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Recall election FAQ<br />

News, Page 2<br />

BC students react to return<br />

to campus<br />

Campus, Page 5<br />

Vol. 97 ∙ No. 1 Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong> Bakersfield College<br />

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

is back in person... sort of.<br />

RAZAN MAKHLOUF/ THE RIP<br />

NICK COVELLO / THE RIP<br />

The last Woolworth’s in the United<br />

States is located here in downtown<br />

Bakersfield.<br />

HILARIO GOMEZ / THE RIP<br />

Aug 31 Bakersfield College center midfielder Anthony<br />

Miron (10) slides and makes contact with the ball near<br />

midfield in the first half.<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 />

Tuesday, Sep. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Recall Election day is <strong>Sept</strong>. 14<br />

By Hugo Maldonado Garcia<br />

Senior Digital Editor<br />

Many California residents have<br />

mixed signals on the Recall Election,<br />

but one thing is certain: the deadline<br />

to submit your completed Recall Election<br />

ballot is before 8 p.m. on Sep. 14.<br />

The California Gubernatorial Recall<br />

Election ballot will have two parts<br />

to it. The first thing to know is all qualified<br />

candidates for the Office of Governor<br />

will be listed. Along with their<br />

political party preference and possibly<br />

the lack of party preference.<br />

An important thing to note is if a<br />

majority of the votes on the recall<br />

question are a “Yes” California Governor<br />

Newsom shall be removed from<br />

office. The candidate who receives the<br />

most votes on the 2nd question will replace<br />

Newsom even if they do not win<br />

the majority of votes.<br />

The second thing to know is if onehalf<br />

or more of the votes on the recall<br />

election question are “No” California<br />

Governor Gavin Newsom shall remain<br />

in office.<br />

“First of all, I think all elections are<br />

important and it allows the people the<br />

opportunity to choose who is going to<br />

be making the laws by which we all<br />

have to live,” stated Bakersfield College<br />

Political Science Professor & former<br />

President of Academic Senate,<br />

Steven Holmes.<br />

According to Holmes, “This recall<br />

election is very unique to California<br />

and approximately 12 other states that<br />

don’t necessarily have the right to remove<br />

their public officials before the<br />

end of the term. It gives the people the<br />

ability to hold the officials accountable.”<br />

At the back of every California Recall<br />

Ballot, there is a square slit where<br />

a barcode is located. This is intended<br />

to help voters track their ballot, it is an<br />

interesting detail that most registered<br />

voters never paid attention to.<br />

BC Poli-Sci Professor, Charles Kim<br />

stated “if you are not happy about the<br />

government then you need to vote to<br />

voice your opinion. Facebook and Tik<br />

Tok are places to express your feelings,<br />

but to change the government, voting<br />

is your platform.”<br />

“Voting is a civil duty, as an American<br />

Citizen voting is something people<br />

take for granted,” explained Kim.<br />

“My parents immigrated to America<br />

from a country where at the time my<br />

mother did not have the opportunity<br />

to vote. I think of the sacrifices she<br />

made to come to America to vote and<br />

create a better life for our family.”<br />

Contact the County of Kern, Elections<br />

Division at KernVote.com for<br />

any additional election information.<br />

California’s mask situation<br />

By Aubrianna Martinez<br />

News Editor<br />

With the arrival of California’s wildfire<br />

season and currently seven ongoing<br />

situations according to CAL Fire’s<br />

website, there is plenty of cause for concern<br />

for not only being in the path of a<br />

wildfire but the other dangers that they<br />

pose.<br />

In areas such as Kern County, poor<br />

air quality is frequently a factor in discussions<br />

of health, especially where<br />

wildfires are concerned. Additionally,<br />

the Delta variant of COVID-19 threatens<br />

public safety, and some wonder if<br />

there is an intersection between the two<br />

health problems: masks.<br />

After a year of mask mandates in the<br />

golden state and requirements continuing<br />

in certain locations for people to don<br />

them before entering, the question of<br />

whether or not the face masks that people<br />

are wearing to combat COVID-19<br />

and its variants could also protect one<br />

from the effects of wildfires that alter<br />

the air quality. The San Joaquin Valley<br />

Air Pollution Control District issued a<br />

news release on Aug 27 that is available<br />

on their website, stating that fumes<br />

from recent wildfires have resulted in an<br />

air quality alert being issued.<br />

Within the news release, the Air Pollution<br />

Control District cited the multitude<br />

of health issues that could be affected<br />

by the poor air quality and on the subject<br />

of face masks that most have taken<br />

to wearing during the pandemic.<br />

“Common cloth and paper masks being<br />

used as protection from COVID-19<br />

may not be sufficient protection from<br />

smoke inhalation” the Air Pollution<br />

Control District said in their press release.


