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According to Dr. Vernon Harper, provost, and vice president for Academic Affairs, CSUB dealt with a COVID-19 incident during orientation. As a result, the event was pushed back and registration was com pressed.“Because it was compressed, we had to make some changes to our advising structure and the holds so that students can get into their classes,” Harper said.One of the two main holds that students have been facing are COVID-19 and immuniza tion holds. However, Harper stated that CSUB made some modifications to ensure that if a student had a COVID-19 or immunization hold, they were going to fully address those students and allow them to register.According to Harper, the main reason why this issue is occurred this semester is due to the ongoing issue of COVID-19. The Office of the Chancellor also made changes
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Julissa Vargas, a computer science major at CSUB, stated, “it was just a little bit compli cated because we’re all, like, new to the system. We didn’t know how to work things around.”Shementioned that in high school she had advisors who helped her enroll into her classes, but when she arrived at CSUB, she had a tough time learning how to navigate ev erything by herself. However, Vargas resolved this issue by making an appointment with
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Ramirez advises all students to check their MyCSUB portal for any holds or to-do list items and their CSUB email accounts daily in order to relieve some stress for students.
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When asked about how this has impacted faculty, Harper stated, “I don’t think they are affected greatly. We were able to make some adjustments to the course schedule to make sure that faculty and their class es areDespitepopulated.”allofthis, Harper said that enrollment should be similar to last year. He men tioned that CSUB is always ob serving how the institution has changed due to the pandemic.
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She also said that one of the main reasons why students have trouble registering for classes is due to COVID-19 and immunization holds.
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to low registrations. “Unfortu nately, my journalism class this semester was canceled due to low enrollment,” Harte said.
“I wasn’t surprised at the cancellation, but I was sur prised how severely the overall numbers dropped because I started teaching here in 2015, and I’ve had either full classes or classes with enough enroll ment, wasn’t a consideration,” HarteSomestated.students have also had problems with registering for classes.Morgan Dunshee, a prehealth major at CSUB, said that she had a COVID-19 hold due to not having the booster shot. She also mentioned that she had an advising hold and needed to attend an advising
“About 80 percent of our courses are going to be face-toface or hybrid and the faculty has done a marvelous job of selecting the best modality for theirNevertheless,students.”
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When asked about how academic advisors are help ing students with registration, Arts and Humanities advisor, Christina Ramirez, said, “when a student comes to me with enrollment issues, I make sure they review all holds and to-do list items on their MyCSUB.”
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her advisor. After this, every thing was easier for her.
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“We modified the immuni zation holds (in the first two weeks) and we will continue to make modifications to orienta tion, as well as to focus on our COVID holds,” Harper said.
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The university believes that the greenspaces on campus are very important to the student’s well-being and mental health. That is why the students were kept in mind while making the irrigationJenniferchanges.Sanchez
“We are living in a time where water is a scarce com modity. When any commodity is scarce, when there is not enough to go around for every body then we need to find ways to make water or any commod ity to go as far as possible and to meet the most important needs of our community first,” saidCSUBCrewdson.Capital & Facilities Management Services faculty Joseph Hedges and Jennifer Sanchez Biedermann wrote an informational fact sheet that explained how CSUB is work ing to manage its 373 acres of land.Prior to the irrigation chang es made on Aug. 17, CSUB had made efforts to reduce
California State University, Bakersfield has decided to stop watering non-functional grass lawns on campus as a re sponse to California’s ongoing drought. This is in compliance with the thelecturergeologyoutsheetforandrecreationalthatingtrees,scienceothertytheStudentlawnlawnCSUBoutAdministration.cilitiesPaulaasstatewidegovernor-mandatedwaterconservation,announcedinemailsentbyBray,DirectorofFaServicesManagementAccordingtotheemailsentbyBrayonAug.17,2022,willnolongerwaterthebyparkinglotK3,thebetweenScienceIIIandHealthServices,andlawnbehindtheUniversiPolicebuilding,aswellassmallgrassareasnearthebuildings.Unaffectedareasincludeshrubs,andthesurroundgrassareas.Otherareaswillgounaffectedareandsportsfieldslawnsthatarereservableevents,accordingtoafactfromthreeyearsagosentbyBray.Dr.RobertCrewdson,andhydrogeologyatCSUB,explainedimportanceofthechanges to irrigation at CSUB.
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“A water management plan takes inventory of all of the water consumption that you’re responsible for, [which allows us] to look at ways that max imize our sustainability,” said Dr.AllCrewdson.CSUcampuses have made the commitment to re duce water usage by 10 percent by 2030. CSUB water use goal by 2030 is 157,182 centum cubic feet, which we are ontrack to meeting, according to the factsheet by Hedges and Sanchez. The water conserva tion efforts that are in place are estimated to reduce water use by approximately 5 percent, which is 10,000 centum cubic feet of water per year.
