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Opinion by Mitchell Mylius November 12, 2015

We Need New Language

By Glenn Wohltmann Not too long ago, a friend’s offspring came home from a national meeting of teens on the East Coast. That young person asked to be addressed with the non-gendered pronoun “they” instead of being called “he” or “she.” I understand the…

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Kobe says farewell to NBA

By Kalama Hines The memory is as clear to me as Crystal Pepsi. A pair of 12-year-old boys riding their bikes to and from school each day, my friend Terence and I would make regular stops at the local shop to spend whatever…

Opinion by LPC Express November 6, 2015

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An open letter to Google

By: Glenn Wohltmann Student Assistant This is an open letter to Sergey Brin, the head of Google[x], the division of Google aimed (seriously) at making science fiction, what are described as “moonshot projects,” a reality. Google is responsible for building the self-driving car, which…

On Campus by Mitchell Mylius November 1, 2015

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Dead Bodies Come Alive on Campus

By Shayla Gasca There’s a dead body on campus. But it’s nothing to worry about. Las Positas College’s science department has had a cadaver lab for two and a half years. The Cadaver Lab, located in room 1857, is a workshop where advanced anatomy students…

Uncategorized by Mitchell Mylius October 28, 2015

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On the Climb to Halloween, a New Horror Awaits at the Peak

By Shelby Escott “Crimson Peak” is an elegant take on horror, a film set at the turn of the 20th century, a period when mystics and mediums rubbed elbows with British aristocracy. If you are expecting a fast-paced thriller full of cheap scares and…

Uncategorized by Mitchell Mylius October 20, 2015

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Water Polo Builds a Foundation

By Carleen Surrena @SURRENA_C The sun was bright on this October afternoon, creating a glare off the pool at the Las Positas College swim complex. It may be fall, but no clouds were among the powder-blue sky backdrop highlighting the rolling vineyards on the…

Uncategorized by Mitchell Mylius October 19, 2015

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2400 Building Elevator Pending Repair

Tamana Ansari @tamana18248646 -- The elevator in front of the 2400 building has been broken for almost a year, causing difficulties for its intended passengers, students with disabilities. Ian Jones, a student at Las Positas College and former editor of The Express,…

Uncategorized by Mitchell Mylius October 19, 2015

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LPC Responds to Recent Community College Tragedy

Shayla Gasca @shaylamaritza About 150 shootings have happened in the United States since 2013, according to everytownresearch.org. Police say Christopher Harper-Mercer fatally shot eight students and an assistant professor at Umpqa Community College on Oct. 1, 2015. For years LPC has prepared…

Features by Mitchell Mylius October 19, 2015

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Virtual Welding

Mitchell Mylius @mitchellmylius -- Scott Miner’s students leaned in. He fired up the torch. Miner was doing a welding demonstration on a skyscraper in San Francisco. The building was just about ready to have some plumbing installed. All his students were crowded…

Uncategorized by Mitchell Mylius October 19, 2015

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“Welcome Home Jenny Sutter” Preview

By Nicholas Biria “Welcome Home Jenny Sutter” tells the story of a returning Iraq Veteran, struggling to come to terms with her life in the aftermath of war. The play explores what it means to lose, and find, a part of…

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