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La Voz Weekly VOLUME 42, ISSUE 3
OCTOBER 13, 2008
The Voice of De Anza College Students Since 1967
NEWS Planned campus may harm local wildlife
Upcoming ‘mock’ election part of massive youth vote campaign
Proposed Gavilan College site may end up destroying what one De Anza environmentalist said is an important animal habitat.
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Charity ball draws students Student leaders from De Anza Associated Student Body Senate, others meet for a charity dinner at the San Jose Art Museum.
Profile: ICC Chair Lina Wang You could call Lina Wang a club-hopper, all right. She makes it happen when it comes to the clubs at De Anza College.
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SPORTS Lady Dons do it again De Anza women’s soccer team plucks yet another circle of hawks in an outstanding 3-0 win.
Joe’s Sports Blurb The De Anza Ducks? Shouldn’t our school mascot be something other than a Don? Just how many people know what a Don is anyway?
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Activist group Students for Justice works to encourage De Anza students to register to vote.
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OPINION Editorial: make textbooks more accessible Today’s method of supplying students with necessary reading material is based on an outdated and unforgiving system.
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INDEX Campus Events.......................2 Campus Snapshot...................3 Sports....................................5 Economics for Everyone...........6 Opinion.................................7 La Voz Weekly is a First Amendment newspaper, produced by students for the De Anza College community. La Voz Weekly is printed on recycled paper.
Now in the final stretches of the presidential election season, De Anza College, along with student activists and leadership groups, are hosting events aimed at encouraging college students to vote in 2008.
In an effort to educate students regarding the concept and procedures associated with voting, the De Anza Associated Student Body will be holding a mock presidential election Oct. 28 and 29. “The election will be non-partisan and will serve as a platform for students to be educated in the democratic process,” said Marisa
Spatafore, the director of Marketing, Communications and Development at De Anza College. “It will give all students the opportunity to register and vote, in exactly the same way as in the national elections.” The De Anza Mock Election mirrors a national effort being conducted on college campuses across the country to encourage youth voting.
The National Student/Parent Mock Election organization has been educating students and their parents regarding the power of casting their ballots since 1980. According to the organization, nearly 50 million new young voters have cast ballots since their mock
Students attend charity ball at San Jose Museum of Art
Associated Student Body President Terell Sterling admires a massive Lego robot sculpture while attending a charity ball in the San Jose Museum of Art.
all over the Bay Area, some from as far as Berkeley, all of whom came down Saturday LA VOZ NEWS for a night of well-dressed mingling. The event, which lasted from 6-11 p.m., More than 750 students poured through was aided by liberal presence of catered the front gates of the San Jose Museum of food and beverages from Sino, Straits and Art on Oct. 4, many formally dressed, and Whole Foods, as well as wine and beer for with eager faces they stepped out of their the over 21 crowd. The atmosphere was set by the choice cars and into the cool evening air. Leading Entrepreneurs and Architects of of locale, the San Jose Museum of Art proDreams, a social networking company, host- viding the perfect backdrop of striking and ed the event and provided the refreshments. mesmerizing imagery. The night’s entertainment was provided Billed as LEAD’s 2008 All Access Charity Ball, the event attracted students from by live music and performances from several local dance crews, including Headhunters and DS Players. Photos, video, breaking news: American Idol contestant
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