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The Runner

An abundant amount of apps for school 

August 29, 2017

By Olivia Kalahar Podcast Editor   The new school year for CSU Bakersfield has just begun and classes are back in session with the lingering dread of less Netflix and more homework, papers and...

Fun around town

August 29, 2017

By Simer Khurana Assistant Photo Editor     Bakersfield can offer a lot more than what most people think. There is plenty to do in Bakersfield if you know where to look. If you get bored,...

Glendy Ardon is a CSUB student who has survived stage IV Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and has used her pain as motivation to finish school. 
 Photo by Simer Khurana

Student’s pain fuels a new beginning

Glendy Ardon May 18, 2017

Reporter  I remember pain. I thought I was hurt or sore from physical exercise, or from being a tired mom always on the go with two children on the autism spectrum filled with way too much...

A resolution has been reached revoking the requirements of tickets.
Javier Valdes/The Runner

Administration reaches graduation resolution

Christopher Mateo May 5, 2017

Editor-in-Chief   After much discontent from the student body on the sudden requirement for tickets to attend graduation, CSUB President Horace Mitchell has sent out a memo with details on the...

The Academic Senate is set to discuss possible alternatives to graduation in an emergency meeting with the Office of the President.

Academic Senate files for emergency meeting to discuss graduation

Christopher Mateo May 4, 2017

Editor-in-Chief     The Academic Senate has filed for an emergency session planning meeting with the Office of the President to discuss possible alternatives to the new ticket requirement...

Graduates will now be given five guest tickets ensuring seats at the Main Soccer Field. 
Photo by Ben Patton/The Runner

CSUB administration limits tickets for graduation guests

May 3, 2017

By Christopher Mateo Editor-in-Chief As graduation only being weeks away, CSU Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell has sent out an email announcing that graduates will receive five tickets for their...

ASI President and senior Alex Dominguez awaits graduation and his future at the University of Mississippi for law school. Photo by Simer Khurana/The Runner

A bittersweet farewell

May 2, 2017

By Breanna Hunczak Reporter Spring always brings new changes to CSU Bakersfield. Flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer, professors are retiring, and seniors are leaving to go on to...

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...

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