
Even though De Anza College’s
La Voz newspaper is on vacation for the summer, the journalism department isn’t taking the summer off.
De Anza’s Insider Magazine, a student-run and produced guide to the campus, is scheduled to debut on campus newsstands on Sept. 24.
The magazine, which has been in production over the summer quarter, promises to be an interesting, fun and informative guide to all things De Anza.
Insider will be compiled by the Journalism 61 class, taught by journalism and mass communications instructor Beth Grobman.
During the July 18 De Anza Associated Student Body meeting, the senate voted unanimously to give Insider $9,500 to cover the costs of printing 3,000 copies of the magazine. Insider will be available free to students on news racks throughout the campus.
De Anza student Reza Kazempour, who is at the helm of Insider as its publisher, said the main goal of the magazine will be to entertain and inform students.
"I wish I had something like Insider when I started De Anza," Kazempour said.
Last year’s Insider included articles ranging from “20 reasons we heart De Anza” to a feature entitled, “Yup, you’re a stalker,” an article explaining the dos and don’ts of flirting with women at school.
The 72-page magazine also featured articles about subjects such as how to take advantage of financial aid, the benefits of getting a DASB card and local bar reviews.
Kazempour said he’s glad about getting financial support from the DASB Senate.
“As I said in the [senate] meeting, this years’ Insider is a perfect example of how two student groups [the DASB Senate and the Insider magazine staff] can achieve something monumental for the college as a whole.”
Berkeley Kopp, Insider’s Senior Content Editor, sees many potential
benefits of the magazine.
“It promotes the school. It promotes the teachers and it promotes surrounding businesses. It serves as a resource to students.”
Although the magazine staff strives to keep the tone of Insider positive and light, this year’s edition plans to feature a serious story about how to party safely and avoid sexual assault and other possible dangers of partying.
For more information about the Insider magazine, contact Reza Kazempour at lavoz_ads@yahoo.com or visit the staff at L-41.
The article above appears in the August 7 issue of the De Anza Associated Student Body Newsletter.