Covering a dog demonstration Films and music are ~ing Renegade track team among other events, winning blamed for the latest high performs well at Southern l shooting. but do they ""l' ..• entries of high school SC hoo ? Regional mee~ moves on to journalists from BC's 'J Day' deserve the blame· state meet in San Francisco. competition. Opinion, -page- 3 Sports, pege 7 THE Vol. 70 No. 9 sakersfleld College May 7, 1999 College receives bomb threat BY MERI RENEE LOPEZ Speaal to The Alp
The fCM from Littleton, Colo. came home to Bakersfield College early Wednesday morning when a '. bomb threat caused 1he campus to be CVIICU&ted. The threat kept sru deam IDd mff from their classes and jobs for about an hour as all build inas'"'" sean:hl"d. No bomb was found. The call came in iu 8:25 a.m. and wu taken by an admission and recuds cle:k. A man told the clerk that he bad planted a bomh some· where oo campus. "Find it" were bis last words before banging -;ip. The WOIDID then called campus security. Dr. Sandra Semoo ordered 1he ~ of the campus. while the Buasfidd Police Dq,utmeot was c.lled to bclp search buildings. "The protocol went Vtrf well," said Micbele Allen, dim:tor of pub lic information. 1be first thing we do is evacuate the building and a walk-through is College club hosts "We need to talk about what's going 00 in the world today," Vazquez said. "'We festivities to remember need to slwe our love 11.id our faith IDcl that's what events like this wen to do .. Cinco de Mayo holiday. BC's M.E.Cb.A. club hosted the festivi ties. The club's bi.storian, Lcoo ArellaDo. BY DAVID LAWLOR served as MC for the day. The events~ E(llor in Ct"8f held. to' CO~morate Cinco de Mayo.. Mako s holiday marting 1bcir cWeat of AtmiDdo Vuq·Je.Z walked onto the tbe Frcacll Army in 1862. sca,e mc-,-, Centa, om 11q iD bw1. '1t's very important to cdebralc Cinco '"1'be .p ..,. is, 'wbll's ia lbe bile?'" de Mayo." said Aldlmo. '1t's in.po.tam be s.i,. id. to the c-rowd &uhereci at the to iemember the people and it givea 1» a b t 1..S 1•tlu ..lldmlly. the qutstion sense of pride." tboold be, ._.., iD ,our bestr- Reiaforc~ that scme ot pride were .. . ldir ~ .... -fmplt' I ieponaec:ILii ut •tflOIS- d:ancen from Alecria en el Valle, a Joca1 Qllioa ... f c ... Kan County group of Mexicaa. daDcen adorned ia SaperWII led• Office. was ~ l'De$t brigbdy c:oloml dreues aod i.u bo,n. REBECCA PfMIENTA I THE RIP IF r 7a ·he NI 6ic dayloas a.co« Ma)"O Prutidiag IM Diiiie for tbe d Ctb ft1 cckl••· ••• 7-dddCollrgeW= ila Mariachi Saa Man:oa, a trad.itioul Fo1c1oi1co dancerS peffotn I irl Campus Center WedneSday. Dancing, ~-,.., alllriachi Jl'OIIP· BC food 1et~lc:a protided martaa'liS and ad ter evec ,ts were held to celebrate Ctnco de Mayo. .,{ ,l ,J ·-..- r,, .. ~ < }._ 4 .... ·~ .... ·. ' M-v7, 1999 Page3 BOMB: Students upset over threat Coatinaed from ~ I ASBC officers elected for next cussed the need to respond to the bomb!Mal. Public blames films such as Lao made me do it! Parental "If there is a bomb lluul in a spe year despite low voter turnout cific area, you nttd to move them 'Basketball Diaries, ' back. a reasonable amount, at leut BY MONICA MONZON Edwards; open forum seutor, job field for student government starring Leonardo DiCaprio, nurturing key ISO yards from the building," he Rip staff writer Teri Beeoe; public relations according to Andrus. said. "It's ~ner to have them away Jean-Marie Pascale; athletics. MitchcU, vice president of ac for youth savagery. from the possible bomb in case aoy· About 389 Bakersfield Col· Aaron Pinksloom ( wrile in) also tivities, said. "I am looking for thing happens. to avoiding Iege sllldenls voted for nrxt was voted for chief juatice aod ward to being president oext se BY ALEC ORRELL True, it could year's incoming officers of the Kimberly Py for assso,: iate jus !OCSler." RIr> Slaff writer ·w.,•o be a set up for Associated Student of Bakers· tice. 1be candidates will not be a massacre, if field College. "It's excitiog," Brust said. "I sworn into offfice until euly violence ptoplt Practically no doubt remains that violent rnovies lilere's a bomb ptrptt11tt "JI (turnOUt) was lower than will get• chance to get invc,lved JUDe. Andrus said it would give and television shows spawn violent behavior in it could do a lot last year," Peggy Brust, vice for my last year." the,·aortide..., time to review over children. BY NICHOLE PERRY •••xts? more cbnuge. president of communications It will be Bnw's secOQd year their au for the 11pcomi111 yew. The American Medical Association, the Alp .,.,, wrillr It'.~ just com· It's so••· said. " We bad about 500 stu in the student aovemment u A:.BC is going to try to encour American Psychological Association and the ·• Wt moo seose. A dents vote." vice prcsidenl for cornrn•rnica• ap more studeuts to bec)()llle ia National Institute of Mental Health have all t•l19 bomb could The winners are: Tracey tioos. Ban Andrus, diRll:IOI' of volved widl IIUderlt govemlDl'Ot criticized the media ••r• to•• have a lot more Mitchell; president, Leann student services, said be: wu The IIUdcDt govemmetll is also and television io 1w1rt of.• of an effect Bowen; vice president of legis Yoom - surprised wilb all tbe initial tryiDa to become better informed 'h-a--. particular -· . for -lart with the debris lation, Tadeu Szpogaoicz; vice sip-ups for office. AccardiDg to OD llbJdeut aft'ain and what is bip- 't'~C perpetuating A1dr1s, and shrapnel. president of activities, BrilD ~ about 13 to i4 MUdeets peui DI on the BC campus. violence lite the Although Bowers; vice president of fi l'llll for office, but mlllY of the The candidales' goals ll'C to tilling spree seen at Columbine High in Littleton. •tr•ctor of there's 00 good nance, Peggy Bruat; vice presi· candidales bad DO ooe IO COID wort togethez to ensure that llu Colo. st,•••t situa1ioo, the drot of communications. Kim pde ipinst. Beceoeetjiey Mff deot needs are met, to continue And the oews media - again, particularly 1ctlrltlts bomb thrut is Borden; truuee liaison. The uooppoeed, it WU difficult to the pmlng lot projeci, build a IIIU televisiou - receive a lot of abuse because of a biager risk." senators are: Leon Arellaoo; IIC motivate the Clnctidllea to baw: dm lounae where studmh can "neptive reporting" aod pictures of victims in pools Studruts tivities, Olesya Panchcoko; !ltn IOIDe excitement in nJDDiJII fm re1u and to IDlb Sift !Im lhaftd of blood. But the blame on the news media is were oot lhe orJy ooes compl•ioing. dcot relations, Fraot Navano; office, be: said But their inoom So\lCIDIDCC is alwlys PR• c rd oa misdirected. It takes more than a crime scene pictuJe Some st.ff aod faculty members ex political senator, Yvonne UII ~ mw: beaa- qne1tff all «iecisiona tmde Oii CM •iiui tbll to stir the imagination of somebody like Dylan . pressed their discontent about the Palacios; staff relations, Hope cations llld experience in their will lffect ,mod I DU. Klebold or Eri~ Harris, the 1:illers at Colnmbine false bomb scare. High. It takes a positive portJyal of killing, a "I'm mad. It's ao inconvenience," glorification of it. The news media are not in the .aid Irene Spencer, secretary for the bosiness of portrayal. student activities office. "I have too In 1998, The Center for Media and fublic Affairs much work to stand out tbc:rc for an Renegade Rip staff wins numerous awards stlldiedtElevisionandfoundtbalnee;)y40pen:entof hour aod a half." the violent incidents oo television were committed This is the fifth bomb threat by c:Jwacten who have qualities that mate them Bakersfield CoUege Ibis aca Students at ~ Rip woo numer- EdNlioo, first plaice: OpinioD Story: (]lib Awalda were; bas bad attractive role models. Most of us have lll'X:D. that. demic year. .· ous awards this semmer II the Joar. Mary Helen Barro, hoDonblc mm- Colmm Wrilina: Dwid Lawlor nalism Association of Comrn•IDity lion; Coouno Writing: Nid!ole Ptny, lllld Nicbole Perry; SJl(IIU Photo: Male crirnioals in hip movies lit.e "Face/Off" According to Alleo, the campus aod then have their CollegesStateConventionaidaltbe Cbird place; Sporu Fea1urc Story: Mkilael D. Roa; Peab1R Photo: slaupter police, escape 1:leverly WIIS evacuated quicker tb..n io pre pick of attractive women. Police offictts iD excitin& vious bomb threats. m:ent Kem Press C;Jub Awards. An1stni1 Kria, hoDonblc mmli1.111; ~ t.ffi1er; Pip ~yout: The wioners at the JACC Stare News Photo: Sun Jooes, boDonble Robert Teylor; Spom Story: detective •bows lib "NYPO Blue" ~ down Sean Miller, ASBC presideot swipects IOIUioely, whereas most police officers will Competition were: mention; Sports ~ l'bokl: Kris Aoeswia Krier; Feanire Story: agreed. tell you they nirely draw tbeir guns - if at all. "It seems like they're getting the Mail-in Awards: Front Page De- Dale, first plec:e; Robert 'Iayu. boo- Devid Lawlor; Editorial· Writing: However, io the paper ,nd OD the nightly news, it is not usual. Overall, most people would rather wonder 1ha1 more children and young adults are whole system done better. It wu a sign: David Lawlor, fourth pt..e; orable mentioo; Photo Ilhaaltion: !>avid Lawlor; News Sllxy: DitviJ News Story: David Lawlor, honor· Lexey Swall, boacnble mmtioo. Lewb. the lcillers and victims 11e real. The oewa media know about lbe possibility of massacres like living rhe dream of Leonardo DiCaprio in better job of clr.aring people thao last safety wu taken into coosidentioo. Iio.ua? It's sornrtbiog - ha9e to report the facts without either glorifying or Columbine than remain io the dart and have their "Basketball Diaries," io which he imagines dressing year. They cleared the campus real It hurts students who DCCd to get ioto be aware of," ieplied Aodnia. '"Jbe able mention; DaviJ Lawlor and On-the-SpolA..