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Diplomacy is the best approach in Syrian conflict

Vinitra Swamy, Staff Writer | September 20, 2013

Since the Daraa uprising in 2011, sparked by the arrests of 15 children for painting anti-government graffiti on a school wall, Syria’s Ba’ath government has faced increasing opposition. Because...

Americans put consumption above community

Jesselyn Rego, Staff Reporter | September 20, 2013

The cliché of “The American Dream” used for almost a century comes from the book, “The Epic of America,” written by James Truslow Adams in 1932 during the Great Depression. “The dream of...

Paying college athletes?

Phelan O'Bryan, Photographer | September 20, 2013

A hot topic in the sports world today concerns whether college student-athletes should be paid  or not. Athletes at the college level are still students who are pursuing an education and a career path....

Self-taught photographer presents pictures of Cuba

Lydia Tuan, The Beat Editor | June 14, 2013

De Anza College hosted the last of its photography lecture series featuring Bay Area-based photographer Germán Herrera on Thursday, June 5. Herrera presented photographs he had taken in Cuba and cited...

Apple innovates its way around paying billions in taxes: But who’s footing the bill?

Russell Green, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Apple Corps, the most profitable technology company in the world and the maker of the iPhone and other such beloved gadgets, manipulated the United States tax system in order to avoid paying billions of...

Letter to the Editor: Rachel Baltazar

June 14, 2013

Dear La Voz,   This week during the Budget Conference Committee in Sacramento, Assembly Bill (AB) 955 was passed through its first committee hearing. AB 955 would allow for community colleges...

Concerns for factory safety in Bangladesh persist: Why we should expect more from American companies and their business practices

Angel Ibanez, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

In a globalized world where markets are boundaryless, can companies and consumers alike continue to claim ignorance to tragedies like that of the garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over...

Taxpayer dollars for Tesla pay off: Clean-energy loan program reaffirms role of government

Russell Green, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Tesla, the electric automobile maker based in Silicon Valley, recently paid off a $465 million government loan nine years ahead of schedule, providing a lift for the Obama administration, whose clean-energy...

Get with the program!

Ben Pacho, Opinions Editor | June 14, 2013

While the transfer rate from De Anza to four-year institutions ought to be commended, with success rates of at least 70 percent last year, we can increase that proportion by adhering to recent efforts...

Monsanto galvanizes worldwide protests: Social media proves instrumental for mobilization

Angel Ibanez, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Last month, “March Against Monsanto” protests took place in more than 50 countries around the world, with protests numbering more than 2 million in response to the growing misrepresentation of genetically...

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