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News<br />

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

Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Campus Pass app challenges<br />

Erami Dominguez<br />

Reporter<br />

The Kern Community<br />

College District Board of<br />

Trustees unanimously passed<br />

vaccine mandates for all students,<br />

faculty, and staff returning<br />

to campus on Aug.<br />

12<br />

Ṫhe education system took<br />

on a much different shape<br />

after the initial Coronavirus<br />

outbreak. Students and educators<br />

had the task of transitioning<br />

to completely online<br />

learning, and as life on campus<br />

resumes, the tech-forward<br />

solutions are here to<br />

stay.<br />

New health and safety protocols<br />

are being enforced so<br />

that everyone at BC is safe,<br />

especially considering the<br />

recent development of the<br />

COVID-19 delta variant.<br />

All parties are directed to<br />

download the KCCD app to<br />

complete daily health checks,<br />

and to confirm their vaccination<br />

status with the BC<br />

COVID-19 response team to<br />

mitigate the spread.<br />

Some students have had<br />

difficulties downloading or<br />

using the app.<br />

Paper or non-app health<br />

screening options were addressed<br />

in an email from<br />

Dean of Instruction, Rebecca<br />

Farley, to department<br />

staff:<br />

“There are no paper forms.<br />

They can come to student life<br />

and complete the form (online)<br />

and we give them one (a<br />

printout of the digital health<br />

tracker verification pass).”<br />

Anyone having trouble<br />

with the app can get help at<br />

the Office of Student Life.<br />

Other than accessibility,<br />

it seems the only issue with<br />

the Campus Pass app is<br />

awareness of the app’s features<br />

or purpose. It is possible<br />

to overlook new protocol<br />

in the flurry of purchasing<br />

textbooks and locating classrooms.<br />

One anonymous user<br />

expressed confusion about<br />

the QR code contact tracing<br />

system.<br />

“I had no clue why there<br />

were bar codes everywhere,<br />

but once one of my professors<br />

explained it to us, I<br />

caught up pretty quickly and<br />

now it’s just a natural part<br />

about being on campus in<br />

my mind.”<br />

Information about using<br />

the KCCD app can be found<br />

on the homepage of the BC<br />

website in the “About BC”<br />

section under “COVID-19<br />

Information.” Scroll down<br />

to see red labeled sections,<br />

expand the “<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2021</strong> Protocols”<br />

