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Industrial Automation<br />
day held on <strong>April</strong> 22<br />
News Page #2<br />
BC softball enters playoffs<br />
Sports Page #4<br />
Vol. 98 ∙ No. 6 Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong> Bakersfield College<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong><br />
JUSTIN WHITE/THE RIP<br />
The <strong>2022</strong> Bakersfield College <strong>Renegade</strong>s softball<br />
team wins 10-0 aganist Allan Hancock on <strong>April</strong> 23.<br />
AUBRIANNA MARTINEZ/THE RIP<br />
The members of the choir concert singing<br />
“Sound Off.”<br />
AUBRIANNA MARTINEZ/THE RIP<br />
Pepper the robot in Professor Manuel<br />
Fernandez’s class of Applied Science and<br />
Technology.<br />
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News<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Final Student Media Teleconferece<br />
for spring semester<br />
By Anthony Vasquez<br />
Reporter<br />
The California Community<br />
Colleges Chancellor Eloy<br />
Oakley was present at the<br />
final Student Media Teleconference<br />
for the Spring<br />
Semester on <strong>April</strong> 19. The<br />
conference welcomed students,<br />
reporters, editors,<br />
and advisors to join and<br />
encouraged them all to ask<br />
Oakley any questions regarding<br />
plans and initiatives<br />
with community colleges<br />
throughout California.<br />
During the duration of<br />
the conference, Oakley had<br />
mentioned that advocacy for<br />
community colleges is currently<br />
their main focus and<br />
goal for him.<br />
He emphasized that one of<br />
the main reasons for this was<br />
because so much has been<br />
impacted since the beginning<br />
events of the pandemic<br />
through COVID-19.<br />
Through Oakley’s statement<br />
of setting advocacy<br />
for community colleges in<br />
California, he claims that<br />
student resources, such as<br />
the Cal Grant, the Free Application<br />
for Federal Student<br />
Aid (FAFSA), and the California<br />
Dream Act Application<br />
(CDAA) are now easier<br />
for students to become eligible<br />
for, and the deadlines<br />
for these applications are still<br />
open until Sept. 2 due to recent<br />
policy changes.<br />
With the topic of these fi<br />
nancial resources, the situation<br />
of several people<br />
taking advantage of these<br />
resources that are exclusively<br />
for students was brought<br />
up to Oakley. The situation<br />
involves non-students taking<br />
advantage of these funds by<br />
hacking the systems, Oakley<br />
had said that there has been<br />
a focus on stopping these<br />
fraud situations, as the associations<br />
are currently creating<br />
many levels of implications<br />
through government levels.<br />
He also added that the<br />
situation is a “never-ending<br />
cycle,” since many people<br />
continue to find a way to<br />
consistently take advantage<br />
of these systems.<br />
Overall though, he assures<br />
students these applications<br />
are continuing to give students<br />
the funds they need to<br />
continue their education.<br />
Another priority that Oakley<br />
is currently focusing on<br />
is the goal to encourage students<br />
to acknowledge that<br />
since the events of the pandemic,<br />
the current world has<br />
shifted and because of this<br />
the ability of students to find<br />
jobs has changed.<br />
He plans to create programs<br />
and chances for<br />
students to find jobs and prepare<br />
them to obtain structured<br />
jobs and careers. One<br />
goal he has added to his<br />
list is he is making sure that<br />
these actions are processed<br />
and done as soon as possible<br />
since it is an urgent resource<br />
that many students require.<br />
Industrial Automation Day at BC!<br />
By Aubrianna Martinez<br />
Senior Digital Editor<br />
The rain that Bakersfield<br />
saw did little to slow down<br />
the 500 people attending Bakersfield<br />
College’s Industrial<br />
Automation day the program<br />
put together on <strong>April</strong> 22.<br />
While originally the day’s<br />
events were to start at the<br />
outdoor theater, the plan<br />
changed due to the weather<br />
forecast, and the day’s staffers<br />
transitioned seamlessly to<br />
introducing the administrators<br />
for the program inside<br />
the gymnasium.<br />
Program manager Carlos<br />
Medina walked the high<br />
school students through the<br />
basics of the industrial automation<br />
major that is offered,<br />
while his colleagues spoke on<br />
the specifics of their respective<br />
departments.<br />
Professor of electronics<br />
Thomas Rush explained<br />
the program for attendants.<br />
“Industrial automation uses<br />
computers as control systems<br />
using information technology<br />
for handling different<br />
processing machines– the<br />
purpose is to relieve people<br />
of mundane and routine<br />
tasks so we can do more<br />
skilled activities,” he said.<br />
