Photography students with all levels of experience participate in the runway workshop.
Editor — I’m sure, by now, everyone has heard about the shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. Ten people were killed, along with the gunman. This should be a wake up call for us all. The Health and Safety…
Beneath twin screens projecting scenes from Stanley Nelson’s new documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, former Black Panthers Party Minister of Culture Emory…
Democracy, it seems, will not be deferred this semester at Laney College. The Associated Students of Laney College (ASLC) has appointed Laney freshman Ongelique Pyles as its Elections Committee Chairperson, and she’s determined to make no misstep or mistake in the run-up to the elections on Nov. 24…
Following the mass killings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, President Obama commented on the “routine” of his response to the tragedy, and the numbness to which we have come to feel towards the phenomena of mass shootings. This is life in the age of the “active shooter.” It is morbidly…
Rock climbing has become an increasingly popular sport, especially over the past few years. Last January there was huge media coverage for the first free-climb ascent of the Dawn Wall in Yosemite by climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. Never before had a climbing event raised so much…
Every year, when awards season comes around, I am curious as to what movie will take me by surprise and be the best picture of the year. I always have my anticipated hopefuls that I have been following since their genesis. The scripts that are picked up by a…
The Associated Students of Laney College (ASLC) is going all out to gear up for the fall semester. On Oct. 13, the ASLC met to discuss their budget for their school…
(Editor’s note: This article, which began as Laney class assignment, appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sept. 30. In keeping with the newspaper’s…
“The choice should belong to the individual. No one can say how much pain another can endure but them.”Bernie PadeskyUndecided
One of the four ticket machines in the campus parking lot (student section) offers a macabre message, perhaps preparing for Halloween…
The Laney Tower, in collaboration with the Oakland Festival of Lights, will be holding a photo contest. Simply send your best photo (limit one submission per person) to towerlaney(at)gmail.com. The photos will be judged and winners will be reprinted in the next issue of the Tower…
Editor — As a senior citizen taking classes at Laney, college is exciting. But the women’s restrooms all over campus are deplorable. Some restrooms have no lights. I walk in and walk right back out.The floors are wet from people flicking water off their…
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Brooding bodies surge onto cracked streets stained with drops of ripened watermelon slices sold from a corner stand where two Mexican women chismes (gossip)…
October 15 at Jack London Square“SoundWaves: Live Soul & R&B”Take in views of the Oakland Estuary and relax with free music sponsored by the East Bay Express and Jack London Square. Meet at Broadway and Embarcadero in downtown Oakland, 5:30…
Imagine walking into your therapist’s office and seeing hip-hop album covers hanging from the wall. To your immediate left is a stage and like the rest of the room it is being renovated by practitioners, peer mentors, and artists of all ages. As your feet…
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