Renegade Rip, issue 6, Nov. 16, 2022

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The Renegade Rip www.therip.com
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022
BC hosts pathway event for
Kern high school seniors
By Jason Mena
Reporter
High school students swarmed
campus on Friday Nov. 4 as The
Kern High School District partnered
with Bakersfield College
to host the Early College Pathways
Program. A few faculty
put the event together including
Stephanie Baltazar, the lead
Program Director, and Ashley
Wagner, the Director of Outreach.
“We’re providing long- and
short-term certificates for full
time graduates and those looking
to transfer.” Says Director
Baltazar.
With over 1000 high school
students in attendance, 95% of
them being seniors, many BC
Staff members came to campus
and set up booths and helped
educate some of the future Renegades
in the fields of study they
teach.
SGA officials lead tours
throughout the campus, highlighting
key features of our institution,
and some staff even held
interactive labs for students to
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engage with. The tech lab provided
some of their robots that
had been engineered by previous
BC graduates to talk and
put on a show.
The campus Starbucks provided
free coffee to the students
and teachers while the “Folkloric
club” played festive music
and staged cultural dances
that some high school students
decided to participate in. Free
lunches were also provided with
complimentary BC backpacks
and other Renegade merchandise.
When students were interviewed
about their thoughts
about BC, most came to the
conclusion that they would
be planning to enroll. Uzziel
Roque, a MiraMonte student,
stated that he wanted to go to
BC and major in Astronomy,
“I’ve always wanted to work
with telescopes.” Says Roque,”
But I’m going to transfer to UC
San Diego to finish my major.”
Most of the other students
shared the same sentiment in
wanting to finish their education
at a UC or CSU.
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Editor-in-Chief..............Anthony Vasquez
Jaspreet Multani........................Designer
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JASON MENA/THE RIP
High school students observe Industrial Automation
robots in BC’s STEM building on Nov. 4.
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Reporters/photographers:
Blake Burton
Amanda Hernandez
Jocelynn Landon
Eduardo “E.J.” Martinez
Jason Mena
Jaspreet Multani
Nicolas Watson
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