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SXSW<br />
UNITING ALL<br />
MUSIC LOVERS<br />
P. 12<br />
EARTH DAY<br />
GET YOUR<br />
GREEN ON<br />
P. 11<br />
magazine<br />
JORDAN<br />
SEGGMAN<br />
BRINGS US<br />
DROPGOODS P. 8<br />
LB GRAND PRIX<br />
FORMULA DRIFT<br />
BURNS RUBBER<br />
P. 5<br />
APRIL 2013
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EDITORIAL<br />
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editor’s note<br />
BY sAsHA MiLeNA<br />
When I learned about Cal State Long Beach student Jordan Seggman and how he<br />
started a charitable business out of a dorm room, I immediately knew that his story had<br />
to be told. Seggman’s story about Drop Goods is so compelling because he’s just a<br />
regular guy from Riverside, Calif. who goes to class every day just like you and me, but<br />
decided to be more than just an average student.<br />
I finally met the man behind the bracelets at the cover photo shoot, where he graciously<br />
posed for our new photographer.<br />
Dig has featured original student photography on the cover of every issue since September.<br />
This issue was no exception when Dig Photo Editor Natalie Bouroumand brought on<br />
CSULB photo major Jonathan Castillo to take Seggman’s photos.<br />
If you live in Long Beach, especially near downtown, you might not need an alarm clock<br />
this month. The thundering sounds of race cars practicing in the wee hours of the morning<br />
can only mean one thing: The Long Beach Grand Prix has arrived. Our city becomes<br />
inundated with motorsport fans from around the world, but locals can partake in the fun<br />
as well.<br />
In “Driving Sideways,” we take a look at an alternative motorsport that will take on the<br />
streets of Long Beach this month - Formula Drift.<br />
For those looking for a more mellow experience, the LA Times Festival of Books held<br />
at the University of Southern California is sure to please book lovers. You’ll also find<br />
CSULB professor Charles Harper Webb reading poetry excerpts from his new book,<br />
“What Things Are Made Of.”<br />
Speaking of what things are made of, it also happens to be Earth Day this month. Earth<br />
Day is a perfect time to reflect on the impact we have on our planet. At CSULB, many<br />
students make the environment a priority. Turn to page 11, to see what other students<br />
are doing for Mother Earth and to see what you can do for the planet this month.<br />
From smoking tires to going green, we’ve got you covered this month. So, Dig in!<br />
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FEATURE<br />
CONTENTS<br />
08 DROPGOODS<br />
A STORY ABOUT A GUY, HIS<br />
WRISTBANDS AND A WHOLE<br />
LOT OF HEART<br />
ABOUT THE COVER<br />
We caught up with DropGoods creator Jordan Seggman in<br />
front of the Hillside dorms at Cal State Long Beach. New Dig<br />
photographer and photo major Jonathan Castillo brought his<br />
creative perspective, expertise and fancy equipment to get<br />
the perfect shot for our <strong>April</strong> issue.<br />
Photography by Jonathan Castillo<br />
BACK COVER PHOTO BY LARRY CHEN/ FORMULAD.COM<br />
04 FESTIVAL OF BOOKS<br />
05 FORMULA DRIFT<br />
10 BREAST CANCER<br />
11 EARTH DAY<br />
12 SXSW<br />
14 OPENING DAY<br />
15 CALENDAR
a novel idea<br />
The LA Times 18Th AnnuAL FesTivAL oF Books<br />
by Cortney Long and Simone guLLberg<br />
C<br />
4<br />
elebrity sightings, food truck tasting,<br />
the opportunity to expand your literary<br />
repertoire beyond “Harry Potter” and<br />
“The Hunger Games,” and a chance to support<br />
Cal State Long Beach’s very own Professor<br />
Charles Harper Webb. What more could any<br />
student ask for?<br />
Our lives have become a rinse and repeat<br />
cycle of an online world. In this not-so-new age<br />
of technology, books have become outdated,<br />
vintage almost. However, the LA Times 18th<br />
Annual Festival of Books on <strong>April</strong> 20 and 21<br />
at the University of Southern California allows<br />
you to break the monotony, and rock those<br />
bookworm glasses that have been collecting<br />
dust in your room.<br />
The Festival of Books is a free event that<br />
celebrates the love of all things literate. It features<br />
exhibits and seminars from prominent authors,<br />
along with storytelling and poetry-readings. If<br />
your pockets are feeling a bit heavy with the free<br />
entrance, there are more than 300 exhibitors<br />
selling and promoting books and book-related<br />
items from the Los Angeles area. The festival<br />
has become the largest and most prestigious<br />
book festival in the country, attracting more than<br />
150,000 people each year.<br />
The festival attracts all type of book lovers:<br />
even celebrities. This year’s Festival of Books<br />
will feature timeless Breakfast Club actress<br />
Molly Ringwald and Comedy Central comedian<br />
Demetri Martin.<br />
An even better reason to attend the Festival is to<br />
cheer on Professor Webb as he gives a reading<br />
of his newest collection of poetry, “What Things<br />
Are Made Of.” Webb has been teaching creative<br />
writing at CSULB for more than 20 years and<br />
has participated almost annually in the Festival<br />
of Books for the past 10 years. “What Things<br />
Are Made Of” debuted last month, and Webb is<br />
excited to give its first reading at 3:30 p.m. on<br />
Sat., <strong>April</strong> 20.<br />
