Exchange Students Program
International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is seeking local host families for young men and women from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, 15 to 18 years of age, coming to the United States for the upcoming high school year.
The exchange students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins and return at the end of the school year. The students are well screened and qualified by ASSE and are fully insured.
For information, call 1-800-733-2773 or visit www.asse.com.

Income Tax Assistance
Get income tax assistance every Wednesday, Feb. 14-April 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Kirk Center’s Kiva Room. For information, call (480) 461-7277.

Ottawa University
Interested in attending Ottawa University? University advisers and representatives will be at MCC on Feb. 14, Mar. 21, April 11 and May 9 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Transfer Center. Call (480) 461-7452 to schedule an appointment.

Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University- Marriot School of Business will have advising Feb. 14 and 15 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Mesa LDS Institute and from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on the MCC Main Campus. To schedule an appointment for an advisor, call the Transfer Center at (480) 461-7452.

LOVE OF ART

Artist Proposals
ASU Public Events, which manages Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, is now accepting proposals from local visual artists for exhibitions of their work during the fall 2001/spring 2002 art season.
Proposals should include a statement about the artist’s work, a resume that includes contact information and no more than 10 slides representative of the work proposed for the exhibition.
Proposals should be submitted to: Bonnie Tauss, Exhibit Coordinator, ASU Public Events, Gammage Auditorium, PO Box 870105, Tempe, AZ 85287-01050.
For information, call (480) 965-4050 or visit www.asugammage.com. Deadline for all entries is Friday, March 16.

Pottery Demonstration
Arizona Clay, an organization of ceramic artists, will host a pottery demonstration workshop featuring Steven Hill, a "master" at throwing clay on the wheel and creating functional pieces, Feb. 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room SC 11E. MCC students can attend for free. For information, call (480) 461-7534.

Artist Slide Show
"Slide Slam! - New Trends in Contemporary Art Illuminated!" will be Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7380 E. Second St., in the Center for the Arts Stage 2 Theater, in Scottsdale. Four Arizona artists will talk informally and show slides of their latest work, then answer questions. Afterward, the audience is invited for light refreshments and conversation with the artists in the atrium. Free. For information, call (480) 994-ARTS or visit www.ScottsdaleArts.org.

Sunday Fun-day
Sunday A’fair will be Feb. 25 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 E. Second St. in Scottsdale.
Enjoy outdoor concerts by the Valley’s favorite musicians, and exhibits by some of Arizona’s finest artists. Participate in Sunday Fun-day hands-on art workshops and get free museum admission. Free.
For information, call (480) 994-ARTS, or visit www.ScottsdaleArts.org.

Ballroom Dance
Community Education will provide a "Ballroom Dance: Introduction to Social Dancing" class composed of six two-hour sessions beginning Feb. 22 through April 5 on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Navajo Room.
The class will teach the basic fundamentals of the Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Cha-Cha, and Ramba. Registration is $45 and you must have a partner. For information, call (480) 461-7493.

MUSIC

Midday Concert Series
"Out to Lunch," a midday concert series featuring everything from Dixieland jazz to jazz piano and traditional Latin American music to American folk music, will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. until March 29 at Centennial Hall Plaza, 201 N. Center St., behind the Mesa Arts Center. Free. For information, call (480) 644-2242.

Student Musical Showcase
"Maricopa’s Best," musical performances by winners of the Maricopa County Community Colleges music competition, featuring a wide variety of instrumental and vocal styles and selections, will be Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at Scottsdale Community College’s Performing Arts Center, 9000 E. Chaparral Road, in Scottsdale. For information, call (480) 423-6000.

LECTURE

Dietz Lecture
Amus Nurr, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University, will deliver the annual Dietz Lecture, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Neeb Hall, located on the western side of the Channel 8 building and in front of the Art building on the corner of Forest and Tyler malls, ASU Main Campus, in Tempe.
Nur’s topic will be "Earthquakes, Armageddon and the Dead Sea Scrolls." The lecture will provide information on the major roles of earthquakes in archaeology throughout the regions of Central America, Peru, and China. Free. For information, call (480) 965-5768.

Scottish Highland Games
The thirty-fifth annual Scottish Gathering and Highland Games, a Scottish cultural festival featuring food, dance, athletics, music and entertainment, will be Feb. 24-25 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at MCC.
$12 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. For information, call (602) 431-0095.
Please note that due to the Highland Games, the southeast parking lot will be closed from Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. through Feb. 26 at 5 a.m. Any vehicles left in the southeast parking lot after 6 p.m. Feb. 22 will be towed at the owner’s expense.

G.L.o.B.E.L.
G.L.o.B.E.L., MCC’s Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Education League will meet Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Pima Room. For information, call (480) 461-7453.

Baptist Student Union
The Baptist Student Union will meet Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. in the Maricopa Room (may be changed to Pima or Yaqui rooms on certain dates). For information, call (480) 461-7043.

I.S.O.
I.S.O. (Inter-Tribal Student Organization) will meet Thursdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Papago Room (may be changed to Pima or Yaqui rooms on certain dates). For information, call (480) 461-7154.

Information provided by MCC College Safety

Jan. 15
Employees returning back to work reported that their computers had been used over the holiday period by construction workers and items considered to be pornographic were downloaded.
The company employing the workers in the TC Building was notified.

Jan. 16
A copy of a GED test was removed from the Assessment Center by a male non-student, who later directed certified officers to where he threw it when he left the building.
As a result, the state education department has closed down GED testing at MCC for an undetermined amount of time.
The individual responsible for removing the test was found to be on probation for an apparent narcotics violation in his home state of Florida.

Jan. 26
A student was arrested in the library for trespassing after being warned numerous times to stay out of the building.
She was formerly employed there and college safety received complaints about her harassing employees. She had been counseled to stay out of the building by a certified officer and the chief.
The form of arrest was cited and released for a date at the Mesa city court.

• A certified college officer observed a college employee dumping garbage on the ground on the south side of campus.
He was questioned about his actions and replied that he had been doing it "for ten years." He was then directed to a nearby dumpster.

Jan. 30
An individual trying to sell a lap-top to a student for $300 was pointed out to a certified college officer. The officer approached the man who told him that he bought three lap-tops from another man and had sold two of them.
When city police arrived, it was determined that the man had warrants out for his arrest, and was a suspect in a number of local burglaries in Mesa.
When the officers opened the neatly wrapped box and found it filled with rocks, the man replied, "Gee, I guess I got ripped off by the guy that sold them to me." He was held in the Mesa city jail overnight and faced the judge the next day