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Mixed reactions about proposed tuition increaseCSU panel debates raising tuition costs to push students to graduate quicker.

By Sophia LeporeStaff Writer

A proposed increase in tuition has yielded mixed reactions from Cal State Long Beach students.

“I’m very anti-tuition increase,” said fifth year international stud-ies major Marian Abboud. “It’s the state’s responsibility to find state funding, they always keep talking

about raising tuition being a solu-tion, but they need to find funding from other places to put into educa-tion.”

In its draft state, the proposal out-lines increases in tuition as means of incentive for students to complete their degrees in a timely manner. Additional factors of the proposal include funding for updated soft-ware and support of a year-round calendar to increase enrollment.

“To meet the State’s college degree deficit, the State needs to consider new approaches for funding the uni-versity,” said Toni Molle, the Director of Public Affairs for the California State University Chancellor’s Office. “The CSU’s budget is currently dis-cretionary and annual funding is un-predictable and volatile.”

As stated in the proposal, the de-mand for enrollment has exceeded exponentially and leaves few alter-natives to meet the high requirement needed to accommodate students.

“The current financial model is not sustainable in the long run and now threatens access to the high quality education offered at CSU campuses,” said Molle. “[We] will continue to honor the provisions of the Governor’s multi-year funding plan, which includes a commitment to stabilize tuition fees through 2016-17.”

Under the plan implemented by Governor Jerry Brown, the CSU sys-tems have not seen an increase in tu-ition for the past four years. The plan provides for cumulative increases in state funding for higher education

systems. “Well, in some cases students

need to understand that if you want nice things, you have to pay more money,” said human development major Ruby Elliott. “So while we all wish we could go to school for free, tuition raises are usually necessary to give the students the best college experience they can have.”

Inflationary increases in health-care as well as pensions have con-tributed to both University of Cal-ifornia and CSU systems arguing against extended periods without increased tuition.

Other students on campus fail to share the same sentiment as Elliott.

“I think a tuition increase would be really unfortunate because I think one of the major draws of

the Cal State system is that it is so cheap,” said sophomore journalism major Sabrina Mongiello. “I think that instead of raising tuition for the students, they should find some way in their state budget to desig-nate more money to go towards stu-dents.”

While the current proposal re-mains in its draft stage, the com-mittee’s November board meeting is set to address the report. The final proposal will be due in January.

Meanwhile, CSULB students can breathe easily.

“CSU has no plans to raise tui-tion in 2015-16 or 2016-17,” said Molle.

President Conoley declined to comment on the proposed tuition increases.

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Senior and psychology major Kassidy Butterworth holds up her knife during the Haunted Hotel maze at California State University, Long Beach on Wednesday. The maze, put on by the Psychology Student Association, will continue to terrorize students until Oct. 29. More photos from the Haunted Hotel on page 5.

Safety and comfort for students is a goal of many schools, but many times it is di� cult for schools to provide that for every community

and population of students on campus.

For students in the transgender community, safety is a national issue that is still being dissected among di� erent schools, but a lot of comfort starts for students who are able to use their preferred name as opposed to their legal one that they no longer identify with. However, there are many schools who have yet to implement policies regarding preferred names on identities on campus.

Enter California State University, Long Beach, which has recently established guidelines that will allow students who identify with a di� erent name to soon be able to use that one instead of their birth name at school.

“It’s always been an issue with students who don’t identify with the name listed on their birth certi� cate, so this came out of students who don’t feel comfortable when their legal name is called in class, and if you’re a transgender or genderqueer

student, it can be triggering,” said Logan Vournas, a third year ASI Senator-at-Large at CSULB.

While the school’s name change won’t a� ect the status of or change their legal name, it will allow students to go by their preferred names in class, on their ID cards, on MyCSULB and Beachboard.

� e name change guideline is applicable to all students regardless of orientation, sexuality, gender, etc. and may also be especially utilized by international students who don’t feel comfortable using their birth name in America. But, the focus remains on transgender students who will be a� ected by this new guideline.

