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The Associated Students, Inc. senate introduced a resolution to allow trans-gender students to use a preferred first name in California State University, Long Beach records.

According to the resolution, the Of-fice of Equity and Diversity is develop-ing a model that ensures transgender students preferred name appear on class rosters, Beach Board and student ID cards to eliminate the fear of being “outed.”

“We wanted to make a resolution supporting [the Office of Equity and Diversity] because it wasn’t like we came up with it,” ASI Sen. Joanna Sal-gado said.

There are numerous universities that

have implemented preferred name pol-icies for transgender students includ-ing San Diego State University, San Jose State University and California Poly-technic University San Luis Obispo.

The resolution would implement a policy similar to SDSU’s, which ensures that transgender students can use their preferred name on their online portal, class roster and student ID cards.

“The focus and the purpose for this [resolution] is for transgender stu-dents, but I think there are other stu-dents this may be useful for and we definitely need to discuss that,” ASI Sen. James Allen said.

A sociology senior, Kevin Clinton, introduced the idea of the resolution to the Committee on LGBTQ Campus Climate in fall 2014.

“I [introduced the idea] because my friends are affected by this issue,” Clin-

ton said. “I originally wrote a six page report in summer 2014 to both edu-cate myself on this issue and educate others on the issue.”

Clinton said that in classes his transgender friends attended, some professors would purposely use the transgender student’s legal name in-stead of their preferred name even after they talked to the professor. Clinton said that this would make his transgender friends uncomfortable.

After hearing about the issue and reading Clinton’s report, the Director of Equity and Diversity Larisa Hama-da began developing a solution to the

problem.“[Hamada] has been working really

hard on this so we want to support her and commend her,” Salgado said. “We are totally for this.”

Another resolution introduced to the ASI senate would support addition-al fields for gender identity and sexual orientation to the CSU Student intent to enroll form.

According to the resolution, track-ing of the LGBTIQ+ community at CSULB will “provide insight into grad-uation rates, academic success and the services they utilize.”

CSULB’s Enrollment Services and the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment do not include sexual orientation and gender identity as a demographic variable, the resolution states.

Students from the College of Natu-ral Science and Mathematics are able to apply for a fifth of the $130,000 Beck-man Scholarship for 3-year research projects.

CSULB is one of the dozen univer-sities nation-wide that received a grant from the grant program this year.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics received the grant to sup-port five Beckman Scholars starting in summer 2015, according to a CSULB

press release.“[The grant] can be transformative

for recipients because it allows them to engage in a very intense and contin-uous amount of research,” said Mary-anne Horton, the senior director of development for the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics.

Under the guidance of a mentor, the scholars will pursue a research project and perform research activities part-time during one academic year and full-time over two summers, Horton said.

In the nation, California receives the most Mathematical and Physical Sciences awards from the National Science Foundation, with 1,224 active awards totaling over $1 billion accord-ing to NSF reports.

Based on the NSF report on the Cal-ifornia State University system, CSULB receives the second most awards annu-ally. At five total, CSULB ties with CSU Los Angeles. CSU Fullerton ties with San Diego State for the most awards at ten total.

A faculty committee will select the scholars, which will be announced by mid May, through interviews, where the finalists will discuss their research plans, the values of the research ex-perience and leadership development in their educational and career plans, Horton said.

Each Beckman Scholar will receive $26,000, with $21,000 specifically for

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He lets out a soft laugh as he mentions that he was only eight years old when he, his younger brother and his mother spent a night in jail each time they were caught trying to enter the U.S. il-legally.

“They put us in a room, and he told the im-migration officer that one day he would become president of the United States,” Salazar’s mother, Maria Arenas, said.

Although she knows that her son — an undocu-mented immigrant, a full-time employee, an engi-neering student at a four-year university — may never actually become president of the U.S., she is proud of her son’s most recent achievement.

Come June 1, Jose Salazar will officially take office as president of the Associated Students Inc. at California State University, Long Beach.

“I feel like I belong to Long Beach, because I was raised here,” Salazar says with a gentle grin that — like Salazar — doesn’t quit.

Clad in a pastel-colored, button-down shirt that rests beneath a gray suit, Salazar shares his tale of searching for acceptance in the U.S.

After making it across the border on their ninth attempt, Salazar and his family spent about two months in Arizona before moving to Long Beach. He began middle school where he was one of very few who spoke only Spanish.

