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Student Success Center haning tough after cuts

Nadia Banchik | March 16, 2013

Position cuts at the Student Success Center are causing delays for tutoring services at De Anza College, but funding is still strong and students are still generally satisfied, said Melissa Aguilar, co-director...

POTTERY TIME - Ke Dai, Art Major, 44, works on a project for her ceramics intermediate level class. The class is graded on participation, not on the quantity of projects.

Bookstore and print shop may benefit from fee cuts

Rachel Schemel | March 16, 2013

The elimination of materials fees at De Anza College will force students to start using the campus bookstore and print shop as the main suppliers for extra class materials starting next quarter. Faculty...

PHOTOSHOPPED - An electric car charger is pictured at De Anza Parking Lot B.

Electric vehicle charging stations delayed

Lydia Tuan | March 16, 2013

Electric vehicle charging stations in De Anza College's Lot B parking lot will begin operating this month, according to a report to the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees March 4. A year ago, De Anza...

Sequester will affect colleges

Nathan Mitchell | March 16, 2013

The U.S. government capped its budget on March 1 in a process called sequestration which forced across-the-board reductions totaling $85 billion. While defense spending bore more than half of the cuts,...

Garbage and recycling end up combined and re-sorted

Rachel Schemel | March 16, 2013

De Anza College students who diligently sort their garbage and recycling on campus may be in for a surprise: custodians mix the two and send it to an outside facility to resort, said Manny Da Silva, the...

ERNEST JOHNSON - Johnson in his office at De Anza. He was always willing to put in extra effort for his students.

OBIT: Computer apps professor

Rajvir Kaur | March 16, 2013

Ernest "Ernie" Johnson died March 6 after a long illness. Before stepping foot in De Anza College, Johnson was an engineer working for companies such as Ohio Bell Telephone, Proctor and Gamble and Exxon. Johnson...

DEEP IN THOUGHT - Instructors and students remember Vega as a bright student with a ready smile.

De Anza student remembered

Jannelle Garcia | March 16, 2013

Students and instructors at De Anza College were shocked when they learned about the March 3 shooting death of freshman Richard Vega, 18, of Santa Clara.     Vega was shot and killed while walking...

Higher One contract in its final year with De Anza College

Vik Gupta | February 21, 2013

Higher One, De Anza and Foothill College's financial aid disbursement system, came under scrutiny at the DASB senate meeting, Feb. 6. Vincent Mendoza, student trustee, said he had actively pursued to...

Delegation invited by the National Popular Resistance Front - De Anza College  professor Mark Sullivan plans on  more trips to Honduras with students in the future.

De Anza College professor raising awareness about Honduras

Lydia Tuan | February 21, 2013

Mark Sullivan, a De Anza College environmental studies professor, traveled to Honduras in November 2012 to seek truth and raise awareness on Honduras' political instability and U.S. military interference...

Success in online courses:

Dorothy Holford | February 21, 2013

Success with online courses is elusive for minority groups on campus with Latino and African-American faring the worst, according to the report "Mining the Data: What We know about FHDA Students," published...

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