“Our goal here has been to<br />
provide local and state industries<br />
with graduates because<br />
we need more people with<br />
skill.” Rush explained how<br />
the program is directly influenced<br />
by industries.<br />
He continued that their<br />
work locally is a prime opportunity,<br />
“The Central<br />
Valley is a large base for<br />
manufacturing facilities.[...]<br />
Facilities like warehousing,<br />
agricultural and food processing,<br />
aerospace, energy,<br />
petroleum, renewables. [...]<br />
We’re going to be able to<br />
talk to managers and other<br />
people and be that bridge,”<br />
Rush said.<br />
Anthony Cordova, dean<br />
of instruction, spoke briefly<br />
about the advantages of<br />
the program from a financial<br />
perspective, explaining<br />
and reiterating points mentioned<br />
by Rush earlier, such<br />
as that pursuing a bachelor’s<br />
degree in industrial automation<br />
at BC will cost less than<br />
$10,000.<br />
“Our students that graduate<br />
from the program start<br />
out making $70,000 a year,”<br />
he emphasized.<br />
Counselor for the program<br />
Cynthia Quintanilla<br />
spoke about the specifics of<br />
enrolling, “Anyone can join<br />
the program, [...] we have<br />
enough room to allow many<br />
students.”<br />
She continued, “We like to<br />
call it a stackable program<br />
because not only can you<br />
get the bachelor’s degree [...]<br />
with our program we have<br />
certificates, we have associates<br />
degrees along the way<br />
before you get your bachelor’s<br />
degree.”<br />
Medina mentioned the robotic<br />
dog industrial automation<br />
students are currently<br />
working on repairing, Spot.<br />
“When you guys are students<br />
you guys will be able to play<br />
with Spot–I mean work with<br />
Spot,” he joked.<br />
Students were taken on<br />
tours of the various industrial<br />
automation class labs<br />
on campus and given large<br />
amounts of information on<br />
the work done in each of the<br />
rooms by the faculty, were<br />
able to interact with Pepper<br />
the robot, and then were<br />
able to tour the rest of BC’s<br />
campus.
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News<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
BC’s “I Have A Voice” Choir Concert<br />
AUBRIANNA MARTINEZ/THE RIP<br />
Pianist Patrick Bender receiving flowers for his role after the last performance of the <strong>2022</strong> spring choral<br />
concert.<br />
By Aubrianna Martinez<br />
Senior Digtial Editor<br />
Over the course of the spring semester of <strong>2022</strong> Bakersfield<br />
College has hosted many of its firsts, both overall and<br />
post-pandemic. BC has now held their first choral concert<br />
with no restrictions in regards to mask mandates or cap on<br />
seating capacity on <strong>April</strong> 22.<br />
The concert included a mixture of well-known songs that<br />
the audience knew, or was at least conceptually familiar<br />
with, as well as more classical pieces that only the music<br />
majors and music aficionados in the room had reference for.<br />
The concert began sweetly, harkening back to not too<br />
long ago when the members of the choir were relegated<br />
to rehearsing and meeting via crowded Zoom windows as<br />
opposed to their theater.<br />
The first song the audience heard was in fact a video,<br />
spectacularly recorded in terms of direction, editing, and<br />
sound mixing. The video featured the choir students singing<br />
“O love,” before ending with an identical shot of what<br />
was presently on the theater’s stage, beautifully transitioning<br />
the audience out of the digital world to that of the physical<br />
world they inhabited, finally able to sit in the presence of<br />
the musicians without barriers.<br />
The more well-known as well as higher energy songs<br />
seemed to be the ones the audience reacted the best to.<br />
Featuring songs from musicals such as Le Miserables, “Do<br />
You Hear the People Sing?” in tribute to Ukraine while a<br />
slideshow of Ukrainian images that the audience could reference<br />
to that of those featured in the news played above<br />
the choir. They also sang “Louder than Words,” from the<br />
new adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s musical, “tik tik…<br />
BOOM!” that can be found on Netflix.<br />
The crowd was raucous the most at a song played near the<br />
end of the concert, “Sound Off,” as it used unique vocals<br />
and clear excitement in the singers to create an infectious<br />
excitement within the audience. The crowd was encouraged<br />
to participate in cheering and calling out during the<br />
song, and did so quite enthusiastically! A mix of military<br />
calls and strict, tight choreographed standing and minimal<br />
motions and sudden passionate dancing made for an extremely<br />
entertaining leading close to the concert, and truly<br />
a spectacular way to spend a Friday night, especially with<br />
plenty of people who could also partake in the fun.
