Daily Dirtbags drop finale Long Beach State takes two out of three in series with UC Santa Barbara. Page 8 Vol. LIX, Issue 236 www.daily49er.com Monday, April 26, 2010 See Corporate, Page 2 Fog 49er 6 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y High Low 67 57 Tomorrow’s Forecast High 67 Low 55 Today’s Weather Cal State Long Beach’s first-ever Corporate Corruption Week will feature lectures from guest speakers who will speak on how corporatism has affected democracy in the United States. Students United 4 Justice, in collaboration with the Sociology Student Association, will be presenting a series of events and lectures from April 27-29. Michael Lozano, a senior sociology major, said students need to learn how to live without giving corporations more power. He hopes students learn the influence of corporations in everyday life and why students should change this. “We are organizing the weeklong event to show that we can resist the corporatism of everyday life, which has affected our democracy, environment, standards of living and individual minds,” Lozano said. Wayne Taylor, co-director of Reclaiming Democracy of Orange County at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, said this event is a tremendous opportunity to learn about the ongoing corporate takeover of our laws, political institutions and media. “I am heartened that the students and community of CSULB are firing up to fight back for our rights as human citizens,” Taylor said. “I want to be a part of this, so I have volunteered to speak about how we got to this state of corporate domination, and how we can remedy this precarious situation.” Taylor will speak on Tuesday to students about the power of corporations to buy out politicians and discuss possible solutions to prevent this. Taylor will present, “The Corporation,” a movie that explores the rise of corporations and corporations’ status as a person. Gary Hytrek, an associate professor of sociology at CSULB, said he hopes A 27-year-old transgender student at Cal State Long Beach reported he was assaulted in a university restroom at 9:30 p.m. on April 15. The student said he was approached by a suspect in a restroom located on the west side of the KKJZ building. According to a press release, “the suspect called the student by his first name, and the student responded. The student reported the suspect then pulled the student’s Tshirt up and over the student’s head and pushed him back into the stall. The suspect then used a sharp object to slash the student’s chest. The suspect then fled the area in an unknown direction of travel.” According to CSULB Director Of Media Relations Richard Gloady, “no one has been arrested.” University Police believe this was an isolated incident and that there is no additional threat to the campus community. “All manners are being handled through our public affairs office,” said University Police Captain Fernando Solorzano. Public Affairs Assistant Vice President Toni Beron was unable to be reached for comment. O f f i c e r s are investigating the case and ask that a n y o n e who has information regarding the case contact Det. Johnny Leyva at 562-985-4101. Brian Cuaron contributed to this article. Assault on transgender CSULB student By David Cowan City Editor Jenna Skarzenski / Daily 49er 49ers host Big West tournament Head coach Gavin Arroyo, middle, and the Long Beach State women’s water polo team hosted the Big West Conference tournament at the 49er Campus Pool over the weekend. The 49ers (8-21) fell to UC Santa Barbara in their first-round match on Friday before dropping the fifth-place consolation game on Sunday. See page 8 for the story. ‘Corporate Corruption Week’ By Jocelyn Gomez Contributing Writer Campus organization spreads awareness of how corporate corruption can function in society and how to prevent it from happening Suspect description: M/W, 20s, 5’09-5’10, thin build, dark hair, light complexion 2 Monday, April 26, 2010 [email protected] gmail.com TUN_CSULB_Daily49er_3x8_OL.indd 1 4/14/2010 3:37:33 PM students realize how much power corporations have in decision making and how important their active participation is to make corporate leaders accountable for their mistakes. “Corporate leaders and their political supporters play a major role in the decision making process, often with little public scrutiny or input,” Hytrek said. Taylor hopes students who attend the event will learn how they can give back power to the people and workers. “We need a student movement now,” he said. The event will also feature testimonials from workers from Long Beach and Los Angeles area hotels who will talk about their experience in the hotel, earning wages below the poverty level and the intimidation they feel when they try to organize other workers to unionize. These speakers include Angela Reid, a worker of the Hilton hotel and union organizer of UNITE-HERE Local 11 who will talk about the importance of unions. Ben Leonen and Martina Santiago, workers from the Long Beach Hyatt and Long Beach Hilton, will also talk about the working conditions of the hospitality industry in Long Beach. “Many people recognize the corporatism of everyday life as a problem, but few here respond,” Lozano said. “So what we’re doing is providing solutions.” There will also be a mock funeral for democracy on Wednesday in between parking lot 3 and the Health and Human Services building 1 at noon. Also on Wednesday at 5 p.m., the panel discussion “Hotel Worker Stories” about the struggle of local workers to unionize will be held at LA-5, room 159. Corporate Corruption week concludes Thursday with the film “Crude” about gasoline manufacturer Chevron’s involvement in Ecuador and with a speaker from the Crude Campaign. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at LA-5, room 250. Corporate Continued from Page 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. (MCT) — Fifty years ago this month, California promised a low-cost, high-quality university education for every qualified high school graduate in the state. But that promise — inflated by growing populations and academic aspirations — expanded beyond the state’s willingness to pay for it. How did the university system that was long the envy of the world suddenly become the focus of angry street protests, overcrowded classrooms, soaring tuition and a monumental debate over whether the state can ever make good again on its groundbreaking mission? While the recession turned a slow-brewing problem into an instant crisis, a San Jose Mercury News analysis of California’s mess in higher education reveals that many factors drove the inevitable and ugly collision between the university system’s ambitious and uncoordinated growth and the state’s declining ability and desire to pay for it. Among the most critical: —Plummeting state support: While