A vendor selling jewelry and clothes on campus was robbed during a transaction on Feb. 14, at around 12 P.M.

While Campus Safety and Police officers were unable to answer any questions, a few students were able to witness the end of the robbery.

“I was walking in the parking lot by the baseball field when a man got tackled by police,” said Carmen Gallegos, a fellow BC Rip reporter. “He had a red shirt and cowboy hat; I was shocked to see it.”

Details are still limited due to the recent nature of the event and ongoing investigation.

Many vendors, clubs, organizations and religious groups come to Bakersfield College to promote items or ideas. But is having an open campus becoming more of a concern than an actual benefit?

A few days before this, a recent email thread was shared amongst students, revealing an anonymous report was made by a woman who claimed to have witnessed three other women approach students at night and ask religious based questions.

Executive director of college safety, Joseph Grubbs, claimed to have heard very few reports or complaints like this one. “We have had very few similar reports,” Grubbs said. “Bakersfield College is an open campus, and we have people who are not students who utilize the campus for things such as walking their dogs, visiting for dinner, etc.”

Grubbs concluded his statement by saying that there have been “few incidents of those activities interfering with students.”

While BC doesn’t have a prominent history of crime or harassment, that doesn’t mean its slate is necessarily clean.

“I remember starting to walk home from campus and there were a group of religious protestors by the cafeteria,” said Luiz Negvete, a freshman here at BC. “I ignored it and walked home; they didn’t look like student protestors it was kind of weird.”

In the email sent to students by College Safety, they reminded all students that it is okay to set boundaries and “not engage in conversations you’re not comfortable with.”