By Nicholas Biria
@NicholasBiria
Gender roles play a big part in our lives every day. From the moment we wake up and get dressed for the day to how we live our lives. Now, in 2016, a lot of things have changed.
I was told…
By Shayla Gasca
@shaylamaritza
Fifty Shades of just plain nasty.
The movie Fifty Shades Of Black is a parody of the film/book Fifty Shades Of Grey, which is about a confusing love romance with a guy who loves sadomasochism: A big word for a fetish…
Las Positas has had more than a few students go on to bigger things. Several local celebrities - KTVU’s Gasia Mikaelian, for one - started at Las Positas or otherwise have direct ties to the campus. Nineveh Dinha is in the first…
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve slipped into a parallel dimension.
In this world, a buffoon can be taken seriously and become the leading political candidate despite being a documented liar and leading multiple businesses into bankruptcy, whose ludicrous ideas (such as killing the…
By Ian D. Jones
Copy Editor
As a disabled person, I have learned to expect questions, especially from kids… And I handle them well.
Usually.
I’m an introvert, so I need a lot of me time. In fact, as I’m writing this sentence, I’m alone in…
Ian D. Jones
@idjonesphotog
I’m nearly 40, and three of my pre-k to third grade classmates have died in the last year. It’s sobering, in the way only death or a brick to the face can be. But contrary to the popular conception of…
By Ian D. Jones
@idjonesphotog
There are several terms for a person who uses a wheelchair. Disabled, handicapped, crippled (shudder) and wheelchair bound (shudder again). But which one should you use? If I wanted to be glib, I’d say “use the person’s first…
By Glenn Wohltmann
@GLENNERGY1
You suck. But that’s OK.
If you want to do something, be prepared to stink first. And possibly for a long time.
I learned this when I got my first job in journalism. I sucked. Every single day, I considered quitting, and…
By Morgan Brizee
@morgan_brizee
The Perfect Match left moviegoers shocked by a twist ending.
Main character Charlie, played by Terrence J, is a talent agent playboy that doesn’t see settling down anytime soon until his two friends, played by Donald Faison and Robert Riley, make…