Design 360

An elevator sign created by Miranda Author, Kristina Baskovic and Matthew Letcher (Team 14) is on display at the Design 360 exhibition on Wednesday. Design 360 features student proposals for the Wayfinding system, or navigation system, for 1000 Park Avenue condominium. The 33-story luxury condominium intended for senior citizens will begin construction in 2011, said John Kleipeter, the program coordinator in the B.A. design program.

Super studying

Victoria Herman (blue) and Natasha Gigante, both senior nursing majors, study on the fifth floor of the library Tuesday night. Both were studying for their psychiatric mental health final and said the library has been more crowded this semester than in prior semesters. Gigante said keeping the library open for 24 hours is a good idea and wants its hours to remain that way year-round.

Marie Cruz, left, a graduate math major, and Erika Sanchez, a junior math major, study for their last quiz in their math numerical analysis class in the University Student Union Tuesday night. Both plan to study in the USU all throughout finals week. “This semester, I’m more tied down than other semesters,” Cruz said.

Rainy reign

Students and staff brave the rain to attend class outside the University Bookstore area and the Social Sciences and Public Administration building on Monday afternoon. Approximately 1.42 inches fell in Long Beach on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times. City health officer Helene Calvet cautioned beachgoers to avoid beaches for 72 hours after rainfall due to high levels of bacteria entering the ocean, according to the Press-Telegram.

Holiday festival wrestling

Abe Itani, right, wrestles with Mohamad Itani during a holiday eid, or festival, in the area outside of the Fine Arts building on Sunday afternoon. The festival, hosted by the Muslim Student Association, marked the end of hajj, or the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, and celebrates the sacrifice of Ishamel by Abraham, said Shazia Kamal, a vendor at the festival. It featured food, clothing and games.

Filipino fundraising

Nicole Biala, left, a senior health science major, and Alyssa Telado, a junior psychology major, sell snacks and drinks to fundraise money for the Filipino Christmas fest on Monday outside the Liberal Arts 5 building. The Pilipino American Coalition and Kappa Psi Epsilon hosted the fundraiser. The Christmas fest will take place on Dec. 5 on the lawn outside of the University Student Union and features entertainment, performances, an art exhibit, food, vendors and a kids’ area, Telado said. The event celebrates Christmas in a Filipino tradition.

You Break It, You Buy It

An untitled piece is on display in the Marilyn Werby gallery at Cal State Long Beach in Laurence Barnett Rubin’s “You Break it, You Buy It” exhibition. The piece features keys hung on pegs. Rubin, a senior sculpture major, explained that keys serve two symbols — that of security and safety. The piece, he said, is a safe zone between his destructive pieces, and also represents a state of mind, as one cannot lose keys.

Foundation drawing

Julio Cruz, a freshman art education major, sketches a tree for his foundation drawing art class outside the Fine Arts buildings on Monday. His assignment was to draw a landscape using ink on watercolor paper with emphasis placed on the “value,” or the shading, of the work. Cruz picked the tree to draw because he found the position, specific angle and the roots of the tree to be interesting. “It feels so alive and vibrant,” he said.

Eco-Fair

Senior ecology major Melissa Ramirez, right, looks at a working solar panel with Paul Wingco during the Eco-Fair at the Friendship Walk on Wednesday. Facilities management has installed solar panels on the Vivian Engineering Building, Brotman Hall and Facilities Management Corporation Yard, said Wingco, the facilities management interim associate director of sustainable operations. “I’m glad the school is trying to turn green and I hope they continue doing it,” Ramirez said.

The Next Episode

The piece “The Next Episode” is exhibited at the Marilyn Werby gallery on Monday. The show was put on by the group A-O and combines elements of sculpture and metal. “The Next Episode” is a mixed media installation by fine arts metals major Khadiga Razzak and fine arts sculpture major Marissa Johnen and represents a “view of your reality and subconscious,” according to Razzak. "The Next Episode" runs from Monday to Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. On Wednesday the gallery will be open until 8 p.m.

A poem penned on the wall leading into the piece is intended to “spark your mind” and connect the reader with words before seeing the piece.

Homecoming 2009

Homecoming 2009 festivities. This includes the Monson Maniacs sleep-out in the Walter Pyramid on Friday night and the activities Saturday afternoon.

Playboy Girls of the Big West

"We're the Girls of the Big West conference. There are 33 of us - and we're waiting for your call." (click for full-resolution image)

On Thursday, September 6, 1990 Playboy took out a two-page ad in the Daily 49er to advertise their Big West girls. You had to call a 1-900 number at a rate of $2 a minute to place your pick. People could enter a contest to win a 1990 GTI or a trip to a Spring Break Getaway in Daytona to meet the playmates. At the bottom in fine print, it notes that the contest was not endorsed by the real Big West conference.

Check out the Daily 49er 60th anniversary issue coming out Friday!