“I think it’s fairly typical of my work, and it’s<br />
seriously funny,” Webb says. “I use a lot of humor<br />
in my work.”<br />
As a veteran of the Festival, Webb urges<br />
students to attend, especially if they have any<br />
interest in writing or reading.<br />
“The festival is the place,” he said. “They have<br />
really well-known writers and terrific poets, and<br />
a bunch of celebrities. I even saw Eric Idle from<br />
Monty Python one year.”<br />
Even if you aren’t the most avid of readers, don’t<br />
throw this Festival on the shelf just yet. (Pun<br />
intended). The Festival offers much more than<br />
just books. Unleash the inner Emeril Lagasse<br />
with cooking demonstrations and appearances<br />
from famous foodies. Brian Boitano, Olympic<br />
gold medalist figure skater, and host of Food<br />
Network’s What Will Brian Boitano Make, will be<br />
attending, as well as Top Chef’s Susan Feniger<br />
and Antonia Lofaso. The cherry on top? Once<br />
again, pun intended. The entire cooking stage<br />
The Festival of Books is sure to attract huge crowds on the USC campus every year.<br />
will be surrounded by food trucks- an LA staple.<br />
There will be food trucks there…need we say<br />
more?<br />
For those who fancy themselves more cultural<br />
than culinary, this year’s Festival boasts<br />
the addition of a Pop & Hiss music stage.<br />
All weekend long, local LA bands like Max<br />
Lugavere, Dustbowl Revival and Jasper Dixon<br />
Review will rock the eardrums of attendees.<br />
If in need of intellectual stimulation, head over<br />
to the conversation panels where current events<br />
and social matters will be discussed. The topics<br />
range anywhere from legalization of marijuana<br />
and gun control policy, to sexuality and religion.<br />
A must-see is the panel on humor-writing with<br />
Twitter legend Kelly Oxford, Chelsea Lately’s<br />
Heather McDonald, and NPR and The Moth’s<br />
Ophira Eisenberg.<br />
This month, forget about your electronics and<br />
take a step into the past. Revisit a time where<br />
books actually had covers and pages, rather than<br />
screens and buttons. No time machine required.<br />
The Festival of Books runs approximately from<br />
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at USC, on the weekend of<br />
<strong>April</strong> 20 and 21. The metro is running through<br />
the USC campus for the first time this year, so<br />
without the hefty $10 USC parking fee, there<br />
really is no excuse not to go. Leave your car in<br />
the LBC, hop on the metro and enjoy a weekend<br />
of books. You can even take your phone with<br />
you for the mandatory Facebook, Twitter and<br />
Instagram updates.<br />
Photo by Cortney Long<br />
Professor Charles Harper Webb featured with his<br />
book, “What Things Are Made Of.”
“<br />
What’s not to like about the<br />
recklessness of driving a<br />
car - being able to practice<br />
controlling something that’s, you<br />
know, essentially out of control at<br />
the same time?”<br />
Professional driver Ryan Tuerck has<br />
hit on the best way to describe Formula<br />
Drift - just one of the motorsports set<br />
to take on the streets as part of this<br />
year’s Long Beach Grand Prix, the<br />
longest-running street race in the US.<br />
Formula Drift is kind of the stepchild<br />
of the more established race formats<br />
we’ll see there, like Le Mans and Indy<br />
cars -- an irreverent, distinctly flashy<br />
stepchild.<br />
Here’s the thing: it isn’t a race. Just as<br />
driving<br />
sideways<br />
BEHIND THE SMOKE OF FORMULA DRIFT AT THE<br />
LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX<br />
Formula Drift takes on the streets of<br />
Long Beach during the 39th Long Beach<br />
Grand Prix. Photo courtesy of Ryan Tuerck.<br />
BMXers moved from the dirt course to<br />
the half-pipe and the sport took a turn<br />
more about style than speed, Formula<br />
Drift is a blur of colors, wheels - and<br />
tons of smoke.<br />
“It’s like doing a big-ass burnout, but<br />
for a long, extended period of time<br />
through a series of turns,” says Tuerck.<br />
But that control Tuerck mentions is<br />
key - with the flashy comes finesse.<br />
“We’re judged on speed, angle, line<br />
and overall style.”<br />
As cars go head to head in tandem<br />
battles, skills become essential on the<br />
track. When the drivers turn corners,<br />
they drift in synchronicity, dangerously<br />
close to one another. Professional<br />
driver and 2009 Formula Drift<br />
BY SASHA MILENA<br />
champion Chris Forsberg describes<br />
just how risky the Long Beach course<br />
really is.<br />
“The track is super dangerous,”<br />
Forsberg says. “It’s got walls on both<br />
sides, which makes no room for error<br />
and since it’s a streets course, the fans<br />
are sitting right at the edge.”<br />
The Long Beach course is one of the<br />
riskiest because the narrowest point<br />
on the track from one concrete block<br />
to another is only about 45 feet, says<br />
Formula Drift founder and president<br />
Jim Liaw. Just imagine two cars<br />
squeezing through this narrow space,<br />
while attempting to maintain control<br />
in order to get points, with screaming<br />
fans only inches away from the fence.<br />
It gets trickier, too – this year, Formula<br />
5
6<br />
“IT’S LIKE DOING A BIG-ASS BURNOUT, BUT FOR A LONG,<br />
