Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees votes to demolish Flint Center, rebuild new facility
Ethan Bennett, News Editor
June 16, 2019
The Flint Center will be torn down but the future of the site is up for grabs. At an emotion-packed Foothill-De Anza board of trustees meeting on June 10, community members and students from both colleges debated the site’s future. But the discussion was about more than just a building. Speakers from around the...
Board of Trustees considers future of Flint Center
Francisco Medina, Staff Reporter
June 3, 2019
Judy Miner, Foothill-De Anza District Chancellor, presented three options to maintain, close or replace the Flint Center at the May 15 DASB senate meeting. The three options came from the Board of Trustees after reviewing an assessment report. “The Board of Trustees will be deciding from three option...
Former student trustee to serve on board almost a decade later
Shiri Marwaha, Staff Reporter
November 2, 2018
After an over 30 percent increase in tuition at De Anza College during the Great Recession, former De Anza student Patrick Ahrens felt a call to get politically involved. As a student, Ahrens served as student trustee on the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees for one year and centered his activism tow...
Foothill-De Anza must act on hope, not fear
Genevieve Kolar, Managing Editor
October 4, 2018
In the July 9 meeting of the FHDA board of trustees, Chancellor Judy Miner announced the board’s decision to remove a $800 million facilities bond from the November ballot, postponing the vote to 2020. This decision is a culmination of the lack of communication and unity that has permeated the district...
Faculty protests, student concerns raised at Foothill-De Anza Board meeting
Matt Risko, Staff Reporter
June 20, 2018
The Foothill De-Anza Board of Trustees met for the last time in the quarter on June 11 where students and faculty voiced concerns about transparency issues surrounding budget cuts, early class cancellation and Cost of Living Adjustment. The meeting began with Bruce Swenson, president of the board,...
CCSF, De Anza protesters want local trustees restored
Jay Serrano, Editor-in-Chief
November 22, 2014
Students and instructors from City College of San Francisco and De Anza College protested outside the Hinson Campus Center before the California Community College Board of Governors met inside on Monday, Nov. 17. The protesters called for the reinstatement of the CCSF Board of Trustees, the removal...
