It seems unfair to be enrolled in a two-unit class when students are spending an abundance of time outside of the class reading, studying and doing homework. But the higher the number of units, the more work students should expect. The class schedule listed biology, calculus and chemistry as five-unit classses that meet five days a week. Samuel Lopez, a liberal studies major,...

OXNARD — Dr. Chuck Wall was afraid he would make a fool out of himself. Chosen to carry the Olympic torch in the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, he feared that due to his blindness, he may trip and fall. "The fact that I am blind will cause some added difficulties for me which I am a little nervous about because I would like to jog, I don't want to just walk," the 61-year-old...

Updated: 1/24/02, 11:21 a.m. A break in the power grid system on the Bakersfield College main campus caused a disruption of power and a shutdown of the campus, as well as a cancellation of all classes Wednesday. Power was restored late Wednesday night, allowing classes on the main campus to resume today. The initial outage happened at 4:03 p.m. Tuesday, when a load line t...

Juan Gutierrez, BC public information specialist: 747-1645 Jarrod Graham: "Is this the same outage that struck the campus yesterday afternoon?" Juan Gutierrez: "Yeah, it's the same one. It's a continuation." Graham: "So power was never restored from that time yesterday?" Gutierrez: "Until now, no. We have a team of electrical folk trying to isolate the problem. Some buildings...