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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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Earning bachelor’s degree in community college

Mesa Legend Staff 03/03/2015

  With graduation being just around the corner, I have been thinking a lot about what my next move will be.  As of right now, leaving MCC and moving on … Read More

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Women’s month looks back on accomplishments

Mesa Legend Staff 03/03/2015

March is National Women’s Month, which gives America an opportunity to look back and ponder the history of women in our society.  During the country’s infancy, America certainly did not … Read More

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Having goals and achieving them are two separate things

Mesa Legend Staff 03/03/2015

  Setting aside one’s goals in the pursuit of on that is greater, of more significance, does not necessarily mean abandoning said goals.  According to former adviser to President Barack … Read More

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Awards culture interferes with learning to love self

Mesa Legend Staff 03/03/2015

Many of us are just not there yet when it comes to love of self. With love lacking in many areas in the world, you would think in a selfie … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 03/03/2015

Love yourself: Myth of popular advice We have all heard it said or even given the advice ourselves, “before you can love anyone else you have to learn to love … Read More

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Black history month provides the bare minimum

Mesa Legend Staff 02/17/2015

  “If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world.”  These were the words of Carter G. … Read More

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Not all high schools prepare students for college

Mesa Legend Staff 02/17/2015

  If you asked hundreds of college students whether or not high school gave them the right amount of preparation they needed for college, you probably wouldn’t reach a definitive … Read More

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Tolerance doesn’t mean endorsement

Mesa Legend Staff 02/17/2015

College is supposed to be the place where we learn to embrace tolerance, right? Tolerance is great. When I first started college, I was immediately thrust into a new world. … Read More

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Michelle Obama criticized for fashion statement again, yawn

Mesa Legend Staff 02/17/2015

Last month, social media erupted after photos surfaced of Michelle Obama not wearing a head scarf during a trip to Saudi Arabia.  Many people online condemned Obama for not “respecting” … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 02/17/2015

Be the change that you want to see It seems in our present day it is becoming very common for a lot of our peers to have a life verse … Read More

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