-di:CmiellRe- Whal CGmtlil.111 with die 27 re- Lexey Swait, third place; David Lawlor, fall, disparaging kill en. To do otherwise would violate cbildreu •s ioooceoce forcibly preserved. Ccmoring in a rrenchcoal and killing classmates and a teacher. quick." class to gnd,1are, to fulfill require- bottom line wu we toot it as a real Depth view: sccood pJm::e; giomlJAC:Cn•dawwiilltbc: News Story/Series: R~gade Rip FeatueStmy:Ab:Ondl.baaonble 71'eRiplm'WClllaioealol55awards the ethics of the profession. violent stories would not make the violence culture Kids spend tremendous amounts of time "!l Bart Andrus, director of studeat ments if lbcy'rc oo tiomcial aid." pouibility--dle C8ffllP rCICtcd wdl In fact, if anything, the miserable face of a tiller go away. Staff, honorable mention; hrvestiga- mention; Feature ~: Kds Dale, ,Ibis ye1t. 1D aw..da, sev media - television, computer games, music and activities, said that a bomb ~ is StudeGts should rq,on llllpiciou and the proccih·~ worked lllld 11...t Ill...... , io an ugly prison uniform as be: or she is led Dylan Kleold aod Eric Harris were not found comics. So long as these entertainment media a 5?.mething to take serioo.sly. activities to campu police. The code goodnc:11 it wu just a boai Hope- ti ve News Story/Series: Lexey booonble mmtion. c:nt ff9sb1¥ebeardmdt.dCali S wall, Da.;id Lawlor and Meri Bring·in Awardr. Adw:rtutment; fo,7na,t scbolanhips. I...ut year's edi- ha~uffed~froot~ajudgeshoulddeterkidsfrom collecting tapes of the sill o'clock news or clips of ag~randize bloody fists and blazing guns, the With the cv~nts of Colorado on blue phones are available to all stu- fully we don't relax too much · to ~ng a vtolent life that would land them io a crirnecolumns.Tbeylisteoedtorockgroupsthatput n,11spaper and the nightly news will do their ethical Re~ ~i, third place; Eiditorial: . Robert Taylor, first place. tor. .we, Swall, alJo has been hired ,rnc·si.lnilarp_laa:. , ... , . . , ... . . , aca&cllybeattokilliag TbeySJ)Cllta.ours~'6cleo to mirror the society and inform itofitsclf, They ..•~~~~:tfJJ;:J_,~:·:.:';~:toof~~~~~t~;"~7\lni.1)1ct;¥•01·a»~O;>"'ISl•~l' David 1, 1«.,MIDOrabilf·"1edlllit' ...... Ocir" . I ,~.g..~o,i ltii .-i~"*'mm d,f That IS DOI to &ay tbat lbc IJ!IICfia. doqa'I ~ .. pmc:;inwbich•ad\fmwy is tarnH!ef61in-1DUfSI " keep r:portiog the death£ of innocent' tlds' -'. . .. ~ · - · I - ,1_,,- ·'l. ,·!··•,• .. , ~· •.. ,., -_.·i, ...... • - . ..,,'. .:; .- Critical : Rn.iew: Au4rey:.Oa, ,'.$bMleli• Awwds •the' Keri· Press-~ ~ ~: ::. : ;.:~ er . • . I. •· J"'.", -. . cooscioosness of violence. But tbal doeln't ~ to of~ wilhoot c:oosequeaces. Their ~ntertaiomenl ki who were so out of the mainstream that they be~asabadthiog. Wbilethe~kinginlo al e\'lf)' tum - aod tbll of -y other young probably co'Jldn' t recognize a TEC 9 semiautomatic cartoonumebyaLosAngelesne~Slallootosbow mwdeaas - pu13 a ,exy, powuful and totally or a nail-stu.led pipe bomb if their lives depended on li Does the ve coverage of a man who shot himself was w,ong. unrealiJtic spin oa death and its agents. It is no it. thought of going_to Cal State Essence of prime time television lost to boring, pointless sitcoms BY DAVID LAWLOR the junk on TV today. There was . don'ttrytopushTimAllenonme=aTV's make you Editor in Chief "Roseanne," in its heyday, "Family new messiah. Thank you, God, for Ties," "Growing PaiJI•" iuJti a slew o( getting rid of him and bis 181De program. nervous? Jmy' s gone amt so is Bill. or at least be other shows that ,nay have been trite, but OK, we get it, he barks and he fixes stuff. shoulcl be, aod nobody seems to toow at least were entertaining aod suitabk for Yeah ic was funny, about five years ago. anyone's name 1Dymore. There's Will the whole family. Another tragedy of TV io the '90s - There were shows for the grown-ups magazine-news shows. What's ~you rather and Grxe and Dbanna aod Gteg and some fat, annoying guy who claims be' s too.~"° the kids were tucked away "Oaleline"onoow,like,12timesaweek.? the ting of Queens. Aud wh~ loves dramas lib "Hill Street Blues" aod the There's "48 Hours," "60 Min~" and jump c,ff a cllffJ Raymond? Not me. all-time classic ''Dallas," kept the folks oow, the new "60 Minutes II." I can ooly I'll admit it, I like ielevision. While I gluedtotbe..et TVwaseverytbingitwas hear about the Columbine rnassei::re so lake a leap this was growing up, my school nights were snpporied iO be; entertaioiog, funny aod many times on these shows before I just roatted by TV. After my siSlff and I IIIOII of all, wor..11 watching. So wbaa stop caring. And, as Seinfeld might ask, summer and get a • woold fiDisb our hoiDCWOd we'd sit in bappmed? What happened to the bia what's the deal with "Dateline's" stupid the livillg room and watch for an hour or lhrce networb (four counting Fox) that Timelioe segment anyway? Okay, Kane JAY MAUSER I THE RIP Jump on upper You don't so witb my mom JP.! ~- ,, Call it the '!IOI turned their quality prime time.J.i~upa slew Able, the wheel was invented aod equiv.tan to Imilly bondmg, b\lt as silly iolo prime time crap? cholera killed thousands. Whet year was cry-baby.rich kids and more humor. And. F'irstofall,TV'slostitsbigstars.The it: I200BC, l201 BCo~ 1202BC?Um, while they're not officially prime time division units by need to apply u it awy sound, I really enjoyed those timed spent with my family ill froo: ofthe "'Cheers'"TedDansonis gone. Weil !>e's can I vote for who cares? shows, I stiU watch "The Tonight Show" or bring your ther;o,butnowhe'son somchorribksbow But, I guess I shouldn't complain too aod "Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' tal Aobett T~ Jay Ma1111r Make the transition. Pfdo Edtor G,splwca Editor .... ol .. Work towards your 18117 JN;X; -. Cla»llllilf 11'1 PfH 2 Awwd ,'4ss#ellltff Phofo Ed/for Bachelor Degree. Tate Summer 11lil ._ ' 1 ,,_. • ~ -bl' :...ti,'~BC=~===-· ...... -&-Co.. ~ ..... Classes at Cal State...... __ _..,..,..... »-Al> .. _o..-- ltP,: 2 T t I~ ..,~._-.. r SlMi& a.ASSES ,J CSl.8 ...... - ... MY l!IRNG YOU CN STEP .. "'",_,_ OOSER lO GRADlW1CN ------"'-,...... _. t,;.;1 Or.. C.. -... -., se1ccce ..... WWW CP t I ta/e I I Tllo •• - .. . Morain, Juw; -~ Emit s.nct,ez, Ubenll T.wy.S•ldeis, CMrlM Brown, Com llJly ~-JCJII! •lcz, ~.nna car ..., Ooilil9N _. ... ca a • 8k,k)gy: "The school Show Rip. 11 I •tlllve; ...... p 7 S.wSP 1 "The security Ll,ei ill Siu :I 11 • i ~ Sciel IIC8: , don't n "Install metal cletecto(S, Kt4'7!'~: we hawl is good. I would ~ like more licJ !tit ,g, think it nee els improW could provide self· tJat, \' . '' _. ~- ·• :.... - . May7, 1999 FEATURES Page5 EKl'Ul~E~> lley7,1999 SPECIAL IIIGu scuooL JOURNALISM DAY COVERAGE Acclaimed '10-1 O' numbers offer discounts, but read the fine print ~~:r~~~~~~~~--, poet will BY MELISSA DABRUSHMAN ences with dial·arouod COOlpanies. I0-10-81 I. Vance's "Dimclioc" staff writer The study showed a signific.int lack Students earn Rip service. t,oas1s 5 cent calls any time of awareness of restrictions pertain within California, but has a mini read work Not too long ago, a person could ing to dial-around numbers. mum of t 5 cen1s per call. ~ nab 'crooks' in demo IIllle • long distance telephone call Some dial-around companies In a recent study by the Federal ialld only need to dial 11 numbers, make eye-catching claims for low Communications Commission, the news awards at college one, an area code and then the num· cost Jong dislaJI{~ that applies to dial-around marke1 is doing rather BY MELISSA V..VAl..A Tehachapi High School 1 bcr, relatively few calls. well with an estimated $3-billioo-a &lilor's Now: &unfwl,d C~e's rttelll Hitll Scl,ool ./ofu'· · BY MERI RENEE LOPEZ But today, radio slations and tele· The study also showed 48 pe&ta,t year-business in the Ullited States. wlis- O., llllnlCUd uaderas fr- tlu,,,,,,w,u Kn11 ColUIIJ wlw '. The sound of baa ling police Special to The Rip vision co111111CTCials arc heavily pro of the consumers who have tried Total ad spending for Telecom W tlu el,,uue to Int tJuir wrilils1 aNI plwto slcills o,r detMIJi,u,. moting I 0-10 numbers that promise these services did DOI receive any USA's 10-10-321 alooetopped$119 dogs responding to their han Tiu Rif, is~ tlu WUIIIUII eltlries ill tlu o,r-the-spot co,,rprti· A recently elected cb=llor savings oo long distance calls and significant savings. million last year, according to a re dlen' CI.-IMIPOOS Ting through tioll, .io., witl, tlu list of Jtllik,w bek,w wlw wo,r in rilMr tlu . of the Academy of American Po pressure consumers to use the num "I tried a I 0-10 numbet 00<:c ~ cent article in The Los Angeles the camp• of BakrnficJd Col ..a..;,, or o•-llu-spot coausts as j"'11ed by Tiu Baunjwld Cali· . lege It a receot dei1-ll!Slnlioo ets will come to Bakersfield Col· bers at every opportunity. said Lili Kuhjmak, a BC studeot.: I Times. jDnfMIII d4/f. lege May 10 for a reading of bcr "I couldn't care less," said Hank don't remember which one, bot I ''There's been a lot of money displayed by the Bakersfield poetry, essays and translations. Fuentes, a Bakersfield College math didn't save a lot on my bill." . tbrov.'D at advertising, ,.ad the busi Police Depauroeu1 K-9 unit Mail· in categories: Heather McHugh, 50, a cel major. "I use a calling card. 1bat's MCI's dial-around service, 10. ness is growing at a wild clip," said Establisbcd in 1988, 1be K- News Story ebrated poet and U11iversity of what I've always used and will al 1(1..321, advertises• SO pt:iCCut dis Fred Voit, a senior analyst fll£ oon 9 unit began with foor Geiman First Denise HCIIOD, West; second: Jill Humphrey, BHS; third:. count on long distance calla, bw 'lilly sJ,epbad police dogs and DOW Washington English faculty ways use." sumcr communications at Yutee with AT&T web coluanist Jim Samantha Saalfiekl., BHS; booorab!