College offers more online classes, degree programs
Chris Hoeft, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2019
De Anza Student Body Senate discussed new programs to enroll in classes online and finish degrees faster at the DASB Senate meeting on Nov. 6. The Exchange Cross Enrollment Link program offered by the California Virtual Campus allows students to enroll in online classes at other community colleg...
Foothill-De Anza students advocate for affordable housing in Flint Center
Jonathan Cabrera, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2019
Foothill and De Anza College students spoke in favor of offering affordable student housing in the Flint Center at the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees meeting on Oct. 7. Though the Flint Center was not on the meeting agenda, students from both colleges spoke during the public comments section r...
DASB senate to publish newsletter, use time cards next academic year
Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter
June 15, 2019
The DASB senate presented goals for the next academic year, including publishing a DASB newsletter, at the June 10 meeting. “I feel La Voz brings the worst of us to the public, so I feel having our own voices out to the public will be useful for us,” said DASB senator Allison Shevtsov. “We...
Shared governance meetings require DASB senator participation, guidance
Ella Shih, Staff Reporter
June 12, 2019
Acting DASB Vice President and president-elect Shelly Michael said DASB senators have a responsibility to attend shared governance meetings. At the May 13 academic senate meeting, Foothill-De Anza Student Trustee Genevieve Kolar and Inter Club Council Chairperson Rex Zhang presented a document titl...
Spring DASB President hopes to enact anti-fraternization, senator compensation policies
Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter
June 3, 2019
Lawrence Su said he had a passion for helping the community grow and improve through the DASB senate since he first came to De Anza College, something he intends to continue doing as the interim DASB president. Su said he decided to join the DASB senate because, “senators said they needed people t...
De Anza’s annual spring carnival hosts games, prizes
Jordan Thomas, Staff Reporter
June 3, 2019
After a week of rain, the sun arrived just in time for the 17th annual Spring Carnival on Thursday, May 23. DASB and the Interclub Council hosted the event in the main quad and provided games, free food and various attractions. “I was walking around and I saw very interesting games,” said...
Editorial: DASB senator pay undeserved and irresponsible
Editorial board
May 17, 2019
The student government leader’s resolution to pay DASB senators for their work shows just how self-indulgent and out of touch they are with De Anza College’s financial reality. During their May 15 meeting, DASB senators voted unanimously to endorse a resolution requesting to provide a quarterly ...
DASB senators vote to pay themselves top rate among local colleges
Ethan Bennett and Julia Kolman, Editors
May 17, 2019
The DASB senate endorsed the student leader compensation resolution to request to pay senators $930 and executive officers $1,200 per quarter. The endorsed resolution will be presented to the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees. DASB President Lawrence Su and Student Trustee Genevieve Kol...
DASB senate endorses student leader compensation resolution
Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter
May 16, 2019
DASB senate passed a resolution to request payments for student senators at their May 15 meeting. The May 8 resolution proposed payments of $720 for senators and $1,200 for executives quarterly. The endorsed resolution proposes maximum payments of $930 for senators and $1,200 for executives per qu...
DASB proposes quarterly payments to student senators
Ella Shih, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2019
DASB senators debated whether they should be paid quarterly for their work at the May 1 meeting. The first draft proposed payments of $100 per quarter for student senators and $200 per quarter for executives. Through the Associated Student Organization, other schools in the Bay Area--Las Positas, Chabot, Foothi...
