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Constituents shower President Trump with love, ignoring other issues Graphic by Gabrielle Lashley | Long Beach Current The recent discussion of MAGA’s critics is the report of Natalie Harp’s apparent obsession with President Trump. Harp, one of Trump’s aides accompanying him across varying personal and professional tasks, reportedly wrote letters to Trump expressing an oddly blind devotion to him. After hearing this news, it isn’t hard to predict the first question many Americans had: Why Trump?

Welcome back to Catching the Wave! A new semester means new classes, new faces, packed schedules and, of course, another season of Long Beach State athletics With the fall semester just beginning, there is no better place to start than with the athletes who could make the biggest impact this season. These are the three athletes everyone should be watching closely this fall. Cherrie Cox – Women’s soccer If you have not yet been paying attention to Long Beach State women’s soccer, now is the time.

The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at Long Beach State plans to host a series of events throughout the Fall 2026 semester. The first event will be on. Sept. 19 being, “An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert,” a best-selling author of “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.” Eddy Cermeno | Long Beach Current Words of wisdom The 2026-27 season kicks off with “An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert,” taking place on Saturday, Sept.

LBSU senior forward Cherrie Cox attempting to make a goal against Weber State on Aug 29. marking her second goal of the game. Veronica Minogue | Long Beach Current LBSU’s women’s soccer team has an undefeated record of 3-0-1 thanks to the superstar power of senior attacker Cherrie Cox, who has contributed to the success of the team. In the first four games she scored four goals in eight shots. From the four goals she scored a hat-trick not missing a single shot against Fresno State in a 5-0 blowout.

The LBSU Women's soccer team celebrates after LBSU junior forward Kailey Supa scores the final goal in the match against Weber State. This will continue LBSU's winning streak with a final score of 3-0. Veronica Minogue | Long Beach Current LBSU women’s soccer star Cherrie Cox has been the definition of reliable for the Beach this season. Cox is the offensive enigma that’s been powering LBSU to one of their best starts ever.

LBSU senior outside hitter Kendal Murphy stretches for a dig during the open match for UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 29. Jamie Garcia | Long Beach Current LOS ANGELES — After losing Friday’s season opener in four sets, the Beach traveled to Westwood for a rematch against the Bruins, where UCLA completed the sweep 3-0. Long Beach State found itself trailing early in the first set before responding with a run that gave it an 8-5 advantage.

Black Student Union President Rebecca Adebayo (right) discusses her experiences when interacting with police officers in Huntington Beach after they approached attendees of the annual BSU Beach Day event with hostility and aggression while shutting down the event on Saturday, Aug. 22. Eddy Cermeno | Long Beach Current Long Beach State’s Black Student Union addresses Huntington Beach Police shutting down annual “Beach Day” celebration, maintaining that they will continue to stand in solidarity.

LBSU redshirt freshman outside hitter Chloe Johnson passes the ball over the net as UCLA sophomore middle blocker Hazel Alevok (left) and freshman middle blocker Brooke Harwood try to block the ball. UCLA defeated LBSU 3-1 on Aug. 28 at the LBSU Financial Credit Union Pyramid. Rehansa Kulatilleke | Long Beach Current With over 3,000 fans packing the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, Long Beach State women’s volleyball opened its season with a hard-fought 3-1 loss to UCLA on Friday night.

La Playa Hall residents were notified Sunday, Aug. 23 – the day they were scheduled to move in – that the new dorm was not ready for students to move in. Rehansa Kulatilleke | Long Beach Current It’s been nearly a week since hundreds of La Playa residents were relocated to nearby hotels, after they were told the building was not ready to move in. Now, students are expected to move into the new dorm on Saturday, according to the university.

The newest addition on campus are the La Playa dorms which are located near Hillside. La Playa dorms are set to be completed by Aug. 23 as construction workers have been working overtime to ensure that dorms are ready for students. Rehansa Kulatilleke | Long Beach Current La Playa residents are set to move in Saturday almost a week after the initial move-in date, director of News Media Services Jim Milbury confirmed via email today.