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Board of Trustees approves Foothill-De Anza bus line, Murphy takes political stand against travel ban

Terry Pon, Staff Reporter | February 21, 2017

The Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Feb. 6 to approve the VTA bus line from De Anza to Foothill. President Brian Murphy also handed out red cards for undocumented students to hand...

Brian Murphy reprimands DASB Senate for not consulting with admin before cutting budget

Karan Abrol, Staff Reporter | February 21, 2017

De Anza College President Brian Murphy explained to DASB Senate on Feb. 8 he would not support the decision to cut over $200,000 from the Office of College Life and asked that senators come to him to negotiate...

DASB Student Trustee: Elias Kamal

Nick Girard, Staff Reporter | February 21, 2017

Current student trustee Elias Sayed Kamal, 19, political science major, is the only candidate running for student trustee for the 2017-18 year. Kamal said the role of student trustee is to work with the...

District deliberates on enrollment drop

Sarah Helwig, Staff Reporter | February 8, 2017

De Anza enrollment dropped four percent, while online enrollment doubled with an 11 percent increase according to the Census Enrollment Comparisons Report Winter 2016 to Winter 2017 released last week. District...

DASB Senate slashes staff funds in stunning move

Karan Abrol and Kunal Mehta, Staff Reporters | February 8, 2017

The DASB Senate voted on Feb. 1 to defund staff positions in the offices of College Life and Student Accounts, freeing up more money to fund programs that benefit De Anza students. The Senate’s budget...

DASB Senate supports De Anza/Foothill bus line, meeting ends with FB ‘drama’

Kunal Mehta, Staff Reporter | January 24, 2017

The De Anza Senate unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a proposal to create a direct Valley Transit Authority bus line between the Foothill and De Anza college campuses, and discussed resolutions...

Remembering lives lost at Aleppo

Rachel Shin, Staff Reporter | January 24, 2017

The Muslim Student Association and the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action hosted a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Syrian Civil War living in the city of Aleppo on Thursday, ...

College president pledges support to DACA and ‘fundamental commitments’ ahead of inauguration

Yane An, Editor-in-Chief | January 24, 2017

De Anza College President Brian Murphy began an initiative to support and protect undocumented students, by way of two resolutions passed unanimously by the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees. Those...

DASB Senate debates election code change

Jonathan Dupin, STAFF REPORTER | December 5, 2016

The DASB Senate met on Wednesday with the student board of Foothill College to share ideas and open doors. The Foothill students were able to get a firsthand look of how a DASB meeting is conducted. The...

Student government peer evaluation evokes controversy

Neil McClintick, OPINIONS EDITOR | December 5, 2016

The DASB Senate stumbled into disagreement at its Nov. 30 meeting over a proposal to conduct peer evaluations. Senator Holly Iong proposed a system through which all senators would be able to rate...