Category: Archive

Jeff Moses As the MLB playoffs are in their championship series stage the Mesa Thunderbird Baseball team took the field to play its first scrimmage against the Paradise Valley Pumas. … Read More

Enrique Urrutia When one thinks of the Arizona Cardinals and the Phoenix Suns, Mesa small businesses usually do not spring to mind, much less the idea that they might be … Read More

Matt Schaeffer Safety in sports is always a concern. Sometimes the attempt to improve player safety can alter the way the game is played. This can be for better or … Read More

Ryan McCullough “Gandhi said it. We’ll repeat it, ‘be the change you want to see in the world’,” said Karen Hardin, chairman of the MCC counseling department, in her welcome … Read More

Brian Bernadel Zachary Marco, an Arizona State University student, was shot and killed near the 1100 block of E. University Drive on Oct. 17. The incident has left some students … Read More

Althea Pergakis Organic produce and houseplants were abound on Oct. 21 at the Environmental Action Club’s semi-annual plant sale. Vegetables, such as varieties of broccoli, tomato, chili kale, succulents, like … Read More

Michael Culpepper Standardized testing has taken a more complex form at MCC with the emergence of the ALEKS Exam.The Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces Exam, or ALEKS Exam, is … Read More

Joseph Starkloff Don Covey, the Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools, has selected Doyle Burke, who taught English at MCC for 38 years, as the replacement for former MCCCD board member … Read More

Roman Chacon Steve Bass, MCC geography instructor, traveled across the country by bicycle this past summer. Bass shared his experiences in a presentation called “Bicycling Across America: a Geographer’s Prospective.”Bass … Read More

Lucas Hrusovszky A student recently reunited with her biological father and attended his competition in the Arizona Division of the 2010 Special Olympics.Oct. 15 marked the beginning of the Aquatics … Read More