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April 8, 2003

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April 8, 2003

News

News Briefs

Protesting or terrorism?
Debate team
Personality lecture

Tuition jump tabled again
The pocket books of students and parents alike are safe from a tuition hike . . . at least for the time being.

Campus drug arrests scant
Drug crimes on college campuses nationwide are on the rise, with the exception of Mesa Community College.

Presidential campaign reaches MCC
Mesa Community was welcomed to the political arena in an exciting new way on March 11 when Democratic Presidential Primary Candidate Howard Dean visited the campus to share viewpoints of his campaign.

Gun debate ends
By Andrew James
Mesa Legend
The governing board ended the push to arm Maricopa Community College Safety Officers by way of a 3–2 vote. Maricopa’s Governing Board made this decision at a meeting that took place March 25.

Differing opinions fuel rhetoric
of war
By Danny Alcocer
Mesa Legend
War is on the minds of everyone in the world, and MCC is no different. All it takes is a brief walk through the Kirk Center or the cafeteria to hear the discussion of war.

Women focus of governor’s visit
By Carla Brown
For the Mesa Legend
“Women’s History Week? Women’s History Month? Let’s make it Women’s History Decade,” said Gov. Janet Napolitano as she took the stage in the Navajo Room of the Kirk Center on March 26.

Dual enrollment threatened by state budget cuts
By Kimberly Hosey
For the Mesa Legend
The future of the dual enrollment program at Arizona community colleges is in danger after Governor Janet Napolitano’s budget office and the joint legislative committee proposed its elimination.