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News by Mitchell Mylius November 23, 2015

Middle College at LPC Warps Students to Goals

By Tamana Ansari @Tamana18248646 - Middle College at Las Positas College allows high school students to experience higher education while still working toward their high school diplomas. LPC’s Middle College opened for this fall. It is not a new idea — Middle…

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New Star Wars Actor Catches Racist Reaction on New Role

By Kalama Hines @HINESight_2020 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Only white people were allowed. At least that is what a massive group of alleged Star Wars fans have said with the use of the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII on social media. When Disney announced…

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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…

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