Students to take part in
District decision-making
By Aida Teran
Mesa Legend
Students who want to gain a better understanding of how the Maricopa Community College District operates, and how local and national governments interact with them, will have that opportunity provided to them by the Public Policy Forum.

FBI requests records from 220 universities
By Molly Bloom
U-Wire
A national survey of college registrars, which found that 220 colleges and universities had been contacted by federal investigators seeking student information in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, has raised concerns about student privacy and civil rights.

Emergency efforts, CPR fail to save MCC teacher
By David Dollins
Mesa Legend
"She had a heart attack at about 12:30 p.m.," Doyle Burke said. "We called campus safety, we called 911, and several Campus Safety officers came and began to administer CPR."

FDA approves study using Ecstasy
By Gretchen W. Schneider
U-Wire
Phi Theta Kappa’s Omicron Beta Chapter added 94 more students, which includes eight officers, to its list of inducted in a ceremony held on Oct. 13.

Sept. 11 charities overshadow
Valley ministry’s sock-drive goal
By Nina K. Brown
Mesa Legend
This holiday season, MCC will once again assist the Shoebox Ministry, a non-profit service organization, in its 11th Annual Holiday Sock Drive.

Group wants states to help distribute medical marijuana
U-Wire
Tired of the haze of legal issues surrounding the distribution of medical marijuana, a medical rights advocacy group wants states to be directly involved in the distribution of medical marijuana.

MCC’s chapter of M.E.Ch.A (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) celebrated the organization’s 30th anniversary Nov. 10 in the Kirk Center with a traditional dance.