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Student Success Center hanging tough after cuts

Nadia Banchik, Staff Writer | March 18, 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...

OBIT: Computer apps professor

Rajvir Kaur | March 17, 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...

De Anza student remembered

Jannelle Garcia | March 17, 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...

Two new DASB senators appointed

Sally Lee | March 17, 2013

The DASB senate promoted two senate interns, Nupur Mehta and Jason Tran, to full senator positions at its meeting on March 13. Intern Nazgol Adeli had also applied. The new senators are filling positions...

Student Success Center haning tough after cuts

Nadia Banchik | March 17, 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...

Bookstore and print shop may benefit from fee cuts

Rachel Schemel | March 17, 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...

Electric vehicle charging stations delayed

Lydia Tuan | March 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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...

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...