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SDCCD academic calendar changes, spring semester starts in February

This upcoming spring semester will begin in February, a change from previous semesters, which have for years begun in the last week of January. Consequently, the spring semester will run later, ending in early June, the week after Memorial Day. Something students can look forward to with this change...

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The AS invited everyone to their Thanksgiving feast

Justin Choi, Staff Writer

December 4, 2019

San Diego Mesa College’s Associated Students (AS) hosted its annual Thanksgiving Feast, a free event for Mesa students providing food, games, and entertainment. The...

Mesa’s Mac beats restaurants at San Diego Mac n’ Cheese Festival

Jaclyn Levine, News Editor

December 3, 2019

At the 5thAnnual San Diego Mac n’ Cheese Festival, Mesa College Culinary Arts/Management Program won “Best Gourmet Mac n’ Cheese” of 2019. Mesa’s creative dish stole the show. After the tasting of Mesa’s, and local restaurants’ dishes, the winning dish was Mesa’s goat cheese and honeycomb-bruleed, layered mac n’ purple haze cheese/fontina...

Boil Water Advisory in Poway Due to Contaminated Water

Nye Harper

December 1, 2019

Local businesses and homes in the Poway community are under a boil water advisory. All restaurants in the city were forced to close Sunday as a precautionary...

Mesa opens region’s first community college foster youth center

Renee Schmiedeberg, News Editor

October 31, 2019

This fall semester saw the opening of San Diego Mesa College’s Fostering Academic Success & Transitions (FAST) Center. It is the only physical space...

SDCCD’s stride toward protecting immigrants and undocumented students

Justin Choi

October 31, 2019

SDCCD and Mesa College demonstrate their strong support for immigrants and undocumented students through the organization of events celebrating Hispanic...

Salsa bachata dancing is back at Mesa

Jaqueline Sanchez Rivera, Photo editor

October 29, 2019

Soldiers and Students Who Salsa Bachata dancing has begun at San Diego Mesa College, not as a course, but as free lessons for all students. Classes are...

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American tradition pardons guilty conscience, not turkeys

Renee Schmiedeberg, News Editor

December 5, 2019

It’s a brisk fall morning in Clinton, North Carolina, though you wouldn’t know it from the windowless cement house you live in. The dude in the white suit comes out again,...

Tethered to technology

December 2, 2019

Medical marijuana dispensaries – then and now

November 21, 2019

Disney Launches New Streaming Service

November 14, 2019

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Sports

Mesa cross country defends PCAC title

David Doss, Sports Editor

November 5, 2019

San Diego Mesa College’s men’s cross country team has secured first in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, defending their title at Morely Field. During the PCAC championships...