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Sportss<br />
Softball wins 10-0;<br />
enters playoffs<br />
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Catcher Destiny Cuellar hits a fly ball on <strong>April</strong> 23.<br />
By Justin White<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Bakersfield College softball<br />
ended their season on a high note<br />
when they defeated Allan Hancock<br />
10-0 after 5 innings.<br />
The scoring got started in the<br />
bottom of the first inning when<br />
designated player Kady Smith<br />
drove in second baseman Rylee<br />
Price with a double, taking an<br />
early 1-0 lead.<br />
Star pitcher Talia Nielsen put<br />
her hitting skills on display in the<br />
second when she drove in two<br />
runs with a double.<br />
In the bottom of the third,<br />
Smith blasted a 2-run home run<br />
to left field to extend BC’s lead to<br />
5-0. In the 4th, shortstop Shelbie<br />
Valencia drove in center fielder<br />
Kylie Havens and Price drove in<br />
Valencia to make it 7-0.<br />
The game ended in the bottom<br />
of the 5th, when Havens hit a<br />
ball along the right field foul line<br />
that just managed to stay fair,<br />
driving in 2 on the bases. Havens<br />
then showed off her speed taking<br />
it all the way home for an insidethe-park<br />
home run. Due to the<br />
mercy rules which state the game<br />
can end if a team is up by 8 runs<br />
after 5 innings, the game ended<br />
there, akin to a walk-off.<br />
Earlier in the day, head coach<br />
Casandra Goodman earned her<br />
100th win as BC’s head coach<br />
after defeating Southwestern 8-0.<br />
“I’ve had the privilege to coach<br />
a lot of student athletes in those<br />
100 wins, and it’s just a testament<br />
to the dedication and hard work<br />
those players put into our program,”<br />
Goodman said on reaching<br />
the milestone. “It’s a great<br />
milestone, but it’s also one I share<br />
with those players and my coaching<br />
staff.”<br />
Before the game, BC softball’s<br />
sophomores were honored for<br />
their contributions to the team,<br />
as their future educational pursuits<br />
were also announced to the<br />
crowd.<br />
With the victory, the <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />
close out the regular season<br />
as conference champions with a<br />
strong 34-6 record, and look to<br />
be serious contenders for the state<br />
title heading into the playoffs.<br />
More sports coverage on<br />
The<strong>Rip</strong>.com<br />
By Jacub Bill<br />
Reporter<br />
Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
MLB season is in full swing<br />
National Sports<br />
Spring training has<br />
come and gone, and<br />
all that is left is the long<br />
162 game season. Although<br />
spring training<br />
isn’t as competitive as<br />
the real deal, injuries<br />
can still occur, and that<br />
makes up some of the<br />
biggest stories going<br />
into the season for some<br />
teams, starting with the<br />
New York Mets.<br />
The Mets made some<br />
of the biggest moves of<br />
the offseason namely<br />
adding Max Scherzer<br />
to the rotation with Jacob<br />
deGrom, the best<br />
pitcher in all of baseball.<br />
With that being<br />
said, deGrom just went<br />
down with an unfortunate<br />
injury, not even<br />
being able to start the<br />
season with his team<br />
hoping to make a run<br />
deep into the postseason.<br />
Although having<br />
“Mad Max” Scherzer<br />
doesn’t put the Mets in<br />
a terrible situation, losing<br />
the one-two combination<br />
will hurt for the<br />
duration of deGrom’s<br />
absence.<br />
With four teams who<br />
look like they can compete,<br />
only one or two<br />
can make it out of what<br />
is looking to be the<br />
hardest division in baseball<br />
in the AL East.<br />
The Blue Jays look<br />
like a team to beat with<br />
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<br />
along with Bo Bichette<br />
both taking major steps<br />
