It is no secret that Bakersfield College has been getting a major facelift as covid-19 loosens its grip on campus, but are our bathrooms going down the toilet?

In the Language Arts building more than 100 students now are at the mercy of two toilets on the second floor.  While the bathrooms have been converted to gender-neutral the campus has continued to improve its fight for gender equality, but it stands to question what exactly has been improved.

From a giant hole in the wall due to a missing cover, to drab lighting, and a sloppily finished paint job, the left bathroom was akin to an abandoned warehouse. The right bathroom at least looked better as it was fully finished with the exception of a dim and dirty light.

Students have described the discrepancy between the Student Life building bathrooms and the Language Arts bathroom as huge, with some even saying that the Student Life bathrooms looked like a hotel while the Language Arts bathrooms resembled a sketchy gas station.

Students may also miss class waiting for the bathroom as some students stated that they have almost missed half of their lectures because of the minimal available toilets.

Students who decided to not occupy the depressing-looking bathrooms now rely on port-a-potties located near the front door outside with no knowledge of how often they are cleaned, emptied, or refilled with basic necessities such as toilet paper or soap. Students who do have to use the port-a-potties may not even get the chance to properly wash their hands as the wash station may go on without being replenished with water. And other students are unable to use them at all as they are non-wheelchair accessible. As we start to get deeper into the semester, many question if the port-a-potties are a temporary fix or are the students in deep doo-doo.