COVID-19, a new national threat
Ruby Veloz, Staff Reporter
March 17, 2020
If you’re opening up any kind of social media or news apps you’ve no doubt run into various articles, memes and general hysteria surrounding COVID-19 better known as the coronavirus. The disease has become viral in more ways than one. While it’s easy to get swept away with all the fear circulating...
The disease vs. the stigma
Ruby Veloz, Staff Reporter
March 9, 2020
If you’re opening up any kind of social media or news apps you’ve no doubt run into various articles, memes and general hysteria surrounding COVID-19 better known as the coronavirus. The disease has become viral in more ways than one. While it’s easy to get swept away with all the fear circulating...
De Anza College offers free flu vaccines
Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2019
De Anza Health Services hosted a free flu vaccine clinic for students and faculty, with around 300 students receiving the vaccine. The clinic was organized over a span of four days on Oct. 16 and 17 and Oct. 23 and 24, with an aim of preventing students from getting the virus this flu season. According...
De Anza College joins ‘It’s on Us’ consent initiative
Nathalia Moran, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2019
Students took pledges to be an active bystander in addressing consent, relationship violence and sexual harassment as a part of the new It’s On Us initiative booth at De Anza Club Day on Oct. 10. The It’s On Us initiative aims to engage students in a discussion surrounding consent education and...
Utah researcher discusses project, students ask for mentorship at Academic Senate
Ella Shih, Staff Reporter
May 22, 2019
The De Anza College academic senate presented information on higher education organization and student governance success on May 13. Sean Crossland, director of the Thayne Center for Service and Learning at Salt Lake Community College, presented his research project, “On Becoming a People’s C...
Scabies outbreak puts select VTA buses out of service
Melisa Lopez, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2019
An outbreak of the parasitic skin infection scabies among drivers in the Valley Transportation Authority put several buses out of service. After many VTA bus drivers refused to respond to questions from La Voz, one VTA driver, who remains anonymous, said that the buses contaminated with scabies w...
‘Chill City’ event focuses on de-stressing students
Abby Hou, Staff Reporter
December 10, 2018
In an effort to help minimize De Anza College students’ finals-week stress, De Anza Student Health Center hosted ‘Chill City’ on Thurs. Nov. 6. Students were able to meet therapy dogs from the organization, ‘’Furry Friends,’’ while Health Services provided free energy bars, lollipops and bubble canisters, helping reduce the stress of...
Smoking at De Anza might become a thing of the past
Yami Sun, Miguel Cerda, and Abhiram Rishi Prattipati
November 18, 2018
A 100 percent smoke-free De Anza College campus might be a possibility for future students after a proposal by Chancellor Judy Miner at the Chancellor’s Advisory Council meeting on Oct. 5 and health and wellness director Mary Sullivan’s proposed policy to the Foothill-De Anza district on Monday Nov...
The balancing act of health and wellness toward your success
Mary Sullivan, Guest Columnist
November 2, 2018
Now that the rush of the first weeks of Fall Quarter have passed, let’s look at the balancing act of health and wellness toward being successful. Do you have what you need? Resources on campus and in the community might help. Basic needs such as food pantry (email outreach@deanza.edu to qualify), clothing...
A Day in the Life of Recovery advocates for student self care
Yami Sun, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2018
The exhibit “A Day in the Life of Recovery” hosted at the De Anza library until the end of November, tells stories of real people who went through difficult time and overcame it. Momentum, the organizer of the exhibit, is the largest private nonprofit provider of adult mental health services in...
