Letters to the Editor Archives

We will not wait for the next school shooting

Andrew Sun and Alexander Denza | January 24, 2024

Editor’s Note: The following is a student-written op-ed, signed by over 110 student leaders and meant to be published simultaneously across over 50 student newspapers. The breadth of this op-ed is national...

Letter to the editor: ‘Work to contract’ issue, De Anza needs stronger leadership

Meredith Heiser-Duron, Guest Contributor | June 4, 2018

Dear Board, Chancellor, and College Presidents, I am here in my office on Tuesday grading the last 20 papers in Poli 1, which I could not finish over the holiday weekend. However, I find my...

Letter to the editor: Vote no on Measure A

Lawrence Su and Alexander Mabanta, Guest Contributors | May 21, 2018

Editor: Measure A is a proposal to amend the Santa Clara City charter to allow a two multi-member district election system with rank-choice voting by single-transferable vote. The plan is to split the...

Letters to the Editor, Feb. 5

February 9, 2018

Need for parking lot safety persists Editor: Hi! I just read your article about installing video cameras in the parking lots, and I thought why hasn’t it been done yet. I just got into a major accident...

Letter to the Editor: Response to anti-camera surveillance opinion

Chief of Police Ronald Levine | June 25, 2017

The editorial opinion article posted on-line on June 22, 2017, written by News Editor, Kunal Mehta, again contains a number inaccuracies and misconceptions. On the same day the opinion piece was posted,...

June letters to the editor

June 22, 2017

De Anza's poor quality of food Umer Sheikh, [email protected] Dear La Voz, I am writing to inform you about the bad quality of food in De Anza College. Many students spend most of their...

Letter to Editor: FHDA Chief of Police responds to editorial opinion

Ronald Levine, Chief of Police | June 19, 2017

This letter is a response to the following: http://wp.me/p4eLNV-4gwx The editorial opinion article in the June 19, 2017 edition of La Voz, contains a number inaccuracies and misconceptions. I will address...

Letter to the editor: Proud of De Anza’s divestment

Rich Wood | April 9, 2017

La Voz, I am writing as a former Instructor of Sociology at De Anza from 1993 through 2009 and a faculty adviser to Students for Justice and the Muslim Students Association. I have just learned of...

Letter to Editor: Apalled at DASB Senate

Lida Kurth, English Professor | March 20, 2017

Editor’s note: The DASB senate later renewed the $180,000 portion of the budget for classified staff after learning that the administration would not pick up the funds. Dear Editor: I was disheartened...

Letter to the editor: Students are ready for organic snacks and drinks in vending machines

Halia Djait | December 4, 2016

At De Anza College, the Director of Dining Campus Center, Patrick Gannon, conducted a survey to find out if students are interested in organic drinks and snacks in vending machines. The Vasconcellos...