SHELBY ESCOTT
STAFF WRITER
The theater was filled with the chatter of excited students and staff while in the background, classic rock music hummed from the many speakers. But when the lights went off and the music died, so did the buzz of activity…
Kalama HinesSPORTS EDITOR
Many universities request that their professors maintain a practicing career in their field. This can be for reasons of advancement in studies or just the added relevance of having those professors remain known entities in their given terrain.
Las Positas…
Shelby EscottSTAFF WRITER
Bagpipes, swords and caber tossing. Put those together and what do you get? The 2014 Highland Gathering and Games. For 149 years the Bay Area Scots, and Scottish fans, have gathered to celebrate Scottish heritage through clan parades and epic…
William Tanner
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFCorrine Calica looked relieved. Her coworkers were curious because she had a look on her face that they were not used too. She was a little more light-hearted and looked less stressed. After the Child Development Center was almost shut down…
Laura Cameron COPY EDITOR Two leaders from a series of historic civil rights protests will be speaking at Las Positas College on Sept. 8.
Bobby Lee Verdugo and Yolanda Rios were student organizers during the 1968 East L.A. student…
The 2014 valedictorian of Las Positas College is one of our own.
Yes, we’re bragging. We confess to the shameless self-promotion. But once you learn about Bekka Wiedenmeyer, it will be clear why we strayed from traditional objectivity.
Her impressiveness goes way beyond her…
Kalama HinesFeatures EditorHers is a story of persistence. One of commitment and the willingness to succeed.
Ramona Peterson joined the military to see the world.
After her term of service concluded, she set her sights on something else — a college degree.
“Mona” will graduate…
Ashley FreitasStaff WriterThe term Lolita according to the Cambridge Dictionary is “a young girl who had a very sexual appearance or behaves in a very sexual way.” Yet if you were to use the word in a sense of fashion, the term…
Kalama Hines
Features EditorForty-five dollars. The weekly cost, for a full-time student, to drive from Hayward or Tracy to Las Positas and back, when getting 20 miles per gallon.
That may not seem like much, but added up over the course of a semester…
William Tanner
Managing Editor It’s the little things. It’s the gaps that are filled when no one is looking. The chores no one wants to do, but somehow get done.
That’s what makes organizations run smoothly. That’s how companies thrive. That’s why teams succeed.
And…