the state paid about 90 percent of a student’s education 40 years ago, it now pays 69 percent for CSU students and 62 percent for those in the UC system. —Continued expansion: In the past eight years, despite declining state support, UC added a new campus, seven new schools and at least 45 new programs. Cal State added a campus, many new science centers, and a Ph.D. program. —Little coordination: While university systems in several other states must seek approval for spending and expansion plans, there is no oversight body in California with the formal authority to play such a role. UC and Cal State are often self-advocates with competing interests, instead of partners who share and coordinate the state’s higher education needs, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. In April 1960, when California first made its higher-education promise, educators faced children of World War II GIs craved college degrees. There was no tax-limiting Proposition 13, and the state was flush with cash from rising house prices. Demands on the state’s pension, prison, welfare and health care systems were modest. Well-funded high schools were predominantly graduating white, middle-class kids prepared for college. And so the state produced the Master Plan for Higher Education, which promised low fees and easy access to a well-defined network of campuses. The student population has nearly tripled since the creation of the Master Plan — and students are far less college-ready. Yet the share of the state budget going to universities has fallen from 13.4 percent in 1967 to 5.7 percent this year. UC is predicted to hike fees 15 percent a year for the next two years, then 7 percent annually in subsequent years, on top of this year’s 30 percent rise. CSU may feel forced to do the same. Despite unstable state support, the 10 UC and 23 Cal State campuses were slow to contract. Much of their budget is tied up in labor costs, protected by union agreements. Some construction — seismic updating and disability compliance — is essential. Other growth is necessary because of new fields of scientific study and their high-tech improvements. Meanwhile costly new programs and professional schools that boost prestige are still being planned. CSU now offers a doctoral degree in education at seven campuses, including both Cal State East Bay and San Francisco State — only 27 miles apart. Cal State also wants to offer nursing doctorates. This means that Cal State needs money to do what UC is already doing. -Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News Calif.’s university system: What went wrong? Students listen to a lecture during a General Chemistry section at San Jose State University in San Jose, California, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The course is what’s known as a “bottleneck” class, meaning that it’s a prerequisite for many of the courses that are required for a wide range of majors. Fifty years after the so-called ‘master plan’ was created by the state legislature to guarantee a college education to every California high school graduate, the campuses are coping with shrinking funding. (Pauline Lubens/San Jose Mercury News/MCT) World in Brief 3 [email protected] www.daily49er.com Monday, April 26, 2010 WASHINGTON (MCT) — Two of President Obama’s top remaining domestic policy initiatives — energy and immigration — appeared on the brink of collapse on Saturday, after a Republican senator at the center of both efforts threatened to jump ship in a dispute with Democrats over timing. Sens. John F. Kerry, DMass., and Joe Lieberman, Independent Democrat-Conn., said Saturday afternoon that they would postpone the introduction of their long-anticipated energy and climate bill, which they had planned to roll out on Monday. The announcement came after their third partner, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, abruptly pulled out of the effort — at least temporarily. Graham was irate that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., unexpectedly told fellow Democrats this week that he planned to move an immigration bill in the Senate before the climate bill, a move widely seen as a nod to Latino voters who could make or break Reid’s re-election bid, and which Graham said would cripple the energy bill’s chances. In a scathing letter on Saturday, Graham blasted Reid and the Obama administration for putting “partisan, political objectives” ahead of the energy bill, and he warned that “Moving forward on immigration — in this hurried, panicked manner —is nothing more than a cynical political ploy.” Graham said he would reengage on the energy bill if Reid backed off his plan to move immigration first. Reid did not directly commit either way, issuing a statement saying immigration and energy “are equally vital to our economic and national security.” Losing Graham’s support could effectively doom both issues this year. Along with months of work with Kerry and Lieberman on the climate bill, Graham has partnered with Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., to draft an immigration bill. Republican votes are essential to pass either measure, and Graham was widely seen as a White House beachhead in a GOP caucus that has widely opposed Obama’s initiatives. The Senate calendar is already strained in the wake of the marathon health-care debate. With midterm elections looming, few analysts expect the Senate to accomplish much after July. Once a climate bill is introduced, its drafters had planned to send it to the Congressional Budget Office and the Environmental Protection Agency to model its effects on the federal budget, the American economy and the environment — a process that is expected to last more than a month. Only after those analyses come back could a bill move toward a vote. Schumer and Graham do not appear close to producing an immigration bill or lining up the votes for one. But Kerry, Graham and Lieberman had scheduled a morning press conference on Monday to announce their plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions and spur domestic energy production. A host of environmental and business leaders were set to fly in to flank them. Kerry postponed the announcement in a press release, saying he and Lieberman “deeply regret that (Graham) feels immigration politics have gotten in the way and for now prevent him from being engaged in the way he intended... . Joe and I will continue to work together and are hopeful that Lindsey will rejoin us once the politics of immigration are resolved.” The White House appealed for calm, with Obama’s top climate advisor, Carol Browner, saying Obama still supports a bipartisan push on both immigration and energy. “We have an historic opportunity” on climate, Browner said, adding: “We’re determined to see it happen this year, and we encourage the Senators to