Students continue fight for housing
Andrew Jaramillo, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2019
Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees President Pearl Cheng welcomed students and faculty who spoke about the ongoing issues of student homelessness and the future of the Flint Center at the Nov. 4 meeting. Cheng said that the Board of Trustees is on students’ sides in advocating for student...
De Anza Housing Resources Unknown to Students
Annalise Freimarck, Campus Beat Editor
November 11, 2019
De Anza offers housing resources, yet most homeless students don’t use them. According to the 2018 Food, Housing and Transportation Security survey, 18% of De Anza College students have experienced housing insecurity. To support students facing homelessness, De Anza offers safe overnight parking and referen...
Presidential search committee includes part-time representative
Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2019
The De Anza College Academic Senate voted in members for the college president search at the Oct. 21 meeting. Ishmael Tarikh was voted as the part-time representative, Tim Shively as the faculty association representative and Cynthia Kaufman, director of VIDA, Karen Chow of language arts division...
De Anza to search for new mascot
Annalise Freimarck, Campus Beat Editor
October 15, 2019
After 10 years of debate, the DASB Senate, working alongside administration, will officially change De Anza College’s mascot from the controversial Don. The idea to change the mascot was first proposed by DASB Senate in 2009, after some controversy arose surrounding the origins of the mascot, ac...
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...
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...
Building a life in social change event provides college and career success
Shiri Marwaha, Staff Reporter
April 9, 2019
“It’s going to be worth it. Don’t give up,” said Itzel Sanchez, panel member at the Building a Life in Social Change talk organized to provide guidance to De Anza College students. Cynthia Kaufman, director of Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action, has organized talks for the past ...
Senate Bill 291 proposes advanced financial aid for community college students
Amy Gallagher, Staff Reporter
April 8, 2019
To combat the financial issues California community college students face, a new financial aid program, Senate Bill 291, was proposed by California legislatures to cover the full cost of attending community college. The bill is a “powerful statement about the actual needs, and the needs as a state to s...
Meet your new DASB President
Amy Gallagher, Staff Reporter
March 29, 2019
While on the phone with a friend, then 10-year-old Shelly Michael, future 2019-2020 DASB president, heard the Israeli warning sirens ringing. She said goodbye to her friend, headed to a shelter and waited for the missiles to stop before resuming her conversation. Michael was born and raised until the...
Meet your Candidates event presents 2019-2020 candidates
Abhiram Rishi Prattipati, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2019
For the first time, every candidate running for the 2019-2020 DASB general elections was given a chance to speak during the Feb. 27 “Meet your Candidates Day” event hosted by the DASB. Candidates spoke in Conference Room A and B on solutions and ideas regarding various issues around campus. “I w...