forward last season<br />
proves that this young<br />
group is expecting to<br />
win plenty of games.<br />
The Yankees always<br />
have a team that<br />
Jacub Bill<br />
looks to make a run, but<br />
their biggest question is<br />
can their big stars stay<br />
healthy? Both Aaron<br />
Judge and Giancarlo<br />
Stanton have been<br />
riddled with injuries<br />
throughout their careers,<br />
but when healthy<br />
are some of baseball’s<br />
best power hitters. Also<br />
in the same division are<br />
the Boston Red Sox<br />
and Tampa Bay Rays,<br />
who have both made<br />
World Series appearances<br />
within the last<br />
four years, and still look<br />
like they can take their<br />
division.<br />
Then in the NL, the<br />
biggest question is the<br />
mighty Los Angeles<br />
Dodgers. The Dodgers<br />
were already the<br />
best team in baseball<br />
on paper, but with the<br />
addition of Freddie<br />
Freeman, what kind of<br />
power does this team<br />
now wield? The spring<br />
however did look rough<br />
for the Dodgers whose<br />
biggest <strong>issue</strong> seems to<br />
be on the defensive<br />
side of the ball, lacking<br />
pitching depth which<br />
in past years has been<br />
their Achilles’ heel.<br />
Only time will tell, but<br />
until then, play ball!
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WITH FRIENDS...<br />
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substance use, and be clear and consistent about your expectations. For tips<br />
on how - and when - to begin the conversation, visit<br />
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drugfreekern.org
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Campus<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Levan Center event: Wind<br />
and its influence on our lives<br />
By Raul Padilla<br />
Features Editor<br />
Bakersfield College’s Levan Center continued its series of<br />
webinars related to the elements and the impact that each of<br />
them have on our lives. This month’s presentation was of the<br />
wind and the various influences the wind has had on people<br />
across the world, throughout history. The event was hosted<br />
via Zoom Webinar on <strong>April</strong> 20, at 6 p.m.<br />
Four guest speakers were invited to talk throughout the<br />
event. Nan Gomez-Heitzberg, the Vice President of the<br />
KCCD Board of Trustees. Ronnie Wrest, a professor of Art<br />
History. Rae Ann Kumelos, an English professor, and Krista<br />
Moreland, a professor of Anthropology.<br />
They spoke of three main topics, the wind’s effect on arts,<br />
architecture, and mythologies around the world.<br />
On the impact of arts, they spoke of how some aspects of<br />
the wind such as its movement has gone on to inspire unique<br />
pieces of art, such as wind veils. A massive curtain of thousands<br />
of small, very light aluminum plates that can turn 360<br />
degrees and respond to passing winds, all of them turning<br />
around to create an image such as falling leaves.<br />
“Artists are about making the invisible, visible” Heitzberg<br />
said, on the topic of how wind has influenced many artistic<br />
pieces.<br />
Architecture and technology had also been greatly impacted<br />
by the wind’s presence. The earliest example explained<br />
was how wind was used to create fire, and from there came<br />
flutes, bellows, sails, windmills, and more.<br />
A big emphasis was on kites, and how they were one of<br />
the earliest and most impactful ways some cultures, especially<br />
those living near water such as Indonesia where kites have<br />
influenced sports, fishing, and festivals.<br />
The wind’s impact on mythology has also been great<br />
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Editor-in-Chief....Hugo Maldonado Garcia<br />
Senior Digital Editor....Aubrianna Martinez<br />
News Editor...........................Collin Acevedo<br />
Features Editor.........................Raul Padilla<br />