~ mentions: Aaron Whitfield, Foot- . member, is traveling her way Nevenhcless, "I 0-1 ff' numbers, if the call is at least JO minutes tong - W-dliam Kennard said in the consists of six teams aloDg bill· Kristina Briak. FOOlhill; Christina Conez, Group, a Boston-based nesearch article. "Comumers want to make Brock that consumrn reed all ads around the nation promoting her also known as dial-around numbers, Wi.th 10-10-321, iflbecall is~ witb coordinator Sgt. Glen ~;Rohen Hack.ins, East; and Cory Walker,· firm, in The TllllCS story. illfubkd •:hens They WUlt full iD carefully before using •Y 10-10 arc pretty popular today. than 10 minutes, it is billed at MCI's O.,u-teis. O.w.teis was joined won. Voit also told The Time9 that • fo111MlQl, wl if lbe dial - around number. Tehachapi. She will According to Telecom USA, the basic rate. by K-9 unit members Kevin Feature Photo recent survey found 11 percca of ' • d • • ¥:\C provide this infurma She ldvued that •01 n IDllke present a dial-around consumer population bas WorldxCbange Cm!i101-1tioos' Hock and David Cox in bring F11$1: Tl.ID Halberg, Tehachapi; second: Julie· U.S. households had used • clw sue that the O •tlj&IJ' dley w fully reading of increased by 40 pen:ent in the past "Talk Cents Plan," 10-10-.502 tiaa. - will *'P in to protect OOII- ing the p, • ..utioo to B-aters Barrios, BHS; third: Dana Garcia, East; honor·; •we are lUOOD •· ~,, .. "She's a teacher-, she's also a .,. · · ·· 3,4, is a d ,... ~-111'iQa ~ filllM' '111'1,,:, I · .t·•.i• andTocV'·--''-"""·"·ta.crna.t,. r..a.s . • •"•• ' . . . Sbe'i. ....:t::;1 :••'liMII• ~-:-1:dltortal...ye,.~--·•-, . . . ' . . .. ··ic~-:i:.•,,, translator, she's an essayist;·~ · ' · 11t BC. She is an _. tbewa,·&t'lle . t •Titf are.-J disaactioaat.aid - scholar," Tepfer said. "We're jmtia:. um,lff,d in c:ampas activi- llllllnl~ ,·.· Cox. First: Merideth Hartsell, Centennial; second: Cory Walker,·. Iuckytohave~ofherstat- ties, o,pnizing lhe Spring Ptiag "I'~ ::;.,t w af those Uec '1 rt The.clop, whicllomaefna Tehachapi; third; Jana Christenson, Centennial; honorable mentions::: ure here because she really is one festivities last mootb gins, buaay-tiaing types. ••. Ga I j, me llaiucd for IWD Ch.-istian Flores, East; Julie Barrios, BHS; Deepa Manohara, BHS; of the most important younger Effll tbougt, she does DOC offi llid. "But I clo bdie,e tbll dlr:re is mont!is .tkrtheit-mml in the Xochitl Garcia, Arvin; and Dennis Anderson, East. ·· poets today. cially take office till June I, she al a way for iM!-4ij, t,,, I 'tj, 1lad Uoilcd Slllles. One moudl is Genenll Excellence "Her poetry is energetic and ready bu a weahh of ideas for BC. the anin -a h • to all ooex:ist " · focused OD W..obC8 and the First: The Blue and White, Bakersfield High School; second: The electrical ... ifs the kind of po Among her pins is a "w ,tty She r...... atly dce•ttd la bmial ocher is foe I I i d Oil ohedieoce Bear Facts, Arvin High School; third: Toe Warrior, Tehachapi High, etry that will wake you up and open microphc,oe" during lbe DOOII plot to the f.imily of • fdJow .. Once the dog is on daty. han School; honorable mentions: The Hawk-Eye, Centennial High School; , are ID fa{ move you." bow illtbe CNnpas Ceoret fur an deal 'Mio died ia m _., m)I • f 1 dlers cq.ectcd lnili and The Kemal. East Bakersfield High School. ' McHugb began writing when nonncem rs Siie his p)adned m OD-,ulai·oo a minimum of 20 boon a On-the-spot "Ill.inners: monlh. she was a child and started pub She uso would lite ro llee ..--,_...... *"" for1be -.....·, ... News Story : lishing in major magazines when dent parting lob ,am{-,. well "We'U be placui, doution '"Dogs - • lot lie chil First Melissa Zavala, tcbachapi; second: Mary (:hang, BHS; third: ' she was in college. as more boob ill die litnry. 1-» painb ...... the_,.,... fiir ... dm1,n said CoL '1f you don't • Sa:nantha Saalfield, BHS; honorable mentions: Bemadenr. Moen,'· She received her bachelor's dition, Mitrhdl -1d lib to ir,c deata to ptlt eYeD juat pocket allOO.'e and IJniClice rulrs, they Tehachapi; Leise) Bogan, BHS; Ashley Van Ostrand, Tehachapi; try to get around Richard Jaquez of Bakersfield High Schoo! won_ first pl~ce i~ the on~the-spot news degree at Harvard University and more ~ Oil Cl I\ ii for • t tp,,. ~ nphiDed cheat and Natalia Gutierrez, Arvin: Jeremy kue, Tehachapi; and Lisa Kalish, '. finished her graduate studies in students. "I'd Im to nile mu p ior It them." photo eotttesl for his photo of Sgt. Glen Grunders tra:n1ng with a BPD camne. West ; English literature at Denver Uni ,.d lib to do IOllldlri1c moa: kalt two years of xD 9t b{dae See Students, Page 8 · venity. the cost of boob in the ltildcnt 1iiDe be is old CDIJIIIII, for it." Her IDOs"I recent wort entitled store if poss11,le," Mitchell :om- Miri•hdl lads a busy life, be ''Hinge and Sign: Poems 1968- .. mcntcd. hlc I colJegc St"fl nl, ID AS8C of· 1993," was a National Book BartADdnis, dector-of 11H4mt ficer aod illvohed in eavb1&1 I'll Awald Finalist in 1994 and was activities, said Mitchell it. '1.igh talinnes 'PJs' offers great foamation, few jokes ., on the New Yort Tunes best book energy pelS()D wi1b I Jot of good At hoQle the is • wife ind .• list for the same ye.v. In I 984 she ideas. Jt will be lmd to slow la mot!11e1- of dltte, 1t1111in. 18, Bdt ing easily get old rather quickly. In ad coalition of African Americans as.' BY ISMC CHILDRES l'rojccts, for which be is the was appointed the Milliman Dis· down." is, aad'fyrus.12. '"illaube'i well as Project Islamic H.O.P.E., ." UIIIJ', B.lker8field High School building's superintendent as well. ditie>n, so can their voices. 1be way tinguisbcd Writer-in· Residence at Sean~ the cuueut ASBC POt It ldiool she is spc:n *.. lime The series' pmniere was a basic a lot of characters spoke got raiher which criticized Mwphy for helping,'. the University of Washin!(ton, to create a comedy that insults Afri- .' president, is plc,1< ~ with Mitdlell wilb ber fan.ily. She 11111 a. - With unsophisticated verbal introducii.on to the characters of this annoying by the end. One man talks where she currently lives pan of being elected u bis· replace mart. bmd, 1...,...., enjoy WUUli OllCID building and Stubb' s influence on a wilb a raspy electronic voice box, for can-Americans. : the year with her husband in Se jobs, silly puns and the cb,,actcrs "I think she'll do a great job, " b a rhs. bemg pre- small boy in the building after be is insta!!ce. While initially humorous, The main .edeeming quality of.' attle. Miller said. "A.Id of coane, I IO'l'e ...,. .-. domi- canght ditching school . it quickly became a nuisance. the series is the astounding anima- · Her works include translations "She's got a lot of dediation One of the main proi>lems with The other reason this show's hu lion. Developed by Will Vinton, the of German, French and Bulgar- pmc.··-- 1 this was that the basic plot, while be mor just does not cu1 ;1 is the fact creator of the "'California Raisins,".' •' :;p~c~ ian poetry, an essay book and sev- tf- this clajillation fearures the process· •~ cal111order ing a dominant element in the e;,i that it pokes fun at m!.n01ities and the eral poetry books, which bave re- to derive sode, provided !iule true humor. A lot poverty of the ghetto. A 5em$ such of foamation. .' ceived various awards. She bas Although relatively expensive- , langhs, the new Fo:t series, " of th[, best humor, which only brings as "The Simpsom" can do this with collaborated on a translation of ~ each show costs about $1 million to,~ PJ's," featuring the voice of Eddie a slight smirk. to begin with, is de enough sophistication and diversity Blaga Dimitrov•, a Bulgarian make - the series provides a very.' Mnrpby, who is also the e~ecut:J._ve rived from the random siruations tha1 that it docs not pose a problem, but poet, withherhasband. McHugb Farewell Spacecadet set themselves apart from local scene smooth and realistic picrure. It is just · pro,t,,. er of the seri~. can be easily surround the plot the show's lack of sophistication and also completed a translated ver The characters of the series diversity does just that. It is con pleasing to watch, despite the lack : IQllVlJed up as not tha1 fwlDy. sion of Euripides' Cyclopes, Toe music weaves itself around meeting and playing toge1:ier in stantly making jokes of the African of humor. The animation still does. This •n!maled series follows the present a problem as well. Although wl:i,h will appear in a new Ox ·the room, woven note by DOie to be former high school bands. not make up for the show's troubling life al Thurgood Stubbs, who ~ves diverse, their main source of humor Americans who are ever-present in ford series of the classics. come a tapestry of sound that begins 1be Spacecadets bave the feel of deriyes from the problems in the the poor ghetto used as its setting. lack of humor. There are far better ' '1 think this will give students and ends noticeably only in its an Memo" band, a group that plays with bis wife and a straDge vanety of friends in the Hilton-Jacobs Hoos- building. These constant problem= This thought is backed by a loose things to do on a Tuesday night. a whole new idea of what poetry maker's mind. Over this place the darer and more musically intricate A police dog waits for handls!'s attadc command. can be," said Tepfer. "A lot of angst-filled compositions, bu! Ibey would never people think poetry is boring and sound of voi~ say that themselves. dull and don't understand it. that tell of beaJt - "I'm all about emo, I like emc, Wben she reads, the poems just break and regret, hut I think other bands that a.re em~ Campbell sets world racing goals come to life. n reaching out and would be offended if we called our Brenda Freaney, a Bakersfield holding ODto the selves emo," ::-a.id Thompson. BY CHRISTINE UNDERWOOD Olympics in Sydney, Anstralia, and Athens, Bill will create state parenting standard College F.ngtish professor as well listener, register· "! think we're a linJe more main Bakendleld Hi!jl School G.