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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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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 02/02/2015

Modern dating culture: shallow, short-lived   In modern day dating culture, the search for true love is a narrative rarely told.  Perhaps, not because it doesn’t exist; many young people … Read More

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Don’t distract yourself by comparing life with others

Mesa Legend Staff 02/02/2015

Is there not enough to keep us all distracted already?  We’re forced to keep pace with a never ending amount of commodities, tech gadgets,  vapid celebrities and tons of trash … Read More

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Workplace should be free from gossip

Mesa Legend Staff 02/02/2015

Being a student and having a job basically go hand-in-hand.  Young people usually go to college with a feeling of relief because it’s a fresh start, and all of that … Read More

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Academia shouldn’t come before education

Mesa Legend Staff 02/02/2015

  I declared myself a Journalism major the first day I went into advisement. Why, then, do I need to partake in the self-congratulatory rigamarole that we call college?  For … Read More

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Competition between peers leads to greater success

Mesa Legend Staff 02/02/2015

Competition drives people to achieve more than they might otherwise.  Walt Disney is quoted as saying “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how … Read More

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Free community college a threat to rich conservative status

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2015

Tuition rates and student loan debt are at an all-time high in the U.S., making it difficult to produce educated and highly-trained people in our depressed workforce and struggling economy. … Read More

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Resolutions don’t have to be in vain

TheMesaLegend2 01/19/2015

Every year, people make resolutions: go to the gym more often, quit smoking, watch less television. But what happens after Jan. 1?  As we fall into a rut of lethargy … Read More

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Build your resume during college

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2015

“What’s in your resume?” I feel very strongly that this is a question more students should be asking themselves.   Especially with the economy being what it has been over … Read More

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Sony hack, social media, and the new currency

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2015

I appreciate it anytime consumers get a real peek of what goes on behind the curtain. Like the Donald Sterling incident early last year, the recent hack on Sony offered … Read More

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Legend’s View

Mesa Legend Staff 01/19/2015

Doing good can be infectious One of the most important things in our lives as human beings is the acceptance of our peers. What we lean on so confidently for … Read More

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