CLUB DAY COVERAGE
PROPOSED NPR TEST STATION AT FOOTHILL COLLEGE
STUDENTS WITH SKILL PUT ON FOR CLUBS AT DE ANZA COLLEGE
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CAMPUS EVENTS
DE ANZA, DASB TO HOST MOCK ELECTION OCT. 28 Page 2 CAMPUS NEWS
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La Voz Weekly VOLUME 42, ISSUE 5
The Voice of De Anza College Students Since 1967
NEWS Club Day grips college campus
OCTOBER 27, 2008
NAILBITER!
Student organizations held an outdoor expo at De Anza to showcase themselves and their members’ skills Oct. 16.
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Foothill College’s student radio may go to NPR District Trustee Hal Plotkin proposed turning the station over to National Public Radio.
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SPORTS Student athlete of the week Getting to know Kristi Whitmyre of the De Anza women’s cross country team. She’s actually pretty down to earth.
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Joe’s Sports Blurb Nolan’s time spent with the 49ers has been some of the roughest in the team’s history, and his departure was predictable.
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OPINION
KEN ENG/LA VOZ WEEKLY Facing a back and forth battle throughout, De Anza’s Lawrence Taylor (3) and offensive line struggle to find a gap in the Rams’ defense.
Dons score game-winning touchdown with less than two minutes remaining, besting persistent Rams Quan Luong LA VOZ NEWS
Editorial The system of ‘plus or minus’ grading in place at De Anza is unfair to students who work the hardest and sacrifice the most.
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Music industry’s tactics repelling honest patrons The recording industry’s anti-piracy tactics are really encouraging piracy and stifling technological creativity.
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INDEX Campus Events.......................2 DA Voices...............................3 Love Voz................................4 Sports....................................7 Economics for Everyone...........9 Opinion................................10 La Voz Weekly is a First Amendment newspaper, produced by students for the De Anza College community. La Voz Weekly utilizes environmentfriendly soy-based ink.
The De Anza College Dons football team hosted the Gavilan Rams on Oct. 18 in a back and forth game with six lead changes. The Dons were trailing in the fourth quarter and completed the comeback, defeating the Rams 31-24.
With 10:47 remaining in the first quarter, the Dons capped off their first drive with a Lawrence Taylor five-yard touchdown run. This put the Dons ahead 7-0 early in the contest. “If a player on my team is struggling, then they need to use their practice time to figure out their mistakes, so they know not to make the same mistake again,” head coach Dan Atencio said. “Our team is able to play with confidence, and the fresh-
man players this year are definitely improving with their game play.” After a few stalled drives for each team, the Rams finally tied the score at seven with 9:58 to go in the second quarter. They did so on a one-yard run by Rams running back Connor Farotte. On the Rams’ next possession, they took the See DONS, Page 7
New degree programs, A little sympathy for certificates at De Anza the devil in the details? He’s got me on hold Maryann Sparelic LA VOZ NEWS
New certificate and degree programs at De Anza College this year include an associate’s degree in journalism, and certificates in environmental studies, leadership and childhood development. The journalism degree has been a long-awaited inclusion to media and mass communications studies by many De Anza students. “The journalism degree teaches students civil engagement, empowerment and what it means to be concerned
about the issues,” said journalism professor Shagun Kaur. “Instructors are working on bringing more integration in technology to teaching and engaging students on and offline, such as iTunes, YouTube, Facebook and podcasting,” said Kaur, who wants students to find their own connection to journalism by matching available technologies with their own interests. “If one student likes to get their news from CNN and another from The Daily Show, we have to make that OK.” Skills obtained in the journalism
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It appears that the Federal Government has FINALLY settled on a plan – TARP II, or is it III? – that will be implemented in an effort to save our ailing credit markets and keep the economy from sliding into a deep and prolonged recession. As a result, I have lately begun to im- Stephen Zill merse myself in a Economics for Everyone number of articles to learn more about the intricacies know quite a of the deal, and while doing my research, two things stood out: it seems
that the Treasury is no longer referred to as THE Treasury, but simply “Treasury” (fascinating); and the other thing is, the cliché used most commonly when discussing the particulars of the plan is always, “the devil’s in the details.” Thus, it occurred to me that, the Treasury thing aside, this “devil” fellow must bit about the present See ZILL, Page 9