continue their important work on behalf of the country and not walk away from the progress that’s already been made.” -Jim Tankersley, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (MCT) — Unable or unwilling to do it himself, President Barack Obama this week launches a bipartisan commission that’s charged with finding a way to slash the government’s skyrocketing budget deficits. Everyone agrees that something has to be done. The hard part? Agreeing on what to do. Tax the rich? That appeals to liberals, but Obama’s already pushed through or proposed more than $1.1 trillion in tax increases over the next decade, many on those who make more than $200,000 a year. Getting more will be difficult. Reduce spending? Sounds good at tea party rallies, but Congress couldn’t agree on $9 billion to cut in order to pay for extending jobless benefits, and experts say it would take much deeper reductions in popular programs such as Medicare and Social Security to make a significant dent. That’s equally daunting. Thus, the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform faces no easy task when it holds its first meeting on Tuesday, searching for a bipartisan consensus on ways to reduce the deficit to within 3 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2015. Under Obama’s proposed budget, this year’s deficit is projected to reach $1.5 trillion, or 10.3 percent of the GDP, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It’s expected to decrease slightly to $1.3 trillion next year, or 8.9 percent of the GDP, and to 4 percent of the GDP by 2014. The CBO says it will resume rising again after that, however. Obama is asking the commission to recommend by Dec. 1 ways to cut deficits further, trying to ensure that any plan is bipartisan by requiring that 14 of the 18 members agree on any recommendation. “It’s unlikely they’re going to come up with a plan that will get 14 out of 18 votes,” said Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, an anti-deficit group. “It’s quite an uphill climb, but worth taking a shot.” TAXES Taxes would have to rise by nearly 40 percent in order to reduce the deficit to the target level, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. If applied uniformly across the board, the lowest marginal tax rate would jump from 10 percent to 14 percent and the top rate from 35 to 48 percent. If applied only to individuals who make more than $200,000 a year and couples who earn more than $250,000, the top rate would have to jump to nearly 77 percent. VALUE ADDED TAX Some economists propose a national version of a sales tax, or value added tax, akin to those levied in Europe. White House aides say that Obama isn’t even thinking about a value added tax, but the president himself hasn’t ruled it out. “That is something that has worked for some countries. It’s something that would be novel for the United States,” he said last week on CNBC. “Before, you know, I start saying, ‘This makes sense or that makes sense,’ I want to get a better picture of what our options are.” CUT SPENDING Obama already has proposed freezing “nonsecurity” discretionary spending for three years. That covers all federal programs except defense, homeland security, veterans and entitlements. The commission could propose extending that freeze or even reducing spending on those programs. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, last week proposed cuts including the Pell Grant program, which Obama likes. SOCIAL SECURITY The panel could propose raising taxes on Social Security. A Reagan-era commission pushed through an increase in the payroll tax paid by employees and employers, which is now at 6.2 percent of income. It could be increased again. Also, the tax now stops on income above $106,800, a ceiling that rises each year. The government could raise the cap higher to get more taxes or lift it altogether. Or the government could raise the retirement age, to delay when people would collect full benefits. MEDICARE Another possibility is increasing the Medicare tax. However, the newly enacted health care law already raises Medicare taxes for individuals who earn more than $200,000 and couples who make more than $250,000. That tax increase, part of the $438 billion in health care tax increases over 10 years, is to finance new health benefits for the uninsured, not to reduce the deficit. PUMP UP THE ECONOMY One option is for the economy to grow so fast that it produces a flood of tax revenue. However, “recent fiscal history offers little basis for that view,” concluded a report from the National Academy of Public Administration and the National Research Council. The big problem: The labor force isn’t growing as much as it used to, and adding more workers is key to economic growth. LET IN MORE IMMIGRANTS Some suggest letting in more immigrants to help pay for the growing burden of such programs as Social Security. “The effect is so modest that even if immigration doubled or tripled from the current rate, it would make only a small long-term contribution to incomes and therefore to federal revenues,” said the National Academy of Public Administration and the National Research Council. SPUR INFLATION Inflation after World War II helped cut the cost of the war debt, which reached an astronomical 109 percent of the GDP. Other factors helped too, though, including a jump in the labor force thanks to returning GIs, and a booming economy. But rising inflation wouldn’t solve the problem. Much of the federal government’s debt is short term, meaning it must be paid off before inflation could devalue it, or it’s indexed to rise with inflation. -Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON (MCT) — Shirley Mae Almer’s family thought she’d died of pneumonia; at least that’s what the death certificate said. Two weeks later, when the salmonella outbreak in peanut products made headlines, her children learned what was really behind the 72-year-old woman’s deteriorating health: a piece of toast slathered with contaminated peanut butter. Since her death in December 2008, her son, Jeff, 47, of Savage, Minn., has taken up the cause of lobbying for more stringent food standards. “It’s to make my mother’s death have a little more meaning than just being another statistic,” he said. A food safety bill that’s expected to reach the Senate floor this week would update rules that have governed the Food and Drug Administration for more than four decades and enhance the administration’s enforcement authority. Each year, 300,000 Americans are hospitalized and 5,000 die from food contamination, according to a Health and Human Services Department report that was released this month. While the number of food facilities has increased, the percentage of inspections has decreased, to 22 percent in fiscal year 2008 from 29 percent in 2004. The bill proposes to