tab, and click the red<br />

“KCCD Campus Pass app”<br />

hyperlink for detailed instructions.<br />

Zachary Finch, a third-year<br />

BC studio arts major, stated<br />

the ease of use of the app,<br />

his only negative being that<br />

the contact tracing feature<br />

is “a little anxiety inducing,”<br />

but he feels safe knowing that<br />

he is vaccinated.<br />

“The more people we get<br />

using the app regularly, the<br />

better communication, the<br />

more trust we will have in<br />

each other to return back to<br />

school with the main goal of<br />

pursuing an education.”<br />

Alejo summed it up perfectly;<br />

trust and communication<br />

are essential. Familiarize<br />

with the app and remember<br />

to scan QR codes before entering<br />

all buildings.<br />

BC offers Vaccination Clinics<br />

By Breonna Zapiain<br />

Reporter<br />

A vaccine requirement has<br />

been mandated for all Kern<br />

County Community College<br />

campuses, “BC students and<br />

employees will be required to<br />

provide proof of first vaccination<br />

by <strong>Sept</strong>. 7 and proof<br />

of full vaccination by Nov.<br />

1,” according to information<br />

found on the Bakersfield<br />

College website.<br />

Those who do not wish to<br />

be vaccinated are encouraged<br />

to visit the Student Information<br />

Desk on the BC<br />

website to get information<br />

on alternate options that are<br />

available for them.<br />

In an effort to make<br />

COVID-19 vaccines more<br />

accessible, BC is providing<br />

free vaccinations for people<br />

18 or older at the Student<br />

Health and Wellness Center<br />

Mondays through Thursdays<br />

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />

BC Student Health and<br />

Wellness Center will also be<br />

offering the Moderna vaccine<br />

Tuesdays and Sundays<br />

in August and <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for<br />

walk-ins only. Students will<br />

also be provided with the opportunity<br />

to get the Moderna<br />

vaccine Saturdays at BC<br />

home football games. They<br />

will be offered at the Memorial<br />

Stadium located at the<br />

BC main campus from 5:30<br />

p.m. to 7:30 p.m.<br />

Just between Aug. 30 and<br />

Aug. 31, the BC Vaccine<br />

Clinic vaccinated 54 people.<br />

Charles Collom, Director<br />

of the Student Health and<br />

Wellness Center, shared that<br />

there are a few commonly<br />

asked questions from those<br />

getting vaccines.<br />

“Occasionally I’ll get questions<br />

like ‘How does it work,’<br />

I love that question because<br />

it makes me get to sound<br />

smart,” he said. Collom also<br />

shared that there are times<br />

where the clinics get very<br />

busy, often between block<br />

schedules for classes when<br />

students get out of class, and<br />

other times where they are<br />

not busy at all.<br />

The Student Health and<br />

Wellness Center is located<br />

on BC’s main campus in<br />

the Levison Center marked<br />

“LEV” on the college’s map.<br />

It is next to the M & O building<br />

and south of the library.<br />

Walk-ins will be accepted at<br />

all clinics but those looking<br />

to schedule an appointment<br />

can call 833- 422-4255 or<br />

register for appointments at<br />

myturn.ca.gov. Information<br />

available on the BC website<br />

states that anyone looking for<br />

more information or has any<br />

questions is encouraged to<br />

call 661-395-4336.


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Sportss<br />

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

Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

BC men’s soccer<br />

loses season opener<br />

HILARIO GOMEZ/THE RIP<br />

Aug 31 Bakersfield College number 10 center midfielder Anthony<br />

Miron slides and makes contact with the ball near midfield in<br />

the first half.<br />

By Hilario Gomez<br />

Reporter<br />

The Bakersfield College men’s<br />

soccer team headed up to Visalia<br />

for their season opener against<br />

the College of the Sequoias Giants<br />

on Friday, Aug 27.<br />

Head Coach Vayron Martinez<br />

was available for comment before<br />

the game and detailed the expectations<br />

and struggles he sees in<br />

this upcoming season.<br />

“We have a positive outlook for<br />

this upcoming season. The boys<br />

have been working extremely<br />

hard this summer and have had<br />

a good preseason so far. There’s a<br />

lot of excitement to compete and<br />

represent the institution. I think<br />

that due to us not having a season<br />

in 2020 and then just playing<br />

a few games in the spring, it has<br />

given a lot of motivation to our<br />

returning group and they are instilling<br />

that into the freshman”<br />

Coach Martinez said.<br />

He explained how expectations<br />

are high, with hopes to compete<br />

for another conference title and<br />

make a run into the postseason<br />

and how he emphasizes following<br />

COVID-19 protocols to protect<br />

his team and their season.<br />

The game ended up in a tie 0-0<br />

between the two teams with the<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s showing promise with<br />

