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Ethnic studies report provides new university proposals Two and-a-half year moratorium protecting ethnic studies departments has been extended to July 2017.

By Miranda Andrade-Ceja Managing Editor

A report on the advancement of ethnic studies was emailed en mass to Cal State Long Beach students, faculty and administration July 14 by President Jane Close Conoley.

The new report was authored by the CSU Task Force on the Advancement of Ethnic Studies, a team appointed by Chancellor Timothy White in 2014. The report included a statement by White as well as recommendations made by the task force to further advance each CSU’s respective ethnic studies departments.

This task force is the first of its kind since the conception of ethnic studies as a discipline at San Francisco State University in 1969. The team is comprised of ethnic studies faculty and administration from various CSUs throughout the state.

White’s statement maintained that the moratorium on all CSU ethnic studies departments stay in place until July 2017. According to White, said moratorium has been in effect for two and a half years and immobilizes attempts to diminish ethnic studies departments.

The task force includes CSULB professors from three out of four of the ethnic studies departments: Craig Stone, Professor of American Indian Studies and art; Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies and Linda España-Maram, Professor of Asian-American Studies.

The 2016 report included a list of ten recommendations that, according to the text, focus on five overarching objectives: “capacity building, campus climate, community engagement, collaboration and further study.” The recommendations are not intended to be interpreted as law, but as different solutions to further each

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MORATORIUM In 2013, massive budget cuts resulted in the decimation of the ethnic studies departments within the Cal State System. Though many universities saw the eventual downsizing of their departments, a threat to Cal State Long Beach’s Africana Studies department resulted in enough backlash to institute a CSU-wide moratorium on ethnic studies. This moratorium made it difficult for university administration to revoke resources for ethnic studies departments, and has been extended twice.

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CSU’s ethnic studies department.

Each recommendation focuses on challenges that face current ethnic studies departments, proposing ideas to strengthen these departments throughout the CSU system.

These ideas included implementing new hiring methods as well as calling for an extended moratorium on all departments.

Executive director of news at CSULB, Mike Uhlenkamp, said that some of these recommendations are applicable to our campus, while other recommendations may not be as pertinent. However, active dialogue regarding the report is paused until fall semester.

“The idea would be, come this fall we want to get more information and feedback from various stakeholders,” Uhlenkamp said.

Uhlenkamp said that the university will begin independent research on CSULB’s ethnic studies departments with the 2016 report as a contributing factor, and by fall 2017, the

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Republican candidate Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania Trump on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday.

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By Antonio Henriques Staff Writer

The Republican National Convention convened this week as Donald Trump took center stage in Cleveland, Ohio to claim the Republican nomination.

“We’re gonna win so big, ” Trump said to the crowd. “We’re gonna win so big.”

The four day long convention brought droves of Trump supporters and protesters alike.

Trump himself appeared both in person on Monday and virtually on Tuesday as he was named the 2016 GOP presidential nominee.

Central themes of the convention focused on not only how to make America great again, but how to make it safe as well as how to put the country back to work.

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Pokemon Go, that is. Our campus is home to over 50 Pokestops, with gyms and other users just as prevalent. Check out page 6 for a map of the best places to fill your Pokedex and a peek into what it means to be a trainer.

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First Latino chancellor welcomed to community colleges Elroy Ortiz Oakley makes his debut in Long Beach’s Community College District.

By Riva Lu

Contributing Writer

Long Beach’s Community College District introduced the first ever Latino chancellor to the California community college system on Monday.

Elroy Ortiz Oakley will assume duties on Dec. 19 and is taking the place

of Brice W. Harris, who announced his retirement in April after serving as chancellor for three years. He was then followed by interm chancellor Erik Skinner.

“You can’t turn on the TV right now without experiencing the turmoil that is going on in this country, and we have to take a moment to pause and understand what effect this is having on our students, what effect this is having on how they are being molded to become citizens of this great state and nation,” Oakley said on Monday morning during a webcast from Sacramento.

Oakley has been praised for the partnerships and programs he formed

in Long Beach.

