The Renegade Rip Vol. 93 ∙ No. 5 Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 Bakersfield College

Annual Via Arte chalk art festival returns

Community, Page 12

Mutts & Munchies eventhelps local charity

Features, Page 9

Via Arte artists finish chalk drawing

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Dogs up for adoption at Mutts and Munchies

BIANCA CACCIOLA / THE RIP

CSUB ice hockey team hits the ice at Rabobank

LUIS ROJAS / THE RIP

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Author speaks to high school students at the Bakersfield College Delano Campus

By Miranda DefoorEditor-in-Chief

Bakersfield College’s Delano campus hosted author Patty Entrado to discuss her book “A Village in the Fields” and the importance of ethnic studies in lo-cal schools on Oct. 25. The speech was in part of the Delano Campus cultural historical awareness program.

Entrado spoke to elementary and junior high school students about the his-tory that inspired her novel. Her speech and presentation were aimed at the students and offered them information about the impact of teachers and pos-itive school influences.

“A Village in the Fields” was meant to offer literature with representation of Filipino culture in the Central Valley. Entrado attended Porterville College before attending Davis and pushed the value and importance of attending a community college.

Entrado also talked about her inspiration for the novel, including her fa-ther’s history and life. Although Entrado is Filipino and her father is from the Philippines, she didn’t know about his life until taking her Filipino experience class at Davis. Both of her parents had experienced traumatic events and En-trado was unaware of their history. The knowledge of her father’s life only came later because, “we don’t talk about the bad times,” she said.

Her parents were also the cause of a cultural gap because they didn’t teach her the language or explain their lives to her. So, Entrado ventured to the

Philippines in an attempt to connect with her culture after her father’s death.“I went there to connect to my roots, but I realized just how American I

am,” she said.After not feeling connected to the culture in the Philippines, she applied to

the Peace Corps. She felt like she needed experience for writing, and college taught her she could write in her own way.

Thought she got rejected form the Peace Corps, she was able to volunteer as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Her College and volunteer experiences began t inspire the historical fiction that would turn into “A Village in the Fields.”

Her main inspiration was her family and Agbayani Village in Delano. The book from beginning to end took 17 years, but “if someone had told me it would take 17 years, I don’t think I would have continued.”

While writing her historical fiction, she said she knew students were the au-dience. Because there are a lack of ethnic studies courses available to students, she was aiming to create something for students and educators.

The challenge, Entrado said, is to “keep nurturing our village.”Entrado ended with ways for students to make changes in their own com-

munities. She encouraged them to take action and become a mentor, find mo-tivating teachers, think critically, honor family by documenting family stories, taking ethnic studies courses, and attending their local community colleges.

“Advocate for your community,” she said. “We rise by lifting others.”

MIRANDA DEFOOR / THE RIP

Author of “A Village in the Fields,” Patty Entrado, speaks to students at the Bakersfield College Delano campus on Oct. 25.

Bakersfield College plans to relocate current Veteran’s Resource Center

By Jacqueline Gutierrez Reporter

The Veterans Resource Center at Bakersfield College offers a program to help veterans transi-tion back into the civilian life.

The Veterans Resource Center faculty director Paul Beckworth directs and coordinates activities and gets supplies that are needed for the program.

One service that the Veterans Resource Center offers for veterans is educational counseling. Ar-mando Trujillo is the veteran’s educational coun-selor and he helps veterans choose classes that correspond with the GI Bill and goes over educa-tional planning with the veterans.

“We have a computer lab, free printing, snacks, informational luncheons on Wednesdays, and we have math and English tutors,” Beckworth said.

In addition to educational services the Veterans Resource Center assists veterans transition from a structured military life to the unstructured college life.

“You’re kind of tossed out there, your military buddies are no longer with you, you’re out on your own again and sometimes it can be scary and the idea of this place is to make sure that they can come here, return, and keep them moving in their education,” Beckworth said.

The Veterans Resource Center collaborates with

the Veterans Club, which is advised by Tommy Tunson and Paul Beckworth, who participate in events, like parades and campus events. They sell cotton candy at the football games, set up informa-tion booth, and they help run the Vet Fest, during the Veteran’s Day parade where they display a float.

In November, the Veterans Resource Center will be relocated from Levinson Hall to the new cam-pus center, located next to the forum.

“There’s almost no words, the excitement, the joy is just through the ruff, right now we are in the busy stage of moving in few weeks,” Beckworth said, about the relocation of the Veterans Resource Center.

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Bakersfield ex-football star David Carr teams up with Realty Concepts

By Tyler Frost Reporter

Former first overall NFL draft pick and Ba-kersfield native David Carr takes on a new business venture as he partners with Realty Concepts and their bro-kerage. The partnership brings together two par-ties that are family ori-ented and committed to the best interests of the Central Valley.

Realty Concepts is recognized as the Val-ley’s leading real estate

brokerage. They are locally owned and op-erated, as they identi-fy themselves as, “The Family Company”. Realty Concepts was founded in 1991 by John Shamshoian. His son J.P. Shamshoian now runs Realty Con-cepts with the same cli-ent-focused mentality that the company was founded with.

J.P Shamshoian shares of the partner-ship with Carr, “Our beliefs are fundamen-tals as a family business

are reflected upon in David.” He also adds, “We know that with the Carr family roots in the Valley, we can uplift our community through fu-ture efforts.”

Carr was a legendary Quarterback for Fresno State, and went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL. He was selected by the Houston Texans as the first draft choice in their franchise’s his-tory, and played 5 rough seasons with a lackluster supporting cast. Carr then made appear-

ances for the Carolina Panthers, San Francis-co 49ers, and served as the backup for the New York Giants for several seasons, including their 2011 team that won the Super Bowl.

Carr had to say of the agreement, “I am delighted to partner with J.P. Shamshoian and the entire team at Realty Concepts.” The company shares many of the same principles as the Carr family, and it seems to be the per-fect match. Carr then

added, “They have a strong orientation to-wards family and the community, and it runs throughout their whole organization. Their commitment to Fresno and the Central Val-ley is wonderful! Carr’s decision to join Realty Concepts had much to do with their commit-ment to the two places he considers home.

Many windows of opportunity have aris-en with the partnership, combining two of the Central Valley’s most

prominent and caring brands in a field where the people come first. The future of real estate in the Valley is bright, with Realty Concepts looking to expand out-side of their current offices in Fresno, Clo-vis, and Oakhurst. The David Carr partnership with Realty Concepts looks to bring growth to a brand already com-mitted to service, and works hard to bring the Valley people-oriented real estate.

