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The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong><br />
Vol. 99 ∙ No. 2 Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
Bakersfield College<br />
Levan class about<br />
coming out movies<br />
Gadfly Cafe talks<br />
about A.I.<br />
BC students crave<br />
more food choices<br />
News, Page 2 Campus, Page 5 Campus, Page 5<br />
STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP<br />
Starting pitcher Tim Ruiz throws a key strikeout, his second of<br />
10, during the <strong>Feb</strong>. 9 game.<br />
COURTESY OF DAVE SEY-<br />
MOUR<br />
Drone footage from BC’s<br />
first Light up the night on<br />
EMILY URIAS AND STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP<br />
Marcia Overturf, Edgar Rodriquez, & Noah Rodriquez<br />
deliver lunch to the <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> room on <strong>Feb</strong>. 8.<br />
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/THE RIP<br />
Distinguished speaker, Dr. Eddie R. Cole presents<br />
“The Campus Challenge: Race, History, and the<br />
Urge of Action Now” on <strong>Feb</strong>. 9.<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> @bc_rip @bc_rip Follow us online at www.therip.com
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News<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> www.therip.com<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
“Coming Out” movie class<br />
premires at the Levan Center<br />
By EJ Martinez<br />
Editor<br />
Levan Institute presents a course on<br />
“Coming Out” in the movies.<br />
The course will require students to<br />
stream the movies on their own time<br />
and view the listed films stated here,<br />
such as In and Out, Love Simon, But<br />
I’m A Cheerleader, and Straight Up<br />
and join discussions on Zoom.<br />
The class fee is $25 and will have<br />
classes for Jan. 30, <strong>Feb</strong>. 6, 13, and 20 at<br />
4-5pm. The course will be headed by<br />
Conni Rush and Michelle Zamanian.<br />
Zamanian states that she hopes that<br />
people will get out of this course is how<br />
coming out has changed throughout<br />
film and how it helps paved the way to<br />
tell other LGBTQ+ stories as well as,<br />
why coming out is important in film.<br />
Zamanian says that the movies were<br />
specifically picked chronically to show<br />
the transition of coming out throughout<br />
the movies between 20 years and to<br />
explore the cultural situations that the<br />
characters were in and where the situation<br />
of “coming out” is now at in our<br />
modern age.<br />
The movies that have been picked are<br />
limited due to the scope of the course,<br />
explaining why they will not be able to<br />
show more films by more prominent<br />
gay filmmakers such as John Waters,<br />
Joel Schumacher, or Kimberley Peirce.<br />
However, Zamanian says that the movies<br />
that have been picked for the course<br />
either have been casted, directed, or<br />
were written by someone who is part<br />
of the LGBTQ+ community. Rush<br />
states that if there was a large demand<br />
for certain flicks, they would be glad<br />
to open another course on exploring<br />
queer coding or other film themes.<br />
Although there is a fee in order to take<br />
the course, Zamanian says that they are<br />
will to make adjustments in order help<br />
students who want to take the course.<br />
As well, she will be willing to suggest<br />
ways for students to easily access these<br />
movies.<br />
Rush has stated that if there is any<br />
group that is interested in another selected<br />
theme of films, they are willing<br />
to do either a presentation or course<br />
surrounding it.<br />
If you are interested in the course,<br />
please visit Levan Institute for Lifelong<br />
Learning course and registration page<br />
through the Bakersfield college website.<br />
HBCUs Visit BC Campus<br />
By Blake Burton<br />
Editor<br />
Bakersfield College held the HBCU Caravan on Jan. 30<br />
with 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the<br />
Panorama Campus ballroom. The room was filled to the<br />
max with students wishing to be accepted into their favorite<br />
HBCU.<br />
Universities in attendance included Florida Memorial University,<br />
Benedict College and Central State University, just to<br />
name a few. A lot of the colleges were giving out scholarships<br />
and even giving out full rides.<br />
The different groups of students who were there expressed<br />
their ecstatic reactions to being accepted into their future colleges<br />
and most of them being able to get scholarships and the<br />
different resources they had to offer.<br />
Recruiters from different universities and colleges explained<br />
that they were there to inform students about opportunities<br />
at their schools, and some even incentives of going to their<br />
college or university.<br />
BC student Alexis Brown explained that It was a great experience<br />
and that she got accepted on the spot at three different<br />
HBCUs: Talladega College, Florida Memorial, and<br />
Harris-State-Stone University. She also said that it was a<br />
great opportunity that both high school and college students<br />
can benefit from.<br />
Another student, Aaron Beal, said that he was very excited<br />
about how many HBCUs there were at BC. He was also accepted<br />
into some HBCUs at the event as well.<br />
Hortense Taylor shared that it was an “amazing experience<br />
seeing all the HBCUs here at Bakersfield College” and<br />
that there were so many opportunities for students.<br />
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP<br />
Students getting accepted into HBCUs on Jan 30.
