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Jazz Festival brings the tunes to CSUB

Gustavo Reveles May 2, 2017

      Reporter The 31st annual Bakersfield Jazz Festival welcomed the entire community at CSU Bakersfield campus for a spring night filled with eccentric music,...

Bakersfield gathers for annual mac and cheese fest

Sonia Lemus May 2, 2017

Reporter Lines formed in Alumni Park early on April 25 for the fourth annual Macaroni & Cheese Festival at CSU Bakersfield. The 85-degree weather did not stop hundreds of people from...

United Nations goodwill ambassador Mira Sorvino served as the guest lecturer for the 31st annual Charles W. Kegley memorial lecture on Tuesday, April 18. 
By Karina Diaz/ The Runner

Mira Sorvino encourages CSUB to stand against human trafficking

April 20, 2017

By Christopher Mateo Editor-in-Chief   Good Will Ambassador for Global Fight against Human Trafficking Mira Sorvino visited the CSU Bakersfield campus to talk about  the dangers and...

Ralph Moore plays saxophone at the Bakersfield Jazz Festival in 2016. Photo by Chris Mateo/ The Runner

CSUB ready to get jazzy at music festival

April 18, 2017

  By Devon Halsell Features Editor   The 31st annual Bakersfield Jazz Festival is a three-night, two-day long event that is fun for the whole family.  The event is presented...

Competition brews between Cafe Smitten and Dagny’s

April 18, 2017

By Breanna Hunczak Reporter Local coffee shops are hard to find, since Starbucks has cornered the market on coffee, but here in Bakersfield, we are lucky to have two amazing coffee shops downtown.  I...

Jeannette Sevilla dresses up as Mr. Fantastic during last years Greek Week. Greek organizations participate in the annual Greek Week with activities like skits, house building, volleyball, and a lip sync battle. 
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CSUB brings back Greek Week 2017

Gustavo Reveles April 6, 2017

Reporter   Greek organizations around campus continued celebrating Greek Week with fun activities like tug of war, volleyball, and lip sync battles on Wednesday, April 5th outside of the Student...

Parking lot K3 opened to the campus and public Monday, March 24. The parking space is near Student Housing East.
Photo by Peter Castillo/The Runner

New parking lot now open

Christopher Mateo March 30, 2017

Editor-in-Chief     Brand new parking lot K3 is now open at CSU Bakersfield. During the Associated Students Inc. board of directors meeting on March 24, Chief of Police Marty Williamson...

Temblor offers free tours where participants can cross beyond restrictions lines to walk along the stills and hear their story. 
Photo by Emily Amparan/ The Runner

Local brewery gives behind-the-tap tours

Emily Amparan March 21, 2017

Assistant News Editor For the last two years Temblor Brewing Company has been providing the Bakersfield community with entertainment, good beer and a social hangout. Together, Don Bynum and Tom Maxwell...

COLUMN: The Naked Truth: Don’t be hating on masturbating

Becca Romo March 21, 2017

 Multimedia Editor Masturbation is a pretty common thing in this day and age. Now, not everyone does it, and not everyone admits to doing it, but for the majority of us, it is something you...

The Runner staff received 14 awards at the California Collegiate Media Association Banquet on March 4, 2017. Photo courtesy of John Harte

The Runner brings home 16 awards

The Runner Staff March 7, 2017

The Runner earned 14 awards at the California Collegiate Media Awards and two awards from the Associated Collegiate Press Conference that took place from March 2 through March 5 in San Francisco. The...

COLUMN: The Naked Truth: Managing your sex-pectations

Julie Mana-Ay March 7, 2017

News Editor Orgasms are mysterious, subject to disbelief and known only to some. This is because many women have not experienced them, like me. In my past sexual relationships, I’ve never had the...

‘Logan’ shreds competition in final installment

Breanna Hunczak March 7, 2017

      Reporter  This weekend, I saw “Logan”, the latest “X-Men” movie based on Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman for the ninth and last time. As a girl...

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