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A De Anza student was arrested in the L Quad and then taken to a Valley Medical Center Thursday, May 3 around 4 p.m. Foothill-De Anza Police received a call about an unresponsive student and responded, Police Sgt. Jeff Ricketts said.When being taken away to an ambulance, he asked bystanders, “Can you keep videotaping me in case they shoot me?”
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VTA has rejected a proposal to create a direct bus line between De Anza and Foothill Colleges due to a lack of evidence of enough ridership. DASB, Associated Students of Foothill College, and the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees had all endorsed the proposal earlier this year.Instead, VTA suggested that the college district could investigate providing a direct shuttle between the two campuses.
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De Anza College reported a 6 percent enrollment drop in the Spring quarter compared to last year. Online enrollment on the other hand rose 22 percent.“Many colleges statewide – and nationwide – are experiencing lower enrollment”, Marisa Spatafore, Associate Vice President, Communications and External Relations said. “Enrollment is typically tied to a variety of factors, so there likely is no single reason it has gone down somewhat at De Anza.”
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The Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 2017-2018 DASB budget on Monday, May 1. The approval was the final step in the budget process that began in January.Chair of Finance Amanda Le, and former Chair of Finance Jennifer Tanko presented the budget to the board, highlighting areas where funding changed.
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Uber is one of the dreams of a far more convenient future that has finally come true: at the press of a button, a personal car arrives, ready to take us wherever we would like to go. But the honeymoon is long over and with scores of ethical issues plaguing the company, ranging from misogyny to fraud, it’s time to press the button one last time and delete Uber.To be clear, these aren’t new problems. We’ve ignored and dismissed them as small or unrelated issues, but the pattern of unacceptable behavior is now clear.
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Self-organized De Anza students counter-protested anti-abortion protesters in the quad this past week. The students held up signs promoting womens’ right to choose in front of the graphic anti-abortion signs.Ana Karen, 19, psychology major, held up a sign that said, “If it’s not your body, it’s not your decision.”
“It makes me angry,” Karen said. “They’re speaking on a subject they have no direct connection to.”
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