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Greg Buckley @gbucking Faculty members of Las Positas Community College developed and have begun instructing a workshop on how to spot fake news. The first of a series of workshops kicked off on Feb 28 in the LPC library. Its intent was to increase…

By Christopher Hartwell @Silienceseen In sports, athletes dress in the proper attire to best serve their needs and compete at the best of their ability to try and earn the gold medal that awaits so few. The same can be said for competitive speakers…

By Christopher Hartwell @SilienceSeen “No matter the circumstances that you’re given, you can use those as fuel to be successful at whatever you do.” If anyone embodies these words it would be the person who spoke them, Eddie Gramajo. On Feb. 7, Gramajo gave…

Faculty looks to support students struggling with legal issues By Christopher Hartwell @SILIENCESEEN If a student goes to see a counselor on campus, they will likely be greeted by a sign reading “Undocumented? You’re not alone. We’re in this together.” This sign is meant to…

By Brianna Ross and Christopher Hartwell @ITSBRIROSS and @SILIENCESEEN Open forums were held on campus for candidates running for the position of Vice President of Student Services at LPC. The forums took place over a two-day period on Monday, January 23 and Tuesday, January…

By Cierra Martinez @CIERRAMARIE26 Las Positas College English professor Dr. Catherine M. Eagan has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to teach American Studies in Croatia for the spring 2017 semester. According to a press release on the district website, clpccd.org, “The prestigious…

By Usra Ali @USRAALIMSCM31 With the new president-elect Donald Trump, some people are worried about what may happen to the undocumented immigrants of this country, following his anti-immigrant remarks. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, was created after a rapid…

By Paris Ellis @PARISELLIS92   LPC Anthropology Professor Kweku Williams was a featured speaker at a recent panel addressing Islamophobia among side with Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Zahra Billoo to address controversial topics surrounding the Islamic community, including, terrorism, the…

By Laura Kuang @LAURAKUANG Blackboard has been a learning management system (or LMS) for the universities and colleges for a long time. Professors use Blackboard to help with their teaching instructions as well as assign student projects homework. Whenever students log into Blackboard, they…

Christopher Hartwell @SILIENCESEEN A solemn feeling swept the audience as the words of veterans filled the air. Iraq War veteran Jim Zenner and Vietnam War veteran John McPartland spoke at this event held in the Mertes Theater on Nov. 11, 2016. For the veterans…