Rudy Salas visits Bakersfield Collegeto encourage local change by voting

By Jacqueline Gutierrez Reporter

Assembly memberRudy Salas from the 32nd Assembly District visited Bakersfield College on Oct. 21 and spoke about local issues and his jour-ney as an assemblyman.

Salas is a democratic assemblyman that rep-resents a region of Ba-kersfield in Sacramento and he sits on the agricul-ture, governmental orga-nization, and water, parks and wildlife committees, according to his website.

Salas explained his journey to the state’s cap-itol and explained how he worked in the fields during the summer and after high school he man-aged two jobs and college.

During the power lunch Salas talked about local issues and how citizens can resolve those issues on a local level. The lo-cal issues that Salas spoke about included: how elected officials solve is-sues, the PG&E power shut offs, animal overpop-ulation, and air pollution.

“Here’s the policy on this. We had all of these wildfires you guys re-member everything was burning and they said oh it was because the sparks came from PG&E power lines. So if I lost my house who am I blaming? Now PG&E is out a million dollars,” Salas said.

Although California is primarily a democratic state Salas explained dif-ferent assembly members have different perspec-

tives on issues. “We vote on 2,000 dif-

ferent things. Now wheth-er we agree on 2,000 things is going to be very hard. If we put 2,000 different issues right here would you guys be 100 percent in alignment with each other. I tell people this is what it’s like being an elected official,” Salas said.

When Salas spoke about less controversial topics he explained how citizens can prevent these issues on a local and per-sonal level.

“If there is a difference you want to see in your neighborhood or you want more services show up [to city council meet-ings]. As big as you think the city is, do you know how many people actually come up for public com-ment, less than a dozen,” Salas said.

On more personal sit-uations, such as school bullying, Salas explained all that is needed of com-munity members is to “see something, say some-thing, and do something.”

Audience members brought up important is-sues to Salas’s attention which included air pollu-tion.

“We have put millions of dollars towards air pol-lution, but there is always more to be done. But the thing is what can you guys do?” asked Salas.

Salas stated that the most influential way to inform the local represen-tatives is to voice opinions and attend local council meetings.

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Assembly member, Rudy Salas, speaks about the importance of voting, animal over-population, bullying in schools, the effects of social media on students, and the PG&Epower shutoffs during the BCSGA Power lunch in the Levan Center on Oct. 21.

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Dr. Paula Green shares tools for peacebuilding

By Alex Gutierrez Reporter

Peacebuilding is one

thing distinguishedspeaker Dr. Paula Green is most recognized for.

Green is the founder of the Karuna Center for peacebuilding, anonprofit organization whose statement is toempower people divid-ed by conflict to develop mutual understandingand to create sustain-able peace, according to their vision.

Karuna Center usesa grassroots model tofurther pave the wayfor what they envision. One of the first con-flicts Karuna Center guided assurance in was the Bosnian war andRwandan Genocide.Now over 25 years later

it’s worked with many conflicts all around the world to achieve peace.

The Karuna Center operates out of Massa-chusetts, but its impact is displayed all over the world.

Meaning the smallcentral organization has a large and powerfulimpact on those affect-ed by their work.

However, those at the center are not alone in the attempt for peace-building and under-standing.

The Karuna Center works with a huge num-ber of external facilita-tors through its global network of religiousleaders, governmentministries, multi-later-al organizations, andwar-affected communi-ties.

Dr. Green has seenthrough-and-through how positive her psy-chological and socio-logical work can be. She wields these insights by intimately interconnect-ing understanding and comprehension through the characterized socio-logical and psychologi-cal wisdom.

“This approach gen-erated respectful andeffective dialogue, rec-onciliation, and collab-orative problem solving between warring par-ties,” Green said.

Green enticed the au-dience by dissecting her peace-building efforts using philosophy as the backbone. Greens tools for peacebuilding notonly include her in-sights and wisdom of political, sociological,

and psychological ef-forts, but also her sense of social responsibility and spiritual awareness.

Green said societyshould spread the skills and tools for peace-building so we can re-construct conflict using those same skills andideas. Greens grassroots Karuna Center directly offers programs all over the world in different types of communitiesstruck with conflict in an attempt to bringpeace to communities. Along with her help,Green wants to dissemi-nate the tools for peace-building to teach future generations these tools and to also spare no effort in the process of bringing divided com-munities together.

BC hosts annual Ag Expo By Jacqueline Gutierrez

Reporter

Bakersfield College hosted the 3rd annual Agriculture Career Expo for students majoring in agriculture and students in high school considering the agricul-ture pathway at BC on Oct. 19.

“It helps you open up doors and meet new people. Also, you get to learn more about the com-pany. You can start to look to work for them and the informa-tion is good,” Samuel Ontiveros, a sophomore at BC, said.

Companies like Grimmway Farms, Wonderful Pistachios,and Califia Farms attended the career expo to show studentswhat they offer in the field.

During the expo companieswere handing out their products,

for example Grimmway Farms handed out carrots and pens and Califia Farms was handing out free vegan yogurt and coffee.

“The first year that we put this event together it was just the workshops, to introduce the different programs. The second year is when we brought thecareer fair and the employers,” Trinidad said.

“I am out here with Grim-mway Farms as far as recruiting options we have a lot of intern-ships available. I know a lot of students out here are lookingfor more of an internship pro-gram. We do offer full time po-sitions, but we have a variety of internships as far as business and agriculture” Maria Castro, a for-mer BC student who works with Grimmway Farms now, said.

Universities also attended the expo to recruit students to their agricultural programs.

One university that participat-ed in this event was Cal Poly Bre-anna Barker and Teagan Ehlers represented the CAFES (College of Agriculture, Food & Environ-mental Sciences) program that is at Cal Poly.

“We have all of the degree and department brochures here and are talking about all of the de-grees you can come to CAFES for. We are just here talking about transferring in,” said Barker.

The goal for the career expo is to connect students to the ag-riculture programs at BC and with the industries that hire for specific programs, Domenica Trinidad, the coordinator of the expo, said.

“It helps you opendoors and meet new

people. Also, you get tolearn more about the

company”- Samuel Ontiveros

JACQUELINE GUTIERREZ / THE RIP Information tables, advertising what they have to offer in the agriculture industry, at the3rd annual Ag Career Expo in front of the Huddle on Oct. 23.