According to Long Beach City College, as a superintendent-president of the Long Beach Community College district, Oakley was best known throughout California for implementing innovative policies and groups that aid students in a higher education. Such programs included the Long Beach College Promise, a program that helps K-12 students prepare and transition into college.

The program focuses on schools within the Long Beach Unified District, providing an environment for students to receive academic support and early outreach. The Long Beach College Promise is partnered with

LBCC and Cal State Long Beach, promising students who participate free tuition at LBCC and guaranteed admittance to CSULB. The program ensured that students are able to select classes that would maximize their ability to keep up and succeed in institutions of higher education.

Oakley has also promoted local business growth throughout the city of Long Beach, partnering with Goldman-Sachs in order to help business owners expand their trade and provide more job opportunities, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The new chancellor will begin his term Dec. 19.

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school will decide which, if any, recommendations to implement.

The report included a 2015 survey meant to illustrate each Cal State’s histories and challenges within their respective ethnic studies departments. Craig Stone said that though many surveys only receive around a 20 percent response-rate, the survey that the task force sent out had a 95-96 percent response rate.

Stone said that because every campus’ ethnic studies department is different in how it’s managed, the biggest obstacle for CSULB will be figuring out which of the report’s recommendations they are able to adopt.

“The challenge is to look at those recommendations and try to see how you can implement them in each CSU,” Stone said. “We don’t really know what this looks like, so we’ll have to engage in a dialogue.”

He believes the lack of visibility offered to the ethnic studies department is one of the university’s largest issues surrounding the department’s success. Stone cites the fact that many professors have offices that are difficult to find, often put in buildings that do not pertain to their field of study.

CSULB will report their research on their ethnic studies department next fall.

By Sandra Pedicini Orlando Sentinel

ORLANDO, Fla. — The parents of a toddler killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World said Wednesday they do not plan to sue the resort.

Matt and Melissa Graves will focus on “the future health of our family” and establish a charitable foundation to honor their son, Lane, they said in a statement.

Asked whether Disney had contributed to the fund, Sara Brady, spokeswoman for the family, referred questions to the company.

Disney World provided a statement from president George Kalogridis saying “in the wake of this tragic accident we continue to provide ongoing support for the family.” Disney did not provide further details.

An alligator snatched 2-year-old Lane along the shoreline of the Seven Seas Lagoon last month.

Matt Graves fought the gator in an unsuccessful attempt to save his son, who was not found until 16 hours later. The Nebraska family, including a 4-year-old daughter, had been staying at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. “We know that we can never have Lane back, and therefore, we intend to keep his spirit alive through the Lane Thomas Foundation,” the Graves family said. “It is our hope that through

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the foundation we will be able to share with others the unimaginable love Lane etched in our hearts.

In addition to the foundation, we will solely be focused on the future health of our family and will not be pursuing a lawsuit against Disney. For now, we continue to ask for privacy as we focus on our family.”

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tribution to the fund “just because it’s such a tragic circumstance,” University of Florida law professor Lyrissa Lidsky said. “Just in terms of Disney’s reputation and the signal they want to send about being compassionate for the family’s loss, I would certainly think they would want to contribute.”

A lawsuit would also have done even more damage to Disney’s reputation after the tragedy, legal experts said.

However, it also would have been emotionally draining for the family, Lidsky said.

“I would think by far this is the best resolution for everyone involved,” she said. “Going through the trial process can be highly psychologically traumatic for the litigants.”

Matt Graves said in the statement that “Melissa and I are broken. We will forever struggle to comprehend why this happened to our sweet baby, Lane. As each day passes, the pain gets worse, but we truly appreciate the outpouring of sympathy and warm sentiments we have received from around the world.”

After Lane’s death, many tourists came forward with stories of their own alligator sightings at Disney. Last week, emails revealed firefighters at Disney had been admonished for feeding alligators on the property a couple months before Lane’s death. Disney has since made many changes, including roping off access to waterfront areas. It has also installed warning signs about alligators.

Matt Graves, an executive with a data and marketing company, and his wife first announced the Lane Thomas Foundation a week after their son’s death. Brady did not provide details about what causes the fund would support.

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Melania, Trump reaffirmed his unshakeable belief in himself and then let her take the stage.