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Sports<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> www.therip.com<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
BC Tennis: Love the Game,<br />
hate the loss<br />
Nadeen Maniord<br />
Reporter<br />
The Girl’s tennis team for Bakersfield College, had a home<br />
match against their second team on <strong>Feb</strong>. 4 and unfortunately<br />
was met with a loss 7-2.<br />
The beginning of the season started for spring sports, and<br />
Girl’s tennis is no different for the <strong>Renegade</strong>s. Unlike the<br />
Kern High Schools, Tennis for the girls occurs in the springtime<br />
for college students. Making this the second match of<br />
the season for the girls. This would be labeled as a non-conference<br />
match.<br />
Swinging into things, the doubles pairs went ahead, and<br />
had top three ranked pairs play off against Orange Coast’s<br />
top three pairs. Greta Kruesar and Abby Reimer were the<br />
#1 doubles. Hannah Puruis and Kiana Lua are the #2 doubles.<br />
While Aleah Gisineros and Grecia de La Cruz is the #3<br />
pairing.<br />
All the girls attacked the ball and fought hard to get that win<br />
they needed. However, the top two teams lost their matches.<br />
Meaning that the <strong>Renegade</strong>s would need to win 4 matches<br />
in singles matches in order to take home a win.<br />
Singles was the next to play after the conclusion of all the<br />
doubles matches. There were top six players that were designated<br />
to play with the top six of Orange Coast. Once again,<br />
Greta Kruesar would represent as the #1 player for singles.<br />
Out of the six matches, an unfortunate score of 1 would<br />
only go to the <strong>Renegade</strong>s. Making the final score 2-7 for the<br />
match against Orange Coast. Although the girls didn’t win,<br />
they are still eager to compete and have a good season.<br />
NA-<br />
DEEN MANIORD/THE RIP<br />
(Above) Greta Krueger returning the ball back to<br />
Orange Coast.<br />
NADEEN MANIORD/THE RIP<br />
(Left) Doubles Match between number 1 doubles,<br />
showing Abigail ready for the serve.
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Sportss<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> www.therip.com<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
BC wins with<br />
strong pitching<br />
What if ?<br />
All Things Sports<br />
By Steven Kertis<br />
Reporter<br />
Steven Kertis<br />
Reporter<br />
The Bakersfield College<br />
<strong>Renegade</strong>s won a tight game<br />
against the El Camino Warriors<br />
7-4 on Thursday night<br />
(<strong>Feb</strong>. 9).<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong>s started hot<br />
at the bottom of the first inning<br />
when first baseman Alex<br />
Martinez hit an RBI single on<br />
a fielder’s choice to put the<br />
<strong>Renegade</strong>s up 1-0 early.<br />
The Warriors would answer<br />
back quickly thanks to<br />
an RBI single from left fielder<br />
Brendan McAndrews as third<br />
baseman Patrick Stark would<br />
score the run to tie the game<br />
at one after the top of the second<br />
inning.<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong>s wouldn’t let<br />
that slide however as the hitters<br />
got busy in the bottom of<br />
the second scoring three runs<br />
to put them up 4-1 and chased<br />
Warriors starting pitcher Travis<br />
Connelly out of the game<br />
not even two innings into the<br />
game.<br />
Things didn’t change until<br />
the bottom of the fifth inning<br />
when Warriors right fielder<br />
Daniel Murillo blasted a<br />
rocket that went into left field,<br />
which led to the scoring of<br />
two runs to put El Camino behind<br />
by one run.<br />
The crucial point in the<br />
game was during the top<br />