“Everyone used to bully me and push me around,” Salazar said, describing his experience at Newcomb Academy. “I remember I was such an outcast that we had a table just for the outcasts and I was one of those, there were six of us.”

These days, Salazar frequently sits at a table with the leaders of the student government at CSULB. Over the course of the past year, he has served as the ASI senator of engineering; in this role, Salazar learned that he has a passion for serv-ing his fellow students.

“At the end of the day … it’s not about friend-ships,” Salazar said. “It’s about getting work done.” He said that, although he has been lucky to become friends with many members of ASI, he plans to focus on his job before his friendships while he is president.

ASI President Joseph Phillips has already be-gun the process of preparing Salazar for the of-ficial transfer of power.

In the wake of leaving a mark by overseeing the opening of the campus’ new Dream Success Cen-ter for undocumented students, Phillips watched as Salazar vied for the executive office, still butt-ing heads with the rejection he experienced as a child.

“On the campaign, he faced a lot of racism, a lot of bad comments, and he just kept going,” Phil-lips said. “Everyday he was out there tabling, even though people were saying that stuff. I’m proud of him.”

Phillips said Salazar never takes no for an an-swer, no matter what his “status” is.

“[Being undocumented] might have been something he [campaigned] on to say, ‘Hey, I’m this person, this is who I am,’” Phillips said. “And that took a lot guts … a lot of people don’t really come out and say, ‘Look, I’m undocu-mented.’”

Finding his place at the head of the CSULB student body, Salazar says he feels obligated to inspire young individuals who also struggle to belong.

He draws strength from his mother, who

brought him to the city he calls home — no matter how many times they were sent back, she didn’t settle.

“There is always good and rough times,” Arenas said. “But for me, [Jose] will always be … noble, responsible, educated and polite. He can reach his goals because he believes in himself.”

Jesus Ambrosio contributed to this report.

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the scholar and $5,000 for the scholar’s men-tor, according to the press release.

“[Award recipients] build a bond with a

mentor or a faculty member and [they] are more likely to come back to campus and want to be part of the campus,” and “the gift ends up boost-ing student achievement,” CSULB Executive Director of News Michael Uhlenkamp said.

In previous years, 19 CSULB students were awarded, of which 80 percent went on to doctor-

al programs, 85 percent continued in advanced graduate work, and 100 percent remained in and contributed to science, technology and medical disciplines, according to CNSM website.

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restoration research and water toxicity, Horton said.

“We have a faculty that is very research ac-tive and they are very successful in winning grants to support their research,” Horton said.

Applications for the Beckman Scholars Pro-gram are due Monday, April 20.

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Newly appointed ASI President Jose Salazar poses for a photo in the University Library.

You’re walking on Bellflower Boule-vard when a whistle tone sounds from your smart phone.

“Building Explosion in New York City,” the notification read. Upon swip-ing right, screams rise from city streets, sirens blare and a building engulfed in flames accompanies a streaming live broadcast of a Huffington Post reporter.

At the end of March, Twitter bought and launched Periscope, a live-stream-ing app. The free-of-charge app lets us-ers stream any experience with others on a global scale, attempting to “build the closest thing to teleportation” ac-cording to their website.

“[Periscope] allows users to feel more connected in the same way that Snap-chat does,” Yanet Cortez, a Periscope user and junior communications ma-jor at California State University, Long Beach said. “The big difference is that you cannot go back and edit what you’re streaming; what you see is what you get.”

The growth of social networking sites has news seekers opening up apps in-

stead of newspapers. According to the American Press Institute, 44 percent of Americans report finding their news through social media-based sources.

“I don’t think it’s going to kill or re-place broadcast news, just like Twitter didn’t replace text messaging,” Robert Hernandez, a professor of digital jour-nalism at University of Southern Cali-fornia’s Annenberg School for Commu-nication and Journalism, said.

“The one thing that’s clear is that Periscope is a strong tool in the jour-nalism toolbox,” Hernandez continued. “There are incredible moments, like the building explosion in New York, in which it can come in as a great resource to inform.”

The self-proclaimed “mad scientist of journalism” focuses on exploring and developing the intersection of technol-ogy and journalism. He explained that its purpose is to empower people with informed reporting while storytelling, engaging the community and improv-ing distribution.

