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Gas prices advertised at a Quiktrip location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. (Photo: Jak Holdcraft)

MCC says ongoing fuel crisis has changed their spending habits

Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center's 27th Annual Community Breakfast presenting the new Arizona Support Autism license plate. From left to right : Daniel Openden, President and CEO of SARRC; Joe Bradley, Support Autism license plate artist; Arizona state senator Flavio Bravo (D) District 26; and Denis Resnik, founder, president and CEO of First Place AZ hold their own personalized license plates. The event was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom at the Arizona Biltmore Resort on April 17, 2025. (Photo Courtesy of SARRC)

Pride in plain sight: the story of the Arizona Support Autism license plate and the autism-self-advocate artist who brought it to life

Gas prices at a Circle K location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Standard fuel has up to a 10% ethanol blend, labeled 'octane 87.'

Live in the Phoenix-metro area? You probably won’t have access to E15 gas 

Vaughan (right) teaches his students about the history of Clonmacnoise, a 6th century monastic community, during the Study Abroad Ireland 2022 trip. There were no cities in Ireland until the 9th century, so communities like these were the only representations of advanced knowledge in early Medieval Ireland. (Photo: Barry Vaughan)

MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer

Gas prices at a Quiktrip station in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Arizona's statewide average is $4.57 per gallon as of April 21, according to AAA, over one dollar more than the statewide average in 2025. (Photo: Angel Marcos)

Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver

Brian spends hours a day on the field carefully supervising and mentoring the Thunderbirds men's soccer team. (Photo: Erick Romero)

Thunderbirds men’s soccer coach reflects on his career at MCC

Gas pump fueling up a car

MCC students share how the fuel crisis has affected them

Final day for students to vote for next leaders of the Associated Students of Mesa Community College

Voters waiting in line outside of the SRP headquarters in Tempe on April 7, 2025, the last day to drop off ballots. (Photo: Gwendolyn Owen/The Legend)

SRP election saw high turnout, Turning Point loses majority

Cesar Chavez (center) on march from Mexican border to Sacramento with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California. (Photo: John Malmin/Los Angeles Times)

Mesa removes Cesar Chavez honorary plaque, street signs

Sunday, June 28, 2026
Opinions

Teaching consent is crucial for sex education

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2016

Sexual education is taught to adolescents in grades 6-12 then usually retaught during High School.  Students are taught information about HIV/AIDS, sexual diseases, puberty, and of course abstinence which is … Read More

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Free gender expression is the future

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2016

Kathryn Yslas Mesa Legend Men can wear dresses too.  What we wear, what we do and how we act is not defined by what is between our legs.  This is … Read More

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An eye for an eye is archaic, immoral

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2016

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend Whenever some sort of tragedy occurs, you can be sure that you will hear about misplaced reprisals in the days that follow. Whatever group a perpetrator can … Read More

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Required classes can waste time, money

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2016

Adam Dangerfield Mesa Legend What do you do if you want to get a degree in a given program offered a MCC but that program requires you to take courses … Read More

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Solar panels to come to south parking lot by April

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2016

Keith Whittemore Mesa Legend Large sections of the parking lot on the south side of campus will be fenced off beginning on Jan. 14 to prepare for the installation of … Read More

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New initiative seeks to legalize recreational marijuana use

Mesa Legend Staff 01/18/2016

Nikki Waldmann Mesa Legend Voters can expect to see a huge rise in marijuana talk this upcoming election season.  Back in 2010, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, Proposition 203, was … Read More

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Tuition questions linger for DACA students

Mesa Legend Staff 01/18/2016

Esteban Manzo Mesa Legend Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed an appeal July 1, 2015 to stop people in Arizona under President Obama’s deferred action order from getting in-state tuition … Read More

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Tough choices exist for Alzheimer’s patients’ families

Mesa Legend Staff 01/18/2016

Diana Martinez Mesa Legend “If the sky is purple for them, we have to agree that the sky is purple,” Melissa Phillips said. Phillips has been working at an assisted … Read More

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Connect 4 Success brings students, mentors together

Mesa Legend Staff 01/18/2016

Keith Whittemore Mesa Legend For many students, especially those to whom higher education is a new experience, the road to graduation can be a long and difficult one.Between juggling school, … Read More

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Controversy sizzles over ‘Fight for $15’ movement

Mesa Legend Staff 01/18/2016

Kyla Noble Mesa Legend Fast-food workers demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage walked out in hundreds of cities on Nov. 17 of last year, starting a full-scale campaign to gather the … Read More

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  • MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer
  • Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver
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