of the sixth inning when El<br />
Camino had runners in scoring<br />
position. <strong>Renegade</strong>s starting<br />
pitcher Tim Ruiz gets a<br />
key strikeout which ends the<br />
inning and leaves the runners<br />
stranded for the inning. Ruiz<br />
said after that crucial play<br />
“Just being able to execute every<br />
pitch and to control what<br />
I can control.” That would be<br />
Ruiz’s tenth strikeout and last<br />
pitch of the night.<br />
In the bottom of the eighth<br />
inning, <strong>Renegade</strong>s had the<br />
bases loaded with one out<br />
when shortstop Andrew<br />
Townson hit a rocket into the<br />
left-center which led to two<br />
runs scoring on the play to put<br />
the <strong>Renegade</strong>s up 7-4.<br />
In the top of the ninth, <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />
relief pitcher Austin<br />
Miller took care of business as<br />
he came in for relief for Tim<br />
Ruiz in the top of the seventh<br />
and only allowed one run as<br />
he was superb leading to the<br />
<strong>Renegade</strong>s getting a 7-4 victory<br />
over the Warriors in the<br />
first of three games at Bakersfield<br />
College.<br />
STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP<br />
<strong>Renegade</strong>s Shortstop Andrew<br />
Townson is up to bat in the<br />
bottom of the eighth where<br />
he hits a double.<br />
What If ? A question<br />
anyone has been associated<br />
with in sports has pondered<br />
all throughout sports<br />
history. The importance of<br />
already knowing the outcome<br />
has happened, but<br />
what if the outcome went<br />
the other way.<br />
What if the Seattle Seahawks<br />
ran the football at<br />
the goal line of Super Bowl<br />
49? The Seahawks are<br />
coming off a Super Bowl<br />
48 dominant victory over<br />
the Denver Broncos and<br />
were on pace to be back-toback<br />
Super Bowl Champions.<br />
They had superstar<br />
running back Marshawn<br />
Lynch in their backfield<br />
and head coach Pete Carroll<br />
calls a play for quarterback<br />
Russell Wilson<br />
to throw the ball on the<br />
1-yard line and it was intercepted<br />
by New England<br />
Patriots cornerback Malcolm<br />
Butler and the Patriots<br />
would win the game.<br />
The play call goes down<br />
as one of the worst calls in<br />
NFL history.<br />
What if Pete Carroll<br />
decides to call a running<br />
play and give it to the best<br />
running back in the NFL?<br />
The Seahawks would score<br />
a touchdown to put them<br />
up 31-28. That gave minimal<br />
time for Tom Brady<br />
and the Patriots to try and<br />
get a field goal with twenty<br />
seconds to go in the game<br />
along with two timeouts.<br />
What if the 2013 Auburn<br />
vs Alabama Kick<br />
Steven Kertis<br />
Six never happened? This<br />
game would have gone<br />
into overtime between two<br />
of the top four teams in the<br />
country.<br />
What if Dallas Cowboys<br />
wide receiver Dez Bryant<br />
catches the ball against<br />
the Green Bay Packers in<br />
the 2014 NFC Divisional<br />
Round. The Cowboys<br />
would score, giving the<br />
Cowboys the lead with<br />
four minutes to go and giving<br />
the Green Bay offense<br />
a chance to win the game.<br />
What if New England<br />
Patriots quarterback Drew<br />
Bledsoe never got hurt?<br />
Tom Brady was the backup<br />
quarterback at the time.<br />
Would Tom Brady be traded?<br />
Would he have the career<br />
he had today?<br />
Other notable questions:<br />
What if the Tuck Rule<br />
never happened and it was<br />
ruled a fumble? What if<br />
quarterback Patrick Mahomes<br />
was drafted by the<br />
Chicago Bears? What if<br />
Butler power forward Gordon<br />
Hayward makes the<br />
half-court shot in the 2010<br />
National Championship?
