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Thanksgiving lost in bustle of early Christmas activities

Brenda Romero, Staff Writer | November 22, 2014

Merry Christmas, Wait! No! Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, there is a holiday in between Halloween and Christmas, but it is often left forgotten in midst of the chaotic shopping for Christmas. Once Halloween...

5 percent a year UC tuition hike a sad but necessary evil

Harold Shi, Staff Writer | November 22, 2014

The University of California Board of Regents approved Thursday, a 5 percent tuition increase per year for the next five years, total of 25 percent. This tuition increase is necessary. You heard that...

FOX News can’t stop making sexist comments

Brenda Romero, Staff Writer | November 14, 2014

The oh-so-lovely FOX News did it again, not giving us the news, but making the news, and not in a good way, when one of their host gave her opinion on young women voting, they shouldn’t. FOX News...

Apple CEO’s coming out a big step forward

Pati Shojaee | November 14, 2014

At the end of October, Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook publicly came out of the closet as a gay man. Cook wrote in Businessweek, “Throughout my professional life, I’ve tried to maintain a basic level of...

Opinion: out with the old water bottles, in with the new

Donovan Rios, Staff Writer | November 14, 2014

De Anza College is doing its part to help save the environment by establishing new policies regarding water bottles. The Dining Services on campus will no longer have plastic water bottles available...

Sharing on Facebook not real activism

Diana San Juan, Staff Writer | November 12, 2014

Social media has become the primary way of spreading information about important issues. We have become so dependent on our virtual life that we have become blind to how to aid real life situations. People...

Not time to hit the panic button on 49ers season

Jacob Sisneros, Managing Editor | November 11, 2014

To say the first half of the season has been turbulent for the San Francisco 49ers would be a vast understatement. With Ray Mcdonald’s arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, the suspension of defensive...

Editorial: Sensible drug reform needed

La Voz Editorial Board | November 3, 2014

No matter how you vote on the other propositions Nov. 4, vote yes on Proposition 47. This is the drug and other non-violent crime reform that California desperately needs. It helps rehabilitate people...

Same–sex marriage: Proof people can make a difference

Pati Shojaee | November 3, 2014

It’s easy to go on thinking you can’t change the world or make a difference; that this country is set in its ways and change is impossible. That is simply not true. On July 28, 1969, the Stonewall...

Thursday night football games endanger players

Kavin Mistry, Staff Writer | November 3, 2014

Thursday night football has been a part of the NFL season for some time now, allowing fans another day during the week to enjoy pro football. Although the extra weeknight game might be good for fans,...