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Speaker gives advice to improve mental health in De Anza workshop

Benjamin Brooker, Reporter | June 16, 2021

Public speaker Josh Rivedal defined anxiety and depression and outlined mental health resources for De Anza College students in the DNExTalks mental health workshop on June 11.

Environmental studies professors are worried about the new drought

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter | June 16, 2021

Before temperatures have hit their peak this summer, California and much of the Southwest are already in a drought emergency. Environmental studies professors at De Anza College are concerned.

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

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter | June 16, 2021

Chicanx and Latinx panelists urged the De Anza College community to dispel harmful stereotypes and set the record straight on a muddled history.

De Anza students clean up in response to pandemic clutter

Carolyn Brown, Reporter | June 14, 2021

Clutter has piled up after students have been trapped in their rooms for more than a year. Some have now tried to deal with it.

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

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter | June 14, 2021

Author and mental health advocate Abraham Sculley shared his experience living with and seeking help for depression on May 21, hosted by De Anza College Psychological Services and Active Minds as part of their “Mental Health Awareness Week.”

Comparative Ethnic Studies panel series concludes with its fifth weekly meeting

Kat Pursell, Reporter | June 14, 2021

Panelists explored how attendees could put what they learned about structural racism into action on May 30, concluding the five-week-long panel series “Our Histories, Our Experiences, Our Lives: From Learning to Collective Action.”

After A Year of Separation, De Anza community finally reunited with others

Stephanie Tran, Reporter | June 14, 2021

Thanks to vaccination efforts, people have started to meet each other without fear of the virus — all in a span of two months.

De Anza students change up their living spaces after a year in isolation

Johnny Dang, Reporter | June 14, 2021

People have now been stuck at home in the same living spaces for well over a year. For some De Anza College students, it is time to make some changes.

Students engage in discussion of mental health through panel

Crystal Flores, Reporter | June 9, 2021

De Anza and Foothill College addressed mental health in communities of color in a mental health panel on May 17.

Students with family abroad rejoice over vaccine news and decreasing cases

Maida Suta, Reporter | June 3, 2021

As the pandemic shut down most travel for months, students could not see their family members that live abroad. But as COVID-19 cases decrease and vaccines are distributed, these students are hoping to see their family again.