The Puente learning community and club of Las Positas College in Livermore, Calif. recently made a donation to Border Angels which is "volunteer based, non profit organization that advocates for human rights (and) humane immigration." Puente is "is a learning community with…
After the closing of community colleges state wide, Spring athletics were effectively shut down for the rest of the school year. All events that would have taken place this Spring semester were also cancelled.
One of the biggest events of the Spring…
Amy Tilson-Lumetta, the managing and features editor for The Express recently moved from Northern California to the Lone Star state of Texas in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Come along as Amy makes her way from the Bay Area to Texas by…
At the April 30 Las Positas College Student Senate meeting, a $6,000 donation from Student Government was approved, with funds benefitting the LPC Financial Aid Office, Library and Tutoring Center, each receiving $2,000. While this is a noble gesture, was it correct?…
Dyrell Foster was smiling.
It wasn't the expression one would expect from the leader of a school that has been shut down by a global pandemic. But when he logged into ConferZoom for an interview with The Express , a beaming…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security act, known as CARES included money for student aid. Las Positas College is receiving $1.4 million for aid to students. Requirements for who can apply for aid were given by the Federal Government.
Federal Requirements…
It’s 40 days into shelter in place, and the days just breeze by. I feel like my clock is running at twice the speed as usual. One moment I’m doing homework at 2 p.m.,. and by the time I’m done and ready…
You get a takeout meal, the meal is in a Styrofoam container, in a plastic bag. With the meal, the restaurant placed paper napkins and condiments in plastic packets. You also grab some water in a plastic bottle. After you eat, you…
March 11. The first day that set off a chain reaction of events at Las Positas College.
I remember being in my friend Sally’s car, on our way to the campus. It was a Wednesday, and I was in the passenger seat…
After stay at home orders began, schools instantly went virtual. What first started as a two week long shelter in place quickly became indefinite quarantine. With the COVID-19 curve rising at a high rate it soon became clear the remainder of Spring…