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Features by LPC Express October 1, 2013

What are you making up for?

Bekka WiedenmeyerManaging EditorFifteen. Fourteen. Thirteen. Sixth grade. Junior high. High school, when other people started using it. Only on special occasions. Never. When and why did you start wearing makeup? Las Positas College sophomore Scarlett Cao began wearing makeup in junior high, simply because…

Culture by LPC Express October 1, 2013

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Another record for Hawks cross country star

Martin GallegosStaff WriterAfter making history in Fresno at his team's first meet, LPC sophomore runner Abraham Espinoza wasted no time following up that performance with an encore at the Lou Vasquez Invitational on Sept. 19 in San Francisco. Espinoza broke yet another LPC…

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2013-2014 budget created to ‘live within our means’

Kalama HinesFeatures EditorThe Las Positas College tuition cost is in no immediate danger of rising, but that is not necessarily a good thing. On Jan. 10, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown released his budget plan for the 2013-14 fiscal year, a budget that he…

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Golfers don masks on fairways as smog chokes Beijing’s big sporting weekend

Tim HumeCNNHong Kong (CNN) -- International golfers were choking on the greens in Beijing over the weekend -- but it wasn't due to an outbreak of the yips. Hazardous levels of pollution descended on the Chinese capital during its biggest sporting weekend of the…

News by LPC Express September 26, 2013

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Final candidates chosen for Presidential search

William TannerArts and Entertainment EditorThe search is over. The Presidential Advisory Search Committee has narrowed their list of candidates down to the final three. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, Dr. Barry Russell, Dr. Christopher Villa and Dr. Pamela Walker will be on the…

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Interim president transition keeps LPC at a steady pace

Ashley FreitasStaff WriterOnce again, the college will be in a state of transition with the leaving of Guy Lease, the Las Positas College’s current Interim President. Janice Noble, who is LPC’s current Vice President of Academic Services, will be taking over as…

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One Nation Under Shutdown: Here’s How Congress Is Hurting Your State

Huffingtonpost.comWASHINGTON -- Though much of the coverage of the government shutdown has focused on the drama unfolding in Washington, D.C., the effects are being felt widely across the country. Less than two full days in, thousands of National Guard members have been furloughed,…

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Fresh job oppurtunities for students at Veteran’s Fair

Jason LeskiwPublic Relations OfficerAs the economy continues to improve, more opportunities are coming to students on the Las Positas College Campus. With the estimated annual cost of attendance at over $17,000 for independent students, an improving economy sounds like Aretha Franklin singing,…

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Women Senators: GOP’s Birth Control Amendment ‘Defies Logic’

Laura BassettHuffingtonpost.comWASHINGTON -- Democratic female senators are stunned the government is on the verge of shutting down and Republicans are once again using the crisis to target birth control and preventative care for women, a group of them said on Monday. Sens. Barbara…

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14 Things You Should Know About Obamacare

By Jeffrey YoungHuffington PostLike most Americans, you've probably heard of "Obamacare," but you're not exactly sure what it is. According to your uncle's Facebook posts, it sounds pretty scary, like maybe it's going to turn America into a Kenyan Soviet Union or…

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