Melania delivered her speech to the audience but was quickly placed under fire by critics after being accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech during the democratic convention.

Trump’s children also made appearances and delivered speeches that aimed to show a different side of him.

Donald Trump, Jr. touted his father as champion of the people who saw potential in all.

Trump’s daughter Tiffany, described her father as “a natural born encourager” and “the last person ever to tell you to lower your sights.”

On July 20, Mike Pence was officially announced as Trump’s running mate, while Trump’s former competition Sen. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson spoke at the convention, keeping with the theme of making America “first” again.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized President Barack Obama and the media’s coverage of Trump.

“What happened to ‘there’s no white America, there’s no black America, there’s just one America?’

What happened to it?” Giuliani said.

The convention also focused on Trump’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, whom Gov. Chris Christie criticized on Tuesday – leading the house floor to chants

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Other criticisms of Clinton came from survivors and family members who lost a loved one in the attack.

One speaker, Patricia Smith, described her frustrations when talking to Clinton following the events of the attack, and questioned if Clinton intentionally lied to her.

“For all of this loss, for all of this grief, for all of the cynicism the tragedy in Benghazi has wrought upon America, I blame Hillary Clinton,” Smith said. “I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son.”

Along with condemning the Democratic nominee, other speakers touted Trump’s leadership quality and with the need to unite the country.

House speaker Paul Ryan, Gov. Chris Christie, Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Mitch McConnell, all of whom called for party unity, endorsed Trump at the convention.

Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, Jr. condemned the recent attacks on police officers around the country and was extremely critical of groups like Black Lives Matter, which he compared an anarchist group.

“Let me make one thing clear, blue lives matter!” Clarke said.

“Trump understands the defense of a police officer and the need to be treated respectfully by law enforcement. Trump’s steadfast leadership is what our nation needs.”

The convention concludes on Thursday, when former Rep. Newt Gingrich and Trump’s son Eric will speak before Pence offers closing remarks.

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UC Berkley student remembered

By Katy Murphy East Bay Times

BERKELEY, Calif. — For the second time in less than two weeks, hundreds gathered at University of California, Berkeley to console one another in the wake of the unthinkable: a student killed in a terror attack abroad.

Nick Leslie — who was in Nice, France, this summer for an entrepreneurship program — was celebrating Bastille Day Thursday when a 20-ton truck plowed through the crowd, killing 84 people and injuring hundreds, including three other UC Berkeley students.

Just two weeks earlier, 18-year-old Tarishi Jain, who had been interning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, died after gunmen took hostages and opened fire at a popular restaurant in the city.

“Today, our hearts are broken once again,” said Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, who stood on the steps of Sproul Hall with American, French and Italian flags waving behind him. “We gather together this afternoon to find strength with and from each other in the face of another senseless death.”

News of 20-year-old Leslie’s death came Sunday, days after he was reported missing.

His parents flew from California to find him, “thinking he was alive,” his uncle said — only to discover that he would not be coming home.

“There was this hope, there was this hope, there was this hope,” said Leslie’s uncle, Alberto Leslie, who lives in the Los Angeles area. “It doesn’t make

any sense. Why weren’t they told right away?”

UC Berkeley officials confirmed Leslie’s death on Sunday based on information they said the FBI had received that day from its French counterparts. It remained unclear Monday why the Cal student was not initially counted among the dead or how he died.

Leslie was from Milan, Italy, and went to Torrey Pines High School in San Diego. At Cal, he was an environmental sciences major and member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity who planned to study at the Haas School of Business

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this fall.

Friends remembered him as upbeat, caring and charismatic, with an infectious sense of humor.

“I’ll never forget the way you were able to light up a room within seconds,” said Ani Surumpudi, who worked with Leslie in a student consulting firm, during the vigil.

Natasha Nicholson, a family friend from San Diego, recalled how Leslie hugged her, spinning her in the air, after she graduated from college this spring.

“That’s the kind of guy he was,” she

said. “He would make your day.”

James Manriquez, a fraternity brother and childhood friend, said Leslie once grabbed his foot, pretending to be a shark, when they were spearfishing off Del Mar. “In my panic, I must have swallowed a gallon of salt water. Man, was I furious. But then I took one look at you laughing, and it brought me an awed warmth that allowed me to do nothing more than shake my head and smile back.”

