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Why we keep coming back to “The Great Gatsby”: Fantasy aspirations of wealth bear consequences in reality

Jose Avalos, Staff Writer | June 7, 2013

The recent release of Baz Luhrmann’s take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby,” sheds light on the garish extravagance that characterized the Roaring Twenties — the colossal...

Divisive study ignites immigration debate: What’s really underlying arguments against reform?

Harold Banks, Staff Writer | June 7, 2013

Conservative policymakers will throw around any number of excuses as to why they’re up in arms over fixing the broken immigration system in the U.S. One day, the argument against immigration reform...

Fashion For A Good Cause Liz Hsu walks the runway showing off her unique style.

WHO MADE YOUR CLOTHES?: Fashion show calls attention to sweatshop labor, alternatives

Giovanni Urias, Freelancer | May 31, 2013

When people buy apparel from their favorite stores, they usually pay attention to the price tag, and the thought of the people who made the clothes, and where, doesn’t cross their minds. Clothes marked...

Rise in military sexual assault reveals systemic failure to prosecute cases

Jose Avalos, Staff Writer | May 31, 2013

Sexual assault in the military, long ignored by the media, has taken center stage as the Pentagon released a survey earlier this month estimating that 26,000 people in the armed forces were sexually assaulted...

Defunding community colleges

Russell Green, Staff Writer | May 31, 2013

A new report by the Century Foundation, a progressive non-partisan think tank, warns that community colleges “are in great danger of becoming indelibly separate and unequal institutions in the higher-education...

Seizure of Associated Press phone records exposes alarming overreach by government

Roma Parhad, Freelancer | May 31, 2013

Good reporting, especially on government affairs, is often based on journalists’ ability to protect the anonymity of their sources. Recent reports point to the Department of Justice secretly obtaining...

Art Celebration (From Left) Foothill-De Anza trustee Joan Barram, Chancellor Linda Thor, De Anza art student Steven Sobzek, Dean of Creative Arts Nancy Canter and Vice President of finance and educational resources Letha Jeannepierre line up at the De Anza student art show ceremony, Wednesday May 22.

FEATURE: School purchases student pieces at the student art show award ceremony

Jessica Sun, Staff Writer | May 24, 2013

Without any art background, De Anza College student Lisa Tang started taking photography classes “just for fun” back in 2009. For the third time, she was awarded the Purchase Award at Euphrat Museum...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Michael Dittmer

May 24, 2013

Dear La Voz, Criticizing the Koch brothers for their attempts to buy and politicize the L.A. Times and other national newspapers is not a personal, or “ad hominem,” attack. Claiming that “One...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Taye Marshall

May 24, 2013

Dear La Voz, Scott Peterson’s letter to the editor in response to Russell Green’s article, “Conservative billionaires slated to buy LA Times: Free Press only exists if you can afford it,” is...

Rethinking hyperconnectivity: What we can do in the absence of technology

Russell Green, Staff Writer | May 24, 2013

When was the last time you left your house — without your phone?  No seriously, can you remember a hike or an outing off the grid and far from the comfort of your technological surroundings? Well...

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