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Jean Miller Resource Room asks for more funding following hate crime

Ana Acosta, Staff Reporter | March 4, 2018

Due to the decrease in enrollment, budget cuts were made at last week’s six hour DASB Senate meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21. De Anza College programs and organizations such as the Puente Project, Umoja...

Activists encourage divestment from “war machine”

Christian Trujano, Staff Reporter | March 4, 2018

The death of an innocent person could be as easy as making a simple deposit. This was a highlight from the Divest For Justice, Invest For Impact Community Forum and Workshop that took place at De Anza...

De Anza College’s myPortal shows which courses have free course materials

Tremaurice Johnson, Staff Reporter | March 4, 2018

De Anza College’s myPortal and searchable schedule of classes page has a new feature that shows which courses use free course materials. This feature took into effect as mandated by Senate Bill No....

“The Laramie Project” sets forward community dialogue about hate crime

Rebecca Arnone, Staff Reporter | February 16, 2018

Emotions ran high during a community discussion about hate crimes that was facilitated by the Office of Equity at De Anza College on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The screening of “The Laramie Project” which...

Posters advocating for transgender students incite administration to take action

Andrew Shinjo, News Editor | February 16, 2018

Posters stating “Transgender Lives Matter,” and “Protect Transgender Students” were posted around De Anza College’s campus on Thursday, Feb. 8. According to an anonymous source with information...

Finance committee faces major budget challenges

Ethan Bennett, Staff Reporter | February 16, 2018

Funding cutbacks set ripple effects through the DASB Senate budget plans as the finance committee deals with a shortage of revenue. In a DASB Senate meeting on Feb. 14, chair of finance committee Amanda...

DASB Senate adviser: senators violating campaign policies

Ethan Maneja, Staff Reporter | February 16, 2018

DASB adviser Hyon Chu Yi-Baker addressed bad sportsmanship surround the upcoming senatorial election on Feb. 7. Yi-Baker said senators should not be intimidating or talking poorly about people considering...

Hate crime victim: De Anza College administration’s response fails to ease LGBTQ community’s concerns

Christian Trujano, Staff Reporter | February 16, 2018

You’re walking up the stairs of the Flint garage. It’s a cold and dark January evening and the last thing you hear before taking a fist to the head and falling unconscious is “Faggot!” DeeJea...

High school coursework, grades now considered for De Anza College placement test

John Bricker, Staff Reporter | February 5, 2018

California’s Assembly Bill No. 705 will change how De Anza College places students into classes as it requires schools to consider high school coursework and grades when assigning new students into mathematics...

DASB Senate unanimously votes for dating violence awareness program

Ana Acosta, Staff Reporter | February 5, 2018

The DASB Senate passed two motions unanimously for supporting the implementation of the One Love Foundation Program at De Anza College and for sponsoring the event “Refugees and Us” on Jan. 26. Senators...