give the FDA more enforcement authority, including the power to issue food recalls. Jaydee Hanson, a policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit group that advocates safer food-production technologies, said it was a “joke the FDA has had to beg” the Peanut Corporation of America for a recall, even after knowing that salmonella was present in a facility. The FDA has little authority to issue punitive actions. For example, one food facility was closed only after it failed seven inspections within six years. “I don’t think (the FDA) is doing a very good job right now, quite frankly,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said in a conference call with reporters. “They’re not empowered to do so by law.” The lack of FDA oversight stems in part from staff cuts in recent years. In 2003, the agency employed 3,167 full-time field staffers. That number dropped 19 percent to 2,569 by 2007, the most recent year for which figures were available. The bill proposes to increase the FDA’s staff to 3,800 during the current fiscal year and expand its food safety budget by 25 percent, from $662 million in fiscal year 2009 to $825 million in 2010. Deborah Stockton, the executive director of the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association, argued that the bill would grant the FDA too much authority. “The way it’s written, it essentially gives the FDA the ability to go into any farm and tell people how to run their farms, which is inappropriate,” she said. Stockton advocates direct farmer-to-consumer transactions, such as local farmers markets, instead. “We believe in 100 percent accountability,” she said. “We believe food safety is not going to be improved by the number of pieces of paper you will generate.” But for Pat Mullen, whose 17-year-old son almost died 14 years ago from E. coli, more needs to be done. Though the E. coli that her son, Steven, ingested was never traced to its source, Mullen said the incident had changed her family’s eating habits. “To not ensure everyone is safe is horrible for a country as rich as ours,” said the 50-yearold Mullen, of Encinitas, Calif. “It’s extremely frustrating. You feel hopeless. I’m so fortunate I didn’t lose my son.” -Alice Truong, Medill News Service Planned introduction of bipartisan energy, climate bill on hold Choices considered for budget deficit Senate bill would beef up FDA after food sickens many Alexandra Peterson 4 Opinions Monday, April 26, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] Daily 49er Joanne Tucker Editor in Chief [email protected] (562) 985-7998 Diversions Editor Asst. Diversions Editor Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Design Director Asst. 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The organization deserves praise for tackling an issue so many people shy away from. Year after year, the MSA has presented a position that lacks legitimate representation in this country. We’re not saying that the MSA is perfect. It, like other student organizations, is far from that. What we are saying is that maybe the MSA shouldn’t be the only student organization involved in Palestine Awareness Week. Rabbi Drew Kaplan from Socal Jewish Student Services celebrated Israel’s 62nd anniversary with Beach Hillel last week. Appropriately, the anniversary coincided with Palestine Awareness Week. Kudos to Beach Hillel for being out there as well. Thier presence opened up dialogue regarding the issue. Kaplan was quoted by the Daily 49er as saying, “They just absorb it. Some students were bothered by it and then talked to us; they wanted both sides of the story. It’s good that this is on a college campus where both sides are represented.” Rabbi Kaplan was of course referring to a replica of the governmental security barrier that separates historic Palestine into the Palestinian territories — the West Bank and Gaza Strip — and the state of Israel. This replica, which has been presented at university campuses across Southern California adorned with information regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was presented near our very own Friendship Walk last week. From the University of California, Los Angeles to UC Irvine, the wall has served its purpose. On our campus, just like on so many others, it created positive dialogue between students. Information placed on this replica may not have represented both sides of the aforementioned conflict. However, when is that ever the case? Discussing this issue fairly is one of the hardest things any educated person can do. Like a Sarah Palin speech, information regarding this enduring world conflict is either accepted or dismissed. There is no middle ground. This very dichotomy makes learning about the conflict that much more important. Kaplan was right when he said that events like this are “good … on a college campus where both sides are represented” because anywhere else positive dialogue wouldn’t exist. If Palestine Awareness Week were celebrated on a majority pro- Palestinian campus, no progress would be made, minds wouldn’t be changed and the conflict would continue. Similar things would occur if Israel’s anniversary were celebrated on a majority pro-Israeli campus. MSA bringing the replica to our campus and presenting a position that often loses ground in American media is worth praise, but it’s not enough. For a conflict that merits such passion, more of this campus needs to be involved — all perspectives need to be represented. This is not to say that our campus is apathetic. No, we just think that a larger campus involvement would better characterize a conflict that we think everyone should be cognizant of. In other words, there needs to be more awareness during Palestine Awareness Week. Some may question the importance of American students understanding a conflict that is occurring thousands of miles of away. We don’t. The Daily 49er understands the United States’ role in this conflict both financially and diplomatically. The Daily 49er also understands the lack of American understanding when it comes to this same conflict. This is the why we believe Palestine Awareness Week shouldn’t stop with MSA. MSA, Beach Hillel and our campus as a whole should strive to better understand a war that is at the forefront of our generation’s history. This isn’t a war between Jews and Muslims or Arabs and Israelis — it’s a war between human beings. MSA brings underrepresented view to campus Our View Search “internship” on Google and you’ll get more than 50 million hits. But the very mention of the word strikes fear into the hearts of graduating seniors who “missed the boat.” During my first semester at Cal State Long Beach, nearly every faculty member I met harped about the importance of completing an internship before graduating. Taking their advice seriously, I attended countless