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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

United States Supreme Court building (Photo by Wally Gobetz, Flickr)

Future of mail-in voting uncertain

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Category: Opinions

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‘Get Hard’ not so funny in age of mass incarceration

Mesa Legend Staff 04/15/2015

It’s all funny and cute until someone gets expelled from school.  With colleges operating more like businesses these days,  Oklahoma University had no choice but to protect its image when … Read More

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Freedom for businesses should be a given

Mesa Legend Staff 04/15/2015

Businesses across the country have recently made news as a result of what many are calling discrimination.  Most recently, Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) came under fire.  The bill, … Read More

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Early elections evade essentiality

Mesa Legend Staff 04/15/2015

Much like Christmas, every year it seems that politicians’ announcements of their candidacy, for this office or that, come earlier and earlier.  Unlike the December holiday however, the perpetual election … Read More

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Responsible gun ownership prevents tragedies

Mesa Legend Staff 04/15/2015

It’s around 9 in the morning on March 18, and I am sitting at my desk typing away on my computer. My 14-month-old son is on the living room floor … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 04/15/2015

We grew up around mass hysteria. As children and teens, we fell asleep and woke up to ’round the clock reports of terrorist attacks and two never ending wars. We … Read More

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Public dazzled into ignorance by viral images and stories

Mesa Legend Staff 03/31/2015

Is the dress black and blue or white and gold?  These are the types of questions that consume the brain cells of my generation. A generation addicted to solving irrelevant … Read More

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Net neutrality negatively impacts Internet

Mesa Legend Staff 03/31/2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed legislation enacting Net Neutrality on Feb. 26, meaning the Internet will take on a different role than in years past.  Though the FCC refers … Read More

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Brain pain leaves people not the same

Mesa Legend Staff 03/31/2015

The science is in, and what has become utterly undeniable is that athletes who compete in contact sports get head injuries.  Such injuries, sustained over a career that for many … Read More

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Pop culture’s power to overthrow other cultures

Mesa Legend Staff 03/31/2015

Can pop culture get too popular for its own good?  We should share some concern about the possibility of it becoming the only culture we can  identify with. It might … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

TheMesaLegend2 03/31/2015

The effort to become socially connected Facebook is now trying to help offer suicide prevention resources by sending notifications to users who may post something that may appear suicidal. It’s … Read More

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