Renegade Events Campus Events

Nov. 07: Distinguished Speaker Jason Beard-sley (10 AM), Levan Center, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Nov. 07: Radiologic Technology Program Cel-ebration of 50 years at BC, Math Science 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 07: Distinguished Speaker Jason Beard-sley (2 PM), Levan Center, 1801 Panorama Dr., from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 07: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 07: Distinguished Speaker Jason Beard-sley (7 PM), Levan Center, 1801 Panorama Dr., from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 07: Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth’s Climate Engine, Planetarium, Math-Science 112, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 09: Gandhi Legacy Debate Tournament, Delano Campus, Science and Technology Cen-ter, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Nov. 09: Brian’s Beard Improv, PAC 107 (Black Box Theatre), from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Nov. 11: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 12: CSU Apply Transfer Application Workshop, CSS 151, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 12: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 12: New Student Orientation Fall 2019, Welcome Center, 1801 Panorama Dr. Adminis-tration Building, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 13: Delano CSU Apply Transfer Appli-cation Workshop, Delano - DST 119, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Nov. 13: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 14: Coffee with Campus Safety, LEV40, Levinson Hall, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Nov. 14: African-American Mentoring Pro-gram, MS-3, from 1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

Nov. 14: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 16: Renegades Football, at Memorial Sta-dium, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Nov. 18: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 20: Daily Bread, Levinson Hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 20: Dr. Brian Harnetty - Composer and Artist, Levan Center, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Nov. 20: MARS One Thousand One, Plane-tarium, Math-Science 112, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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Discussing biotechnicaladvances in CRISPR use

By Bianca CacciolaReporter

Biochemist SamuelSternberg visited Ba-kersfield College where he held mass lectures in both the Levan Center and the Forum building on Oct. 24. Sternberg spoke about his book “A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution” which focus-es on gene editing.

Sternberg receivedhis doctorate’s degree in chemistry from the University of California Berkeley in 2014 and currently is the head of a research lab at Colum-bia University, where he is an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Mo-lecular Biophysics.

The biological ad-vancement CRIS-PR, the acronym for

clustered regularlyinterspaced short pal-indromic repeats, has widely taken over the world of biology in the past decade. CRISPR can be defined as “a segment of DNA con-taining short repetitions of base sequences, in-volved in the defense mechanisms of pro-karyotic organisms to viruses,” according to the Oxford dictionary.

“One of the most controversial topicsright now in biotech-nology [and] bioethics is should we use these kinds of tools in human embryos,” Sternbergsaid. “What are the boundaries for where we should be using technology and where we shouldn’t. And could this tool give us the cal-iber to make these deci-sions about the genetics

that the next generation might have.”

CRISPR could have the ability to look atan embryo’s DNA se-quence and eliminate the part of the sequence that could be positive for diseases such as HIV, cystic fibrosis, can-cer, and more.

“They take gene ed-ited cells and they can put them in a mouse model. Then they can look for cancer mastitis, sequence what genes were edited, and get a complete genome-wide landscape on all the dif-ferent molecular players in tumor mastitis,” Ster-nberg said.

With all new biotech-nology, the privilege has not passed to begin ac-tually using CRISPR in humans or embryos yet. A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, used CRISPR

technology on a set of embryos to completely rid their DNA sequence of HIV. He performed this experimental taskthat costed him his ca-reer, title, and reputa-tion. Jiankui has now been condemned bymany, but he has also answered the question regarding whether or not this tool can work in human genomes.

“Again, we are in the early days. I don’t think that tomorrow, or next year, or even in a cou-ple years, we are going to have cured geneticdiseases. But I think we are at the beginning of a new era with think-ing about treating these kinds of conditions in a fundamentally differ-ent way, by going into the genome and repair-ing the mutation at the source,” Sternberg said.

JACQUELINE GUTIERREZ / THE RIP

Samuel Sternberg speaking about the impact of CRISPR on viruses and bacteria in theLevan Center on Oct. 24.

Meat substitutes Veganism

By Haley DuvalSenior Photo Editor

Best meat replace-ments so former meat-lovers don’t have to miss out for choos-ing to be a vegan.

Tofu Tofu is a great sub-

stitute for a variety of types of meat.

Tofu is a food pre-pared from condensed soy milk.

It’s made to form solid white blocks of softness.

There are a variety of different ways it can be made.

It can be silken, soft, firm, or extra firm.

Tofu isn’t supposed to taste like meat, but for a cheap and sim-ple meat substitute, it’s worth the try.

Tofu with ramen? Delicious.

Tofu with soy sauce and rice? Yum. Plus, tofu is a good source to get protein.

MorningStar Farms veggie chicken nuggets

These veggie nug-gets are a dream come true for me.

Literally. For yearsafter becoming vege-tarian the only meat I missed and craved was chicken nuggets.

Everything I dream about eating meat was always McDonalds’ chicken nuggets.

Chicken nuggetswere my favorite food growing up and now it’s my favorite food again as a vegan adult.

The brand also has a variety of other meat-free and dairy-free products, includingMorningStar Farms’Buffalo Chik Patties, Buffalo Wings, and Chik’n Nuggets, andBBQ Chik’n Nuggets.

The Buffalo Chik Patties is the perfect patty for those who loved eating spicychicken sandwiches. Beyond Meat

According to Beyond Meat’s website, ingre-dients for its plant-based patties includewater, pea protein iso-late, expeller-pressedcanola oil, refined co-conut oil, rice protein and other natural fla-vors, including appleextract and beet juice extract to add color.

Black-bean and gar-den veggie patties are nothing compared tothe beyond meat pat-ties.

It does not look ex-

actly like the real an-imal meat but it sure does taste like it.

It’s so good the first time I tried it I was tempted to re-check the ingredients.

It’s just that good. There is also a veg-an alternative to pork sausage called “Beyond Sausage.” Vegan pizza

Make it or buy it, it’s easy to get when crav-ing pizza if you know where. There are a few dairy-free frozen piz-zas at Target or sim-ply ask for the vegan cheese when ordering at Blaze Pizza.

Bakersfield Pizza Co also has vegan options, like vegan sliders, cheese fries, cauliflower wings, pizza, and ice cream.

TofurkyThe holiday season is

coming up and vegans who celebrate Thanks-giving with family or friends can sometimes feel left out.

A traditionalThanksgiving meal consists of a turkey, stuffing, mashed pota-toes, gravy, some kind of dessert and more.

Don’t worry, there’s plenty of ex-citing Thanksgiv-ing food alternatives.

Soy chorizoSoy chorizo is a great

way to eat breakfast burritos with potatoes.