Sports Editor............................Justin White<br />
throughout history. Many cultures throughout history have<br />
almost always had a form of wind god. It can be a depiction<br />
of life, as well as of destructive wrath.<br />
The impact of the wind itself on the people can be seen<br />
through ancient to modern times, with classic examples such<br />
as how the Greeks used the aid of their wind god to defeat<br />
the Persians and how Black Sunday of 1935 was a massive<br />
dust storm that hit the dust bowl during the Great Depression.<br />
“Wind the is the carrier of all change, and the lessons we<br />
have here are to honor the wind and remember the inspiration<br />
is only a breath away” Kumelos stated.<br />
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Opinion<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
ELO’s “Reality<br />
Check” evokes<br />
raw emotion<br />
By Alyssia Flores<br />
Reporter<br />
Oh Min Taek is known by his stage name ELO, a 31-year-old<br />
South Korean singer under AOMG Entertainment released his<br />
new full album called “Reality Check.” ELO’s first album titled<br />
“Blur” debuted in 2013. Two out of ten of his track songs for the<br />
album “Reality Check” were “Can’t Be Happy” and “Cupcake.”<br />
The official music video of “Can’t Be Happy” was released on<br />
<strong>April</strong> 18 <strong>2022</strong> and “Cupcake” was released on June 15, 2020.<br />
The “Can’t Be Happy” track song talks about how on the inside<br />
he is lonely and that on the outside he is laughing/smiling<br />
along like everyone else. ELO also says throughout the song that<br />
“Why can’t I be happy?” Throughout the music video, the same<br />
scenery keeps being shown on repeat, and through this repeat, he<br />
keeps saying, “nothing has changed.”<br />
What I think he is trying to convey is that he is in an endless<br />
cycle that keeps repeating over and over and he is not happy living<br />
in this endless cycle like everyone else in the music video. I<br />
think people could relate to this because there are some people<br />
who feel like they are trapped in an endless cycle at some point<br />
in their life.<br />
Another one of his tracks is the song “Cupcake” feat. Punchinello.<br />
In this song, he is admiring a girl and wanting her to be<br />
his girlfriend. Throughout the song, he keeps saying. “You are<br />
my one and only cupcake.” I<br />
really liked this music video<br />
because it was cute and it used<br />
claymation. A reason why you<br />
should care about ELO’s album<br />
is because it shows different<br />
emotions that we have felt<br />
once in our lives.<br />
Overall, I really enjoyed listening<br />
to the album. All of the<br />
track songs had a chill spring<br />
vibe to them. I was very impressed<br />
with how they used<br />
the claymation to make the<br />
cupcakes in the “Cupcake”<br />
music video. I would recommend<br />
this album if you are<br />
looking for a fresh chill vibe to<br />
listen to in the car or studying.<br />
GOOGLE IMAGES<br />
“In the Heights”<br />
Adaptations<br />
By Aubrianna Martinez<br />
Senior Digital Editor<br />
Lin Manuel Miranda’s<br />
breakout musical “In the<br />
Heights” which debuted<br />
on Broadway in 2008<br />
was finally adapted to<br />
film and slated for release<br />
in the summer of 2021.<br />
Due to the pandemic’s<br />
closure of theaters and<br />
other businesses, the<br />
movie was given a hybrid<br />
release by the Warner<br />
Brother studio, meaning<br />
it was released in theaters<br />
for theaters that were still<br />
open for business, but it<br />
was also free to watch on<br />
HBO Max for those who<br />
have a subscription, and<br />
stayed on the platform for<br />
30 days.<br />
The movie adaptation<br />
of “In the Heights” is easily<br />
identifiable as quite different<br />
from the Broadway<br />
musical, which fans of the<br />
musical knew it would be.<br />
Miranda explained early<br />
in the process of filming<br />
that the original theme<br />
