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Construction Impedes BC Students BC Rally Focuses on Water Issues The RenegadeBakersfield College Rip Vol. 86 ∙ No. 1 www.therip.com Wednesday, September 10, 2014 BC rally focuses on water issues By Elizabeth Fernandez BC’s student president on what Editor in Chief sparked the idea for the event. The rally was split into two The “Rally for Water for the sections between the Campus Central Valley,” as flyers read, Center area and Fireside Room. was set up by the Student Gov- The Campus Center’s stage en- ernment Association and hosted abled volunteer attendees to at Bakersfield College on Sept. speak to the audience members 3. The event brought along Kern about the drought. BC student County elected officials to dis- Perry Hyatt, a sophomore, took cuss the California water drought that opportunity to ask others to GRAHAM C WHEAT / THE RIP and inform students of how they stop wasting water. can ease conditions. “A pretty, green grass is great, Councilman Russell Johnson explains measures the city is taking to conserve water. The panel included congressman Officials present included but if our cost of clothing and David Valadao, Supervisor David Couch, Sen. Jean Fuller, Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, and Sen. Andy Vidak. Congressman David Valadao, food is going to skyrocket be- state senators Jean Fuller and tween now and next year, I’d ports, like the one Hyatt watched, Eric Avery, who manages a sends previous valley water sup- listed Porterville and the Tulare Andy Vidak, Assemblywoman rather have a dirt field in front of regarding water usage. “You will water district primarily on the ply directly to the ocean. area as examples of cities al- Shannon Grove, and Kern Coun- my house,” implored Hyatt. “So, hear that the city of Bakersfield western edge of Bakersfield, ex- “When you think about it, ready in need of having water ty Supervisor David Couch, in please, if you have that mentality used more water this year than plained that there are two differ- it’s 1.2 billion acre feet of wa- trucked to them. “That lets you addition to local City Council- of ‘I pay for it, I’m gonna use it,’ last year, and that’s true. But ent types of droughts: the lack of ter just in this past year that has know that our water system can man Russell Johnson and repre- please, please start conserving. guess what the city of Bakers- precipitation and what he calls, been flushed down to the Pacific fail at any time and it’s impor- sentatives from the Bakersfield Do your part.” field is also doing? We’re grow- the “self-imposed manmade” Ocean and not brought to us in tant to be diligent to understand city water department. Offstage, he added that he had ing,” he said. drought. The latter happens the valley,” she said. “When the issue,” said the councilman. “We were discussing the issues been motivated to speak after According to Johnson, the city when a district procures a water you break that down for what it “Water’s going to be an impor- facing Kern County and the issue watching the news that morning, has acquired an additional thou- supply that is never delivered in means to the valley, that’s three tant issue, not only today but 10, of the state’s drought came up. I which stated that water usage sand meters this time around full. million homes that would have 15, 20 years from now. So when thought BC would be the perfect had increased. compared to last year’s report Grove had also mentioned that full water supply and 600,000 you walk out of here you need to place to hold a water rally. I had During the second part of the and stated that the water report California was in the third year acres of farm land.” remember that making sure we the resources, I knew the people rally where elected representa- per meter had in fact decreased of a five-year drought. She cited “There’s communities not have a sustainable usable water to call, I knew it would be a suc- tives had their chance to inform, by approximately eight percent a recently-passed environmental far from here that already don’t supply for the next lifetime and cess,” wrote Alex Dominguez, Johnson cleared up the latest re- last month alone. protection agency act that now have water,” said Johnson, and Please see WATER, Page 6 Construction impedes BC students Football By James Macias Reporter sanctions The Bakersfield College campus appears, to some, to be in shambles. Students attend- ing classes the first week were left with welcomed by heavy equipment next to mounds of dirt and on top of trenches, walkway signs with enough yellow tape for an many entire season of CSI, new pipes, old pipes, backhoes, and trucks – lots of trucks. There is hardly a place outside where one can pre- tend to study. questions