workshops hosted by the university’s Career Center, including “Search and Secure an Internship,” “Internships that Impress,” and “Intern to Employee.” On paper, it all sounded pretty good. You work 10-15 hours a week at a company and instead of monetary compensation, you have the opportunity to network, get a foot in the door and test drive a career. I asked around to see if students thought internships were worth the sacrifice of time and money. Most ex-interns raved about their experiences but a few mentioned the data entry, answering phones and long hours. In spite of these concerns, the pressure to secure an internship and my desire to get hands-on training — for school credit, no less — was too great. I was thrilled when I landed a position at a Los Angeles television station. I was to be an “AM News Production Intern.” I agreed to intern from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. two days a week. I was soon asked to bump up my workload to three days a week. Fearful of risking my chances of future employment, I immediately said yes. Before my third week had ended, I was told I had to be in at 5 a.m. instead of 7 a.m., and it wasn’t long before I was asked to come in on the weekends for special events. Other interns were so enthused about working extra hours and proving they were over-achievers. One girl told me she would do “anything” in order to demonstrate a serious commitment and secure a job after graduation. She said she was flattered to be asked to come in on the weekends, because it meant her boss trusted her. Another intern named Claudine was asked to attend the Oscars so that she could tweet from the red carpet. Claudine told me it was a “once-ina- lifetime-opportunity.” But two days before the Oscars, Claudine was hospitalized. The KTLA producers went into a frenzy searching for a replacement. I overheard a phone call where a producer asked another intern, Shelly, to buy a gown and come into the office right away to get briefed. The wanted her to spend her Sunday working. Shelly said she was unable to make it because she attends church every Sunday. The producer hung up and said, “If she is serious about working here, she can’t just go to church instead of doing something when we ask her to.” “I know!” whined another producer. To receive credit for my internship, I have to attend a class throughout the semester at the CSULB Career Center. The last time we met, the teacher wanted to discuss how the 15 student interns and I were doing. Most of my classmates justified the busywork they had been doing and said, “I understand it’s such a crucial part of the organization, but it’s just hard to do it for six hours a day.” One girl told us she had entered more than 11,000 e-mails into an excel sheet. Another girl said her only responsibilities are to “make copies and get coffee,” but that she doesn’t mind because she gets free coffee. A veteran intern at a popular news station told us the key to landing a job is “taking the initiative.” “For example,” she explained, “my two bosses fight over who has to water their plants, so I just started watering them. It’s really the little things that count.” We all waited in anticipation for her to tell us her efforts had translated into a paycheck, but as she continued to talk, she admitted she had liquidated her savings in order to pay for gas driving back and forth to and from Hollywood. She said she hasn’t received a job offer, but hopes one will come before she graduates. For her bank account’s sake, I hope one does, too. I think deep down, we all know internships suck but refuse to admit it in order to keep our sanity and our pride. With two days’ notice, the companies we intern for ask us to shell out personal cash for a gown in order to tweet in the rain for a day. They convince us that entering e-mails into a spreadsheet is crucial to the success of the organization. They make us believe that watering plants and making copies is “taking initiative.” Admittedly, I’ve boarded the intern “ship.” I’ve even learned a thing or two. But I will not succumb to delusions of grandeur. An internship is text on a resume, a means to an end and a necessary evil. Alexandra Peterson is a senior journalism major and contributing writer for the Daily 49er. Intern ‘ship’ worth boarding but means to an end, necessary evil 5 [email protected] com Monday, April 26, 2010 Advertising Representative WANTED The Daily Forty-Niner Advertising Department seeks enthusiastic, self-motivated individuals to join our advertising team. Benefits include: Experience managing a small business Valuable work experience ad copy & layout / graphic design / mix media sales / networking / marketing & sales High learning potential Travel possibilities Build a professional portfolio Flexible schedule Good communication skills and independence a plus. Reliable transportation a must. Apply in person in the SSPA Bldg. Room 010. Ask for Beverly Munson. Once upon a time, long ago and far away there was a university by a beach. The university had a president who was a King or a King who was a president — I am never quite sure — and various provosts and various deans. But, one provost and one dean in particular very much wanted the President to like them — very much. That’s when the two gentlemen from the valley came to town. The two gentlemen had a dream: Take a massive building and a massive plot of land — it had been abandoned — and turn them into the largest film studio in North America. But first they had to perform a massive hazardous material clean up and then build that studio. They also had to build a hotel and a dog spa. They imagined that Brad Pitt would want to check in for months on end and make a movie there. Maybe Angelina would come visit and bring the kids. Meanwhile, the two gentlemen ignored the fact that the studio was at a working airport. They ignored the noise, the vibrations and the barking dogs. Hey, everyone can dream, right? But, for some reason, before embarking on their dream, the two gentlemen came to the university by the beach — first to the dean and then to the provost and then at last to the president who was a King. It seemed like the two gentlemen wanted something from the university and the university wanted something from the two gentlemen. So, a big public VIP event took place. There, the dean and the provost announced that the two gentlemen would be providing student internships, free filming facilities and all sorts of other sweets and goodies to the university. The dean and the provost then introduced the two gentlemen at the VIP event. They inflated their professional credits, making gentleman No. 1 out to be a writer and producer of feature films. Though he wasn’t in fact a writer and producer of feature films, but rather a corporate executive businessperson who had once been an