Page 12 The Renegade Rip I wwwtherip.com February 4, 2009 Bathrooms disgust staff Off to a running start The Rip staff is repulsed with the state Track and field teams place third at their EYES OF THE RIP of Bakersfield College's bathrooms. home meet. Teams look to improve. Opinion, Page 6 Sports, Page 11 Rainy Daze THE RENEGADE RIP As the winter rainfalls upon the Bakersfield area, its citizens www.therip.com continue with their daily activites inside or out of the rain. Vol. 80 • No. 9 Bakersfield College February 19, 2009 Administrators work on BC's accreditation By KATHERINE J. WHITE for improvement arc connected \\ ith kH·[email protected] staffing. unit planning and prograrn Copy editor reYiev.·~. \aid ,\1nber ('hiang. BC di­ rector of n1arkering: and public rcla- l3ah.er..,fietd College j.., rnakini:,' 11on'.'I . ..,o,ne head\\ a: .. \\·e ·11 he out and an<,ur tt> ~,:1 C\ ;- The A.ccreditation Steering (\lm­ rnlltl'L'. headed h_\ Ed Knud-,on. BC The Lbt ...\CCJC \1,it \\acs 1n L1il \ ice pre,ident of acadctnic ;.i.ffair'>. i-. 2006. and the- nc\t Yi:-.il \\ iii ht? in fail \\Orking to addre-. ... \arious recon,- .:::'.()]:::,_.BC rnu.-.1 :suhn1it :1 r11id-tcn11 rl...' n1endations for in1pnn·en1en1 in :he pl)ft 1h:11 ..,h\1\',.., :..'\ 1dcrK·c uf inlJ-lf'l)\'-·­ operation of the college '>t'l fonh ti;, mcnt by ()ct. 15, 20(19. al..' ...·ordin~ h) the\ i,iting accreditation team knov,:n .Ann \1organ. \\ hn head, thl· rn..,t1- DAVID KARNOWSKI I THE RIP a ... the A ...·c-redit1ng (~omn1i..,sion for tut1ona.l re,earl..'h and plannin; d ...·­ Rainwater from the roof of the cafeteria in Bakersfield College's Campus Center drips into a puddle formed Just hanging C.in11nunity and Junior Coilege-.. pann1cnt. .-\1..· ... ·ording 11.1 the ..,, ...·crin.c-'. in the flower beds. \\"e..,tem As..,ociation of S1.:hoob and con1n11ttee\ \\orJ... plan. h'.1 \1ar,:h GREGORY D. COOK /THE RIP College..,. 2. evidence of in1proven1enh :.11 Re· A student manages to get some exercise between classes, Feb. 5. .4.11 college~ in thi.'> district and in rnust be compiled and recordL·d. B;, around and other di ... trict.., must '>Ubn1it to ex­ .A.pril 27. a draft of the repon n1uq amination by thi ... official accrediting be completed. BC prc ... iJent Gri:f team and mu ... t be found to be in full Chamberlain 1nu,t examine thi'> re­ upside down compliance \.\.-ith the guidelines es­ port by f\.-1ay 8, and the t.'diteJ fir,1 tablished by the U.S. Department of draft must be sent to the college di:-.­ Education. trict office by May 15. Bet\\-'CCn \1ay1 Above: "Bull" Bullard shows off If BC doe<; not continue to address 22-Aug. 15, the committee n1ust cor­ . his dunking ability Feb. 12 . weaknesses noted by this visiting rect and post the final copy to the col­ Right: "Hi-Rise" Brown hangs tea.m. it "-·ill lose its accreditation sta­ lege Web site. The final copy n1ust he from the basket after slam tus. That means BC students will not approved by KCCD board of trustees be able to transfer their BC credits to by September. dunking a shot while teammate other institutions. Currently. BC ha'> Chan1berlain de ... crihe:-. BC's pro­ "Big Easy" looks on. The Harlem full accreditation status. which \\'as cess of self-examination as intense Globetrotters played at Rabohank granted by the Western As..,ociation and ongoing. Arena with trick ball handling and of Schools and Colleges. ··v,/e need to re-.pond to all of the aerial antics. The BC steering committee is ex­ recommendations." ,aid ('hambcr­ ainining the various BC depanments Jain. ··1t\ a process of con'>tantlJ and gathering information about looking for v..'ays to itnprove:· Photos by Gregory D. Cook/ The Rip them. ~id Knudson. According to Knudson. progre.<,s Trumpet Many of the recommendations See ACCREDITATION, Page 4 and double bass player Jamin Marshall of the SGA hands out new 'smoke free' policy survey Redmond, Oregon band, Larry By J. W. BURCH, IV posted designated areas .. and that ··1he dt':lig­ owned. leased and occupied by the state. smoke all that they \\1ant:· Nsuangani said. "It and his johhurch@hakersfieldcolle~e.edu nated smoking areas shall be '"'-'ithin a rea,on­ county, or city and community colleges:· is about protecting those who have decided 1 Flask, plays News editor able distance for access by students. faculty. \\ hether the smoking proposal is passed or not to smoke." the trumpet staff, administrators and \'isitors."' not, the Kern County Department of Public Although the proposal has never been to in the The Bakersfield College SGA has put out 1be proposal also sa'.I s. --can1pus n1ap.., Health \.v'ill be ~l?nding a letter to BC presi­ make BC a completely "'smoke free·· cam­ encore song a survey to help decide v..