Renegade Rip, issue 2, Feb. 15, 2023

The Renegade Rip
Vol. 99 ∙ No. 2 Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023
Bakersfield College
Levan class about
coming out movies
Gadfly Cafe talks
about A.I.
BC students crave
more food choices
News, Page 2 Campus, Page 5 Campus, Page 5
STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP
Starting pitcher Tim Ruiz throws a key strikeout, his second of
10, during the Feb. 9 game.
COURTESY OF DAVE SEY-
MOUR
Drone footage from BC’s
first Light up the night on
EMILY URIAS AND STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP
Marcia Overturf, Edgar Rodriquez, & Noah Rodriquez
deliver lunch to the Renegade Rip room on Feb. 8.
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/THE RIP
Distinguished speaker, Dr. Eddie R. Cole presents
“The Campus Challenge: Race, History, and the
Urge of Action Now” on Feb. 9.
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News
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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023
“Coming Out” movie class
premires at the Levan Center
By EJ Martinez
Editor
Levan Institute presents a course on
“Coming Out” in the movies.
The course will require students to
stream the movies on their own time
and view the listed films stated here,
such as In and Out, Love Simon, But
I’m A Cheerleader, and Straight Up
and join discussions on Zoom.
The class fee is $25 and will have
classes for Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, and 20 at
4-5pm. The course will be headed by
Conni Rush and Michelle Zamanian.
Zamanian states that she hopes that
people will get out of this course is how
coming out has changed throughout
film and how it helps paved the way to
tell other LGBTQ+ stories as well as,
why coming out is important in film.
Zamanian says that the movies were
specifically picked chronically to show
the transition of coming out throughout
the movies between 20 years and to
explore the cultural situations that the
characters were in and where the situation
of “coming out” is now at in our
modern age.
The movies that have been picked are
limited due to the scope of the course,
explaining why they will not be able to
show more films by more prominent
gay filmmakers such as John Waters,
Joel Schumacher, or Kimberley Peirce.
However, Zamanian says that the movies
that have been picked for the course
either have been casted, directed, or
were written by someone who is part
of the LGBTQ+ community. Rush
states that if there was a large demand
for certain flicks, they would be glad
to open another course on exploring
queer coding or other film themes.
Although there is a fee in order to take
the course, Zamanian says that they are
will to make adjustments in order help
students who want to take the course.
As well, she will be willing to suggest
ways for students to easily access these
movies.
Rush has stated that if there is any
group that is interested in another selected
theme of films, they are willing
to do either a presentation or course
surrounding it.
If you are interested in the course,
please visit Levan Institute for Lifelong
Learning course and registration page
through the Bakersfield college website.
HBCUs Visit BC Campus
By Blake Burton
Editor
Bakersfield College held the HBCU Caravan on Jan. 30
with 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the
Panorama Campus ballroom. The room was filled to the
max with students wishing to be accepted into their favorite
HBCU.
Universities in attendance included Florida Memorial University,
Benedict College and Central State University, just to
name a few. A lot of the colleges were giving out scholarships
and even giving out full rides.
The different groups of students who were there expressed
their ecstatic reactions to being accepted into their future colleges
and most of them being able to get scholarships and the
different resources they had to offer.
Recruiters from different universities and colleges explained
that they were there to inform students about opportunities
at their schools, and some even incentives of going to their
college or university.
BC student Alexis Brown explained that It was a great experience
and that she got accepted on the spot at three different
HBCUs: Talladega College, Florida Memorial, and
Harris-State-Stone University. She also said that it was a
great opportunity that both high school and college students
can benefit from.
Another student, Aaron Beal, said that he was very excited
about how many HBCUs there were at BC. He was also accepted
into some HBCUs at the event as well.
Hortense Taylor shared that it was an “amazing experience
seeing all the HBCUs here at Bakersfield College” and
that there were so many opportunities for students.
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP
Students getting accepted into HBCUs on Jan 30.

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Sports
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BC Tennis: Love the Game,
hate the loss
Nadeen Maniord
Reporter
The Girl’s tennis team for Bakersfield College, had a home
match against their second team on Feb. 4 and unfortunately
was met with a loss 7-2.
The beginning of the season started for spring sports, and
Girl’s tennis is no different for the Renegades. Unlike the
Kern High Schools, Tennis for the girls occurs in the springtime
for college students. Making this the second match of
the season for the girls. This would be labeled as a non-conference
match.
