Franco Castelo, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Sports
The Renegade football team played against Moorpark College on Nov. 3 in Memorial Stadium and left with a huge win, with the final score of 31-0.
For the first half, both teams played well.
Cameron Roberson scored the first touchdown with a return of 77 yards.
Bakersfield College displayed great plays and dominated both offensively and defensively. By the end of t...
Hector Martinez, Features Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Sports
On Oct. 30 the Bakersfield College Women’s soccer team defeated Citrus College 1-0 at Memorial Stadium.
The first half was dominated by the Renegade’s soccer team. Even though the Renegades produced many goal-scoring, opportunities were not able to finish them either because there were offside calls or goalkeeper saves. The first half finished 0-0.
BC score...
Taylor Jensen, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
The Bakersfield College Veteran’s Services presented the annual Vetfest in front of the CSS building to provide services, insight, food, and entertainment to attendees and student veterans on Nov. 7.
Vendors and tents such as the Wounded Hero Fund, local gyms and the Marines were set up all around to inform and provide service for veterans, students, and locals.
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Katalina Quintanilla, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
Presented as part of Bakersfield College Veterans Week, The Levan Center hosted a panel discussion, “World War I: A Retrospective,” on Nov. 6 to discuss the importance of the 100th anniversary of World War I and the impact it had on future wars and soldiers.
Bakersfield College’s history professors Paul Beckworth, Olivia R. Garcia, F. Javier Llamas, and Tina Mend...
Cassidy Eisen, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features, Top Stories
Criminal Justice Professor Harlan Hunter’s students worked to collect data and evidence in the staged crime lab located in the basement of the Language Arts Building during CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) Week which started Nov. 5.
In the crime lab, a dummy was staged covered in blood, positioned next to a gun. Proxy money, drugs, and alcohol were also spread out ac...
Ja'Nell Gore, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
Gold Medalist, Oz Sanchez came to the Leven center on Nov. 8 to speak about different struggles he faced in life and how he made it through them.
He emphasized that people have the power to control their own personal narrative. After overcoming adversity, he won two gold, three, bronze and one silver medal in the Paralympic Games.
As a young adult Sanchez fell into the...
November 9, 2018
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Veterans’ Resource Center at Bakersfield College brought many members of the community and local veterans to...
Franco Castelo, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Sports
The Renegade men’s Soccer team played against Citrus College on Friday, October 19 and came away with a tie of 0-0.
Throughout the entire game, both teams played defensively moving the ball on both sides of the field.
However, the first half was more of quick plays and playing defensively rather than the second half which was more on the aggressive side for bot...
Saad Kazi, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Sports
Freshman defender Edgar Gonzalez found the net twice in Bakersfield College’s men’s soccer home match against Glendale College on Oct. 16, helping his team clinch a 4-0 win.
The shutout comes after the Renegades scored a combined total of only three goals in their three previous road games, all of which ended in ties.
Freshman forward Jorge Pimentel started the mome...
Taylor Jensen, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
Music of any genre, location, and artist can bring people together for just about anything, which is why it’s been claimed as such a powerful art. Reggie Williams, Director of the Levan Center, Josh Ottum, Professor of Commercial Music, and Kris Tiner, Jazz Director, held a discussion of how music reflects society in the Levan Center on Oct. 25.
Williams started the eve...
Saad Kazi, Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
In the Oct. 24 Renegade Roundtable “Does Society Send Too Many People to College? “ each of four Bakersfield College professors agreed on one answer: no.
Erin Miller, Steven Holmes, Michael Harvath, and Neal Stanifer brought up data and examples to support their points in the Levan Center discussion regarding whether the problem of rising college costs is due to the...
Rosa Salazar, Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Campus, Features
The Levan Center at Bakersfield College hosted guest speaker Sarah Wald on Thursday, Oct. 18. Wald, Associate professor of English and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, gave a presentation on her book, “The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl.”
Wald discussed her book “The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl,” and had a Q&A session afterward...
