Basketball team assists wildfire evacuees

Clarissa Lock
November 13, 2007

Members of the Mesa men’s basketball team volunteered at Qualcomm Stadium on the morning of Oct. 22, the day after the wildfires that ravaged Southern California first broke out. “We just wanted to help,” said Mackenzie Johnson, a freshman guard from Portland, Ore. The players aided... Read more »

California Dream Act vetoed

LaRina Seward
November 13, 2007

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the California Dream Act. Students who migrated to this state illegally with their parents, had anticipated the passage of the California Dream Act. The luxury of financial aid and pathway to citizenship, plus the possibility of earning a degree was disrupted on October... Read more »

Prop 92 could mean lower tuition at Mesa

Leah Levin
November 13, 2007

The idea of paying only $15 a unit for community college would help campuses grow and will help take away financial burdens on students. In the coming elections in February, Proposition 92 is on the ballot. If the vote passes it will allow community colleges lower their unit price and will guarantee... Read more »

Art Gallery Grand Opening

Nicole DeJesus
November 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 »

Student workers caught stealing from campus bookstore

Nicole DeJesus
November 13, 2007

For the first time since 2004, the Mesa bookstore was the victim of two major acts of theft. Mesa bookstore employees were seen entering, stealing, and re-selling books to Mesa students at around noon on Sept. 9, according to campus police reports. Over the past three years the Mesa Bookstore has encountered... Read more »