The last post on the student’s Facebook page shows Leslie and a friend in formal suits, making a toast. “Cheers to summer,” he wrote.

Three other Cal students — seniors Valdyslav Kostiuk, 23, and Diane Huang, 20, and sophomore Daryus Medora, 21 — were injured in the attack. Kostiuk and Medora each suffered a broken leg and Huang a broken foot, campus officials said. Medora remained in the hospital Monday; Kostiuk and Huang were released over the weekend.

Within two hours of the attack, a Cal professor had accounted for all the Berkeley students except for Leslie.

Six of the 85 students studying in the 15-day program returned home early after the attack, according to campus officials, who said the students had received training to prepare for an emergency.

Leslie’s uncle asked that people pray for the young man’s parents. “And send positive energy and light to them because they are in darkness right now.”

——— (Rick Hurd and Matthias Gafni contributed to this story.)

In-house speechwriter takes blame for plagiarism

By Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times

CLEVELAND — The in-house staff writer did it.

After more than two days of evasion, denials and contradictory explanations, the Trump campaign released a statement Wednesday — “to whom it may concern” — ascribing the plagiarized passages in Melania Trump’s convention speech to a scribe working for Donald Trump’s corporate operation.

“In working with Melania Trump on her recent first lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people,” Meredith McIver, who described herself as a longtime admirer of the Trump family, said in the statement. “A person she always liked is Michelle Obama.”

By McIver’s account, Melania Trump read her some passages from Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic convention and those words inadvertently made their way into the final draft that she delivered Monday at the GOP’s gathering in Cleveland.

“This was my mistake and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Me-

lania and the Trumps, as well as Mrs. Obama,” McIver said. “No harm was meant.”

She said she had offered her resignation to Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, as well as his family, but it was rejected.

“Mr. Trump told me that people make innocent mistakes and that we learn and grow these experiences,” she wrote.

McIver’s account was one of several explanations offered by the Trump campaign and its representatives, including denial that any plagiarism had taken place. Before the controversy erupted, Melania had told NBC she had written virtually the entire speech by herself.

Far from laying the matter to rest, the statement reignited the issue, which distracted attention from the convention for a second consecutive day and sparked a new round of finger-pointing at Trump’s barebones political operation and its repeated stumbles.

Earlier Wednesday, before McIver’s statement posted, the Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, said in a television interview that it was time to move on.

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From left, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump, take part in the roll call vote putting their father, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over the top on the second day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 19 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. the matter, weighed in with a pair of Tweets.

“Good news is Melania’s speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics especially if you believe that

all press is good press!” Trump wrote.

He quickly followed up, with characteristic hyperbole: “The media is spending more time doing a forensic analysis of Melania’s

speech than the FBI spent on Hillary’s emails,” he wrote, referring to the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server as secretary of state.

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Busting ghosts and busting guts Ghostbusters remake hits the silver screen.

By Jason Enns Arts & Life Editor

Director Paul Feig’s latest comedic endeavor was released on July 12 – the highly anticipated and, in some cases, contested, Ghostbusters reboot.

It’s no surprise that the reason this remake stirred some controversy was because of the change from ghost busting men to a cast of ghost busting women. The team includes comedy actresses Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, most of which are current or former Saturday Night Live cast members, like the cast of the original Ghostbusters directed by Ivan Reitman.

The film does well to pay tribute to the 1984 Ghostbusters and even includes ‘70s SNL members and original Ghostbusters Bill Murray as a famous debunker of the paranormal, alongside Dan Aykroyd as a taxi driver.

From the plot to the score, many aspects of the film are pulled directly from the 1984 version. Some people may praise this as an homage, while others might consider it copying and insult the film for lacking originality – just like the split reaction to the newest Star Wars film.

