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Meet LMC’s Interim President

Meet LMC’s Interim President

Jaden Fortier, Staff Writer
February 9, 2023

With former LMC President Bob Kratochvil retiring from the community college last fall, LMC has transitioned into a new era in the school’s history. This new era will be kicked off by Dr. Pamela Ralston,...

Honors Program helps students thrive

Honors Program helps students thrive

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
February 9, 2023

No matter where students decide to begin, the Honors Program at Los Medanos College has encouraged them to aim higher in their education. The program allows students to challenge themselves in advanced...

Razzie Awards: Innocent or insulting

Noah Cannon, Staff Writer
February 1, 2023

In many ways, criticism is an essential element to the world of media and arts. It helps artists know how they succeeded, how they failed, and, most importantly, how to improve. But when does criticism...

LMC Professor Luis Zuniga achieves success at Lemon Race

LMC Professor Luis Zuniga achieves success at Lemon Race

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
February 1, 2023

With more than a year of preparation before the 24-hour Lemon Race at the Sonoma Speedway Dec. 3 and 4, Professor Luis Zuniga and his team of musicians, called Nopar, were ready to take their car on the...

LMC students apply a base layer of color on the barn

Rivertown Garden barn gets new color

Michael Benedian, Editor-in-Chief
December 1, 2022

After two months of preparation and planning, Eric Sanchez’s Art 10 2D Design class are starting the final phase of their Mural project for the Rivertown Garden Site. For the next two weeks, Sanchez...

A visionary in the making

A visionary in the making

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
December 1, 2022

As the music blazes across the arena of students filling the stands, the lights beam and fireworks shoot toward the sky as the San Jose State University football team runs across the bright green field....

Ryan Hiscocks: Politics and Perseverance

Ryan Hiscocks: Politics and Perseverance

Aidan Lindell, Staff Writer
December 1, 2022

“I was not planning on studying political science at all,” said Political Science Professor Ryan Hiscocks. In fact, the discipline’s name itself seemed more off-putting than anything.  “I couldn’t...

Campus life: Joining clubs and organizations

Jodi Velasco, Staff Writer
November 17, 2022

As the college begins to thrive again after the epidemic, Los Medanos College offers students a variety of organizations and extracurricular activities that provide recreation, entertainment, and other...

LMC student Osvaldo Ramirez spots fellow student Miguel Lopez lifting weights in the new Kinesiology and Athletics Complex

Keeping up with the Kinesiology and Athletics Complex

Brian Cruz, Staff Writer
November 17, 2022

The new state-of-the-art Kinesiology and Athletic Complex opened late in the fall of 2019 and has been available to students and student athletes at the Los Medanos College Pittsburg campus since then....

Los Medanos College counselor Nina Ghiselli walks on stage to start her comedy stand-up.

Stutter doesn’t faze LMC counselor

Mohammad Najimi, Staff Writer
November 16, 2022

LMC counselor Nina Ghiselli became a fan of comedy at age 5 when she watched “Late Night with David Letterman” in her family’s living room.  As a teenager, she was obsessed with him before he...

Members of Luis Zunigas race team, Team Nopar which included music students David Poe, Matt Parfit, Peter Gaylord and Mark Lawrence, paint the car in time for the race.

Professor Luis Zuniga aims for gold

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
November 3, 2022

With a passion for music, orchestra and band director Luis Zuniga has been teaching at LMC for seven years, but his interest in cars drove him to compete in the upcoming 24-hour Lemon Race. To be a part...

The Student Union game room gets lively as students sing their hearts out in karaoke.

Students get treated with a Halloween party

Michael Benedian, Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2022

With Halloween on the rise, Los Medanos College’s very own learning communities put together a little treat for students to come together and celebrate the festivities. On Thursday Oct. 27, the Student...

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