attend town hall meetings and voice their opinions. name has not yet been chosen, Dedan Brozino, the Senior Associate Athletics Director said via email that the athletics department favors the names Long Beach State and The Beach.

“We’ve led some several focus groups and have participated in the research that Brozino said. “The focus groups have into the University’s scholarship program,

a lot of different reasons, and I do know that there are concerns about whether or Terri Yamada, professor and chair of the Department of Asian and Asian American studies, said that she believes the lack of support is due to a misunderstanding of the project.

“Faculty need to understand that no “From a marketing prospective, we are at a peak of a wave of a student demographic that will decline. As we decline, In the spring semester, graphic design professor Sunook Park collaborated with Hoang’s team and Brozino to help create a project for Park’s Brand Workshop.

Students in the workshop are required to design a “strategic brand challenge of a shop website.

The group’s presentation was intend-

Brozino said that “overwhelming reand The Beach were the best option for not just athletics, but the university.

While there are supporters of the campaign, some faculty and students opposed the project. Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator for the University Art Museum and alumna Shefali Mistry said she believes the lack of support is partly due to the lack of information people are receiving.

“I would say that I have mixed feelings, but I absolutely agree that we need a more consistent name and more consis-

name change where they included their research on the city, mascots, typeface and branding.

Junior graphic design major Nicole Bella, one of the students who presented the project, said that after all the effort that obstacle was creating a contemporary brand while keeping CSULB’s tradition.

“I know this project was controversial, but I just hope the project continbecause [CSULB] needs to solidify its connection with the city and [it needs] a name that makes us stand out compared

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CSULB student advocates for workers’ rights of the community groups leading the campaign,

By Donn Gruta Social Media Editor

When Cal State Long Beach student Alicia Morales decided she was ready to reveal a secret, she had an audience of 150 people.

Morales, a senior history major, said as she sat among a panel of civic leaders during a worker’s rights Long Beach community forum on May 10.

“I worked graveyard shifts — mopping, cleaning Morales, who emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. in the early ‘90s, said being an undocumented student left her with very few work opportunities that will pay for tuition.

After she graduated from high school, Morales worked for her father’s janitorial service company by low-wage workers.

Morales, who lives in Los Angeles, said she hopes that voicing her story will help The Coalition to End Wage Theft in Long Beach — a newly formed alliance comprised of various community groups — further its ongoing grassroots campaign against wage theft.

According to the Filipino Migrant Center, one

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failing to comply with legal working terms and Because many corporations wait an entire conditions that include basic rights to minimum month before paying for janitorial services, wage, overtime pay, meal and rest breaks and the right to She said her father’s company receive full would have up to seven conand on-time tracts in one month and as low payment. as three on the next month.

“Back in “This [affected] paying our 2007, when Many times, we fail to recognize bills, food for our family, for the Undocufamilies of those who worked where people come from... mented and Unafraid of despair, stress and economic movement insecurity really takes a toll on — Alicia Morales, Student was coming, someone’s emotional, physical it was really easy for me Morales said she recalls to come out and say, ‘I’m undocumented and coming home from a 2 to 6 a.m. graveyard shift, unafraid,’ but I would not talk about the worker having to take her younger sister to school and then going to class herself.

“That morning, I remember sitting down just Morales said the more she got involved with to rest for half an hour, and I could not get up civic and political engagement, the easier it became to tell others about her experiences. my body too much, but I wanted to go to college “We don’t like to think of ourselves as victims, and had to work to afford it. That was a really a community organizer for the Long Beach Immigration Rights Coalition.

Senior sociology major Theresa Ibarra, who attended the event, said hearing Morales’ testimony made her value her education more.

“Many times, we fail to recognize where people come from and how much people have fought to get the education that comes a little bit touched because I have family who come from Sonia Espitia, senior sociology major, said she was also moved by Morales’ message.