“Being called the name I don’t identify with makes me feel super uncomfortable and disassociated, but being called the name I identify with makes me feel safe,” said Gigi Plum, a 16-year-old former student who had dropped out of school but hopes to attend CSULB in the future. “It makes me feel like they care and they respect me.

For clarity, with the ideas of gender nonconformity and gender � uidity, names no longer hold correlation to gender. In Gigi’s case, he identi� es as a male with his preferred name, Gigi, and his name holds no adhesion to a gender. In many cases, when an identi� ed name is misused or disrespected, the person is made to feel uncomfortable.

A national survey by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network has found that 75% of transgender youth feel unsafe at school, which could cause, as in Gigi’s case, a student to drop out early.

It is a common occurrence that transgender students are ‘outed’ by peers and teachers when their legal names are called out during class or in passing, which can cause stress and anxiety for many students. If a student feels comfortable enough to clarify their preferred name in class, they still have to do it on a consistent basis which can o� en result in these students constantly outing

themselves to those around them. With this new guideline, it is

hoped that this stress will dissolve.“It feels validating,” said an

undeclared freshman at CSULB who has not yet made their gender transition public. “� ere’s no more anxiety to have to tell the professor before, or a� er or during class. Having that [the guideline] there would be a lot easier and save so much stress.”

While the federal Title IX law bans sex discrimination in schools, it is still common for transgender students to be harassed by their peers.

Calling a student by their legal name rather than their preferred name can be seen as a type of harassment if Title IX representatives deem it so, regardless of who is using it. With CSULB’s new preferred name provisions, the chance of being called out by one’s legal name is minimized and will, as hoped by the community, increase comfort and safety for transgender students on campus.

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If you’re a minimum wage employee in Long Beach, your wallet may be getting a little fatter in the near future.

City o� cials are considering a city-wide wage increase, with a third community review session taking place this � ursday at the Long Beach Community College, Carson campus. While the exact increase has not been publicly speci� ed, speculation alludes to a $15 minimum wage.

“It is important that we move forward with a community process that is collaborative, open and balanced,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a statement released in September announcing the community review process.

California’s minimum wage is currently $9 an hour. If approved,

Long Beach will join the likes of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York where minimum wage increases have recently been implemented.

City Council members unanimously approved a wage increase study in early August a� er four council members, Suja Lowenthal, Lena Gonzalez, Dee Andrews and Rex Richardson, asked that the topic be put on the agenda.

In the Aug. 11 agenda memorandum to Garcia and other city council members, Gonzalez, Lowenthal, Andrews and Richardson called on the city to investigate the potential impact of surrounding cities’ decisions to raise minimum wage, while considering whether a higher minimum wage would be bene� cial to Long Beach.

City Council members allotted up to $65,000 to hire the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation

to conduct a thorough investigation. LAEDC is a private non-pro� t organization with a public-bene� t mission, according to its website, and led Los Angeles County’s minimum wage study earlier this year.

� e community review session being held on � ursday is the third of six public meetings scheduled throughout the end of the year. � e � rst three meetings make up a preliminary public outreach process. At its conclusion, LAEDC will issue their report for public comment that will include a section summarizing public feedback.

A� er LAEDC releases its � rst report, the � nal meetings will be held in late November for community review and comment. � e City Council is then expected to review the report in early December.

Increasing the minimum wage has already mounted support, including that of Rusty Hicks, the Executive

Secretary of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and co-organizer of Raise the Wage campaign, a coalition of business, labor and community leaders working to raise wages.

“A higher minimum wage in Long Beach will complement other cities’ e� orts and make a huge impact on working families in the Southern California region, by li� ing them out of poverty,” Hicks said in a statement.

As much support as the issue has garnered, there are many who question the potential e� ects on small businesses and living costs.

“[It’d] be nice because I only get paid $9 per hour, but the costs of everything else may go up, like soup from the dollar store” junior international business major Leslie Garcia said. “I need to be more informed about what the increase would mean for Long Beach residents and businesses.”