-=e in 2004. BY CAMIUE .CLOUTIER school; review and help them with mance when it could be quite possible as a member of the speaker's ing in those stream than most emo baods," ad . BY BRIANNA CHAMBERS California prclims last weekend. she · Rip staff writer tied for first in the high jump and moves OD to the Soutbcm Cal finals Fre.•bman Jerutifer Bell does a on Saturday. 'The bard won is pay lot for the Bakersfield College ing off. women·s track and field team. .. Jen (Bell) worlr.s really hard. Pell is a multi-dimensional ath Because of the variety of events site BC track team moves on to state finals lete and that bas made her a valu does, she is always the first to prac able member of the track team. tice and tbe last to leave." Kelley The Batorf r Id CoDrje tnct will be held in San fuDr:isco This v.:rsatility is one of the rea said. team flRd well• S.·4'wn May 14 and IS. sons women's track and field coach Track is DO( a new thwg for Bell. Calibnia Regnpl meet 10 Many Bamsfidd College She has btto doing ii for a long time. Pam Kelley encouraged Bell to com IDO'fe OD lo tlw= W om,.eti adllrles incl»ding Jeooifer Bell pete as a heptathlete. II involves the "! have been doing track since cl lion. Tbe S..·illn tt Califumia javelin, shot put, high jump, long emcnt.uy school, but I didn't be in the bqutbletr and Mike jump, I 00 meter hurdles. 200 meter come serious about it until high meet WM bckl Apil 23 • Re.xi.Ab in the blmmer 1hrow and 800 meters. school;' she said. Befsaea1 ld College•s memxial and discus will travel 10 ~ ...... Bell competed on March 30 and At Foodlill High School, she was ~IIIIL 1. 111r Slllle o w1,dil:jd.i 31 at lhe Southern California a high jumper and a hurdler. ""''"* in San Francisco. Hept.athlctc Competition, wb= she Tract has taught Bell something placed fourth. m<>re than just teamwon. and.re This lmisb ca, oed btt a trip to the spoosibility; bai. MOUt ~. 'ikll - .. - state championship meet in San is the youngest of two childreo. Her ----- ...... FI110ci.sc:o which will be held May sister, Jactic Bell. is a thrower on -~- 14 and 15. tbe tract team. '1 was proud because this was tbe "I lilr.e having my sister OD the tongbcst field of competition I've team because it has been fim. Track seen in five yr.ars," said Kelley. bas made us closer," Bell said The beptbathaloo is not tbe only Bell is not only arrack athlete but evcot Bell does. a soccer player as well. She was a In tbe Weslml State Conference forward and left halfback for the BC meet held on April 23, she competed women's soccer team this season. in the 100 meter hurdl~ long jump, Bell will rctwn for another year. high jump, 100 meter and 4 x 100 She plans loeain her associate's de· grec in liberal arts. then transfer to SEAN JOUES f THE RIP meter relay. She qualified for the Colby Lewis pitches at BC as from MajOr Leagues observing h~ performance. Soatbcm California prelims in four California State University, Bakers scouts the were of the five events. At the Southern field. Tennis squad has most successful season in years despite team turmoil BY RICHARD D. WHIPPLE differences. BC coach Rob she received from other teammates Coofemice clwnpioo 'Gades weat WU excdlcol coasidcrmg that we'te aod I S-3 overall. Rip staff writer Slaybaugh would not comment on stemming from a story the paper on to play in the SCalie semi-finals, local kids md just abilut every tea..,i .PC was led b>' team MVP Sbm the incident and BC athletic director published. Beseothal could not be where Ibey lost to Qrolo.smoot S-0. we pL~ in tbe playoffs hid a b non Bates, who was a fint team l\ll o~erwise prosperous season Jan Sruebbe could not be reached for reached for conunent. Despite the defeat and the COIIITO cign inllumc:e." be said. '1t lllw.l}'S WSC all·league. Olber BC first team for tbe Bakersfield College women's comment on Wednesday. Moreover, due 10 lhe incidenr, vers y surrouodinJ the team, make,. tbcm a little tougher because WSC all-league honoree$ were An tennis team was tainted when a According to a report inThe SiJybaugh pulled his ream from tl,e Slaybaugh praised his squad. it allow:: their local kids to go play gela Garibaldo, Cassie Pedrin, 'Gades tennis player stepped down Bakersfield Californian, Dianna Ojai Tournament. But after meeting MWc were one of the top four oown aad gets !Lem more even." Annette Shepard and Stephanie · from the t.:am due to i.nccoocilablc Bcsenlhal quit due to treatment that with Stucbbc, the Western State teams in Soutban California. which BC fioisbe4 12-1 in conference Muir. Grace Van Dyke Bird Traffic School on the Internet PAGER N WATER GOURMET Library Hours _._, Top left: Long jumper + Instant activation Kadel! Washington of Santa Moooa·--111 · y ,,·,,-,,-.g,ltt~1ticket.coil1 • Lowest price guarantee .. • Life Sw."' 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AmctiC2n D Rubes By Leigh Ruben STUDENTS: Day r-..~~::a~=~~.;.------, recognizes talent throughout Kern • Continaed from hie s Church presents scholarship to BC NewsPtwto Members of St. Andrew's Urultd Methodist Church presented a First: Richard Jaquez, BHS; second: Julie Bani~. donation to Bakersfield College last week in memory of a local woman BHS; third: Jared Allegranz.a; Highland; honorable men who fought for the rights of Japanese Americans during World War II. • • tions: Joe Bohannon, Centennial; Tim Halberg, Emma Buckmaster, a Kem County teacher, was a vocal opponent • Tch:M.:hapi; Sonny Bascoo, Ridgeview; and Georgianna of the internment of Japanese Americans in detention camps during Bowersox, BHS. She helped the war. many local Japanese families cooceal their penooal • property from government confiscation, sometimes storing items at • Brtng..fn Feeture Photo . St. Andrew's Church. • rim: Evan Hinojos, Highland; second: Marganta In memory of Buckmaster, the church is eodowing a scholarship • Gamez, Arvin; third: Jeremy Rue, Tehachapi; and hon fuod with a $10,000 gift to the Bakersfield College Foundation. ·- orable mention: Tun Halberg, Tehachapi. • Members of the churth presented a check to Pat Shaffer, exeaitive Feature Story director of the BC Foundation, last Friday in the president's offi~ at First: Christine Underwood, BHS; second: Gabe B.C. • Smith: BHS; third: DanieUe Cox, Ridgeview; honorable Toe Rev. Charles Woodworth of St. Andrew's cb111d1 said the annual mentions: Jennifer Friar, BHS; Amanda Flores, West; Jill scholarships wiU be targeted at students with a B or better average Humphrey, BHS; Nadine Elsibai, BHS; Samantha • who ace working i.heir way through college. Saalfield, BHS; and Roopa Raman, Highland. • Crfttcal Review Cheerleaders plan wet T-shirt event • First: Isaac Childres, BHS; second: Jennifer Klons.ky, BC cboerleaden are planning to bold a wet T-shirt car wash Saturday, : BHS; third: Kimberly Duncan, BHS; honorable mentions: June 5 at the Fastrip on the C-Omer of Mt Vemoo aod University Avenue. • Andrew Wonderly, Centennial; Jennifer Hatfield, West; The car wash will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dawn McManus, Centennial; Elizabeth Pluta. East; Tickets can be purcilased in CC4. Presale tickets are $3 or a larger : Natalia Dominguez. West; and ~lie Kriesch. East. donation and $4 on the day of the wash. • • Editorial • First: Camille Cloutier, BHS; Raye Orizaga, • Ridgeview; Natalia Dominquez. West; honorable rnen Pops concert to be held May 20 • tioos: Dcepa Manohara, BHS; Aa Garcera. BHS; Cbrista ·: Bakersfield CoUcge's Music' Department will present its annual : Leonard deepea ately cllngs to the high point of his life. Edwards, East; Jennifer Klonsky. BHS; Kimberly aod Other Things" concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Y..ay 20, in the • "Pops Duncan, BHS; and Ty Hardin, We,t. Indoor Theater. • 1be combined BC Orcbt-.stra and the Wmd Ensemble, under the : direction of Robert Martinez. will perform popular music by composas • talked to one of the witnesses who Police investigate John William~ Duke Ellington, Bach and otbe~. Also featured will be • bad not.iced the student was taking SITCOM: premiere performances of compositions by BC student composers • too much medication. Police then stolen parking pennits James Sproul and John Barker. • found the 24-year-old near th~ Tickets are $5 general admission and $3 for students and senior : Two Bakersfield College staff No funny Administra.tion Building. parting permits have been reported citizens. Children 12 and under are adulitted free. Call the BC 1kket • The man walked up to the pattol Office, 39S-4326, for information. • stolen to ClWlpUS poll~ since April • vehicle and told officers that the 30. TV shows other students were telling him not BY SEAN JONES The first permit was reported to tue too much medication, since Continued from Page 3 'Everyman' continues this weekend Rip staff photographef stolen from a staff member's desk he might pull somr:d>iog sirnilar to • in the agriMturc aica. Whatever it is, I feel almost of ''The Summoning of Everyman" cootioues today throagh Sunday, • what happened in Litdctoo. The~ permit was stolen fended when I sit through an epi as well as next weekend. May 13, 14 aod 1S. The play takes pbce oDder • Student suspended The ht.came again, student irate out of a stAff member's car, which sode of "Friends" aoo I'm sub the stm. iD front of the Indoor Theater. It will be a unique mtapretalioo • cursing at campus police. He said after angry outburst wu parked in front of Levinson jected to a plotline consisting of of the medieval play. Ticbt prices are $6 and $4 and ~ available in • he had just finished tailing to lull. .Palice reports ~., .the. theft Joey obsessing about a ~ 1be ticbt office. : - A 24-Jelt·-Old ltlldent was be Fannakis aad di4tt't ctre OCCWTed between l and ,:30 p.m. sandwich and Rachel msmg· a suspended indefinitely aftei: he anymo~. • on April 26 . message off of Ross' answerin1 • cursed at a campus pol.ice officer and He backed away from the pairol machine. Wba.t?lbis is television? • ocher BC students, according to Dr . • vehicle and gotiDto a fighting moa-. Wbrdcva- bappeocd toJeny and • Lou Fannatis, dean of students . challenging a campus potir.e ~- Staffer reports wallet . Oeotge being mi0km u PY lov • The suspended student and other The officer suggested going 1*:k • stolen in SAM building ers by a college newspaper reporter students were in the cafeteria inside the building and talking to the or Ted Dansoa aod Shelly Long • discussing the Little-ton, Cole . 