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The voice of De Anza since 1967.

La Voz News
The voice of De Anza since 1967.

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Kevin Nguyen

Kevin Nguyen, Freelance reporter

Kevin Vu Nguyen is a returning student journalist and editor at La Voz, formerly serving as Editor-in-Chief. He is a proud alum of both De Anza and Foothill College and originally graduated with a business degree from San Jose State University.

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Iretunde Akinsola, 20, a computer science major, immigrated to the Bay Area when he was a sophomore in high school. Six years later, he is thriving as a student-athlete at De Anza College.

Iretunde Akinsola hails from Nigeria, but has found a new home

Kevin Nguyen, Freelance Reporter
December 9, 2022
Canva graphic by La Voz multimedia team

Shared governance update: With deadline fast approaching, President Holmes asks College Council to try again

Kevin Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief
May 12, 2022
Matt Reeves' "The Batman" (2022) Image courtesy of IMDB.com

Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” was a hit, but will it be remembered?

Kevin Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief
May 6, 2022
March 17 - Over 100 stakeholders, many of whom displaying "Democracy Means Everyone" Zoom backgrounds, watch College Council discuss and debate shared governance at De Anza College.

De Anza President Lloyd Holmes must decide on whether to change college’s planning and budget processes

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
March 23, 2022
The current five-person Foothill-De Anza Community College board of trustees discussing adopting a newly redistricted map on Feb. 14.

Foothill-De Anza adopts a new redistricted map, with Cupertino and Sunnyvale up for elections first in November

Kevin Nguyen and Georgina Munoz-Villanueva
February 15, 2022
Coach Tony Santos (center, white towel) and his staff address their football team ahead of their final game together against Yuba College on Nov. 8.

3:10 to Yuba: The final road trip of the ‘Santos era’ for De Anza Football

Kevin Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2022
(From left to right) Tu Tran, Sandra Ho and Brandon Pham prepare Mochata's signature donuts at their house in San Jose on Nov. 21. They bake and live together.

Math, marketing and mochi: How Mochata team became bakers and saved their friendship in the process

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
December 16, 2021
Dec. 13 - The Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees reviewed three draft maps ahead of their move away from at-large elections. The Board will need to ratify a new map with five distinct areas by February 2022.

Board of Trustees votes to advance two draft maps ahead of redistricting in 2022

Kevin Nguyen and Georgina Munoz-Villanueva
December 15, 2021
View from outside of the De Anza police station. Campus security and other administrative tasks are managed by a handful of officers, unarmed community service officers and part-time student employees.

In the wake of Black Lives Matter, some students call for defunding campus police while administration has other plans

Kevin Nguyen, Rory Conlon, and Georgina Munoz-Villanueva
December 12, 2021
De Anza College resident Lloyd Holmes addressing attendees of the Foothill-De Anza District-wide COVID town hall event on Dec. 3.

De Anza President Holmes commits to an on-campus Spring ’22

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
December 6, 2021
De Anza fullback Jaeson Gonzalez prepares to take a throw-in during the first half of a rivalry clash with Foothill College.

De Anza men’s soccer drop season finale at Foothill ahead of play-offs

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
November 16, 2021
Source: IMDb

The world is finally ready for “Dune”

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
November 4, 2021
De Anza Mountain Lions sophomore quarterback Jordan Ausbie heads to the locker room at halftime with his team down 31-7. The De Anza offense got off to a slow start and had big plays reversed because of penalties in the Oct. 30 home loss.

De Anza falls to Foothill 31-13, in first rivalry match since pandemic

Kevin Nguyen and Daniel Arriaga
November 1, 2021
The Foothill-De Anza District Board of Trustees holds an emergency meeting on Oct. 25 to deliberate and hear testimony on the future of Foothill President Thuy Thi Nguyen.

Foothill President Nguyen ousted amid turmoil with faculty

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
October 26, 2021
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“No Time To Die” was a dull good-bye for its leading man

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
October 20, 2021
Sophia Garcia, an outreach director from Redistricting Partners, outlining Foothill-De Anza's upcoming districting process to trustees and members of the public at the first public meeting held in-person since the pandemic started.