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THROUGH A SERIES OF TURNS.”<br />
Photo by Mike Burroughs<br />
drift will become the first series in the<br />
39-year history of the LBGP to be run<br />
at night.<br />
The fans are more than simply<br />
spectators and they play a more<br />
significant role in the outcome of the<br />
competition than some realize. Judges<br />
are not only scrutinizing every turn on<br />
the track, but they’re also watching to<br />
see how excited the fans get when<br />
drivers push clouds of smoke into the<br />
air.<br />
The intent is to create as much smoke<br />
as possible, and drivers set up their<br />
cars to do exactly that.<br />
“Essentially, in Long Beach the cars<br />
are only going about 60 mph through<br />
the course, but the rear wheels are<br />
going about 120 [mph],” Forsberg<br />
says. “The faster you can get the rear<br />
tires spinning over ground speed, the<br />
more smoke you’re going to generate.”<br />
Each Formula Drift driver expresses<br />
himself in his own way, whether it’s in<br />
the way they drive, modifications made<br />
to the car, what they wear or even with<br />
Photo by Larry Chen / FormulaD.com<br />
Ryan Tuerck (left) and Chris Forsberg (above) will be gunning for the grand prize in a top 16,<br />
all-star event during the Long Beach Grand Prix Superdrift Challenge.<br />
how they interact with fans on and off<br />
the track.<br />
“This is self-expression and it’s freedom,”<br />
says Formula Drift announcer Jarod<br />
DeAnda.<br />
The man considered to be the voice of<br />
Formula Drift has been with the series<br />
since day one. DeAnda has seen the<br />
sport evolve and progress over the<br />
years. Although the sport is becoming<br />
more mainstream and accepted by<br />
other motorsport fans, he says that the<br />
rebellious and true spirit of Drift culture<br />
remains. What you see on the course is<br />
a reflection of the drivers’ personalities<br />
and of the Drift culture.<br />
Many of the drivers have crossed over<br />
from BMX, skateboarding or other action<br />
sports. That adrenaline-junkie spirit can<br />
be seen on the track, where drivers are<br />
constantly pushing the boundaries.<br />
Forsberg describes the Drift community<br />
as a tight-knit. He has seen competitors<br />
on the professional circuit help each<br />
other out and lend spare parts. He<br />
says “it’s all about getting everyone out<br />
on track and having a fair competition”.<br />
When the engines are turned off, and<br />
the smoke clears, Tuerck keeps his<br />
adrenaline withdrawals at bay with<br />
off-course extracurricular activities. In<br />
an online series produced by Network<br />
A called “Tuerck’d,” the young driver<br />
can be seen snaking through country<br />
roads in New Hampshire, drifting<br />
through a skate park, or jumping over<br />
a flaming pit in one of his custom-built<br />
cars. Forsberg occasionally joins in on<br />
the fun, and in one episode the guys<br />
create a drifting game where they have<br />
to graze barrels with their bumpers<br />
and parallel park a car while drifting at<br />
high speeds.<br />
Formula Drift may be considered the<br />
stepchild of motorsports, but after<br />
10 years the series has become the<br />
fastest-growing motorsport in the<br />
world. And on <strong>April</strong> 19 and 20, Formula<br />
Drift drivers will be competing for prizes<br />
totaling $25,000.<br />
“We’ve gone from something that<br />
traditional racing fans did not respect<br />
at all, and now we’ve legitimized<br />
ourselves a lot more,” Liaw says.
motorsport events happening in long beach, on and off the track:<br />
FORMULA DRIFT LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX<br />
// Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 10 //<br />
Drivers will be exhibiting their cars and hanging out<br />
with the locals at the following venues:<br />
•Pike Restaurant and Bar - 1836 E. 4th St., Long Beach<br />
• Legends Sports Bar and Cal Shabu on 2nd Street.<br />
// <strong>April</strong> 12-13 //<br />
Formula Drift breaks in the Long Beach Grand Prix<br />
track during the Round 1 competition of the<br />
Formula Drift series.<br />
// Friday, <strong>April</strong> 12 //<br />
12:00 p.m. Gates Open & Qualifying<br />
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Autograph Signing Session<br />
// Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 13 //<br />
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Opening Ceremonies<br />
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Formula Drift Main Competition<br />
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Trophy Ceremony & Closing<br />
Go to formulad.com for information and tickets.<br />
Formula Drift drivers mimic their opponent<br />
and try to stay as close as possible to each<br />
other during tandem head-to-head battles.<br />
Photo by Larry Chen // FormulaD.com.<br />
// <strong>April</strong> 19-21 //<br />
The Long Beach Grand Prix hosts a variety of series<br />
on both days, from the Indy Car series to the<br />
Le Mans series.<br />
// Friday, <strong>April</strong> 19 //<br />
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pro/Celebrity Race Practice<br />
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. American Le Mans Series Qualifying<br />
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Super Drift Challenge<br />
// Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 20 //<br />
2:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying<br />
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. American Le Mans Series Race<br />
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Super Drift Challenge<br />
// Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 21 //<br />
11:50 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Stadium SUPER Trucks<br />
1:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Round #3 of IZOD IndyCar Series<br />
3:55 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Formula Drift Demonstration<br />
Go to gplb.com for a complete schedule and tickets.<br />
77
DROP<br />
GOODS<br />
GIVING BACK ONE<br />
BRACELET AT A TIME<br />
BY JOSH ESqUEDA AND AmY PATTON<br />
PHOTOS BY JONATHAN CASTILLO<br />
Headquartered in a Cal State Long<br />
Beach dorm room, DropGoods<br />
founders Jordan Seggman and<br />
Salam Zahour try to make the world a<br />
better place, one bracelet at a time.<br />
Junior fashion merchandise major<br />
Seggman works with business partner<br />
Zahour to hand-produce the colorful cotton<br />
bracelets. They donate more than 30<br />
percent of the profits to charity programs.<br />
Proudly wearing the original prototype<br />
8<br />
bracelet he hand-sewed, Seggman’s eyes<br />
come to life as he describes his company.<br />
“It’s my baby,” he said. Fueled by his own<br />
ambition and maxed out credit cards, he<br />
started the company from the ground up.<br />
Inspired by companies like TOMS shoes,<br />
Seggman continues to nurture the brand<br />
almost a year after starting the company<br />
in 2012.<br />
“I am a young man with a passion for<br />
fashion, as well as a heart to give back,”<br />
Seggman said.<br />
Seggman started the brand in order to send<br />
a positive message out into the fashion<br />
industry. When creating the name, he knew<br />
he wanted the name to give off a good vibe<br />
before people even knew what the brand<br />
was about. He chose the word “good”<br />
because commercially it would allow him<br />
to expand further than wristbands. “Drop”
One hundred limited edition bracelets are hand-sewn every month to raise money for different charities.<br />
was already a word he was fond of using<br />
in his previous brands and he liked the<br />
way it sounded. After pages and pages of<br />
brainstorming, a brand was born.<br />
Relaunching this month, DropGoods will<br />
no longer write a charitable check to an<br />
anonymous organization in need. Instead,<br />
each month will focus on a new bracelet<br />
and a new story. At the beginning of each<br />
month, Seggman and Zahour will select a<br />
specific person or group in need and create<br />
a video to share their story.<br />
Seggman felt that sending off a check at<br />
the end of each month was too much of<br />
a cop out; he wasn’t seeing the effects of<br />
his hard work. He wanted a way to show<br />
customers what their money was going<br />
towards and “hopefully inspire random acts<br />
of kindness in them.”<br />
After selling the first batch of bracelets<br />
in his first month, Seggman chose three<br />
different organizations to donate to: Gem,<br />
Matthew 25 Ministries and an organization<br />
dedicated to breast cancer.<br />
“I chose where to donate based on what I<br />
have a passion for,” he said.<br />
Because his grandmother and several<br />
close friends have battled breast cancer,<br />
this was a charity that he felt strongly<br />
about. But he didn’t feel like it was enough<br />
and he wanted to do more and get more<br />
involved with the people he was helping.<br />
When Seggman first launched DropGoods<br />
on his own in last December, he sold 60<br />
bracelets in the first two weeks. Originally<br />
a business major, designing a bracelet<br />
was no easy task for Seggman. It took 36<br />
different designs before he could find one<br />
he was happy with.<br />
“It was pretty hilarious,” he said, describing<br />
some of the first designs.<br />
He partnered up with Zahour after selling<br />
his first batch. Zahour was a customer<br />
and was impressed with the product.<br />
Having business experience as a manager<br />
at clothing brand, Active, Zahour gave<br />
Seggman advice through email for weeks<br />
before they both decided to officially<br />
partner up.<br />
Seggman and Zahour produce 100<br />
bracelets of single design at the beginning<br />
of each month. Bracelets are sold through<br />
the official DropGoods website until they<br />
run out. Once a bracelet design is gone,<br />
it will not be brought back ever again.<br />
This way the bracelets are limited edition.<br />
Seggman came up with the idea of selling<br />
limited edition bracelets because a lot of<br />
the brands he admires often do this too.<br />
“I want the bracelet to be something you<br />
can be proud of,” he said.<br />
He explained that making each bracelet<br />
design limited allows them to stand out.<br />
When choosing a design for the bracelets,<br />
Seggman goes for abstract patterns. He<br />
gets inspiration from popular trends, like<br />
animal and Native American prints. Once<br />
he finds a print he likes, he buys two yards<br />
of the fabric and makes as many bracelets<br />
from it as possible.<br />
Seggman initially created a Craigslist ad to<br />
find someone to produce large batches of<br />
