Starting in the year 2000 and ending in 2010, the Foothill-De-Anza District saw a drastic spike in the number of classified professionals it employed.  This augmentation belittled growth in other...

I have been metaphorically inundated with exactly one request to write an opinion on San Jose's plastic bag ban.  I don't want to do this.  I don't think it needs the time, or space, on its...

As De Anza College's Occupy for Education movement continues, students must seek to understand the college's policies regarding civil disobedience. "There isn't an actual policy that addresses ‘civil...

It's that time of year again the first week of the quarter, the several days where we achingly pay off our fees per unit. To top it off, the rising fee of our textbooks only helps catalyze the process...

Do you know what you're doing? Not in the grand scheme of things, but as in here at De Anza College. Are you working towards a goal, such as an associate's degree? Or perhaps you are just taking poetry,...

If it isn't the triple-stop-sign intersection outside the bookstore that begs to be ignored, the east entrance traffic-jam every 55 minutes or entertaining the impossible idea that one can make a right...

Have you ever wondered why fast food hamburgers are so cheap? According to meatami.com, the meat and poultry industry generated over $154.8 billion in sales in 2009, making it one of the largest and most...

As most of us already may know, state funding cuts have resulted in a budget deficit for community colleges. The deficit plaguing the Foothill-De Anza Community College District is of approximately $22.8...

This past November, my love of philanthropy took me to the impoverished nation of Pakistan to give back to villages in the outskirts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. With my UNICEF Pashtun translator, we hiked...