According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the graduation rate for African Americans attending a two year college is 23 percent. The average graduation rate for African Americans attending a four year college is even lower at 21 percent. […]
Dyrell Foster was smiling. It wasn’t the expression one would expect from the leader of a school that has been shut down by a global pandemic. But when he logged into ConferZoom for an interview with The Express, a beaming […]
Michelle Martinez straps on a surgical-grade face mask to prepare for work. She passes others clad in protective gear, setting about their duties for the day. This looks nothing like the job she was originally brought on for. Martinez stepped […]
Grocery stores have more bare shelves than ever since six counties in the Bay Area issued the shelter-in-place order on Monday. followed by a statewide statewide “stay home” edict from Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. Staples such as bread, eggs […]
Update 4/7: Due to Alameda County’s shelter-in-place order, The Market previously scheduled for April 21 has been cancelled. In these trying times, one event was a success. The Las Positas College Market was held on Tuesday, March 17. This event […]
When Roanna Bennie announced she was stepping down last year as the Las Positas College president, the decision was met with a wave of sadness and anticipation across the campus. Bennie had stepped up as interim president when Barry Russel […]
Living in the Bay Area, many are used to the high costs of rent and expensive homes, especially in the Tri-Valley. According to Home Value Index on Zillow.com, the median cost of homes in Pleasanton sits at $1.12M, while Dublin […]
All Las Positas College students all pay a transportation fee, $9 for full time students, $8 for part time students each semester including summer session. With this fee students can ride the Wheels bus by showing their student ID. Riding […]
Imagine that your future depended on you illegally migrating to the United States. Once you migrated you did not belong anywhere, neither the United States nor Mexico claimed you. This is the position many persons in Mexico faced as explained […]
Sophomore Brennan Mock cracks a smile, one toe tapping as he waits on stage. In a few minutes, Mock will pluck a random topic from a hat, and emerge 30 minutes later with a fully memorized seven-minute speech. His topic […]
The award-winning campus newspaper of Las Positas College in Livermore, Calif.
LPCExpress@laspositascollege.edu
Newsroom (Room 2409, Phone 925-424-1240)
