Throughout the month of May, Las Positas College honors Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, celebrating culture through campus events and highlighting resources for AAPI students. Nearly one-third of the college’s students identify as AAPI, making it one of the…
Managing editor and award-winning writer Jaxyn Good examines the possibilities with malls and a generation who grew up deprived of such traditional social gatherings.
A 57-hour-long playlist, full of gay hall-of-famers, reverberated in Las Positas’s Cultural Community Center on shuffle. The drone of an art rock classic, David Bowie's "Heroes,” cued the dance portion of LPC’s Gay Prom. The chorus repeated:
“We can be heroes, just…
It was 80 degrees in Livermore on May 14. Nathanael Ridosko, 20, dove from the diving block into the pool and into a center lane, his straight, golden-blond hair stuffed beneath a Tri-Valley Aquatics swim cap. He swiftly flew from the…
After a season of traveling and fierce competitions, Las Positas College’s Talk Hawks returned home to host Speech Night, the team’s annual end-of-year showcase in the Mertes Center for the Arts. The event featured humor, personal stories, researched presentations and impromptu speeches. …
The moment the stage lights flared to life in the Main Stage Theater on May 7, the restless hum of the audience vanished and dimmed into a hush. Bathed in the energy, the performers stood on the stage, their faces illuminated by…
Students now have access to Canvas, three days after a cyberattack shut down the learning management system.
Ron Gerhard, chancellor of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, announced via email on May 11 that students could return to Canvas. A deal was reached between…
On May 4, renowned author Casey Plett visited Las Positas at the invitation of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) club. She discussed her 2014 short story collection, “A Safe Girl to Love”, with students and faculty in the club. She also…
A crowd gathered under the stage lights of the Main Theater in the Mertes Center for Arts at Las Positas College on May 2. Readers, writers and students gathered to celebrate books and the art of storytelling, when bestselling author Leila Mottley…
The soft glow of the stage lights caught the polished brass of the horn section as a hush fell over the Main Stage Theater on May 1. With a quick count-off from conductor Mario Silva, the silence broke into the rhythmic pulse…
