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The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong><br />

Vol. 100∙ No. 5 Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

Bakersfield College<br />

No more mold in the<br />

new STEM building<br />

News, Page 2<br />

College football<br />

heats up<br />

Sports, Page 4<br />

Opinion, Page 7<br />

“Spider-Man 2” exceeds<br />

“Noises expectations Off” full of<br />

fabulous chaos<br />

Opinion, Page 7<br />

SAMANTHA BRITT/THE RIP<br />

Alumni and present BC band members play at <strong>Renegade</strong><br />

Promenade on Oct. 21<br />

HONEY CROWDER /THE RIP<br />

The cast of “Electricidad” giving their final bow as the<br />

first night wraps up.<br />

HECTOR VIZCARRA/THE RIP<br />

An altar for Día de los Muertos in the process of being prepared<br />

ahead of the day.<br />

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News<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

M&O deals with mold at BC<br />

By Crystal Gutierrez<br />

Reporter<br />

A classroom in the new STEM building at BC had a mold<br />

problem the last few weeks, according to the Executive Dean<br />

of Instruction, Math, Science and Engineering, Stephen<br />

Waller.<br />

The mold was reported by “a staff member of M&O (Maiwho<br />

spotted the leak.”<br />

Waller ensured that he “relocated classes without delay to<br />

other physics labs to allow for repairs to be made. No classes<br />

were held in the impacted physics laboratory after [he]<br />

was told there was a water leak, nor were classes held in that<br />

room after M&O was aware there was a leak. All classes were<br />

relocated to other labs to allow for instruction to continue<br />

without interruptions.”<br />

Executive Director of Facilities & Operations, Marcos<br />

Rodriguez, explained that the leak was caused by workers<br />

striking an “irrigation valve in the outdoor landscape planter<br />

area on the exterior side of the STEM Building. The water<br />

made its way from the planter into the building and caused<br />

the flooding incident.” The valve ended up plugged so the<br />

water went the wrong way.<br />

Rodriguez outlined that to repair the leak “all water in<br />

the planter is now disconnected leaving the low water using<br />

plants to be irrigated during rain incidents as they occur.”<br />

They also need to bring an outside ‘remediation contractor’<br />

to run a series of fans for several days.<br />

They also brought another contractor “to check for mold<br />

spores in walls that were damaged, as well testing for air quality<br />

in the building for precautionary measures.”<br />

After all that they just needed to make sure “the moisture<br />

levels reached the threshold (displaying appropriate levels) as<br />

needed.”<br />

“The issue has been resolved and the building fully operational,”<br />

Marcos Rodriguez said, and “all carpets were replaced,<br />

walls repaired, and new rubber top base molding was<br />

installed.”<br />

No classes were affected by the leak/mold in the STEM<br />

building, and Rodriguez is confident that the leak and mold<br />

is resolved.<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong> Homecoming BBQ<br />

By Samantha Britt<br />

Copy Editor<br />

Bakersfield College Alumni Association had a BBQ Oct.<br />

21 from 12-3:30 p.m. to honor<br />

BC Alumni. Food, music, and<br />

vendors all came out to celebrate.<br />

Tickets for steaks were $25 and<br />

hotdogs $10 each. Fruity drinks<br />

and other sweet treats were also<br />

available to purchase during the<br />

event.<br />

BC’s band played right in front<br />

of the huddle on-stage. BC alumni<br />

band members performed in<br />

the event, playing jazzy music.<br />

Student life groups came to<br />

show support and allow people to<br />

learn about each group.<br />

Aliah Villasenor is just one of<br />

the many students a part of the<br />

agricultural club for BC. The<br />

club came out and we’re given<br />

plants to sell to help people show<br />

their support.<br />

SAMANTHA BRITT/THE RIP<br />

Aliah Villasenor with some of the other<br />

students apart of the Agriculture Club.<br />

Villasenor explained how the club uses networking, talking<br />

to student life and keeping up with professors to learn about<br />

these events to continue to share information about their<br />

club.<br />

Financial aid, Student Government,<br />

and job programs provided information<br />

about their programs as well.<br />

Small businesses and small vendors<br />

came to support and brought their<br />

products for people to purchase.<br />

An employee at BC that works for<br />

the EPOS program Karen Cid was<br />

just one of the many small businesses.<br />

Cid explained how BC reached out to<br />

her to attend this event for more outreach<br />

on small vendors and businesses.<br />

“These events are really good way<br />

for me to promote my small business,”<br />

Cid said.<br />

The event encouraged more people<br />

to participate and support the local<br />

small businesses that attend and was<br />

also an honoring way to show support<br />

for all BC alumni.


