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Diversions Sports The circus comes All 49ers doubles final to the Beach. played Monday. Page 6 Page 8 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH Daily 49er Vol. LIX, Issue 283 www.Daily49er.com Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Monson’s contract extension yields 89 percent pay raise Men’s basketball the Year award; $5,000 for an invita- head coach’s new tion to the National Invitation Tour- nament; and $15,000 for a Big West deal puts him near Tournament championship resulting the top earners in in an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Big West Conference. The contract also includes a clause that will require Monson to pay the university a buyout if he voluntarily leaves before the completion of the BY TRACY MCDANNALD third year: Assistant Sports Editor Before completion of Year 1: $150,000 Before completion of Year 2: $100,000 Long Beach State men’s basketball Before completion of Year 3: head coach Dan Monson will earn a $50,000 $281,004 base salary this season — After the third year, there will be approXimately an 89 percent pay raise no buyout obligation. JENNA SKARZENSKI | DAILY 49ER from last season — according to the “I think for players to make a four- contract obtained Monday. year commitment to a university they Monson, who want to know what Dance out loud inked a three-year the commitment is in contract eXtension return for their side,” Roy Ruiz, freshman, and Dennis Trejo, junior, salsa dance during the “Out, Loud and Proud with WKDW ZDV ¿QDOL]HG Monson told the Dai- K-Beach” event. There was plenty of dance music and several speakers from LGBT and Queer Ink Sept. 14, is signed ly 49er last month. addressing the stage, promoting togetherness and expression. through the 2015-16 “Players are very season with a 5 per- skeptical these days cent salary increase about signing and not every season. knowing the coach’s 7KHHUV¿QLVKHG future. On-campus resources provide help 17-16 and lost to UC “It doesn’t matter Santa Barbara in the that [my family] loved Big West Confer- it here and wanted to for struggling LGBTQ students ence championship stay here if the ad- game last season. ministration doesn’t “When you have Dan Monson feel the same way. To Project OCEAN is an emergency assistance network that helps those good coaches, you see that they feel the who are contemplating suicide. have to maintain that continuity,” ath- same way back and give you a [three- letic director Vic Cegles said Monday. year] eXtension — meaning they want “I thought we had a good season and you to stay here and keep doing what youth, LGBTQ organizations at Cal having sex with another man on the wanted to make sure the future was you’re doing — is a very gratifying BY VIOLET BANKS State Long Beach, like Queer Ink and Internet. VROLGL¿HG feeling.” Contributing Writer Queer-Straight Alliance, informed Matt Cabrera, coordinator of Stu- “When you have good people, you Last year, Monson earned $148,464. students on available resources. dent Life and Development on cam- have to recruit them and pay them.” In comparison, UC Santa Barbara Many newspapers recently reported pus, said, “Things like this are tragic Contract bonuses include, but are head coach Bob Williams, who was After an increase in reported sui- on Rutgers University freshman Tyler not limited to: $5,000 for a Big West cides and bullying of lesbian, gay, bi- Clementi, who killed himself after his regular-season title or co-champion- seXual, transgender and questioning roommate broadcasted a video of him See LGBTQ, Page 2 ship; $5,000 for a Big West Coach of See MONSON, Page 7 Students to cheer on marathon runners The Long Beach ners and things like that in support personally have not been involved Marathon is of them.” in anything like this before, so I’m expected to attract The Long Beach Marathon will really eXcited to see the turnout.” take runners in a loop from down- Nelson said the club is planning about 8,000 town near the Aquarium of the Pa- on setting up a table to accept do- NOAH KELLY | DAILY 49ER runners through FL¿FHDVWWKURXJK%HOPRQW6KRUH nations for rebuilding schools in A sign pictured on the corner of Anaheim Street and Bryant Road. up through the university and back northern Uganda. the CSULB campus downtown. Miles 17 to 20 will take “I eXpect the atmosphere to be Sunday. the runners through the CSULB really energetic, especially with all campus, from Atherton Street to the organizations participating,” Resident parking still denied Palo Verde Avenue, eventually Nelson said. “I think it’s really cutting across campus at Merriam awesome that the runners get to go Signs labeled “Resident Parking Only” have been