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DASB Senate votes to cover deficit with reserve fund

The DASB Senate voted Feb. 22 to use $55,000 from its reserve fund to cover the the 2017-18 budget deficit. The reserve fund has $400,000 left. The budget allocates nearly $1.3 million for DASB programs and activities, and an additional $38,000 for advocacy activities through the Student Representation Fee. Read…

Walking in undocumented students’ shoes

Andrea Torres’s family fled Peru, a country riddled with human rights violations and terrorists against America, when she was 2 years old. They quickly overstayed their temporary visas and settled down permanently. Growing up in a predominantly white community, Torres, 18, psychiatry and political science major, felt different and was…

Students exchange language and culture

De Anza College offers ā€œThe Language Exchange,ā€ a program that gives students the opportunity to learn a new language by sharing their own native language, in the Listening and Speaking Center. For example, students seeking to learn English as native Korean speakers will be matched with English speakers who aim…

Dons baseball homeless but hopeful for season

The De Anza Dons baseball team is off to an extremely strong 4-1 start to the season. Despite not having a home field, the team pulled off two wins against a tough Yuba College team and split with Folsom Lake College. ā€œWe’ve been kind of over achieving in a lot…

Fight Nazis with peaceful condemnation, not punches

We’ve all seen the movies – Captain America and his shield bashing Nazis left and right. If one of the most iconic symbols of American Freedom does it, are we supposed to follow his example? After the inauguration of President Trump, white supremacist and Nazi Richard Spencer was punched in…