Renegade Rip, issue 3, Oct. 5, 2022

The Renegade Rip
Vol. 99 ∙ No. 3 Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Bakersfield College
Manufacturing Day
brings crowds
The next BC Peace
Garden dedicated
Volleyball team in
action
News, Page # 2 News, Page #3 Sports Page #4
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/ THE RIP
Ribbon cutting ceremony for the second Peace
Garden, which opened on BC’s main Panorama
Campus on Oct. 3.
BLAKE BURTON/ THE RIP
Sleek corvettes near the Fine Arts building show the
possibilities of manufacturing on Sept. 30.
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News
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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Manufacturing Day at BC
By Blake Burton
Reporter
Bakersfield College Career
Education, Industrial Automation,
and STEM hosted
a Manufacturing Day event
in and around BC’s outdoor
theater on Sept. 30.
Students from high schools
throughout Kern County
attended, and there were
booths from different companies
such as API and Amazon.
Students interviewed at
the event said they were
there to gain insights on the
career they wanted to be in.
Many hovered around the
Corvette, which was one of
the most popular displays.
All the booths on hand offered
information and even
treats such as candy, pens,
stickers etc.
Representatives from the
American Petroleum Institute
(API) said they wanted
to share knowledge about
their company, and that they
give out different scholarships.
Scott Bender and Jeff
Hamson said they gave out
about $80,000 of scholarships
in the past.
J.G Boswell Co., an ag
company, said they wanted
to get their name out and
to find students to have options
in what they want to do
with their career. Martha H.
a representative at J.G Boswell
said, “You can’t really
go wrong with AG (agriculture).”
Amazon representatives
said that they were there to
educate the different students
on the different positions
they have at Amazon, and
the different departments
they have. Breana Renteria,
a representative from
Amazon said she has gone
through four departments
and there is always room to
grow at Amazon. Another
representative at Amazon,
Amanda Gray, said they also
are forming a program for
awareness for women and
to say that women are a big
part of Amazon too.
The aerospace company
Stratolaunch said they wanted
to develop a connection
with different students and
even offer some jobs at their
company
Brianna Vogel, a teacher at
West High School, said she
wanted to show her students
the different opportunities
they have in Bakersfield for
STEM and IT.
Anthony Vasquez, a mentor
at South High School
said, Virtual Enterprise, a
program at his high school,
invited him to this event. He
said he made connections
with NASA, and they had
a lot of opportunities and
were very cool to talk to.
High school student Sofia
Villaverde said that she
wanted to explore the different
opportunities they
had here at BC and in Bakersfield
and that the NASA
booth was very interesting.
Another student, Aaliyah
Gonzales said she was chosen
to be here and that her
favorite booth was the corvette,
one and that she might
be interested in working
there.
Elian Bravo, a student
from West High School, said
he came to this event because
he was interested in auto
tech. He went to the PLC
booth and said it seemed like
a good environment to be in.
Matt Mcknisht said he is
in the ROC program at his
school and that he was interested
in the IT career. He
stated that he went to the
Silicon booth and that it was
pretty cool and that it was
very hands-on.
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP
High school students from around Kern County attend the
Manufacturing Day event at BC on Sept. 30.
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP
A classic corvette on display at Manufacturing
Day on Sept. 30.

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News
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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Peace Garden #2 opens at BC
ANTHONY VASQUEZ/THE RIP
BC’s new Peace Garden on Oct. 3
By Anthony Vasquez
Editor-in-chief
A place to read, reflect,
and recharge was brought
to BC with the opening
of the new peace garden
Monday, Oct. 3. The new
peace garden was presented
to the BC community
through a ribbon cutting
ceremony as BC President
Dr. Zav Dadabhoy,
Behavioral Sciences Department
Chair Krista
Moreland, KCCD Student
Trustee and BCS-
GA president Shehrazad
“Raz” Barraj, and several
other officials were there
to speak at the ceremony.
“This garden is a symbol
of inspiration that Gandhi
left for everyone, emulating
the examples he set
for everyone,” Dadabhoy
said. He further elaborated
that the garden's initial
inspiration came from the
impacts of what the historical
figure Gandhi had left
regarding world peace.
The garden’s aim of
representing peace can be
found through the six poles
that spreaded around parts
of the garden. They each
show a series of engravings,
in a total of 21 languages,
that were designed
by Professor Klint Rigby
chair of the Industrial
Technology department at
BC, and students. They all
translate as, “May peace
prevail on earth.” The
poles were paid for by several
rotary clubs throughout
the community.
“Many of my fellow renegades
have found refuge
at the peace garden found
in the library. This garden
will be another place to reflect
and recharge,” Barraj
stated. She also explained
that these projects were
also needed to show values
and opportunities that
students have the potential
to bring through their education.