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Crewdson said that CSUB needs to be seen as doing water conservation right and effectively, as well as being seen as a good advocate for water conservation. According to Crewdson a water manage ment plan must be in place not only for the campus but also in everyone else’s lives for real change to happen.
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Unaffected area near Student Health Services on Sept. 7.
Jennifer Sanchez Bieder mann said, “At CSUB, a goal is to produce globally aware citizens. So, as an educational campaign, we believe that it’s very important for students to be aware of the importance of conservation and what’s hap pening on their campus.”
the campus water usage by installing turf in grass areas near sidewalks and plant ing drought-tolerant plants. Drought-tolerant landscaping has also been added near the new construction campus in areas like Student Housing East, the Humanities office and classroom buildings, as well as the Visual Arts building. The work isn’t stopping there. The CSUB Capital & Facilities Management Services have also included drought-tolerant landscape in future renovation projects.“CSUB has an ongoing program where we remove grass and lawn from small areas where it is not being used for recreation and replace it with inert ground covers,” said Hedges and Sanchez.
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Bieder mann, energy and sustainability specialist, said, “When students congregate at greenspaces on campus, we observe that they use specific areas specifically areas that are shaded by trees.”
Sanchez wants to make students aware that if they are to see water waste, specifically on campus, they can report
Affected area behind University Police building on Sept. 7.
After hearing all these songs, I now will count down the days until I get to listen to them live in October as Harry Styles performs “Harry’s House” and brings us all home with open arms.
On August 28, 2022, Taylor Swift attended the Video Music Award’s, where she won Video of the Year. During her acceptance speech, Swift announced her new album. She did not give the album’s name but asked her fans to watch for an announcement at midnight.Therehave been theories about what Swift’s next release would be. Many thought we would get a re-recorded version of one of her older albums. Others thought Reputation would be the next re-release. This theory was further cemented when Swift showed up to the VMAs in a dress that is very reminiscent of the dress she wore
With the teasing Harry Styles gave his fans leading up to the release of his third solo studio album, the world was anxiously awaiting for what would come from the British pop star. On May 20, people all around the globe bolted to their phones as they woke up or some, like myself, stayed up until midnight to be one of the first to hear the album we had all been waiting for what seemed like forever for.
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anything but predictable.
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13 years ago. It was at this 2009 VMA that Kanye West stormed the stage to rip the microphone from Swift’s hands. However, the feud with Kanye did not stop there; it has been rumored that the Reputation album was written about her feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.Swift announced the name of the album at midnight via her Instagram, which is appropriately named “Midnights”. She included in her Instagram announcement a short message about her new al bum, “Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered through out my life, will be out October
Harry Styles brings fans home with “Harry’s House”
The reaction to the “Midnights” album announcement from fans has been excitement mixed with shock and, of course, speculation. Swift is well known for leaving easter eggs for her fans. The easter eggs can be found from interviews, music videos, or Instagram posts.
One favorite fan theory is that of the “Lover House.” In Swift’s music video for “Lover”, she intro duces a doll house that is trapped within a snow globe. Each room in
the house is rumored to represent a different era of Swift from her previous nine albums from “Taylor Swift” to “Evermore”.
Photo provided by Entertainment Weekly West as he stormed the stage during Swifts acceptacne speech at the 2009 VMA awards.
The theory is that the release of “Midnights” will complete the “Lover House” as it is the mid night sky that surrounds the house. Some fans worry that with the
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All 13 songs were very well
“Harry’s House” starts off with “Music For a Sushi Restau rant”, which is the typically upbeat song one can expect from Styles. When listening to this song, it gives the listener an impression that the entirety of the album after this song will be the same. However, this is not the case as he tends to take a step away from the stereotypical pop sound we usually can expect from pop stars. Harry Styles is
Styles really tore out fans hearts with track 7, “Matilda”. This song is about not feeling as if the family you were raised in truly cared for you. Styles sings, “You don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up,” which is a beautiful sentiment of not feeling bad about outgrowing your family. One thing I feel that people do not understand is that it is okay to outgrow people, even if they are your own family, but family is not always blood. He backs up my point with the lyrics, “You can start a family who will always show you love.”
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have sad songs on the album. Songs such as “Little Freak”, “Matilda”, “Boyfriends”, and “Love of My Life” all had me reaching up to wipe the tears from my eyes when I first lis tened to “Littlethem.Freak” is a song where, once again, we see Styles long ing for a person. Only this time, it seems he is longing for the wrong person. With my favorite line as follows, “You never saw my birthmark,” he writes of a person who never took the time to learn something as simple as a birthmark. Something so perma nent, yet this person he clearly cares for never took the time to
On behalf of all Taylor Swift fans, I hope this is one theory that never comes true.
get to really know him.
