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The voice of De Anza since 1967.

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BEAT – Please retire “The Dons”

De Anza College are the Dons, but what exactly is a don?

The don is an honorific used to address a noble or someone of high social status. Calling someone a don serves very well in Spanish parliament or maybe even on Telemundo, but on the playing field, it’s weak.

Which is why we should call ourselves something dangerous. “The De Anza Chupacabras.”

I realize the existence of the chupacabra is highly in debate, but how satisfying would it be to see a headline that reads, “The De Anza Chupacabras sucked the life out of the West Valley Vikings and dragged their Norse corpses back to medieval Scandinavia”?

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Not only will we be adhering to the De Anza tradition of naming our monuments Spanish, we will also be also supporting something that is backed by science and very culturally relevant.

Let us  retire the dons.

Science: Princeton University does  extensive research on the chupacabra (princeton.edu/~accion/chupa.html), and when an Ivy League university does anything, it is without a doubt always important.

Culture: The Chupacabra was seen on “The Walking Dead,” “The League,” “Workaholics,” and more. Sketch comedian Nick Kroll does a character called “El Chupacabra.”

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