Opinion

By Greg Buckley @ GbucKking His breath comes to a quiet whisper. A sweat bead slowly trickles down his golden locks, leaving a trail as it travels across his forehead passing over his bushy eyebrows. He has stalked his prey for miles. Assuming his…

By Gabriel Crosetti @gabecrosetti Freedom of speech has been a hot topic in the United States recently. Especially here in the Bay area, where just over a week ago, protests at UC Berkeley turned destructive and violent, preventing a lecture from taking place…

By Gabriel Crosetti and C.J. Peterson @GABECROSETTI  and @CJPETERSON51 The men’s basketball program at Las Positas College is only in its 10th season, so it’s a small sample size. But this year’s edition is looking more and more like the best squad in school…

By Jennifer Snook @SIRJID The internet is a wonderful and terrible place. It is full of people who will love and hate you unconditionally. It has some version of anything you could want, whether legal or illegal. It has so, so much porn.…

By Ian Jones @IDJONESPHOTOG November through February is always the worst for my disability-related leg spasms, especially when it rains. Every 20 seconds or so, for hours on end: tense, relax. Tense, relax. Tense, relax. It’s exhausting, but it doesn’t allow me to…

Dear Editor, The editorial in the November 18th issue of The Express (“Our voices are not heard”) is one I have profound disagreements with, and is based on an incredibly erroneous premise: that the Electoral College is the antithesis to democracy, and therefore,…

By Ian Jones @IDJONESPHOTOG I’ve had Siri on my phone since 2011, but until recently, that was the extent of my talking to inanimate objects. My family recently bought Amazon Echo, a Bluetooth enabled speaker that also has a personal assistant named Alexa.…

By Jennifer Snook @SIRJID The American Psychological Association (APA) removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders in 1973, but today, some people are still determined to “cure” LGBT people. One of the most prevalent ways this is done is conversion therapy, where LGBT…

By Usra Ali @USRAALIMSCM31 Throughout the election, ISIS has been brought up numerous times by candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The responses to the horrific terrorist attacks led by ISIS resulted in problematic responses voiced by Trump along with many Americans. Muslims everywhere have…