Jean Miller Resource room hosts “Womxn and Kava’NAH! … What now?” event
My Do, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2018
Students, faculty and staff, wore purple in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault at the “Womxn’s Rights and Kava’NAH!…What now?” event at the Jean Miller Resource Room on Monday, Oct. 15. Some were survivors themselves. The Office of Equity hosted this gathering offering a safe space...
Opinion: Judge Persky needs to be recalled
John Bricker, Opinions Editor
June 4, 2018
Judge Aaron Persky should be recalled immediately because of lenient rulings in favor of men accused of assault. In the 2011 civil case against De Anza College baseball players who had been accused and not convicted in a 2007 gang rape, Persky was criticized by the victim’s lawyers for allowing sug...
DASB senate sets aside Measure A over sexual harassment allegations
Andrew Shinjo, Staff Reporter
May 13, 2018
DASB senate decided to continue endorsing San Jose City Council Member Don Rocha, who is running for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, after a proposal was made to withdraw the endorsement on Wednesday, March 9 Senator Lawrence Su, 18, political science major, initially brought this to th...
Emergency phones down
Steven Hall, Staff Writer
March 17, 2015
Only nine of the 20 blue emergency phones on the De Anza College campus are working and fewer than half are displayed in their proper locations on the De Anza map. “A lot of students don’t know that we have these things,” said Karla Navarro, 23, studio art major. “Personally, a blue light phone...
Assault victim speaks out
Naomi Fuhrmann, Staff Writer
February 18, 2015
On the evening of Wed. Jan. 28, a woman De Anza College student was walking near the Planetarium when she noticed a “creepy” man nearby. “I left and I felt like he was following me and I looked back and he actually was following me,” said the student who told La Voz she was the victim of the...
