Jason LeskiwSPORTS EDITORStudent senate is something that most students don’t think much about when they arrive at Las Positas College. When they walk into a recently built building or into Elite Café, student senate would actually be one of the last things…
Based on the First Baptist Church live action story of the birth of Jesus where all are welcome. It is a great opportunity for families and teenagers alike.
By Travis DannerOpinions/Managing EditorIn the minds of the redneck, gun-loving yahoos who make up a large portion of America’s voting bloc, freedom means the right to be shot at any moment.
The frequency and volume of gun violence in America should lead any…
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…