Women’s soccer finishes 5th in nation
LaRina Seward
December 13, 2007
Mesa College Women’s Soccer team is fifth in the nation and ranked third in the state. Several players are nominated for an “all American’” award. The team is comprised of five sophomores, and one freshman. Mesa’s Women Soccer played a close game against Cypress. There were... Read more »
Olympians take conference for 4th straight year
Leah Levin
December 13, 2007
The Women’s Volleyball team won the Pacific Coast Conference for the fourth year in a row. On November 20, they were in the playoffs against Cal State Long Beach and won, moving on to play Golden West in Huntington Beach. The Olympians lost to Golden West, but they placed second in the playoffs. Most... Read more »
New coach, hard work leads to a season of improvement
Candyce Fisher
December 13, 2007
Led by a new coach, the men’s water polo team finished fourth in the Pacific Coast Conference against Southwestern College. Earlier in the season, Mesa lost to them 12-7, but in the contest for third in conference, Mesa lost by one point. “Come near the end of the season, we were competing... Read more »
Celeb endorsements good for votes, bad for democracy
Maria Myotte, Rocky Mountain Collegian (Colorado State University)
December 13, 2007
Anchors and media professionals are barking over what will come of Oprah Winfrey’s recent endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. This is Oprah’s first time endorsement of a potential presidential candidate. Other celebrities have endorsed candidates — Ben Affleck likes... Read more »
Corrections
December 13, 2007
In the Nov 13 issue the article titled “Men’s hoops back to work after fires” it was indicated that several team players had signed professional contacts. Dario Ramirez was the only team player that signed professionally to play with the caballeros De Culiacan Professional Basketball... Read more »
Letters to the Editors
December 13, 2007
I’m writing this letter on behalf of the Mesa Press web site , and its ease of accessibility. As a working, full-time college student, I find it extremely difficult to set aside enough time to actually sit down and read the latest publication of the Mesa Press. Often times I’m too wrapped... Read more »
Mesa’s Songwriters’ Club thriving in second semester
Judith Sarup
December 13, 2007
Sophomore Amin Ebrahimi recently started the Songwriters’ Club at Mesa. His goal was to fill in the pieces missing in college music departments for students who wish to write and perform their own songs. “The Songwriters’ Club didn’t exist at Mesa or any other college,”... Read more »
Mesa runner dies in car crash
Clarissa Lock
December 13, 2007
On Nov. 6, 18-year-old Mesa cross country runner Devan Caddell of Jamul was late for school. He pulled on his new running shoes that his parents had bought for him the day before, jumped into his 2001 Acura Integra, and sped down State Route 94. “I can just imagine what was going on in his head,”... Read more »
Art Gallery Grand Opening
Nicole DeJesus
December 13, 2007
Inflatable art structures, created by Professor Wendell Kling’s students, illuminated the Mesa Art Gallery entrance around 4 p.m. on Nov. 29. It was the grand opening of the gallery’s new look and a debut for many of the students included in the exhibition, “Imagination Runs Wild.” Students,... Read more »
Bookstore Fraud
Nicole DeJesus
December 13, 2007
For the first time since 2004, the Mesa bookstore was the victim of two major acts of theft. Mesa bookstore employee Kenneth King was seen entering, stealing, and re-selling books to Mesa students at around noon on Sept. 9, according to campus police reports. A spokesperson for the San Diego Police Department... Read more »