a very aggressive and energetic<br />

performance.<br />

Players such as Anthony Miron<br />

took multiple decisive shots that<br />

sadly failed to hit their mark.<br />

The <strong>Renegade</strong>s seek a different<br />

result in their home opener<br />

against Fullerton College <strong>Sept</strong> 7.<br />

Quarterback shuffle<br />

With the start of the<br />

NFL season around<br />

the corner and college<br />

football week zero<br />

concluding, excitement<br />

and speculation over<br />

the upcoming games<br />

have reached their boiling<br />

point. Quarterback<br />

battles raging across<br />

the league are coming<br />

to a climax, and our<br />

first taste of meaningful<br />

taste of football has it<br />

at the forefront of our<br />

minds.<br />

Quarterback being<br />

the most important in<br />

football, there was no<br />

surprise that five quarterbacks<br />

were taken in<br />

the first round of last<br />

year’s draft and less<br />

surprisingly, fans are<br />

already clamoring for<br />

many to take the field as<br />

early as week one. With<br />

the highest two picks<br />

with little to no competition<br />

for their jobs,<br />

we turn to Trey Lance,<br />

the polarizing prospect<br />

from North Dakota<br />

State drafted by the<br />

San Francisco 49ers.<br />

While impressive in the<br />

preseason like any other<br />

rookie quarterback,<br />

Lance has his highs and<br />

lows and with quarterback<br />

Jimmy Garrapalo<br />

still on the roster, it<br />

seems unlikely we see<br />

Lance take the field till<br />

mid-season sometime<br />

in Oct.<br />

In stark contrast, Justin<br />

Fields, the big-time<br />

Ohio State quarterback<br />

picked by the Chicago<br />

Bears looks to be the<br />

most enticing option<br />

as he has answered all<br />

Everything football<br />

By Hilario Gomez<br />

Reporter<br />

Hilario Gomez<br />

the questions that surrounded<br />

him throughout<br />

his college days.<br />

Fields might not be the<br />

readiest but expect him<br />

to play often for a team<br />

looking to contend this<br />

year.<br />

With the first meaningful<br />

taste of this college<br />

football season<br />

concluding, it is a perfect<br />

time to highlight an<br />

impressive players from<br />

college football week<br />

zero, UCLA running<br />

back Zach Charbonnet.<br />

Charbonnet, who recently<br />

transferred from<br />

the Michigan Wolverines<br />

program, was playing<br />

like his hair was on<br />

fire against the Hawaii<br />

Rainbow Warriors.<br />

Showcasing explosiveness,<br />

vision, and power,<br />

Charbonnet showed he<br />

was the best player on<br />

the field every time he<br />

touched the ball. This<br />

was a standout performance<br />

with multiple<br />

touchdowns and a<br />

yards per carry average<br />

over 17 that could put<br />

the UCLA runningback<br />

on multiple draft<br />

radars and cement him<br />

as a top player for this<br />

college football season.


