Professional soccer The Renegade Rip @the_renegade_rip A day in the life of a game to be at BC @bc_rip BC police officer Sports, Page 10 www.therip.com Campus, Page 4 The RenegadeBakersfield College Rip Vol. 87 ∙ No. 3 Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Counselors motivated to help BC students By Marcus Castro Editor in Chief The counseling department at Ba- kersfield College is putting forth an effort to motivate students to raise awareness of the new and old re- sources that it offers. This year, the counseling depart- ment has added new things that it believes will help students with their college and life careers. The counseling office has gained a few new counselors, and this is believed to be a big part in the new resources in the office. “We have a really good nucleus of veteran counselors that look out for us and make sure we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing, and we have the new excitedness coming in as well,” said new BC counselor MASON J. Rockfellow / THE RIP Jonathan Schultz. When a student goes into the American pianist Sean Chen plays “Primavera” by Nikolai Medtner toward the end of the question-and-answer discussion. counseling office, one of the first things available for them to grab is the fall 2015 workshops pamphlet. This pamphlet informs students of every workshop that the counseling Renowned pianist comes to BC department has this fall. There are new workshops that the counseling department believes will By Marcus Castro He played several songs from different video games be beneficial to students. Editor in Chief and transitioned between them so that it sounded as if it was one piece. Two of the new workshops are the Renowned pianist Sean Chen came to Bakers- Probation Workshops and the Dis- Chen talked about his career thus far and how field College to perform and share his story to Cliburn was for him. qualification Workshops. Schultz students, faculty and people of the Bakersfield said, “So the probation students that “The hard thing is differentiating yourself and community on Oct. 2. getting people to create buzz about you,” said need to come in and see a counselor, Chen is a 26-year-old American pianist who has we can see them as a group rather Chen. been playing piano for about 22 years. He began Chen explained some of his preparation for Cli- than just one on one where they playing when he was 5-years-old, taught by les- have to make an appointment.” burn. He said that there was around 4 hours and 40 sons from a teacher. minutes worth of music to play. Another new workshop is the Chen won third prize at the How to Choose a Major/How to “I played a lot of those piec- Van Cliburn International Piano “The hard thing es consistently as I was going Choose a Career workshop. This Competition. He was awarded workshop will help students decide is differentiating yourself through school, so when I played the Christel DeHaan Classical it, it brought it back,” said Chen. what direction they want to go in Fellowship of the American their school and work careers. and getting people to create Chen talked about how he Pianists Association in 2013. practices and prepares to play The SEP Workshop is also a new Another accomplishment of his buzz about you.” workshop. This is a workshop where a piece. He said that he enjoys is that the Leonore Annenberg –Sean Chen, reading pieces, so he read other students have the opportunity to Fellowship Fund named him complete their student educational Pianist pieces that are by the same com- fellow for the Performing Arts poser of the piece he is learning. plan. The things that make the coun- in 2015. seling office believe this workshop “When the technique is at a After high school, Chen attended The Juilliard point where it is adaptable, then you leave it alone. will be so beneficial are that it will School of Performing Arts. “Being around the tal- be a quicker process for the student, As long as you don’t over practice and get OCD, ent and the skill at Juilliard is more important than hurt yourself, or get Carpal Tunnel. You need to and the counselors can reach more the school itself,” said Chen. students at once. know when to stop,” said Chen. Chen explained that after winning in APA and Toward the end of the discussion, Chen played Schultz explained that they can after placing third in Cliburn, he gets three years of inform a group of students at once “Primavera” by Nikolai Medtner. After he finished, management. He said that after the three years are there were whispers of compliments from some of about what the educational plan up, he will be talking to professional companies to consists of, and the student can then the people in the audience. see if he can work with them. After the discussion and performance, they get it signed during their next visit When asked where his passion comes from Chen to the counseling office. moved everyone to another area where they had a said, “I really like music, and I really react to har- short reception. “At the most, you’re going to see MASON J. Rockfellow / THE RIP monies. I actually tell people that video games kind two [students] in an hour, so if we The next day Chen performed with the Bakers- Sean Chen answers questions after his performance of kept me in music.” field Symphony Orchestra as the featured soloist at Please see Counseling, Page 5 in the Performing Arts Center’s Choir Room. Chen performed a mixture of video game songs. the Rabobank. Contract issue Enrollment at BC has increased in big numbers By AK Pachla are even in rented facilities around Ba- 20,000 Reporter kersfield. 19,210 Student Jalae Johnson said “BC It’s no news to anyone that the number S taken to a vote doesn’t need any more students,” and of students on the Bakersfield College asked, “Do you think you can fit any 18,000 17,323 17,589 17,308 campus is on the rise. In late August, more?” It has been a long battle for Bakersfield College 16,785 Bakersfield College president Sonya Vaughn said yes, BC is in the unique T President Sonya Christian. Christian was invited to speak before position of being a growing school in a In the search of the approval of a fair and eq- 16,000 the Bakersfield Rotary Club about the growing area with a great need for edu- 15,454 uitable contract, Christian negotiated and came U future of BC, where she spoke about the cation. The challenge lies in involving to terms on a contract with the Kern Community challenges of rising enrollment. the community and providing educa- College District. In Fall 2011, there were 16,747 en- tional services in the places where they D After the KCCD initially recommended Chris- 14,000 rolled students at the BC Panorama will do the most good. tian’s newly negotiated contract for approval, they Campus. Today, four years later, there Librarian Sondra Keckley is also then went on to not approve the contract, instead are 19,210. concerned about the tight quarters on E deciding to table it for further negotiations. “I can feel the fact that there are more campus. “Every desk, every computer The board finished further negotiations and de- 12,000 students,” said Paula Parks, English pro- is always full.” cided to bring back the contract and put it to a vote N fessor and African-American Success “We’ve had land for a long time,” at the Oct. 6 KCCD board meeting. Through Excellence and Persistence Vaughn replies, “but the land is way Due to The Rip publishing on Oct. 6, we will program coordinator. out in the northwest and way out in the 10,000 not be able to print a story in this issue; instead T Sue Vaughn, director of enrollment south. That’s not where the needs are.” we will be updating our readers on the status of services, agreed with Parks but pointed There is a danger in spreading BC re- the BC president’s contract online. out that not every student is going to the sources too thin. A school can have all S The full story on the fate of Christian’s contract Panorama Campus. 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Ken- and some sang along to the old The United Farm Work- nedy, joined the strikers. songs. ers Foundation celebrated the Paul Chavez addressed the The UFW continued their fes- 50-year anniversary of the ‘65 cheering crowd at the Forty Acres tivities with the honoring of the Delano Grape Strike at the his- complex. “In order for change ‘65 Filipino and Latino Grape toric Forty Acres complex on to continue to happen, we have Strikers, the ‘66 Marchers from Sept.