Gardein Classic’smeatless meatballs

Obviously, spaghet-ti can easily be made vegan, but what is spa-ghetti without meat-balls?

It’s not the same without it. Thankful-ly, Gardein Classic’s meatless meatballs solves that problem. Trader Joe’s also has meatless meatballs.

Some store-bought meat substitutes are not always 100 percent vegan.

It’s a rookie mistake to not check the ingre-dients label to ensure the item does not in-clude eggs or milk.

Haley Duval

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STEM department shows off chemistry By Tiarra McCormick

Reporter

The STEM faculty hosted a Mar-velous Metals Event outside on cam-pus.

The STEM department and other related clubs put up booths display-ing their work.

Students were able to walk from various booths and watch as demon-strations took place. There was a strawberry DNA extraction demon-stration shown by Angela Hill in the Biology Department where she talk-ed about genetics.

Timothy Plett from the Bakersfield College Artificial Intelligence club showed how electrical current flowed from grapefruit can change different metals like aluminum and copper.

Another booth showed a robot writing out people’s names on paper it using code from an algorism shown by the Mathematics Engineering Sci-ence Achievement club.

The operator was Martin Perez and Ramsses Patterson who told peo-ple about the club and robot. The Psychics club booth demonstrated how fast a person’s reaction time was by how fast they caught a yard stick.

The various reaction times was

considered data that could be used to see the average time it took a person to react. The Engineering/Women in Science and Engineering booth had students put together a puzzle giving them examples and using spa-ghetti and marshmallows, hosted by Ben Duval.

During the event, students received cards if they participated in the dif-ferent games each booth offered.

With two cards students they were able to get food. The booth was cov-ered by Dan Kimball, chemistry pro-fessor, who took their two cards, they wrote their name down, and gave them a hot dog and soda. The Fi-nancial Aid booth offered pens, high-lighters, and USB flash drives and answered any questions. The event hosted many booths and there was something interesting for everyone to see.

TIARRA MCCORMICK / THE RIP

Timothy Plett with the Bakers-field College Artificial Intel-ligence club giving a demon-stration using grapefruit as a power source to see how elec-trical current affects metals during STEM Week.

Luncheon combats rise in homelessness By Alex Gutierrez

Reporter

The Bakersfield Downtown Business Association hosted a luncheon at the West-chester Event Center for the fight to take back downtown from all the developing conditions on Oct. 24.

In attendance was a lot of business owner in the downtown area along with very promi-nent people in local and state government, such as Senator ShannonGrove, Assemblyman

Vince Fong, Mayor Karen Goh, Bakersfield Councilman Andre Gonzalez, and District Attorney Cynthia Zim-mer, all of whom were keynote speakers in this event.

The luncheon’s pur-pose was to directly combat the growing homeless population in the downtown area. Many businesses are challenging the current state-of-affairs as they believe the growing homelessness issue is ru-

ining business for these local shops.

Reasons include homeless camps being set up along the build-ings of these business-es, and the rising crime spike in the area, which is allegedly the result of the increasing home-lessness.

Some business own-ers also expressed their issue with the vandalism that’s also occurring all over downtown, from graffiti to destroyed properties.

According to the Downtown Business As-sociation this issue get-ting worse, The DBA is

also coordinating a plan to provide a deeper communication within the businesses to keep each business and prop-erty owner updated with what is happening in the neighborhood in a forum that discusses these issues.

The forums and up-dated information would be gathered by a block captain, some-thing that was also leg-islated at the luncheon.

These blocks are ex-pected to update their area in homeless and crime-related problems.

However, there will not be multiple blocks consisting of each city block.

These newly pro-posed blocks would be strips of businesses and property owners run-ning along both sides of the street for an extend-ed distance.

With crime and van-dalism continuing, the DBA has mentioned that the downtown area is still safe and should not keep anyone away from utilizing these businesses and services.

They also spoke brief-

ly about how great, his-toric and intertwined with Bakersfield life these businesses are, such as Fox Theatre, The Mark and many more.

Downtown Bakers-field is always at the center of controversy concerning crime and homelessness, and for that reason movements like Block to Block Em-powerment focus on such things to provide a safer place for the busi-ness, property owners and the community as a whole.

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BC football team loses to Long Beach By Haley Duval Senior Photo Editor

The Bakersfield College’s football team lost their home game against Long Beach City College, 23-20, at Memorial Stadium, on Oct.26.

In the second quarter, BC’s quarterback, Braden Wingle gave the Rene-gades their first touchdown of the game. In the same quarter BC’s freshman

Malik Delouth made a 13-yard touchdown. By end of the first half BC was up 14-10.

In the second half BC made two more goals by Paxton Winders and Wingle. The Renegades ended their lead up until the fourth quarter when Long

Beach scored back-to-back touchdowns, taking BC’s 23-20 lead. After this loss, BC is now 2-5 and has yet won a home game. The final home game of the season is on November 16.

HALEY DUVAL / THE RIP

BC’s Larry Harrington (#11) tries to catch a pass during the first half, at Memorial Stadium, Oct. 26. Bakersfield College’s footballteam lost to Long Beach City College, 23-20.

Roadrunners hockey team loses

LUIS ROJAS / THE RIP Enrique Galvan (9) trying to dribble University of San Diego defenseman, Torben Pearson (18) at the ice hockey game at Rabobank Are-na, October 25. The game finished 7-3, with University of San Diego leaving with a victory. With this result, California State UniversityBakersfield is now 2-3 and will have a rematch on Nov. 2 in San Diego. For the full story, visit www.therip.com.

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Sophomore quarterbackshares his experiences

By Haley Duval Senior Photo Editor

Sophomore, Stephen Figure, 20, currentlyplays quarterback forthe Renegades football team.

How did you start playing football?

I started playing foot-ball when I was eight years old. My godfa-ther, whose son is on the team, Isaiah Martin, his dad got me into it when I was in third grade. I feel in love with it ever since. That’s why I still play today, because of him.

One football mo-ment you can never forget?

I went to Bakersfield Christian High School when we went to State. That was the best mo-ment of my senior year. Going to state and be-ing in that type of at-mosphere.

How do you man-age studying andplaying games?

With studying we all have to go to study hall and have to get a cer-tain amount of hours in. To make sure those two-hours I have gets in I strictly don’t over-think and stay focus.That’s enough time for me to be able to study

homework, study my plays, and go to practice without having to worry about getting behind.”

Favorite game of this season?