21. Meet me at midnight.” The album release date also happens to be Kim Kardashian’s birthday, so maybe Swift did this as a nod to her fans’ theories regarding the Reputation album.
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completion of Lover House, Swift might be signaling to her fans that she is ready to step away from music for a while.
crafted. You can tell that with every album this man releases, every single one becomes more vulnerable than the last. “Har ry’s House” was by far the most hard-hitting of all his albums to date. I would love to go into a five page essay on each song, but I suggest you go listen to the al bum yourself and form your own thoughts on Styles’ third album.
“Late Night Talking” is the second song on this album. Although fans already knew the lyrics to this song since Styles performed it prior to the album release, listeners were still beyond thrilled to hear a clear version of this song. This song in question has a happy musical sense to it, but upon listening to the lyrics, listeners will see that this song is not as happy as the melody. This is far from one of his sad songs on this album; however the feeling of longing hidden within the lyrics is there. Styles sings, “But I’d follow you to any place,” clearly not caring if he must chase this person to the ends of the Earth. We also get a very similar vibe of a happy song with a longing undertone in his single from the album, “As It Was”.AsIstated prior, Styles does
I must applaud all the workers there; considering this was such a busy day, multiple people came around to ensure we had everything we needed.
One surprise star was the peach tea that Carol Sue la beled “to die for.”
Carol Sue had the chicken fried steak and hash brown casserole.Thehash browns stole the show on her plate since the generous amounts of gravy weren’t to her liking.
The bacon macaroni and cheese had bacon, small bread crumbs, and green onions. I am not a fan of onions on my macaroni and cheese, but they knew what they were doing.
I commend the server for quickly replacing the overly salted ham with a more edible
version.Themeatloaf was pretty good, but nothing I would orderTheagain.menu items were varied and had some 10tryingoptions.yummy-lookingparticularlybreakfastOverall,Iwouldrecommendit.Igivethema6outoffortheirlunchoptions.Incustomerservice,Cracker
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I prepared myself to be handed a long wait time but was pleasantly surprised when they said it was 20 minutes or less to be seated. While wait
The highlight of the evening would have to be the bacon macaroni and cheese and the broccoli cheddar casserole.
I chose a sampler meal so I could try a little of everything.
The chain usually knocks it out of the park with these items, so opening day could be why some things didn’t make the cut.
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I love sweet potatoes, so I was thrilled to see the menu included baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon butter.
Cracker Barrel sampler platter with ham, meatloaf and chicken n’ dumplings.
Bakersfield welcomed its newest restaurant located just off Highway 99. Cracker Barrel Country Store serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Along with an open restau rant plan, the restaurant contains a small store offering items such as candy, pre packaged food, and various knick-knacks. I also saw some adorable Christmas and Hal loween
The mix of flavors tasted great; both dishes were cheesy comfort food at their best.
It just tastes like the holi days to me.
However, the restaurant
Cracker Barrel serves up friendliness with a side of salt
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I have been to this restaurant at its Utah location before, which caused me to be curious about how the food at this new location stacked up.
Whendécor.Iarrived at 4:30 p.m. with my fellow foodie Carol Sue Perez, people were sitting outside in chairs spanning the entire building.
ing for our table, it was nice to enjoy the different décor and old-fashioned candy, and it did pass the time.
missed the mark with its heavily salted ham and bland chicken and dumplings.
This is the candy section of the Cracker Barrel Store connected to the restaurant.
Barrel gets a 10 out of 10. I never had my drink go more than half empty; I received excellent, friendly and atten tive service.
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If you scroll through Insta gram, you might also notice that celebrities’ pictures seem moreYoucasual.willnotice a slight blur to the picture or a flash that uncovers minor flaws.
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With the 90s and Y2k trends falling as quickly as they rose, some may ask themselves, “Which era is next?”.With my (non-professional) trend forecasting experience (and lots of TikTok scrolling), I can confidently say that the iconic Tumblr era is coming back!Our music, clothes, make up, and social media will rapidly mimic the same trends we saw a few years ago.
Makeup will follow this same pattern, going natural on the face but heavy and dark on the eyes and lips.
Although I’m ecstatic about the era coming back, I started going into a spiral about how others might feel.
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everyone could be their authentic selves and discover new things.
Taylor Swift fans believe that her new album “Mid night” will also be reminis cent of the iconic era. Whic is
Since the pandemic started in 2020, Instagram was out and no longer captivated our attention during those long weeks of Instead,quarantine.Tiktokwas gaining more and more popularity.
due to the color palette of the album cover and the picture clues being released.