BY ALEXANDRA BAIRD Assistant City Editor Way. through campus.” spotted near a shopping mall, among other places. This year’s race is eXpected to Beach Pride is an Associated draw about 8,000 runners and tens Students, Inc. program that is of thousands of spectators. The funded through student fees. It BY KELSEY WEHSELS almost a mile from campus. Cal State Long Beach students event is known as one of the most runs school spirit programs like the Staff Writer “We will probably take them down this will cheer on thousands of people VFHQLF ² DQG ÀDW ² PDUDWKRQ cheer team, the school mascot and week,” said Mark Rudometkin, associate who will be running through cam- courses. %HDFK3DWURO,WVRI¿FHLVORFDWHGLQ director of Parking and Transportation pus during the Long Beach Mara- Student organizations plan to not the University Student Union. At the beginning of the seventh week of Services. “We have received complaints thon Sunday. only cheer, but use the time to re- Students who want to cheer on classes at Cal State Long Beach, parking from that community in particular, so we “Anyone is welcome to come cruit and have fun. the marathon runners can meet at in the surrounding community is still an kept the signs up.” cheer,” said Nikita Rambaran, re- “We have planned to just be very the Beach Pride Center at 7:30 a.m. issue. Although the signs read “Resident ceptionist at the Beach Pride Cen- supportive and make a lot of signs,” Sunday. After the runners make Signs labeled “Resident Parking Only” Parking Only,” one has been placed by a ter. “We have clubs and organiza- said Kaitlyn Nelson, a junior psy- their way through campus, students are still being spotted at the corner of El tions from our campus come and chology major and president of the will be treated to food, entertain- Jardin Street and East Anaheim Road — See PARKING, Page 2 set up tents and water for the run- Invisible Children United club. “I ment and prizes at the wrap party. 2 News Tuesday, October 12, 2010 www.Daily49er.com [email protected] ARKING metkin, who explained he jurisdiction posting those he did receive from resi- Correction P understood that students signs there,” Mulvihill said. dents were cordial and ASI Updates Continued from parking in a shopping “I know someone who was polite. Due to an editing Page 1 center is irrelevant to tempted to back into a sign While some residents error, Jeff Baer was resident parking. and knock it over in order to seem bothered, some are BY KASIA HALL misquoted. He said, shopping center on While residents are make room for parking.” not fazed by the sign, nor “Research has found Staff Writer Studebaker Road. happy with the placement Mulvihill said he no- students parking down that a hostile school According to Rudo- of the signs, merchants in ticed the parking lot the streets. climate is linked to CSULB vying for more voters than Fullerton metkin, the residents also the local area are not. Tom in the shopping center “I don’t have any prob- emotional distress, As of Wednesday, Cal State Long Beach was putting up a complained about stu- Mulvihill, who works at ease up more, especially lems,” said Linda Quach, depression, anxiety ¿JKWLQWKHFRPSHWLWLRQDJDLQVW&DO6WDWH)XOOHUWRQWRUHJLVWHU dents parking in the shop- Delightful Crepes Café within the last week and a resident on El Jardin and suicidality.” student voters for the November election. ping center, so CSULB on Studebaker Road, dis- a half. Street. Baer said suicid- The competition began slowly with 300 CSULB students put up signs to warn stu- agrees with the sign’s loca- Rudometkin said the 7KH'DLO\HU¿UVWUH- ality encompasses registered and more than 650 students for CSUF. However, dents. tion. university did not hear ported the signs Sept. 2, all suicidal behavior, CSULB is catching up with 955 registered students compared “We’re trying to reach “The university is out of any complaints from but the university plans whether it is thoughts to the 1,100 registered at CSUF. Still, Associated Students, out to the concerned bounds posting [the signs] businesses on Studebaker on taking them down or attempts. Inc.’s initial goal was to register 4,000 voters. community,” said Rudo- there. It is beyond their Road, and the complaints sometime this week. ASI Chief of Staff Austin Metoyer attributed the success to recent trips to the dorms, where 30 students decided to reg- ister. ASI plans to continue their events at the southwest terrace is the LGBT Task Force. Accord- that’s a big [sign].” In other instances, the person’s LGBTQ of the University Student Union and the Student Recreation ing to Dr. Kirstyn Chun, chair of According to psychcentral. actions are revealing. They may Continued from Page 1 and Wellness Center.