bracelets at one time. Gayle from Ontario<br />
answered the ad and produced the first<br />
batch for the company’s December launch,<br />
but had to quit due to other employment.<br />
Zahour’s connections with Active allowed<br />
DropGoods to partner with the Active<br />
production company, and the bracelets are<br />
now produced in Los Angeles.<br />
Seggman wants to continue to grow and<br />
develop DropGoods after graduation.<br />
He eventually wants to get his products<br />
into stores, or even open a wristband<br />
shop where customers can create their<br />
own custom bracelets. Big on social<br />
media, Seggman and Zahour utilize their<br />
Facebook page to reach out to customers<br />
on the Web. They currently have about<br />
1,400 followers and are still growing.<br />
Friends and family alike have been<br />
supportive of Seggman’s vision. Junior<br />
communications major Ben Brickey has<br />
known Seggman for two years and has<br />
witnessed DropGoods develop from the<br />
beginning stages.<br />
“Jordan not only has a very creative mind,<br />
but he is also an amazing friend,” Brickey<br />
said. “And from day one he has had a<br />
passion to help people. He knows his<br />
calling is through fashion, and he will find a<br />
way to help people with that calling.”<br />
Seggman uses the classic stork image to<br />
represent his brand.<br />
9
Breasts. Boobs. Tits. Funbags. Milkjugs. Tatas.<br />
Knockers. Puppies. Racks. Hooters. Melons.<br />
You know them, you’ve seen them, but how<br />
much do you know about the cancer that can<br />
take the fun out of the bags?<br />
Breast cancer is a devastating disease that<br />
affects one in eight women and more than 2000<br />
men annually.<br />
Cal State Long Beach, a campus that is 58<br />
percent female and 42 percent male, should be<br />
100 percent aware of breast cancer basics. So<br />
it’s about time we got down and dirty with the<br />
details behind that pink ribbon we’ve come to<br />
know so well.<br />
It’s been several months since National Breast<br />
Cancer Awareness Month, so why bring up the<br />
boobs in <strong>April</strong>?<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 1, California jumped on the breast<br />
cancer legislation bandwagon behind New<br />
York, Texas, Connecticut and Virginia, requiring<br />
mammographers to inform women if their breast<br />
tissue is dense.<br />
Dense breast tissue in women under 50 is<br />
common, said breast surgeon Dr. John West,<br />
M.D. of Breastlink Center in Orange.<br />
When a woman is getting an annual<br />
mammogram, dense tissue can make the results<br />
more difficult to evaluate. In other words, it can<br />
be a contributing factor to delayed diagnosis in<br />
breast cancer.<br />
“This new legislation is great,” he said. “There are<br />
three caveats and it will help to change things. It<br />
will let you know if your breast tissue is dense,<br />
inform you that you’re at an increased risk, and<br />
with that information you and your physician can<br />
decide on alternative imaging.”<br />
Aside from dense tissue, there are many more<br />
contributing risk factors you can identify in order<br />
to be proactive with your own health.<br />
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GET TO KNOW<br />
YOUR BREASTS<br />
New legislatioN<br />
may help early<br />
detectioN<br />
By ariella rams and alison truax<br />
The biggest risk factor is a family history of<br />
breast or ovarian cancer.<br />
“A first-degree relative is a red flag,” Dr. West<br />
said. “A male relative is a huge red flag too.”<br />
However, if a first-degree relative has suffered<br />
from the cancer, it doesn’t necessarily mean you<br />
carry the gene. New genetic testing has allowed<br />
doctors to detect the presence of a cancer gene.<br />
Having previous biopsies, chest radiation, longterm<br />
and high-estrogen birth control use, alcohol<br />
consumption, and obesity are linked to the risks<br />
of breast cancer. So how can you be proactive<br />
as a college student in keeping up on your<br />
breast health?<br />
The health center on campus offers well-woman<br />
exams for anyone looking to stay on top of their<br />
health, which includes a clinical breast exam. In<br />
addition, the free and confidential Sexual Health<br />
Awareness Workshop is offered at the Health<br />
Resource Center on Mondays and Thursdays<br />
throughout the spring semester.<br />
“The SHAW workshops include a short<br />
component on the well-woman exam,” explains<br />
Emma Hawes, a student assistant for health<br />
services. “Attendees are instructed on how to do<br />
their own self-exams at home using a model and<br />
short video.”<br />
Photo by Karina Cornejo<br />
Women of any age are susceptible to breast cancer and the scars that come with<br />
it, but new legislation offers a greater chance of early detection.<br />
Students who can’t make the workshops can<br />
also download information that is presented at<br />
the workshop from the Heath Resource Center<br />
section of the CSULB website.<br />
Since the 90s, breast cancer mortality rates<br />
have continuously decreased. Prevention,<br />
detection and awareness are all key in the push<br />
to make those pink ribbons obsolete.<br />
So as legislation and advancements move<br />
forward, don’t hesitate to get to know your<br />
breasts. Who knows, touching yourself could<br />
save your life.