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News<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

BC hosts Manufacturing Day<br />

By Mason Almaguer<br />

Reporter<br />

Bakersfield College hosted Manufacturing<br />

Day near the football stadium for<br />

high schools in the city, last Friday, Oct.<br />

20<br />

Ṁany employers from the Bakersfield<br />

area came and set up booths for students<br />

to ask any questions about this line of<br />

work. College students were welcome to<br />

attend as well.<br />

BC wanted students to learn about all<br />

resources and options they have.<br />

According to BC’s Job Development<br />

Specialist, Anycia Reyes, the purpose of<br />

this was to “Inspire the next generation”<br />

and “connect with local employers.”<br />

Many fields of work were represented,<br />

such as robotics, welding, electrical<br />

engineering, and much more. They presented<br />

many industrial technology opportunities<br />

for the students that attened.<br />

The event had a great turnout from the<br />

number of students that attended.<br />

There were “over 1,000” students on<br />

campus, according to Reyes.<br />

The companies present there were<br />

GAF, Stratolaunch, AC Electric, BPS<br />

Supply Group, and plenty more. The<br />

event was even sponsored by institutions<br />

such as Chevron and AC Electric. Reyes<br />

stated there were over 30 establishments<br />

there on Manufacturing Day.<br />

There was a tour of the various technological<br />

disciplines.<br />

Reyes’ main lesson she wanted the academic<br />

hopefuls there to learn was, “If<br />

you can dream it, you can build it.”<br />

The event was done in specific sessions.<br />

The students had groups they were<br />

a part of that walked around the college<br />

to various areas to allow everyone to get<br />

a chance to se each booth.<br />

MASON ALMAGUER/THE RIP<br />

All of the students that attend<br />

Manufacturing Day hang around<br />

outside.<br />

Local artist speaks at BC<br />

By Ari Montez<br />

Reporter<br />

Local artist and art historian, Cuca<br />

Montoya, spoke about her experiences<br />

through her artwork in a lecture<br />

given at BC’s Levan Center on Oct.<br />

18. Montoya’s work was showcased<br />

on several panels during the event,<br />

and she touched on how the struggles<br />

of Hispanic farmworkers inspired her<br />

art. The artwork featured at the event<br />

was a part of a series titled “Bajo El<br />

Mismo Sol” or under the same sun.<br />

It was inspired by the grueling labor<br />

done by Hispanic farm workers.<br />

Her pieces are a vibrant display of<br />

colors that show the conditions of the<br />

workers. On the last six panels titled<br />

“The Burden of Labor” Montoya<br />

spent hours trying to accurately depict<br />

the intense heat in the fields through<br />

her art. Using shades of red orange<br />

and yellow. Montoya opened with a<br />

description of her early life. At the age<br />

of two her family moved to the U.S<br />

from Mexico, and her childhood was<br />

spent in East Bakersfield.<br />

ARI MONTEZ/THE RIP<br />

Cuca Montoya’s “In all the<br />

glittering multitude”<br />

Many of her pieces are based on farm workers that she<br />

would see growing up or knew personally within her family.<br />

“I understand that my artwork can sometimes be troubling<br />

to view,” she said. Montoya spoke about how the<br />

life of an immigrant worker isn’t easy and often<br />

pays little.<br />

When she was younger, she worked at an auto<br />

parts store in Lamont close to the fields. Montoya<br />

witnessed the immigrant guides or simply<br />

known as “coyotes” who would drop off people<br />

who were ready to work from the moment they<br />

stepped foot in the U.S.<br />

She spoke about how the immigrants often<br />

didn’t speak any English at all. It was even harder<br />

for those who spoke uncommon dialects like,<br />

“Zapoteco” or “Mixteco” which made communication<br />

difficult with the other workers.<br />

On their days off, the workers would spend their<br />

time in the parts store fixing their vans that would<br />

transport themselves and many other workers to<br />

the fields. She described this experience as a sort<br />

of basis for her inspiration and her journey in art.<br />

After the event, Montoya stated, “It takes a<br />

community to support an artist.” She wants her<br />

work to honor those who work endlessly and<br />

thanks those around her for support and making<br />

it possible.


