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 mind drifting to the “work to contract issue” and what it means in terms of respect for/collabo...
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 city into two districts, straight along El Camino; the heart of the Korean-American community. This...
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 last week in front of the Stelling Parking Lot. I got an estimate of about $5000 worth of damages...
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, I attended the La Voz Open Forum, in the Fireside Room, in the Hinson Campus Center. I availed...
June letters to the editor
June 22, 2017
De Anza's poor quality of food Umer Sheikh, devilishlyhandsome96@gmail.com 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 time in the college studying, and at least the college management can do is provide them with hea...
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 each of these individually, as they are found in the article. Community Oriented Policing ...
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 the DASB Senate's decision to divest from four corporations involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. I...
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 — actually, I was appalled — at the DASB Senate’s decision to defund classified staff (who pr...
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 Institute for Democracy in Action (VIDA) students who believe in becoming agents of change at De Anza...
Letter to the editor: Critique of coverage
Shirley Gardner
December 3, 2016
The article about Brian Murphy's "anti-Trump rally" is inaccurate. It was just a T-shirt making event, and Brian, who did not lead the event, merely spoke a few words. The scraps of information that were put together do not make for a comprehensive read since some are given without context. I hope that...