The “Go Green” trend goes beyond the<br />
reusable water bottles, recycling, and<br />
beach clean-ups.<br />
It is a movement that launched on <strong>April</strong> 22,<br />
1970 to fight for the Earth, raise awareness<br />
of environmental problems, and give people<br />
a sense of urgency to act upon them. Earth<br />
Day is a representation of the strength<br />
of this movement and the continuous<br />
determination of honoring and protecting<br />
the planet in order to make it a safe place<br />
to live.<br />
“Environmental problems do not go away<br />
like an illness,” Associated Students, Inc.<br />
Commissioner of Conservation Alben<br />
Phung said. “They will persist and will<br />
become a bigger problem if ignored.”<br />
Cal State Long Beach has recognized the<br />
importance of leaving a clean ecological<br />
footprint, and has made it a priority to make<br />
the campus eco-friendly. Refill stations are<br />
available campus-wide for water bottles,<br />
bike maintenance stations are available to<br />
encourage students to bike to school, and<br />
there are even solar panels that provide<br />
electricity to Brotman Hall, the Facilities<br />
Management Corporations Yard, and the<br />
Vivian Engineering Center.<br />
Projects and initiatives underway to make<br />
CSULB a “green campus” include more<br />
energy efficient lighting around campus, the<br />
implementation of drip irrigations systems,<br />
and the installation of more Electric Vehicle<br />
charging units in parking lots across<br />
campus.<br />
“The job towards sustainability is really<br />
never ever completed, so our efforts<br />
continue,” CSULB energy and sustainability<br />
manager Paul Wingco said.<br />
Each year, the Environmental Science and<br />
Policy Club on campus hosts an Earth Day<br />
celebration known as Earth Week. Last<br />
year, there was environmental information<br />
tabling, along with an eco-friendly fashion<br />
Earth day<br />
Eco-friEndly campus EvEry day at csulB<br />
By ViVian Gatica<br />
show called (Eco)uture. The opening event<br />
this year will be a Green Generation Mixer<br />
where various speakers will demonstrate<br />
their environmental projects, and show<br />
how the CSULB and the city of Long Beach<br />
have become more sustainable. The Earth<br />
Day celebration will take place on <strong>April</strong> 18<br />
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will also be a<br />
Recycling Information and Green Job Fair<br />
event on <strong>April</strong> 22.<br />
“These programs present students with<br />
information that will help them address<br />
environmental issues, and lessen the<br />
negative impact on the local environment<br />
and the planet as a whole, as well as<br />
opportunities to get involved and volunteer<br />
with local environmental organizations<br />
committed to sustainability and<br />
improving the local environment,” CSULB<br />
Environmental Science and Policy club<br />
president Nicholas Thibeault said.<br />
One of the highlights of Earth Week on<br />
campus will be the Green Technology<br />
Expo on <strong>April</strong> 29. Participants will display<br />
a variety of creative green technology<br />
projects in wind, solar, kinetic, and zero<br />
waste technology. According to Phung, the<br />
main purpose of the event is to expose<br />
students to environmental projects that<br />
they are not aware of.<br />
“Technology is a neutral item, if people<br />
do not know how to use it or know about<br />
the technology then it is useless,” Phung<br />
said. “We want to get students exposed to<br />
these future technologies, as well as inspire<br />
creativity in their everyday lives.”<br />
This year, Earth Day will take place on<br />
<strong>April</strong> 22, the day of the first celebrated<br />
Earth Day more than 40 years ago. It is a<br />
day to appreciate nature’s beauty and the<br />
environment that surrounds us. Phung said<br />
that CSULB’s Earth Day celebration is an<br />
opportunity to enlighten the people living on<br />
the Earth to take action to protect it.<br />
“Every aspect of life has a strong<br />
relationship with Earth,” Phung said. “We<br />
need to be stewards of this Earth, and<br />
to ensure that this natural beauty is not<br />
destroyed by its own guests.”<br />
“We need to be stewards of this Earth and<br />
to ensure that this natural beauty is not<br />
destroyed by its own guests.”<br />
Photo by Amatullah Guyot<br />
Senior communications major Mohammad Ahmad<br />
refills his water bottle at one of the many refill<br />
stations around campus.<br />
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A<br />
12<br />
music<br />
mayhem<br />
SXSW bringS together<br />
muSicianS and fanS from<br />
around the World.<br />
by AngelA RAtzlAff<br />
PhotoS by<br />
AngelA RAtzlAff and<br />
michelle RAtzlAff<br />
The Black Angels drummer Stephanie Bailey hammers out heavy drum beats for the psychedelic Austin-Based band at the Scoot Inn<br />
constant ringing in ears. Soles of feet<br />
that feel like they have been run over<br />
by bulldozers. A lack of sleep, strong<br />
enough to make anyone feel discombobulated<br />
or at least lost.<br />
No, this isn’t a warzone. This is South by<br />
Southwest, an annual film, music and interactive<br />
festival that takes place in Austin, Texas and is<br />
held during March.<br />
SXSW was started in 1987 with the motive<br />
of promoting local artists, musicians and<br />
filmmakers from Austin to the outside world.<br />
Now, almost 30 years later, the event rounds<br />
