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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
Features

Students struggle to qualify for financial aid

TheMesaLegend2 08/30/2015

Ian Kraft Mesa Legend One of the largest obstacles that students face after high school is paying for their college education.  In an effort to ease the process, Mesa Community … Read More

Features

Study abroad opens window to world

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Christian Jensen Mesa Legend Mesa Community College offers multiple Study Abroad programs including locations like Mexico, Africa, and many other places.  For a fee, students have the opportunity to travel … Read More

Features

‘Straight Outta Compton’ entertaining, provocative

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Karlyle Stephens Mesa Legend Nearly 25 years after the British invasion, America was smacked in the back of its neck by a homegrown group of teenagers who happen to be … Read More

Opinions

‘Black lives’ a movement for restoring memory

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

  Karlyle Stephens Mesa Legend “Black lives matter” is the mantra meant for awakening forgetful or deliberately severed memory banks.  Take for instance actor Ben Affleck, who was exposed in … Read More

Opinions

Getting active starts with compassion for others

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Sebastian Miguel Mesa Legend Hardship and loss are around us daily. People face heart ache, grief, hunger, bullying, discrimination, rejection, depression, homelessness, and it is rare that we go days … Read More

Opinions

Style should not ‘Trump’ substance in elections

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend Election coverage in recent years has been disheartening to say the least, a spectacle of gaffes and pathetic candidates.  It doesn’t help matters that whoever gets … Read More

Opinions

A different perspective on use of drone strikes

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Adam Dangerfield Mesa Legend Imagine watching the news on TV and the top story is about US drone strikes on drug lords in Mexico that take out the top leaders … Read More

Opinions

Legend’s View

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Authenticity in a sea of conformity What does it mean to be authentic? The word represents originality and uniqueness. Today, the term is used more for indentifying the difference between … Read More

News

Light Rail expansion makes SE Valley more accessible

Mesa Legend Staff 08/30/2015

Karyle Stephens Mesa Legend   The light rail expansions are right on time as Arizona becomes a more attractive location to the world. There is excitement in the Valley following … Read More

News

Student Success Center

Mesa Legend Staff 08/29/2015

Katie Yslas Mesa Legend Greater efficiency is result of streamlined process Advisement, cashier services, and registration all under one roof. The heat stricken hallucination of every MCC student that has … Read More

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  • MCC says ongoing fuel crisis has changed their spending habits
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  • Live in the Phoenix-metro area? You probably won’t have access to E15 gas 
  • MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer
  • Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver
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