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Fact Friday: April 10

Issue 5, week 1
La Voz Staff
April 10, 2026
Laila Zedan, Gordon Yang, Jonathan Nguyen-Au, Sango Levonian, Meryem Arslan, Teymur Khanlarov, Hayden Rush, Katherine Fritz, Dicanio Darren Liong, and Ruben Pasaribu
In this broadcast, we cover:
  • FHDA approves new AI degrees and certificates, cancels 176 classes for low enrollment
  • De Anza students earn victories at national leadership conference
  • Cupertino CEO / former NASA leader to host workshop
  • DASG opens internal elections
  • Campus announces Spring Resource Fair
  • MSA to host Eid festival
  • Chances of rain and cooler temperatures for the coming week
  • Swim prepares for a meet in Stockton
  • Baseball brings victories from San Francisco
  • Women’s Volleyball hosts two games
  • Women’s Badminton scores 14-7 against Foothill
  • Local Voyager Coffee and Panera set to close amidst housing development
  • Add or drop courses before April 20
  • Hosted by Laila Zedan and Gordon Yang

Weather by Jonathan Nguyen-AuFilmed and edited by Sango LevonianProduced by Gordon Yang, Laila Zedan, Sango Levonian and Meryem ArslanSegment footage by Teymur Khanlarov, Meryem Arslan (weather)Segments hosted by Hayden Rush, Katherine FritzFootage rescued by Dicanio Darren Liong, Ruben Pasaribu and Gordon Yang
Music: “Don’t Fret” by Quincas Moreira

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About the Contributors
Laila Zedan
Laila Zedan, Freelance Illustrator
Gordon Yang
Gordon Yang, News Editor
Source, force, course; fact, act, impact; ink, link, think …
Jonathan Nguyen-Au
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I’ll be focusing on weather and graphics for spring 2026. Either way, I hope the stories we tell at La Voz reach even more people this quarter.
Sango Levonian
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I’m returning to La Voz as its multimedia editor. I love video work and I’m really excited to work on coverage of news across campus.
Meryem Arslan
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I hope to help the people around me by using journalism as a medium.
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I hope to find out more about the community, journalism and myself on this journey.
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I plan to pursue a career in journalism and plan to give my best efforts.
Katherine Fritz
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I am excited to be opinions and features co-editor this quarter and am hoping to growing my skills as a reporter and editor. I hope to learn more about all things journalism and just have fun reporting, editing and searching for stories!
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