If you go to a basketball game at Las Positas College, you would think the fans were in prison with their lack of enthusiasm. Oh, I'm sorry, prisons are actually crowded unlike the "The Nest."
For those who don't know, which is everyone…
By Martin Gallegos
Sports EditorRoll Tide! (Alabama), War Eagle! (Auburn), Play Like a Champion Today (Notre Dame), Fight on! (USC). These are some of the rally cries that students and alumni of these colleges live and die by. Unfortunately there is no rally…
Bekka WiedenmeyerStaff WriterA walk from the 2400 building to the library on campus is surrounded by chain link fences and the sound of jackhammers. Workers in hardhats toiling diligently under the hot sun are a common occurrence, and the pleasant rumble of…
Student Government loans books to students
Associated Students of Las Positas College is continuing its Textbook Loaner Program designed to help students with the cost of course materials. The LPC Foundation is funding the program and the LPC library staff is managing…
By Joshua BasraiA&E EditorLas Positas College’s crime-rate is on the same level as an elementary school in suburbia.
“There is a report online that shows all community colleges in California and their crime statistics,” said Sean Prather, head of campus security. “Every year…
By Eric OcasioStaff WriterThis academic year of 2012-2013, Las Positas College faces a budget cut of $1.5 million. The deficit reduces class availability, staff employment, student services and materials available. New Dean of Arts, Communications, Letters, and Sciences at Las Positas College…
By Aretha Welch
Editor in Chief
Justin Lanis was 22 years old and had just started college when he first thought about killing himself.
“I sat in the kitchen with a bottle of bleach for about an hour,” he said, letting out a slow sigh…
Jason Leskiw
Sports Editor 2012.10.26 ArchiveLooking towards an eighth season working as the coach of the Las Positas College basketball team, Tony Costello stands on the hardwood of the Nest observing several new recruits. Dawning a Las Positas polo shirt and khakis, he shouts…
The first new broadcast of the spring 2012 semester at Las Positas College starring Diego Castillo and Mariah Gutierrez. Diego and Mariah announce important news and events happening at Las Positas.
Despite rainy conditions, approximately 10,000 California community college students, faculty, staff and administrators -- according to the Sacramento police department -- marched to the state capitol building in Sacramento on March 14, 2011 to protest against education budget cuts.