There is, of course, the obvious

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The new Ghostbuster crew from the 2016 remake, Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon where in the notorious Ghostbusters jumpsuits. change from an all-male Ghostbusters crew to a female dominant cast. The position of the Ghostbusters’ receptionist – which, in the original, is one of the film’s two female characters – is instead played by Chris Hemsworth as a hot dumb blonde who’s literally too stupid to answer phones. Erin Gilbert, played by Wiig, hires him on the spot because of his handsome physique, and he is frequently the object of her female gaze. How’s that for role rever-

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Feig is known for making comedies with a dominantly female cast like Bridesmaids, where viewers were first exposed to the dynamic comedy duo of McCarthy and Wiig on the big screen.

Feig has worked with McCarthy on multiple occasions in films like “Spy” and “The Heat.”

However, the reason to see the Ghostbusters remake is not for the performances of either Wiig or McCarthy.

The show is stolen by two of the funniest members of the current SNL cast, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

The dialogue is full of one-liners and zingers from Jillian Holtzmann, played

by Mckinnon, in a hilarious dry humor presentation. She and Jones’ character Patty Tolan develop an entertaining onscreen repertoire.

Abby Yates, played by McCarthy, and Gilbert are meant to emulate Aykroyd’s Dr. Raymond Stantz and Murray’s Dr.

Peter Venkman. Unfortunately, the characters based on these comedy giants don’t shine in terms of humor, and instead serve only to push the plot forward. That’s not to say that McCarthy doesn’t give a humorous performance, because she does. Wiig, however, only gets a couple big laughs in the entire two hours.

Viewers will recognize shout-outs to the original film like the old fire-house headquarters, the giant marshmallow man, the classic ghost that looks like a green lump of dough with arms and the cynical doctor being slimed with ectoplasm during the discovery of her first ghost. However, these recognizable scenes are not incorporated as major plot points but subtle shout-outs to the original.

This is not your parents’ Ghostbusters. The ghosts are more violent, the climax is more action heavy and the 3D graphics made audience members jump out of their seats. Both smart and silly humor is incorporated as the actresses do as much as they can to make the film a laugh-out-loud comedy.

Though the interactions between these hilarious actresses are the highlight of the film, the production value definitely reflects that they’ve brought Ghostbusters into the 21st century.

You may think you’ve seen this film before, but the revamped version makes it worth experiencing this classic tale over again.

Choir on fire CSULB choir wins international competition.

By Jason Enns Arts & Life Editor

The Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir returns from across the pond with the Luciano Pavarotti trophy, 3000 euros and an internationally prestigious title.

Cal State Long Beach’s premiere choral ensemble was awarded Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales on July 10.

CSULB President Jane Close Conoley congratulated the choir in a tweet on July 10 calling the award a “big deal.”

However, according choir director Jonathan Talberg, it wasn’t just a big deal, but a moment he’s dreamt of his entire life.

The Welsh town of Llangollen has staged the cultural festival since 1947, and each year the competition gathers around 50,000 visitors and 4,000 competitors to participate in one of the five performance categories: choral, solos, dance, ensemble and non-competitive.

However, the climax of the 6-day festival is the awarding of the Choir of the World. The recipient of the award is selected after secondary performances by the winners of individual categories: Mixed Choirs, Youth Choirs, Female Choirs, Male Voice Choirs and Open Category give a second performance.

The Chamber Choir was selected over groups from all around the world, including Trinidad, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe, Estonia, Czech Republic, Philippines, England, Finland and fellow Californian choirs.

“For me, it’s like winning the Super Bowl,” Talberg said. “Only perhaps even more thrilling.”

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Is My Chemical Romance okay?

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Flag waving while displaying the date 9/23/16 — the date dropped in MCR’s viral video posted Wednesday morning.

Three years after separating, the band throws fans into a frenzy with murky social media message.

By Micayla Vermeeren Editor in Chief

It only took 36 seconds for the earth beneath My Chemical Romance fans

to shake on Wednesday morning.

The alternative pop rock band, known for garnering a cult-like following between forming in 2001 and separating in 2013, released a vague, but discussion-inspiring video across social media platforms just before 11 a.m.

In the video, a white flag printed with a decorative black cross waves in time to the musical introduction from “Welcome to the Black Parade,” MCR’s 2006 hit radio single. The last frames of the video fade to reveal “9/23/16” in the center of the screen.

