RACONTEUR 1974 BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE-BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA ASB Remains Busy Throughout Year 2 Convocation! • ... a Coming Together' 4 1973 Homecoming: Another Success 6 Sports Events-More Than Two Teams 10 '73 Renegades: Year of Accomplishment 12 Illness and Injuries Strike '73 Harriers 14 Freshmen Lead Pologade Season 16 Grapplers Cap Brilliant Season 18 Krafve Brings New Hope to BC Basketball 20 Spring Sports Look Good in Early Season Competition 22 Veterans Become Involved in School Life 24 Collins, Hernandez Set New BC Goals 26 Publications Take on New Look 27 New Program Recognizes Women's Needs 28 Saturday Classes Popular; Serve Dual Purpose 30 New Uniforms After 14 Years 32 Two Major Productions Captivate Fall Season 34 BC Alumni Stage Yearly Activities 36 Day Care Center Serves Child and Parent 38 Community Lecture Series Brings Buchwald to BC 40 Incentive Renders BSU Achievements 42 MECHA Strives for Chicano Unity 43 Activities Enhance BC Campus 44 Snow ... in March? (in Bakersfield?) 46 Suzanne Lenore Cadwallader Editor-in-Chief Larry Robbins Contributing Editor Mike Tasos Sports Editor Bob Meadows Assistant Sports Editor Liz Snyder Photo Editor D. J. Whipple Photographer William W. Walker Advisor Ronald Johnson Cover Photo While the Homecoming Celebration progresses, club floats await the final touches for that night's Stadium float parade (top left}. Hardy Renegade Football fans (bottom center) enjoy their hamburgers at the first hamburger feed. Spring ASB Vice President Howard Phillips (top right} presents a first-place trophy to Amos Sterling of A VS and a second-place trophy to Irma Andrada of K-ettes for the club free throw contest held during BC Alumni Night. Spring Board of Representatives members included front row, left to right, Jon White, Frank Velasquez, Kathy Addington and Brian Lynch. Back row, left to right, Juanita Trevino, Greg Ibarra, Esther Gutierrez and Howard Phillips (bottom left). 2 PHOTOS BY OLIVIA RAYA ASB Remains Busy Throughout Year By O.j.WHIPPLE judicial function in making decisions on Director, said, " ... was one of the most The ASB is not just student club constitutions, Board of Reps and accepted and respected affairs we've had government. It is the panorama of Activities Board decisions, and in in a long time." activities, programs and accomplislunents mediating intra·ASB disputes. The ASB worked hard this year to of the whole student body. TI1e past year Tiuough the governance and activities develop good relations with the BC has shown tllis effectively. functions, the ASB presented Alumni. One joint activity with the During a busy year, throughout both opportunities for students to participate. Alumni was BC Alumni Night held during semesters, the ASB sponsored the Borrowing an innovation used at other a BC-EI Camino basketball game. The Homecoming Celebration, "ASB community colleges, the ASB presented event was celebrated with a BC-Cal State Presents" and Alumni Night. Its goal was two very successful pre.football game Alumni game, and a club free·throw to get and keep a program worth the Ten hamburger feeds, both drawing over 400 contest held at halftime of the Alumni Dollar subscription fee paid by students. people. The "ASB Presents" series game. A pre·packaged dinner, with two The ASB actually is made up of several showed fust·run major motion pictures to hot dogs, one bag of potato chips and a parts: governance, activities, and the all interested students. Movies such as coke, was sold to benefit their scholarship Student Court. The Board of "THX 1138," "Superfly" and "Malcolm fund. All in all, the Alumni were pleased Representatives is the governance part, X" were shown during the year. The with the ASB's response to this night. and is composed of 19 elected members. traditional Convocation was held in the "The ASB has worked well with the It legislates for the ASB and represents it fall with Assemblyman John Vasconcellos Alumni in developing good relations," in the college community. Among several speaking on "Humanism in Education." Ste. Marie stated, citing that evening as an actions taken by the Board this year were Homecoming was probably the example. the approval of proposed cross-cultural highlight of all ASB activities held this Besides being very active in campus course guidelines, the revision of the ASB year. The third annual Homecoming affairs, the ASB kept in touch with other Constitution, and club chartering Faire, held on Saturday, November 3, community colleges in the state through procedures. 