Renegade Rip Issue 1, Feb. 2, 2022

Campus check-ins now required
for in-person class
News, Page # 2
BC COVID policy talk
gets testy
Campus, Page # 6
Vol. 98 ∙ No. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 Bakersfield College
The Renegade Rip
COLLIN ACEVEDO/ THE RIP
From left: Deshawn Sammuels, Leanne Rodriguez, Becky
Robles check for peoples’ campus access passes at one of
severl checkpoints arount Bakersfield College’s campus.
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BC right fielder Grant Holleman fouls
off of a pitch during game against Taft
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Bakersfield native Greg Colsun’s work
on display at Art After Dark on Jan. 27.
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News
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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022
Check-Ins at BC
Collin Acevedo
Features Editor
With the start of the spring
semester, Bakersfield College
leans towards the way of
safety for its students and begins
precautionary measures
by introducing COVID-19
check-in stations. Being open
for the busier hours of campus
classes and activities,
with locations at admin way,
admin lot, GET Bus stop,
solar lot, Fine Arts walk-up
way, Red and White walk,
Red and White Trans West,
Stadium Parking lot, Southwest
Walkway, Stadium Lot,
and the Southwest Drive stations.
Check-in station hours
include Monday through
Thursday from 7:30 A.M. to
1:00 P.M. Also a new way to
get onto campus is by completing
the Daily Health
Checker form within the
KCCD app and by showing
your green campus pass.
Set to stay for the entirety
of the new semester, it begins
a further step of precautionary
measures set by BC. According
to Office of Student
Life program director Nicole
Alvarez, “the Campus Pass
Check-In Stations are one of
BC’s many mitigation steps
to keep our students, staff,
faculty, and campus community
safe and healthy. As part
of our shared responsibility,
we must all continue to use
the Daily Health Checker
within the app before coming
to campus and share information
about the free testing,
vaccines, boosters, and
flu shots available at BC’s
COVID Resource Hub.”
Yet, mixed emotions from
the students also raise some
questions, with first-year BC
student Briana Scargglioni
sharing her concern when
asked about the new measures,
“it’s alright. I don’t see
any point because someone
could easily lie on the KCCD
app.”
At the same time,
others do not mind
like BC fourth-year
student Toshiro Germany
“I feel pretty indifferent
about covid;
for me, it’s just something
I have to do to
get on campus, so I
don’t really think too
much of it.”
Nonetheless as a
new COVID variant
rages on it provides a
barrier in protecting
students and staff.
“We are committed
to maintaining the health and
safety of our campus community,
that’s why the BC’s
COVID Response Team
has put certain protocols in
place, like the Campus Pass
Check-In Stations and the
Daily Health Checker” Alvarez
said. “These processes
will help us keep the campus
open for in-person learning
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Map of BC COVID-19 Check-ins
and face-to-face student support
services.”
For any questions or concerns
regarding COVID
testing, contact the Student
Health and Wellness Center
at (661) 395-4336 before
coming onto campus.
National Compliment Day
Ricardo Garcia
Reporter
The Bakersfi eld College Office of Student Life held their
“National Compliment Day”
event on Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“Compliment Day” is a national holiday and the Bakersfi
eld College Student
Government Association brought this event together to
spread kindness around the
campus.
The BCSGA Director of Student Activities, Shehrazad
Barraj had the idea to host a
“National Compliment Day” Barraj helps organize and
create these events for the
students, faculty and staff at BC.
When asked about the responsibility and what it is like being
the Director of Student
Activities
responded, “I really enjoy it, I think it’s really fun as a student.
I ask other students I
meet about what
they would like to see more of on campus.”
Students and staff were able to take home a compliment
pin, hand sanitizers or some
hand cleansing wipes and any other items.
According to Barraj her favorite compliment pin was the
one that said “one kind word
can change someone’s entire day” because that is the one
that fought her attention the
most.
In times like this where COVID still has people uncertain,
the spread of kindness might
help bring the fellow Renegade spirit up.
There were many more to choose from for example, “you
make the world a better
place,” “laughter is the best medicine” and “smile in the
hallway” were just some of the
complement day pins people could choose from at the Office
of Student Life.

Academy
News
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Some BC professors go online
By Hugo Maldonado Garcia
Editor in Chief
Bakersfield College professors were
given the opportunity to move classes
online for the first two weeks of the
Spring 2022 semester.
The opportunity was prsented by
the BC President’s Cabinet to all BC
professors to hold classes online. According
to the BC Academic Senate
President Nick Strobel, “we were just
really trying to make sure that we are
understanding the concerns of different
faculty and classified staff and
to give people that option of the two
weeks if they want to, but it was not
mandatory.”
