October 22, 2001
To the Editor,
As President of De Anza College, I read with surprise and concern the series of recent articles published by La Voz about accused criminal defendant Albert DeGuzman, which included the publication of Mr. DeGuzman’s several letters soliciting the sympathy of college students, among others.
Along with virtually every other representative of the College, I believe that the publication of this material was an exercise of extremely poor editorial judgement that reflected equally poorly on the newspaper and the community at large.
I ask those responsible for this decision to apologize to the students and others who were the victims of Mr. DeGuzman’s actions and who were terrorized by his actions.
-Martha J. Kanter
De Anza College President