For this year I have to say the game against Long Beach. Although we lost, it seemed like our defense was click-ing. We were flying around having a good time playing football even though we didn’t get the win.

Last season? I have to say the Sad-

dleback game. It was our last game of the season. Everyone had fun because it was our last game.

What is your train-ing schedule like? Do you practice ev-ery day?

We have Monday’s off, but we practice Tuesdays to Fridayswhen everyone is out of class. Fridays we have an early clock at 7 a.m.

Have any sports icon you look up too?

Eric Berry. Do you have a

favorite footballteam?

The KansasCity Chie fs. That my favorite football team. I liked them since I was a kid because my dad

liked them. Do you have a spe-

cial routine or su-perstition beforeyou play a big game?

Not really. I just listen to my music. Usually to classical or something slow, because I like be-ing in a calm mood be-fore playing. I don’t like listening to rap or some-thing because I’ll get me off mood.

In some major games, how do you handle the pres-sure?

I handle pressure when I’m on the field. I tune everyone out [ex-pect] my coaches. I just focus on what’s going on. I forget about the fans, who are out there, and the scouts. I just fo-cus on one thing, which is just making the play.

How is the rela-tionship of a coach with players?

It’s pretty good. It’s like we’re family. We’re together every day. I see them more than my ac-tual family. I look up to all my coaches. They’re my role models and my teammates are like brothers to me.

How does it feel to hear the cheers of supporters?

It’s a great feeling. When they cheer for

us, that’s how we know we’re doing something good. When there’s a bad call and hear the booing, you know we have true fans that care about the games.

How do you and the team motivate each other in half time if you are be-hind in the score-line?

We stay motivate by thinking that there are many people out there that wish can be playing football or doing some-thing active and they can’t, so we put that in our heads. You have something like that in your head, that some people can’t play, wish they could that play and wish they could, makes you want to play better, play more, and play to your best ability.

If you weren’tplaying football,what would you be doing?

Just going to school and focusing on my major. I’m a psycholo-gy major. I’m branch-ing off after that and go into children psycholo-gy. That’s what I want to do and hopefully, get into somewhere here in Bakersfield or close to home. That’s the plan. I love kids.

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BC’s quarterback Stephen Figure, points out a play at at Memorial Stadium, on Oct. 26.

NFL teams ranked NFL

By Tyler FrostReporter

We have seen a wild-ly entertaining NFLseason thus far.

We have reached the midway point in the season, which is a fit-ting time for all teams to assess where they stand on the football hierarchy.

This list is a remind-er that not all win-loss records are createdequally.

These teams areranked in order of best to worst consideringmany factors.

These factors include strength of schedule, current record, talent, coaching, and theiroverall play thus far in all three phases of foot-ball (offense, defense, and special teams).

They are brokendown into tiers based on their current stand-ing in the NFL, and how well each team is built to compete in the second half of the sea-son.

All win-loss records are retroactive to Oct. 28 2019, the conclu-sion of Week 8.

In addition, we will play the three-wordgame to define each squad and their out-look on the rest of the seasons. Super Bowl Con-tenders

1. New England Pa-triots (8-0); Surprising-ly Legendary Defense

2.New OrleansSaints (7-1); Winning Without Brees

3. Green Bay Pack-ers (7-1); Rodgers Has Help

4. San Francisco49ers (7-0); Who’veThey Played?

5. Seattle Seahawks (6-2); Wilson for MVP

6. Kansas CityChiefs (5-3); Andy Re-id’s Offense Ultra-Competitive Playoff Teams

7.Minnesota Vikings (6-2); Kirk’s Stepping Up

8.Houston Texans(5-3); The WatsonShow

9.Los Angeles Rams (5-3); Getting VeryDesperate

10.Dallas Cowboys (4-3); Boys Are Back

11.Baltimore Ra-vens (5-2); Can Lamar Throw? Wild Card Teams to Watch Out For

1 2 . I n d i a n a p o l i s Colts (5-2); No Luck Needed

13.Philadelphia Ea-gles (4-4); Better Get Healthy

14.Buffalo Bills (5-2); Record Tells Lies

15.Detroit Lions(3-3-1); Best Average Team

16.Carolina Pan-thers (4-3); Will Cam Return?

Mid-Tier Teams with Potential

17.Chicago Bears (3-4); Trubisky or True-Bust

18.Pittsburgh Steel-ers (3-4); Figured It Out

19.Cleveland Browns (2-5); Fire Freddy Kitchens

20.Jacksonville Jag-uars (4-4); Better With-out Ramsey?

21.Tennessee Titans (4-4); Tannehill over Mariota

22.Los Ange-les Chargers (3-5); League’s Biggest Wild-card Entertaining Un-derdogs

23.Arizona Cardi-nals (3-4-1); Defense Doesn’t Matter

24.Oakland Raiders (3-4); Gruden Estab-lishing Culture

25.Tampa Bay Buc-caneers (2-5); Jameis or JameIsn’t

26.New York Giants (2-6); Exciting Young Core Awful

27.Denver Bron-cos (2-6); Most Boring Team

28.New York Jets (1-6); Bell Needs Ball

29.Atlanta Falcons(1-7); Superbowl to This?

3 0 . Wa s h i n g t o n Redskins (1-7); Throw Haskins In

31.Cincinnati Ben-gals (0-8); Dalton Fi-nally Benched High School Equiv-alent

32.Miami Dolphins (0-7); Winless Season Impending?

Tyler Frost

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Puppies meet and greet By Bianca Cacciola

Reporter

Sangera Subaru of Bakersfield hosted Mutts & Munchies with pets ready to be adopted from the company Pet MatchMak-er on Oct. 26. This event had a wish list of items that could be donated, and food and drinks were provided for the people in attendance.

Pet MatchMaker is a non-prof-it companion animal rescue or-ganization that began in 2004 on the east coast. The company’s first goal was to rescue dogs and cats from the south-eastern states and transport them to New En-gland where there was a high de-mand for dogs, and the need for help in the southern states.

“I moved out to California in 2007, to Bakersfield, when my husband transferred jobs and basically transferred Pet Match-

Maker,” said Morgan Sokolow, Director and founder of Pet MatchMaker. “We expanded. We kept the east coast branch, started the west coast branch, and had a facility on M Street from 2007 to 2010. Then we bought our facility property in 2010 and have built from there.”