Campus<br />

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

Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

COVID-19 effects on personal habits<br />

By Collin Acevedo<br />

Reporter<br />

The return of in-person learning<br />

flocks many back to campus after a<br />

17-month hiatus. The return of bright<br />

eyes sharing excitement towards the<br />

new year, walking away from the endless<br />

nightmare of zoom calls and deadlines<br />

that only stared closer as the hours<br />

would pass.<br />

Now is the time for new bearings and<br />

beginnings. Dancing within a new image<br />

which covid broke, showing who<br />

we are with no filter, no filler, and no<br />

remorse. For some, it was a time of renewal<br />

within the days, while others saw<br />

the beauty in the darkness rather than<br />

the light.<br />

“My COVID experience was good<br />

because I learned a lot about myself,<br />

but bad because I learned more about<br />

mental health. More than I would’ve<br />

known before and I think that’s good, it<br />

kind of learned what I was on the inside<br />

and what it means to judge people. Just<br />

really worked on myself,” Mason Heath<br />

said.<br />

“I think personally that it made me<br />

better. Made me think about new goals<br />

that I actually have for myself, to have<br />

more inspiration to grow,” Raquel Lopez<br />

shared. Within COVID-19, seeds<br />

of solitude were planted and now as<br />

we come back together, these beautiful<br />

flowers have bloomed. These petals,<br />

however colorful or dull, possess what<br />

was done with our time spent. Leaving<br />

us to question if we picked up new<br />

habits and whether they are favorable<br />

or not.<br />

“I became more secluded to myself,<br />

not many good things picked up, to be<br />

honest. Now I just like to stay in,” Lopez<br />

said.<br />

“Sleep was awful. Sometimes I’d only<br />

get three hours of sleep, but that was<br />

the worst of it,” Heath said.<br />

“I became static, it put a dampening<br />

on things to be at home,” Matthew<br />

Mier shared.<br />

Yet what lessons were learned during<br />

covid, and how they will be used transitioning<br />

into the post COVID-19 world?<br />

How will a newfound stride move into<br />

a world which still stumbles upon one<br />

step? “Yes, I learned a lot about myself<br />

and a lot about the world around me…<br />

I spent hours thinking and thinking. I<br />

think that solitude was a good thing<br />

because if there wasn’t then people<br />

wouldn’t have seen what they would see<br />

with solitude and understood whether<br />

to change it or keep it,” Heath replied,<br />

“I think in an odd way I learned better<br />

people skills. I’m more eager to speak<br />

with people now because I really want<br />

to.”<br />

BC students return to campus<br />

By Erami Dominguez<br />

Reporter<br />

After 18 months, students<br />

and staff are back on campus<br />

at Bakersfield College.<br />

Educators and student services<br />

worked hard to provide<br />

remote support during the<br />

challenging stay-at-home period<br />

of the pandemic. Now<br />

they can provide in-person<br />

instruction and services<br />

again to the maximum benefit<br />

of all new and returning<br />

students.<br />

The financial aid office is<br />

continuing remote support<br />

in addition to their office being<br />

re-open on the second<br />

floor of the Center for Student<br />

Success building. The<br />

Student Health and Wellness<br />

Center is also resuming<br />

on-site care providing all<br />

<strong>Renegade</strong>s with basic health<br />

and mental wellness support.<br />

Mental health services<br />

are available to all students<br />

who have paid the health fee<br />

upon enrollment.<br />

COVID-19 is an ever-present<br />

factor affecting peoples’<br />

ability to attend the school’s<br />

reopening. A student, whose<br />

name is withheld, contracted<br />

the virus at work and is not<br />

allowed on campus until they<br />

return a negative COVID-19<br />

test result. They will have to<br />

call into class via Zoom until<br />

after their quarantine period.<br />

“I’ve always really liked<br />

school and the structure of<br />

being on campus, so it was<br />

mostly very exciting for me!<br />

It’s honestly very fun getting<br />

to socialize with classmates<br />

face to face after feeling so<br />

disconnected and isolated<br />

for a year and a half. I have<br />

struggled with sitting for<br />

two hours in the classroom,<br />

though,” said Emma Scott, a<br />

BC returning English major.<br />

A lack of structure and<br />

routine were loss when transitioning<br />

to remote work and<br />

education. Peer support was<br />

overlooked, active listening<br />

skills and non-verbal communication<br />

are beneficial to<br />

the learning process. Zoom<br />

meetings continue to support<br />

students who cannot yet attend<br />

class, yet the personal<br />

interaction is missing.<br />

The <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2021</strong> experience<br />

is new for incoming freshmen,<br />

Marina Gradowitz is a<br />

theatre student stepping onto<br />

campus for the first time.<br />

She graduated with the high<br />

school class of 2020 and has<br />

had a strictly online experience<br />

at BC so far.<br />

“I’ve been really enjoying<br />

coming to campus… I am a<br />

little wary of it actually staying<br />

like this though, and I’m<br />

very aware of the possibility<br />

that we’ll have to go back<br />

online so I’m enjoying it as<br />

much as I can now.”<br />

Construction has been ongoing<br />

through the pandemic<br />

and will continue until 2024.<br />

All building projects are listed<br />

on the Bakersfield College<br />

website in the section<br />

“A Better BC.” Some of the<br />

completed projects include<br />

the renovated Levinson Hall,<br />

and a new Campus Center!<br />

BC provides many beneficial<br />

programs for the welfare<br />

of the student body and with<br />

their ability to help in person,<br />

students retain the support<br />

of the <strong>Renegade</strong> Pantry,<br />

EOPS services, the tutoring<br />

and writing centers, and<br />

Veteran resources. For more<br />

information on campus resources,<br />

visit the “Student<br />

Services” section on the BC<br />

website.