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Sportss<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

Homecoming<br />

win for BC<br />

By Samantha Britt<br />

Copy Editor<br />

Homecoming was the highlight<br />

of the week for Bakersfield<br />

College, and the football<br />

team finished the week off<br />

with a successful win, defeating<br />

Moorpark College 25-17<br />

on Oct. 21.<br />

The game had a strong<br />

start, as quarterback Carson<br />

Woods started with a pass<br />

play to Jalen Richmond who<br />

scored the first touchdown<br />

for the <strong>Renegade</strong>s, but the<br />

kick was no good. Moorpark<br />

was right behind us scoring<br />

a touchdown, the <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />

could not block the kick and<br />

they scored a touchdown<br />

along with the extra point for<br />

the field goal.<br />

After the first quarter, the<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s were behind 6-7<br />

and second and third quarters<br />

were not the strongest of the<br />

game.<br />

“They let their guard down<br />

second and third quarter,”<br />

Coach Little John said.<br />

During second quarter,<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s were still holding<br />

themselves back, but they put<br />

together a 10-play drive and<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s scored two more<br />

touchdowns.<br />

The defensive line was<br />

strong, fourth down and<br />

helped stop position get the<br />

ball back. This put the <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />

back in the lead 18-7.<br />

During third quarter Moorpark<br />

managed to score a<br />

touchdown, along with a field<br />

goal that gave them three<br />

points on top of that. <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />

set up another 10-play<br />

and scored another touchdown<br />

with a good field goal,<br />

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICK<br />

ELLIS<br />

BC player protects the ball<br />

from defenders as he runs<br />

with it during victory over<br />

Moorpark College on Oct.<br />

21.<br />

getting them the extra point<br />

and leaving third quarter with<br />

a score of 25-17.<br />

Fourth quarter was the most<br />

successful for the <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />

to ensure the win.<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s were hungry for<br />

that win and were all working<br />

together and working for each<br />

other, while being encouraging<br />

to each other.<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s did not let<br />

Moorpark score the rest of<br />

the game, but also did not<br />

score. Ending the score 25-17<br />

and making the <strong>Renegade</strong>s<br />

4-3.<br />

Head Coach Little John explains<br />

how the production of<br />

plays were good this game.<br />

“It’s always nice to win,”<br />

Coach Little John said.<br />

The <strong>Renegade</strong>s will fight to<br />

continue their winning streak<br />

to make it to playoffs.<br />

College Ball<br />

Sports Buzz<br />

By Gesus Garcia<br />

Reporter<br />

The 2023 College Football<br />

season is more than<br />

halfway complete at the<br />

turn of the month.<br />

Although that may seem<br />

crazy to think about due to<br />

the season beginning just<br />

two months ago, we’re only<br />

a month away from the<br />

College Football Playoff<br />

(CFP) to be formally announced.<br />

We’ll look at some of the<br />

sport’s biggest contenders<br />

and what they must do in<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>ember to keep their<br />