The aim is to raise the numbers of spayed and neutered animals to prevent the number of strays that go into shelters. “Our dogs need to get out and be socialized out in public with the other dogs. We’ve got two sets of dogs that were breeders and that’s all they ever did, was just breed,” said Monique Nunlist, a foster for Pet MatchMaker. “[Events such as this] are to make people aware of pure-bred dogs, but they are rescues. You don’t have to go and buy a dog, you can rescue a dog and get something just as good, if not better.”

Roughly more than 6 million animals enter a shelter each year according to the No Kill Advo-cacy Center website. “There are roughly two million dogs and cats killed in U.S. shelters annu-ally because they lack a home, but as many as 30 million Amer-icans add a new animal to their households every year. We do not have a ‘pet overpopulation’ problem, we have a market share challenge,” the No Kill Advoca-cy Center website read.

“These dogs, they have been through some of the worst of the worst but, all they know is love. They forgive so quickly and all they want to do is love and be loved. I am not saying they are more lovable than something else, but just knowing that you’ve rescued and you have saved this dog and given it a second life, they are so grateful,” Nunlist said.

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A group of dogs laying down together in a shaded, gated-in pen at the Pet MatchMaker’sMutts & Munchies event hosted by Sangera Subaru on Oct. 26.

A night at the museum By Jocelyn Sandusky

ReporterThe Buena Vista Mu-

seum of Natural Histo-ry and Science hosted people of all ages for their ninth annualNight at the Museum presentation on Oct. 25 and 26.

Museum docents es-corted groups of 10 through the dark mu-seum with a flashlight as they educated small children and adults about pre-historic and modern animals, civili-zations, and natural oc-currences and objects.

Throughout the night, the guides integrated fun and spooky stories to make the tour a dif-ferent, fun and festive experience for people, both new to and famil-iar with the museum.

To stay on theme for Halloween, every-one working the event dressed up for the festiv-

ities. Whether it was a simple pumpkin sweat-er or a smurf costume, everyone dressed up to add to the theme and ambiance of the night.

The tour was ap-proximately one hour and it took participants through four different special presentationsthroughout the en-tire museum. On the ground floor, the night’s first guide, Koral Han-charick, walked the group through animal exhibits, which included lions, deers, sharks and whales.

Following her portion of the tour, Hancharick directed the group up-stairs, where they expe-rienced the highlight of the night. Museum-go-ers had the opportunity to pet and hold snakes, both big and small.

For Melissa’s Pitt-man’s daughter, it was the best part of the

night because she held an albino snake for the first time, all on her own.

Following the excite-ment of the snakes, the group moved its way onto the third floor, where they encountered dinosaur casts and real fossils protected behind glass. Some casts were decorated with glow sticks, and animatronic dinosaurs came to life as people passed by.

The night concluded with a presentation of experiments by the mad scientist.

With the help of ele-ments from the periodic table and a mashup of different objects, he cre-ated scientific reactions that were fiery, loud and explosive. For their safety, observers had to stand back and cover their ears to prevent an injury, and for good rea-son.

At one point, a tin-can flew across the room at a rapid speed after a failed attempt of an ex-periment.

The entire night, espe-cially the collaboration with the mad scientist, encouraged participa-tion and questions from the museum-goers.

Although Pittman brought her daughter to the museum before, the night was a different ex-perience for her.

“It was very different with the lights turned down and some of the displays were switched up. The dinosaurs were lit up and the T-Rex isn’t usually there,” she said.

Pittman is considering bringing her younger daughter to the event next year, given how much her daughter en-joyed the decorations and presentations.

Studying with an illness Mental Health By Paige AtkisonSenior Digital Editor

Studying when in the throes of mental illness can be incred-ibly difficult. Howev-er, there are countless ways to adjust your studying style to suit your medical needs.

ADHD ADHD, both inat-

tentive and hyperac-tive type is prevalent among 2 to 8 percent of college students. ADHD can cause symptoms such as a lack of focus, trouble concentrating, difficul-ty staying seated and having a hard time following through on projects. Making reminders on your phone and other de-vices to keep you on track is a good start. Next, consider break-ing your studying into easily digestible chunks. Maintaining hours of focus can be incredibly trying for someone with ADHD, so utilizing study methods such as the Pomodoro technique can make retaining information much eas-ier. Try studying for 20 minutes and taking five minutes to rest af-terward, repeating this cycle four times.

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Major Depressive Disorder is charac-terized by a myriad of symptoms, includ-ing depressed mood, diminished pleasure in all activities, and the slowing down of thought. The delay in thinking and an in-crease in fatigue can make it burdensome to maintain a rigor-ous school schedule. Like all other mental illnesses, you will need to find a way to work around your disorder in order to succeed academically. First, get help from your support system in any way you can. Find someone you can talk to openly and honestly about your illness and struggles. The temp-tation to isolate one-self while depressed can be tantalizing, but it is just the disorder talking. It can be scary to go outside or social-ize but doing so will help you feel better and by extension, help you survive school.One technique to an-alyze your depression and figure out what adjustments need to be made in your stu-dent life is to start an

activity log. Write down what you do each couple of hours to see how depression is impacting your life. Then track your diffi-culties with your stud-ies as well. Consider making lists and doing things in small chunks to work around the fa-tigue that comes with depression. The Po-modoro technique also works well for people suffering from Major Depressive Disorder.

Bipolar DisorderBipolar Disorder is

a mood disorder that affects an estimated 2.8 percent of adults in the United States alone. Bipolar Disor-der involves two major mood states: mania (or hypomania) and depression. Those who suffer from this disorder can experi-ence symptoms rang-ing from rapid speech and racing thoughts to severe depression and psychosis.

Symptoms such as rapid thoughts and pressured speech can make studying nearly impossible. One key component to doing well in school while living with this illness is to take your medi-cation regularly and follow your doctor’s advice.

If you’re lucky enough to have access to treatment- take ad-vantage of it. Follow-ing your treatment plan is the best step you can take to suc-ceed in school. Apart from that, try to reach out when you start to struggle academically.

Anxiety Disor-ders

Anxiety disorder can be found among 11.9 percent of college students. It is marked by a perpetual state of constant worry, an inability to relax or enjoy quiet time, and avoidance of stress-ful situations among other things. The best way to cope with anx-iety during school is to start small. Like the other illnesses, it is best to study in increments.

Paige Atkison

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Op-ed: Small town pros and cons By Bianca Cacciola

Reporter

Tehachapi is a smalltown in California thatI am sure most peopledon’t know actually ex-ists. The population isapproximately 12,000people and growing upin Tehachapi has beenan experience that Iwouldn’t change. Let’sface it, every small-town shares common charac-teristics and have theirpros and cons.