“There’s some classes that really do
need to be in-person like nursing, welding
and the organic chemistry labs. I
personally would encourage folks to
consider that online option to try and
keep the Omicron rates down. It is a
real thing and we have to pay attention
to it because viruses don’t care about
any of our wishes. We need to respect
that and take care of ourselves and our
students” Strobel said.
It has been a few years since
COVID-19 first began and some professors
might have needed a crash
course on maintaining the structure of
an online course again.
According to Professor of Academic
Technology Alexandria Rockey, “I
run the BC academic technology blog
and last week, I posted the four C’s of
temporary online teaching. Which is
a framework that we created to help
guide faculty if they did decide to teach
online for the first couple of weeks.”
The four C’s consist of communication,
consistency, care and content that
are guided towards helping students
pass their classes.
Along with that, Professor Rockey
published an article titled “Faculty
Perspectives on Managing Temporary
Online Teaching” that highlights faculty
insight, videos, professor reflections
and what it means to be teaching online
temporarily.
BC has a current 40% in-person capacity
for its main campus classes and
student services along with campus
check-in stations.
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Sportss
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Gades baseball
gets first win
by Justin White
Sports Editor
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Second
baseman
Jordan Lopez
swings at
a low pitch
during BC’s
victory
against Taft
College
On a floodlit Gerry Collis Field underneath a moonless, starless Bakersfield
night sky, the Renegades secured their first victory of the
young season against Taft College last Friday, winning the game 6-3.
The Gades opened up the scoring in the 2nd inning when catcher
Miguel Castillo doubled to bring home third baseman Andrew Townson.
A BC error in the 4th allowed Taft College to tie the game, but
the Renegades would knock in three more runs in the 5th with a Jarrett
Branen RBI, a fielder’s choice that allowed centerfielder Jacob
Baker to score, and a bases loaded walk by designated hitter Xabi
Iparraguirre. Taft would score two more runs to make the game close
again in the top of the 6th, but later that same inning a Baker sac
fly and a Jose Ruiz double to bring home Brannen would restore the
Gades three-run lead, and the Gades pitching didn’t waver again as
reliever Dylan Pavletich allowed just three runners and no runs to
collect a 3-inning save. Pitcher Kyle Langston recorded the win and a
quality start, giving up three runs, one unearned, on four hits and four
walks while striking out four batters through six innings.
The next day, the Renegades got revenge on Moorpark College by
beating them 5-4, and so the next game for the Renegades will take
place on Feb. 3, as they begin the first of three straight games against
El Camino College at Gerry Collis Field.
NFL Divisonal Round Mayhem
National Sports
by Jacub Bill
Reporter
The NFL playoffs
are reaching their
climax as we head into
the conference championship
round. Last
weekend’s divisional
round games saw last
quarter comebacks,
game-winning field
goals, overtime madness,
and everything in
between.
The Packers took on
the 49ers in Green Bay,
but the cold could not
help the Packers, as the
49ers took advantage
of Green Bay’s special
teams blunders to
tie it 10-10 late in the
4th. The 49ers then
marched downfield
to give kicker Robbie
Gould the chance to
win the game with a
45-yard field goal, and
Gould’s kick sailed
through the uprights to
give the 49ers a 13-10
victory as time expired.
The Cincinatti Bengals
faced the Tennessee
Titans in Nashville,
and while the Titans
got back their
MVP-caliber running
back Derrick Henry
prior to gametime, not
even King Henry could
stop the Cinderella-story
Bengals, as they beat
the Titans 19-16 with
a last second field goal
by Evan McPherson to
send Cincy to the AFC
Championship game.
In Tampa Bay, Tom
Brady and the Buccaneers
took on Matthew
Stafford and the Los
Angeles Rams. The
Rams took a big 20-3
lead at the half, and it
looked like all was bleak
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for the Bucs. In the 2nd
half Tom Brady did
Tom Brady things, scoring
24 points in the second
half to put Tampa
back in the game. Tied
at 27, Stafford threw
the ball deep downfield
to wide receiver Cooper
Kupp for a connection
at the 12 yard line with
4 seconds left, leaving
just enough time for
kicker Matt Gay to kick
the game-winning field
goal to secure their trip
to the NFC Championship
game.
In the last divisional
game, the reigning
AFC champion Kansas
City Chiefs took on Josh
Allen and the Buffalo
Bills. In a chaotic final
two minutes, the game
went into overtime tied
at 36. The Chiefs won
the coin toss, and controversially
the Bills
never saw the ball as
quarterback Patrick
Mahomes ended the
game with a touchdown
pass to tight end Travis
Kelce.