“I didn’t realize that Long Beach was very said. “Alicia’s story was very poignant. I feel that we are all entitled to an education, and the more Morales said she got involved with LBIRC while attending CSULB. She said she stopped working as a janitor when she became a commution to all the unwavering support from people in the community.

Even though Morales is graduating this spring, she said it would not be the last time Long Beach would see her. She said she plans to remain involved in the community and to one day become an educator. “[I want to accomplish] two things: one is awareness of themselves, workers and people, said. “Two is to get people civically and politi-

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Benghazi: Enough with the Grandstanding

By Hunter Paul Opinions Editor The events that resulted in the death of four Americans in Benghazi are a tragedy, not a scandal.

Recently, a new email was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the controversial talking points that United States U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice provided after the attacks. Although Republicans are touting this email as evidence that the White House politicized the talking points to help Obama’s 2008

reelection, it proves nothing of the sort; rather, the obsessive coverage of this issue merely illustrates the remarkably unabating will of Republicans to misconstrue the Benghazi “scandal� for political gains.

Ever since the Sept. 11 2012 militant jihadist attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost and a nearby CIA annex, Congressional Republicans and the right-wing media have assailed the Obama administration for allegedly covering up Al

Qaeda’s involvement in the attack in order to mitigate the event’s political fallout for President Obama’s 2008 election campaign. However, such political grandstanding has squandered millions of taxpayer dollars and wasted thousands of hours of personnel time, according to the Associated Press; moreover, such efforts to undermine public tently exonerated the Obama administration of any wrongdoing.

Let’s begin by outlining the allegations of Congressional Republicans and right-wing media outlets. The chief accusation of Republicans is that the White House crafted the talking points given to Rice, who discussed the events later, in order to deliberately mislead voters just in time for Obama’s reelection. Republicans accuse the White House of downplaying Al Qaeda’s actual involvement with the attack and deceitfully portraying the attack as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islam video. This accusation is plainly false.

Although Republicans are touting the newly surfaced email as evidence of the administration’s cover-up, the email actually serves to eviscerate the credibility of the Republicans’ crusade against the Obama administration. This email shows that the infamous line from Rice’s talking points, namely, “We believe, based on currently available information, that the attacks in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the U.S. consulate and subsequently its annex,� was actually copied and pasted directly from Analysis.

Republicans also assert that the Obama administration is culpable of this tragedy since it failed to beef up consular security prior to the attacks. However, it was these very same Republicans who

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place; for example, CNN reports that “the amount that the GOP-led House passed for two accounts that pay for embassy security in administration had requested Finally, Republicans assert that the Obama administration failed to mobilize resources fast enough in response to the attack.

However, a review of the terrorist attacks by the bipartisan U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence concluded that “There were no U.S. military resources in position to intervene in short order in Benghazi to help defend the Temporary Mission Facility and its Annex on September 11 and 12, 2012.�

This political charade has wasted time and money without accomplishing anything substantive. According to POLITICO, Republican-led congressional investigations on Benghazi 25,000 pages of documents and 50 briefings.� Additionally, the Pentagon provided a letter which stated that “the total cost of compliance with Benghazirelated congressional requests

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In sum, the Republicans’ accusations that the Obama administration is to blame for the tragic events in Benghazi are wholly unfounded.

As a result of this witch hunt, a substantial amount of time and money has been wasted, even after incontrovertible evidence that the Obama administration did not engage in any malfeasance. As such, “scandal� to bed.

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Obama needs to practice what he preaches

By Jovanna Madrigal Opinions Assistant

Freedom of religion is considered a basic right in the United States, but on the international stage, it is still a source of controversy. The Obama administration has been criticized for making public statements against the repression of religion in other countries, yet failing to demonstrate that there are consequences for the repression and prosecution of these people.

To be able to create a difference in other countries, the Obama administration needs to create a foundation where they practice what they preach.

Although Obama spent most of his time speaking about the importance of religious freedom, there have been questions raised about the still vacant post of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.