Swinging into things, the doubles pairs went ahead, and
had top three ranked pairs play off against Orange Coast’s
top three pairs. Greta Kruesar and Abby Reimer were the
#1 doubles. Hannah Puruis and Kiana Lua are the #2 doubles.
While Aleah Gisineros and Grecia de La Cruz is the #3
pairing.
All the girls attacked the ball and fought hard to get that win
they needed. However, the top two teams lost their matches.
Meaning that the Renegades would need to win 4 matches
in singles matches in order to take home a win.
Singles was the next to play after the conclusion of all the
doubles matches. There were top six players that were designated
to play with the top six of Orange Coast. Once again,
Greta Kruesar would represent as the #1 player for singles.
Out of the six matches, an unfortunate score of 1 would
only go to the Renegades. Making the final score 2-7 for the
match against Orange Coast. Although the girls didn’t win,
they are still eager to compete and have a good season.
NA-
DEEN MANIORD/THE RIP
(Above) Greta Krueger returning the ball back to
Orange Coast.
NADEEN MANIORD/THE RIP
(Left) Doubles Match between number 1 doubles,
showing Abigail ready for the serve.

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Sportss
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BC wins with
strong pitching
What if ?
All Things Sports
By Steven Kertis
Reporter
Steven Kertis
Reporter
The Bakersfield College
Renegades won a tight game
against the El Camino Warriors
7-4 on Thursday night
(Feb. 9).
The Renegades started hot
at the bottom of the first inning
when first baseman Alex
Martinez hit an RBI single on
a fielder’s choice to put the
Renegades up 1-0 early.
The Warriors would answer
back quickly thanks to
an RBI single from left fielder
Brendan McAndrews as third
baseman Patrick Stark would
score the run to tie the game
at one after the top of the second
inning.
The Renegades wouldn’t let
that slide however as the hitters
got busy in the bottom of
the second scoring three runs
to put them up 4-1 and chased
Warriors starting pitcher Travis
Connelly out of the game
not even two innings into the
game.
Things didn’t change until
the bottom of the fifth inning
when Warriors right fielder
Daniel Murillo blasted a
rocket that went into left field,
which led to the scoring of
two runs to put El Camino behind
by one run.
The crucial point in the
game was during the top
of the sixth inning when El
Camino had runners in scoring
position. Renegades starting
pitcher Tim Ruiz gets a
key strikeout which ends the
inning and leaves the runners
stranded for the inning. Ruiz
said after that crucial play
“Just being able to execute every
pitch and to control what
I can control.” That would be
Ruiz’s tenth strikeout and last
pitch of the night.
In the bottom of the eighth
inning, Renegades had the
bases loaded with one out
when shortstop Andrew
Townson hit a rocket into the
left-center which led to two
runs scoring on the play to put
the Renegades up 7-4.
In the top of the ninth, Renegades
relief pitcher Austin
Miller took care of business as
he came in for relief for Tim
Ruiz in the top of the seventh
and only allowed one run as
he was superb leading to the
Renegades getting a 7-4 victory
over the Warriors in the
first of three games at Bakersfield
College.
STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP
Renegades Shortstop Andrew
Townson is up to bat in the
bottom of the eighth where
he hits a double.
What If ? A question
anyone has been associated
with in sports has pondered
all throughout sports
history. The importance of
already knowing the outcome
has happened, but
what if the outcome went
the other way.
What if the Seattle Seahawks
ran the football at
the goal line of Super Bowl
49? The Seahawks are
coming off a Super Bowl
48 dominant victory over
the Denver Broncos and
were on pace to be back-toback
Super Bowl Champions.
They had superstar
running back Marshawn
Lynch in their backfield
and head coach Pete Carroll
calls a play for quarterback
Russell Wilson
to throw the ball on the
1-yard line and it was intercepted
by New England
Patriots cornerback Malcolm
Butler and the Patriots
would win the game.
The play call goes down
as one of the worst calls in
NFL history.
What if Pete Carroll
decides to call a running
play and give it to the best
running back in the NFL?
The Seahawks would score
a touchdown to put them
up 31-28. That gave minimal
time for Tom Brady
and the Patriots to try and
get a field goal with twenty
seconds to go in the game
along with two timeouts.
