Math instructor Karl Schaffer played a killer clown in the 1988 film "Killer Clowns from Outer Space." The movie was filmed locally and had numerous scenes filmed in Santa Cruz. Schaffer graduated in...

The possibility of an $825 million budget cut looms over community colleges statewide. In a May 27 report, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger presented a plan to trim the state's budget by $5 billion. Among the...

If you were driving around town one Friday night and found that traffic was blocked off by a steady stream of hundreds of bicyclists, then you probably encountered San Jose Bike Party. This gathering of...

Despite a 10 percent vote deduction penalty, Students United candidates Marlo Custodio and Josh Chou were elected president and executive vice president of the 2009-2010 De Anza College Student Body Senate.Results...

These days, students text anywhere, anytime - even in class. Their reasons are simple."Boredom," said biology major Ieasha Rana."It's something to keep you awake," said student Dat Nguyen.According to...

King James, they call him. LeBron James is so talented that ESPN was airing his high school games. He is such a phenomenal athlete that Nike signed him for $90 million before he played his first NBA game....

The world is in need of an architect who will build a stronger bridge to connect the Muslim world to the United States. I can't think of a better candidate than President Barack Obama. In his speech last...

For the first time since 1998, the moral debate on the ethics of abortions has turned into a shooting war when Dr. George Tiller was shot and murdered in his church in Wichita, Kansas on March 31. What...

Picture this - you go to a party and notice an attractive young man/woman. After a couple of hours of some intense eye contact you feel brave enough to approach him/her. You talk and then ask for the person's...

Instructor Farshod Mosharraf (Mosh) started his career at De Anza College as a math and science tutor in 1990. "Frank Soler brought him over," said Laura Bell, tutor supervisor for the Math, Science and...