According to CFR.org, this position was established by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, “... because Congress wanted State, and the entire Executive Branch, to pay more attention to the issue of religious freedom.”

The position was vacant until wasn’t appointed until two years after

that promote freedom of religion, the administration has disillusioned, not only those Obama claims to stand for, but also his followers.

Earlier this year, Obama attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C., an event, organized by the Fellowship Foundation that aims to unite people from all religious backgrounds and faiths.

According to the Washington Post, Obama spent most of his time talking about the importance of religious freedom not only in America, but also around the world. The Washington Times wrote that Obama scolded China, Iran, North Korea and other countries for the repression of religious minorities, stating that religious freedom was the basis to the well-being of a country as well as the central goal of the American foreign policy.

raised questions about the immediacy of the issue.

Cook resigned in October of 2013, Critics fear that, due to the longevity of the vacancy, this is not as important of an issue as the Obama administration claims it is.

According to Religionnews.com, Thomas Farr, the director of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs stated, suspicion that already exists among foreign governments, persecutors, victims and American diplomats that the issue is not a priority.”

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Continued from Page 9 Others criticize the West for its lack of attention toward the atrocities committed around the world.

Although there are causes that seem to capture the world’s attention and even result in military action and bouts of social activism, according to Deseret News, the world’s attention toward these issues “wanes” and dissipates.

Events like the crimes committed by Joseph Kony in Uganda, or the 234 girls who were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria by Boko Haram, have proven that there is a dire need for a longterm solution for the problem of religious freedom around the world.

Deseret News stated that these bouts of social activism have little to no effect on an issue that requires a long-term solution. “Religious intolerance is rampant in much of the developing world and impedes any sort of progress toward multi-cultural democratic societies.”

It is not enough to alleviate a single aspect of the problem without considering solutions that will not just place a Band-Aid on the issue, but also be able to offer preventive measures for the future.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 ern California, and the team is going as strong as ever.

“We’re not only a competitive team, but we really like wowing the audience, giving them something to take from it and [inspiring] the rest of the dance community to start a trend,” said Skye Victoriano, artistic coordinator of PAC Modern.

All of the 40 current members consider themselves family, and alumni are always welcomed back.

“We’re more than just teammates, we really act as a family, and [PAC Modern are some of the] closest friends I’ve ever had, for sure,” said Lauren Belyea, a senior animation major and executive coordinator of the dance team.

The team practices daily, sometimes for 12 hours straight during competition season.

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By the base of the Cal State Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid, a group of well-conditioned dancers kneel, cross

beginning a ground-shaking call-andresponse prayer that the PAC Modern dance team has carried with them for 19 years.

PAC Modern began in 1995 as a branch of the Philipino American Coalition on campus, according to Gino

Claudio, a senior kinesiology major and PAC Modern team coordinator.

Through a Philipino Cultural Night event, a few hip-hop loving members seized the opportunity to begin a performance-based, competitive dance team.

Since its beginnings, PAC Modern has been competing throughout South-

a couple times this year … sunrise meaning, 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. in the morning,” Victoriano said. “That’s what it takes to be a dancer, you need to push your body and yourself.”

Needless to say, PAC Modern is extremely selective. Of the 100-200 people who audition every year, Victoriano said only around 10 percent make it.

“If only 20 people completely killed it, then we would have a 20 person team,” Belyea said Dylan Tarrant, a senior dance science major, said that PAC Modern was the springboard into the wider world of dance.

After Tarrant had the opportunity to work on choreography with a senior member, dubbed “Oldie” in PAC Modern jargon, Tarrant discovered his love for choreography that currently has

him teaching dance classes to all age groups, multiple times a week.

“PAC Modern stays true to the roots of how hip-hop truly came about,” Tarrant said, referencing an emphasis the team places on starting from basic elements such as breaking, locking, “wacking” and house.

In fact, while teaching one of his own choreographies at a dance studio in Walnut, he was surprised with an invitation to audition for GRV, a professional competitive dance team that has seen members dance on America’s Best Dance Crew.

