On Campus

California has been hit hard by fraudulent ghost student scams over the past five years. In 2024 alone, California lost $13 million in financial aid. These scams are especially prevalent in California Community Colleges (CCC). Las Positas is among those who received…

While some students enjoyed their winter break, others participated in Las Positas’ inaugural winter intersession, a new four-week term that attracted over 1,300 students. This session offered a diverse range of general education courses with no prerequisites, including anthropology, ethnic studies, psychology…

The music department held its first-ever annual Applied Music Showcase, likely the first of many. Out of the large program of around 50 students, 12 werevoted for in a student poll to perform in front of a paying audience in support of…

In the world of theater, actors aim for perfection. A complete production’s set builds and shifts the audience’s perspective. It will manipulate the eyes and deceive reality.  What the audience doesn’t see is the work torn down after a successful performance. After…

On Tuesday, Jan. 27, room 1012 was filled with students bubbling with questions for the Politics and Law Club’s first meeting. The club hosted Pleasanton City Councilmember, Vice Mayor and Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Matt Gaidos. Gaidos was invited by the…

Thirteen students from LPC’s vocal jazz ensemble “BayBop” and one professor, Andreas Preponis, performed side by side. Each performer carries their own part through elements of “scatting,” a vocal improvisation technique of nonsense syllables, building a layered sound. Notes that might sound…

On Nov. 20, 2025, the LPC Music Department held its monthly Jazz Ensemble Concert on the Main Stage Theater at the Mertes Center for the Arts. This recital showcased the talents and skills  of instrumentalists who want to expand their experience in…

The seminar “Unlocking the Quantum World: Research and Innovation in Quantum Information Science,” led by Dr. Kristi Beck, Ph.D., Director of the Livermore Center for Quantum Science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), introduced students to how quantum principles are transforming fields…