BC Homecoming needs royal candidates

Students who are interested in running for Homecoming king or queen should contact the Student Activities Office at 395-4355.

Applications must be submitted by Oct. 17. Requirements are enrollment in six units, a minimum GPA of 2.3 and purchase of an ASBC sticker. Students can run independently or represent a club.

Faculty members interested in interviewing the candidates also should contact the office. Andrew Bickers, director of student activities, estimated the interviews would take three hours during the week of Oct. 14, the week before Homecoming.

The Council of the Blind seeks members

The Greater Bakersfield Council of the Blind is seeking new members.

The group meets on the second Saturday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired at 1124 Baker St. For more information, call Lupe at 833-3663.

Enjoy fine dining at the Renegade Room

Marinated lamb, orange roughy en papillote and veal scaloppini are some of the entrees that can be enjoyed in the Renegade Room restaurant in the FACE building.

The restaurant is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 395-4441.

BC livestock team wins awards at fair shows

The BC Livestock Show Team took the following awards at the Los Angeles County Fair recently: Kristen Westerfield, Grand Champion Collegiate Market Hog, Res. Grand Champion Collegiate Market Hog, and Champion Collegiate Showmanship Award; and Justin Price, Reserve Champion Collegiate Showmanship, according to Gay Gardella, BC agricultural professor.

The college ag ambassadors also took second place for their display at this year’s Kern County Fair in Building 1.

Kern Shakespeare Festival is here

This year’s Kern Shakespeare Festival at Bakersfield College will present the tragedy “Titus Andronicus” and the comedy “The Merry Wives of Windsor” through Oct. 19. Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. No children under the age of 5 will be admitted. For more information, call 395-4326.

– Compiled by staff writer Jennifer Hubbell