The championship
round will see the
Chiefs meet the Bengals
in Kansas City, and the
Rams will see the 49ers
in Los Angeles with
trips to Super Bowl LVI
on the line.

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Campus
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BC new Southwest campus
opens with in-person classes
By Nathaniel Simpson
Reporter
Bakersfield College has opened its new campus on the
southwest side of town at 9400 Camino Media, with in-person
classes starting this semester. The campus is vast, housing
35 instructional areas, including large lecture halls (which
can seat up to 60 students), computer labs, laboratories, and
an on-site bookstore. The campus also has faculty spaces for
office hours, student lounges, study spots, and an open computer
commons where students can work.
In addition to the great classes and opportunities for students
to get their work done, the new campus also offers
great support services to the students attending this campus,
such as counseling and advising, tutoring, writing center, and
much more.
When speaking to Leo Ocampo, the program manager at
the new campus, he shares how ecstatic he is about the new
learning center.
“BC Southwest allows students to continue their education
and complete all their transfer and general education
requirements, without having to worry about the financial
and time constraints that might come with a daily hour-long,
round-trip commute to the Panorama campus.”
When asked about what he is excited about this new campus,
he responded by saying. “Aside from robust course options
and comprehensive support services, what students and
faculty have been loving the most are the views! Wall-to-wall
huge windows in the classrooms allow for so much natural
light and beautiful views overlooking the Marketplace,
CSUB, and the surrounding areas.”
He urges students to check out the campus, and tour it if
they have the time. If the southwest campus sounds like the
best fit for you, sign up for classes at this campus now.
“Art After Dark” first night
event series of 2022
By Hugo Maldonado Garcia
Editor in Chief
The Bakersfield Museum of Art hosted their 7th annual
“Art After Dark” series on Jan. 27 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m.
The “Art After Dark’’ event welcomed guests with live music
performances, a Tiki-Ko bar and highlighting some of
the artwork from local community members. General admission
was $5 or free for BMofA members and current students
with a valid school ID.
“Art After Dark” highlighted the work of many artists and
inspired by the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection which
was titled “On the Edge” and inspired by Los Angeles from
the 1970s to the 1990s.
Upon entering the event the museum required the attendees
to wear a face mask inside of the building for safety precautions.
Born in Bakersfield, Greg Colson obtained his Bachelor
degree in Fine Arts from California State University, Bakersfield.
He was a featured artist at “Art After Dark” one of his
pieces on display in the museum right now is a 24 x 19 piece
constructed out of enamel, crayon, pencil and ink titled
“Joan Agajanian Quinn Pie Chart Portrait” from 2013. His.
The museum was also offering a classroom lesson for anyone
who wanted to learn how to use alcohol ink. The Bakersfield
Museum of Art is set to host three additional “Art
After Dark” in 2022 with the current schedule set for May
26, June 20 and Aug. 25.
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Community members gather at the Bakersfield Museum
of Art for first night of “Art After Dark” on Jan. 27.

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BC COVID talk gets testy
By Aubrianna Martinez
Senior Digitial Editor
Bakersfield College professors joined
together via virtual conference to discuss
their respective concerns and arguments
against the local COVID-19
policies on Jan. 27. In a Zoom meeting
titled “Covid Policies: A Campus Discussion
with Faculty,” a few BC staff
members presented their views on the
matter. Department Chair and nursing
professor Alisha Loken, chemistry
professor Ximena Da Silva Tavares,
professor of behavioral science Patrick
O’Neill, and assistant professor of automotive
technology Justin Flint were
panelists.
The latter three professors expressed
their dissatisfaction with the current
prevention policies such as the mask
requirement that Professors Da Silva
Tavares and Flint found counterproductive—Professor
Flint attributed
this as a cause of BC’s low enrollment
numbers—and use of private security,
while Professor Loken occasionally
chimed to negate information that another
professor stated.
The other panelists used a majority
of science, data, and political rhetoric
to express where they disagree with the
policies in place to prevent the spread
of COVID. Professor Flint began his
segment civilly before delving into his
personal problems with the current
blueprint, saying “I have a lot of grace
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for how the district has handled this at
the beginning of the pandemic when
we didn’t have the luxury of knowing
what we know now. […] Now that we
have two years of real data to make
real decisions from, I don’t understand
how we can continue down the path
we’re on.”
Professor Da Silva Tavares especially
critiqued the scientific practices around
the pandemic, “even among scientists
there is dissent among how to experiment
this data, even how this data is
collected and whether it’s good scientific
data.”
