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,...

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...

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...

A bill introduced to the California State Assembly would remove exemptions allowing drivers to use voice-operated, hands-free text messaging while driving. According to California Legislative Information,...

The California Senate passed a bill on May 2 that would require social networking websites to take down personal information upon request or face a $10,000 fine. SB 501 would allow any user to ask a...

Students who have been arduously wait-listing for their courses, may have an option to bypass those lines, should a contentious bill get passed. SB 520 legislation would allow students in the UC, CSU,...

Recent experimental programs with Massive Open Online Courses have triggered warnings about possible harm to public higher educational institutions. A recent pilot study of “blended courses” at...

The DASB Senate voted to renew the eligibility of Ben Pacho as a senate candidate in its June 5 meeting, reversing the DASB Election Committee’s May 29 decision to disqualify him from the 2013-2014 senate...