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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

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‘Jessica Jones’ takes chances in season two on Netflix

Mesa Legend Staff 04/02/2018

Kian Hagerman MesaCC Legend Season 2 of the Netflix original series “Jessica Jones” released on March 8, and takes a deeper look into how exactly the protagonist Jones (Krysten Ritter) … Read More

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A momentary break in what might be eternal doom

Mesa Legend Staff 04/02/2018

Rob Steiner MesaCC Legend NCAA was all but seemingly doomed after a two-year Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) inquiry found rattling evidence against some of college basketball’s most successful programs. … Read More

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Regardless of major school enrollment is decreasing

Mesa Legend Staff 03/04/2018

Allison Cripe MesaCC Legend Choosing a major is tough. Do you make decisions based on job availability?  Do you decide based on what you want to do?  Do you decide … Read More

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Loss of T-birds is a loss in community

Mesa Legend Staff 03/04/2018

Marcus Campbell MesaCC Legend On Feb. 5 the MCCCD school district announced they would be cutting all of their football programs after the upcoming 2018 season.  Included in the four … Read More

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The Snubbies: Grammy’s and Oscar Nominations Edition

Mesa Legend Staff 02/06/2018

Jack Carroll Mesa Legend In 2017, the quality of media arguably reached its peak of the 2000’s. It’s hard to find movies that have been as exhilarating as “Logan”, “Get … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 01/31/2018

Parking at MCC is horrible The parking lots at MCC are cramped, and space needs to be made if the nightmare is to ever end.  Traffic throughout is impeded, often … Read More

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Does effective discourse exist on the internet?

Mesa Legend Staff 01/31/2018

Jack Carroll Mesa Legend For the last couple of years, I have had a habit of waking up, and before anything else, I look at my phone. Before my eyes … Read More

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Blockbuster tentpoles are changing cinema

Mesa Legend Staff 01/31/2018

Marcus Campbell Mesa Legend In an interview with the Radio Times veteran actress, Jodie Foster made some shocking critique of the modern film industry.  She took shots at superhero and … Read More

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Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 11/11/2017

Manufactured nostalgia cashes in on memories Companies that try to sell memories repackaged as soulless products, added to the endless amount of unnecessary objects already available to consumers, prey upon … Read More

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The horror genre has been revitalized

Mesa Legend Staff 11/11/2017

Marcus Campbell Mesa Legend Until several years ago the horror genre of filmmaking seemed down and out.  What was once a powerhouse genre for moneymaking had become a dumping ground … Read More

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