Professor O’Neill similarly questioned
the legitimacy of the scientific
data turning to the daily health checker
app, “the worst data you can have
a health issue is self-reported diagnostic
data, and we’re going to use that to
keep everyone safe?”
Professor Da Silva Tavares later commented
on multiple COVID-19 related
concepts, such as the use of ivermectin,
the rapid normalization of booster
shots, and the quarterly sales of Pfizer,
but she continued, “I worry about
what these policies do to our society as
a whole […] it’s this emotionally what
we’re doing to each other that worries
me–the messaging that if you see any
hazard, report it. I worry about the
long-term effects on that.”
As the Zoom call started to wind
down Professor Da Silva Tavaras referenced
concerns that have been raised
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in reference to the vaccine and fertility,
which she stated haven’t been validated,
Loken quickly posted in the chat
“there is NO DATA that supports that
the vaccines affect fertility.” A moment
later when answering another question,
Professor Da Silva Tavaras stated
repeatedly that the fourth phase of the
vaccines had not been completed and
therefore they couldn’t have been approved,
but Professor Loken turned on
her mic to interrupt as she summarized
information from the CDC website in
real-time, “Phase four is always done
after the drug is approved no matter
what drug it is, so that’s nothing different
than the way all medications and
vaccines are treated.” After this exchange,
the Zoom call was promptly
ended.
Two of the professors seemed to be
interested in having a discussion not just
about their own beliefs, but the bigger
picture. Professor O’Neill argued that
the community should work to support
its members better, accommodating
those who have concerns over coming
back to campus, and those who don’t
want to receive the vaccine should be
able to attend virtually.
Professor Loken added, “the choices
we’re making affect each other, right?
We never make a choice in a vacuum
regardless of what you feel on each issue.”
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“Brazen” is a
killer whodunit
By Anthony Vasquez
Reporter
The movie “Brazen” was recently
released on Netflix, and
it is one of the many original
movies that the streaming service
exclusively has to offer.
Based on the original novel,
“Brazen Virtue” by Nora Roberts,
it focuses on a murder
mystery that the main character
Grace Miller, who is played
by Alyssa Milano left to solve.
The movie’s classic, yet intriguing
theme of a murder
mystery starts with Miller receiving
a call from her sister
Kathleen, played by Emilie
Ullerup, to urgently visit her in
their hometown in Washington
D.C. She catches up with her
sister and the movie begins to
form details about the character’s
backgrounds.
Not only does Miller catch
up with her sister, but she also
meets another interesting and
significant character to the plot
of the movie. One of the characters
that Miller meets is D.C.
Police Homicide Detective Ed
Jennings, played by Samuel
Page. The movie develops a
love interest as the two characters
begin to have a romantic
interest in each other.
The movie begins to get intense
when Miller discovers the
first victim that was killed. It
does a good job of creating an
intense moment when Miller
begins to panic as Milano’s acting
is spot on with the setting
of the scene, giving the effect
of keeping viewers intensely
hooked and curious to find out
what happens next.
Miller takes on the mystery
of the killer with the help of
Jennings, as she believes she
can use her knowledge of the
mind of a killer, her character
is bold and without shame
which truly makes her live up
to the movie’s title “Brazen.”
Just like any other good murder
mystery, the movie also has
its list of characters that can
be considered suspects of who
the killer could be. It is a classic
“whodunit” with many turns
and twists. Depending on the
viewer’s eye of detail and theory,
it can either be shocking or
obvious on what the end of the
movie brings to viewers. The
movie is a good addition to
Netflix’s list of original movies,
and definitely worth a watch.
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World War Z
Adaptations
Aubriana Martinez
Senior Digital Editor
The current surge of
the Omicron variant of
COVID-19 has led to
much of the same practices
being enforced as the
ones that first came to rise
in 2020. With the repetition
of these practices comes
looking back on the reactions
from two years ago,
such as the comparison of
the real-world pandemic to
a fictional world’s zombie
outbreak.
The 2006 novel “World
War Z” by Max Brooks is
an incredibly interesting
and uniquely structured
story that uses a non-protagonist
narrator who interviews
different people from
around the globe and walks
of life as he pieces together
information leading up to
and following the zombie
apocalypse.
The novel itself is interesting
for its exploration of the
zombie series as opposed to
simply telling the story of
an action story protagonist
who is struggling to survive
a world that is plagued by
zombies. Brooks writes
characters infinitely more
interesting than the interviewer
that readers view
the story through, but his
purposeful choice to create
a non-character to lead
readers to each interview
subject elevates that character’s
rich and often tragic
story that is told within a
single chapter.