MADD dash raises funds and
awareness about safe driving
By: Amanda Hernandez
Reporter
The 9th annual walk like
MADD and MADD dash
was held on Sept. 25 at Riverwalk
Park and hosted by
Chain Cohn Clark law firm.
The purpose of the event
was to raise awareness and
funds for drunk and drug induced
driving.
The event began with a
range of speakers including
the surviving parents of car
crash victims, Mayor Karen
Goh, and CHP officers.
They proceeded with a
kids’ race and a 5k walk/
run where many family
survivors gathered together
to spread awareness of just
how devastating these accidents
can be.
In fact, they had a display
of a damaged truck, which
held an innocent young boy
who lost his life when another
individual slammed directly
into him after running
through a red light. This allowed
the reality of driving
under these circumstances
to hit home.
The attempt for prevention
continues year after
year. In a statement, Carla
Pearson, victim service
specialist said “We won’t
stop speaking out about this
100% preventable crime
until we see zero crashes
caused by impaired drivers
on our roadways.”
According to a news release,
the event raised over
$55,000 which will be used
for educational programs,
prevention services and to
support local crash victims.
BY AMANDA HERNANDEZ/THE RIP
A sign was posted in the grass at Riverwalk Park to
remind family, survivors, and participants of the importance
of safe driving.

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Sportss
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BC Volleyball defeats SBCC
By Jaspreet Multani
Reporter
The Bakersfield College
Renegades won in five sets
over the Santa Barbara City
College Vaqueros on Sept.
23 winning the series in 3-2
matches.
BC started out pretty strong
but lost the first set, 22-25.
However, they came back
in the second and third sets
and won by 25-17 and 25-15,
respectively. Unfortunately,
in the fourth set, Santa Barbara
was not going to let the
guards down without putting
a fight against Bakersfield
and won with just one point,
25-24.
The last and final match
was very frazzled. SBCC and
BC were fighting back and
forth every second. In the
end, SBCC took the lead and
would be tied at 14, but BC
grabbed the last two points to
take the game home with the
score of 3-2.
Freshman Alexandra Johnson
ended the night with
another triple-double on
the season totaling 11 aces,
19 kills, and 14 digs while
teammate Aubree Dees had
a season-high of 28 digs, according
to BC Athletics website.
JASPREET MULTANI/THE RIP
BC team celebrates scoring a point during
Sept. 23 game versus SBCC.
JASPREET MULTANI/THE RIP
BC in defense mode during fourth set versus SBCC
on Sept. 23.
JASPREET MULTANI/
THE RIP
(Right) Volleyball
sails past BC defenders
during one
of the matches.
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BC October volleyball

Bakersfield College Homecoming 22-23
RENEGADE FEVER
RENEGADE FEVER
SATURday, October 15, 2022
RENEGADE PROMENADE
11 A.M. - 4 p.m.
Monday, October 17, 2022
DISCO DYE 11 A.M. - 2 P.M.
feel the fever
office contest begins
TUESday, October 18, 2022
GROOVY GLASSES 11 A.M. - 2 P.M.
bc talent show
6 - 9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
VOLLEY A-GO-GO 11A.M. - 2 P.M.
PAINT THE NIGHT AWAY
6- 9 p.m.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
pancakes & pep rally 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
killer dueling pianos
6- 9 p.m.
Friday, October 21, 2022
FEEL THE FEVER JUDGING 11 A.M.
RENEGADE FEVER HOMECOMING DANCE
6-10 P.M.
SATURday, October 22, 2022
homecoming parade 5 - 6 P.M.
homecoming Game 6 p.m.
CROWNING OF
HOMECOMING ROYALTY (HALFTIME)

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Campus
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The BC Gadfly Cafe is back
By Jocelynn Landon
Reporter
On the third Wednesday of every month, there is a Gadfly
Cafe that happens at Bakersfield College. A Gadfly Cafe is
“Informal, roundtable discussion of social and political issues
concerning our campus, community, and nation”, according
to the email that was sent out to the BC students from Reginald
Williams. This month’s topic was about thoughts on
standardized testing. The event kicked off with Williams explaining
the main ideas that are discussed when talking about
standardized testing to help the audience broaden their understanding
about the subject.
It quickly turned into a respectful conversation with students
firing off their opinions, questions, and personal experiences
with the matter. Gadfly Cafe is a discussion that is “
Helping people realize that we are all human, and that we
all have perspective, and that we all need to be heard,” Stated
Williams.Although students had different opinions about
the subject, this conversation allowed them to see a different
perspective.
Most people came in with strong opinions about standardized
testing, and if you were there, you would most likely
leave with even more questions and knowledge than you
thought you had. This is an engaging, open, and respectful
conversation that leaves you wanting more than an hour to
dive deeper into the topic.
