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LOVEN’ IT - Victor Arredondo displays the Online Excellence award.

La Voz wins excellence award

SUPRIYA VERMA | November 20, 2011

La Voz Weekly and the De Anza College students who comprise the paper's staff brought home several awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Northern California conference Nov. 12. Five...

ON THE JOB - DASB senators listen to the back-and-forth debate on HEFAS’ budget.

Senate OKs funds for AB 540 group

SUPRIYA VERMA | November 20, 2011

The De Anza Associated Student Body Senate approved a $8,000 budget for the program Higher Education for AB 540 Students on Nov. 9, following two hours of non-stop debate. Shaila Ramos, 20, DASB executive...

WHICH HAT SHOULD I TAKE? - First year student, Alyssa Dailey, is bored with her remedial courses and has started to lose interest in her classes. She must decide between using the rest of her Pell grant to take classes or drop out to pursue something else.

WASTED MONEY

Martin Towar | November 4, 2011

  Nearly $4 billion has been wasted in the past five years on community college students who accepted state and federal grants with the expectation they would transfer to a university or earn an...

Assessment tests to become standardized

Ryan Blair | November 4, 2011

Under a new law, California community colleges throughout the state will be unifying under a single placement test standard designed to create a more efficient system to save money for schools and lesson...

Onizuka plans hit environmental snag

Bryce Druzin | November 4, 2011

Steps by the Foothill-De Anza Community College District's to acquire land for the construction of a new education center experienced a setback Oct. 27 when the Sunnyvale City Council delayed an important...

FESTIVITIES FOR THE HONORED - Beth Grobman, former adviser to La Voz Weekly, cuts the cake at festivities with colleagues and friends Thursday in the Language Arts Division Office. Grobman retires after 24 years of service at De Anza College.

La Voz adviser retires after 24 years of service at De Anza

La Voz Staff | November 4, 2011

Beth Grobman, mass communications instructor and adviser for La Voz Weekly, retired this summer after 24 years at De Anza, with 11 as coordinator of the Distance Learning Center. In 1998, Grobman came...

Parcel tax pondered by De Anza

Melanie Martinez | November 4, 2011

With state funding failing to support students' needs, the California community college system is turning directly their own counties for salvation. Amidst state funding decreases for colleges that eliminate...

DASB senate meeting highlights budget woes

Saksham Rai | November 4, 2011

De Anza College President Brian Murphy addressed the De Anza Associated Student Body Senate on Oct. 19 about the current budget crisis, its effects on De Anza and highlighting the drastic difference in...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE - Protesters gather on the streets of Oakland to support the occupy movement.

De Anza students occupy Oakland

Victor Arredondo | November 4, 2011

De Anza College students peppered the crowd of thousands of demonstrators who chanted, marched, and waved signs on Nov. 2 during a general strike called by Occupy Oakland. The largely peaceful protest...

Life of the part-timer in a nutshell...

Part-time profs underappreciated

Alix Metanat | October 31, 2011

Significant budget shortages and an overworked full-time faculty have created opportunities for qualified individuals to function as part-time professors. But part-time faculty members do not enjoy the...

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