As time passes, clothes will go from minimalistic nude to dark grungy colors.
Let’s go back to a time we all remember; chokers, kneehigh socks, thick eyeliner, and some of the best music (aka the Tumblr era).
Slowly but surely, the Tumblr trends will make their wayTheback.Tumblr Era was well known for the great music and sense of style, but it was also awfully known for the toxic body negativity.
The app was known for hating on people who did not have the slim figure everyone wanted at the time.
Some may fear that with all the good things Tumblr came with, so will the bad.
Tumblr era returns a decade later
In the article, “Move over Y2K: Why I celebrate the return of Tumblr, ‘Twee’, and the new era of ‘Indie Sleaze’ dressing” Doris Daga explains how the return of the Tumblr Era is going to become a way for our gener ation to reminisce on those goodNowtimes.that we are beginning to move forward from the pandemic, we are seeking things that brought us joy before the world shut down. Hence, the return of the 90s, early 2000s, and now Tumblr!Besides the TikTok and Tumblr similarities, we can also see early signs of this Era coming back through celeb rities.The Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del Rey were two pop ular artists during the Tumblr Era, those of which are work ing on new releases.
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My hope is that we’ve moved forward from that negativity and that, hopefully
all the current movements we have seen about body positiv ity will still apply.
Patty Martinez, a third year student says, “Especially with all the Y2k fashion at the mo ment. It’s like a blend of the early 2000s and then 2010s. In a sense, it is a culmination of my generation.”
Although it can be a bit scary an old era may bring back some toxic traits, our generation does a great job at preventing most of it from happening.It’snice to see us bring ing back trends that are core memories of somebody else’s life or even ours.
*Cue “Do I Wanna Know” by The Arctic Monkeys*
Tiktok is now what Tumblr was to Withmany.therise of the “In stagram Baddie” in 2016, everyone seemed to be held to a standard of perfection.
tioned for her Vogue article on the same topic.
She seemed to have a sim ilar opinion as Doris Daga, who was previously men
Just like Tumblr, TikTok became a safe space where
CSUB men’s soccer takes on GCU for a 2-1 win
from Alvarez. Their continued rush up and down the field with quick movements allowed for theAsscore.forhalf time, the Rowdy Runners who are made up of the freshmen class were invited to sprint across the field to show their support for the team. This is an ongoing tradition for opening night soccer games at. CSUB. This year marks 10 years.
This kept the momentum up and allowed for CSUB to move up the field quickly.
Photos by Alea Gaona Shammai Camara, defender, tackling GCU to retrieve the ball on CSUB Main Soccer Field on Sept. 1, 2022.
The crowd, the players, and a stampede of freshmen CSUB students who took to the soccer field during half time in the annual Rowdy Run added to the rush while the men’s soccer team prepared to take on Grand CanyonFollowingUniversity.twoaway losses for the CSUB men’s soccer team, the team beat GCU 2-1. The men played strong defense, only letting Grand Canyon Uni versity score one goal through out the Therenight.was action and true teamwork that was visible from the stands as CSUB defensively forced an offside against GCU in the first 9 minutes.
Bilal Mihoubi (14), defender, jumps to head the ball during the game on Sept. 1, 2022.
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The 103-degree heat added to the intensity of the evening on September 1.
Within the 18th minute mark sophomore forward Rene Cortez (9) scored with an assist
top with a win of 2-1, Coach Grant reiterates the importance of moving forward of not allowing simple goals being made and the progression the team is heading toward, “Changing formation and ener gy Increasedlevels”.competitiveness is something the fans should look forward to in future games, such as their game Sunday.
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As the crowd watched the game with silent intensity, CSUB was able to score the first goal of the night.
The intensity of this first scoring play of the night was something Head Coach Ritchie Grant emphasized that the team worked on throughout the wholeCoachgame.Grant also talked about the importance of the en vironment, “It was the opening night at home, the men tend to stepThisup.”did not fall far from short as the next goal was scored by senior Carlos Ar mendariz (10) with an assist by CortezTeamwork(9). is what helped ensure the night’s win.
Freshman midfielder Cristian Moran (16), who was ecstatic for his first win at CSUB, said it “Feels good, there was inten sity from the start of the game.”
CSUB blocked not one but two corner shots from GCU within the first 15 minutes of theJuniorgame.defender Juan Pablo Alvarez (4) barely missed his opportunity with the corner shot. GCU’s goalie was able to tip it and allowed for a quick defeat of the shot.
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After the game, Cortez (9) said, “As the season has progressed, we’ve come a long way. Before we came in indi vidually trying to win games, but that didn’t really work. These past few games coming in playing as a team and finding our special players that we look for in the box has really helped.”Inaddition to coming out on