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Campus<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
Gadfly Cafe tackles A.I.<br />
By Nadeen Maniord<br />
Reporter<br />
Bakersfield College hosted its first Gadfly Cafe for the<br />
Spring Semester at the Levan Center on <strong>Feb</strong>. 8.<br />
A Gadfly, is a round table discussion between students, to<br />
discuss a specific point and perhaps debate it. It allows students<br />
to expand their thinking and go more into a philosophical<br />
idea.<br />
For this specific discussion, students would talk about Artificial<br />
Intelligence, and how far it would go. Specifically, diving<br />
into the robot named Sophia. The discussion began watching<br />
a video on this Robot, called “Sophia Awakens Episode<br />
1”. After the video, this would open the floor for students to<br />
present their thoughts.<br />
Joseph Melgor, would be the first to speak, stating, “It<br />
sounded like she was in pain.” Referring to how Sophia<br />
looked in the video. Reggie Williams would ask follow up<br />
questions in order to keep the conversation going.<br />
As the Gadfly would continue, students would present<br />
questions and points of how exactly far we can go with Artificial<br />
Intelligence would go, and what should Sophia the<br />
robot be considered. Ben Poirere would say that it seemed as<br />
though humans are naturally alienated, which is why it seems<br />
like Sophia is discomforted.<br />
Points like these would allow students to expand their thinking,<br />
perhaps even change their minds on the idea of Artificial<br />
Intelligence, exactly the point of having a Gadfly.<br />
Opinion: More food choices<br />
By Madeline Ruebush<br />
Reporter<br />
Burgers, pizza, fries and so much more are available for BC<br />
students at the Dining Hall cafeteria. But there’s something<br />
that is missing from their menu: food that accommodates all<br />
students at BC.<br />
The cafeteria food, though tasty, is greasy, meat-centric,<br />
and sometimes unhealthy, which can create barriers for some<br />
of the students who rely on the food here.<br />
Lydia Herrera has attended BC on and off since 2012.<br />
She’s a full-time mom, works and is in the process of getting<br />
her degree in Early Childhood Education. She also suffers<br />
from many health conditions. She said that the grease-filled<br />
options at the cafeteria would “put me into a diabetic coma.”<br />
When asked what the cafeteria could do to accommodate<br />
her better, Herrera said that having more vegetables and<br />
fruits, lean meat options such as grilled chicken instead of<br />
fried or turkey sausage, and alternative bread options, as well<br />
as a salad bar for more salad options would all benefit her<br />
immensely.<br />
More choices would save her time. “My day is full of things<br />
I have to do, from sun-up to sun-down,” she said.<br />
She wishes that she didn’t have to worry about packing<br />
herself a lunch along with everything else.<br />
Herrera is often in the cafeteria with her friend Anthony<br />
Villines who also mentioned that they have problems with<br />
the cafeteria food.<br />
Villiness suffers from Congestive Heart Failure and must<br />
watch what he eats. He said that the cafeteria food options<br />
are not healthy enough for him to eat. They are too greasy<br />
and there aren’t enough salad options. He also mentioned<br />
that the unhealthy food is often less expensive than the salads.<br />
The menu also doesn’t accommodate students who don’t<br />
eat meat. Cord Swanson works as a tutor at BC and is a vegetarian.<br />
They said that they “don’t ever eat at the cafeteria”<br />
because there just aren’t very many options for them. Besides<br />
the cheese pizza, salad, and sometimes soup, there is just not<br />
enough choices for them to justify paying for the cafeteria<br />
food. Cord said that they would like to see a vegetarian pizza<br />
option and mentioned also wanting a salad bar. They said<br />
that if some of these changes were implemented, they would<br />
stop by the cafeteria more often.<br />
The cafeteria has also been dealing with a staffing shortage<br />
this semester, but luckily this has been addressed, said Mirian<br />
Fuentes who works at the cafeteria as Assistant Three. She<br />
said that management has already brought in 10 new student<br />
workers and that because of that, they have been able<br />
to open until 5 p.m. recently.<br />
When asked about food options at BC, she said that they<br />
are expanding – in reference to the new Starbucks – and that<br />
they are trying to bring in different cultural offerince, specifically<br />
with their daily specials.<br />
She also stated that the cafeteria tries not to waste food, so<br />
they prefer making not enough food than too much food. She<br />
emphasized that they never put out day-old food; it’s always<br />
fresh. They also don’t have a lot of storage, Fuentes said.<br />
This makes it hard to create too wide a range of selections.<br />
But it still seems like there is room to improve. Students<br />
with health problems are specially hit hard with the lack of<br />
healthy food options. Hopefully BC can remedy this <strong>issue</strong><br />
in the coming years, because the <strong>issue</strong> is hurting their most<br />
vulnerable students.
