Omar RazawiSTAFF WRITERRent is due next week, the car insurance payment went up after that speeding ticket a couple weeks ago, and don’t forget midterms are here!
The struggles of students who are working part time or full time are alive and well.…
WILLIAM TANNEREDITOR-IN-CHIEFThe Chabot-Las Positas College District may be guilty of violating the rights of migrant students.
A letter sent by the district to students, in the 2013 fall semester, stated they needed to have a Social Security number to attend the college. The…
SHELBY ESCOTT
STAFF WRITER
The theater was filled with the chatter of excited students and staff while in the background, classic rock music hummed from the many speakers. But when the lights went off and the music died, so did the buzz of activity…
KALAMA HINESSPORTS EDITOR
There is no denying it – the NFL is experiencing a heaping helping of negativity.
Be it players’ violence against women, positive drug tests or a team owner’s DUI.
The NFL though seems to be focused solely on a good…
Omar RazawiStaff WriterThe Las Positas Hawks cross-country team is coming off a very successful 2012-2013 season. The Hawks ranked No. 15 in the state, led by Abe Espinoza who was a key runner for LPC all season. Espinoza is now running at…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Editor,
I had to respond to your editorial on the controversy surrounding the Ferguson, Missouri shooting (08/29/14, Vol. 26, No. 1). Like many reviewers, you are focused on the troubles that occurred after the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed…
Kalama HinesSPORTS EDITOR
Many universities request that their professors maintain a practicing career in their field. This can be for reasons of advancement in studies or just the added relevance of having those professors remain known entities in their given terrain.
Las Positas…
Laura CameronCOPY EDITOR
To the grief of those who knew her, former Las Positas College English instructor Peggy Riley died Aug. 22 after a fouryear battle with cancer. She was 77 years old.
Riley retired in 2005 after teaching for more than…
Shelby EscottSTAFF WRITER
Bagpipes, swords and caber tossing. Put those together and what do you get? The 2014 Highland Gathering and Games. For 149 years the Bay Area Scots, and Scottish fans, have gathered to celebrate Scottish heritage through clan parades and epic…
Kalama HinesSPORTS EDITOR
It first happened in 1906, in Chicago. The most recent occurrence was 2000, in New York. The one on the tip of the Bay Area’s tongue however was in 1989.
The “cross-town rivalry” World Series has the power to completely…