championship hopes alive.<br />

The Georgia Bulldogs<br />

have won back-to-back national<br />

titles, and everyone<br />

else is looking to dethrone<br />

coach Kirby Smart’s team.<br />

They’ve been ranked #1<br />

throughout the entire season,<br />

even if they’ve looked<br />

subpar at times. Nevertheless,<br />

they have a great<br />

chance of finishing the regular<br />

season at 12-0, which<br />

would allow them to make<br />

the playoffs regardless of<br />

their conference championship<br />

result.<br />

Within the last couple of<br />

weeks, the “most dominant<br />

team” award would have<br />

to go to the Michigan Wolverines.<br />

Critics will point<br />

to their weak schedule,<br />

as they’ve yet to play an<br />

above-average team. But<br />

the sport’s top defense will<br />

have their work cut out for<br />

them, as they play a stout<br />

Penn State team on <strong>Nov</strong>.<br />

11, followed by the biggest<br />

game of the year when<br />

they host Ohio State two<br />

weeks later.<br />

That leads us to fellow<br />

Gesus Garcia<br />

contender Ohio State. Led<br />

by QB Kyle McCord, the<br />

Buckeyes struggled to begin<br />

the season, but now they’re<br />

on a roll. They also have<br />

the most impressive resume<br />

of any team, as they’ve<br />

beaten Notre Dame on<br />

the road while also beating<br />

Penn State. The winner of<br />

“The Game” between the<br />

Wolverines and Buckeyes<br />

will have clinched a spot in<br />

the Big Ten championship,<br />

and most importantly, a<br />

spot in the CFP.<br />

Out West, the nation has<br />

their eyes set on the Pac-<br />

12’s Washington Huskies.<br />

They defeated their rival<br />

Oregon Ducks 36-33 on<br />

Oct. 14, in what has arguably<br />

been the game of the<br />

year. Although their defense<br />

leaves for something<br />

to be desired, their offense<br />

can compete with anyone,<br />

and they’d be a tough opponent<br />

in the CFP.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>ember will be the<br />

best month yet for all college<br />

football fans. This is<br />

the time of the year when<br />

rivalry games are played,<br />

and most importantly,<br />

championship fates are decided.


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Campus<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

Homecoming week activites<br />

By Natalie Flores<br />

Reporter<br />

Bakersfield College Student Goverment Association(SGA)<br />

kicked off homecoming week with a chalk competition for BC<br />

students to participate Monday, October 16. Participants in teams<br />

of five or less competed in a chalk art competition based on best<br />

artwork and the theme for the competition was Y2K. ASL club<br />

got 1st place, Nightmare Layers received 2nd place and Best of<br />

Both Worlds received third out of six teams that participated.<br />

“Activities like these are to get students involved and to give<br />

them a mental break between classes,” said Isabel Salazar, SBA<br />

Director of Student Activities. “Midterms just happened so we<br />

want to give students a space to socialize with friends.”<br />

Bakersfield College SGA is encouraging students to participate<br />

in various student-lead activities later to come this week in celebration<br />

of Bakersfield College Homecoming 2023, Oct 15 - 20<br />

leading up to the Bakersfield College football game on Saturday<br />

October 21.<br />

NATALIE FLORES/THERIP<br />

Judges review the illustrations on the sidewalk<br />

pathway<br />

Y2K themed karaoke event<br />

By Joaquin Machado<br />

Reporter<br />

It was time to celebrate good times at the<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong> Event Center on Thursday Oct<br />

19. From 3-6 p.m. students had the chance<br />

to sing their hearts out on the BC karaoke<br />

stage at the Y2K Karaoke homecoming<br />

event.<br />

The Office of Student Life hosted the<br />

Y2K Karaoke event as part of a series of<br />

events to celebrate Bakersfield College’s<br />

2023 Homecoming. The Y2K karaoke<br />

event encouraged students to come out and<br />

show their school pride by singing all their<br />

favorite songs, whether it was a throwback<br />

or one of today’s hits.<br />

To get on stage and sing your favorite<br />

songs all students had to do was fill out a slip<br />

of paper with their name and the title of the<br />

song and get ready to sing. Some students<br />

sang songs such as “Y.M.C.A” by The Village<br />

People, “Mariposa” by Mana, “Hand<br />

in Glove” by The Smiths, and “Are You<br />

Bored Yet?” by Wallows.<br />

According to the Office of Student Life,<br />

this event is one of many to showcase a “decade<br />

of progress and innovation.” They<br />

also said it was inspired by a “decade<br />

where many thought the world would be<br />

challenged by a global catastrophe but ultimately<br />

persevered.”<br />

The inspiration for the theme also<br />

comes at a time where the community<br />

is coming back together after lockdowns<br />

from the Coronavirus pandemic.<br />

Not only was this event a fun way to celebrate<br />

BC’s 2023 homecoming, but also<br />

an opportunity to de-stress in the middle<br />

of the semester.<br />

Students and staff in attendance at the<br />

Y2K Karaoke event and other homecoming<br />

events were encouraged to share<br />

their pride and pictures on social media<br />

with #BCY2KHomecoming and #BCS-<br />

GA<strong>Renegade</strong>s.<br />

JOAGUIN MACHADO/THE RIP<br />

Poster advertising for<br />

event


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Campus<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

