Features – The Renegade Rip

Women’s History Month celebrates with ‘Served like a Girl’ at BC

March 15, 2019

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Bakersfield College held ‘Served Like a Girl’ on March 11. It was hosted at the campuses Levan Center by BC’s Women’s History and More Committee where the Lysa Heslov’s directed film was screened. The film ‘Served Like a Girl,’ was a film that explored the lives of several women who were military veterans. The film also showed the veterans’ strugglin...

Bring Back our girls is discussed at the Levan Center at the BC campus

Taylor Jensen, Editor-in-Chief

March 15, 2019

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Yale Ph.D candidate and journalist Hilary Matfess spoke at the “#BringBackOurGirls: Women and Conflict in North East Nigeria” event in the Levan Center at Bakersfield College about women in the Boko Haram insurgency and their role in war on March 6. BC students and staff attended the event to listen to Matfess talk about her journalistic work focusing on Boko Hara...

Holocaust survivor, Eva Schloss, visits Bakersfield

March 15, 2019

Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor, made a historic appearance as she shared her story to a sold-out Fox Theater on March 12. As the audience was settling into their seats...

Artists’ work celebrates unique narrative

Logan King, Reporter

March 15, 2019

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The Levan Center for Humanities hosted an interdisciplinary talk the evening of March 13th. Art, Architecture, and Archetypes bring professors from multiple disciplines together to speak on the intimate connection between making art and storytelling. This is the second event of the series for the Spring 2019 semester. History, mythology, philosophy, and anthropology all brought their own unique perspective on a...

8-1 win against Victor Valley College

Bryana Lozoya, Digital Editor

March 15, 2019

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Bakersfield College’s women’s tennis team is now 9-1 on the season after beating Victor Valley College (VVC) 8-1 on home court. VVC was short several girls resulting in defaulting three of their matches, two single’s matches and one of the double’s matches. ...

BC swim takes second place in invite

March 15, 2019

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Hundreds of students participate at the Kern County Science Fair

Amy Sarmiento, Reporter

March 15, 2019

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The annual Kern County Science Fair was on March 12 at the Rabobank Arena Convention Center. Hundreds of students from grades 4 to 12 had a chance to participate. The Kern County Science Fair is sponsored by the Kern County Science Foundation. Joe Saldivar, a professor of Biology at Bakersfield College gave a speech at the Science Fair focusing on curiosity and why it...

Animal rights groups work on proposing no-chaining bill, locally and statewide

Hope ShyAnne , Reporter

March 15, 2019

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The Anti-Chain Division of the Anti-Dog Fighting Campaign Worldwide Organization has been attempting to propose a bill to keep dogs from being chained up in Kern County and California. Jennifer Kanady, the director of the Division, is working with rescues in the area, such as the Bakersfield Boxers and Bullies. According to Kanady, animal control in Kern County is very...

What does love mean?

March 15, 2019

For this Gadfly Cafe session, people discussed the meanings of love, purpose, and value on March 13 at the Levan Center. The Gadfly Cafe is where students...

Two-day blood drive at BC

Hilario Ismael Gomez, Reporter

March 15, 2019

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Free themed T-shirts and saving lives highlighted the recent blood drive on the Bakersfield College campus with people from all over the community in attendance. The Houchin Blood Bank and the BCSGA hosted their annual two-day blood drive event on March 6 and 7. Houchin Community Blood Bank is a non-profit organization known for being the main provider of safe and...

Bakersfield College hires armed officer as a campus security measure

Logan King, Reporter

March 14, 2019

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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 ...

Renegade inspired lunch truck arrives on campus

March 14, 2019

The Bakersfield College food services celebrated the addition of their new food truck with a grand opening sample giveaway on the gym huddle on Feb. 27. Due...