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Campus<br />

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

Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Former FBI agent recalls<br />

events from his career<br />

By Raul Padilla<br />

Reporter<br />

James Fitzgerald, a criminal<br />

investigator and former<br />

FBI agent, was the first guest<br />

speaker for this year’s Distinguished<br />

Speaker Series,<br />

organized by the Bakersfield<br />

College Student Government<br />

Association (BCSGA),<br />

on <strong>Sept</strong>. 1, via Zoom.<br />

Fitzgerald worked for 11<br />

years as a police officer, solving<br />

numerous homicides,<br />

assaults, and other crimes before<br />

eventually entering the<br />

FBI during the Unabomber<br />

case, the main topic of the<br />

presentation.<br />

“You wouldn’t consider<br />

him as infamous as others,<br />

but because it went for 17<br />

years, near the end he was<br />

taunting law enforcement,<br />

taunting his victims,” Fitzgerald<br />

stated.<br />

He began with background<br />

information on the case, stating<br />

that it went back to 1978,<br />

with the first bombing of<br />

the UNABOM (University<br />

Airline Bombing) case in the<br />

University of Illinois.<br />

Fitzgerald stated the Unabomber<br />

was finally seen in<br />

person by a computer store<br />

employee after a failed bomb<br />

attempt. Despite the lack<br />

of clear identification, the<br />

FBI finally had a lead. The<br />

bombings stopped after this<br />

information became public,<br />

until 1993.<br />

He explained that in 1993<br />

the bomber would resurface<br />

and continue his spree,<br />

targeting universities and<br />

businesses with nothing left<br />

behind but letters.<br />

Fitzgerald said 1995 was<br />

RAUL PADILA/ THE RIP<br />

James Fitzgerald presenting<br />

his story on Zoom for<br />

BC’s Distinguished Speaker<br />

Series.<br />

the year that he joined the<br />

force against the Unabomber.<br />

From there breakthroughs<br />

began to be made in the<br />

case, starting with a letter<br />

from 1985.<br />

“It suddenly hit me, looking<br />

down from the left-hand column…<br />

it formed a sentence,<br />

‘DAD IT IS I,’” Fitzgerald<br />

explained as he recalled the<br />

moment where he noticed<br />

something that the FBI had<br />

not known for 10 years.<br />

Immediately after this observation,<br />

Fitzgerald said he<br />

was put in charge of all documents<br />

related to the case.<br />

From there he made more<br />

observations about the Unabomber’s<br />

behavior and potential<br />

motives.<br />

On the topic of his letters,<br />

Fitzgerald also explained,<br />

“The Unabomber made<br />

no mistakes in his writing<br />

style…it’s perfect and he’s a<br />

wordsmith and prided himself<br />

in his language, and I<br />

happen to know for a fact<br />

it truly bothered him when<br />

it was determined it was<br />

his language that identified<br />

him.”<br />

Fitzgerald said this lead<br />

toward the critical moment<br />

where a few months after he<br />

joined the case in 1995, the<br />

Unabomber sent a manifesto<br />

towards several media outlets<br />

titled, “Industrial Society<br />

and Its Future.”<br />

Fitzgerald said he spent<br />

countless hours reading<br />

through the manifesto until<br />

he came across a breakthrough<br />

of a shorter, older<br />

manifesto sent to him by his<br />

colleagues.<br />

“When I called back my<br />

colleagues at the UTF, here’s<br />

the deal, you have an elaborate<br />

plagiarism and someone<br />

got the manifesto… or<br />

you’ve got your man,” he<br />

said, recalling those<br />

exact words.<br />

A phrase that alerted<br />

Fitzgerald was,<br />

“As for the negative<br />

consequences of<br />

eliminating industrial<br />

society – well, you<br />

can’t eat your cake<br />

and have it too.”<br />

He noted that the<br />

phrase, “eat your<br />

cake and have it<br />

too” wasn’t written<br />

correctly, a mistake<br />

made by someone<br />

with otherwise flawless<br />

writing skills.<br />

Fitzgerald said he<br />

then went through<br />

all related files that<br />

he could find, until<br />

he came across a<br />

1970’s letter sent to<br />

the “Saturday Review”<br />

magazine,<br />

which said, “We will<br />

be sacrificing some<br />

of the materialistic<br />

benefits of technology, but<br />

there just isn’t any other way.<br />

We can’t eat our cake and<br />

have it too.”<br />

After presenting this information,<br />

as well as a 50-page<br />

affidavit on the matter, this<br />

was enough to issue a search<br />

warrant.<br />

“And behold, the judge<br />

saw this and for the first time<br />

ever, language analysis and<br />

handwriting language and<br />

content analysis of someone’s<br />

writing was used to obtain<br />

a search warrant in the<br />

Federal Courts,” Fitzgerald<br />

commented.<br />

He said eventually it all<br />

linked back to a man named<br />

Ted Kaczynski. The Unabomber<br />

had been caught.<br />

The first Unabomber sketch<br />

which drove the criminal into<br />

hiding after release.