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A look into the reactions of transgender students who will soon be allowed to choose their preferred names to be used around campus

Long Beach continues study on raising minimum wage

A third community review session is set for Thursday.

President Conoley awarded NAACP honor

CSULB President honored with NAACP Higher Education Award.

California State University, Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley received a Trailblazer Award in higher education from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Long Beach chapter last Thursday.

“President Conoley was nominated for her work at the university and for continuing and enhancing relationship, service and support to the Long Beach NAACP and the community at large,” said Naoimi Rainey, president of the

NAACP Long Beach chapter and a CSULB alumna.

The event, honoring the 36th Founders Celebration and 75th anniversary, was held to recognize local leadership and raise funds. President Conoley was one of several awardees, which included LBUSD Superintendent Christopher Steinhauser and community organizer Justin Rudd.

“I am honored to receive the Long Beach Branch NAACP’s Higher Education Award and humbled

to be among such accomplished and inspiring awardees,” Conoley said in a press release. “The recognition of my work serves as confirmation that education makes a profound difference in the lives of individuals and the well-being of communities.”

Live tweeting from the event, President Conoley posed with other awardees, recognized scholarship recipients and was “delighted” to meet a CSULB student from the Long Beach branch.

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Get jackedA practical guide to carving a jack-o-lantern.

Greetings, boos and ghouls! Yes, I went there. Brace yourself for spook-tacular word play and realistic guidelines on carving yourself a gourdeous jack-o-lantern in preparation for Halloween.

Acquire a pumpkin. I don’t care how you do it. Buy it, pick it from a patch, or bribe your co-worker with a how-to story for one. What-ever. Just don’t steal someone else’s jack-o-lan-tern. Although, if you do choose the criminal route, feel free to skip the rest of the steps.

Grab a sharp knife. Carefully. The dismem-bered limbs decorating lawns this time of year are fake. Please, don’t cut your fingers off. Anyway, grab a sharp knife and cut a circle around the stem of the pumpkin. Commence the gut scooping – that’s the technical term, I checked with the experts.

I ran out of number puns. Once the pumpkin is all hollowed out, trace a template of what you want to carve out. Word to the wise, pumpkins are sharpie kryptonite. I ruined a few trying to draw out my classic jack-o-lantern face. Oops.

Maybe I have a few puns left in the word bank. Go “Psycho” on good ol’ Jack and hack away at him; with artistic prowess, of course. If you get scared away and mis-slice poor Jackie, flip the bad boy around and carve another face on the back. Tell people you’re making Jack-O and Hyde.

Stick a candle or flashlight inside your masterpiece and display your orange friend for the world to see. Save the pumpkin seeds and bake them for a yummy snack, or make Pipián, a pumpkin seed-based sauce for savory dishes. Word on the street is sticking jack-o-lan-terns in the fridge will keep them from rotting into rotting zombies.

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How to scare friends and make enemies

With All Hallows’ Eve just around the corner, it is time for the unofficial, but definitive, ranking of

ghosts, ghouls and Obi-Wan’s.

1. BooThis ghost from “Super Mario Bros.” may look cute and cartoony, but don’t be fooled. Boo is a straight-up creeper. He may look like he’s chilling, but the second you turn your back, Boo is coming for you and your gold coins.

By Greg DiazEditor-in-chief

2. Samara (“The Ring”)

3. Abe Lincoln’s ghost

3. The twins (“The Shining”)

4. Bloody Mary

The girl in the well. She is abso-lutely horrifying. And she’s kind of a shut in. But on the other hand she’s super into TV. I bet she liked “The Wire.”

This apparition gets bonus points for being the ghost of a freaking presi-dent and haunting one of the most famous buildings in the world. Plus, with the top hat, Lincoln’s Ghost must clock in at close to 7 feet tall.