Shakespeare Festival’s<br />

“Electricidad” takes stage<br />

By Honey Crowder<br />

Reporter<br />

Electricidad, directed by Christina Goyenche and written<br />

by Luis Alfaro, debuted at the Bakersfield College Edward<br />

Simonsen outdoor theater on Oct. 19 as part of the Kern<br />

County Shakespeare Festival.<br />

For $16 dollars (or $10 with student identification) the cast<br />

tells the tale of Electricidad, a girl in the barrio who after her<br />

father’s death vows to enact revenge upon the killer who is no<br />

other than her mother who after years of abuse killed him in<br />

a bid for her own power.<br />

With her grandmother and gossiping ladies sweeping as a<br />

Greek chorus, Nino as the old man, and the entry of Chicano<br />

history the show that has been fought for to be staged for<br />

three years, according to the director Christina Goyenche, is<br />

finally hitting the big stage.<br />

Viewers describe it as a masterpiece. Noah White, an audience<br />

member, claims, “I was on the edge of my seat, the<br />

actors portrayed the emotions so well.”<br />

Another audience member, Cassie Mazza, also said,” The<br />

jokes were absolutely hilarious, and the emotions were crazy,<br />

when the father went up in flames the scream was unexpected.”<br />

Director and supporting actress Christina Goyeche said<br />

that the production was a great way to show off the talented<br />

Chicano/Latino cast especially with it being a mostly female<br />

cast. “I liked the story because it wasn’t just a story of murder<br />

but there truly is no bad guy, when you watch you just wish<br />

for everyone to heal,” Goyeneche stated.<br />

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EDITORIAL BOARD<br />

Editor-in-Chief...............Madeline Ruebush<br />

Digital Editor..............Nic “Peter” Chavaria<br />

Copy Editor...........................Samantha Britt<br />

STAFF<br />

Reporters/ Photographers:<br />

Mason Almaguer<br />

Jared Buys<br />

Julian Caro<br />

Maya Collins<br />

Breana “Honey” Crowder<br />

STAFF CONTINUED<br />

Reporters/photographers:<br />

Natalie Flores<br />

Gesus Garcia<br />

Trevor Glenn<br />

Crystal Gutierrez<br />

Jorge Gutierrez<br />

Marcos Huerta<br />

Joaquin Machado<br />

Ari Montez<br />

Lilli Smyth<br />

Sandra Terrel<br />

Hector Vizcarra<br />

Adviser.........................................Erin Auerbach<br />

Supporting actor Daniel Ramos, who plays Nino said,<br />

“Over all it brought the Chicano lifestyle to life, even the tattoos<br />

we use on set are associated with Chicano folklore. Chicano<br />

studies had stuck with me during the semester so when I<br />

found out about this play, I just knew I had to be a part of it.”<br />

And part of it he indeed was, acting as both the old man<br />

guiding the protagonist’s brother during his exile to Las Vegas<br />

and comic relief for the crowd as he references Cheech<br />

and Chong, Tupac, and other gangsters of yesteryear.<br />

Leading Lady Laylah Lievana explains that she had no<br />

prior experience acting but chose to go hearing that the<br />

Shakespeare festival could use more people for representation.<br />

“I finally accepted<br />

the role after much<br />

convincing from my<br />

brother, but I can only<br />

give all my thanks to<br />

the directors and supporting<br />

cast, especially<br />

Christina Goyeneche.<br />

I couldn’t do it without<br />

them and especially<br />

without her. I’m<br />

not quite sure what<br />

may come next, all I<br />

know now is that I’m<br />

in a drama class now.”<br />

HONEY CROWDER/THE RIP<br />

Electricidad’s barrio complete with roasted<br />

dead father on a brick alter.<br />

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Opinion<br />

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Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

