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Page 6 Campus The Renegade Rip www.therip.com Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 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 First place nationally for two year college Websites at the Associated Collegiate Press 2020 midwinter conference. Fifth place newspapers. First place for newspaper in 2011, third place in 2013, 2014, 2015 for CNPA General Excellence Fourth place nationally in 2019 for website publication by Associated Collegiate Press The Renegade Rip is produced by Bakersfield College journalism classes and is circulated on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters. The newspaper is published under the auspices of the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees, but sole responsibility for its content rests with student editors. The Rip is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, Associated Collegiate Press, and California Colleges Media Association. 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 The Renegade Rip EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief....Hugo Maldonado Garcia Senior Digital Editor....Aubrianna Martinez News Editor...........................Collin Acevedo Features Editor.........................Raul Padilla Sports Editor............................Justin White Adviser.........................................Erin Auerbach STAFF Reporters/photographers: Jacub Bill Ricardo Garcia Giselle Manzo Nathaniel Simpson Anthony Vasquez 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.” Write The Rip Letters should not exceed 300 words, must be accompanied by a signature and the letter writer’s identity must be verified. The Rip reserves the right to edit letters, however, writers will be given the opportunity to revise lengthy or unacceptable submissions. If an organization submits a letter as a group, it must be signed by only one person, either the leader of the organization or the letter writer. Anonymous letters will not be published. 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Page 7 Opinion The Renegade Rip www.therip.com “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. GOOGLE IMAGES 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 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 Aubriana Martinez 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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