That’s not to say that anyone broad-casting breaking news through the app can be considered a journalist. Users may engage in the act of journalism, but to work professionally in the field, it takes some time, Hernandez explained.

With an appeal that applies to broad-

cast news, there is skepticism that the app has the potential to become a major social media platform like Twitter and Instagram.

Apps like Ustream and Twitch enable smartphone users to live stream, but with Internet and mobile technology ad-vancement like high-speed Internet and LTE, the runway is laid out for apps like Periscope to take off. According to Twit-ter analytics tool Topsy, 51,000 tweets buzzed about Periscope on its launch day.

“I feel like if the average person downloaded the app, there’s not going to be a lot of following,” junior kinesiology major at CSULB Angelo Escalona said. “It looks like it’s going to turn out to be more celebrity-oriented.”

Viewers can send messages to the broadcaster, tapping the screen to send hearts to express their approval. The app is only available in iOS, but Android us-ers can expect the app soon, according to a recent post on Periscope’s develop-ment team’s blog.

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As far as strange openings, Fox’s upcoming television mystery-drama “Wayward Pines” is at the top of the list. What follows in the proceeding episodes is a riveting tale with uncomfortable characters and unanswered questions, sure to have viewers hooked this sum-mer.

The television series releases on May 14, and is based on Blake Crouch’s tril-ogy of books “Pines.” Chad Hodge (“The Playboy Club,” “The Runaway”) created the show with a hand from executive producer and well known twist maestro M. Night Shyamalan.

Matt Dillon plays Ethan Burke, the

Secret Service agent who instead of meeting his end in an inferno finds him-self waking up in the dirt of the dark Idaho wilderness. Burke makes his way to the nearest town, the suspiciously quaint Wayward Pines, and begins yanking at the first threads of an unrav-eling mystery.

There is a lurking secret that casts a shadow over the small town that every-one is hiding behind fake smiles and awkward conversations. As Burke fran-tically tries to connect with his family back in Seattle, no one is willing to help him and all phone lines are directed to fake operators. Imagine that.

If the show wasn’t creepy enough, Burke can’t even leave the town. He hi-jacks a car but all roads leading out of Wayward Pines take him right back into town.

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way in the pilot episode. Unfortunately, the series opens with

way too much information to process. There is a lot of backstory on Burke crammed into flashbacks as well as what seem to be important revelations about the show that come suspiciously early in the story.

For the average viewer looking to pick up a summer TV habit the pilot might be off-putting and deter them from tuning in the next week.

If the viewer makes it past the pi-lot episode, a number of jaw-dropping twists and mind benders similar to those from “Shutter Island” are awaiting their approval.

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Luckily, the heap of unanswered ques-tions detracts from the first episode’s flaws.

Ethan Burke has disappointingly fallen into yet another acting typecast of a “cop with a dark past.” Luckily for the viewer, “Wayward Pines” is quick to in-troduce fresh personalities in an attempt to distract the viewer from being both-ered by the ‘Jennifer Anniston effect.’

If the odd characters aren’t enough to keep viewers tuning in weekly for this show then the cliffhangers will be. As with the majority of mystery dra-mas, this show relies heavily on building tension and creating suspense, both of which the writers do well.

From the first five episodes, it is clear that “Wayward Pines” has a lot of po-tential, but your knuckles will likely be pale as bones before the show fills in any blanks.

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Got water? California sure doesn’t, and this historic 4-year drought is only going to con-

tinue if Californian’s don’t severely limit their water consumption.

Impressively lush green lawns have now become irrelevant, and squeaky-clean sidewalks will have to get a little dirty.

We are in a drought unlike any we have ever seen before, so we need to take actions that we haven’t taken before. We are not getting the level of effort that this situation clearly warrants due an apparent level of ignorance among Californians.

With a heightened sense of alarm and publicity last year, Californian’s began to grasp the se-verity of the drought. People were starting to take steps to conserve water and pay closer attention to how much water they were using.

Even California State University, Long Beach began taking action in response to Governor Jerry Brown’s State of Emergency dec-laration due to the severe drought conditions.

CSULB has been implementing water conservation projects as part of the campus’ overall sustainabil-ity goals, including transitioning to drought tolerant landscaping, converting landscape areas to drip irrigation, use of waterless and low flow urinals, installing touch free automatic faucets with low flow restrictors, installing weather based central irrigation control-lers and using reclaimed water for irrigation.

