Football fans band together for team spirit
Joel R. Paramo
November 22, 2006
Their cheers could be heard from on top of the stands while they held up a sign that read, “SHOW ‘EM WHAT YOU GOT RENEGADES #45″, which is Linebaker Daron Mackey’s number. “We go to every game; I don’t miss a game,” said Karon Mackey, Daron Mackey’s mother.... Read more »
Team receives new jackets from donor
Becky Jimenez
November 22, 2006
In a media gathering at the BC football field house, president Wes Bradford of Clifford & Bradford Insurance Agency donated windbreaker jackets to the BC Renegades football team on Nov. 14. Bradford congratulated Bakersfield College and Citrus College for a great season. Jackets were donated to... Read more »
Volleyball team awarded spot in So. Cal. playoffs
Katherine J. White
November 22, 2006
The Bakersfield College women’s volleyball team has a record of 9-6 and was awarded a spot in the Southern California playoffs. The Renegades faced Orange Coast on Tuesday night in the first round. The team beat Glendale 3-0 Nov. 14, but they lost to College of the Canyons 3-0 Nov. 17. As the team... Read more »
BC basketball steals opponents’ season
Katherine J. White
November 22, 2006
The Bakersfield College basketball teams are off to good starts this season. In fact, BC’s women’s team is so far having a proverbial slamdunk season with seven wins and no losses. Head Coach Paula Dahl said that thanks to the team’s depth of “unity and athleticism,” the... Read more »
Women run to get third place in state meet
Joel R. Paramo
November 22, 2006
The Bakersfield College women’s cross-country team took third overall at the state championship meet at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday, tying a school record set in 1988 for best finish by BC women at that meet. The Renegades were only six points away from placing second overall. “They... Read more »
New band director starts drum line
G Vega
November 22, 2006
This fall Bakersfield College hired a new band director, Mark McGuire, who has some interesting plans for the music department. McGuire has been a band director for over 27 years and has taught at local high schools for over 17 years.? He is currently teaching at Liberty High School in conjunction with... Read more »
Fiction collides with reality
Becky Jimenez
November 22, 2006
If reading is one of your pastimes, then “Stranger than Fiction” is the perfect movie for you to watch. “Stranger than Fiction” intermixes fictional character Harold Crick with the real world. Will Ferrell is the main character throughout most of the movie. As you watch Ferrell’s... Read more »
Earth not destructible
Michael Plaza
November 22, 2006
If you have ever worried about a gamma ray burst destroying the earth, rest assured. It cannot happen. According to Sam Hughes’ Web site, “Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe.” Hughes’ Web site titled, “How to Destroy the Earth,” exposes... Read more »
Love, hate relationship with music
Donny Van Sloten
November 22, 2006
There is music we love, and there is music we hate. Everybody has a band, rapper, or singer he or she absolutely can’t stand. Music would be boring without the awful- sounding musicians we love to make fun of. Even the best of musicians have a song someone can’t stand. No artist can be loved... Read more »
Celebrity-style divorces
Becky Jimenez
November 22, 2006
Recently, there has been an increase in celebrity divorces. It seems like getting a divorce is the latest trend in the celebrity world. Christie Brinkley, Reese Witherspoon, Britney Spears and Chris Rock are just some of the celebrities caught up in ugly divorce battles. All of a sudden it seems like... Read more »
