La Voz Weekly

March on March 4

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

De Anza College students marched to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza for the day of action protest last Thursday. Five buses picked up students at 1 p.m. The buses held around 300 students, while an estimated 400 students drove themselves.

Five additional busses not needed were sent back, according to organizer Kenny Li.

Students march on City Hall

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"Solidarity" was the word on everyone's lips throughout the March 4 day of action.

What began with a half empty conference room A at 10:30 a.m. gradually turned into two groups: bus loads of students traveling to San Francisco for a rally, and a crowd of 74 protestors, including De Anza College students, faculty members, alumni, former instructors and bystanders of all ages, who marched to Cupertino City Hall to hear Mayor Kris Wang, Council Member Orrin Mahoney and fellow students speak on the importance of education and social action.

Week long protest, camp in quad ends

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"Teach your children well," read a protest sign made by De Anza College student Pattsburgh Slims, 30, a computer science major. Slims said he hoped the line from the 1960s Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song of the same title would encourage older politicians to reminisce on the days that they themselves were young, and remind them of the 60s era protests they experienced as young students.

Senate votes again, programs cut, budget amended

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The De Anza College Associated Student Body Senate reassessed their distribution of student body funds for 2010-11 in the third budget allocation meeting of the year in the Student Council Chambers last Wednesday. Three programs that serve minority student populations received no funding, along with the Honors Program, Outreach Program and the Writing and Reading Center, leaving students who use those programs confused as to what will happen to them next year.

A day in the life of a Senate member:

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"Change of plans, I'll be in the senate office," said Keith Joseph Hubbard at 8:07 a.m. on Feb. 24. Hubbard, 28, student Senate Vice President of Campus Environment and Sustainability, usually starts his mornings at Coffee Society drinking tea and collecting his thoughts for the day.

English professor plays gig at Jupiter

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The three-man band Lagtime laced the Berkeley night with smooth bass lines, funky guitar riffs, creative drumming and even the occasional dialog sample from Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac on Feb 27.

Anthony Delaney, 39, of Castro Valley is an English instructor at De Anza College and the bass player.

Q&A with Aivar: local alternative reggae band performs at Tent City

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Aivar (pronoucned Eye-var) performs at Brittania Arms every Wednesday and played at Tent City in the Main Quad March 1.

La Voz: How do you classify your music?

Gardener: Alternative reggae.

Reed: Exactly! If we could classify it, that's what we would say.

Sleep better, feel better

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Sleep related problems are among the most common health issues among college students. According to Brown University's Health Department, students are among the most sleep-deprived demographic. This is due to their poor habits that include pulling all nighters, poor diet and use of stimuli such as caffeine.

Cinequest, film festival in downtown San Jose, draws crowds and connoisseurs

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The bright lights of Cinequest Film Festival shone on Downtown San Jose for two weeks of cinematic delight.

Spanning from February 23 - March 6, over 200 films were spotlighted, including 76 U.Ss screenings and world premieres from 45 different countries.

Finals Week Health Tips

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

When you're facing down those endless inches of scantron bubbles and questions, you want to be quick, alert, knowledgeable and confident. To be so, it's best to follow these simple tips:

Sleep! Don't fall for the temptation of all-night cram sessions. They quickly reach a point of diminishing returns - the later it is and longer you stay up, the less you'll be able to retain.

Instructor of the week

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Bright blond, in a long, ornate, black and white dress, Elizabeth Mjelde, who teaches a Women in the Arts class at De Anza College, looks like an artist herself. She is open, smiling, and willing to talk about her job.

Mjelde joined a group of De Anza professors to organize a Women Studies class in the mid 1990s.

De Anza Math Club: a gathering of numbers

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Math is a unique interest, explains Sithparran Vanniasegaram, one of the advisers of De Anza's Math Club.

Teaching math classes at De Anza since the spring quarter of 2008, Vanniasegaram co-advises the math club along with Iaroslav Uryliouk, another math professor at De Anza.

Kelly Olszewski has a way with words

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Kelly Olszewski, 20, wowed the audience at the Valentine's Day poetry reading on Feb. 11 as the only participant who was daring enough to recite two of her own slam poems.

Slam poetry is a type of spoken word poetry based more around the performance than the poem itself.

Nationwide news: The importance of sleep

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

With all the elements that comprise an average college life, a good night's sleep is often missing from the equation.

Six to eight hours of sleep every night are needed for most people to operate properly the next day, but studies reveal that approximately 20 percent of college students deal with sleep deprivation, according to an article from http://www.

Campus Snapshot

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nutrition for thought

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Forget about all of those phony diet plans floating around in cyber space or jumping at you from your television screen making false promises to trusting people who only desire a higher level of fitness.

There is a very simple equation that can help anyone shed some pounds.

Eat this, not that

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Why are cheeseburgers so popular? Could it be because of the experience one has when diving into a juicy, charbroiled bite loaded with melted cheese, crunchy vegetables and toasted buns?

Is it at all possible to enjoy eating something that is more nutritious? Of course!

"Flavor is one of the things that makes eating so enjoyable," said art student Rachel Stringari, 19.

As the World Burns

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Is America a nation that is deeply religious where moral values are held in high regard, or are we pretending to have religious values?

Such a question may seem shocking given how Americans love their faith, but then it becomes obvious when one understands the greed that has polluted the moral fabric of our society.

Return of the stimulus

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Begrudgingly, the disciples of Adam Smith generally agree that without the $787 billion stimulus package that was implemented a little over a year ago, the economy would be in worse shape today than it is, but o'boy (or girl), are we going to pay for it later.

Spotlight on visual arts

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Change has come to the Dance and Theater department. Not only is the department working from the department is working out of Visual and Performing Arts Center, and will perform on March 12 and 13 said Dance and Theater department head Warren Lucas.

Lucas said that the performance would be a collection of dance performances in styles that range from contemporary and jazz to hip hop.

Communication and you beyond college life

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Language is an ever-changing, dynamic tool that human's earliest ancestors used to communicate with each other. We continue to use it today. People speak about 5,000 languages in the world today. A new language/lingo emerging is one I call "tween speak."

When my friends text, instant message or e-mail, they use abbreviated phrases and slang such as ROFL, LOL, WTF and ATF which appear to be a time and space saver.

Wasting valuable time

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Wasting a lot of time doing research for papers? Frustrated when using Google and finding too many results, and, when you do find something useful, your instructor disallows them, saying that your sources � well � suck, that they don't have any validity or authority?

Been assigned or chosen a difficult topic, and you can find zilch on it? Or, if you do find anything, your instructor requires four quality sources, and you only have found one?

Waited until the last minute, and you have to turn in the paper tomorrow, but you are not finding any book or article or Web site that provides the information you need?

You need to properly cite the books or articles or Web pages that you are using according to MLA or APA standards, but you don't understand how to do it?

What do you do?

The answer is simple.

Job or money back

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Lansing Community College in Michigan will begin offering students a refund on their education if they are unable to get a job, following graduation from one of four vocational programs. The offer seems enticing, but it doen't seem practical for colleges to assume responsibility for something that might be beyond their control.

Employee layoffs

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The time has come to take action. On Feb. 24, the ACE negotiations team was told that the Board of Trustees has said that there will be no "sharing the pain" to resolve these cuts until it gets worse. This means that the District has decided to resolve its budget problems with layoff and therefore devastation of the colleges.