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The Runner

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Hundreds of trainers looking for a shiny Dratini at Riverwalk Park during Pokemon
Go’s Community Day event.

Dratini hunted during Pokemon Go event

March 7, 2018

By Christopher Sanchez Reporter With a backpack full of portable batteries, charging cables, Mountain Dew, and my comfortable Puma’s, I began a quest to find as many shiny Dratini’s as I could. Pokémon...

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Provost and V.P. for Academic Affairs Jenny Zorn moderates the Rising Runner panel, from left Derek Abbott, Ryan Drakos, Katie O'Sullivan, and Michael Pawloski on Feb. 23 at CSUB's Stockdale Room.

Recipients of Rising Runner Awards inspire students

March 7, 2018

By Runa Lemminn Features Editor Four CSU Bakersfield alumni came back and told students what finding a job is really like after graduation, at an event held on February 23. The alumni, recipients...

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Students meet at the Japan and Beyond Club on Feb. 23. The club meets every Friday at 1:30p.m. In the Business Development Center in room 154.

Japan and Beyond Club welcomes lovers of Asian culture and anime

March 7, 2018

By Christopher Sanchez Reporter Are you an otaku?  Do you love all things kawaii and chibi?  Have you been told your shipping of characters is excessive and borderline unhealthy? ...

How to report sexual assault

March 6, 2018

By Chelsea L. McDowell Reporter CSU Bakersfield continues to offer resources and help to students in the Spring 2018 semester as more men and women are moved to come out as victims of sexual assault...

CSUB Math Field Day attracts number crunchers

March 6, 2018

By Jayson Edgerle Reporter From as far as Fresno, high school students gathered to participate in the CSU Bakersfield Math Field Day, on Feb. 24. According to David Gove, professor and chairman...

Photo by Cecilia Torres/The Runner Health educator Lauren Ash and Graduate Student Leader Jose Lopez start a game of Connect Four during the LGBTQ+ Pride Semester Welcome Back Game Social in the Multicultural Alliance Gender Equality Center, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.

LGBTQ+ hosts gaming social

Jayson Edgerle March 4, 2018

Reporter Imagine a giant Jenga tower so tall that the players needed a stool to reach the top. Another group was playing Monopoly Deal while watching Disney’s Tarzan. This was the scene for the LGBTQ+...

MSA Club informs campus about Muslim culture

February 22, 2018

By Norma Hernandez Reporter The Muslim Student Association club at CSU Bakersfield hosts events as part of their ongoing efforts to reveal an honest facet of Muslim culture that most of the media...

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Michael Ogundare praising the ASA and the panel they hosted on Feb. 8 at CSUB.

African Student Association explores diversity

February 22, 2018

By Christopher Sanchez Reporter Students at CSU Bakersfield came together to have an honest and open discussion about race, origin, privilege, education, and colorism. The African Student Association...

Mitchell inspires diversity at CSUB

February 21, 2018

By Runa Lemminn Features Editor It was early in the day, and still dark inside of Admissions when Dr. Jacqueline Mimms, enrollment management associate vice president, unlocked the door to let me...

‘Black Panther’ social focuses on the power of inclusion

February 21, 2018

Chelsea L. McDowell Reporter “Black Panther,” the film about the Marvel comic superhero, premiered Feb. 16 to a world enveloped in anticipation. While this was the seventeenth Marvel superhero...

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CSUB sociology professor Rhonda Dugan

CSUB professor researches N-word

February 19, 2018

By Chelsea L. McDowell Reporter   Illinois native Rhonda Dugan puts on her headphones and strolls through the campus much like the average CSU Bakersfield student, only she’s a tenured...

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Health educator Lauren Ash carefully makes her move in a game of Jenga during the LGBTQ+ Pride Semester Welcome Back Game Social in the Multicultural Alliance Gender Equality Center on  Feb. 8, 2018.

LBGTQ+ hosts gaming social

February 10, 2018

By Jayson Edgerle Reporter Imagine a giant Jenga tower so tall that the players needed a stool to reach the top. Another group was playing Monopoly Deal while watching Disney’s Tarzan. This was...

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