Womens Basketball falls to Palomar
Rashad Muhammad
February 23, 2010
Palomar Comets shot their way through the Mesa Olympians women’s basketball team with a final score of 55-37. Comets Bailey Nyla and Matheney Lauren used their height to their advantage, both players reaching double figures. Lady Olympian Shelby Watson left with 13 points and guard La Queshia “PJ”... Read more »
Olympians school Vikings
Andy Simmons
February 23, 2010
After destroying the Barstow Vikings in the first game of the Feb. 15 double header with a score of 21-2, the Olympian Softball team proved it was no fluke with a 13-0 victory in the second game. The Olympians played this game after losing five sophomores to academic ineligibility. They had to look to... Read more »
SportLight: Allen Townsend
Ashton O'Halloran
February 23, 2010
Pressure is a continuously growing sensation for all the pitchers on the Mesa baseball team this year following the team’s slow 0-5 start to the season. Allen Townsend a sophomore and one of the nine pitchers who starts and closes games, and anything else his team needs of him on any given day.... Read more »
The Anti-Iron Man
Andrew Fergin
February 23, 2010
With $40,000 gone, ten years wasted and retirement savings at zero, Joseph Stack refused to be passive and decided to take control of his life by flying his plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas. Currently there is little financial freedom in the U.S. and Stack’s desperation resulted in an... Read more »
The Word
February 23, 2010
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Top 10 new Toyota recalls
Danny West
February 23, 2010
1. Pretentious radio dial 2. Hungry hungry cup holders 3. Seat warmer combustion 4.Cruise control with a mind of its own 5. Windshield wipers on strike 6. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear, really far away, or figments of your imagination 7. High power death ray headlights 8. Turn signal... Read more »
Olympic Games are too cool for San Diego
Alec Fernandes
February 23, 2010
San Diego residents remained comfortably warm as the Winter Olympics commenced in Vancouver last Friday. While most of America is currently covered with several feet of snow, you would never know it here in Southern California. Locals watched as snowboarders carved up half pipes like surfers riding massive... Read more »
Recap of 2008-2009 Environmental Report
Hope Arjomand
February 23, 2010
The mission of the Annual Environmental Report is to inform students and the community of diversity enhancements and the teaching and learning of basic skills that will lead to a proficient future. With a quickly declining budget and many cutbacks in classes and activities, Mesa’s environmental... Read more »
Rosa Parks Transit Center to be unveiled
Sarah Swasey
February 23, 2010
In the mid-1950s, Rosa Parks left an impression on the United States. She was one of many who fought for civil rights in America. And ever since, her movement has inspired many more. Parks will be memorialized here at San Diego Mesa College this month. As part of Black History Month, a transit center... Read more »
SWC slowly slipping
Samantha Mireles
February 23, 2010
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced Feb. 2, after an extensive evaluation, Southwestern College is on academic probation. The San Diego Union Tribune first reported that the Accrediting Commission came to their decision after interviewing more than 90 teachers, administration,... Read more »