Pro: A small-towncommunity is a tight-knit community in times of need. This is one of the beneficial ways that knowing everyone canbe a good thing. Whena tragedy strikes, such

as a death or devasta-tion, the communitybonds together to fund-raise or help out in any way they can. When I was in high school, we lost a few students due to unforeseen accidents and it really bonded the community as a whole. Whether it was holding a candle light vigil, host-ing a memorial in our high school’s gymnasi-um, or doing something in honor of the person, small-towns feel thehurt too.

Con: Everybody knows everybody, andno I am not kidding. Growing up, it madetransitioning fromthe three elementa-ry schools to the one

middle school easy.You went in with your same friend group and it made the big changes in life less intimidating.

But, as I grew older, I realized how trickyknowing everyone could be. If you were like me, wanting to get in and out of a store, going to Albertsons was agreeing to bump into practically the whole town.

Even going backhome now, I still run into people I went to school with.

While I appreciatethe people I grew up with, I have also experi-enced a lot of let-downs and upsets that can de-ter me from willingly volunteering my time to

see others. Pro: Small towns

make most peoplehumble. The beauty of growing up in a smaller town is that it teaches you to make something out of nothing.

Most people at ayoung age can’t thinkof anything better than leaving their small town, with the exception of some, and making a

name for themselvesoutside of the town.

A good number of people tend to like the

idea of staying in the town as they get older, which is why the last names of people be-come so “legendary.”No matter if people stay or go, our small-town

communities will al-ways remember wherewe came from.

Con: When you growup in a small town, thatmeans there is a smallselection of stores, ac-tivities, or anythingaround you. All largercity things to do, likegoing to a mall for newclothes, or bowling withfriends, means that youhave to drive about 45minutes both ways forit.

Tehachapi is in themiddle of Bakersfield,Ca and Lancaster, Cadistance-wise. On dayswhen your family plansa trip to go shopping,you have a choice ofwhich city to go to.When I was younger,

driving to either city got me excited for one reason only, food. In Tehachapi there is not much of a selection of places to eat unless you want to eat at one of the many McDonalds or Subways, so coming home from a day of er-rands gets a whole lot better when you can stop at Panda Express.

The fun thing to do with your friends in high school was to have a monthly membership to the one car wash in Tehachapi, and ask your friends to come get your car washed with you.

So, when I say there is a small selection of things to do, I mean it.

Op-ed: Don’t victim shame abuse survivors By Jocelyn Sandusky

Reporter

Two years ago, theMeToo and Times Upmovements catapultedwomen’s sexual harass-ment and assault stories to the forefront of social and political activism.

The immeasurableamount of brave wom-en who told their stories created an environment where speaking up isn’t as scary and pointlessas it once was becausethere is comfort andstrength in numbers.

But even still, an igno-rant question managesto make its way into the conversation when vic-tims come forward and speak out about theirexperiences: Why didn’t you say anything soon-er?

For some reason,women waiting un-til they are ready andwilling to share theirtraumatic experiencesmakes them liars.

Because if it reallyhappened, they wouldfile a police report and seek justice at all costs.

While the people Iconfided in did not doubt that I was sexu-ally harassed, I experi-enced a response thatmade me feel muchworse.

After revealing themost embarrassing andintrusive thing to everhappen to me, everyperson I told blamedme for not preventingthe perpetrator’s futureassault on other girls.

I went from being avictim to a villain. In asplit second, I becamehis accomplice becausemy silence made mecomplicit.

These people con-firmed my worst fear: It is my fault the inap-propriate behavior andcycle of abuse contin-ues because I did notsay anything.

But what was I sup-posed to do?

When Hollywood had its reckoning two years ago and took downsome of its most power-ful men, rape, non-con-sensual advancements, and inappropriate com-ments filled headlines.

I never thought I had a MeToo story until re-cently because the ha-rassment I experienced was not as forward or overt as what I was see-ing on the news and so-cial media.

The behavior I expe-rienced was so sly and subtle, I did not even notice it was going on.

For a long time, I categorized what I ex-perienced as a mis-understanding, anexaggeration, and an experience that was not as serious and import-ant as others.

So what happened? My former co-work-

er, at my former place of employment, made comments about mybutt and would press

his genitals against my backside while squeez-ing past me.

I thought nothing of it.

When I told him a story about falling onto my butt, and his re-sponse was “well it’s a good thing you have a lot of cushion there,” I thought he was trying to be funny by making a joke.

When he didn’t have enough room to move past me, I thought he inadvertently came too close even though he never said excuse me.

Even though I felt un-comfortable, I thought I might be taking his ac-tions out of context.

But when he sent me photos of his genita-lia after I quit, I knew that I wasn’t delusional and all of the excuses I made for him were un-warranted.

Even though people might blame me for not speaking up instead of

condemning his actions and sympathizing with me, I would not have reacted any differently.

I was a young girl try-ing to get herself out of a potentially dangerous situation.

I didn’t have time to contact corporate orhuman resources.

I don’t even know if such departments were available to me because I worked for a franchi-see and the owner never shared such informa-tion with me.

I could not confide in the owner.

He wasn’t very smart and he was friends with my harasser.

He gave him rides to and from work every day and they socialized often outside of work.

I had just startedworking there and he would never believe me over his most trusted employee and friend.

Also, as an unofficial manager, my harasser

had access to my social security number andaddress.

If he found out that I reported him for inap-propriate conduct, hecould have retaliatedagainst me.

I was scared to report what happened to me. I was scared of not being believed.

I was even moreafraid of being ignored. I know that silence al-lows the cycle of abuse to flourish but I will not be held responsible for somebody else’s actions.

There are many rea-sons why someonemight not want to re-port their abuse but its nobody’s business buttheir own.

It’s not my duty to speak up to create a better culture, but it is society’s duty to listen to survivors so that this kind of behavior be-comes unacceptable so that no one ever has to speak up again.

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Jonas Brothers reunite at the Hollywood Bowl By Haley Duval Senior Photo Editor

It feels like 2008 all over again.

After experiencing the Jonas Brother’s “Hap-piness Begins” tour at the Hollywood Bowlon Oct. 20, I certainly still had the lovebug for them.

The Jonas Brothersare an American pop rock band formed in 2005 which consists of three brothers; Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas.

After taking a 6-year hiatus, the “Jo Bros” are back and have never been better.

It has been a huge year for the JonasBrothers and especially for the fans.