of gentrification was still<br />
relevant, but the time to<br />
portray it as a looming<br />
beast as opposed to an<br />
unfortunate fact of life<br />
had passed.<br />
Instead, the film tackles<br />
both the problems of old<br />
that it did in its musical, as<br />
well as tried but failed to<br />
say something new or nuanced<br />
about other <strong>issue</strong>s<br />
as well, such as DREAMers.<br />
The movie rewrites<br />
certain characters’ B plots<br />
messily, leaving the audience<br />
unsatisfied with the<br />
story that does not contain<br />
itself very well.<br />
Director Jon M. Chu<br />
of “Crazy Rich Asians”<br />
and the “Step-Up” sequels<br />
fame creates gor-<br />
Aubrianna Martinez<br />
geous and mesmerizing<br />
dance sequences that are<br />
extremely enjoyable to<br />
watch ie the dance club fiery<br />
choreography and the<br />
over the top pool dance<br />
scene set to “96,000” that<br />
pulls the audience’s attention<br />
every which way<br />
for an ensemble song, yet<br />
he also almost randomly<br />
switches to using a surrealist<br />
style that takes one<br />
out of the film they are<br />
enjoying, such as the visuals<br />
he uses for Vanessa’s<br />
dreams of being a fashion<br />
designer, or the playful<br />
sequence between Nina<br />
and Benny on the fire escape.<br />
The movie also makes<br />
adaptational choices that<br />
suit it well. The reorganization<br />
of Abuela Claudia’s<br />
story is even more<br />
heart-wrenching than<br />
before, and the rivalry<br />
between the piragua seller<br />
and the name-brand<br />
shaved ice seller makes<br />
for a humorous runner<br />
throughout the movie,<br />
and a hilarious after-credits<br />
stinger.
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“The Northman” Review<br />
By Nathaniel Simpson<br />
Reporter<br />
“The Northman,” Robert<br />
Egger’s third major film,<br />
carries the same tone and<br />
weight as his previous two<br />
films. Like “The Witch” and<br />
“The Lighthouse,” the film<br />
opens with haunting imagery,<br />
warning the viewer for<br />
what is to come in the next<br />
two hours. However, it almost<br />
seems like he is biting<br />
off more than he can chew,<br />
delivering a mediocre film<br />
that fumbles and falls in certain<br />
moments, but redeems<br />
itself in some of the fantastic<br />
fight sequences and great<br />
plot twists.<br />
The film could possibly<br />
be described as an adult-only<br />
version of Disney’s “The<br />
Lion King,” following a<br />
young man (Alexander<br />
Skarsgård) on the path to<br />
vengeance by plotting his<br />
plan to kill the man who had<br />
killed his father very early in<br />
the film. The film also contains<br />
great performances by<br />
Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy,<br />
Björk, Willem Dafoe,<br />
Ethan Hawke, and many<br />
more.<br />
However, Eggers loses his<br />
focus in the plot of the movie.<br />
It seems like he’s not sure<br />
where he wants to head next,<br />
and it’s hard not to scratch<br />
your head and wonder what<br />
bonkers event will happen<br />
next. It sometimes seems as<br />
if he is trying to reign in the<br />
plot, while also going for the<br />
shock value and setting the<br />
dark and depressing tone of<br />
the events taking place.<br />
When he does get back<br />
on path in terms of the plot,<br />
he tells a fascinating story<br />
about revenge, combined<br />
with beautiful cinematography<br />
and great fight sequences.<br />
But, by the time the<br />
audience gets there in the<br />
film, they are already worn<br />
out by the rest of the film.<br />
Yet, when the film ultimately<br />
gets to these great parts as<br />
mentioned, the movie seems<br />
very predictable in parts,<br />
borrowing a whole bunch<br />
from previous films. It loses<br />
its originality by basically<br />
telling the plot of “The Lion<br />
King”, while using scenes<br />
and sequences made famous<br />