What if the 2013 Auburn
vs Alabama Kick
Steven Kertis
Six never happened? This
game would have gone
into overtime between two
of the top four teams in the
country.
What if Dallas Cowboys
wide receiver Dez Bryant
catches the ball against
the Green Bay Packers in
the 2014 NFC Divisional
Round. The Cowboys
would score, giving the
Cowboys the lead with
four minutes to go and giving
the Green Bay offense
a chance to win the game.
What if New England
Patriots quarterback Drew
Bledsoe never got hurt?
Tom Brady was the backup
quarterback at the time.
Would Tom Brady be traded?
Would he have the career
he had today?
Other notable questions:
What if the Tuck Rule
never happened and it was
ruled a fumble? What if
quarterback Patrick Mahomes
was drafted by the
Chicago Bears? What if
Butler power forward Gordon
Hayward makes the
half-court shot in the 2010
National Championship?

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Campus
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Gadfly Cafe tackles A.I.
By Nadeen Maniord
Reporter
Bakersfield College hosted its first Gadfly Cafe for the
Spring Semester at the Levan Center on Feb. 8.
A Gadfly, is a round table discussion between students, to
discuss a specific point and perhaps debate it. It allows students
to expand their thinking and go more into a philosophical
idea.
For this specific discussion, students would talk about Artificial
Intelligence, and how far it would go. Specifically, diving
into the robot named Sophia. The discussion began watching
a video on this Robot, called “Sophia Awakens Episode
1”. After the video, this would open the floor for students to
present their thoughts.
Joseph Melgor, would be the first to speak, stating, “It
sounded like she was in pain.” Referring to how Sophia
looked in the video. Reggie Williams would ask follow up
questions in order to keep the conversation going.
As the Gadfly would continue, students would present
questions and points of how exactly far we can go with Artificial
Intelligence would go, and what should Sophia the
robot be considered. Ben Poirere would say that it seemed as
though humans are naturally alienated, which is why it seems
like Sophia is discomforted.
Points like these would allow students to expand their thinking,
perhaps even change their minds on the idea of Artificial
Intelligence, exactly the point of having a Gadfly.
Opinion: More food choices
By Madeline Ruebush
Reporter
Burgers, pizza, fries and so much more are available for BC
students at the Dining Hall cafeteria. But there’s something
that is missing from their menu: food that accommodates all
students at BC.
The cafeteria food, though tasty, is greasy, meat-centric,
and sometimes unhealthy, which can create barriers for some
of the students who rely on the food here.
Lydia Herrera has attended BC on and off since 2012.
She’s a full-time mom, works and is in the process of getting
her degree in Early Childhood Education. She also suffers
from many health conditions. She said that the grease-filled
options at the cafeteria would “put me into a diabetic coma.”
When asked what the cafeteria could do to accommodate
her better, Herrera said that having more vegetables and
fruits, lean meat options such as grilled chicken instead of
fried or turkey sausage, and alternative bread options, as well
as a salad bar for more salad options would all benefit her
immensely.
More choices would save her time. “My day is full of things
I have to do, from sun-up to sun-down,” she said.
She wishes that she didn’t have to worry about packing
herself a lunch along with everything else.
Herrera is often in the cafeteria with her friend Anthony
Villines who also mentioned that they have problems with
the cafeteria food.
Villiness suffers from Congestive Heart Failure and must
watch what he eats. He said that the cafeteria food options
are not healthy enough for him to eat. They are too greasy
and there aren’t enough salad options. He also mentioned
that the unhealthy food is often less expensive than the salads.
The menu also doesn’t accommodate students who don’t
eat meat. Cord Swanson works as a tutor at BC and is a vegetarian.
They said that they “don’t ever eat at the cafeteria”
because there just aren’t very many options for them. Besides
the cheese pizza, salad, and sometimes soup, there is just not
enough choices for them to justify paying for the cafeteria
food. Cord said that they would like to see a vegetarian pizza
option and mentioned also wanting a salad bar. They said
that if some of these changes were implemented, they would
stop by the cafeteria more often.
The cafeteria has also been dealing with a staffing shortage
this semester, but luckily this has been addressed, said Mirian
Fuentes who works at the cafeteria as Assistant Three. She
said that management has already brought in 10 new student
workers and that because of that, they have been able
to open until 5 p.m. recently.
