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DASB Senate votes to oppose high fee changes

Craig Morrison, Staff Writer | October 7, 2013

The DASB Senate voted unanimously to oppose California Assembly bill at its meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25 AB 955, allows community colleges to create high tuition, non-subsidized “extension courses”...

Divisions reeling from changes to student employees policies

Serena Scaglione and Nathan Mitchell | October 4, 2013

The Foothill-De Anza Community College district implemented new student employee requirements at the beginning of the fall quarter, and some departments are still recovering from the effects. The changes...

La Voz Awards at JACC

Stacy Torres, Staff Writer | October 4, 2013

Journalism students at De Anza College won several awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges 2013 Northern California Conference held in Sacramento on Sept 21. Former La Voz editor...

New student ID cards for fall

September 24, 2013

Students returning to De Anza will see familiar faces, only on new DASB cards. The reason for the change is related to the cost savings, said John Cognetta, director of college life. “The old...

Changes to repeat policy

Jacob Sisneros, News Editor | September 20, 2013

Budget cuts from Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration in 2012 are now taking effect in the form of policy changes at De Anza College. The most important of these changes deals with course repeatability...

Summer construction projects add many improvements to De Anza

Stephanie Chao, Staff Writer | September 20, 2013

A maze of fencing and piles of rubble dotted the De Anza campus as construction crews dug up sidewalks and tore off roofs in a spree of renovations during the summer. The Main Quad at De Anza College...

Journalist, immigration activist to speak at convocation

Rachel Schemel, Web Editor | June 28, 2013

De Anza College made a statement to undocumented students with the choice of graduation keynote speaker Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and undocumented immigration activist. Vargas said in an interview...

FHDA district not in bad financial shape

Genie Lu, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

As fiscal year 2012/2013 came to a close, De Anza staff held a meeting Wednesday, June 12, to preview FHDA’s budget for fiscal year 2013/2014. Ice cream was served to attendees at the meeting’s start,...

Rates may double: July 1 increases to federal loans

Maggie Li, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Interest rates for certain federal student loans will double on July 1 unless Congress can amend current laws before the deadline. Rates on Stafford subsidized loans, which Congress reduced to 3.4 percent...

California minimum wage could increase to $9.25

Soo Lee, Staff Writer | June 13, 2013

The California State Assembly passed a bill on May 30 that would raise the statewide hourly minimum wage to $9.25 over the next three years. The bill, AB 10, is the first minimum wage increase in California...