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The chamionship team, United Nations, poses with the intramural soccer trophy after defeating the Blue Eagles.

Go hard or go home: Students score big at soccer tournament

Radhika Iyer, Sports Co-Editor | June 14, 2013

De Anza College’s LEAD organized the annual intramural soccer game on June 6. About 100 spectators  attended the game to show support for their peers. Snacks and water were provided for people...

Apple innovates its way around paying billions in taxes: But who’s footing the bill?

Russell Green, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Apple Corps, the most profitable technology company in the world and the maker of the iPhone and other such beloved gadgets, manipulated the United States tax system in order to avoid paying billions of...

Letter to the Editor: Rachel Baltazar

June 14, 2013

Dear La Voz,   This week during the Budget Conference Committee in Sacramento, Assembly Bill (AB) 955 was passed through its first committee hearing. AB 955 would allow for community colleges...

Concerns for factory safety in Bangladesh persist: Why we should expect more from American companies and their business practices

Angel Ibanez, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

In a globalized world where markets are boundaryless, can companies and consumers alike continue to claim ignorance to tragedies like that of the garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over...

Taxpayer dollars for Tesla pay off: Clean-energy loan program reaffirms role of government

Russell Green, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Tesla, the electric automobile maker based in Silicon Valley, recently paid off a $465 million government loan nine years ahead of schedule, providing a lift for the Obama administration, whose clean-energy...

Get with the program!

Ben Pacho, Opinions Editor | June 14, 2013

While the transfer rate from De Anza to four-year institutions ought to be commended, with success rates of at least 70 percent last year, we can increase that proportion by adhering to recent efforts...

Monsanto galvanizes worldwide protests: Social media proves instrumental for mobilization

Angel Ibanez, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

Last month, “March Against Monsanto” protests took place in more than 50 countries around the world, with protests numbering more than 2 million in response to the growing misrepresentation of genetically...

Open Letter to De Anza College’s graduating class of 2013

June 14, 2013

Change is Earth’s only constant. It is everywhere. It radiates from the sun, saturates the sky, and grows from the ground. And yet the change graduating from De Anza College creates is special, different. It...

Xbox One vs. PlayStation Plus: A new generation of consoles built for high speed low drag

Ruben Valles, Events Editor | June 14, 2013

Microsoft recently revealed its new generation console, the Xbox One, but Sony also made changes to its premium online service, PlayStation Plus. According to a report released by Imagine Games Network,...

FHDA district not in bad financial shape

Genie Lu, Staff Writer | June 14, 2013

As fiscal year 2012/2013 came to a close, De Anza staff held a meeting Wednesday, June 12, to preview FHDA’s budget for fiscal year 2013/2014. Ice cream was served to attendees at the meeting’s start,...

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