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DASB proposes quarterly payments to student senators

Ella Shih, Staff Reporter | May 7, 2019

DASB senators debated whether they should be paid quarterly for their work at the May 1 meeting. The first draft proposed payments of $100 per quarter for student senators and $200 per quarter for executives. Through...

Stricter policies against student-teacher relationships

Christian Trujano, Assistant News Editor | May 7, 2019

Student senators in California Community Colleges are advocating for strict language policy changes in school legislation, including Foothill-De Anza, prohibiting relationships among students and faculty. Policies...

No placement tests or prerequisites can risk higher failure rates at transfer level

Abhiram Rishi Prattipati, Staff Reporter | May 7, 2019

Students can now register in transfer level courses such as EWRT 1A, precalculus, and statistics without taking any prerequisites and placement tests with the AB705 bill. The bill requires community...

Run, hide, defend trains students in school safety

Dominique Evangelista, Staff Reporter | May 2, 2019

Jim Thurber, police officer and speaker, provided a safe dose of fear and a call for awareness to a De Anza College English class with a safety training about what to do in an “active assailant” event...

Single-stream sorts trash, recyclables

Elsa Castro, Staff Reporter | April 30, 2019

Implementing a single-stream recycling system in 2010 is one of the ways De Anza College maintains an environmentally friendly campus. Manny DaSilva, manager of custodial operations, said that De Anza...

Student homelessness and food insecurity rates high in California community colleges

Yami Sun, Staff Reporter | April 30, 2019

Sarah Curcio, 22, biology major used to park and sleep in her car in front of her mother's house. Her financial aid can cover her tuition, but not parking permits and textbook fees. She is not currently...

Scabies outbreak puts select VTA buses out of service

Melisa Lopez, Staff Reporter | April 30, 2019

An outbreak of the parasitic skin infection scabies among drivers in the Valley Transportation Authority put several buses out of service. After many VTA bus drivers refused to respond to questions...

La Voz awarded at statewide journalism convention

Staff | April 23, 2019

La Voz News student journalists received various accolades at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges state convention in Sacramento from March 28-30. Four students attended the convention...

DASB senate debates keeping office public, private

Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter | April 23, 2019

DASB senators debated whether the DASB office should stay open to the public or become a DASB-only space at their April 17 meeting. DASB President Carolyn Nguyen and the dissolved administration committee...

Senate Bill 291 proposes advanced financial aid for community college students

Amy Gallagher, Staff Reporter | April 8, 2019

To combat the financial issues California community college students face, a new financial aid program, Senate Bill 291, was proposed by California legislatures to cover the full cost of attending community...