Gadfly Cafe happens every third Wednesday in the Levan
Center and there is always a different current topic that is
going on. If you’re hungry for information and have a desire
to challenge what you think you know, check this event to do
just that.
Voter Bowl kicks off at BC
By Nicolas Watson
Reporter
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
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Reporters/photographers:
Blake Burton
Amanda Hernandez
Jocelynn Landon
Eduardo “E.J.” Martinez
Jason Mena
Jaspreet Multani
Nicolas Watson
Bakersfield College kicked off its entry
into the California University & College
Ballot Bowl on Sept. 20, National
Voter Registration Day, with a push to
register as many students as possible to
vote over the next few months.
BC will be competing with colleges
and universities across the state in two
main categories – how many students
an institution can register and the percentage
of the student body registered.
Ongoing since Aug. 15, the competition
will continue through the months
of September and October, eventually
finishing on Nov. 8th – election day.
Speaking to The Rip, Harvind Grewal,
the Director of Legislative Affairs
for BCSGA, highlighted the goals of
this year’s Ballot Bowl efforts, specifically
citing his hopes to increase student
involvement, especially after Covid.
Grewal believes that this drive to register
voters can give students the push
to become more civically active in their
communities and help people see past
the polarization of politics and see the
value in voting and participation, stating
“young people seem to be more
engaged, but don’t have a platform to
really engage with.”
Any change in name, primary residence,
or political party affiliation may
require one to register to vote again.
Students looking to register to vote can
visit the Student Life Center on campus
for more information. There, students
can register using the special link for
BC’s ballot bowl so that their registration
will count towards BC’s score.
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Opinion
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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Next time,
make the Fair
prices fair
By Jocelynn Landon
Reporter
The Kern County Fair
is back in full swing and is
hotter (maybe literally) than
ever. In preparing to go
to fair, the biggest tip is to
make sure that you get your
parking tickets and your admission
tickets online versus
getting your tickets in person.
The fair has upgraded its
technology system this year,
and it is more convenient for
everyone. When you first arrive,
go to the shops, as they
have tons of local vendors
from sustainability groups
to political parties that are
there to give you information.
From there, you can hit
the rides and test your luck
with the carnival games. I
took photos at the top of
the ferris wheel, went on the
giant swings, and walked
around admiring the thrill
seekers who were able to go
on all the rides that dropped,
swirled, and threw people
around.
Now, while the fair is all
fun and games, it is overly
expensive. In all transparency,
I spent $14 for parking
and my ticket, $20 on my
wristband, which only allowed
me on three rides, and
about $15 on food, coming
out to a grand total of about
$50.
It would be nice if the fair
offered options for student
discounts. There are some
opportunities for people to
get discounted tickets. Those
who donate blood are able
to get two free tickets. The
fair also had a program on
Sept. 27, where people who
donate make six cans of
food to get free entry. But
what about those who can’t
donate blood due to medical
reasons, or those who can’t
go on a Tuesday because of
previous engagements?
Another suggestion is to
consider pushing back the
timing of the fair. The Kern
County Fair happens during
September and early October.
We all know that those
can be some of the hottest,
and driest, months to do
things over in Kern Valley.
Because we live in the desert,
there should be more
thought put into that and
fair should be moved to a
month that’s colder… or at
least a bit milder. I’m pretty
sure that I’m not the only
one who experienced burn
out and the desire to leave
early because of the heat.
Overall, the fair was pretty…
fair. The singers, the
showing of animals, concerts,
food and everything
in between were presented
very well. Being able to go
to an event with friends and
family is something that everyone
seemed excited to get
back into. Make sure that
you stay hydrated, and take
breaks because the heat is
brutal out there.
Horror for kids?
Hey kids, do you like violence?
Because adults are
not the only ones who like
horror movies. There has
been a lot of horror media
directed toward kids
While most adults would
like to argue that introducing
children to the genre may be
dangerous or unsafe; horror
could actually help children
in building confidence when
facing something that they
fear. It can help build management
in risk-taking and
stress, and could help some
kids find comfort, especially
if they feel like outcasts.
This is very significant as
childhood can be terrifying.
Children are often subjected
to the knowledge that they
do not have any power over
their life while being told that
they are in constant danger.
Films and shows that
would be good for kids
would be the “Courage the
Cowardly Dog,” “Coraline”
and the “It” miniseries.
“Courage the Cowardly
Dog” by John R. Dilworth is
a show about a dog named
Courage trying to protect
his owners from monsters
on a farm in the middle of
nowhere. While Courage is
often cowardly when confronted
by these monsters,
he continues to face them.
It shows kids that courage is
not about having no fear at
all but having fear and doing
it anyways.