1eao. The man then nm inside the A BC employee reported to drawing each ocber into a hilarious • scbool shooting incident OD April Admi.niatrati.on Building dlroogb the campus police that bis wallet had • slap6gbt7 • 28 when ooc of the 'ltUdeots noticed glass doon on tht SOlltb side. been stolen from.the costume shop Whatever happened to Bill the '.24.year-old wu taking what According to lepor1S. the 24-year in the Speech. Arts and Music Cosby telling his son Theo about • seemed to be too much of his old became angry again inside the Building. • the facts of life or e,,en Al Bundy • prcacribed medication. beildiug and would not listen to Police reports say the employee sliding his hand down the front of • Wbcn the otber studeuta took campus police or IIJlyooe else. put his fanny-pad: OD a desk inside bis pants? I don't want whiney • notice, the 24-year-old became He after • then calmed down a few the shop at around 2 p.m. on April yuppies stressing over meatball • angry. moments in the dean's office. 30. He noticed his wallet was sandwiches and drinking coffee at • He scteamed at a student, "I'm He was taken to bis vehicle by mis.sing at 7 p.m. a hip java bar. 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Features, pa~ 3 Sports, page 5 THE Vol. 70 No. 10 Bakersfield College May 14, 1999 BC wants Right, Kem County Fire Captain Greg 'real' cops, Black, left, is assisted by Upin Cadet Cody Wright as they survey says extinguish an attic fire. _ BY ALEC ORRELL Below, cadets Rip staff writer observe the behavior of the After more then a year of research, the Bakersfield College fire as the last Security Task Force will soon make its recommendation to Presi dent Dr. Sandra Semmo regarding the future of lhe campus po flames bum lice. out. A smvey of studeDIB and staff finds they want sworn peace MICHAEL 0. ROSS I THE RIP officers, accordin1 to Brian Jean, a task force member. Jeao, a math profesaor, and his statistics class questioned l, 120 students and 240 employees tut fall in a rancic,m sampling to determine • the feelings of the cam.>US· Among the survey questions was whether respondents wanted police officers or security guards and w~tber the officers should carry JU'll. Campus police are not allowed to carry guns nQW. "You loot at the students, and over 63 percent of the students said they pR:femd that security personnel be police officers," said Jean. '"Wben you look ai tbe empJoyee response, it is differ ent from the students', but it is proportionately very close ... of faculty, 67.8 pcroent want police officers. That's much in apee JDl')Ol" The tut force will come to an agreement and make a written recommendation to Se:moo, who will then advise the Kem Com munity CollC!e District Board of Tl ustees in making a final de cision. The wit force bas looked at concerns about the sarety of stu See SURVEYt page 6 Faculty criticize ,._ .cheer squad. for .-:,_ ·wet T-shirt event '· . ·_- -~ ~--.". ~ ·t.t;;_ BY MELISSA OABRUSHMAN Rip std. wrillr Baktnfield ColJeae's cheer team bu done ii all- topless · events, wet T- shirt (:81' washes, and now- nude house clean ing? ..Actually, we plan to simply provide spring cleaning for a fee, no nudity," said BC cheerleader Jenny Hatzman. Al1hoagb it seems like the cheer team bas done it all and then BC Fire Academy Cadets were led into the building According to Captain Jerry and control bum nearl>y grass and some, it's only the catchy advertising gimmicks they use which by instructors in groups of three Gambill, academy coordinator and sagebrush to prevent the fire from ar! naughty. practices burning squads witll approxirnetely four ca captain with the Bakersfield Fire De spreading. The house was stripped "For tbc topless car wash we recently did, we were fully .' - . dets in ~b squad. Inside, one squad partment, the cadets were exposed to of all carpet. plastic, wall cover clotbcd, but the catch was that we only washed the bottom of the the house down. was responsible for fire attack. an approximately 400 to 500 degree ings and other hydrocarbon re~ CJtC," said cbeerler ~er Kaycee Martin. ''There was an extra charge other for backup eod the last for ven ten;peratwes inside the building. ing materials, since hydrocarbons to set the enme car washed." BY MICHAEL D. ROSS tilation. ADolher squad was posi· To protect themselves from the have been linked to c..mcer. But even tbougb the only ''bad" thing the cbeer team is doing Manag!ng Editor tioned outside for additional ventila beat, cadets and instructors wore self In addition to Saturday's prepa· lies within the calehy advertising, some BC faculty membe~ ·r tion if necessary. The two remaining contained breathing apparatuses, ration, Gambill said reJeases bad disa,ree wilb the cbee:rteader's latest advertising gimmick, a "wet hen the Bakersfield Col groups woo Id rest and cool off befort turnout coats and pants, helmets, to be obtained from the Air Qual T-Qltl1 car wash," wbl:re the cheerleaders will in fact be using iege Fm Academy cad=ts roeatiog back in steel-toed and steel-shanked boots, ity Board and asbestos tests pre T-shirts to dean the cars, but they will remain dry. 11JC together, they do'1'l ~lrl.:, cribe, or planted stacb of gloves and flame ret.irdant hoods. formed. He said t!le academy bad '1 don't agree with the way the cheerleaders advertised this "'just br:iDg the bouse dcwn, they~ wood with paper and tindlir,g were After each demonstration, the ca been working on procuring and car wub." sai1 Joyce Kint, learning disability coordinator and ·~~ . itdowll. ignited in comers of a room to &bow dets and instructors put out the fire preparing the building for burning High Tech Center specialist. in response to lhe flier she received, . "- The ar..ademy did just that when cadets oow fire runa up a wall eod beforc the fire could reich flasho,·~. since January. Occidental Oil had announcing the car wash. "I was appalled when I heard about it . it met at 9 a.m. Sunday at an aban rolls across the cciliDg. when aU combwtibles in the room wanted to demolish~ b..iiding It's exploiting." doned house on the Occidental "Wbeo we ~ down on the floor ignite. After the la.st rotation, how and the academy needed a build Kirst is one of several faculty members who ha ,•e sent e-mails oilfield to observe a boose fire and level. we could Ke really well," said ever, the building was left ablaze and ing to bmn. back and forth on the matter for the past week. to give cadets a chance to practice Shawn White, academy leader. "You was bwnt to the ground. Garn~ ~d "It's a win-win situation," said "lf(tbe cheerleaders) want to advertise a car wash, that's per their firefighting st.ills. couldn't really stand up because the temperatures inside the hu1ldmg Gambill. "It benefits them (Occi· fectly fine," she said. "But they don't need to go with a sexually "You can have all the book work beat would push you b.lck down, but would reach more than 2,000 degrees dental Oil) because they don't explicit kind of implication in their adve:tising. Bakersfield Col· you want. but the real thing will if you did stand up, lben it was really during this stage. have to pay as much in trash fees. lege is an educational institution, and that was my issue with thb teach you all t:Mt and more in a ftac. hard to see. You could actually set: a To prepare for Sunday's demo'l Obviously ashes don't take up any whole car wash thing." tion of the time," said. Cadet Matt perfect layer of black smoke pushing stration, the academy met Saturday garbage space at all, so ii benefits Hetzma.n pointed out that catehy advertising is key to raising Wiggins. down." to bulldoze the area around the house both ofus." money for the squad. More than $7,000 is needed to cover trav eling expenses and uniforms for next year. See WET T..sBIRT, page 6 Poet Heather McHugh combines humor, life experiences during reading BY MERI RENEE LOPEZ ''When they walk down the street &aid, introducing her third reading ship ·.vilh her step-daughter. Special to The Rip in their shades together, they are the .. Past all understanding" by Ezra "I got a step-daughter ready made coolest duo I've seen. In their match Pound. with my husband. It saved me nine -The aroma of coffee wafted through ing shades," she said. "Epigrams is a writing at the top of months of labor and a few years of the air~ the Fueside Room was trans She i.otatwined bu life experieoces the piece of wort.; epitaph is at~ top fighting. She was beautiful, gor· formed into a faux coffee shop while between her poetry reading. She talttd of a piece of work, bul the piece of geously made so there was lots of love stodeots and teacben packed the room about her travels throughout the United work is the dead guy undergr_ound s_o trouble and I thought bow to be a good to listen to a reN1ing by poet Hcatbtt States, her Bulgarian husband and bis keep that in mind. and an epigram 1s st.ep-mocher, because I skipped all the 1.