In this episode of Beach Weekly, host Aubrey Balster discusses upcoming campus events and sits down with Daily Forty-Niner News Editor Madalyn Amato to discuss recent developments in the story of missing CSULB student Abiel Tseggi. Sports analysts Manuel and Ralston dive into last week’s upset win by LBSU men’s basketball against UC Irvine.
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‘If they’re right, I really don’t have anything to lose’
Long Beach State dance major Vanessa Cruz was born with arthrogryposis, a condition characterized by joint contractures and muscle weakness throughout the body. Despite challenges, Cruz has continued to pursue her passion for dance. Cruz sits down with the Daily Forty-Niner to discuss her journey to the CSULB dance department.
S4E1 | BEACH WEEKLY | Back at the Beach
A new semester brings a new and improved Beach Weekly at the Daily Forty-Niner. Host Aubrey Balster discusses the proposed downtown university village and an update on the controversial termination of former vice president of student affairs Carmen Taylor. And sports analysts Manuel Valladares and Ralston Dacanay break down the latest in men’s basketball and volleyball.
CSULB ‘decks the halls’ at 2019 Holiday Cart Parade
Snoopy’s bright red dog house, Carl Fredricksen’s floating house from Disney Pixar’s ‘Up’ and the Polar Express traversed down Beach Drive for the 2019 Holiday Cart Parade. Departments from all across campus participated in the annual event.
S3E13 | R.I.P.ples: How Club Ripples’ closing affected Long Beach
Hosts Hannah Getahun and Perry Continente discuss the closure of Club Ripples, Long Beach’s first gay dance club, and how it served as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community for 47 years. The club had its last hurrah this year before it shut it’s doors to the public Nov. 31.
Thank you to Lakey Inspired for the use of his song Me 2 (Feat. Julian Avila). Check out this song and his others at: @lakeyinspired
S3E12 | SPORTS: Ring Night for Men’s Volleyball
Hosts Ralston Dacanay and Manny Valladares highlight their latest feature stories on the archery club and men’s basketball’s Trever Irish from the Daily-Forty Niner’s sports section. They also dive into the ring ceremony for the Beach’s 2019 men’s volleyball team.
‘An Evening With’ SoulPancake co-founders Rainn Wilson and Shabnum Mogharabi
Over 300 students gathered at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Center for ‘An Evening With’ Rainn Wilson and Shabnum Mogharabi hosted by ASI’s Beach Pride Events.
S3E11 | NEWS: The Beverly Prowler
Host Perry Continente and special guest Paula Kiley discuss the “peeping tom” that’s been harassing female CSULB students in their apartments near the Beverly area.
S1E2 | Creation Lab: Painting Ukrainian Culture- Yulia Gasio
Host Suzane Jlelati sits down with Yulia Gasio, an MFA Painting and Drawing major who is one of this week’s show exhibitors at the School of Art galleries. There she will be presenting her show “Donbas 2014-Present,” where she showcases large scale paintings depicting life in the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine.
S3E10 | SPORTS: “Long Beach State Beach”
Hosts Ralston Dacanay and Manny Valladares give their thoughts on the controversial Long Beach State identity change and talk about the return of men’s volleyball. Then Daily Forty-Niner sports editor Mark Lindahl joins the show talk about LA traffic, his thoughts on “the Beach” name change and men’s basketball’s tough season-opening loss at UCLA.
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