Cindy Aguilera

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Worked on 41 assignments, created 16, named on 25 bylines for Daily Forty-Niner.

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Beach Weekly S8E3: CSULB Vaccine Clinics, REVCOM, and an Engineering Student's Disappearance

this episode, host Cindy Aguilera dives into this week's campus news topics such as how students can receive their boosters, who REVCOM is, Corner Market's re-opening and the mysterious disappearance of CSULB engineering student, Hunter Lewis. COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are now being offered to students in order to continue attending in-person classes and events. The booster shot requirement must...

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Off The Record S2E1: Back to School, Live Events, and COVID

Welcome to Off The Record!In this episode, host Leila Nunez sits down with Daily Forty-Niner staff Lauren Ramirez and Christina Merino to get their opinions on back to school, live events, and the Super Bowl coming to Los Angeles. Also, go check out our new video format on YouTube! Editing by: Leila NunezNew episodes will drop every Monday. Like, comment,...

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Beach Sports S1E1: Men's Volleyball Defeats #7 USC, New NCAA Rules and The Super Bowl

The week's top games included the men's volleyball defeating #7 USC Trojans at home, and the men's and women's basketball teams both coming from behind and defeating both CSU Bakersfield and Cal Poly Pomona. The newly enforced NCAA COVID-19 eligibility rules making an impact on college athletics as coaches are having to decide whether to add incoming freshmen or experienced...

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CSULB support groups are here for the Beach community

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CSULB's support groups are offered asynchronously this spring semester through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in order to help students who are struggling with personal issues such as family relationships, loss of motivation and stress. CAPS also offers counseling services for students who are "struggling with romantic relationships, life transitions, sexuality, grief, stress" and other personal matters, according to their...

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Beach Weekly S8E2: Week of Welcome, Moot Court Champions and ASI Senate meets with Spring Graduates

In this episode, Cindy Aguilera dives into this week's CSULB news topics including how ASI's Week of Welcome (WoW) was postponed due to the Omicron variant surge. ASI Beach Pride Events program manager, Kacey Schoen explains why COVID-19 safety protocols were updated for WoW. The CSULB Moot Court champions bring home an AMCA oral advocacy win after a 20-year gap!...

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Ask Jane: CSULB spring semester concerns

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President Jane Close Conoley narrows down exactly what the CSULB administration has been working on in order to keep students safe and ensures in-person meetings are here to stay. Conoley also discusses the commencement costs as well as the changes being made to accommodate students' preferences. Subscribe to Daily 49er Vi...

By (Cindy as photographer) + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 4 min read

Go Away SAD: How seasonal changes affect mental health and tools to combat it

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Students' packed academic schedules during the fall semester leave little room to take a break, and for some, it can be the busiest time of the school year. It is also the time of year that students are more likely to experience depression, so how can they stay focused and push through to the end? According to Nina King, a...

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Native Americans want action not apologies

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Recently Mayor Garcetti renamed “Father Serra Park” in Downtown LA, after the public urged for the removal of the Spanish colonizer, Serra, who established missions in 1769 which would attempt to wipe out Native Americans in California. Standing alongside members of the Gabrielino/Tongva and Fernandeño Tataviam tribes Mayor Garcetti stated, “We’re sorry as a city for all the things that...

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Catholic parents learn to love their queer child

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Jonny Sweets is a 24-year-old, nonbinary, queer, Latinx from Los Angeles. Growing up Catholic, his Mexican parents taught him modesty and chastity. However, today Sweets prioritizes his own happiness.“As a queer nonbinary Latino, it throws off your parents when you start wearing makeup and acrylic nails to go out with your friends,” he said. ”It’s taken them a while to...

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ASI hosts first virtual speed friending

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A two-hour virtual party designed to get students to socialize was hosted by Long Beach State's student government on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Hannah Peedikayil, an event coordinator and host, said the first ever "Virtual Speed Friending" event was introduced by the Associated Student Inc. as a way for students to mingle and interact after classes were moved online last year...