Not only do experienced dancers also reaches out to future dancers.

For the 7th summer, PAC Modern will be hosting their summer PAC Camp for kids in the surrounding Los Angeles area. The camp is designed to keep kids out of trouble while teaching them the fundamentals of hip-hop dance.

Victoriano, Claudio and Belyea all started in PAC camp, and now hold coordinator positions for the club.

After roughly two decades of dancing late into the sunrise, the team’s hard work has paid off as PAC Modern was selected as one of the teams representing the United States at Hip Hop International, a world-renowned dance competition with teams from nearly every country.

Victoriano said that they’re not taking this one lightly, and preparation “We’re still making schedules for this and we’re really going to go above and beyond for this one,” Victoriano said. “I can’t even imagine what the rehearsals are going to be like.”

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Graduates, you’ve made it, and it’s time to celebrate. Music festivals can be a great way to forget about those Diversions Editor long cram sessions with Southern California hosting some of the best concerts around. Some of these festivals are just as good as Coachella and are within close driving distance.

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Low End Theory Festival

Low End Theory is a weekly electronic and hip-hop club that has heads bouncing every Wednesday night at The Airliner in Los Angeles. With its emerging popDJ crew from the ‘90s. The Internet, which features Syd the Kyd and Matt Marshouldn’t be surprised if other members of Odd Future hit the stage as well. The Baths and psychedelic instrumental bass drops from Teebs. It features old school DJ’s and producers performing, this event will stand out to all hip-hop heads. The

Vans Warped Tour

This year The Vans Warped Tour will be celebrating its 20th birthday. A lot has changed over the years; particularly the type of genre the music the festival time around. There are, however, a number of other bands that still provide some variety including punk band Bayside and hip-hop artist Watsky. A couple of

slides and carnival-like atmosphere. The event will be held at the Pomona Fair-

FYF Fest

FYF Fest returns to Los Angeles with another year of great indie and underground Interpol, The Strokes and Flying Lotus. Over the course of two days spectators will ture Islands, to industrial punk hip hop from Death Grips. There will be a lot of new bands that appeared at Coachella. Do yourself a favor and end summer with a bang at

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nology that will revolutionize the way we look at electronic entertainment focus on software arriving to new gaming consoles on the market. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are set to headline They will highlight upcoming games and technology and discuss the futures of their respective consoles.

Microsoft will kick off the event with a.m. In the past Microsoft received criticism for focusing on television and music services, now they have decided to place more focus on the games offered. With upcoming games like Sunset Overdrive, comeback in the console race which is Sony has made headlines with the record-breaking sales of their new Playconsole ever in the U.K. Sony’s conferThey are in a position to capitalize on their early success and drive momentum with a compelling conference. Sony has port from indie game developers. Their

diverse assortment of games have the potential to draw in consumers with a wide set of interest. After obtaining the game-streaming giant, Gaikai, Sony has revealed plans to showcase their new service, PlayStation Now. This service will grant users the ability to stream PlayStation games across all Sony devices without the need for a dedicated gaming device. Sony has taken the lead in sales in mere months since it debuted its console, Wii U. After struggling to gain sales for the past year, Nintendo has the most ridhave led to troubling times for the company. Another article by IGN reported, that in a recent talk with company investors, the President of Nintendo and CEO Satoru Iwata said, “one game can change the fate of the Wii U just like PokĂŠmon did for the Gameboy.â€? Nintendo is known for their surprises at in the past. Little is known about what they plan to reveal, but promises of a new Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. are being anticipated.

Sony and Microsoft will have their events at the Los Angeles Convention Center, while Nintendo, has decided to through “Nintendo Direct,� an online streaming service provided by Nintendo. Each conference will be available through live streams through gaming sites such as IGN and GameSpot. These sites will also stream other showcases

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Softball postseason cut short with two losses to Notre Dame The 49ers fall to the Fighting Irish 8-0 and 10-1.