“Spider-Man 2;” nearly perfect<br />

By Nic Peter Chavaria<br />

Digital Editor<br />

NIC PETER CHAVARIA/THE RIP<br />

Peter and Miles team up to defend<br />

New York from threats and look<br />

good while doing it.<br />

Friday, Oct. 20 saw the release of<br />

this year’s highly anticipated video<br />

game “Spider-Man 2.” Developed by<br />

Insomniac Games and published by<br />

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the<br />

game is both a direct and spiritual sequel<br />

to “Spider-Man (2018)” and “Spider-Man:<br />

Miles Morales.”<br />

Picking up years after the first two<br />

games, the story follows Peter Parker<br />

and Miles Morales in their day to day<br />

efforts as New York City’s crime fighting<br />

dynamic duo. With the return of<br />

Peter’s high school friend Harry Osborn,<br />

the debut of the Venom symbiote,<br />

and Kraven the Hunter making the<br />

Spider-Men his next prey, the trials and<br />

tribulations our heroes face push them<br />

to their absolute limit and determine<br />

how much forgiveness and redemption<br />

they are capable of.<br />

What really excels this game as a sequel<br />

is the improvement in graphics,<br />

gameplay, and story. Built on the already<br />

A-grade foundations by Insomniac,<br />

graphics go from impressive to<br />

near life-like, gameplay that makes you<br />

feel like a superhero, and the story from<br />

movie quality to award worthy.<br />

Every actor in this game absolutely<br />

kills it in their roles. Yuri Lowenthal<br />

and Nadji Jeter especially bring in top<br />

tier emotional performances as Peter<br />

and Miles respectively that have to earn<br />

them some awards down the line. On<br />

top of that, the power of the Playstation<br />

5 console makes every experience<br />

as buttery-smooth as possible. Loading<br />

times are almost non-existent, where<br />

booting up the game takes mere seconds.<br />

The two standouts in gameplay being<br />

the new additions of parrying in combat,<br />

and the Web-Wings in traversal.<br />

These mechanics add further depth to<br />

their respective mechanics, that figuratively<br />

and literally allow you to soar to<br />

greater heights. And it wouldn’t be a<br />

superhero game without alternate costumes.<br />

Boasting an absurd 78 costumes<br />

ranging from classic comics, Insomniac<br />

originals, and movie-inspired costumes,<br />

with an additional 3 alternate colorways<br />

for most of them this puts the<br />

count almost into the 170s.<br />

All in all, “Spider-Man 2” proves itself<br />

to not only be one of the best video<br />

games of the year, but by far the best<br />

Spider-Man game ever made.<br />

BC is in a league of its own<br />

By Julian Caro<br />

Reporter<br />

What do Princeton, Duke, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Cornell,<br />

Cal (Berkeley), Yale, and Radcliffe (Harvard) have to do<br />

with Bakersfield College? Not much, besides occupying the<br />

names of the streets that line BC’s Southern and Western<br />

perimeter, and seemingly pointing out what BC is not.<br />

However, the true beauty lies within its differences. So<br />

much so, that I’ve come to the conclusion that BC is just<br />

as significant as the institutions that name the surrounding<br />

streets.<br />

For one, our beloved community college is a diamond in<br />

the rough, with its greatness coming from within rather than<br />

being bolstered throughout its historical exterior.<br />

BC has a history spanning over 110 years, solidifying its<br />

role within our community as a true cornerstone of opportunity<br />

and possibility. It continues to do so, serving over 40,000<br />

students this year alone.<br />

Furthermore, its diverse student makeup includes 30% of<br />

students from the age of 20-29, and 22% who are 30 years of<br />

age or older, which shows exactly how BC is offering second<br />

chances to all those in need of one. Whether it’s previous<br />

dropouts, single mothers, or all those who life has chewed up<br />

and spit out, BC is here for everyone.<br />

BC continues to act as a glowing beacon of hope. It affords<br />

dreamers the ability to chase their most ambitious of dreams,<br />

nurtures a key sense of community, attracts first-generation<br />

students, and grants asylum to undocumented students.<br />

Our beloved community college opens its doors to all. It<br />

catches the ones who have fallen in between the cracks, and<br />

never does it close its doors to the community in which it was<br />

built to serve.<br />

All who attend BC share the common goal of bettering<br />

their lives through education. This beautiful quality is what<br />

unites everyone in a diverse campus. It’s a school of second<br />

chances and fearless dream chasing, one that would be nothing<br />

without its inhabitants, nothing without you.<br />

BC reverberates across an entire community and the lives<br />

of many, of an otherwise forgotten people, and this is why it<br />

has earned its rightful place amongst the greatest of higher<br />

learning institutions.<br />

So, to the house of misfits and those who are just trying to<br />

make it, to the forgotten ones and the ill-fated, to the dreamers<br />

and believers, BC was here for you yesterday, is here for<br />

you today, and will be here for you tomorrow. Faithfully reflecting<br />

its students, staff, and faculty, who are not fond of<br />

following suit, the renegade school is in a league of its own.