up about 150,000 people to the music capital of<br />
America every year.<br />
This year’s festivities started on March 8 with<br />
interactive and film elements that filled the<br />
streets of Downtown Austin with tech geeks and<br />
film enthusiasts.<br />
After almost a week of high-tech conventions,<br />
panels and expos, hoards of musicians, music<br />
publicists and fans took over for the music<br />
portion, filing into the nearly 200 live venues that<br />
Austin has to offer.<br />
“People are here, and they are hungry for<br />
music,” Austin resident Alejandro Rose Garcia,<br />
better known by his stage name Shakey Graves,<br />
said. “As a musician, it’s a great opportunity to<br />
play in front of people I would never get to see<br />
otherwise.”<br />
Garcia plays soul-filled Southern folk music,<br />
complete with a suitcase kick drum, tambourine<br />
and electric hollowbody guitar. This year marks<br />
Garcia’s second SXSW, and he had seven<br />
shows scheduled during the festival.<br />
“Basically the city turns into a kind of, as one<br />
of my friends put it, like a band summer camp,<br />
like adult summer camp basically,” he said after<br />
Seattle soul man takes Austin back in time with his 1970s-inspired tunes.<br />
having played a 20 minute set at the dive bar<br />
Antone’s. “I mean there’s delicious free food<br />
everywhere, I have a pile of koozies in my car,<br />
there’s a lot of fun objects to take away.”<br />
By day, the Austin Convention Center, located in<br />
the heart of Downtown, filled its ballrooms with<br />
musicians and gear-heads looking to take a<br />
peek into the latest music technology.<br />
Keynote speaker and Foo Fighters front man<br />
Dave Grohl easily sat 2,000 people in Ballroom<br />
D on the morning of March 14. His speech,<br />
which inspired individual creativity and finding a<br />
unique voice, kicked off the music festivities on<br />
a high note.<br />
After visiting the convention center, attendees hit<br />
the streets to take a peek into the current music<br />
scene. Bands packed venues, restaurants and<br />
bars with young hipsters and seasoned music<br />
lovers. Musicians played on sidewalks, in<br />
houses, in back yards and on the back of truck<br />
beds. Even Jack White’s Third Man Records<br />
Rolling Record Store drove in live music,<br />
including Third Man artists Pujol and Pokey<br />
LaFarge, as well as physical copies of music for<br />
fans like Austin resident Cameron Weed to take<br />
home.<br />
“I’ve been part of the [Third Man Records] vault<br />
subscription series since the start when they<br />
first opened Third Man, so it’s just one of those<br />
things whenever I can kind of come out and<br />
support them and listen to new music, I do it,”<br />
Weed said sitting outside the bright yellow truck.<br />
It is impossible to walk outside and not hear
five songs within one block. Bands like<br />
Shakey Graves, Seattle soul man Allen Stone,<br />
psychedelic rock group the Black Angeles, Los<br />
Angeles rock ‘n’ rollers Eagles of Death Metal<br />
or Long Beach natives Cold War Kids filled the<br />
tobacco-kissed and beer-stenched daylight with<br />
muffled sounds of music. The music wasn’t<br />
limited to rock and folk, however. Hip-hop,<br />
rap, soul, gospel, blues, techno, experimental,<br />
classical, jazz, metal, punk rock, psychedelic<br />
rock, surf rock, prog rock and every other genre<br />
in-between could be heard Downtown and<br />
throughout Austin neighborhoods.<br />
“Just with the sheer amount of music, you’re<br />
going to stumble on to something,” Weed, who<br />
has attended the festival for 12 years, said.<br />
“What I do like is you can see some of these<br />
bigger bands in much smaller venues than<br />
they’ll normally play.”<br />
Bigger acts, like Foo Fighters and Sound City<br />
Players, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Nick Cave,<br />
Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Wiz Khalifa formed<br />
snaking lines outside of smaller venues after<br />
the sun went down. With attendance for the<br />
big shows determined by random drawings,<br />
hopefuls with full credentials and platinum<br />
badges still had to wait outside for hours to have<br />
a shot at getting in.<br />
Surprise appearances, however, like Erykah<br />
Badu who joined the Robert Glasper Experiment<br />
on Friday night, shocked fans and gave them a<br />
close up performance they would never forget.<br />
Los Angeles resident Hannah Haines broke<br />
down in tears after watching Badu perform from<br />
inches away.<br />
“She’s basically like the reason why I live,<br />
basically it was amazing,” Haines said. “I love her.<br />
She has an insanely beautiful voice. It helps you<br />
when you’re happy, and it helps you when you’re<br />
sad. You can listen to it all the time.”<br />
After hours, Sixth Street, most known for the<br />
string bars chained to each other, comes alive.<br />
The scent of weed burns nostrils while music<br />
booms out of each passing venue. A mass of<br />
young music enthusiasts crawls down the street<br />
like a heard of sheep guided by neon signs. By<br />
3 a.m., ears are plugged from pounding music<br />
while groups of people chase after cabs and<br />
buses to rest for the next day of music mayhem.<br />
“Like any sort of art it’s just an expression that<br />
can really get people together and have one of<br />
those unified experiences, you go to a concert<br />
you’re going to see it with a bunch of people,”<br />
Weed said. “I just like going to shows and<br />
experiencing it with other people and having that<br />
