Students and Bakersfield College employees are happy to hear that this institution is receiving nearly $14 million, mainly for scholarships.

If they had the chance, a lot of students would apply the money to scholarships, if they were donating that kind of money.

“I think student scholarships would be the best thing, hopefully have it open to everyone and give as much money that they can give to the students as possible. That would be great because fees are going up,” said Matthew Owen, biology major.

Some people would use some of the money for scholarships and additional things other than scholarships.”I would definitely put some [money] toward scholarships and also put some toward fixing up the campus. I think the campus is kind of run down and old,” said Eric Carrillo, graphic center employee.

For some, scholarships weren’t the top thing on their list. Many people would like to see the campus be renovated.

“I would try to, with that amount of money, renovate [the campus], kind of bring things up to date with BC,” said Jake Brown, psychology major.

Along with the renovations, people would like more teachers being hired on campus. Several sections of classes have been canceled over the past two years because of budget cuts.

“Rebuild the buildings and put the teachers back to work,” said Bill Parker, graphic center lead printer.

“What good is a scholarship if you don’t have anybody to teach you what you need? Scholarships aren’t getting the teachers back in the classroom,” said Parker.

“I’ve been here a long time, and I watch students get their financial aid checks for their schooling, and they spend it on the totally opposite things, and then they struggle trying to get through school,” said Parker.