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After election fiasco, new DASB presidential election to be held

Kunal Mehta, Staff Reporter | March 8, 2017

The original election will be scrapped and a new DASB presidential election will be held from March 13 to 17, after unanimous approval from the DASB Election Committee and the full DASB Senate. Students...

DASB Senate takes final vote on budget and endorses .edu emails

Kunal Mehta, Staff Reporter | March 6, 2017

The DASB Senate took a final vote on its 2017-2018 budget and endorsed a proposal to give students universal access to .edu email addresses March 1. There was one dissenter in the final budget vote: vice...

DASB Senate votes to cover deficit with reserve fund

Kunal Mehta, Staff Reporter | March 6, 2017

The DASB Senate voted Feb. 22 to use $55,000 from its reserve fund to cover the the 2017-18 budget deficit. The reserve fund has $400,000 left. The budget allocates nearly $1.3 million for DASB programs...

San Jose flood devastates 14,000 homes, amounts to at least $100 million in damage

Vince Aguilara, Staff Reporter | March 6, 2017

De Anza students host renter rights’ panel, dialogue with San Jose City Council member

Nick Girard, Staff Reporter | March 6, 2017

De Anza College held a panel on rent control, featuring San Jose City Council member Lan Diep, on Feb. 23. Salma Bizcaia, 19, criminal justice major, organized the panel. She opened the event with a story:...

Hundreds turned away at first town hall with U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna

Shaun Chatrath, Staff Reporter | March 6, 2017

Hundreds were turned away at Ohlone Community College during U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna’s town hall forum on Feb. 22 and those who made it in the building weren’t guaranteed an audience. Car horns and the...

DASB presidential candidates’ votes not counted in election

Neil McClintick, Opinions Editor | March 3, 2017

A Friday morning email sent out to several hundred students revealed alarming news: throughout the course of the Feb. 27 to March 3 election week, votes cast for DASB presidential candidates Rhozhen Panahi...

DASB presidential candidates debate issues

Omar Hashem | March 3, 2017

Candidates agreed on the vast majority of issues in a DASB presidential debate Feb. 23, emphasizing the importance of outreach to students, open dialogue between senate members, and resolving the disconnect...

DASB senate candidates’ coalition ‘United’ finds posters vandalized; ‘Trump supporter’ scratched over candidate’s face

Omar Hashem, Staff Reporter | March 1, 2017

*Editors Note - Clarified that presidential candidate Duran does not believe Kamal is responsible for the vandalism “Trump supporter” was found scratched over a DASB senate vice president...

De Anza comes together against anti-semitic posters

Natalie Valencia and Yane An | February 27, 2017

Watch the full video of the forum here. De Anza College refused to stay passive in response to the anti-Semitic posters, rebuking them in the “De Anza Stands Against Anti-Semitism” forum, hosted...