Xander’s grill a studentstudent hotspot - See page 6 THE Mexican election panel holds debate - See page 2 Men’s B-Ball rebounds after OT loss - See page 5 SINCE 1975 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD One copy per person of each edition is Vol. 31, No. 15 www.csub.edu/runner FREE free. Additional copies 50 cents each. February 15, 2006 Bittersweet weekend Show your student AUDITIONSAUDITIONS card, get a discount Rosie Cruz for Lady Runners Staff Writer For students interested in acting here at By Ariana Estrada Students at CSUB can all agree that saving a CSUB, auditions for the Spring produc- Staff writer tion of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night are few dollars here and there is never a bad thing. Businesses throughout Bakersfield have teamed coming soon. The auditions are open to The Lady Runners clinched up with school officials to attain beneficial student all students. another victory Friday night 72- discounts that are offered exclusively to CSUB Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy 49, to extend their consecutive students. about two siblings, Viola and Sebastian, winning-streak to 17 games. Every time a student turns around, he or she is who are shipwrecked and separated in a With that victory the Lady being asked to pay for a book, or write a check land called Illyria. Later, Viola disguises Runner’s record improved to 19- for parking permit, dish out a few bucks for pres- herself as a man, finding protection in the 1 overall and 12-1 in the CCAA. entation materials, or cover the cost of a not-so- court of Orsino and the stage is set for a Katie McElree, Runners senior lucky parking ticket. Because of this many stu- forward, led the Runners with a calamity of mistaken identity, unrecipro- dents have stopped relying solely on the universi- game high of 21 points and cen- ty, and in turning away have begun search for cated and unexpected love entangles ter Jessie Loring added 19 other places from which to acquire goods and everyone in the play. points and five blocked shots. essentials. Auditions will span two days, Feb 28 and The Broncos tried to fight back A prime example of this is textbooks. Students Mar 1, both of which require attendance toward the end of the first peri- are constantly looking for new ways to purchase from students. They will be held in Room od with a score of 28-25, but the their textbooks ,primarily by shopping online. 123 located inside the Doré Theatre. Lady Runners were a little too With this in mind, many businesses owners have The first day will consist of prepared much to handle ending the first taken the initiative to reclaim valuable dollars and monologues and the last will include period 35-25. give students an incentive to keep their money readings from Twelfth Night. Those desir- After that, it was a down hill local and spend them in areas close to the school. ing to participate must make it known by coast for the Lady Runners as “It’s been a while that we’ve been doing a dis- they gained leads from as high count,” Jessica Zinn of Cold Stone’s said. The providing necessary information on the as 26 points, finishing the game Cold Stone Creamery located in the Market Place sign-up sheet posted on the door of with a 23-point final margin. is one of the many places near the school that Room 103 inside the Music Building. The Lady Runners put up a honor any valid, current CSUB ID card. CSUB Twelfth Night is set to run May hard fought game against Cal- students can enjoy a 10 percent discount on 18,19,20,25,26,27, and 28 in the Doré State Dominguez Hills on frozen treats. The offer should also stand at any of Theatre. For more information call 654- Saturday which ended in a loss. the locations in Bakersfield. 3127. The Lady Runner’s 17 consecu- Another place that CSUB students frequent tive winning streak came to an often, and forget to take advantage of the avail- abrupt end when time ran out in able discount is Russo’s Book Store. double overtime, leaving the “If the person knows about it, we can tell them final score at 98-93. more, but that’s it,” Mike Russo, owner and estab- The Lady Runners were trail- lisher, said. Russo adds that many students do not ing the entire way through the realize there is a discount, and that to remind game and were down by as every customer who comes through the doors much as 18 points. But as time would be “cumbersome.” CSUB students can dwindled toward the end of reg- Runner Staff Photo save 10 percent off their in-stock purchases. ulation the Lady Runners came Kelley Tarver is fouled by a Dominguez Hills defender during “I am CSUB Alumni and am on the Alumni back to tie the game when Katie Saturdays double OT loss. Tarver led all scorer’s with 26 points. Board of Directors and I want to support future alumni,” Russo said. While Russo may no longer McElree was sent to the line to With one minute left Krista Runners luck ran out as the be a college student, he remembers his days at shoot for two. With both shots Arase dropped a bomb from Toros gained a six point lead CSUB. made by McElree the score was beyond the three point line to when fouls committed by the “I was a struggling student at one time.” He 76-76. put the Runners within one. Runners put a couple of the Toro explains that giving the discount also makes good Immediately the Toros came Toros Tameka Blue was sent players at the line with success- business sense, too. Saving money is a motive to back to make a three pointer, but to the line to shoot for two but ful free throws made. keep dollars local and encourage business. Kelly Tarver responded with a only one of two were made “In all honesty, I think it was Even though the discounts offered are not baseline three pointer sending leaving the Runners down by something we needed, a little ground-breaking or phenomenal, it is safe to say the game into overtime at 79-79. two. dose of reality because of all the that a dollar here and there quickly adds up. Next The tip-off into overtime went The ball was on the Runners success that we’ve had. We kind time you are at a register about to check out, ask to the Runners and this was their end when All-American of expected things to come to if there is a student discount. If they say no, ask chance to take the victory. McElree shot the ball for two to us, and it’s a hard dose of reality why not, and maybe their name will one day be However, the defensive game tie the game with 10 seconds saying “we need to wake and added to the list of places that proudly sponsor for the Lady Runners was lack- left – sending the game into start playing good again,” says CSUB students. ing and the Toros were out double overtime. Forward/Center Jessie Loring rebounding and out hustling the The crowd was pumped and out the loss. Runners, who still the did not on their feet as time ran down in For a list of businesses that offer stu- give up. double overtime. But the See Runners pg. 2 dent discounts, see Discounts, pg. 2 State to deal with outsourcing, tech jobs, according to Superintendent By Ranjanpreet Nagra third world countries instant communications gram, install programs in high schools to help for- Staff Writer and California has to among nations, jobs in the eign language speakers to pass exit exams and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack confront these chal- travel, banking, airline and help students learn to their full potential. O’Connell visited CSUB to discuss “The State of lenges. telephone industry are Alma R. Kumar, coordinator of California Mini- Education in California” last Friday at Doré “California cannot let much less secure now. Corps, attended the speech. Theatre. the world pass it by,” “Not all students will go “He was informative and very optimistic about The program started with ASi President Dan O’Connell said. to college, but all should the future of Education in California,” Kumar Gianuotsos introducing and thanking O’Connell He also pointed out have jobs,” O’Connell said. for coming. He also reported on the Recreation that even though said. Maria Escobedo, director of CAMP (College Center Project, which is to be built on the south California has the “With the diversity of Assistance Migrant Program), liked that side of the CSUB Student Union. Silicon Valley, iPods and our population, we have a O’Connell addressed several options for students O’Connell congratulated everyone for the Xboxes, the standard of huge potential for compa- to pass high school exit exams. Recreation Center on campus. He began his education has not nies to come to California “It is one of the big concerns for us at CAMP speech by summarizing the State of Education changed much in the last and invest in California. because if migrant students do not have enough Address that he gave in Sacramento on Feb 7, few decades. He pro- 41 percent of students in chances to pass the exit exams, they will not get 2006. His main points were the need to educate posed to change the face California speak a foreign their high school diploma.