executive vice president until his bottom-line bottomed-out. While gentleman No. 1 did not address the false credits ascribed to him — in fact, he “ran” with them, as the expression goes — gentleman No. 2 did correct one thing: He made it clear that the two gentlemen were not offering anything to the university’s students. “The best lesson for your students is to learn how to find equipment and resources for themselves,” said gentleman #2. Then he proceeded to state that the studio would be open for business and would have two films in production within the next month, but that turned out to be untrue. When all this was pointed out to the dean and the provost — that there were no benefits to the university and that the university was espousing false credits and empty promises — the president who was a King defended his minions and the university’s “willingness to explore the possible benefits of collaborating with this emerging city partner.” Rumor spread that the university was helping out the two gentlemen with political support. The mayor’s office and the city council were also said to be involved. Rumor spread that ties to an educational institution might give tax and zoning advantages to the two gentlemen’s studio. Again, this was all rumor because the university never made any statement about what it was doing to help the two gentlemen and the two gentlemen indicated that they were working with all sorts of other universities as well. Now, fourteen months after that VIP event and all its attendant publicity, there is no studio. The two gentlemen have not even been able to purchase the land they wanted. There is no studio and there are no productions and the university and its students have derived no benefits that anyone is aware of. Unless, the dean and the provost and the president who was a King are keeping secrets that one would imagine they would rather brag about. The dean, however, recently announced that gentleman No. 1 will be this year’s commencement speaker for the university’s College of the Arts. In making this announcement, the dean wrote that gentleman No. 1 “is chief executive officer of Long Beach Studios, the largest independent full-service studio in North America.” Yes, a CEO of “nothing” is the COTA’s commencement speaker. A non-artist is the commencement speaker for the College of the Arts. The COTA dean is telling all the world that a dream — or a nightmare — is just the same as an actual achievement. Except — stop the presses; this just in — the COTA dean has this instant capitulated and agreed to “change the wording on any other information we send out on this,” so that the COTA is not responsible for pretending that a padlocked and empty warehouse is a working film studio. Good thing! Since the previous COTA Dean had instituted — and then ignored — professional credit “accuracy and accountability” protocols in response to some arts faculty members whose credits were themselves the only creative works they had ever done. Whew! What a fable this is. While our students have to take classes, make the grades and earn their degrees to ascend that platform in May, the lesson from the dean and the provost and the president who was a King is that, in the end, it’s just plain better “to fake it ‘til you make it,” unless of course you get caught. Well, then you promise to be good while never admitting you were wrong. Now there’s moral for you. The End. This fable was found on the desk of Brian Alan Lane, an associate professor of film and electronic arts at Cal State Long Beach. Anonymous FABLE: A president who was King Campus Calendar On Campus Job search help If your job search has recently become stalled and you’re tired of not finding what you are seeking online, a job workshop at the career development center could guide you in the right path. This workshop will also help you discover the importance of networking to tap into the “hidden” job market. The event will take place between noon and 1 p.m. today. Strings by the Beach The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music will present the String Chamber Concert, conducted by Johannes Muller-Stosch. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. tonight at Daniel Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for general admission. Sculptural group show The art department will present the Sculptural Group Show from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in the student art galleries. The show will feature works by Chantel Bryant, Paul Infante and Ah Rong Kim. Design portfolio exhibition The department of design will host its portfolio exhibition today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the design building. 6 Diversions Monday, April 26, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] ASK THE WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW There was a time in this country, not too long ago, when a singing sensation would come onto the stage, stand and sing. The audience would go wild. Such is the case of “Chicago,” the six-time Tony Award-winning musical now playing at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Most will remember the Academy Award-winning 2002 film, “Chicago,” starring Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere with its flashy cinematography and wild costuming. This portrayal, however, is wrong. The greatness of the musical comes not from its ability to be visually epic but from its ability to do so much with so little. The stage is set with a 14-piece band on a classic stadium-style stand reminiscent of the big bands that were the staple of music from the 1920s through the 1950s. Because the grand stand is so unequivocal, the remainder of the stage is forced to be filled out with chairs or creative lighting for set pieces. This compels the musical to rely on the considerable talents of the singers and actors. Because of the minimal dancing by the lead actors, the play may seem uneventful or even boring for the first 20 minutes. This is when it becomes particularly important to remember the context of which this musical is performed. The play is set during the roaring 20s, when underground gin mills and jazz were dealt out in smoky, dark rooms. Singers hugged their microphones and stood stagnate, perhaps only gesturing with an arm for emphasis on one of their more subversive lines, to a captivated audience aroused by the knowledge that on the right night, anything could happen. The tuxedo clad, acid etched Brent Barrett is especially effective as the sensational shyster lawyer Billy Flynn, who uses his operatic voice like a kind of graft or distraction while he pickpockets. Barrett plays Flynn with so much confidence that you could sign your soul over to him and then thank him for the opportunity afterward. The shining stars of “Chicago” are Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly and Michelle T. Williams, ex-Destiny’s Child, as Roxie Hart. MacLeod’s sultry cynicism gives form to the double murderess, Velma Kelly. From the beginning, the audience understands that Velma is a woman who knows the score. Williams, on the other hand, plays up the jilted killer Roxie like a spoiled reality television star, making her character more believable in comparison to today’s starlets. At the heart of this is a den of lies and moral failings in Tom Riis Farrell as the lovable loser Amos Hart. From the very beginning, he has the audience eating out of his hand, stealing the show almost everytime he totters on stage. Farrell’s nervous, bumbling and husky physicality is merely a shell, however, for the lion that lies within. This is a man who otherwise draws no attention to himself; Farrell belts out his one solo performance in “Mister Cellophane” like a dying request. A moment certainly not to be ignored. The lingerie-clad female dancers are a unique point in the show. There is a sensuality to their actions that manages to be erotic without becoming lewd, which is refreshing since lewdness is easy to attain. The stage is also graced with high-risk and highly dazzling visuals. At one point during the song “Razzle Dazzle,” glitter begins to pour from the ceiling in a blizzard of theatricality that highlights the spectacle of the courtroom scene. “Chicago” will play through May 9 at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. For more information or tickets, visit www.broadwayla.org. Dark and unforgiving, the University Players production of “The Mighty Gents” echoes back to a time rather forgotten. Overflowing with greed, hatred and lust, the story follows a once ruling gang who relive their glory days only to find that life may be beating them to the punch. Presented by the Cal State Long Beach University Players, “The Mighty Gents” — a powerful play by Richard Wesley — shows in the Players Theater until May 1. The drama stars Frankie (Zach Sanders), the leader of The Mighty Gents; Gabe Reed, the leader of the ex-gang the Zombies; and Diego Parada as the homeless Zeke. The story follows a group of long-time friends who reminisce about their golden years and how they developed into who they are today. Now in their thirties, the mighty gents see their current lifestyle as worthless and undermined by society. When dissatisfied with his economic position, Frankie convinces the other gang members to stage a robbery. When things don’t turn out exactly as planned, the gang ultimately figures out who their real friends are. The cast does a noteworthy job, and the 3-D effect of the stage only enhances the performance by blurring the wall between the stage and audience. The actors would look directly at the audience and talk to them as if they were a part of the scene. When the characters tell their darkest secrets, the actors interact with the audience as friends rather than viewers. This play even has realistically executed fight scenes that bring the audience to the edge of their seats. The fights and laughs from the actors are as sincere as the tears they shed. Sadly, the play’s storyline isn’t unique all by itself, but the performance greatly makes up for it. The beginning of the play doesn’t clearly state the timeframe of the mighty gents’ heyday until they find themselves down on their luck. When the leader of the Zombies appears, he never says what his current occupation is and vaguely mentions his leadership as a pimp, gambler and hustler. But when the Zombies are first mentioned, it isn’t clear that they are the rival gang, or even one at all. The group quickly reveals, however, that they are not brain-eating zombies. The story of the urban kids going through poverty captivated the audience as some were seen shedding tears during a few of the monologues in Wednesday night’s performance. Unfortunately, as moving as the speeches were, the plot still seemed predictable. It’s a familiar story of the poor kid trying to find a way out but doesn’t want to leave the past behind. Future audiences shouldn’t expect this to be a successor story either. Though the story may seem familiar, the performance and execution of it make this play a must-see. “The Mighty Gents” runs until May 1, Tuesday through Saturday at 8 pm. 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Visit Daily49er.com WANT TO KNOW ASK THE WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW 8 Sports Monday, April 26, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] If it were any other day, Long Beach State starting pitcher Branden Pinder would have walked away with the win, but UC Santa Barbara’s Jesse Meaux had other plans as he led the Gauchos to a 4-1 victory over the Dirtbags on Sunday. In the three games prior to Sunday’s contest with UCSB, the Dirtbags (18-18, 6-6 Big West Conference) had amassed 36 runs on 48 hits. The pitchers decided to not let the offense have all the fun at Blair Field in the finale of a three-game weekend series. It took less than an hour for the game to get through four innings, but Pinder (3-5) hit his first snag in the top of the fifth inning. With the bases loaded and two out, Pinder hit the Gauchos’ Ryan Palermo to bring in the game’s first run. The play caused a stir, as the Blair Field crowd of 1,587 fans in attendance didn’t agree with the umpire’s call that the pitch hit Palermo. Until that inning, Pinder had retired 10 of the first 11 batters he had faced with the only hit coming on an infield single. The sophomore finished with the loss, but only allowed one run on three hits in eight innings of work. Not to be outdone, UCSB’s (17-17, 4-5 Big West) Meaux retired 12 batters in a row after allowing two base hits in the first inning. Meaux (6-2) wasn’t particularly overpowering, but he was still able to get the Dirtbags’ hitters out with groundballs and line-drive outs. “It’s all about the swings, I thought we had solid contact,” Dirtbags head coach Mike Weathers said. “I didn’t see any capped balls or weak pop-ups. I thought we had good swings.” Meaux couldn’t retire a batter in the ninth and was replaced after allowing no runs on seven hits on just 90 pitches. Devin Lohman went 3-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, while Brennan Metzger extended his hitting streak to 17 games with a 1-for-4 day at the plate. Even with the Dirtbags sealing their second Big West series win, Weathers was not completely satisfied with his players as they failed to complete the series sweep. “You’re not happy when you don’t sweep and you have the chance,” Weathers said. “Two out of three, that’s not good enough for us. Not when we put ourselves in a position to [sweep]. ... You have to start making a move, and we had our first chance today and we couldn’t take advantage of it.” The