No announcement came along with the video, leaving viewers to speculate what the date could mean. Reunion rumors have already run rampant throughout the fanbase – especially because the ten year anniversary of “Welcome to the Black Parade” being released falls exactly a month after the date in the video.

Whether a full reunion, anniversary tour, surprise musical release or other awaits the world of music in September, it’s safe to say MCR fans will be hanging on any and all status updates from here on out.

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[Above] MCR frontman Gerard Way sings on the floor of the stage. [Below] My Chemical Romance performing at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England on November 2007, during their The Black Parade World Tour.

The good times roll through downtown Comedy and art show comes to MADE.

By Krista Brooks Contributing writer

Local artists and comedians will join forces in a Long Beach pop-up shop to showcase some of the city’s many creative citizens this Saturday.

MADE’s Long Beach location will host a comedy and art show downtown called “Let the Good Times Roll,” as well as a book signing from children’s book author Gary Favello.

The book signing will begin at 10 a.m. and a meet and greet with some of the featured artists will begin an hour before the 8 p.m. comedy show.

Los Angeles area stand up comedian Scott Luhrs will host the event with co-creators Lisa Chanoux and Jorge Mujica.

The event features comedians Nate Craig of “Last Comic Standing” and Kevin Camia, who has been featured on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham.”

Other performers include Madison Shepard, Haley Driscoll, Steve Hernandez and Richard Bain.

Art installations will continue until July 31, with displays by various Long

Beach artists. Featured artists include Venice Institute of Contemporary Art graduate Juri Koll, Art Institute of Chicago graduate Roxanna Martinez, Miles Lewis of Valley Print Studio, as well as local artists Ed Brescia, Sam Scharf, Jonathan DeDecker and Mujica.

“Let the Good Times Roll” has a $15 admission fee that will be redistributed to the comedians and artists contributing to the event.

MADE is located downtown at 240 Pine Ave. in Long Beach. The venue is a pop-up shop, equivalent to a real life ETSY. The shop’s inventory includes art, DIY creations and products manufactured by local artists from the city.

The store was opened in 2015 as a partnership with downtown-based Localism, Inc, a campaign that connects and empowers locally-owned merchants and community organizations.

Funds from the comedy portion of the evening will support the local artists and the store, which has over 120 local contributors. The organization also supports the Pow! Wow! Long Beach movement of pop-up murals around the city, and encourages locals to vote and be an active part of the community.

This Saturday will be a laugh with Long Beach patrons and neighbors, so come down at any point in the day to rub shoulders with the community.

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MADE employee gears up to ride the stores “Welcome to Long Beach” cargo bike and hand out half off vouchers for the “Let the Good Times Roll” event.

6 Opinions Bringing an augmented reality to ours

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hen I first downloaded the new, and now unbelievably popular, mobile game Pokemon Go, it was my day off and I thought, “If there aren’t any pokemon directly in my house I can catch, I guess I’m not catching any today.” I wanted to do two things and two things only — lay on my couch and scroll through my social network feeds.

However, Pokemon Go didn’t allow me this luxury. The game instead made me do what my responsibilities as an adult can’t even make me do at times — get off my sofa and leave my house.

The mobile game is bringing augmented reality to reality, and it’s the coolest thing ever.

For those unaware of what playing the game entails, the guidelines are simple: go

out and track down some adorable Japanese monsters using your smartphone.

Once you’ve encountered a Pokemon on the app’s map, you simply tap on it — this is where the Augmented Reality view kicks in.

The Pokemon appears on your screen, overlaid on the camera’s view of your real world location. Now, as a Pokemon trainer, your job is to swipe up in order to throw a virtual pokeball and catch whichever pocket-monster is in sight.

You may have to roam around the area you’re in for a few minutes, but eventually you’ll find some friendly characters which you’ll have to “catch.” In my case, I was roaming around my neighborhood in hopes of finding Squirtle.

Catching a Pokemon while playing is a fun and surprisingly rewarding moment.

A passerby had noticed how I was pointing my phone in a direction where there was virtually nothing and asked, “Who’d you catch, bro?”

The fact that a stranger approached me, already knowing what I was up to, caught me off guard. It’s when I first realized this game has people doing something so many baby-boomers complain about this generation not doing enough

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people into downloading the game — not only serious gamers or die hard Pokefans.