moment.”<br />
Soul songstress Erykah Badu shocks audience members with a surprise<br />
appearance with the Robert Glasper Experience.<br />
Bands to look out for<br />
austin locals<br />
the ghost Wolves<br />
the blueS-rock duo made of guitariSt<br />
carley Wolf and drummer Jonathon Wolf<br />
SPillS out SloPPy reverb and electrifying<br />
vocalS.<br />
shAkey gRAves<br />
a one man act, graveS hoWlS out Soulfilled<br />
folk While StomPing on a SuitcaSe<br />
baSS drum and tambourine.<br />
the BlAck Angels<br />
the PSychedelic rock grouP conJureS<br />
uP 1960S imagery With their fuzzed<br />
guitarS and keyboard, Which are backed<br />
uP by thumPing drumS, maracaS and<br />
tambourineS.<br />
soul and r&B<br />
Allen stone<br />
Seattle’S Soul muSician bringS hiS muSic<br />
to life With vivaciouS dance moveS and<br />
vocalS that could melt any r&b lover’S<br />
heart.<br />
the RoBeRt glAspeR expeRiment<br />
teXaS muSician robert glaSPer Put<br />
together thiS Jazz-funk Jam band, Which<br />
featureS artiStS like vocaliSt and<br />
SaXoPhone Player caSey benJamin, baSSiSt<br />
derrick hodge and drummer chriS dave.<br />
rock ‘n’ roll<br />
eAgles of DeAth metAl<br />
the loS angeleS rockerS, Who Play muSic<br />
SPecifically for the ladieS and the godS<br />
of rock ‘n’ roll, get bootieS Shaking With<br />
their uPbeat temPoS and guitar-heavy<br />
SongS.<br />
pujol<br />
fronted by tenneSSee muSician daniel<br />
PuJol, the Punk rock grouP ShredS out<br />
faSt SongS With heavy-Weighted guitarS.<br />
lAnteRn<br />
PhiladelPhia’S blueS-Punk trio hammerS<br />
out ferociouS renditionS of claSSic delta<br />
muSic aS Well aS uPbeat Punk rock.<br />
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oPeninG day<br />
dodgerS Stadium<br />
vs. angelS Stadium<br />
by mAttheW sousA<br />
and lyzette sAlWAy<br />
The sound of a ball being knocked out<br />
of the park with thousands of fans<br />
cheering, the echoes of an umpire<br />
yelling “steee-rike,” and the taste of a flavorful<br />
hotdog with an ice-cold beer in hand can<br />
only mean one thing- Major League Baseball<br />
season is back in full swing. The Los Angeles<br />
Dodgers opened their season <strong>April</strong> 1 by<br />
squaring off against the San Francisco Giants<br />
at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Angels<br />
of Anaheim will have their first home game,<br />
against the Oakland Athletics, on <strong>April</strong> 9. If<br />
there’s one rule regarding America’s favorite<br />
pastime, it’s to always root for the home team.<br />
But with two home teams in the area, who<br />
do you root for? We’ve put together a list of<br />
information and prices to help local baseball<br />
fans choose between the Dodger or Angel<br />
experience this season.<br />
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Location: Los Angeles<br />
Year Built: 1962<br />
Capacity: 56,000<br />
View: San Gabriel Mountains<br />
General Tickets from $10 up<br />
All You Can Eat Pavilion $30-40<br />
Dodger Dog (Farmer John) $5<br />
Peanuts $5.75<br />
Cracker Jacks $3.75<br />
ICEE $6.50<br />
Bottled Water $4 and $6<br />
Draft Beer: Large $10.25<br />
Margarita $11<br />
stADium<br />
tickets<br />
fooD<br />
BeveRAges<br />
anGels<br />
Location: Anaheim<br />
Year Built:1966<br />
Capacity: 45,050<br />
View: 57 Freeway<br />
General Tickets from $11.50 up<br />
All You Can Eat Pavilion Not Offered<br />
Angel Dog (Wienershnitzel) $4.50<br />
Peanuts $2.50 and $6.50<br />
Cracker Jacks $3.50<br />
ICEE $4.50<br />
Bottled Water $3.75<br />
Draft Beer: Large $9<br />
Mike’s Hard Lemonade $8.25
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1 <strong>April</strong> Fool’s Day<br />
1 - 30 Belmont Shore/Naples Scavenger Hunt | Belmont Shore | 12 am<br />
2 Alkaline Trio | Fingerprints | 7 pm<br />
3 Los Angeles Dodgers v. San Francisco Giants | Dodgers Stadium | 7:10 pm<br />
4 Chockablock | University Art Museum | 12 pm-5 pm<br />
5 Long Beach Downtown Farmer’s Market | City Place Center | 10 am- 4pm<br />
5 Feeding People | Fingerprints | 7 pm<br />
6 Significant Ordinaries | University Art Museum | 12 pm-5 pm<br />
8 Donald P. Lauda Wellness Lecture | Walter Pyramid | 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm<br />
9 Dirtbags vs. San Diego State | Long Beach | 6 pm<br />
10 West Side Story | Pantages Theatre | 8pm<br />
11 Don Giovanni | University Link Theatre | 8 pm<br />
12-13 Formula Drift Round 1 | Downtown Long Beach<br />
12-14/ 19-21 Coachella Music Festival | Coachella Valley<br />
13 Los Angeles Kings v. Anaheim Ducks | Staples Center | 8 pm<br />
14 D.R.I | The Observatory | 9 pm<br />
19 - 21<br />
09<br />
12 - 14<br />
19 - 21<br />
15 Women’s Golf Fresno State Tournament | Copper River Country Club<br />
16 The Music Guild | Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall | 8 pm<br />
18 KROQ Presents Green Day | Los Angeles Sports Arena | 7:30 pm<br />
19 Men’s Golf Winchester Classic | Winchester Country Club<br />
19-21 Toyota Grand Prix 2013 | Downtown Long Beach<br />
20 Record Store Day | Fingerprints<br />
21 Monthly Tasting | Venissimo Cheese | 12 pm-2 pm<br />
22 Earth Day<br />
24 Bass Drum of Death | Bootleg Bar | 9 pm<br />
25 Jeff Bridges | El Rey Theatre | 7 pm<br />
26 SOJA | Club Nokia | 7:50 pm<br />
27 Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Symphony Classics | Long Beach<br />
Convention Center | 8 pm<br />
29 Green Technology Expo | USU Ballrooms | 10 am -3 pm<br />
30 Jojo featuring Austin Brown | Tru Hollywood | 7:30 pm<br />
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