How is it that in a hotel full of spirits, these two are the freakiest? I’ll tell you how; because there is nothing the world scarier than twins. It’s like living in a room full of mirrors. And they don’t even need to speak to communicate.

Making slumber parties awesome since forever. You dont even need to print an invite, and she doesn’t eat all the pizza or wet the bed. The down side is, the other guests might.

6. Sam Wheat (“Ghost”)Seemingly every woman’s first GILF (Ghost I’d Like To F---). Wheat makes the list be-cause he was also a bad-ass in “Road House.”

7. Headless HorsemanThis one is a two-fer. Ghost man and ghost horse. Not sure which is worse. I know either way, I don’t want them passing through my sleepy Colonial village.

8. PoltergeistThey’rrrre here. Well go somewhere else. No one wants to wake up to your child watching static. It’s bad for the eyes. And probably not great for the soul.

9. Obi-Wan KenobiI know, I know. You’re saying Obi-Wan is a hero. There’s just one thing that I want to know: where did his body go?

10. La Llorona“The weeping woman” is a ghost that drowned her own children because of reasons. As a result, this ghoul clad in white will kidnap your kids and drown them, also because of reasons.

11. Ghost of Christmas FutureI know I don’t want to see the beer-bellied having, cul-de-sac sporting, shell of my cur-rent self....Wow. Got a little existensial there.

12. Bruce Willis (“The Sixth Sense”)Imagine a ghost with the sad eyes of Butch Coolidge and the killing skills of John McClane. That is terrifying. Don’t know whether to run or offer a hug.

13. Slimer (“Ghostbusters”)The only ghost on the list that’s fun at parties. Slimer knows how to slam them back. Unfor-tunately everything just ends up in pile on the floor. And I bet he doesn’t help with the cleanup.

14. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and ClydeDon’t end up in a dark alley with these four ghosts. You’ll get surrounded and lose a life. And why is one named Clyde? That ghost must be psycho.

15. CasperHe’s nicknamed “the friendly ghost,” but I’m not buying it. Ghosts by their nature are dark and twisted. But I’m not even sure I could handle knowing what this guy is hiding.

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Horror Show

(Top left) California State University Long Beach student, Jaime Hernandez, holds up a dagger during the Haunted Hotel maze at CSULB on Wednesday. The maze, put on by the Psychology Student Association, will continue to terrorize students until Oct. 29. (Middle left) Junior and psychology major Vicki Amnat lunges out to scare a victim during the Haunted Hotel maze. (Top Right) Senior psychology major Elizabeth Lagarda awaits her next victim. (Bottom right) Senior history major Schuyler Harris prepares his dagger to scare a victim.

Photos by Michael ares | Daily 49er

The LBSU PSA hosts “Hotel Quarantine” in the basement of the Psychology building.

Going down… Ding!The California State University, Long Beach Psy-

chology Student Association partnered with the National Psychology Honor Society to hold their fifth annual haunted house in the basement of the psychology building.

The theme this year is “Hotel Quarantine” and involves a creepy bellhop, a gaggle of “infected” ho-tel guests, and incessant dinging.

“It takes place in the 1930s, Hollywood Era, and a famous Hollywood hotel has been infected by a deadly virus. It’s taking over the minds and bodies of the guests and hotel workers.” PSA President Ni-cole Saulnier said.

From the moment you step into the elevator and greet the grisly bellhop, an ominous mood has been set. Victims of this year’s haunted house will be guided through a dimly lit maze—red lights

flash, women shriek and wail, and a Heisenberg-es-que actor barrels at you with a knife and a snarl.

The event aims to promote school spirit, raise money for a charitable organization, and, of course—scare the bile out of students.

This year’s proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels, which packages food for people in need.

The haunted house will be open tomorrow from 6 - 10 p.m. and entry is $2.