Since they announced they’re back together in late February, the broth-ers have been unstoppa-ble.

They released theirfirst single in almost ten years called “Sucker” marking the group’s first No. 1 single.

The Jonas Brother’s latest album, “Happi-ness Begins” dropped in

June of this year, along with a documentary ti-tled, “Chasing Happi-ness” shortly after they announced their “Hap-piness Begins” tour.

I've been waiting for this day for nearly ten years.

I couldn't see them when I was ten. What ten-year-old has money to go to a concert. Not me.

Now that I’m in my early 20s, well, still no. I still didn't have any money, but I still got tickets as a birthday gift.

Although the night before the concert I was stressing out and crying because I had night-mares that I missed the show, the emotions I felt during the show were just full of happiness.

They open up their set with the song “Roll-ercoaster,” off of their 2019 album. Which sent me on an emotion-al rollercoaster.

My eyes teared up a little. The song is about their journey since the fans last saw all three of the brothers perform-ing together, which ties

in perfectly to open up with.

The best songs to dance to was definitely “Only Human,” from “Happiness Begins” and Nick and Joe cover “Cake by the Ocean,” from Joe’s band DNCE. Fun fact, cake means butt.

The only disappoint-ment I have from the show was how heart-broken I felt when they didn't perform my fa-vorite Jonas Brother’s song from their 2008 “A Little Bit Longer” al-bum “Shelf.”

Overall, the show was amazing and I hope they’ll be back to an-nounce another album and tour in the nearfuture again without taking another six-year hiatus.

The first leg was the “Happiness Begins’ tour officially ended the next day at the Holly-wood Bowl.

The set list was per-fect for the old and new Jonas Brothers fans.

Jonas Brothers set-list: “Rollercoaster,” “S.O.S.`` ''Cool” “Only

Human`` ''Strangers ``''That’s Just the Way We Roll ``''Fly With Me ``''Used to Be ``''Hesi-tate ``''Hello Beautiful” (fan request) “Gotta Find You” (Camp Rock)

“Jealous” (Nick Jonas cover) “Cake by the

Ocean” (DNCE cover) “Comeback ``''When You Look Me in the Eye ``''I Believe”

Song the medley up together: “Mandy” “Paranoid” “Got Me

Going Crazy” “Play My Music”/“World War

III”/“Hold On”/“To-night,” “Lovebug” “Year 3000” (Busted cover)

Closing songs: “Burnin’ Up” and

“Sucker.

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Will Smith’s “Gemini Man” is predictable By David Portillo

Reporter

A duo of Will Smiths star in the 2019 action flick“Gemini Man.” The film, directed by Ang Lee, is areal visual marvel. Although the film is an absolutejoy to look at, the plot drags it down in the mostcliché ways.

The film follows Henry Brogan (Will Smith) andhis sudden targeting of a mysterious operative wholooks very similar to him, a clone also played bySmith who is digitally made to look like the star inhis twenties.

The plot seems like a setup for an extremely funtime at the movies, but the writing makes the mov-

ie a real let down. Dull dialogue and easy to predict setups are seen throughout the movie. Smith seems to try to give his all in his performance, but the re-sult is boring and seems way too repetitive. With an almost two-hour run time it just keeps dragging on.

The film seems like its pulled from the year 2005 and with all of its flaws that all of the action films of that period had. It simply doesn’t live up to 2019 standards.

“Gemini Man” is so predictable that it seems like a 15-year-old fan wrote the script and the director just went with it. As a result, the movie flopped and didn’t seem to pull an audience to give it the time of day.

Through all of the film’s negatives, the entire

grab of the film is the double Will Smith experi-ence and it delivers. Technology in all aspects of life has come a long way and “Gemini Man” shows it with the motion capture of Smith. His perfor-mance felt like there were two of him on screen at once. At some points, it seems like the younger Smith character is his own entity and isn’t captured through technology. To be fair, if there is any rea-son to see this movie it’s that.

“Gemini Man” should be a good movie, but it’s ridden with a predictable script that keeps it from being unique and falls flat even with the star power that the director tried to capture with two doses of Will Smith.

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Annual chalk art event returns to town By Bianca Cacciola

Reporter

The annual Bakersfield event Via Arté hit the parking lot of the Marketplace on Oct. 19 and 20. Artists and creative minds got the chance to showcase their talent at the Italian Street Painting Festi-val.

The theme of Via Arté 2019 was “Our World United.” Partic-ipants varied in ages from expe-rienced adults to young children expressing their own ideas of what unifies the world.

Ferris Hernandez, high school senior and member of Indepen-dence High School Art Club, said, “The colors are what drew us to [the art piece], we also saw the dove holding an olive branch and we thought it was a very good symbol of peace and unity. We felt like this was the best to choose.”

Many Kern high schools, such as Golden Valley High School, Bakersfield High School, and more, had students in attendance sponsored by the Bakersfield Mu-seum of Art.

Along with students, people who work for school districts also spent hours on their weekend preparing and competing against the other entries.

Darla Kendrick, an art teach-er for two different elementary

schools, said, “Every year the kids [I teach] look forward to this. My third grade classes take a walking field trip over here and I will actu-ally meet them out here. They will see this in person, they will get to ask me questions, they will get to see our art. Just to get kids more involved in it, we like to hide little things in our projects, because it makes them stop and look at the details.”

Kendrick’s aim is to have her students see that not only is she an art teacher, but she is also a pro-ducing artist.

Jennifer Williams, who creates the Via Arté artwork with Kend-rick, also works around children as a librarian. Williams said that the students inspire her, they cre-ate artwork that she will hang in the library that help her explore her creative depths.

“Instead of me feeding them art, they feed it to me. I always make them sign their work, I tell them artists sign their art. You got to put your name on it and that way everybody can see that it is you, you did it. They are just so creative and it is constant, so that kind of keeps my creative juices going,” Williams said.

Via Arté gives an outlet for the community to view artwork from the people that surround them every day.

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A chalk artist drawing a large portrait at the Via Arté event at the Mar-ketplace in Bakersfield on Oct. 20.

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A body positivity inspired chalk masterpiece at the Via Arté event at theMarketplace on Oct. 20.

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A chalk art drawing created by students from Liberty HighSchool that embraces the “Our World United” theme of the Via Arté event.

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The Acoustics playing the acoustic version of pop songs atthe Via Arté event at the Marketplace on Oct. 20.

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A section of the Via Arte event that is sponsored by the Bakersfield Mu-seum of Art at the Marketplace on Oct. 20.