Alternately, the 2013 film
adaptation of the Brooks
novel is everything that
the novel is not. The film
focuses on action-heavy
set pieces as opposed to a
story with any emotional
weight, choosing to settle
on the character of Gerry
Lane who spends the film
trying to keep himself and
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the members of his family
that is traveling with
him from being bitten
by zombies, and subsequently
find a cure for
the outbreak.
The film’s characters
are barely more than
stock figures, setting it
distinctly against the
novel’s characters, who
each of their stories contains
this singular staying
power that can haunt a
reader into setting the
book down with a reverent
cautiousness. Brooks
story at its root, beneath
all of the layers of characters
who played some
sort of role in the zombie
outbreak try their
best to keep themselves
and their loved ones
safe during a perceived
epidemic according to
the little information
that was made public,
while their government
struggles to maintain
normalcy during an
unprecedented zombie
plague. In Brooks’ novel,
all are duped by a pharmaceutical
company
that seeks to gain from
the panic.
The film meanwhile, is
a simplistic story from a
newly undead genre that
does nothing to enthuse
audiences about the different
opportunities for
types of zombie movies
besides casting Brad Pitt.

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Opinions
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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022
After Life Review
Collin Acevedo
Features Editor
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Ricky Gervais, the king of dark and cynical comedy, returns in Netflix’s
“After Life” with its third season streaming exclusively on the platform
Jan. 14. Giving more premium content as a new COVID variant rages
on, ”After Life” follows Gervais’ character, Tony Johnson, trying to live
on after his world has been halted following his wife’s passing from breast
cancer.
Writing and directing the entirety of the series, Gervais wonderfully
crafts it to be a perfect balance of both sadness and joy. Leaving you to
find yourself laughing at all the small things, only to hold yourself when it
pans to the bigger picture of it all. Dealing with mental health issues and
the pain that stems from losing a loved one, “After Life” is an excellent
example of the victories and wallows that present themself all too easily.
From living in the shadows of his mental health to seeing a brighter
side of the world when he helps and mocks others, it’s a roller coaster that
keeps you in the loop with ease with his careless attitude and sentimental
ideals. Wanting to feel and do better but with a hill to climb, the mountainous
region of this show reveals struggles that are all too real.
The yearning for what was only to accept what is Gervais’ character
dances within memories that have fleeted all too quickly from his grasp.
Knowing he found his only partner the world could ever give him, he
holds on to the strand of memories of the woman he loved. A romantic
story at heart, “After Life” presents itself to be a little of everything with
the range of Gervais performances along with an underrated star Brandy
the dog, played by Anti, who at times steals the show too easily.
With the culmination of Gervais’ quick-witted humor and the real-life
sincerity he holds towards his spouse shows a more prominent aspect of
himself, other than being the guy who created the hit British and American
show “The Office.”
Leaving it with an ending up to debate as it wraps up another stellar
series brought by Netflix, Gervais has excelled once more in his comedic
range but also in heartwarming sentiment.
Renegade Events
Campus Events
Feb. 4: Umoja Clun’s 4th Annual Black History
Month from 12-1:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Feb. 16: Financial Aid Fest 2022 from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Zoom.
Feb. 18: Lincoln Day Holiday.
Feb. 21: Washington Day Holiday.
Feb. 24: Distinguished speaker Justin Hansford
at 10 a.m.
Feb. 24-27: The House of Bernada Alba by
Federico Garcia Lorca at 7:30 p.m. in the Edward
Simonsen Indoor Theatre.
March 10: Closing Reception for the Panaroma
Invitational (Kern County High School
Art Exhibit)
March 24: Opening Reception for the BC
Art Student Show (Runs through May 5)
March 27: Bakersfield Youth Symphony
Orchestra at the Edward Simonsen Outdoor
theatre at 4 p.m..
April 7: KMCEA Jazz Day at the Edwards
Simonsen Performing Arts Center from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
April 22: Spring Choral Concert at the Edwards
Simonsen Indorr Theatre at 7:30 pm.
April 25: Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert at
the Edward Simonsen Indoor Theatre at 7:30
p.m.
April 28: Concert Band Spring Concert at
the Edward Simonsen Indoor Theatre at 6:30
p.m.
April 28- May 1: Spring Play #2 (Title
TBA).
May 4: Performing Arts Combined Concert
at Edward Simonsen Outdoor Theatre at 7:00
p.m.
May 11: BC/CSUB Orchestra Concert at
CSUB Dore Thatre at 7:30 p.m.