By Miranda Andrade-CejaStaff Writer

1. Drunk Drivers- Similar to all holidays where drinking is involved, the danger of drunk driving acci-dents is a pressing issue. The danger to little kids going trick or treating where one bad decision can lead to

horrible consequences. While it’s impossible to make sure everyone doesn’t drink on Halloween, you can make sure that people you know don’t endanger themselves and other people. Either get a designated driver in your group, or call up an Uber or taxi to safely get you and your friends home safe.

2. Expensive Costumes- Now-adays with the ever-growing love for Halloween and dressing up in costumes, prices skyrocket. Adult costumes especially can reach ridic-ulous prices such as a high quality Stormtrooper outfit costing $1,050. Most people are not millionaires and can’t afford such lavish disguises as well as have one good enough to sat-isfy their love of the holiday. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for de-cently made costumes, some people design their own costumes by using simple materials. One that comes to mind includes a literal 50 Shades of Gray Costume using paint chips of different grey color shades. So I’d recommend either sucking down

some pride and purchase as cheap a costume as possible, or if you want to be creative, make your own.

3. Who wore it better?- Despite the fact that Halloween is the one night trick or treaters can be any-thing, seriously, anything that they desire to be, each year holds promise of the same costumes year after year. There’s nothing like thinking back on those long hours you took to purrfect the cat whiskers and cat-ear headband, until you walk into a halloween party to find you are one of the 1,000 who decided to be a cat for Halloween. Thought your Netflix and Chill costume was clever? So did the other 100 people who came with a bag of ice and a red shirt with the word “Netflix” in puffy paint. Not to mention the handful of Harley Quinn’s or R2-D2s there’ll be with the upcoming releases of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Suicide Squad. Dressing up may appear to be one of the best aspects of Halloween, but the lack of variety in costumes worn each year is no treat to go

knocking for.

4. Should you trick or treat this year?- The social norm for the cut off age of trick or treaters seems to yet be clarified for millennials. Differen-tiating between can you trick or treat or should you trick or treat remains a looming question contemplated by some college students. Can you trick or treat? Technically speaking, anyone can trick or treat. However, there’s no promise that candy will actually be received. Should you trick or treat? Considering the fact that the majority of trick or treaters are in elementary school and the majority of college students are not legally considered minors, from a candy giv-er’s standpoint- not exactly. On the other hand, given the circumstance that a sweet tooth knows no age and most college students are broke, the desire for free candy seems quite understandable. The consensus has yet to be made.

5. The trick-or-treaters!!- Wheth-er you’re giving out expensive candy

or not, you’re going to get trick or-treaters knocking at your door. Halloween decorations used to be a sign that a household was participat-ing. But nowadays regardless of the dark, quiet houses that don’t want to be bothered, the ruthless Elsa’s and Darth Vader’s will hustle every house on the block. What about the trick part? It’s not a surprise to see toilet paper trees, egg slime and vandalism in neighborhoods post-Halloween night. Darn those hooligans!

6. The demeaning cheap cos-tumes!!- It’s more common to see a Sexy Sriracha and Tipsy Tio Tito appear at doorsteps and parties on Halloween. Anything can be sexy! Minions? Play-dough? Elmo’s World? You got it. Now Elmo has a mini skirt, a bikini top and hoop earrings. But those are just the females. Although a wider variety, male choices are strictly for shock value and comedy. What ever happened to good costumes? Good luck finding a costume that won’t be offensive or sexualize a cartoon character.

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“I absolutely hate scary movies. I get nightmares so I don’t like them. I was at a birthday party and

I watched “The Ring,” and I fell asleep during that, thank God. Someone made me watch

one clip of “Saw” and I was like, ‘Nope, I’m not watching that, that’s disgusting.’ I saw five min-

utes of it and I was traumatized.”

—Nele Barber, volleyball

“I was in the dorms here, and I was walking into my suite and at the time the sand [volleyball]

team was traveling to Hawaii, and my roommate was on the sand team. And so, I thought may-be they got back early because when I walked into the hall, it looked like someone had just hit the corner. so I thought it was my roommate because there’s only one room over there,

which is ours, so I hit the corner and then the door opened by itself, so I though, ‘Oh, she just

walked in.” Then I walked in my room and no one was in there.”

