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Update: Foothill armed robbery, official explains no lockdown

Sally Lee | November 30, 2012

Foothill College was not locked down after an armed robbery Nov. 19 because of a 45-minute delay between the incident and a police report. The robbed students did not have a cell phone to call the police,...

Obituary

Dorothy Holford | November 30, 2012

Donna Lynn Bradshaw, a supervisor for the De Anza Disabled Student Services Department, died on Nov. 4 at age 48. She was a champion of deaf and hearing-impaired students. One of her many...

Contractor hired for new Education Center on site of former Onizuka Air Force Station

Jannelle Garcia | November 23, 2012

On Nov. 7 construction firm C.W. Driver was named by the Foothill-De Anza district as the contractor for the new education center on the site of the former Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale. C.W....

Veterans battle to find jobs as Calif. economy improves

Adriana Barragan | November 23, 2012

Even though unemployment rates are slowly decreasing, the number of unemployed veterans is still on the rise. The California unemployment rate for veterans in 2011 for ages 20-24 was 37.1 percent, which...

DASB Senate discusses college’s move to add classes, elects new senator

Ifra Iftikhar | November 23, 2012

After the anxiety of Prop 30 and the sobering reality of budget cuts, the DASB Senate discussed good news for De Anza College students at its meeting Nov. 14. The college will add more classes in high-demand...

Armed robbery on Foothill campus

Sally Lee | November 23, 2012

A robber armed with a handgun stole black backpacks from two students at Foothill College's footbridge near the Campus Center at around 9 a.m. Nov. 19. "The person displayed a weapon," said Kurt Hueg,...

Prop 30 success: Students relieved

Jannelle Garcia | November 20, 2012

The passing of Prop 30 left some De Anza students with the feelings of relief and happiness, while others were oblivious about this proposition and how it directly affected them. Proposition 30 is an...

President Murphy thanks DASB Senate

Kelsey Purpura | November 20, 2012

De Anza College President Brian Murphy praised the DASB Senate at its meeting Nov. 7 for its efforts to get out the vote for Prop 30. The proposition passed with an 8 percent margin which was above Murphy's...

Already stretched custodial staff braces for more budget cuts

Christine Jehng | November 20, 2012

Maria Salazares and her staff start their day long before students have arrived at De Anza College. "I'm not supposed to, but if I can, I like to open everything up and have everything ready by 6 o'clock,"...

De Anza students clean up campus: Cigarette butts, paper, cups strewn around

Sally Lee | November 20, 2012

The DASB Environmental Sustainability Committee sponsored campus clean-up day on Nov. 8. The people who attended were assigned to six teams that cleaned up different areas of campus to search for...