Studying

A CSULB student studies alone for a few minutes by the light of a walkway at the East Turnaround while presumably waiting to be picked up. I took this photo on the way to a panel and 15 minutes later when I came back down she was gone.

Cookies for Cuts

ASI President Chris Chavez takes aim to throw a pie at the Sacramento state capital during the Cookies for Cuts event at the University Student Union Southwest Terrace on Tuesday. Cookies for Cuts was part of a statewide bake sale event to raise awareness of the funding cuts to the CSU system. Event organizers said that the more money Sacramento takes from the CSU system, the “longer the CSUs will be in this cookie crumble,” according to a press release.

New piping

Construction workers replace piping in the East Turnaround area on Tuesday. The workers are replacing the medium-pressure piping, which provides heating for upper campus, and high-pressure piping, which feeds the central plant. The medium-pressure piping will be finished today. The construction workers will connect the high-pressure piping on Monday, during a furlough day, to minimize disruption, said Pat Farrell, a DMCP worker. The piping was broken for some time and was last replaced more than 30 years ago.

Alone for art

Kimberly Zumpfe, a BFA sculpture major, and MFA photo grad student Nicole Sloan, back, do a performance "based on aloneness" inside a icosahedron outside the Fine Arts building on Monday. The performance was for Kelly Nipper and Dana Bauer's Intermedia art class. It was based off the philosophy of the dancer Lebon, who believed that the body had particular points of movement that were traceable in a geometric shape. Zumpfe described the experience as "movements in a space when you are alone juxtaposed with people around you."

Knott's Scary Farm

Cal State Long Beach hosted a Vendor Fair at the Southwest Terrace. Knott's Scary Farm was there, along with a couple of monsters to scare people. As I was taking this photo, a student came up behind them and screamed to try to scare them. "It doesn't work on us!" one of the monsters shouted. The other said, "You should try out for Knott's Scary Farm. You won't need a mask!"

President's Mixer

Isaac Choice, a senior accounting major and president of the Black Business Student Association, bowls a frame during the President’s Mixer at the University Student Union on Wednesday. Officers from campus organizations and clubs mingled, ate Sbarro’s pizza and salad, drank soda and bowled games. “It gives students a chance to come and network and go bowling, and to talk about what ASI can do for you,” Beach Pride Coordinator Chance Decker said in a press release.

New SCULPTURE

Bob Ciborowski views the artwork titled “In Progress” (back) and “Untitled Memory” at his son Todd Ciborowski’s New SCULPTURE exhibition at the Max L. Gatov East gallery on Sunday. The exhibition is about “the memories I have and the memories of making the art,” Todd said. “Untitled Memory,” a plane made of pine and glue, represents Ciborowski’s memories of his father taking him to the model plane store. New SCULPTURE will run until Thursday from noon to 5 p.m.

Reconstortion

“Reconstortion” is showcased at the Marilyn Werby Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. The piece is a collaboration between Briana Wilson, a fine arts 3-D video major, and Chris Velasco, pursuing a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in photography. The piece’s purpose is to “challenge the way the image is viewed or perceived,” Wilson said. It aims to be a “disturbed simulation of natural environment” and evoke “tranquility, peace, and escape” in the viewer, according to the artist’s statements.

Long Beach Marathon

(top) Members of Gamma Phi Beta cheer and rush to greet Megan Felling, a senior business major, as she arrives at Cal State Long Beach.

(bottom) Megan Felling (1070) is joined by her Gamma Phi Beta sorority sisters as they cheer her on Beach Drive during the Long Beach Marathon on Sunday. “It was just real exciting for her and proud of her for representing Gamma Phi Beta,” said Alyssa Youngquist, a sophomore psychology major. Felling was the 3310th person to finish the marathon, the 1269th female, and the 106th in her division (female 20-24 years old) with an overall time of 7:17:35, according to the official Long Beach Marathon website.

"Untitled"

"Untitled" by Scout Segotta, a senior majoring in sculpture, is showcased at the Maxine Merlino Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. "It's all about process," Segotta said. "I like to use figurative in my work; the body, the relationship, between you and the piece." The gallery will run until Thursday at 5 p.m.

Foundation drawing

Michelle Shickler (right), a junior art major, sketches perspective drawings of architecture with sophomore studio art major Taylor Hamilton (middle) and freshman photo major Dawn Tucker (left) during class near the Fine Arts buildings on Tuesday. Their class is a foundation drawing course led by Fran Siegel, who said that it was the students’ first time drawing outside the classroom.

"I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2)

The piece "I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2) is the centerpiece of Camilla Taylor's "Among Us" exhibition at the Dennis W. Dutzi gallery at CSULB. Taylor, a graduate printmaking major, said the piece piece is about "isolation in groups, like when you're on a crowded bus. You're there with the other people but not really with them."