A blind student who didn’t of- fer his name was downright livid. By Brooke Howard He launched into a colorful de- Reporter scription of his experiences with the “mine field,” as he referred to There seems to be little move- the zone between the library and ment in the legal action Bakers- Campus Center. field College took against the BC officials, though, wanted football sanctions. to address certain issues on cam- Leading the case for the col- pus – some that were overdue lege and the district is Christine and that have caused problems, Maloney of Foster Employment such as waterline breaks, in the Law. It is unclear the basis of past. the lawsuit but the sanctions al- The problem is beneath our legedly violate the Califorina feet, and it has been there since Community College Athletic As- 1955: the pipes. sociation’s own bylaws, which ALISIA SANCHEZ / THE RIP Not just the water lines, but the state that it can only impose one gas lines as well. After almost 60 Construction workers are seen near the Mathematics Science building at BC across from the forum and gym area. year of probation. years, they no longer possess When asking Athletic Director adequate capacity to sustain the Sandi Taylor if the school had volumes we casually consume any updates of the legal process on a daily basis. Therefore, with she replied, “No updates as of funding from the safety, repair now.” and improvement district bond, When researching the Sacra- the BC administration is carry- mento County Superior Court ing out an extensive rehabilita- public records, one document was tion and upgrade of the school’s found pertaining to the case. The plumbing systems. document located dated Sept. 14, The results of which, accord- 2013 was handed to the courts by ing to Amber Chiang, BC public Maloney, who represents BC on relations director, will be a far the case, in which she stated, “… more efficient system potentially Bakersfield College was denied capable of saving millions of BC fair notice and an opportunity dollars in future operating costs for a hearing before an impartial and helping to ease the droughts decision-maker.” She also states, that we are enduring. “Bakersfield College has been In fact, during BC’s opening found guilty of rule violations day event a little more than a and given a four-year course of week ago, maintenance and op- punishments without any mean- erations crews identified a major ingful opportunity to challenge water line that appears to have the adjudication of guilt or pen- been leaking for a very long time alties and sanctions.” representing a real threat to the Another concern with BC’s sustainability of our ground soil. punishment was that it was im- A completion date of Febru- posed, yet according CCCAA’s ary 2015 has been set and by all rules, only the conference com- accounts the crew is ahead of missioners and the athletic asso- schedule suggesting they may be ciation’s board have the power to able to finish by Christmas as- strip football championships. suming the present pace can be VANESSA MUNOZ / THE RIP sustained. An area surrounding the Student Services building can be seen blocked off to pedestrians for construction purposes. Please see SANCTIONS Page 6 FEATURES Page 2 The Renegade Rip www.therip.com Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Dark Veil Dynasty: new name, remains top-rated salon for 2014 By Vanessa Munoz Reporter/Photographer The city of Bakersfield voted for its favorite hair salon, nam- ing Curl Up and Dye its new ELIZABETH FernandeZ / THE RIP and most liked establishment Nicky Damania, above, the new director of student life. for 2014. The award was given to Jose Duran and Alex Arias after their takeover of Curl Up New director of student life and Dye, which has now been renamed Dark Veil Dynasty. Dark Veil Dynasty is located looks to prioritize student needs in downtown Bakersfield and has been run by the new owners By Phillip Rodriguez inquiry.” for the past two years. Reporter Damania comes from Colo- Duran shared how he and rado and is a first generation- Arias came into the salon busi- Recently, Bakersfield Col- born American citizen, with his ness and why they chose Curl lege has acquired a permanent parents both born in India. In Up and Dye. VANESSA MUNOZ / THE RIP member to its administration. addition to a doctorate in phi- “When I came here as a cli- Breann Megrette, the stylist above, is seen cutting the hair a man whom you normally Replacing the interim Director losophy, he also has a master’s ent, I never understood why it of Student Life Elizabeth Peis- degree in career and technical wasn’t reaching its full potential, would not see in a salon, but then again Dark Veil Dynasty is not your average salon.
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