According to a survey conducted by research firm MFour, minorities have shown serious interest in the game.

Thirty-four percent of survey respondents said they had never played a Pokemon game before downloading Pokemon Go. For 49% of African-American, 40% of Latino and 47% of female surveyees, Pokemon Go is their first Pokemon game.

So not only are these Poke-functions bringing people together, they are bringing a diverse array of people closer to one another.

Scrolling through my social media timeline and coming across a picture of police officers cheerfully looking for Pokemon alongside average citizens is heartwarming. This is exactly the kind of thing I want to see — especially after all of the police malfeasance that we have witnessed as a nation this year, alone.

Pokemon Go is not only getting people out of their houses and having them catch colorful virtual-creatures, the game is helping bring people together. Let’s enjoy this impressive, and peaceful, phenomenon for as long as we can.

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sonal experience stories online describing “meetup” events where herds of people gather, smartphones in hand, ready to catch whichever Pokemon they can.

Are these folk gathering for a great cause? Maybe not, but the fact that they’re coming together is still noteworthy. People are assembling — talking to each other, befriending one another. Although the reason they are doing so may be a bit laughable, peaceful gatherings are popping up across the world because of this game and it’s a great thing.

One Reddit user, who goes by the username TheBirdCop, shared his experience of going to a Pokemon Go gathering on one of the “biggest party campuses.” The user states there were “herds of people of all types out in the streets yelling out what Pokemon were where. There were hundreds of people outside the bars. More outside than in!”

Moreover, the user added: “I watched people who would never interact with each other strike up friendships. I saw old and young people comparing what they had caught, people out on dates, people coming out of the bars to catch something then go back in.”

Pokemon Go has attracted all kinds of

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— communicating and networking, in person.

Pokemon Go delivers a digital world successfully overlaying ours. The game has quickly become one of the most successful mobile apps of all time. Just to put things into perspective, the game has been downloaded over 30 million times on iOS and Android devices, according to mobile app marketing intelligence website Sensor Tower. Not to mention, the game is predicted to exceed Twitter in daily active users, as told by Forbes.

No video game — on any platform — has initiated the kind of global conversation on social media that Pokemon Go has. Yes, there are many who are completely annoyed of the game’s popularity as of now. However, there are millions worldwide embracing this video game phenomenon and are coming together to “catch ‘em all.”

Recently, Millennium Park in Chicago hosted a Pokemon Go “meetup” where 5,000 attendees gathered to play the game. Central Park in New York City is quoted to be “overrun” with people searching for Pokemon on the daily, according to an article by Sports Illustrated.

Not to mention, there are plenty of per-

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Youth adventure at 49er Camp

By Matthew Simon Sports Editor

With a splash of fun, 49er Camp provides children from five to 13 years old with a getaway during the summer before heading back to school in the fall.

While the objective of 49er Camp is to provide each child with increased physical fitness, written evaluations

and fitness profiles, the children also learn to interact with their fellow campers.

The camp’s Session 2 got started on Monday and will last until August 12.

Throughout the second session, children will be instructed in various activities such as archery, basketball, bowling, swimming and soccer.

Along with learning new sports, children are exposed to a college atmosphere.

Along with swimming, youth are also able to learn bow to use a bow and arrow at an archery station.

Camp goers are able to compete against each other while at 49er camps. Here a boy takes a shot at goal.

Along with competing against each other, campers are able to socialize with each other. These campers gather while practicing their swimming.

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Dan Ricabal hired as pitching coach for LBSU Coach Troy Buckley hires Ricabal as his pitching coach.

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On Friday, Long Beach State baseball head coach Troy Buckley announced Dan Ricabal has been hired to his coaching staff.

Ricabal comes to LBSU after spending the last five seasons at Loyola Marymount University as assistant coach overseeing pitchers. At LMU, he saw success as the Lions’ pitching staff was in the Top-10 in ERA each year.

“We are excited to have Danny join our staff,” Buckley said in the press release announcing the hire. “He has outstanding roots in both in professional and collegiate baseball and has a great feel for what it takes to be successful on the West Coast. He will be a great additive and fit for our culture and will have an immediate impact on our pitching staff and program.”

