Historic volleyball win

Eagles beat Marin for first time

Jade Sanford predicted it.
The Eagles bought into it.
“I told the team before the game that we were going to win,” said Sanford, Laney College’s head women’s volleyball coach. “And it was a good feeling…

KQED visits Laney to hear pitches for new show

Laney College hosted the KQED Newsroom forum on Nov. 4, inviting a community of students and educators to pitch stories for the new KQED East Bay Desk. The stories were pitched to the East Bay desk, led by Holly Kernan, executive editor, who hopes…

Active shooter training preps Laney for worst-case scenario

Alameda County Sheriff Derek Pope set a grave tone for the Laney College Safety Training on Nov. 9: “[Campus shootings] are happening; they can happen; they’re gonna happen again; and you need to accept that.”
More than ever…

‘Armistice Day’

Veterans Day was observed on November 11. The holiday is meant to honor all U.S military who served at war. It was, however, originally known as Armistice Day and was created by President Woodrow Wilson to commemorate the end of The Great War (now known as the First World War), which ended famously…

Letters to the Editor — Apathy loses big

Editor — Laney President Elnora Webb’s email (to faculty and staff) suggests that Project Truth is coming back next academic year. 
In 1978, the ACLU also invoked the First Amendment right to free speech and assembly when a neo-Nazi group planned to march…

Still hope for bowl bid

Eagles must defeat Chabot to go

There is no getting around it — for the Laney College football team to receive a postseason bowl bid it must defeat Chabot College on Friday, Nov. 13.
One advantage for the Eagles — the game is at home. Game…

Berkeley production of ‘The Rover’ extended

The play, set in 17th century Italy, is reknown for retelling the classics with a fresh light

Entertainment Calendar

Friday/November 13 
“Art, Engineering, and Fabrication Discussion Panel” Three expert panelists come together for an informal discussion on art and engineering in a variety of professional settings. Will Buchanan is a sculptor, blacksmith, and product design engineer. Peter Tjeerdsma is a…

Free Performance

Laney music students Brent Elberg and Joel Reyes and theatre arts students Carla Gallardo and Rolanda Dene composed music heard during the wedding scene. The performance 
at 4 pm — 6 pm on Thursday, Nov. 19, is free. For ticket information, contact Lisa Evans at Levans(at)calshakes.org.

Black Student Union puts health, wellness first

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Hannibal Abdul-Shakur shows off artisinal soap produced by his soap co-operative, Liberated Lather, on the Laney Quad on Nov. 10, as part of the Black Student…

Freedom of speech on campus

The recent increase in demonstrations at universities at Yale by students demanding administrative actions against those who have written or spoken words and espoused ideas that they disagreed with is at best troubling at worst an intellectual takeover, for example, at Yale, the…

‘Tiny Homes’ fosters community

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Laney students work on “The Wedge”, left, as “The Dandelion, right, nears completion. The Wedge will be entered into SMUD’s “Net Zero” competition, which means it will be completely self…

Barbara Lee honored by Merritt College

Merritt College students are elated at the completion of the Barbara Lee Science and Allied Health Center. The new building dedication and ribbon ceremony took place on the Merritt campus on Nov. 6. Situated on what use to be a picturesque view called a…

Tower Watch — Bathroom

The Laney bathrooms are getting worse everyday. The general cleanliness already leaves something to be desired, but now…

Uber uber alles

Remember the old Sears store in downtown Oakland? Well surprise, it’s going to be taken over by Uber in a matter of months. 
Even though Uber has its headquarters in San Francisco for some reason it wasn’t big enough. The result of that is the spillage of tech companies into Oakland. The new welcome…

After armed robbery, Laney left out of loop

On the evening of Oct. 21, two female Laney College students were robbed at gunpoint, just yards away from the college’s A building. But it wasn’t until almost two weeks later that the Laney community found out.
The two students were not hurt, though…

Word on the Quad

What are your thoughts on the responses to racism around the country?

“The Constitution was created with racism in mind and by white men. As long as we support the system its emerging our heads under water and when we strive…

Memorial wanted for a dark time

Tanforan Racetrack was site for Japanese internment

Close to 100 people gathered outside of the San Bruno BART Station late Halloween morning. They were not protesting or shopping at the bordering Tanforan Mall but…