While, CSULB is still working on water conservation, it only took one wet December and a few mas-sive storms to wash away the worry from students’ minds.

Just last week, Governor Brown ordered mandatory water use re-ductions for the first time in Cali-fornia’s history, saying the state’s 4-year drought had reached near crisis proportions after a winter of record low snowfalls. Perhaps this is the type of scare that students and individuals need in order to take this drought devastation seriously.

According to The New York Times, any effort to force reduc-tions in water use could be politi-cally controversial. “This will be somewhat of a burden — it’s going to be very difficult,” Brown said. “People will say, ‘What about the farmers?’ Farmers will say, ‘What about the people who water their lawns?’ ”

Far too many individuals pass the buck when it comes to taking responsibility to conserve water. They assume their neighbor is conserving enough by not watering their lawn or that someone else is taking the initiative to take shorter showers.

This type of ignorance and nonchalance will be the reason for an eight or 10-year drought if individuals don’t begin to realize the true mag-nitude of this situation, and take ownership and responsibility by making daily changes to conserve water.

According to a recent survey conducted by the State Water Resources Control Board, water conservation declined 14.1 percent from the months of December to January in Southern California

alone. After a few days of heavy December rainfall people were quick to think that rivers and lakes were back to being full and that prayers for the drought had been answered. Much to their surprise - this was not the case.

Southern California, CSULB students included, need to realize the severity of this problem and do their part to conserve water for more than a semester.

Creating a competition between dorm buildings, and implementing an incentive for the residence hall that conserves the most water by the end of the semester could be a great way to generate participation among students to conserve water.

Residence of CSULB’s on and off-campus dorms need to significantly reduce their length of showers. Timing system shower-

heads will effectively monitor the length of showers in order to cut back excessive water usage.

It may seem like a no-brainer to take lengthy showers because for many students, utilities are included in rent, but the environment simply cannot afford it. Students also need to remember to turn off the faucet while brushing their teeth.

There is no excuse for people’s ignorance regarding the drought or its solutions, as any minor con-tribution to conserve can add up to make a big difference, Southern California and California at large can work together collectively to lessen the severity of this drought and continue to stay hopeful for wetter days.

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Hardly anyone touches a CD or a record anymore.

Music is no longer tangible. Now, a song is a file downloaded or streamed from a website online.

Unfortunately, streaming music on-line has become the most popular way of grabbing hold of an album or song.

Using sites like Spotify and the newly released, artist-owned Tidal, stop people from fully appreciating an artist or band.

Artists create their albums as a piece of art. They put the songs in a certain order for a reason. They choose, create

and contribute to the art. It is meant to be a visual, auditory, intellectual and visceral experience.

Music streaming sites give people an outlet to listen to an eclectic array of art-ists and bands that allow their music to be streamed online for a monthly fee, but they are not getting the full experience.

According to Rhapsody, it was the first ever online music stream-ing service, opening in 2001. In 2011 it reached 750,000 subscribers and held 11,000,000 songs. Its monthly fee continued to be $9.99.

Today, over 15 million paid-users subscribe to Spotify, which offers over 30 million songs.

Earlier this year, revenue from mu-sic streaming sites “surpassed CD sales for the first time in history,” according to a Fortune magazine article.

Countering the monthly $10 dues of Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, both released in March of this year, charge $20 and $14.99 for a monthly subscrip-tion.

A band’s success comes from eco-nomic rewards. Gigs, tours and album sales provide bands with the funds they need to keep playing music and to grow.

Streaming music bites the hand that feeds, or moreover, crushes the hand completely with a steamroller. Purchasers of music disregard their buying habits when choosing to visit these sites.

The monthly fee for music stream-ing sites do not provide the amount of revenue that comes from CD, iTunes and concert tickets; people go to shows and visit iTunes all of the time.

Streaming has also weakened

the already declining old-fashioned tradition of walking into a Best Buy or trendy record store and physically buying music.

Music streaming sites provide easy access to songs and albums without listeners having to “break the bank” over a CD that costs $11 or more. They also give willing artists a platform to showcase themselves.

But take away these streaming platforms and we are left with Facebook, band-made websites, Twitter feeds and Instagram galleries. These sites are just as effective platforms as online music streaming sites – maybe even more so.

But what about YouTube and Inter-net radio?

YouTube and Pandora egg on new and old fans. They push people to want to hear more, or better yet, to buy a song or two from a band or an artist that they’ve discovered on Internet radio or social media sites.