Ricabal will take over after Mike Steele, Dirtbags former pitching coach, left LBSU to take the pitching coach job at Wichita State.

Along with replacing Steele, the former assistant coach at LMU will have his work cut out for him after LBSU saw three of its top pitchers head to the MLB in recent signings over the last month.

Those pitching departures are headlined by Chris Mathewson (Dodgers) and Austin McGeorge (Mets).

Mathewson was the Dirtbags’ No. 1 starter his sophomore year after winning Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year in 2015.

McGeorge was LBSU’s top relief pitcher with a 1.02 ERA in 53 innings pitched. The righty was also third on the team with 76 strikeouts.

While McGeorge’s departure isn’t too big of a surprise after being drafted in the seventh round, Mathewson leaving is after he was picked up in the 19th round. Ricabal will have to work hard to develop a pitching staff that is suddenly full of inexperience.

The team will lean heavily on Dar-

ren McCaughan, Big West Pitcher of the Year, who had a breakout year going 10-1 while leading the conference with a 1.98 ERA. Along with McCaughan, Chris Rivera will also need to step up after leading the team in saves in 2016. Rivera was solid for the Dirtbags leading the Big West with 13 saves as a freshman.

Although the Dirtbags had some quality arms depart, Ricabal’s quick hire will give him plenty of time to work with returning and new pitchers this summer and fall before the season starts.

If there’s one guarantee before the season starts; it’s that the Dirtbags will have a new look when the pitchers’ take the mound.

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LBSU’s Bryce Yould (15) and Kyle Ensing (5) reach to block a shot from UCI outside hitter Kyle Russell (15).

Ensing and Tauniga lead USA Duo of 49ers lead USA Junior National Volleyball Team to win.

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Long Beach State’s Josh Tuaniga (10) passes the ball against Lewis in the Walter Pyramid.

Following solid freshman seasons, Kyle Ensing and Josh Tuaniga added to their resumes after helping guide the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team to victory in the 2016 NORCEA U-21 Continental Championship July 10.

Competing in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada the duo pushed the USA to a 4-0 record after dropping only one set against Cuba in the finals.

Before advancing to the finals, the USA went undefeated in Group A, beating Barbados and St. Vincent. In the semifinals, the USA defeated host Canada in straight sets.

Tuaniga was a catalyst for the American team victory and was named the tournament’s MVP and Best Setter. In the final match, Tuaniga was dishing out assists as his USA and LBSU teammates tallied 15 kills on the day.

In the final, Ensing also tallied four blocks and seven digs. The pair’s performance led the USA to a 25-17, 29-27, 19-25, 25-22 win against Cuba.

Along with the team’s solid performance, Tuaniga had a memorable game in the semifinal against Canada after serving 14 consecutive points.

“I think that was the first time I have ever done that, that was crazy,” Tuaniga said in press release after the performance. “I’ve done maybe 10, at most. Fourteen was a rough one.”

Overall, the duo got crucial experience that will help LBSU when the two return to the 49ers for their sophomore season.

Long Beach State grants Travis Hammonds full release allowing him to transfer to another college.

By Matthew Simon Sports Editor

On Tuesday, Long Beach State basketball coach Dan Monson confirmed that Travis Hammonds, guard/forward and the Big West Sixth Man of the Year, has been granted full release giving him the ability to transfer to another college.

“Travis and I have met and decided it is best for the program and himself to pursue other options,” Monson said in a statement. “We wish him well.”

The release will add another chapter to Hammonds’ story after coming to Long Beach after growing up in the housing projects in Columbia, South Carolina.

After being guided to LBSU midway through the season by Monson in 2013, Hammonds will be on the move again. The to-be senior was suspended indefinitely suspended for a violation of team rules in 2014, though it is unclear if the incident is off-thecourt related.

On the court, Hammonds was a force behind the arc and defensively, averaging 10.1 points and 4.6 rebounds last season.

While the move will be another test for Hammonds, it will also be a test for the 49ers which will now have to replace two of their three scorers in Nick Faust and Hammonds.

LBSU will rely heavily on junior Justin Bibbins and hope for some production from the incoming class.