Mesa remembers Whitney Young
Miles Villalon
December 19, 2006
In the short two and a half months Whitney Young was a stuudent at Mesa she left a lasting impression on the campus and the community. A common theme in the life of Young was her willingness to help others, a lesson that is sure to resonate throughout. Thanks to a group of students who pleaded to the... Read more »
Mesa awards student poets and novelists
Travis Knewstep
December 19, 2006
Mesa writers stirred emotion around the room at the 2006 Poetry and Short Fiction Awards Ceremony. Two quotes set the theme for this year’s awards. The first quote was from Hispanic-American writer Sandra Cisneros whose work brought the perspective of Chicano women into the mainstream of literary... Read more »
Mesa’s Speech and Debate Team succeeds at Fall Championships
Shayla Durrett
December 19, 2006
The Mesa Speech and Debate team participated in the fall Championships at Long Beach State. It was the largest tournament of the semester. Share this:EmailDiggFacebookPrint Read More →
MySpace, MyTrial
Sean Campbell
December 19, 2006
Mesa student Jaclyn Spencer-Pierman looks at her college’s student newspaper, nodding her head, in awe. There’s a blow-up photo of a 20-year-old male, drinking what appears to be alcohol from an apparent mason jar. The picture was taken from his MySpace.com account and printed in the newspaper... Read more »
Toys go to Tijuana
Hafsah Mohamed
December 19, 2006
The Women’s Union’s is going down to Tijuana on Jan. 6 to give toys to the children at an orphanage called Casa de Cuna. The orphanage, run solely by nuns, gives shelter to approximately 150 children ranging from ages newborn to 8 years. The children, along with most of the Hispanic world,... Read more »
Religious fundamentalists preach Gospel to large crowd at Mesa
Sean Campbell
December 19, 2006
Police officers formed a perimeter around Jeremy Sonnier and his two fellow preachers as they debated religion with more than 100 students on the Mesa quad in front of the cafeteria, Dec. 14. “To preach the gospel, warn the people, and provoke their thinking,” Sonnier said after being asked... Read more »