Foothill-De Anza District forced to move away from at-large elections, with new districts coming in 2022

Kevin Nguyen, Features Editor
October 17, 2021
A panel on racial justice consisting of members of De Anza's BSU, Umoja counselor Maurice Canyon, counselor Glynn Wallis and local community activists.

De Anza’s Black Student Union finds new life

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 26, 2021
Julius B. Anthony, creator of the St. Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature and "The Believe! Project" speaks to De Anza community about getting students excited about reading.

De Anza panel speaks about representation in literature and how to get students excited about reading

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 19, 2021
Palestinian solidarity protest outside of British Parliament on June 2018. Source: Alisdare Hickson (Wikimedia Commons)

DASG overwhelmingly passes Palestinian solidarity resolution

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 19, 2021
Environmental studies professors are worried about the new drought

Environmental studies professors are worried about the new drought

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 16, 2021
Panelists from De Anza's Chicanx and Latinx Studies speaker event

De Anza Chicanx and Latinx panel discusses a complex ethnic history and the emotional wounds of racism

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 16, 2021
Image presented at the HEFAS 7th Annual Summit Conference, themed "United We Are Stronger."

De Anza program celebrates undocumented community in 7th annual summit

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 16, 2021
Mental health advocate and author Abraham Sculley speaks to De Anza/Foothill students about de-stigmatizing depression during Mental Health Awareness Week May 21st

Mental health advocate Abraham Sculley speaks to De Anza students about breaking the stigma around depression

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 14, 2021
De Anza students and faculty discussing Anti-Blackness with local activists from BLACK Outreach SJ.

Panel explores anti-Blackness in the Bay Area

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 12, 2021
Image courtesy of IMDB.com

‘Selena: The Series’ broadens the legacy of the late icon and her Tejano music

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 4, 2021
Panel of Native American and Indigenous heritage speakers in the fourth installment of De Anza College’s mulitracial panel series “Our Histories, Our Experiences, Our Lives: From Learning to Collective Action"

Native American and Indigenous panel discuss reckoning with colonialism

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
June 2, 2021
Artist rendering of the proposed ballpark at Oakland's Howard Terminal site. Source: Oakland A's

A’s should stay in Oakland, but city should deny team’s vanity project

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 30, 2021
A major "Stop Asian Hate" rally in San Jose, March 2021.

‘Stopping AAPI Hate’ can’t just be about locking people up

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 26, 2021
De Anza as it begins Phase II of its reopening plan.

De Anza athletes and auto tech students return to campus

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 22, 2021
Panelists from De Anza's "From Learning to Collective Action - Asian American Studies" speaker event

Asian Americans share experiences of racism and their diverse backgrounds in speaker panel

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 18, 2021
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Graphic novels are literature, English professors say

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 18, 2021
"Minor Feelings" is an urgent awakening for the marginalized

“Minor Feelings” is an urgent awakening for the marginalized

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 17, 2021
Panelists from "Our Histories, Our Experiences, Our Lives: From Learning to Collective Action - African American Studies" on April 30

De Anza College kicks off multiracial panel series by reflecting on different forms of anti-Blackness

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 7, 2021
Signs from "Stop Asian Hate" rally in downtown San Jose at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez

Activists urge for educational reform at “Stop Asian Hate” rally

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
May 7, 2021
San Jose native EDM Star Bassnectar. Source: swimfinfam (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikimedia Commons

When allies are abusers: San Jose DJ accused of sex trafficking

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
April 30, 2021
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA). Source: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Protesters are only a “mob” when people of color are involved

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
April 30, 2021
(Above) Members of "Families Taking Power" standing with Silicon Valley NAACP at San Jose City Hall. (Below) Vigil for George Floyd at Grace Baptist Church

San Jose residents highlight police brutality in the Bay Area as they celebrate Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
April 29, 2021
City Manager Deborah Feng and Captain Rich Urena speak during the City of Cupertino's Community Forum on anti-Asian racism

Sheriff’s captain says anti-Asian crimes are not rising in Cupertino but remain a priority

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
April 19, 2021
Introductory slide from the town hall

Town hall proposes restorative justice to heal present and past anti-Asian racism

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter
April 19, 2021
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