~cHugb Monday night. daughter, anagrams, love, sex, fame just a witty short little thing·" other stuff." About 100 people came to l.i.s1eD to and bc:r days iD ~ scllool. McHugb's founh reading was "an Bakersfield College scudeut Corey the poet read her worts. &g)ish ~ For her second poem. "The Size of imetb:tual sex poem." Smith commented on McHugb's fessor Dr. Kare.n Tepfer introduced Spokane." Mc Hugh llboved her balled She listed the tbrcc boO~ most sto style. Mcllugb. fisl and index fingt:r into the air in b len from libraries before her poem. ..It ~ JOOd. She's pretty funny. Mcffugb, who is traveling through race chop movements. Her sharp ges 4'bere's a lime ~ti fact among It wu wormwhile... Aid Smith, an ~omia promotin& her latest book. nfts comp!e.meulcd bet voice. She el.so hl:nrians thar the three t)oOks most sto F.aglisb major... It wu good to bear "Hinge aod Sign: Poems 1968-1994," gave funny IDtecdotes rcl.atiq to btt len from public librarieS ar~ '-The someooc msb. ~ rernartrrl on her vi!ioo of 8-emldd. poetry that left the audience clmciling G .E.D. cram tr~" '1'he f'roPbtcies Student Carrie Wight c ... press,ed "I've oevCI" been to BatcnfieJd ... often. of Noibdamus" aod "{be Joy of Sex." her ~ in McHog.b 's poetry, but ad I love it. .. abe said. 1 mew it was "1 have this aoal bug ... it's the clOld rm 80( ue what tha means but it does COO>me:oled Oil till: naiare of bcr wort. going to be lbe Buffalo of Califomi.a.." grammarim in me or sc..11t1laxaa.1'bn m,:aa I mate my ieX poer.1s more in '1 litc:d it ... bul IOlne of ii was a Mcffugb began her first fQ . Student • Menacing Eating disorders prevalent among young women blasts Rip . movie toys Specialist warns that center around her body ,d J,c'"dl'iseJ that a good tbera haunt country weight. Psychologically, theS¢_1' ,,. · "'""J'- rela1ives, and self- help editor in chief: anorexia, bulimia tients suffer intense depression, group_, c-an JI! a,J in helping victims Something seemingly omilJOIIS sbame, guilt. lllld mood swings," she of ea11ng Ji,or.Jers. Dear Mr. Lawlor, is lw:king ll'OU!ld every rom«. I can prove deadly. said. . "This disease is especially alarm How old are you? Ne you under 257 , can't quite put my finger OD it, but Bulimia is~by rec_ur rng becau,e Anorexia can be fatal," Usceo, you so-called editor in chief, I t I can almost feel it breathing down BY MELISSA DABRUSHMAN. riug periods of binge eanog. ~unng ~ndges said. "People need to reaJ. just hale reading retarded articles about I my neck. It seems to be a "Phan· Rip staff writer which a large number of calones are izc •hat this is not just a 'fad' that "richard" -shaped tom Menace" coo.swned. Frequendy, die binge$ are can be outgrown. It's a serious mat· monoliths and why sort. ter:1 College cheerleaders advertise Letter to of some This is an illness like DO other. fol.lowed by purging through self - ieltvision sucks. l'mj Frankly This nega· For lbOIC suffering from an eat· induced vomiting, abuse of laxa· This is true of popular singer wet T-shirt car wash in hopes th Edit jUlt surprised at ~, ·.. ·~ ~ . e or tive energy is ing disorder, primarily uorexia lives, or periods of fasting. Karen CaI]Jfmer. Her death at ll8C 32 •' .'. '! • fact you l'l)'S actually , Speaking most certai.nly oem>1a or bnlimi•. daily habits CAD "'Ibese diseHes are really self· was a,tribu,ed to bean f'liture fol· of attracting customers. woo awanh for Ibis 8.S. that serves as a , iup,)Olible for be deattuctiW:. induced," Bridges said. MUnlike lowing her eight -ye.u- battle with an· good waste of int and paper. : the trailer pa "Ninety pe.ceol of eating disor other sicknesses, the victims make orex,a. BY NICHOLE PEl~RY The IUSOII why TV liUCb is •cause we ! exfolialioD that ch:r cue, lo Ibis netiOD are lbose of tbmselvcs believe that eatiog is bad . "There are at least eigb" million Rip staff writer dumbass viewers replace them h111tO : t bu been Soil!& wolDell, but male cues arc being and are conviriced that the binge/ vic,,ms in this countl)' alone, and of sitcom., lib "Funily Matttts" and "Full . down in the reported witb ever-i.Dcreasing fre. purge cycle is the only '.v:iy out be· the:,e, six percent die," Bridges said. Se~ sells. It's a plain and simple pan of life. Allude to Houte" with "sboc:kumeotaries" ("Real : Midwest. Tona said CheriAnn Bridges, a sides starving themselves to a Unfonunately, there is no direct tit~ and ass and there is moocy to be made. So what betla' TV," "Worid'1 Sarir.st Polic:e Oese,," 81 : quency," of people have Psychologist with Kern Psychologi 11obole." way to cure it. The most effective way to make a profit off of being a woman than to sell 7 Cmb'll 11wndays on FOX!) and '1'he i been tocked cal Services beff in Bakttsfield. "My mother suff«ed from Ill eat· recovery route is therapy. There are you~ talent at face value? Jerry Spri111er Show," which is on i out of tbeir 10 iog disordet," said Holly Gruaa', a many different kinds, including in The members of the Bakersfield CoUege cbcerteadin1 •irl:1ayaM4p.m.aadapinarlOp.m.oo: ''Wbta is diffemit about Ibis home, by an disoroer is 1hat it can't be caupt third-yCM BC student. "She was ~vidual therapy, group therapy, fun. squad, driven to earning DJVJTV... SI ; C. MAYDl fLt.Nas undisaiminat· euily.. . it'I alrnoet lie 111 'under· bulimic for most of 1995, when tba'e 1t_y therapy, or meetings widJ a dieti· their uniforms from the Quit ~ wbinin1 you link punk, lllld ; Rip Stat: Writer ins tornado. ,round diseue'. It's compulaiYe, al was that Kate Moss thin hd goiJli c,an to develop healthy eating hab I've always said sweat of their vecy own _,. l'uf ,._-fialb.. 111,ea read a boot or · Another ex moet lite akoholi~ yet DOC IeCOg· oo. She didn't evm admit she ?lad a its," she said. plucked and powered w itii.,. If )")Q have to watch lV. go women have two 11 emple of the poor man's pena~ Dizable emty 00," she said. ~ until after six mooths, when "This problem is not loo big in brows, have beson witch • :ittle Jerry, or some fine., they fueled by the pbutom malllee. Anoluianavou !s self-iudnc :ed she. was severely depresse . . ' shin car wuh. always twin to Uoivisioo, Oe-139,., ... ·- tom menace It's a good "lfH)III This can le8d to aboonnel weight ~ us llOlllld 11Jyway." the disorder here locally," she sai<:I. world: sex and But bold OD to yoor felbirin& ~ Gigante." the longest,~ you lee, beceme an«hln, elle CID loa. lllir loa, ddlydrttioo IDd ma). "She finally agreed to see my "There is a myth that this disorder is Buteuatocb llld picket deception. down to the male-oomiDaled society we live in IDd the nmninJ lV program oo the lirl Or bow,: cunning. When logic:llly or ocbea wue urWil doe DUtiiliou. tberapise in L.A. in 1996. Since then. really limited to teena~e girls, but ~ips. It's DO( 'il1lat it OK, so maybe it is buying in 10 the media hype of means to which w must~ The footti.11 te&m about Channel 49, good wholesome , actiom of tbeae spoiled a c. "It all lllnl when a pcnoD with mom bas led a oormal life ,nd her that isn't tnie. Men, women, people sex becomes seems. The squad may booty and boobie, but sometimes a wome.n has to do what does not have to earn mc.oey for its uoifcnos bec111se it Christian TV? k bu "Dobie Gillis!" What n It· IDfflted link bnls onlas you anorexic leNf11( iH tJevelops beliefs weight bas l'ffl>lined stable." of all ages .. , it is a scary thing." passe, there's be trying its hand at the a woman has to de. ~ eooagb funds each sea.son to more than cov~ their about PAX TV, Cllannel 61? It bu,1 leaded or saw footap of the vio an of sex in advertising, I can bear the letters to the editor now. As a female expenses. '"Touched by Ill Angel" and '1!.ighl is,: lence mmmjt doe U.S. paam:ut always ferrunine but in a round about writer, ii is my duty lo all WOIDlllkind lo stop the Instead, it is the spirited women wbo spmd 1beir time Enoup." If yoe love muac videos. dam,, recendy sponsored. 1bae pti'Ca deception. way. petpetuaUd role of male domi~ irl IIOciety. striving for athletic excelleoce only to be o,alooted in c'mon, tw in lo Oeaoet $2, "iMb,. nial wiae guys have deduced that Stude11t recounts battle with anorexia as she reconciles self-image We're not tailing And yes, I must admit, at first I toot immediate the ad!letic scope of things and pniled merely for the M4aica Tevel" featuring yoor favorite_:,c ~ is the DOt·,o.phml about rupples aoo sneak offense 10 this act of deceplioo and cunning But then I ability 10 WCM a short skirt lllld put a foot bdliod their artists lite Earique l&lesias, Marco )I tom meiw::e that is ttspwlllible for BY MERI RENEE LOPEZ my need to reach my deii.,ed gMI, night after dinner, I excused myself had focused my weight-loss goal on e;,;ercising and using diet pills 10 re peeks. This car wash involves using T-shirts 10 wash got lo thinking lllld reverted back to the age-old ~ head. Antonio Solis, Los Tigm del Norte lllld<.. America's disturbing trend to Special to The Rip which WUD'I a nwober on the regis· into the bathroom (which became my a new method: Dexalrim. I was dan· alize what exactly I had been doing away dirt and grime. I've always said wome11 have two even I subscribe to: Women sometimes have to use So yeah, I say more power to you. If it tabs the false much morel .