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Students climb the rock wall in the Student Recreation Center during Rec Fest on Monday, August 27.
Photo by Valerie Hernandez

Rec Fest welcomes students to new school year

Valerie Hernandez August 31, 2018

Assistant Features Editor The 2018 Rec Fest featured many smiling faces that welcomed and encouraged students to be more involved and discover the opportunities at the Student Recreation Center. Students...

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CSUB students and staff came out to participate in the CSUB Quidditch Tournament on May 2, 2018.

Harry Potter fans are needed at the SRC

May 22, 2018

By Norma Hernandez Reporter    If you’re still waiting for your Hogwarts letter, it might be coming sooner than you think.   The Student Recreation Center at CSU Bakersfield, held...

Photo by Morayo Olujumu 
African Student Association club members pose at CSUB on October 13, 2017.

All students are welcome at the ASA club

May 13, 2018

By Chelsea L. McDowell Reporter Before going off to college, some students may feel like they are leaving the comfort of their home to be alienated by the real world. This feeling may be intensified...

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Katelyn Willey receives a bouquet of flowers from the audience after her performance
during the CSUB Concert Band Spring Concert on Saturday, May 5, 2018.

CSUB Concert Band delights the audience with its Spring Concert

May 10, 2018

By Jayson Edgerle Reporter  The CSU Bakersfield Concert Band gave the semester a final send-off with its Spring Concert.  The concert brought out parents and students to support those in the...

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CSUB students Ashlyn Wareckiy and Tajsiana Tapp came out to support and ask
questions about the Bike to School event that took place at CSUB on Wednesday, May
09, 2018.

National Bike Day was celebrated at CSUB

May 9, 2018

By Christopher Sanchez Reporter    Did you know there’s a Bike to School Day?  Did you know that May is National Bike Month?  The Student Recreation Center held a Bike to School event...

Photo from the CSUB SRC Facebook page

Stressed students can get their zen on at the SRC’s Zen Zone event

May 9, 2018

By Runa Lemminn Features Editor Students who are looking for ways to de-stress during finals need look no further than the Student Recreation Center. Besides the tried-and-true stress relieving workout...

Photo from NASA/ Paul Alers
Stephen Hawking lectures during NASA’s 50th anniversary in 2008.

Remembering Stephen Hawking

May 4, 2018

Jayson Edgerle Reporter A few weeks ago renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76.  Hawking was popularized by his stances on various subjects, such as how the universe...

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From left to right: Ace Perez, Angel Perez Jr., and Adam Perez of the band Creation pose with their father Angel Perez Sr. after winning Bakersfields Got Talent on April 28.

Creation rocks Bakersfield’s Got Talent

May 3, 2018

By Veronica Morley Digital Managing Editor Everyone at Celebrate CSUB was in for some rocking entertainment by the local youth band Creation. The band, made up of 13-year-old guitar player Angel...

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In a brief introduction Archives Librarian Christopher Livingston talks about Ranger John’s job
at Angel Island, Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Park rangers gone virtual

May 2, 2018

By Jayson Edgerle Reporter Students and faculty at CSU Bakersfield were given a virtual tour of Angel Island State Park on April 19. Park Ranger John Clagett held a conference call from his station...

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Dr. Helena Rozbicka Ganar talks about her sister and mother whose lives were taken
during the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor tells people at CSUB of her experiences

May 2, 2018

By Christopher Sanchez Reporter The audience listened in awe as the Holocaust survivor told her story of escaping Nazis in Poland during WWII. Dr. Helena Rozbicka Ganor shared her experiences with a...

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The Poncho Sanchez Band headlines day two of the 2018 Bakersfield Jazz Festival.

Bakersfield Jazz Festival has high notes

May 1, 2018

By Chelsea L. McDowell Reporter CSU Bakersfield saw its 32nd Annual Bakersfield Jazz Festival take place on April 27 and 28. It was directed by Professor Jim Scully in partnership with Lourdes Nilon,...

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Celebrate CSUB showcased many of CSUB’s clubs and organizations it has to offer students.
Here, Political Science major and junior transfer student, Maria Contreras stops in at the Helen
Hawk Honors Program table on Saturday, April 28, 2018.

There was something for everyone at the Celebrate CSUB event

May 1, 2018

By Runa Lemminn Features Editor   As the incoming student orientation ended in the Icardo Center, rivers of people wearing gold T-shirts poured out and began traveling purposefully toward...

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