Renegade Rip

Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Erik Aguilar An Aztec dancer performs a native dance at the Standing Bear powwow.

Media Credit: Erik Aguilar Senior chiefs line up to greet the public.

Life continued on campus during the summer and newsworthy events still occurred while many people were on vacation. In case you may have missed it, here's the scoop.
The parking-permit dispensers were replaced over the summer with new machines.

Also, all but one of the Code Blue emergency call stations have been repaired. The one that still doesn't work is in front of the Administration building and it is scheduled to be repaired this week.

The water pipes beneath the concrete and grass between the Family and Consumer Education and the Speech Arts and Music buildings were eventually replaced after repair efforts failed.
According to Tim Caroll, custodian and grounds facility coordinator, what was supposed to be a quick and easy fix turned into a job that cost over $50,000 and took much longer than expected.
While the repairs were underway the effected area was cordoned off with caution tape.
For a week toward the end of the repairs, many of the bathrooms and water fountains were unavailable to summer-school students on the east side of campus.

On June 5, classes were cancelled and the campus closed due to "repeated and lengthy power failures," according to the press release on the BC Web site.

From June 6 to 8, people were dancing to the beat of their own drums at BC during the 11th annual Standing Bear Powwow.
According to one of the head coordinators of the event, Gene Albitre, approximately 7,000 people attended the three-day festival which featured seven-family drums, over 200 dancers, as well as 65 arts and crafts and other demonstration vendors.
Albitre said that people came "from as far as Canada" to attend the event.
"We want to bring the culture to the community," said Albitre.

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