The piece is made of found fabric and old clothes. It was relief printed, or printed with a large stamp. The stamp was custom made. Taylor took pieces of wood, carved it out with little knives, rolled it with ink, and ran it through a press before sewing it together.

Get in line

Long lines at Student Account Services at Brotman Hall greet students on the first day back. Trey Dennis, a senior communications major, waited in line to purchase a parking permit. Of the line, he said, "It's expected. It's been like this all day."

Fountains

The fountain at Brotman Hall is undergoing some maintenance in the summer months.

Biology graduate student research

Graduate biology major student Colleen O'Rourke discusses her "Eye of the Hawk" research thesis in the grassy area between the PH1 and the PH2 on Wednesday afternoon. Her presentation is part of the Department of Biology's event showing what its graduate students have been working on.

Regarding her research, O'Rourke said, "The vision [of hawks] is different based on what they hunt and where they live." She said that the vision of the Cooper's Hawk, for instance, is adopted for chasing small birds. On the other hand, the American Kestrel hunts insects. Its vision has more binocular overlap that allows for greater acuity (clearness of vision) for it to hunt insects better than the Cooper's Hawk.

Television crews on campus

Television crews from ABC 7 (seen in the West Turnaround), KCAL 9, and NBC 4 (both in Lot 16 near the Los Alamitos residence halls) were spotted on campus today filming due to reports of a student having a "probable positive" test for swine flu. See the "Student on campus may have swine flu" article for more details.

Hall of Sciences construction begins?

Construction workers are on site again and moving about. Has enough funding come back to restart construction on the future Hall of Sciences building?

Counterfeit Forty-Niners

Recently it has come to my attention that there have been some counterfeit Daily Forty-Niner papers floating around, with people following its instructions and bugging the 49er newsroom for validation codes for free beer. To counter this, I have developed a little guide for the signs when a paper is fake.

1. Masthead. I have noticed that the people who counterfeit our paper tend to misspell the masthead. Last time, they called themselves "The 49ers." In the most recent page of a counterfeit that I have gotten ahold of, they spelled it "Fourty-Niners." Tip: We will never misspell our masthead. Ever.

2. Wrong web link. Our mastheads always use our website, Daily49er.com. The counterfeit ones always use the name LBunion.com. If LBunion.com is there, it's a fake newspaper.

3. Nonsensical pie graphs. This graph is pure nonsense. We wouldn't publish this kind of thing that has no functional flow.

4. Long teasers. The point of teasers is to tease you, as in, put as few words as possible to invite you to read further. Having a teaser longer than a caption sort of defeats the purpose of "teasing" the reader.

If you spot a counterfeit 49er, do not be alarmed. Check your calendar. The renegade band known to counterfeit our papers seem to only do so the week before April or the week before Thanksgiving. We are not sure why as of this point, but if it's around those times, do not be too concerned. This is their modus operandi.

If you spot these counterfeit papers in our boxes, though, please call the newsroom right away at 562-985-8000. Do not attempt to approach anyone who might have stuck them in there. They are considered to be armed and dangerous with satire. Call the newsroom, tell us where you found it, and we will send our people out there.

Leadership at it is best

The race for ASI election has started, and the campus has been littered with signs of candidates, the positions they are running for, and to ask to vote for them. A series of three candidates (president, vice-president, and treasurer) have proclaimed themselves as "leadership at it is best" (this sign is outside the CBA). Sorry guys, I'll pass on someone who can't even discern between "its" and "it's."

As if that wasn't bad enough, I just tried to go to the website that is listed on the signs. I can't see the link too well in the picture, but neither sfs-weebly.com nor do sis-weebly.com work.

Hall of Science construction restarting?

After construction of the new Hall of Sciences was halted, the construction crews were gone and all we got was a massive hole in the ground. But today, are they back? Or what? Are they just surveying the land? Have investors begun buying the bonds necessary for construction to restart?

Carpet collage

Senior art major Carina Downing tapes up and sets up her collage of carpets at the Max Gatov Gallery East at Cal State Long Beach. The piece is a series of pictures of carpets of casino gambling floors on the Las Vegas Strip. Downing said that the piece was her "pilgrimage to find out about carpets in Vegas."

Slanted stop

A stop sign outside the SSPA building is slanted oddly. Based on its angle, I'm guessing that the construction crews of the Outpost had something to do with it – I can imagine some kind of dump truck going backwards and accidentally hitting the sign. I have a hard time believing a car would be driving sideways across the road to hit it like that.

Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration

Dancers from Renaissance High School perform "Sierra Leone" at the USU Ballrooms during a day of celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

Expired elevator permits

Parking structure elevators display an expired permit. Last inspected on January 16, 2008, expired a year later on January 16. Don't like this. They should have put up the new ones. And the elevator I rode on was very slow to open and close the doors.