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Campus<br />
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Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
Speaker: UCLA Professor<br />
talks about racial <strong>issue</strong>s<br />
By Anthony Vasquez<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Eddie R. Cole, an Associate professor of higher education<br />
and organizational change at UCLA, came to speak<br />
at BC <strong>Feb</strong>. 10. His presentation, “The Campus Challenge:<br />
Race, History, and the Urge of Action Now” pursued the<br />
topic of race within a college campus, the historical struggles<br />
that are engraved in each college’s background, and how<br />
that background has influenced the educational experience<br />
of many black students.<br />
Cole opened his presentation by asking the audience,<br />
“If historians from 50 years from now studied you and your<br />
work, what do you hope they would file and report?” He<br />
then stated that “History shapes the way that we operate today,<br />
this history is important,” and how it could also shape<br />
how students could potentially experience college today, and<br />
with their own communities.<br />
He mentioned a case of racial discrimination on a college<br />
campus that dated back to when WWll had ended. “As college<br />
enrollment was also increasing after WWll, that wasn’t<br />
the case at a number of colleges, including the University of<br />
Chicago. The enrollment had actually decreased than it had<br />
been since 1919.” He elaborated on this by adding that there<br />
had been multiple black communities surrounding the college<br />
area, which made the campus unappealing for any students,<br />
families, and staff members who were predominantly<br />
white.<br />
The situation became worse afterward according to Cole.<br />
He mentioned that presidents of universities such as Harvard,<br />
Yale, MIT, Pennsylvania, and Columbia had joined<br />
each other in a meeting held in 1957 that had brought up<br />
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potential plans that they had in order to get rid of the large<br />
numbers of Black communities that surrounded each of the<br />
campus areas.<br />
Cole also explained to the audience that each of the<br />
schools had begun to change the narrative that had been<br />
going on, by claiming that they were saving America from<br />
any black students. The narrative had been harmful to many<br />
black communities as it began to silence many black voices<br />
within the areas.<br />
The history of these schools silencing many black student<br />
voices allowed Cole to bring up the fact that there is now a<br />
legacy for people today to decide what their role is in making<br />
sure people’s legacies are acknowledged now, so that voices<br />
can be heard and that a college experience can be given to<br />
anyone.<br />
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/THE RIP<br />
Dr. Eddie R. Cole speaks at the <strong>Renegade</strong> ballroom<br />
on <strong>Feb</strong> 9<br />
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Opinion<br />
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Wednesday,<strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
Feeding the campus press<br />
with the <strong>Renegade</strong> Express<br />
By Emily Urias<br />
Reporter<br />
Bakersfield College Culinary Arts lab technician, Marcia<br />
Overturf, announced via email, the <strong>Renegade</strong> Room<br />
will now deliver lunch on campus starting <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 1st!<br />
These fresh meals are only delivered on Wednesdays from<br />
11:30am to 12pm and 12pm to 12:30. However, they only<br />
accept cash or checks but you may pay online if you call in.<br />
With a menu that is diverse and changes every week, they<br />
have a variety of delicious meals, it was difficult for me to<br />
choose! I decided on the spaghetti and meatballs with a Sierra<br />
mist.<br />
Upon arrival the RIP room was greeted with welcoming<br />
smiles from Marcia Overturf along with two BC culinary<br />
arts students, Noah Rodriquez and Edgar Rodriquez.They<br />
surprised me with an additional two sourdough bread slices<br />
and butter. Taking my first bite, my mouth melted with<br />
flavor. The spaghetti itself was amazing and it wasn’t under<br />
or overbearing with flavor. They had a giant meatball in the<br />
middle that I, at first, found odd but later on I found it practical<br />
to cut parts of it based on how much meat I wanted to<br />
eat.<br />
I would have to say that it was one of the best spaghetti<br />
dishes I have eaten in my recent days. After I finished eating<br />
I was left with a full stomach and happiness that it was worth<br />
every penny for the $<strong>15</strong> dollars I had spent on the meal.<br />
These lunches are a great way to eat and have a chit chat<br />
with your friends, fellow classmates, and even professors<br />
without having to lift a foot. This meal helped cure my hunger<br />
pangs especially when I didn’t have the chance to grab<br />
breakfast.<br />
Thank you to our <strong>Renegade</strong> Room for going above and<br />
