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@lavoznews VOL. 52| ISSUE 6 | March 18, 2019
ACCOMMODATING MOMS ON CAMPUS De Anza College gets its first ever lactation room
GRAPHIC BY TREASURE NGUYEN AND JIE PALOMA
Elsa Castro
STAFF REPORTER
A storage room across from Extended Opportunities Programs and Services office in the Hinson Student Center will soon be converted into a private space for nursing mothers to use for pumping breast milk. “We will be cleaning out, repainting, refinishing and adding new floors starting March 11,” said Pam Grey, acting vice president of Administrative Services, “We’re hoping it’s completed during
Spring quarter.” The idea to develop a lactation room was brought up several times over the last three years, is just now being implemented, said Tina Lockwood, Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) coordinator. “In the past, the main obstacle to creating a student lactation room was the lack of available space,” said Lockwood. Lockwood and Grey said they worked very closely with the Office of College Life to arrange the logistics for the room. “There’s never been anything like
that here,” said Karen Villalba, assistant director of the Child Development Center. “I think it’s a wonderful thing to be able to offer that to our students.” Maritza Fuentes, administrative assistant at the CDC, said that the room will be of great use to students. In the past, Fuentes said she offered her office to students. “It’s been hard for us when there isn’t a designated room for them, and they ask us where they can go,” Fuentes said. My Do, 35, journalism major, said she used to pump breast milk inside her car.
“Pumping while I was in school when my baby was only three months old was tough,” Do said. “There was nowhere to go,” she said. “I’m glad that women in the administration are addressing these concerns, it could’ve saved me a lot of stress.” Disclamer: My Do is a copy editor at La Voz News.
De Anza student on Foothill-De Anza board ousted, newly elected trustee replacement installed early Abhiram Prattipati
Student trustee candidate and former La Voz editor-in-chief Genevieve Kolar is De Anza College’s new student trustee, winning the 2019-2020 elections with a 45 percent majority according to an email from Dennis Shannakian, College Life Office coordinator.
Kolar agreed to start her term a few months early because former student trustee Hayman C. Wong was removed from office. “I am excited at the prospect of taking the term earlier because the current DASB senate is really supportive,” said Kolar. The DASB senate removed Wong during its March 6 meeting. Two weeks prior, the
senate had endorsed the Student Trustee Accountability Resolution, which ensures student trustees are held accountable of their duties and responsibilities. In a phone interview with La Voz, Wong said she was removed for being under the eight-quarter-units requirement. “Her duty as a student trustee, and serving as a good student trustee, was
not there,” said Lawrence Su, chair of legislative affairs. Wong said that although the role of student trustee was “hard to get the hang of,” she did the part she needed to do. Wong said, “I have to admit that I am not as active as last year when I was still a senator in DASB.”
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