Dirtbags will head south for a date with San Diego State (21-20) on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Jenna Skarzenski / Daily 49er Junior Lauren Sieprath (9) led Long Beach State’s offense with two goals in Sunday’s fifth-place match at the 49er Campus Pool. The Beach fell, 12-7, to UC Davis to finish its season without a victory against Big West Conference opponents. Long Beach State was denied a fifth-place finish at the Big West tournament as UC Davis dominated the second half to put away the 49ers, 12-7, on Sunday at the Campus Pool. The loss ended the 49ers’ season as they concluded the 2010 campaign with an overall record of 8-21. The ‘Niners were off to a bad start, allowing four goals in the first quarter. Junior Lauren Sieprath scored two goals to lead the 49ers’ offense. Five other ‘Niners scored. In the second period, the 49ers were fighting a 4-2 deficit that grew to 6-2. With the game leaning heavily in the Aggies’ favor, LBSU freshman Claire Martin scored with four minutes remaining in the second quarter, stopping a ferocious run by UCD. A minute later, LBSU freshman Miranda Furuto scored to cut the deficit by two and gain the 49ers some offensive momentum. With 34 seconds remaining in the first half, sophomore Katie Rogers committed an exclusion foul, but LBSU’s tight defense prevented a power play goal to end the first half with the score, 6-4, in favor of Davis. Two exclusion fouls committed by Martin and one by sophomore Krizia Cerda resulted in one penalty-shot goal by the Aggies to open the second half. Cerda missed a fast-break goal from within 5-meters to help stop the bleeding from the Aggies’ attack. The Aggies scored three unanswered goals to end the third period with an 11-5 lead. The 49ers outscored the Aggies in the final period, 2-1, but the Aggies were too much for LBSU as Davis goalie Casey Hines had a gamehigh 11 saves. Junior goalie Kristin Stragier made 10 saves for LBSU. “We had no gas left in the tank,” Sieprath said, who scored a goal in the game. “I think [Davis] lost 9-3 on Friday and had more energy than us. It was disappointing to end the season.” Sieprath ended her season as the 49ers’ second- leading scorer, behind Krizia Cerda. It was a rough season for the 49ers, but the focus has shifted to next season. The team will only lose one player in senior Branwyn Lee. With one full year under their belts, the 14 freshmen on the team could be more experienced going into next season. “That will be great for us,” Furuto said. “The playing time we had together this year, I just know we’ll be even better next season.” Besides Lee, the team will also lose assistant coach Heather Moody, who was promoted to head coach of the USA Women’s Junior National Team, as well as assistant of the Women’s Senior National Team. “Everyone is really sad about Heather leaving,” Furuto said. “She’s been such a great coach and everyone loves her, but this is an amazing opportunity for her and we’re happy for her.” 49ers go winless in Big West Women’s water polo team completes 2010 season with 8-21 record By Julio Nievas Staff Writer Beach fails to complete series sweep UC Santa Barbara pitching limits Dirtbags to one run in finale By Matt Moreno Assistant Sports Editor Softball surrenders 2 homers to drop finale One day after tossing a four-hit shutout, Long Beach State pitcher Taylor Petty gave up two home runs against Cal Poly that proved to be costly. The 49ers dropped a 6-2 decision to the Mustangs on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex, in front of a crowd of 445 spectators. Petty (9-12) gave up five runs on four hits and struck out three batters during 2 2/3 innings in the circle. “Coming in from yesterday, they definitely adjusted and capitalized on my mistakes,” the sophomore right-hander said. Kendal Hennings drew a leadoff walk for Cal Poly to open the top of the second inning, and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt. Rebecca Patton then followed with a two-run home run over the left field fence, giving the Mustangs an early 2-0 lead. The Beach (21-22, 5-7 Big West Conference) had an opportunity to score in the bottom half of the frame. Senior catcher Kristen Pocock got things started with a standup double and advanced to third on a single by Ashley Levine. Levine stole second before Bree Stephan drew a walk to load the bases. The ‘Niners came up empty as Mustangs pitcher Anna Cahn was able to get senior Ashley Weber to ground out to end the inning. Cal Poly (20-18, 9-3 Big West) added three more runs in the third when Hennings sent a three-run shot out of the complex, increasing the Mustang lead to 5-0. The 49ers battled back with three consecutive singles by Christina Schallig, Nalani St. Germain and Liz Javier. Pocock then ripped her second double of the contest, driving in two runs to make it a 5-2 ball game. Cal Poly tacked on its final run in the top of the seventh after Cahn doubled to plate Krysten Cary. LBSU loaded the bases once again in its final at-bat, but failed to push any runs across the plate. “It all comes down to timing and key hits,” Beach head coach Kim Sowder said. “They out-hit us, out-pitched us and out-played us. There’s no excuses here, they got the big hits and we didn’t.” The Beach collected 11 hits to Cal Poly’s seven, but stranded 12 runners on base. Pocock sparked the ‘Niner offense, going 3-for-4 on the day with two RBIs. Javier contributed a pair of hits, while Stephan, Weber, Levine and Caitrin DeBaun finished with a hit apiece. The 49ers continue Big West play when they travel to UC Santa Barbara this weekend for a three-game series, starting Saturday at noon. LBSU 4, Cal Poly 0 The 49ers bounced back to take the nightcap, 4-0, in front of 362 spectators on Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. LBSU scored all of its runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a scoreless contest. Petty picked up the win for the ‘Niners after allowing four hits and striking out six batters. Cal Poly 5, LBSU 0 Brooke Turner (9-9) took the loss for LBSU after facing just four batters in the first inning in Saturday’s series opener. The junior gave up four runs, issued one walk and committed two errors, before she was replaced by Bridgette Pagano. “The illegal pitch situation, we keep trying to work through it,” Sowder said. “The bottom line is that we’ve got to find a way.” The Mustangs took a commanding 4-0 lead after their first time up to bat and added an additional run in the fifth. By Andrea C. Quezada Assistant Sports Editor Long Beach State loses 6-2 in third game against Cal Poly Tony Ibarra / Daily 49er Freshman Caitrin DeBaun collected a hit in all three games of Long Beach State’s series with Cal Poly at the 49er Softball Complex. The 49ers fell 6-2 in the Sunday finale to drop to 5-7 in Big West Conference play.