Jay-Z, who co-owns Tidal, urges fans to start respecting the music.

“[People are] devaluing [music] and devaluing what it really means,” he told Billboard magazine. “People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water.”

Yes, Tidal is artist-owned, asks listeners for more money each month and offers a higher quality sound. But it still takes away from the music-purchasing experience like any other music-streaming site.

If music streaming continues to expand, concerts, meet and greets, in-store performances and music festivals will begin to fade away.

Like the rest of our lives, music would solely be experienced online, taking away the artist-to-fan personal and physical connection that comes from dancing in the middle of a crowd, singing from a stadium seat or shaking a band member’s hand after a gig.

So try to balance your online streaming with some real world gig-ging and old school album listening. Records are the new mp3.

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Most Long Beach State baseball play-ers were fans of the game long before they starred for the Dirtbags. Whether they became fans through family or proximity, their connection to baseball runs deep.

Like many people who grew up in Southern California, junior catcher Eric Hutting is a lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan. His bond with the team stems from the bond he has with his father and grandfather.

“I grew up in a family that always supported the Dodgers,” Hutting said. “I grew up with my grandpa and dad always taking me to Dodgers games. I’ve been to a lot of Dodgers games. [Dodger Stadium] is definitely my fa-vorite stadium. Just the atmosphere there really hooked me.”

With a long list of options to choose from, Hutting struggled to pick his fa-vorite player. He eventually settled on outfielder Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers’ po-larizing star.

“My cousin [All-Star right-hander James Shields] actually plays for the [San Diego] Padres. He was the start-ing pitcher for the Padres [on Opening Day].”

Residents of LA and LA County have the luxury of rooting for either the Dodgers or the Angels. Hutting opted for the guys in blue, but freshman right-hander Chris Mathewson set his sights on the Halos.

“[I’ve] been a fan my whole life,” Mathewson said. “[Some of my favorite players are] Trout, Pujols and Weaver. I don’t have one favorite player.”

Mathewson said he doesn’t worry about trying to emulate any of those all-stars in terms of what they do on the field, instead he decided to just en-joy them.

That isn’t the case with sophomore shortstop Garrett Hampson. He grew up in Reno, a long ways away from an MLB team. He gravitated to the San Francisco Giants, mostly because of proximity, but also like Hutting, be-cause of family.

“My dad was a big Giants fan,” Hampson said. “It got passed down to me and I’ve loved them ever since. Three out of the last five World Series is pretty good. I’m lucky to be fan of that team. They’re looking to do it again.”

In addition to All-Star catcher Buster Posey, Hampson said he tries to model his game after fellow shortstop Brandon Crawford.

“I look up to him a little. He plays the game the right way, and he is a great fielding shortstop for sure. I’ve watched him growing up. It’s good to take little things from him, what he does, and try to put it in my game.”

Whatever Hampson has learned while watching the pros is paying off for him, as he’s putting together anoth-er all-conference caliber season.

With the MLB season underway, the Dirtbags will have plenty of opportuni-ties to catch up on their favorite teams and players.

An upbeat Long Beach State softball team will make the five-hour flight to Honolulu to face a surging Hawaii in a three-game series starting on Friday.

The 49ers (16-21, 3-3) will play three games in two days against the Rain-bow Wahine (23-16, 4-2). Head coach Kim Sowder is keen on stringing some wins together on the island after an in-consistent start to the season.

“We need wins right now,” Sowder said. “We’ve got to try and build some momentum. We haven’t been able to put too much together this year.”

Hawaii is off to an impressive start in conference play. The Rainbow Wa-hine won back-to-back series against UC Riverside and Fullerton, and sophomore Kanani Aina Cabrales and freshman Brittany Hitchcock have a combined earned run average of 2.57.

Sowder said she is fully aware of Ha-waii’s right-handers and sees them as the biggest challenge.

“[Hawaii] has two pitchers this year [Cabrales and Hitchcock] that are do-ing a good job,” Sowder said. “Their pitching is a little bit more solid than it was last year. And they’ve also got some good hitters.”

The Rainbow Wahine have one of

the best offenses in the Big West. Six different players have four or more home runs on the season, led by senior outfielder Kayla Wartner’s eight blasts, making Hawaii the conference leader in total home runs with 39.

