Logan King, Reporter

March 14, 2019 • No Comments

Many college campuses across the U.S. have hired armed security officers, including Bakersfield College. In addition to hiring the officer, Bakersfield College offered an active shooter response training in the Levan Center on March 4th.  Due to the increase in active shooter cases across the nation, many institutions have begun to re-address their security and response protocol. One-way BC intends to increase security is by hiring its first armed security officer.  The response training was presented by Head of Security at BC Christopher Counts and Professor Brent Burton. Counts used the opportunity to explain the rationale behind having an armed officer present on campus. Offering an overview of active shooter situations from the past...

Taylor Jensen, Editor-in-chief

March 14, 2019 • No Comments

With many students struggling to live day by day because of low funds, California Community Colleges call for more financial aid to provide for students. Speaker Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley held a student media teleconference to inform about the Senate Bill 291, on March 7. “Senate Bill 291, introduced on Feb. 14 by state Sen. Connie M. Leyva, D-Chino, seeks to establish a California Community College Student Financial Aid Program,” according to Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing California Community Colleges Paul Feist,” that would base aid not only on the cost of tuition, but basic housing, transportation and textbooks.” According to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office survey, “More than half...