When asked about food options at BC, she said that they
are expanding – in reference to the new Starbucks – and that
they are trying to bring in different cultural offerince, specifically
with their daily specials.
She also stated that the cafeteria tries not to waste food, so
they prefer making not enough food than too much food. She
emphasized that they never put out day-old food; it’s always
fresh. They also don’t have a lot of storage, Fuentes said.
This makes it hard to create too wide a range of selections.
But it still seems like there is room to improve. Students
with health problems are specially hit hard with the lack of
healthy food options. Hopefully BC can remedy this issue
in the coming years, because the issue is hurting their most
vulnerable students.

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Campus
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Speaker: UCLA Professor
talks about racial issues
By Anthony Vasquez
Editor-in-Chief
Eddie R. Cole, an Associate professor of higher education
and organizational change at UCLA, came to speak
at BC Feb. 10. His presentation, “The Campus Challenge:
Race, History, and the Urge of Action Now” pursued the
topic of race within a college campus, the historical struggles
that are engraved in each college’s background, and how
that background has influenced the educational experience
of many black students.
Cole opened his presentation by asking the audience,
“If historians from 50 years from now studied you and your
work, what do you hope they would file and report?” He
then stated that “History shapes the way that we operate today,
this history is important,” and how it could also shape
how students could potentially experience college today, and
with their own communities.
He mentioned a case of racial discrimination on a college
campus that dated back to when WWll had ended. “As college
enrollment was also increasing after WWll, that wasn’t
the case at a number of colleges, including the University of
Chicago. The enrollment had actually decreased than it had
been since 1919.” He elaborated on this by adding that there
had been multiple black communities surrounding the college
area, which made the campus unappealing for any students,
families, and staff members who were predominantly
white.
The situation became worse afterward according to Cole.
He mentioned that presidents of universities such as Harvard,
Yale, MIT, Pennsylvania, and Columbia had joined
each other in a meeting held in 1957 that had brought up
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potential plans that they had in order to get rid of the large
numbers of Black communities that surrounded each of the
campus areas.
Cole also explained to the audience that each of the
schools had begun to change the narrative that had been
going on, by claiming that they were saving America from
any black students. The narrative had been harmful to many
black communities as it began to silence many black voices
within the areas.
The history of these schools silencing many black student
voices allowed Cole to bring up the fact that there is now a
legacy for people today to decide what their role is in making
sure people’s legacies are acknowledged now, so that voices
can be heard and that a college experience can be given to
anyone.
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/THE RIP
Dr. Eddie R. Cole speaks at the Renegade ballroom
on Feb 9
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Opinion
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Feeding the campus press
with the Renegade Express
By Emily Urias
Reporter
Bakersfield College Culinary Arts lab technician, Marcia
Overturf, announced via email, the Renegade Room
will now deliver lunch on campus starting February 1st!
These fresh meals are only delivered on Wednesdays from
11:30am to 12pm and 12pm to 12:30. However, they only
accept cash or checks but you may pay online if you call in.
With a menu that is diverse and changes every week, they
have a variety of delicious meals, it was difficult for me to
choose! I decided on the spaghetti and meatballs with a Sierra
mist.
Upon arrival the RIP room was greeted with welcoming
smiles from Marcia Overturf along with two BC culinary
arts students, Noah Rodriquez and Edgar Rodriquez.They
surprised me with an additional two sourdough bread slices
and butter. Taking my first bite, my mouth melted with
flavor. The spaghetti itself was amazing and it wasn’t under
or overbearing with flavor. They had a giant meatball in the
middle that I, at first, found odd but later on I found it practical
to cut parts of it based on how much meat I wanted to
eat.
I would have to say that it was one of the best spaghetti
dishes I have eaten in my recent days. After I finished eating
I was left with a full stomach and happiness that it was worth
every penny for the $15 dollars I had spent on the meal.
These lunches are a great way to eat and have a chit chat
with your friends, fellow classmates, and even professors
without having to lift a foot. This meal helped cure my hunger
pangs especially when I didn’t have the chance to grab
breakfast.
Thank you to our Renegade Room for going above and
beyond by taking on a new delivery system throughout the
campus. The BC appreciates your service and all that you
do for staff, students, and faculty!
