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Julia Coty @JULIACOTY  Appreciating and recognizing veterans and service members who attend LPC, “Heroes Around Us” will present their accomplishments and student life.   Name- Andrell Garcia Branch-National Guard Army Years served- 2012 to present Hometown-…

Rachel Hanna @RACHELCH97 Las Positas College is full of events happening on campus. For some students who are interested in, majoring in, or have a love for science, the "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & Las Positas College Science & Engineering Seminar Series", was the…

Jen Burnett @JBURNETT11 Las Positas College is offering a variety of workshops s to help students succeed during their college years. Often time’s students are left with unanswered questions and the lack of knowledge needed to make decisions in college. With The Smart Shop Series…

Changes made to DACA will affect 800,000 Julia Coty @JULIACOTY The immigration policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, had a pretty short lifespan. It was created for minors who entered the country illegally at a young age. Originating from an executive…

Jen Burnett @JENBURNETT11 Math Pre-Requisites will soon be eliminated Come Fall 2018, students will be happy to hear that come math prerequisites to complete general education requirements for their AA or transfer degree will be a thing of the past. Students that are not pursuing…

Rachel Hanna @RachelCH97  An unnamed student wearing a backpack, dropped to his knees in front of the class in February. With his fingers shaped seemingly to mime a gun, per eyewitness reports, he closed his eyes, his lips moved as he mumbled. For many,…

Julia Coty @julia.coty From grenades to textbooks, tanks to city buses: A large portion of California’s community colleges, like Las Positas, are made up of veterans and enlisted soldiers. With over two million veterans residing in California and the countless military personnel returning home, veteran…

Alexandra Lontoc @Alexxllontoc Imagine inventing a breakthrough in technology, only to hide it from the public and avoid risking your life. Starting Friday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 29, theater arts students will be performing the social drama “The Water Engine” at the Black Box…

By Christopher Hartwell @SilienceSeen As new programs reach out to students to create networks of friends and classmates, Las Positas puts the community into community college. The newest program, Umoja, is debuting on campus this year and promises to raise intercultural issues in the…