1973, was attended by 400 people. the California Community College The Activities Board, made up of club Display booths, a tug.Q.war contest, a pie Student Government Association representatives, is in charge of the eating contest, intramural sports (CCCSGA). During the fall several ASB supervision and coordination of campus activities, and float building kept officers, including Brian Lynch, Fall ASB club activities. Homecoming and the BC everyone busy. In a great showing of president, Dave Simonsen, Fall ASB vice Alumni Night were just two of its many cooperation among the clubs on campus, president, and Jon White, ASB Activities activities during the year. ten of them sponsored Homecoming Board rep, attended a CCCSGA A third part of governance and Queen candidates and, in addition, conference held in Newport Beach in activities is the Student Court, which sits constructed floats. Tltis Homecoming, as November. Another conference was held in session once every week and serves a Vic Ste. Marie, Student Activities in April. 3 PHOTOS BY D. J. WHIPPLE AND VINCE RYAN T op Left: Assembly ma n John Vasconcellos speaks to a group of a r o u nd 200 students and faculty m e mbers in the indoo r theat re. Top Right: Assemblyman Raymond Gonzales and Director of Student Activit ies Victor Ste. Marie listen inten t ly as Vasconcellos answers q u estions in the Fireside Room session. Bottom Center: Vasconcellos shows d eep concern as he speaks on some of the pressing problems facing us as humans toda y. Convocation. • . 'A Coming Together' A legislative expert who elements and build a nation of people. of questions. One topic discussed was specializes in education gave We must, as a people, recognize more the "Stopout," a program which Bakersfield College Convocation of our potential, and find out who we enables students to drop out of college audiences some pungent insights into are and what we can do. Only then can when they want and return as they problems facing society today. such problems as Watergate, which please. Speaking before a theatre 'painfully afflicts our nation' be solved "If a person wants to leave audience and then a later question and and done away with." college, that is up to him or her,'' answer session in the Fireside Room, He warned that "this age can Vasconcellos asserted. "The students Assemblyman John Vasconcellos drew make us all cynics. Many institutions ought to be able to go to college when on his background for a definition of don't have very high opinions of what they want, leave when they want to, the occasion: people can be and what they can do. return when they want to, but the "Convocation is a coming Too much has been assumed important thing is that the students together to examine questions and negatively in the past." want to be at their college." acknowledge problems." "Human beings are looking Accountability was likened to The legislator who represents differently at themselves, and asking distrust by the speaker . .. An San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara in important questions like who am I and educator is as responsible to the public the Assembly, practiced law and was why am I here. People need to be as the President." travel secretary to Democratic more open ahd honest. To be cynical There must also be harmony Governor Edmund G. Brown before he today is just the easy way out." between the community and the was elected to his post in 1967. He Vasconcellos noted that there college, he stated. "Without the pioneered legislation in educational has never been such a radical turn college and the community working reform, methadone treatment and towards individual recognition, people hand in hand, there will be a large drug abuse and serves as chairman of wanting to be known for what they amount of distrust. That means that in the Education Subcommittee of are. "To be alive today is to be in turn there will be an unfavorable Assembly Ways and Means Committee touch with yourself. To be a human reaction of the public to taxes to be and the Joint Committee on the being, you must also be able to share appropriated for the college, and also Master Plan for Higher Education, things with others, especially the sour reactions to bond elections." which is conducting a comprehensive painful and tragic problems of today. "College education is regarded as study of California Higher Education. We .must all work together, discover the new religion," Vasconcellos I n his theatre address, each other and what needs to be concluded. "Every middle class or Vasconcellos said "We live in an done." upper·middle class American wants u n precedented time. Our A " rap" session in the Fireside their kid to go to college and get a responsibilities are to overcome the Room saw the legislator field a variety degree." 4 American National Bank • COLLEGE HE IGHTS e CIV IC CENTER e STOCKDALE • DOWNTOWN 5 1973 Homecoming: Another Success By DIANA GAJTAN 3)Spectator Appeal; 4) Unity. Hard work, determination and This year BC presented the best dedication made the 1973 Homecoming Homecoming parade in many years. Out one of the most truly enjoyed and of a total of 19 clubs on campus, II built successful events of the 1973- 74 year.