~ wards violence. i wooder if tbeae tered scales, but a mental imqe of haven, where I would stare endlessly \ . gerously thin, weighing in at 93 to myself. Now, Ilook forward to rid gifts they bring into a man's world: sex and C111Uling. means otherwise wiacceptable. representation of titties to 6et some piggish dolts to come This is • recovering couch potato.~ ' guys saw ~Ill Love and Wair" e:! rm not - ""-it really hit me how lbio I sbould be. I bec:11111e fa· into the mirror looking for fat), stuck pounds. It became apparent that I ding myself of this and regaining When sex becomes pas st, there's always feminine When we get to the root of the problem. it does boil to a car wash, so be it -,in&. "You suclcr ; were then motivllled ID bead to .,, dllll I bad a p,:oblem. I do mow it netial about losing weight. I Slal1N my finger down my throat IDd threw was suffering from anorexia control of my life. While I thought KltCII Pe Pl S7 J Kosovo? Probably 1IOt. lt.N1ed It die -,e of 12.1 I"Aw-mba' tddingrigorouse:i.ercise tbatleftmc ·up. It was the most awful feeling in nervosa-tbe least common type of anorexia would give me control over I ·" ).-.. BCSI 1 t ~ I'm going to Id 1IO m, poillt w• ilina a movie on cMJle .ad lbint· winded lllld eating little. the world. As horrible as it is to throw eating disorder among females. my life and my body, I now realize re8ily SOOII, IO .,_ wilb me. The ill&, "Jf only I c:oald bl • lltilloy as Wben I did eat, it was in sectecy. up on your own, forcing yourself is My parents, worried that I was that I was the one being controlled. ffll1 phan!nm me, • re is Ille .twr ber.M QIIik iroaic rmaDy, cooaid- Sometime$ I would use little tricks a much more gruesome feeling. But putting my life in danger, sent me to Recognizing that one has a prob tising campeign dW will be at· erina thll at my -,e. I was barely S to make ii seem as if I was eating, I was proud of the fact that I rid an eating-disorde, specialist, but I lem and readily admitting it is only tacbed to our bnim for the aen fec(llllmd wzicbedoaly90p.'-i!wk suc.h aa pushing the food around OD myself of my dinner and continued aever saw my disorder as a problem. the first step. I can say now that I am Rip presents awards to BC headliners IS lighl ye91 tbnh to a ocm ix· ... ,..._ I bJbd • myd iD die my pble. I wvuld take a bite and splt t.o do this after most of my meals. When those around me would re- an anoreJ<.ic and seek help for my .....:,.::··;·,.:·;_·.-. :,. . ..-. :_ .· ... ·. :,_ -,. ; ,") : - .';.' ,_' .. . .:·; .. J!1~.· . ...: ..-:'.: ·) • . - ·, . ' : : : .'-~-'. ·J, lilllnolidwk ~~~ . -JllJ...1a'IJ~~,t-.,-~intomynapt:io,orhidebis- ., !_never ~iced _the coDDCCtion m:uk on my stalllre, l would gloat troubles, yet l find mys.elf counting b:owing dial my tricks wci-e work: ' calories in my head and obsessing As the last weeks of the Check the sceDNio: TruSlees cardll, Ibey ~ve up 10 30 free OJ(, this next one is. almost 0 11 ..IBNA~ ..... , ,ur'IUifi.lsa:,; ·" ', .·· ,.,,: a.lbililcndu1111lliy po-:ttj sol boliiceueatlllgandRdillgMatand academic school year come 10 a are standing oo the SO-yud line, ~- more em':larrassing than it is Aa a., ,-S I*'+ I l lO di'd cmld GM Ibem !ale *f ni&l,t widl tiled Ill the lime. My habits - as iog. 'lbe more people WCIC disturbed over eve,)'lhing I eat. close, we look back and reflect on they loolt to the east lllld from the With the average bomb call laughable. To the designers ofthe • 7 I I l!uI a Jlus ol-. DaCunJ 1o me as brusbiog my hair in by wiw I was doing, the bener I I still struggle with the demands another eventful year at steep embankment emerge clocking in at less than two new class catalogue we give the Oae at.aQOOO I happen IO Ne a lbe moming. All of thiB, and I was thought I Joohwf of having anorexia and urge anyone Bakersfield CoUege. fonoer BC football greats, a la minutes, that's enou&h for up to "Strike a Pose Awvd." At the Dlli-doct1Ucatay oo HBO ebout a only 14. Then I snepped into reality, real- whose e;,;periences sound similar to From bomb threats to teacher Shoeless Joe Jectsonin "Field of IS phony threats! And as if the beginnings of different sections young girt with ao eating dilJoldet. lo high sdlool, I sproured to my iziog that I was truly sick and suf- seek help. pro.tests to wet T-shirt car Drums."ulfyoureoovateit,they dee) wasn't sweet enough, they of the catalogue (English, That's when I tint took notice of a cumm height S'4" 8Dd was barely fain&. I noticed bow my mom and For more information about eat washes, the 1998-1999 school will~.» whisper !!w ghost- cao earn frequent flyer miles Communications, etc.) we find Aew mdbod to rid myself of food: breaking 100 pounds I had giftll up dad, btodc:r and friends and most of ing disorders. call the Eating Disor year proved to be as od~ a;,ci like figu=. Well, maybe they every time they use their calling that laughable, affable friend throwing up. It made perfect sense ''purging" my food iD plllce of an my boyfriend were aU worried ders Awareness and Prevention In· So11 :1,llil...... -pls .... 1111rnj ra"41t.. an unusual as will. cards, posing in various cornball to me. Nevermiod that the girl in the early morning gym cius, IDd cooc:aned about my health. It formation Linc at 1-800-931-2237. Staff any year at However, considering that Hey, phone iD enough threats positions. Who is this lovable In ..,.,-- you'l911t .. lDOII ~ .... '°..ti..,_ TV shc:M- bad suffaed a bean aitack; My lowest moment happened toot niDc years of starving myself, or Overeaters Anonymous at 872- goodol' BC. empty seats at Renegade home and maybe one day the character you uk7 Why it's l'IJII Ill V.'1 i.,gst l!DU ...br: · she was able to lose~ weight. One during my second year of coUeee; I binieiog and purging, obsessively 7528. Editorial Keeping games this year were eaaier to anonymous callers can board a everyone's favori~. foam-filled, .,. rac10 c • ro 1ss1 II11 _... ?F in tradition, find than Jewel concert tickets, flighllo someGod-awfulcounlly bean bag inspired mascot - the •111517 I I s:r.-.11repn 274f1w The Renegade Rip has bestowed you start to wonder why we like Lebanon or Pakistan and see Rene~ Kaigbt.. 7 •••••••••r~u~n ••••••••• dubious honors to those at BC ne=lledtoremodelaMplicaofthe how this bomb thing is really What's so great about this .,. ' ...... who made these past two Coliseum in oor own bact.yud. doue. thing? It reuutlea one of those FREE 'lbu CWt 9ft '-" IO IE;.000 • lh 2I WC boru,, I '!QI qJllilv, So, I Str~wberry Fields I semesters so memurable. Thus, The women's tennis team 1be "Vu ROlld Show Award," Lego chlnct.en that came along f\0.1'19bltu.•an te1911of 17-27-tllll 1 Ill 1.1•v Voice Mail & Caller 1.D. we proudly present the Rip euns the "Miss Congeniality is presented to the BC with the castle block sci more Ml toriri\mnrillb,padts1.cir~ Awards. Award." Afterbavingoneoftbeir cheerleading squad. Afttr than a school mr&:Ot. And check . lh8 Air Bloat 0IDa ; I ', Cream & Deli i To the retired ChanceUor Dr. best seasons in recent memory, announcing a ''wet T-shirt" car out page 177, the b(;ginning of the a..' . Bakersfield Cellular Jim young, we give the "Erectile the team decided to bow out wash. the girls recei 1·ed quite a mathematics secuoo. What is that : Vernon fat Niies) 871-3550 I Projectile Award" for the phallic disgracefully. reaction from the concerned pose supposed to mean? rock that sits in front of the 'Ibey managed to alienate the faculty members on campus. Uh, Apparently aootber math genius offers you... Campus Center lobby. star player Diana Beseuthal, 41, come now, pull your minds out of in the mating, • I EGULAR BLAST : Young was astute ~nough to tolhepoiotthatsbequittheteam theguttu. Finally, we won't spare New Digital Rate coaxdonationsofvariou~-~ru,.pe THE RENEGADE RrP David Lawlor Mqpd1y. May 24 Editor In Chief All sites OPEN! Food Cans CLOSED MlchHI D. RON JoN Torino Managing Edtor Sports Editor J'tcd•Y, May 25 Food Court a.mJp.m. & Carts CLOSED Robert Taylor Jay Mauatr Staff Dining Room OPEN Photo Editor Graphics Editor ' Panorama Grill OPEN until 6 p.m. Wonnero/11\t .,. 1997 JACC 'i DENTAL CHECK UP Ylllt .,.. ,..,,, Pacesener Award A::tancr~ 'i j CoAlil WI I I Wc;dt hLMaYUi Rap o.~: Ah :rasa Oabrtlshman, Krlst8n ! 816,sy IC Old9r Food Court a.m.lp.m., Staff Dining, Carts CLOSED The> R~..fly,,ld8 R.;;:, -11 P'"~ Hunter, Francis C. Ma,,,r, Paul Mitts, *One Dollar tplp;iW $ J Panorama Grill OPEN until 3 p.m. OyBC,oumai 118y 14, 1999 Pages Track and field goes ... Myers drives past the rest of the field to state Student becomes third BC golfer in 30 years to reach state playoffs. BY KRISTEN HUNTER Rip staff writer BY JOE SIMPSON The Bakersfield College traclr. Rip staff writer and field team will be well repre sented it is sending five women and Bakc:rsfield College boasts ooe of lbe state's best commu eighl men to the California Commu· nity college golfers. nity College Championships today Collin Mycn, 18, his ooly been golfing foe about six and a and Saturday at the City College of half years. In ibal sbort time be his excelJcd in the game. '1've been coecbing here for years, IDd he's ooe of the best . . b, San Francisco. 1bese athletes bad to fUlish in the I've 11.d," explained Bill Ne1soo, BC golf co.ch. top six field and events Myen played io the junior college rcgiooal conferalce two in dis~ or the top four in the nmmng events weeks ago. The matcb toot place at the llio Bravo Country last Saturday, May 8, at the SoCal Club. He shot a 76 to wrap up third place in the mau:h. regionals at Mt. San Ant~o College From tbele he wall l,l dw. Stale cbampioosbip Comfc:mice to At the regionals, the IDd wu ooly the \bird pt™- from BC in the past 30 years to qualify. SoCal women's team finished sixth with 55 do so. 1be SWe confen:nce toot place in Sacramento on Mon day. He shot a 79. 