Page 7<br />

Our Town<br />

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

Wednesday, <strong>Sept</strong>. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

The last Woolworth in America<br />

By Razan Makhlouf<br />

Reporter<br />

The rumors are true.<br />

The iconic Woolworth<br />

building is being sold with<br />

escrow.<br />

Sherod Waite and David<br />

Anderson, the CEO<br />

and co-owner of Bakersfield-based<br />

Moneywise<br />

Wealth Management,<br />

are in the process of<br />

purchasing the historic<br />

Woolworth’s building in<br />

downtown Bakersfield.<br />

According to the Kern<br />

County Historical Society,<br />

Woolworth stores have<br />

been in various Bakersfield<br />

locations since 1911. The<br />

most modernly equipped<br />

and air-conditioned Woolworth’s<br />

store on the Pacific<br />

Coast opened to the public<br />

on May 6,1950.<br />

By the end of the 20th<br />

century, Woolworth’s was<br />

struggling to compete<br />

with other retailers, and<br />

in 1997, it closed its last<br />

American store.<br />

Located in downtown<br />

Bakersfield, Woolworth<br />

served as an antique mall<br />

for decades known as Five<br />

and Dime Antique Mall.<br />

Inside one can find the<br />

iconic Woolworth luncheonette<br />

and soda fountain<br />

with all its original<br />

counters and equipment.<br />

The Five and Dime Antique<br />

Mall is expected to<br />

close down in November,<br />

with the classic diner remaining<br />

intact.<br />

What was once a popular<br />

chain of about 5,000 stores<br />

across the country in the<br />

80s and 90s, Woolworth<br />

locations have either completely<br />

been demolished,<br />

remodeled, or closed. The<br />

Bakersfield location is the<br />

last fully functional Woolworth<br />

store that has maintained<br />

its original design.<br />

Although the luncheonette<br />

at the Bakersfield Five<br />

& Dime is no longer officially<br />

owned by the company,<br />

it’s almost exactly as<br />

Woolworth’s left it.<br />

The new buyers of the<br />

Bakersfield-based Moneywise<br />

think of Woolworth<br />

as a community asset.<br />

Their intention is to preserve<br />

the historic nature<br />

of the building. They are<br />

keeping the luncheonette<br />

and leaving the outside<br />

pretty much as it is.<br />

While many vendors indicated<br />

they will move on<br />

to other antique stores in<br />

the area, the Moneywise<br />

guys are planning major<br />

renovations, and they<br />

expect to find an operator<br />

who will maintain the<br />

quality and flavor of the<br />

long-favored burger venue.<br />

According to the Californian,<br />

Bakersfield City<br />

Councilman Andrae<br />

Gonzales said, ““I’m very<br />

proud of a local, successful<br />

business making such a significant<br />

investment in the<br />

heart of our city. It really<br />

shows their love and care<br />

for our community”.<br />

The current owner, Mark<br />

Sheffield, is hopeful that<br />

the move by Moneywise<br />

from southwest Bakersfield<br />

to downtown will continue<br />

what many believe is a renaissance<br />

of sorts for the<br />

central business district.<br />

RAZAN MAKHLOUF/THE RIP<br />

Taking a peak inside the famous last Woolworth Luncheonette<br />

counter, located in downtown Bakersfield.<br />

RAZAN MAKHLOUF/THE RIP<br />

Entrance of the famous Woolworth Building. This<br />

downtown location is the last one in America.<br />

RAZAN MAKHLOUF/THE RIP<br />

Art on the side of the Five and Dime Antique Mall located<br />

in the Woolworth building in Bakersfield.