By Oscar TerrOnes Assistant Sports Editor

A thrilling season, highlighted by record-setting offensive numbers, came to an end for the Long Beach State softball team on Saturday after losing two out of three in the Los Angeles Regional at UCLA. cord overall, the most wins they’ve had in a season since 2008 when they went time in head coach Kim Sowder’s eight year tenure as head coach that the team has made the postseason. Unfortunately, this year’s results are the same, with the The 49ers began their postseason journey last Friday with an 8-0 loss to Notre Dame. They then faced Southern The 49ers faired better in their matchup against Southern Utah, defeating the Thunderbirds 9-6. The Fighting Irish ultimately ended the 49ers’ chances of Perhaps the biggest disappointment John FaJardo | LBSU athLeticS

three games without hitting a single home run. The pitching was none too impressive either, as Erin Jones-Wesley and Amanda Hansen struggled mightily in their starts.

Despite the early exit, the 49ers can what they accomplished. The team set

records, several 49er players garnered individual honors for their outstanding performances throughout the season. Junior shortstop Shayna Kimbrough was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year, this after being named the Big West Player of the Year last year. She of the Year in school history.

capturing the eighth Big West Conference championship in school history.

In addition to setting new offensive

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Jones-Wesley became just the fourth player in Big West history to be selected

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The accolades didn’t stop there. Not only was Sowder named the Big West Coach of the Year, but three 49ers, Neal, tional Fastpitch Coaches Association

well as being separated by position.

Neal was selected to the second team,

Wesley and Hansen. This is Kimbrough’s

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Two Riverside wins

The Dirtbags will play UC Irvine for second place in the Big West Conference next weekend.

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With baseball season coming to an end, the Dirtbags have put themselves in position to make a run into the postseason.

Only two weekend series remained on the Dirtbags’ (29-24, 14-7) schedule, as they won the

Hampson. Prigatano hit a chopper

Riverside (24-26, 11-10 ), taking

loaded jam to keep the Highland-

at Riverside.

Game one went to the Highlanders was the Dirtbags dropped the Friday night contest, 8-2.

The Highlanders scored three

lowered his ERA to 1.56, which is second on the team behind Ryan Millison.

The Dirtbags ran away with

miscues. In total, the Dirtbags

Highlander pitching, who held the which were singles.

Andrew Rohrbach took the loss opening weekend against Vanderbilt. He was charged with six The Dirtbags got their revenge in game two, taking Saturday’s contest 6-1. ard Prigatano, who drove in three Frye went eight solid innings, giving up eight hits and one run to

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By Jason Clark Former Sports Editor

I’ve been waiting for two years to complain about all the stuff a student newspaper editor doesn’t get, but the reality is, those things are far outnumbered by those I have received.

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than they get.

I have also been incredibly fortunate inside the newsroom. The Daily 49er editors and writers have been the best coworkers anyone could ask for, and one of my greatest fears about moving on is that I there no cell service in the newswill never be in another newsroom room, despite with as much being in a camaraderie as profession that this one. These requires conpeople also LBSU’s coaches, players and stant commudeserve more staff members deserve more nication? Also, credit than they yes. But every get. credit than they get. job has anI also owe noyances that much of my — Jason Clark, Former Sports Editor accompany its future preperks, and this paredness to one had more the Daily 49er perks than most. advisers, who have provided muchFor two years, I built relationships appreciated guidance and support. with everybody in the Long Beach The Daily 49er has given me a lot: State athletics department, from it provided me with experience, clips coaches and players to unheralded and connections and it allowed me staff members who do more than to meet the person I am meant to be most people think. with. No paycheck can quantify that.

College athletics is a competitive Cliché as it may be, my time at the business, and few mid-majors are Daily 49er has been truly priceless. able to keep up the consistent sucMy gratitude cannot be expressed cess LBSU has had over the last few in such little print space, which I am years. LBSU’s coaches, players and quickly running out of. staff members deserve more credit Thank you.

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