—Ashley Murray, volleyball

“I can say I have a fear of death. Death and in general I’m scared of

the dark.”

—Dimitrios Lappas,water polo

WE ASKED DIFFERENT 49ER ATHELETES WHAT THEIR WORST FEARS ARE. THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

Women’s Soccer

Who: UC Davis (9-6-2, 2-3-1 Big West)When: Thursday at 6 p.m.Where: George Allen Field

Need to know: The Aggies and 49ers are both coming off wins against Hawaii last weekend. Davis had an easier time getting its win, beating the Rainbow Warriors 4-0 while LBSU needed some last minute hero-ics from sophomore striker Ashley Gonza-les to win 3-2.

However, before their win against Ha-waii, the Aggies were on a three-game los-ing streak in which they were outscored 6-2. LBSU owns an all-time series record of 7-3-1 against Davis.

UC Davis is led by a trio of forwards capable of putting the ball in the net. Ju-nior Rachel Smith leads the Aggies with five goals, freshman Crystal Crump has four goals and an assist and senior Haley Hughes has three goals and three assists to go with them.

The 49ers are entering their final game of the regular season with a playoff spot already in hand. There’s still a chance that

LBSU can finish first in the Big West, but they must win against Davis and wait for Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara to each lose at least one game this weekend, or tie all of their remaining games.

Women’s Volleyball

Who: UC Irvine (10-11, 4-5 Big West)When: Thursday at 7 p.m.Where: Bren Events Center, Irvine

Need to know: The 49ers face the Ant-eaters in the second match-up of the sea-son, with LBSU taking the first win 3-1 in the Black and Blue rivalry. LBSU leads in the all-time series with Irvine going 69-8. The last time the Anteaters beat the 49ers was in October 2009, when Irvine took a five set win over LBSU.

Sophomore libero Luna Tsujimoto leads the defensive effort for the Anteaters, av-eraging 3.89 digs per set and holding the No. 5 spot in the Big West. Tsujimoto also tops the Anteaters in digs with 307 and is second in aces with 15.

Who: UC Davis (10-13, 5-4 Big West)

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.Where: The Pavilion, Davis

Need to know: LBSU swept UC Davis at home in the first match-up to give head coach Brian Gimmillaro his 800th career win. The 49ers held the Aggies to a .010 hitting percentage in the victory.

The 49er must watch out for junior set-ter Sophia Mar. She has led her offense to a .198 hitting percentage on the year, aver-aging 13.18 kills per set. Mar also averages 7.71 assists per set for a .433 percentage.

The Aggies have never beaten LBSU in their history. The 49ers own a 21-0 all-time record that stretches back to 2004. Davis has only taken three matches against LBSU to five sets.

Men’s Water Polo

Who: Stanford (15-6, 2-3 MPSF)When: Saturday at NoonWhere: Lindgren Aquatics Center

Need to Know: The Cardinal are the defending MPSF Tournament champions after defeating the LBSU 9-8, in dramatic

fashion in the final. In their first matchup this season, Stan-

ford defeated LBSU 11-4 in Palo Alto on Sept. 19. The 49ers are on a 12-game los-ing streak against the Cardinal. Their last win came in 2007, when LBSU cruised to a 7-5 win.

Senior driver Bret Bonanni leads the Cardinal in goals, with 65 on the year and 331total for his career. In the Cardinal’s last match, against San Jose State, Bonan-ni, sophomore driver Cody Smith and freshman driver Kyle Weikert, notched a hat trick in the win.

Who: Golden West College (21-1, 3-0 OEC)When: Saturday at 3:00 p.m.Where: Lindgren Aquatics Center

Need to know: In the only meeting be-tween LBSU and Golden West, the 49ers took down the Rustlers last season 19-8 at home. GWC is coming off of a five-game winning streak, having lost their only game of the season against Long Beach City College on Oct. 17.