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How Teens Are Really Using Facebook: It’s a ‘Social Burden,’ Pew Study Finds

By Bianca BoskerThe Huffington PostThe Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their…

Culture by LPC Express May 16, 2013

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UFC’s Nate Diaz Suspended For Calling Opponent “Fag”

By Ron DickerThe Huffington PostThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is putting a chokehold on slurs against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The mixed martial arts fighting league suspended Nate Diaz after he called another fighter "the biggest fag in the world" on…

Culture Fresh Takes by LPC Express May 16, 2013

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Warriors season over, but future is bright

Martin Gallegos Sports Editor, @martinGboxingIt was fun while it lasted. With their backs against the wall, the Golden State Warriors were in a must-win Game 6 at Oracle Arena against the San Antonio Spurs last night. The Warriors battled on their home court to try…

Culture News by LPC Express May 16, 2013

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Oklahoma City tornado: What we know

By CNN StaffCNN.com(CNN) -- A massive tornado struck a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Details of the destruction are coming in thick and fast from CNN crews, our affiliates and witnesses. Below is what we're learning and you can click here for our latest…

Culture Fresh Takes Hot Feed Opinion by LPC Express May 16, 2013

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Time for a new approach to LPC prez search

Travis DannerEditor-in-ChiefCurrent Las Positas College President Kevin Walthers is on his way out. Which means LPC will be looking for yet another permanent head honcho. The district could go with the same old, same old and pick yet another initially impressive, out-of-state candidate…

Culture Fresh Takes Opinion by LPC Express May 11, 2013

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It’s a strange new world when you can print guns from your computer

Travis DannerEditor-in-ChiefOn last Sunday’s episode of Mad Men, enigmatic lead character Don Draper presented a potential slogan for a new product. “The future is something you haven’t even thought of yet,” he said. In the case of one new invention, that sentence couldn’t be…

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Bay Area sports finally back to winning ways

Alex RomeroStaff WriterThe long awaited success from professional sports in the Bay Area has replaced a dark age of losing. Dark age would actually be an understatement. For the mid 2000s, there were no playoffs for most teams in the Bay Area. This is…

News by LPC Express May 10, 2013

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LPC Foundation funds student programs

Timothy Salinas PiperStaff WriterThe Las Positas College Foundation was established in 2003 and has two main goals, according to the LPCF website. First, to inform and educate the residents of the Tri-Valley area about LPC. Second, to give said residents the opportunity…

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ASLPC officers weigh in on fall semester

Bekka WiedenmeyerNews EditorThe Associated Students of Las Positas College (ASLPC) officers weigh in on the future of ASLPC and the LPC community. “I was actually really excited when—I was running unopposed, so it wasn’t like I was worried about competition and all these…

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Masturbation less than taboo among LPC students

Angelica EstacioFeatures EditorFlicking the bean. Choking the chicken. Two-finger tango. Those are euphemisms for an intimate act that has absolutely nothing to do with food. They exist to cover up calling the selfish deed as it is. Unbeknownst to many, this month celebrates…

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