STEVEN KERTIS/THE RIP
Left: BC culinary student Noah Rodriquez, Marcia
Overturf Lab Technician for Culinary program and
culinary student Edgar Rodriquez delivers spaghetti
with one jumbo meatball and Sierra mist to
Renegade Rip room on Feb. 8.
EMILY URIAS/THE RIP
Right: Spaghetti and meatballs with bread
delivered and prepared by the Renegade
Room

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Opinion
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“Knock at the
Cabin” is now a
refreshing take
on tired tropes
By Nicolas “Peter” Chavaria
Reporter
With 2023 just beginning for the
film world, M. Night Shyamalan’s
“Knock at the Cabin” is a great
sign of things to come, no pun intended.
Starring Dave Bautista,
Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, and
Kristen Cui, the film tells a very
simple but effective story of “Could
you sacrifice someone in your family,
to save the world?”
Based on the novel “The Cabin
at the End of the World” by Paul
Tremblay, we follow a small family
of three enjoying their vacation,
before being held hostage by 4 people
stating they either sacrifice one
member of their family or let the
rest of the world die by a prophecy
already in motion.
What starts as a routine home-invasion
movie, quickly turns itself on
its head with stellar characters and
performances from Dave Bautista’s
Leonard, Abby Quinn’s Adriane,
Nikki Amuka-Bird’s Sabrina, and
Rupert Grint’s Redmond. Not
only do they humanize the mystery
group, but show us all sides of
humanity, good and bad, and have
us questioning if they’re telling the
truth at the same time our main
characters are.
That transitions us nicely into
the film’s strongest aspect, the family.
Jonathan Groff’s Eric, Ben Aldridge’s
Andrew, and Kristen Cui’s
Wen portray a loving family and
diverse family amazingly. Not one
character is portrayed as one-dimensional.
Aldridge gives the best
performance in the entire movie,
going through so many emotions
and arcs that if he weren’t in the
movie, it would be much worse off.
9-year-old Kristen Cui also gives
one of the best debut roles in recent
years.
Cinematographers Jarin Blaschke
and Lowell A. Meyer also make this
film stand out visually with many
unique and interesting shots, as well
as beautiful frames and moments.
The score by Herdís Stefánsdóttir
is easily one of this movie’s biggest
highlights, with “Breaking in,”
“Diner,” and “Prologue” being
key examples as to why. Multiple
times throughout the film we feel
spine-chilling uneasiness, catharsis,
and bittersweet tug-on-your-heartstrings
moments within mere seconds
without tonal whiplash.
Don’t let the 60% or 6/10’s fool
you. This film easily keeps 2023
going strong with excellent movie
releases, and hopefully sets the
standard for upcoming releases as
well.
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Renegade Events
Campus Events
Feb. 17 & 20: BC will be closed on Friday
Feb. 17 and Monday Feb. 20 in observance of
Presidents’ Day weekend
Feb. 22: Art, Architecture, and Archetypes:
a faculty panel on art, architecture, and mythology,
featuring Rae Ann Kumelos, Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg,
Krista Moreland, and Ronnie
Wrest, Levan Center, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 22: Kwame Anthony Appiah, NYU
Professor of Law and Philosophy, speaking on
Race and Cultural Criticism., Ball Room, 3rd
floor of Campus Center, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
March 2: Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri, author,
historian, and professor speaking at BC at the
Levan Center at 2:00 p.m., and at the Indoor
Theater, PAC building at 7:00 p.m.
March 2-5: Noises off by Micheal Frayn, directed
by Cody Ganger, at the Edward Simonsen
Indoor Theater
March 8: Gadfly Cafe, the controversy of
Tenure in High Schools and Colleges, at the
Levan Center from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
March 14: Deep Cuts and Conversations:
an informal discussion of music, with Josh
Ottum, Kris Tiner, and Reggie Williams, via
Zoom from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
March 12: Gadfy Cafe, Diversity and the
Purpose of Higher Education, at the Levan
Center at 12:30 p.m.
March 13: Dr. Melanie Lundquist, philanthropist
speaking at BC at the Ball Room, 3rd
floor of Campus Center, 2:00 P.M. & 7:00 p.m.
March 23: Will Gadd, professional top adventure
sports athlete speaking at BC at the
Levan Center at 2:00 p.m., and at the Indoor
Theater, PAC building at 7:00 p.m.
April 12: Gadfly Cafe, Diversity and the
purpose of higher education, at the Levan
Center from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.