Lego Star Wars Review<br />
By Collin Acevedo<br />
News Editor<br />
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker<br />
Saga was released<br />
on <strong>April</strong> 5. The sixth Lego<br />
videogame to include the<br />
Star Wars name, but Travelers<br />
Tale, the developer, has<br />
certainly towered over their<br />
past achievements with new<br />
additions in this vast and<br />
well-designed game.<br />
With all nine live-action,<br />
Star Wars movies as playable<br />
parts of the story as<br />
well as Downloadable Content<br />
(DLC) of other Star<br />
Wars projects whether it be<br />
for television or movie being<br />
playable. It combines<br />
all of these together to create<br />
an immaculate treat for<br />
Star Wars fans as you can<br />
choose from over 300 playable<br />
characters, 119 flyable<br />
ships, and a whole open<br />
world map letting you travel<br />
from the interior capital of<br />
Coruscant to the outer rim<br />
planets like Tatooine.<br />
With an immersive dive<br />
into the whole of the Skywalker<br />
saga staring from the<br />
beginnings of negotiation<br />
above Naboo in Episode<br />
One to the ending of Episode<br />
Nine with Rey burying<br />
the historical lightsaber<br />
which had wielded so much.<br />
It gives fans a game they’ve<br />
been wanting as well as the<br />
enjoyable lego humor to interject<br />
between our favorite<br />
moments to spare a laugh.<br />
In a grand and stunning display<br />
Lego doesn’t turn away<br />
from being toys and embraces<br />
the gentle humor it evokes<br />
with all its actions. With the<br />
way the game is runs itself<br />
is beautiful with the plastic<br />
tones on the Lego costumes<br />
and a new third-person perspective<br />
it leaves it all up for<br />
fan enjoyment.<br />
Spanning up to 90 hours<br />
to complete, this game<br />
is vast with side missions<br />
spanning across the galaxy,<br />
with exciting dog fights in<br />
starships above planets or<br />
helping aliens find their lost<br />
droids it gives a good balance<br />
to enjoy and explore<br />
the Lego environments.<br />
With vast worlds open<br />
for exploration Lego Star<br />
Wars: The Skywalker Saga<br />
provides an open world<br />
exploration across the galaxy<br />
with an experience to<br />
remember. Channeling inner<br />
childhood memories<br />
throughout the duration<br />
of the game with refrences<br />
to the past iterations which<br />
came out, it shares all things<br />
that made them enjoyable<br />
and improves it ten fold.<br />
Rated E for everyone Lego<br />
Star Wars: The Skywalker<br />
Saga is a hit for Lego and<br />
Star Wars fans to remember<br />
alike.<br />
by films such as “Gladiator”<br />
and “Star Wars: Episode III -<br />
Revenge of the Sith.”<br />
When viewing this film,<br />
it contains the same elements<br />
and factors seen in Egger’s<br />
previous films, but unfortunately<br />
does not contain the<br />
greatness that he has displayed<br />
throughout his previous<br />
works. When looking at<br />
this film as a whole, it can be<br />
very disappointing for some<br />
who were expecting a much<br />
more action-packed and<br />
gritty film. But if you look<br />
at this film as rather a sum<br />
of great sequences sprinkled<br />
throughout a film that contains<br />
many mundane parts,<br />
you may learn to appreciate<br />
it and love it as a whole.<br />
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<strong>April</strong> 28: Concert Band<br />
Spring Concert at the Edward<br />
Simonsen Indoor Theatre at<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 28: Virtual Honors<br />
Celebration, at 6:30 to 8pm<br />
<strong>April</strong> 28-May 1: Spring<br />
Play #2, “The Wolves” from<br />
7:30 to 9pm<br />
May 2-May 5: Bakersfield<br />
College Art Student Exhibition,<br />
2 to 5pm<br />
<strong>April</strong> 29: Honors Drive<br />
Thru Pick-up, 10am to 1pm.<br />
May 12: Bakersfield College’s<br />
108th Commencement,<br />
7 to 10pm.