Page 8<br />

Opinion<br />

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

Tuesday, Sep. 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Bakersfield’s new<br />

coffee shop<br />

HUGO MALDONADO GARCIA/THE RIP<br />

Bakersfield Roasting Company is located at 6501 Schirra Court<br />

in Southwest Bakersfield.<br />

By Hugo Maldonado<br />

Garcia<br />

Senior Digital Editor<br />

The Bakersfield<br />

Roasting Company is<br />

the hottest new coffee<br />

place in town! Located<br />

at 6501 Schirra<br />

Court in Southwest<br />

Bakersfield. It’s the<br />

perfect place to go for<br />

a quick coffee run.<br />

As someone who<br />

drinks about three<br />

cups of coffee a day<br />

just to stay awake, this<br />

new coffee shop had a<br />

great first impression.<br />

They have a variety<br />

of flavors and coffee<br />

options that can be a<br />

little overwhelming if<br />

you have not taken a<br />

look at their menu before.<br />

Bakersfield Roasting<br />

Co.’s menu consists<br />

of their house<br />

favorites like caramel<br />

lattes, espresso, and<br />

brewed coffee with<br />

the choice of iced or<br />

hot. Other delights<br />

include Italian soda,<br />

house mocha, and<br />

12oz or 1lb purchasable<br />

coffee bags to<br />

make at home. They<br />

also have coffee brewers,<br />

plus branded apparel<br />

like t-shirts and<br />

aprons.<br />

An interesting detail<br />

that caught my attention<br />

about this coffee<br />

shop is they have<br />

a huge coffee bean<br />

roasting machine<br />

right as you walk in by<br />

their main entrance.<br />

The Bakersfield<br />

Roasting Co. roast<br />

their coffee beans inhouse<br />

every Tuesday.<br />

Any day of the week<br />

is great to stop by and<br />

grab a cup of coffee<br />

and your choice from<br />

many of their baked<br />

goods.<br />

When it came down<br />

to taste their coffee I<br />

was impressed with<br />

my order, the flavor<br />

of their iced cold<br />

brew with a dash of<br />

almond milk was just<br />

what I needed before<br />

the busy day ahead.<br />

My iced coffee went<br />

great with the taste of<br />

their cinnamon roll<br />

that is served with a<br />

side of cream cheese<br />

frosting.<br />

You will not only<br />

love the quality, you<br />

will love the price. A<br />

16oz cold brew coffee<br />

with almond milk is<br />

priced at $3.25 which<br />

is almost equivalent<br />

to a grande vanilla<br />

sweet cream cold<br />

brew at Starbucks for<br />

$4.25. Think about it,<br />

you can put that extra<br />

dollar towards your<br />

next cup of coffee at<br />

Bakersfield Roasting<br />

Co.<br />

This new place is<br />

denfinitely in my top<br />

three coffee shops.<br />

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

Campus Events<br />

Sep. 13: Finding Articles in Periodical<br />

Databases Workshop at 8:30 am in the Library,<br />

room 217.<br />

Sep. 13: A2MEND Power Hour Event<br />

from 12:50pm to 1:50pm in the Fireside<br />

Room.<br />

Sep. 14: Strategies for Effective Research<br />

Workshop at 4:00 pm, in the Library, room<br />

217.<br />

Sep. 15: Finding Books and eBooks<br />

Workshop at 11:10 am in the Library, room<br />

217.<br />

Sep. 15: Kern County Library One Book<br />

Project Kickoff Event on Zoom.<br />

Sep. 16: Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop<br />

at 11:10 a.m. in the Library, room 217.<br />

Oct. 2: Finding Books and eBooks Workshop<br />

at 11:15 a.m. in the Library, room 217.<br />

Oct. 2: Evaluating Books and Articles<br />

Workshop at 12:30 p.m. in the Library,<br />

room 217.<br />

Oct. 4: A2MEND Power Hour Event<br />

from 12:50 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. in the Library<br />

Fireside Room.<br />

Oct. 4: Evaluating Internet Sources<br />

Workshop at 4:00 p.m. in the Library, room<br />

217.<br />

Oct. 6: Using Google for Internet Searching<br />

Workshop at 1:00 p.m. in the Library,<br />

room 217.<br />

Oct. 6: Virtual Express Enrollment Event<br />

at 5:00 p.m. on Zoom.<br />

Oct. 7: Finding Articles in Periodical Databases<br />

Workshop at 10:00 a.m. in the Library,<br />

room 217.<br />

Oct. 7: Distinguished Speaker Dr. Pamela<br />

Douglas Event at 8:00 p.m. on Zoom and<br />

BCSGA Facebook.

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