·hether to institute a shov..'ing designated smoking areas shall be dent Greg Chamberlain demanding that BC pus. there are those \\'ho think of it a_.:, a hetter at Sandrini's "smoke-free" tX)licy on campus. This is the made available to all employees. students and comply \\·ith the California state smoking solution. on Feb. 9. fourth time since 2004 that a "smoke-free'' visitors." la\\·. "'I'm for a completely smoke-free campus," tX)licy has been considered. "I'm fine with designated smoking areas." "State lav, prohibits s1noking \\·ithin 20 feet said Christopher Knaak, business major. '"But DAVID "This has been an ongoing struggle." said said Gilbert Cordova. psychology and human of any entrance. exit or operable windn\\::· I don't spend a lot of time on campus, so it KARNOWSKI/ Kem County Public Health Department of­ services major. !\suangani said. doesn't really affect me either way." THE RIP ficial Nsele Nsuangani, "because the SGA. ·"As long as there are enough. It is a big "". .\nd BC docs not enforce that la\\'. BC is "'I understand that people don "t v,:ant to be changes every school year. and the previous l'.ampus. and people aren't going to v;ant to the only ~chool that has been giving us head­ around smoke.·· Cordova ,;;aid. SGA could not come to a consensus and pass \\'alk across campus just to ha\e a sn1okc." ache-,. Poner\'ille Cullcg:c and Cerro Coso .. But cuning do\vn smoking at BC \l\:on"t the proposal:' California state la\\. says: Smoking i;; pro­ DAVID KARNOWSKI /THE RIP College ha\·e no smoking signs and enforce stop much. Aren '1 \I\ e still number one for GREGORY D. COOK I THE RIP The "smoke-free· proposal will make BC hibited ··\\·ithin 20 feet of main entrances. the la\,-:· Gray, rainy skies soak fresh blossoms in a tree in the Campus had air in the country? .. Andrew "Thrash" Collins, 23, '"a smoke-free campus except for officially ex.its and operable \\·indo\\ s uf an;, building ··Jt", not about ,makers. Smoker.., can Center at Bakersfield College. Sune)S can be found in the SGA office. smokes between classes. Delano works to revise SGA constitution 2012 plan still 'going By GABINO VEGA needed an approval," she said, ROSARIO "I thought Lyne (Mugema [email protected] BCSG A president) gave me Tracey strong' despite challenges Editor in chief the approval for the elections. the After this, the communication horse In November 2008, the broke off:• By J,W, BURCH, IV of deciding oo an artistic symbol. Created from Bakersfield College Delano The elections did not count, [email protected] by BC art Sllldent William Holler, the wodc Bakers­ Center held their first Stu­ but the students interested in News editor of typographic art will be in the shape of a field dent Government Association the project volunteered their tree with the trunk and roots of the tree being Raindrops College's elections but were declared time and have been helping The 2012 Plan, which was brought to frui­ made up of the plans that "form the basis and hang from farm non-valid because of the unap­ make executive decisions. tion in 2007, has reached the implementation foundation of the organiz.ation_" The branch­ a branch at stands proved constitution. Since the .. The Delano students \\-·ere stage. In the fall 2008 semester, new campus es of the tree will be made up of the seven Bakersfield still winter break. the Delano Cen­ not trying to run a coup:· said maps and building signage were introduced initiatives that form the 20!2 Plan. College on against a ter has been meeting v..:ith BC­ Bonnie C. Suderman. dean as a result of the 2012 Plan. "We believe in the importance of symbol­ SGA representatives to revise Feb. 9. fence on of learning measures and IT. Although much of the student body may ogy," said Patti Ross, who is a consultant for Feb. 9. the rejected constitution and ··Toe communication broke not notice any major changes to the campus. the 2012 Plan along with her colleague John GREGORY D. plan student events. do,,.·n on both ends. They both the 2012 Plan is still going strong. Milburn... We want to demonstrate that the COOK/THE PATTI J. A group of 17 volunteer stu­ didn"t knov..· 'A·hat to do." "Students might think that nothing is go­ BC campus and community are growing."' RIP LOOMIS/ dents called the Delano Center THE RIP But now both BCSGA and ing on." said Ann Morgan, BC director of The 2012 Plan, a five-year plan to help Committee is currently meet­ GABINO VEGA ROSARIO/ THE RIP thl.' Delano co1nmittee ha\'e institutional research and planning.