Mesa debate travels overseas

Christopher Bengtsson
April 15, 2008

Not only did the Mesa College debate team get to cross the Atlantic and go to London for the annual International Forensics Tournament, they stepped up and packed a mean punch too. Mauro Lara, Mesa’s captain, and Jessica Hoskin took 1st place in parliamentary debate. “It is an unique achievement,”... Read more »

Beware of bees

Erica Arvizu
April 15, 2008

The Mesa campus has been invaded by thousands of our little pollinating friends. A large hive connected to a crape myrtle tree outside of the LRC has been the cause for commotion. This hive is the seventh hive found on campus this spring. “I’ve talked to people who have worked here for years... Read more »

Long time lab tech dies

Erica Arvizu
April 15, 2008

Norm Allbright, an instructional lab technician at Mesa College, known by colleagues for his quirky personality and genius qualities, died on March 22 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego of pneumococcal meningitis; he was 59. “He wasn’t quirky weird, he was quirky cool,” said... Read more »

San Diego colleges threatened

Brittany Wiczek & Nicole Gochmanosky
April 15, 2008

A man was arrested in Sacramento on April 7 for violating his probation after being accused of making “threats against an unspecified college campus in San Diego,” according to a news release from the UC San Diego campus police. Thai Tranh Dang was charged in 2007 with possession of an assault... Read more »