“Coraline,” directed by
Henry Selick, is about a girl
named Coraline who discovers
a parallel world hidden
behind a secret door from
which she needs to save her
The Horror Files
By Eduardo Jr. Martinez
Reporter
Eduardo, Jr. Martinez
parents. Though powerless
in this parallel world
created by the antagonist’s
design, Coraline willingly
takes on the risk and potentially
deadly situations to
save her parents. This flick
shows kids the use of managing
risk and stress under
pressure.
“It,” the 1990 miniseries
directed by Tommy Lee Wallace,
is set in the 1960s. The
story centers on seven young
outcasts who fight a monster
posing as a child-killing
clown. While the miniseries
does take on the theme of
cycle of violence it also takes
on the issue of being an outcast
and finding solace with
other outcasts. This series
could help kids who feel like
they don’t belong find comfort
in knowing they’re not
alone and that the pressure
they face in childhood won’t
last forever.
While there are many other
movies that could be recommended
this short list of
flicks and shows is a great
starting point for small horror
fans.

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Opinion
The Renegade Rip www.therip.com
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
“House of The
Dragon” reclaims
interests
By Jason Mena
Reporter
HBO’s new series “House of The
Dragon” must reclaim viewers’ interest
after the latest time jump
replaces two fan-favorite actresses,
Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, for
their roles as Rhaenyra Targaryen
and Alicent Hightower.
The new cast members include
Emma D’arcy and Olivia Cooke,
who are well aware of the big shoes
they need to fill for the rest of the
season. In a recent interview with
The Independent, D’arcy reflected
on her new role and the impact Alcock
leaving the series had on fans,
“It’s a difficult point at which to
meet an audience. They only get
me when they lose Milly, so they
meet me in a place of grief.”
The bold decision had been
planned by directors from the
start, and viewers have already
been supplement to monthlong
time skips previously, but
all paled in comparison to the
10 year time skip that marked
the second half of the season.
Thankfully, D’arcy and Cooke
entered their roles seamlessly,
allowing for the focus to shift to
the Targaryen children who will
comprise a large portion of the
rest of the story. HBO even saw
a 3% viewership increase with
the release of “The Princess and
The Queen,” according to The
Variety, displaying promising signs
for the rest of the season.
Episode 6 drew many parallels to
the first episode of the series, and
with the new cast, it came off as a
second pilot. In the latest episode,
we see Daemon Targaryen face a
similar decision that his brother
Viserys had to come to terms with
at the climax of episode 1. In the
midst of a difficult childbirth, Viserys
is prompted with the choice of
a C-Section. The cost of his wife
for the life of his son. The Queen
or an Heir. Love or Duty. Will Daemon
make the same choice? As
things heat up, The “House of The
Dragon” rears its fangs.
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Renegade Events
Campus Events
Oct. 5: Panorama Music Summit, Edward
Simonsen Indoor Theater, 7 p.m.
Oct. 5 -15: Kern Shakespeare Festival featuring
performances of “Romeo and Juliet”
and “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” Edward Simonsen’s
Outdoor Theater
Oct. 11: Bad Deal for America: A Conversation
with Dr. David Schein, Levan Center, 6
- 7:30 p.m.
Through Oct. 13: “Eden,” a solo exhbition
of Fresno-based artist Aduia Yvonne Dixon,
Jones Fines Gallery (located in the BC Library),
Monday - Thursdays, 2 - 5 p.m.
Oct. 15: Inaugural Renegade Promenade:
Alumni, Family, & Friends Day at BC! Admission
is FREE! Panorama Campus, 11 a.m. - 4
p.m.
Oct. 18: BC Talent Show, “Show your talent,”
Renegade Ballroom, 3rd floor, Campus
Center, Panorama Campus, 6:00 p.m.
Oct. 20: Killer Dueling Pianos, Renegade
Ballroom, 3rd floor, Campus Center, Panorama
Campus, 6:00 p.m.
Oct. 28: Fall Choir Concert, “Be the Water,”
Edward Simonsen Indoor Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 7: Jazz Ensemble, Big Band Favorites,
Edward Simonsen Indoor Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 15: Distinguished Speaker Mark Rabbitt,
Renegade Ballroom, 3rd floor, Campus
Center, Panorama Campus, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Nov. 17-19: “Celestials: The Chiness Question.”
a play directed by Professor Kimberly
Chin, Edward Simonsen Indoor Theatre
Nov. 29: BC Concert Band, Classical, Contemporary
and Holiday Favorites, Edward Simonsen
Indoor Theatre, 7 p.m.
Nov. 30: BC/CSUB Orchestra, Classic and
Contemporary String Music, Edward Simonsen
Indoor Theatre, 7:30 p.m.