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Got shots? Flu season looms

The Visiting Nurses Association and the American Lung Association are bringing flu and pneumonia shots to Cupertino this month.

Nurses will be on hand to administer the hosts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Longs Drugs at 10455 S. De Anza Blvd., and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Longs Drugs at 19750 Stevens Creek Blvd. Shots cost $10 for flu and $25 for pneumonia.

Additional dates are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the De Anza Longs, and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Stevens Creek Longs.

Influenza can be life-threatening to the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, including asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, diabetes, heart disease or severe anemia. People with diseases or who are undergoing treatments that depress the immune system are also at risk.

Flu and pneumonia kill more than 80,000 Americans each year. Nearly 550,000 people suffered from the flu in Santa Clara County last year.

For more information, call the American Lung Association at 998-5864.

Cupertino hosts diversity forum

The Citizens of Cupertino Cross-Cultural Consortium (5C's) is holding a diversity forum at Quinlan Community Center on Oct. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is free and is open to all residents.

The purpose of the forum is to focus on finding ways the community can better discuss cultural issues in the community, with the goal of building unity in Cupertino.

To communicate more effectively, participants will form small groups and hold discussions facilitated by 5C's members. The members have been having facilitator training sessions with the Public Dialogue Consortium in recent months. The PDC is a group of city-hired mediation and communications experts.

For more information, call Laura Domondon Lee, the city's community relations coordinator, at 777-3331.

De Anza makes pages of 'Rolling Stone'

De Anza College is being recognized this month as one of Rolling Stone magazine's 10 "most respected schools of their kind in the country."

The article in the Oct. 15 issue is on newsstands now, and is entitled "The Half Price Diploma."

De Anza was the only college in Northern California named on the list, and is one of two in the state to be honored. The other is Santa Monica College.

The article chose the schools by the following criteria: A high percentage of full-time faculty, a low student-to-teacher ratio and small class sizes. Also, it lists schools that send a high number of students into universities or directly into jobs.

The college was also named the nation's "most electronically wired" college according to Yahoo! Internet Life, and more De Anza students transfer into California State Universities than any other community college.

The Rolling Stone article places De Anza at number 4 on its list and states, "The college has taken advantage of its Silicon Valley location by establishing close relationships with nearby high tech employers...and graduates reap the benefits when they embark on their job searches."

It sounds a cautionary note, however: "But think twice before relocating just for the tuition bargain...Silicon Valley is 'one of the highest-priced places on the planet to live.' "

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