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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…

By Elisa Villanueva @BBELISACATS Adult film stars in California are hit by this year’s ballot. But will it help them or limit them? According to voterguide.sos.ca.gov, Proposition 60 will “require adult film performers to use condoms during filming of sexual intercourse. Requires producers to…

By April Johnson @APRILBLAKE_ This upcoming election has a hot topic on the ballot. Proposition 64 would allow California residents and visitors 21 and older to buy and carry up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use. They would also be able to…

By Cierra Martinez@CIERRAMARIE26 and C.J. Peterson @CJPETERSON51 As many may have noticed, Las Positas has acquired some new visitors that have come to stay with us on campus. But these visitors are not new students, faculty members or administrators. Instead, they are field mice. LPC has…

By Usra Ali @USRAALIMSCM31 An arrest was made on Thursday, Oct. 13th at 4:50 p.m. on the Las Positas campus after a student suspected of being intoxicated caused disturbances in various parts of the school. According to student Zyrah Montes, the suspect is around…

By Jen Burnett @JBURNETT11 As the elections near, Chabot Las Positas Community College District will see two names competing for the Area 7 opening in November. On the ballot will be Livermore residents, William Macedo and Edralin Maduli. Elections take place Nov. 8,…

By Elisa Villanueva  @BBELISACATS This October marks the 13th annual Cyber Security Awareness Month. While the majority of college students use the internet daily, they are constantly at risk of  having their private information exploited. With the help from Las Positas computer tech…

By Usra Ali @USRAALIMSCM31 The second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took place on Sunday, October 9, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was organized in a town hall style and focused on the American people. American citizens asked questions for…