76 iD the meet. points while the men's team finished fourth with '1 hlld ID leave early so I duo 't mow exactly where I placed. 61 J/2. but I was wwbeie in the middle," Myers said. 1bcrc's aJ. Marnie Perry, thrower, had a nys oen year." fourth place finish in the discus with Myas is I fint-year studeiit here II BC. He hasn't declared 131-6 and the Ju.mmer with a I 40- ee ra on 11. She also placed sixth in the ~ I major ya. but be does tnow what be wants to do with his life put with 39-9 I /2 to qualify in all ~ gndulllion. three events. lbe top thrower for the '1 wmt to play professiooal golf," be said. ~ If not a pro. I'd lite to wort• the golf coarse, as• 1esideot i:-o." women was Amanda Harvey who 0,.,_, earned a third place finish in the shol,. For -· be worts • lbe Bakasfield Country Club clem Bo bll JOlf clubs 11111 helping oat in the~ shop, ROOERTTAYLOR I THE RIP put with 41-11 112. Tracy Wll.D& erta e was a double qualifier with a founb "My favorite coune so play no is the Valcaci.a Coonhy Oub," Freshman Collin Myers pai.i$6S on the first tee at the ~ersfield .Country Club. Mya-Aid. place firus.h in the l ,5u0-meters with a time of 4:54.93 and a fifth place he call for uni!)' never had way of preserving 1111ited forces finish in die 5,000 with a time of T such effect in the Mexican among a community, a natioo 18:43.25. Bowling also qualified fO£ hislo,y as ii did on Cinco de and a community that wants to the I0,000 earlier this month. Mayo in 1862 when a crowd of be looud at with ,cspcct. For the men's team it was Kevin natives al a great disadvantage, 10 The Battle of ~bla became a Carter, who came close to winning a the French military decided to fight true proof of the power of Softball team slides into state playoffs this weekend regional title with a second place fin. together and eventually defeat their joining together for the same ish in the 400-meter intermediate foreign invadC'rs. cause. hurdles with a time ofSl.29 seconds, Cinco de Mayo became a ft is not that defeating the BY BRIANNA CHAMBERS done," Guerra said. "We need to be .A . a personal best. Long Beach City's celebration which bears link French became more important Rip staff wril9f ielld'J fO£ the short game and worlr. - David Warren edged out Caner with significance for the Mellican than becoming an indepeodent bud." a time of 50.86 seconds. Also nation, but has great meaning for natioo, but the fact that the t.ttle This season bas been fiDcd with ad· qualifiug in the 400-meter intemie the C1J.icano and Mexican-Amcri· was fought against the strong, vcnity all year alollg with many un diate relay was Nick Ray, who fin· can community. The connoction is the rich and powerful and that timely iojuri= ished with a time of 53.41 seconds. strong because the Chicano the poor, unprepared. and greatly "We have had a lot of il10,•sses aDd The men's l ,600-meter relay team community, as well as the Mexi· disadvantaged managed victory. injuries. n.n bas only been a few of Nathan Higgins, .~i;k Ashley, games wbeo have had our original can-American community, have This year at Bakmfield ...1•. •· we Caner and Niclc Ray. ti11is""'1 foqrtb •. • .,!_ ... .,,...... : ... ~, ... u . . joint!d forces to gain imponance in College, Cinco de Mayo . ·- -.·. ;.. __ ';~ -~ ,.. . . . line-up," lllylor said. with a time of 3: 13.79 to qualify fO£ AmeriCM society. The Chicano celebrations reached an all-time BC's only pitcher, sophomore state. voice could only be heard when high as Campus Center became Himrs, brob, her thllillb Oil Map:h s Sophomore Mike Rexroth fin. hand by band, people gathered and host to a number of events after getting hit by • pill:h. isbed fifth in the hammer with a per· fought together for their rights. including folklorico dancing, "My lhmnb is lralivg m:I geuiDg soaal best of 165-1 I and tied for third 1be only difference between the mariachi music, gu<"st speakers beacr oow," HilYaS said. in the discus with 161-l. Eric Battle of Puebla in 1862 and the and a pinata for children from With all the injuries, BC still pro Auguilar was a double qualifer with Chicano Movement is that one was Loma Linda Preschool. mad some fine a.dlletes. Hilvers was a fifth place finish in the 5,000 widr violently fought while the other is Rip photographers captured named most valuable pitcher in die a time fo 15:25.78 and the 10,000 still being waged in a pa,;sive, more the images on this page dring the Westan Sta Confe.ea:e md WIS• with a time of 32:29.96. peacfu1 manner. day-long clebration. All-Stale sdeclioo. Left fielder \'I• . After these impressive results the Celebrating Cinco de Mayo is a - Rostlrio Ortiz. The Rip Rodriguez, ... bet CeCe Goozalez wl women's coach Pam Kelley said her Guerra was mmed Western Slate Cou team should fare well at the state fcreoce first·Team. Second baseman championships. Mindi Grider and shortstop Brooke "They should do OK. Typically Hamilton were named honorable men ROBERT TAYLOR I THE RIP the south is better than the north so tion. Valatie Rodriguez takes a cut at a home game. we should do weH," said Kelley. High school students can learn writing, Internet, photo and computer skills during a fm three-week Bakersfield College summer class offered June 14 - July 1 Sudents will work with special workshop mentor, George Ramos, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for The Los Angeles Tunes. Five SIQQ sdw!enbim m11 be awarded, The outstanding workshop student will be eligible for a $1,000 national sdiolarsbip! . When an idea's right; it just clicks. So, rev up your mouse and stan clicking. California nccd.s thousands Co-spomored by BC, 'The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and and thousands of new ceachers. Not tomorrow The Baursjield Californian, the workshop's goal is to encourage ycsterciay. Primaiy. Science. Special Ed. Mam. And more. L'.gb school juniors and seniors from all ethnic backgrounds to If you're graduating college soon, why not graduate to pwmie oewspapei carw §. the head of ci1e class? Log on ro www.caluach.com. .App."y today for a special BC summer class Or, call w at 1-88~-TEACH. It's your d..ance the Top left, Loma Linda preschoolers watch Cinco de Mariachi San Marco, which ,._torrneii that 111ch11 you ftl:.out careers! to land a job and take off at the same time. Mayo festivities in Campus Center. Top right, Christian Campus Center stage_ Middle rigtl~ . Ramirez To receive an application call Garcia dances with Grupo Folklorico Alegria en el hangs a pinata over a tree banCh fOf' ren from vatle, which perfonned in front of the Campus Center Loma Una preschooJ to break opell· Yessica 395 4344 todayl stage. Above, Jorge Luis Laris, 11, belts out a tune as Chavez, 4, of Loma Un ...• . ' ·' ' May 14, 1999 Rubes By Leigh Ruben WET T-SHIRT: Teachers c;--1----~ . "I disagree with advertising If I C~~ ~~ltefano. it.':·~di::~~ ~:ir:~~ I director of crimiual ju slice, high school. Nobody tries to go ~ I agrees with Kirst. io and rell the teachers what they "It·s so passe, the whole idea," can teach. I didn't sec anytbi.Dg ~hlcano theater class planned for fall . she said. ··1 am really smprised. wrong with it." Baursfickl College will offer a new acting class itJ Chicano tbcaJeT : ' This whole thing has the Hatzmao and Martin agr«! this fall. Julio Goozalez will offer the class on Tuesdays and TbW"sdays • appurance of impropriety thar with Andrus. from 12:30 to l:SO p.m. in Speech Arts and Music 107. bas long since been left in the "We 're in college, we 're . Goaz.alez bas worud cxten.si\iely with Lws Valdez. the fouodcr : dust. This is ooc of the things that adults," Martin said. · and dircctOf of El Teano Campcsioo. The Teatto is known wood-wide • are just oo longer appropriate for .. We're all of age and we can · for its compelling performaoces. No pre~ tbealct expcrieocc is • fun or profit here at BC. take care of ourselves. lo fact, DO necessary. AU cultures arc welcome. The class will be cooducted_ in : '"Wet T-shirts, slave auctioos, faculty even bothered to come to english. For more infcnnation, cootact Gonzalez at 721-9523 or the • all those things that used to be our coaches. We simply found out Cbicaoo Cultural Center at 394-4532. • • J big deals at college camruses about it through Bart Andrus and have, over the~ 25 y~. been the e-mails be: got that say we're looted at wilh a more critical eye, misrepresenting the school." ·Singers to perfonn concert Sunday with a more sensitive eye," Martin feels tbal the faculty ·: Bakersfield College Chomc: Singers will present "A Celebnlioo • Destefano said. ··What we are has the right to voice their .9f Spring" 2't 7 p.m. Sunday at ~ersfield Christian Life Center, Fml • doing is twi.zing, acknowlcdg- opinions. Baptist Cburch, 5500 Olive Drive. • ing and a..!mitting d:.zt these kinds "I just feel that (the faculty) The progxam will feature "GfPSY Songs" by Brahms plus a selectioo • of things arc just oo looger should have done some research of folksongs. spiriruals and art soags by studeocs. Baters.field College • appropriate." first," she said. Cbonlc was asked to perform at the Califonua Music EducatolS • O,,...Stefano went on to say the "And instead of slandering us, :conventioo in March, and Last month 1cccived tv:o standing oTiltioas • advcnisiog was not dignified, they should have researched it ·for its pc:rfonnaoc:e aa California Stuc: Poly Tecbnic University SaiD • and tbal it was thoughtless. more aod found out what •-as ie- ·Luis Obispo Cenca for the Performing Arts. Bart Andrus, director of ally behind it. A lot of people 1khts ~ $7 genaal admission wt $4 fol' stlldti!ls, senior" citizzos student activities. backs the think ifs a sexual innuendo. bat I wl BC employees. 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