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California State University, Bakersfield
Vol. 44, No. 1
Aug. 27, 2018
ATHLETICS
PRESIDENT
Kern Schools donation funds upgrade
take helm at CSUB
Icardo gifted new floor Zelezny excited to By Peter Castillo Editor-in-Chief
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Kern School Court was revealed in the Icardo Center on Aug. 16. The floor features a vibrant new coat of blue paint along with the court’s namesake.
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The new floor also has a different shade of gold surrounding its trademark blue court.
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A different styled lettering of ‘Bakersfield’ adorns the floor near midcourt.
To read about out our coverage of the new court, check out Page 7.
time she stepped on campus here at CSUB, she became starry-eyed. She contrasted the two schools The thought of being the first and noted the many advantages woman presCSUB has. ident in the “It’s a crown history of CSU jewel,” ZelezBakersfield ny said about might put a CSUB. “At ton of pressure Fresno State of some, but were land-locked not Lynnette and we were Zelezny, who crowded and our assumed her students got lost position on because we were Peter Castillo/The Runner so big.” July 1. “When I think President Lynnette Zelezny Zelezny has became the first woman presiabout being already began dent in CSUB history. the first female to make herself president of this known within the institution, the thing I feel most community and to students, someis joy,” said Zelezny. “I feel very thing she values very much. On proud.” Saturday, Aug. 18, she was part Zelezny’s appointment shifted of the CSUB Caravan Day, which the balance of presidents in the is an event where members of CSU system to mostly women, CSUB athletics travel to different as there are now 12 women who parts of Kern County to engage are currently serving as presidents with the community. of their respective universities, “[Being visible to students] is compared to only 11 men. very important to me and our According to Zelezny, she restudents,” Zelezny said. “We’re ceived about 1,500 congratulatory scheduling time each week to emails the day the news surfaced go out and talk to students and about her presidency. She says engage with them and the comabout 500 of which came from munity.” women and girls who she did not As for the long term, Zelezny’s know but were acknowledging the goals and initiative focus around significance of the moment. the improvement and expanding After serving at Fresno State for of facilities. 30 years, Zelezny admits the first See ZELEZNY, Page 3
SAFETY
UPD to utilize new body-worn cameras this fall By Dylan Bryant Digital Managing Editor This week, students may notice a change to the University Police Department’s uniform. That’s because beginning this semester, nearly every officer will be wearing a body-worn camera while on duty. “I think it’s the trend across the nation, it wasn’t anything that happened here”, said UPD Police Chief Martin Williamson of the change. “As the companies became more and more advanced in their technology and the price came down, we then started looking more seriously at it.”
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The new cameras were obtained in a package deal which includes unlimited secure cloud storage, maintenance, and new tasers. They will be worn by every officer with the rank of sergeant or below, meaning the two lieutenants and the chief will not be issued cameras. After five years, the deal will cost between 70 and 80 thousand dollars. According to Williamson, officers will be responsible for turning the cameras on prior to a police contact. “We also give them discretion, that if they’re just out visiting with somebody, that’s not nec-
“We have very strict rules and there are safeguards in that the recorded footage cannot be modified and it can’t be deleted, except at the highest levels of administration.” Marty Williamson, UPD Police Chief
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essarily going to be defined as a police contact,” said Williamson. “Also, on the rare occasion that we have some sort of a sexual assault or other sensitive type of an investigation, they are not required to activate, but they must explain in their report why they didn’t activate it.” The cameras are worn by the officers on their uniforms. At the end of their shifts, they are docked in order to upload the data to the police department’s secure cloud servers. “We have very strict rules and there are safeguards in that the recorded footage cannot be modified, and it can’t be deleted,
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except at the highest levels of administration. So once its recorded, it’s there,” Williamson said. “I’ve never had an issue with UPD, I trust them pretty well,” said junior political science and history Jorge Zamora. “You know, nationwide it’s a pretty big deal. I think it’s a good thing, we’re just following along with making sure UPD is doing a good job. I trust them, but I think this is a good step forward.” “I don’t think it’ll have much of an impact because I think our school is pretty safe already,” said senior biology major Jose Montenegro. See CAMERAS, Page 3
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