Hawaii made their presence known last weekend after they visited Fuller-ton and took two out of three games. The 49ers struggled on the road on the road against UC Riverside, losing both matches on walk-off hits.

LBSU salvaged a win against the Highlanders in the series finale, avoiding a sweep. Sophomore catcher Lauren Lombardi acknowledged the importance of the win and called it a confidence booster.

“We obviously didn’t go in expect-ing to lose those first two games,” Lombardi said. “But, being able to take away that last win was really great and hopefully it’ll carry over to Hawaii.”

LBSU’s pitching staff is off to a great start in conference play. The 49ers have allowed more than three runs only once in six games, which is partly due to sophomore right-hander Christina Clermont.

Clermont had two more stellar performances against the Highland-ers. The staff ace pitched 15 innings in two games allowing only three runs total, bringing her ERA down to 2.24 with 123 strikeouts in 115.2 innings pitched. Clermont said she owes her success to simple hard work.

“Just working hard and practice, re-ally,” Clermont said. “My teammates are really supportive. Towards the sec-ond half of the season it just kind of clicked.”

The 49ers’ bats have regressed since an early hot start. The team has man-aged to score more than four runs just once in conference play.

“It’s all about our confidence,” Lom-bardi said. “We definitely have young-er girls on the team and I think that through more experience they’re going to build that confidence and we’re all going to really pick it up here in last half [of the season].”

Game one of Long Beach State against Hawaii is set to begin on Fri-day before the series wraps up with a doubleheader on Sunday at the Rain-bow Wahine Softball Stadium.

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BATTLE FOR THE BIG WEST

Dirtbags reveal MLB loyalties

Aloha, Rainbow Wahine

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Dirtbags faced with opportunity to sit atop of the Big West standings by sweeping upcoming series.

The 49ers are confident they can come away with three wins in their visit to Honolulu.

A few LBSU baseball players discussed their favorite teams and players.

By Josh BarajasContributing Writer

By Eddie RiveraContributing Writer

By Oscar TerronesSports Editor

The Long Beach State baseball team hits the road this weekend to take on UC Irvine in a three-game Black and Blue Big West series starting Friday night.

The Dirtbags (18-10, 4-2) are riding a season high five-game winning streak, but will face the hottest team in the Big West this weekend. The Anteaters (19-10, 6-0) are on 13-game winning streak and lead the conference standings.

“It’s going to be a test, especially on the road over there,” junior catcher Eric Hutting said. “We have to be prepared to do the little things the right way because they turn into big things real quick.”

Mike Gillespie is in his eighth season as the Anteaters head coach and won the 2014 National Coach of the Year. Freshman Keston Hiura poses the big-gest threat to the pitching crew of the Dirtbags as he just won Big West Player of the Week honors.

Hiura is on a 16-game hitting streak and leads the Big West in total hits. As a team they have the biggest slugging percentage and most homeruns in the Big West.

The Anteaters’ rotation has been nearly perfect so far. Junior right-hand-er Matt Esparza (6-1) is second in the

Big West in wins and holds a 3.12 ERA. Junior left-hander Elliot Surrey (4-2) has at least seven strikeouts in three consecutive starts.

Shortstop sophomore Garrett Hampson said it’s a big week in terms of preparation because Irvine presents challenges that differ from every other team.

“They’re willing to do anything at any time [including] squeeze bunts and hit and runs,” Hampson said. “We’re getting ready to defend that stuff.”

Hampson continues to be the most consistent Dirtbag on offense and leads the team in multiple categories includ-ing runs, hits and stolen bases.

Junior right fielder Zack Rivera’s continued his consistent season when he drilled his third homerun of the sea-son Monday night against San Diego State. Rivera leads the team in RBI and slugging percentage.

Junior right-hander Tanner Brown earned Big West Pitcher of the Week after he threw a complete game shutout Friday night against Cal State North-ridge. Freshman right-hander Chris Mathewson, who earned the same rec-ognition on March 3, said he does not like to worry about awards and acco-lades until after the season.

“In the end, it’s about wanting to win and getting better,” Mathewson said.

The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Cicerone field on Friday.

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Long Beach State pitcher Christina Clermont leads The Beach’s pitch-ing staff with a 2.24 earned run average after pitching 115.2 innings against opposing teams this season.

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Long Beach State pitcher Ty Provencher delivers a pitch against California State Fullerton on March 26 at Blair Field.

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