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Opinion<br />

The <strong>Renegade</strong> <strong>Rip</strong> www.therip.com<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 1, 2023<br />

A holiday to die<br />

for: Día de los<br />

Muertos<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong> Events<br />

Campus Events<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 1 - 30: BC Art Faculty Exhibition. Art<br />

showcase in the Jones Art Gallery Hours are<br />

Monday - Thursday, 2 - 5 p.m.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 1: Allensworth Careers in State Parks<br />

guest speaker at the Horticulture Lab. 11 a.m.<br />

By Hector Vizcarra<br />

Reporter<br />

Día de los Muertos or Day of the<br />

Dead, is the Mexican Holiday that<br />

derives from the Aztec’s tradition<br />

of honoring the dead.<br />

It is commonly mistaken as the<br />

Mexican version of Halloween, but<br />

it is a completely different holiday.<br />

The belief is that one day of the<br />

year the spirits of the dead come<br />

back to Earth to see their loved<br />

ones again.<br />

An alter or ofrenda for dead<br />

loved ones is made with pictures of<br />

them, their favorite dishes, candles,<br />

and bread and cups of water for<br />

the journey. The cempasúchil flower<br />

is used to make a trail to guide<br />

the spirit’s home.<br />

The holiday happens on <strong>Nov</strong>.<br />

1, also known as Día de Todos los<br />

Santos or Day of all Saints, to remember<br />

the babies and children<br />

who have died, and <strong>Nov</strong>. 2, for the<br />

adults. The holiday has evolved<br />

with time, but the spirit has always<br />

stayed the same.<br />

Different regions in Mexico celebrate<br />

in their own way.<br />

In the city of Pomuch, Campeche<br />

it is tradition to clean the bones of<br />

the dead.<br />

A Mexican travel Youtuber, with<br />

the username garytravel, puts this<br />

tradition on display in a video titled<br />

“La Tradición más Extraña de<br />

México.”<br />

In the video you can see that after<br />

around three years of a person being<br />

buried, the family will take the<br />

bones out and clean them.<br />

After the cleaning, they will place<br />

the bones in a box for future cleaning.<br />

This custom is more common<br />

in the lower regions of Mexico.<br />

A celebration of Día de los<br />

Muertos also looks very different<br />

to a Mexican who immigrated to<br />

another place. Mexican Americans<br />

who have family buried in Mexico<br />

might not be able to make the trip<br />

to Mexico every year and undocumented<br />

Mexicans can’t leave the<br />

country just to make a trip for the<br />

holiday.<br />

They might not have a grave to<br />

visit, but they can still remember<br />

their loved ones by putting them in<br />

their altar at home.<br />

Día de los Muertos shares a macabre<br />

and at times morbid feel like<br />

Halloween, but at the same time<br />

has the same joyful togetherness of<br />

Christmas.<br />

It can be hard to remember the<br />

loved ones a person has lost, but to<br />

gather in celebration for them with<br />

the loved ones that are still alive is a<br />

beautiful way to honor them.<br />

Ironically, Día de los Muertos<br />

serves as a reminder of life itself.<br />

How life can be morbid and joyful,<br />

heartbreaking and beautiful at the<br />

same time.<br />

Día de los Muertos shows that<br />

even in the pain and sadness of<br />

death, kindness, care, and love can<br />

come through.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 1: Gadfly Café at the Levan Center.<br />

12:30-1:30 p.m.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 2: The Planetarium Presents: “From<br />

Earth to the Universe.” Located at the<br />

Match-Science building 112 from 7:30 - 8:30<br />

p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for children<br />

and seniors.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 8: Stories of Hope and Redemption.<br />

Panel presenting formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs<br />

and how they’ve redefined their life<br />

narratives. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m in the <strong>Renegade</strong><br />

Event Center.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 10: Deep Cuts and Conversations at<br />

the Levan Center. 1:30-2:30 p.m.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 10: Veterans Day Holiday<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 13: Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert. 7 -<br />

9:30 pm.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 13: Money Wise Financial Literacy<br />

Workshop: Car Buying. 2 - 3 p.m.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 10: The <strong>Renegade</strong> Roundtable at the<br />

Levan Center. 6-7:30 p.m.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 23 - 24: Thanksgiving Holiday.<br />

<strong>Nov</strong>. 30: Art, Architecture, and Archetypes<br />

at the Levan Center. 6-7:30 p.m.

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