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Throughout the month of May, Las Positas College honors Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, celebrating culture through campus events and highlighting resources for AAPI students. Nearly one-third of the college’s students identify as AAPI, making it one of the…

A 57-hour-long playlist, full of gay hall-of-famers, reverberated in Las Positas’s Cultural Community Center on shuffle. The drone of an art rock classic, David Bowie's "Heroes,” cued the dance portion of LPC’s Gay Prom. The chorus repeated: “We can be heroes, just…

After a season of traveling and fierce competitions, Las Positas College’s Talk Hawks returned home to host Speech Night, the team’s annual end-of-year showcase in the Mertes Center for the Arts. The event featured humor, personal stories, researched presentations and impromptu speeches. …

On May 4, renowned author Casey Plett visited Las Positas at the invitation of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) club. She discussed her 2014 short story collection, “A Safe Girl to Love”, with students and faculty in the club. She also…

On the evening of April 8, Irie O’Donnell’s phone chimed. Her former head coach, Andrew Cumbo, reached out to the former midfielder the following day to ask for assistance at Las Positas. O’Donnell had been working with Cumbo and the women's soccer…

On April 9, Las Positas College’s Black Box Theater transformed into a dreamy, prom-like space. Under dimmed lights and a ceiling dressed in hanging vines, students mingled in flashy formal wear.  Shimmering dresses caught the light and crisp suits adorned with bow…

As part of its 16th Annual Science and Engineering Seminar, Lawrence Livermore National Lab bridged the gap between science and students by giving seminars on ongoing research at the lab. Students buzzed with excitement as they filed into the lecture hall to…

While many students finalize plans to transfer from Las Positas College, the campus enters a period of transition. A key part of this change is the election of new student government executives for the 2026-2027 academic year. Elections were held April 5…