beyond by taking on a new delivery system throughout the<br />
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Opinion<br />
The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> www.therip.com<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>. <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
“Knock at the<br />
Cabin” is now a<br />
refreshing take<br />
on tired tropes<br />
By Nicolas “Peter” Chavaria<br />
Reporter<br />
With <strong>2023</strong> just beginning for the<br />
film world, M. Night Shyamalan’s<br />
“Knock at the Cabin” is a great<br />
sign of things to come, no pun intended.<br />
Starring Dave Bautista,<br />
Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, and<br />
Kristen Cui, the film tells a very<br />
simple but effective story of “Could<br />
you sacrifice someone in your family,<br />
to save the world?”<br />
Based on the novel “The Cabin<br />
at the End of the World” by Paul<br />
Tremblay, we follow a small family<br />
of three enjoying their vacation,<br />
before being held hostage by 4 people<br />
stating they either sacrifice one<br />
member of their family or let the<br />
rest of the world die by a prophecy<br />
already in motion.<br />
What starts as a routine home-invasion<br />
movie, quickly turns itself on<br />
its head with stellar characters and<br />
performances from Dave Bautista’s<br />
Leonard, Abby Quinn’s Adriane,<br />
Nikki Amuka-Bird’s Sabrina, and<br />
Rupert Grint’s Redmond. Not<br />
only do they humanize the mystery<br />
group, but show us all sides of<br />
humanity, good and bad, and have<br />
us questioning if they’re telling the<br />
truth at the same time our main<br />
characters are.<br />
That transitions us nicely into<br />
the film’s strongest aspect, the family.<br />
Jonathan Groff’s Eric, Ben Aldridge’s<br />
Andrew, and Kristen Cui’s<br />
Wen portray a loving family and<br />
diverse family amazingly. Not one<br />
character is portrayed as one-dimensional.<br />
Aldridge gives the best<br />
performance in the entire movie,<br />
going through so many emotions<br />
and arcs that if he weren’t in the<br />
movie, it would be much worse off.<br />
9-year-old Kristen Cui also gives<br />
one of the best debut roles in recent<br />
years.<br />
Cinematographers Jarin Blaschke<br />
and Lowell A. Meyer also make this<br />
film stand out visually with many<br />
unique and interesting shots, as well<br />
as beautiful frames and moments.<br />
The score by Herdís Stefánsdóttir<br />
is easily one of this movie’s biggest<br />
highlights, with “Breaking in,”<br />
“Diner,” and “Prologue” being<br />
key examples as to why. Multiple<br />
times throughout the film we feel<br />
spine-chilling uneasiness, catharsis,<br />
and bittersweet tug-on-your-heartstrings<br />
moments within mere seconds<br />
without tonal whiplash.<br />
Don’t let the 60% or 6/10’s fool<br />
you. This film easily keeps <strong>2023</strong><br />
going strong with excellent movie<br />
releases, and hopefully sets the<br />
standard for upcoming releases as<br />
well.<br />
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<strong>Renegade</strong> Events<br />
Campus Events<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>. 17 & 20: BC will be closed on Friday<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>. 17 and Monday <strong>Feb</strong>. 20 in observance of<br />
Presidents’ Day weekend<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>. 22: Art, Architecture, and Archetypes:<br />
a faculty panel on art, architecture, and mythology,<br />
featuring Rae Ann Kumelos, Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg,<br />
Krista Moreland, and Ronnie<br />
Wrest, Levan Center, 6 - 7:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>. 22: Kwame Anthony Appiah, NYU<br />
Professor of Law and Philosophy, speaking on<br />
Race and Cultural Criticism., Ball Room, 3rd<br />
floor of Campus Center, 6:00-7:30 p.m.<br />
March 2: Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri, author,<br />
historian, and professor speaking at BC at the<br />
Levan Center at 2:00 p.m., and at the Indoor<br />
Theater, PAC building at 7:00 p.m.<br />
March 2-5: Noises off by Micheal Frayn, directed<br />
by Cody Ganger, at the Edward Simonsen<br />
Indoor Theater<br />
March 8: Gadfly Cafe, the controversy of<br />
Tenure in High Schools and Colleges, at the<br />
Levan Center from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.<br />
March 14: Deep Cuts and Conversations:<br />
an informal discussion of music, with Josh<br />
Ottum, Kris Tiner, and Reggie Williams, via<br />
Zoom from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.<br />
March 12: Gadfy Cafe, Diversity and the<br />
Purpose of Higher Education, at the Levan<br />
Center at 12:30 p.m.<br />
March 13: Dr. Melanie Lundquist, philanthropist<br />
speaking at BC at the Ball Room, 3rd<br />
floor of Campus Center, 2:00 P.M. & 7:00 p.m.<br />
March 23: Will Gadd, professional top adventure<br />
sports athlete speaking at BC at the<br />
Levan Center at 2:00 p.m., and at the Indoor<br />
Theater, PAC building at 7:00 p.m.<br />
April 12: Gadfly Cafe, Diversity and the<br />
purpose of higher education, at the Levan<br />
Center from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.