Haley Duval, Editor-in-Chief

April 14, 2021 • 1 Comment

After several Bakersfield news outlets reported on April 13 the arrest of a 24-year-old Edith Mata on suspicion of hit and run for a 2019 incident, the Renegade Rip reached out to Mata, president-elect of the BCSGA, to verify if she is the same person. She denied it. A call to the Bakersfield Police Department confirmed the person in question has the same date of birth listed on Mata’s Facebook page, August 22, 1996, which has since been deleted or suspended. Bakersfield College was unable to comment on the matter when the Rip reached out. “As with all educational institutions across the nation, Bakersfield College (BC) is committed to ensuring student privacy which is outlined in the Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA).  BC...

Charr Davenport and Brisa Flores, Reporters

April 9, 2021 • No Comments

Bakersfield College’s President Sonya Christian held two virtual forum seminars to discuss the topic of reopening BC campuses for the upcoming summer and fall semesters and BC's upcoming drive-thru vaccination sites on April 6 and April 8. The President’s Virtual Seminars was hosted by Bakersfield College Director of Student Life Nicky Damania and featured President Christian as the main speaker. In the first seminar BC faculty members of BC that are a part of the campus's instructional workgroup at BC shared their thoughts on the campus reopening. President Christian then introduced the panelists of the webinar; Rich McCrow BC's Dean of Instruction; Joe Saldivar, the department chair of biology; Rony Recinos, an automotive technology...

Teresa Balmori, Reporter

April 9, 2021 • No Comments

Bakersfield College held a webinar to answer questions regarding the public health issues surrounding Latino communities during the COVID-19 pandemic on March 23.  The webinar monitors were Charles Daramola, professor and Program Director of the Public Health Program at BC, and Isis Forney, a graduate from the nursing school at BC. The panelists were Reyna Olaguez, Executive Director of South Kern Sol, Emanuel Alcala, Assistant Director for the Central Institute, Jennifer Martinez, PH.D. candidate for Portland State University, and Diana Tellefson, Executive Director of the United Farm Workers Foundation (UFWF).  Forney asked the panelist why there has been so much mistrust about COVID-19 in the Hispanic community.  Olaguez explained...