Editorial from The Express staff
Thoughts and prayers do not initiate change, but action does. And one of those actions is the series of walkouts students across the nation are planning.
Las Positas students should be involved.
The nationwide walkout will…
By Ian Jones
@IDJONESPHOTOG
If mass shootings become normalized, we lose more than just precious lives.
Seventeen people lost their lives in the recent Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida. Twenty-eight were killed in Sandy Hook. Twelve people died at Columbine and twelve died…
The Express staff asked various faculty members on campus these two questions:
Which emotions are the strongest for you in the wake of the latest mass shooting?
What are you hoping students are paying close attention to?
Sean Day, International Student Specialist…
By Taylor Lobb
@TAYLORLOBB
Her life came to an end here. A dark, quiet country backroad in Livermore, with grass, trees and dirt on either side. Tesla Road, to be exact.
That’s where she crawled, desperate to live. That’s where her blood spilled, pooling on…
By Ian Jones
@IDJONESPHOTOG
Free tuition for the first year of college?! In October, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 19 (AB-19,) the “California College Promise,” which provides just that, into law.
Previously known as the Board of Governors fee waiver, the California College…
Seventeen people lost their lives in this week’s Stoneman Douglas shooting in Florida. Twenty eight were killed in Sandy Hook. Twelve people died at Columbine and twelve died in the 2012 Aurora shooting.
Sixteen were killed in San Bernardino. Thirty two at Virginia…
By The Express Editorial Board
Survival of the fittest sounds great as a mantra when it’s a motivational pep talk aimed at the competitive spirit. But liberty, freedom and even morality are not a competition. Such ideology ignores necessary human emotions such as…
Celebrity presidents: are they a good idea?
By Alex Lontoc
@ALEXXLONTOC
There’s nothing wrong with a celebrity running for president.
People seem to negate the idea of celebrities entering politics, when our current president himself is no stranger to the spotlight. We, the voters, let…
Celebrity presidents: are they a good idea?
By Tim Guan
@TIM_GUAN30
What has society become? A popularity contest where our “know next to nothing” celebrities dictate how our country should be run? This idea can only be summed up as the dumbest thing I…
Letter to the editor-
By: Inglish Hills
Happy Black History Month, from LPC’S Black Student Union. With diversity growing at LPC, a few devoted women have decided to start a club that is dedicated to black academic achievement and cultural appreciation in the community.…