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February 4, 2003

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District focuses on community issues
By Dan Smith
Mesa Legend

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCD) Governing Board

A “doctor appointment” occurred on campus recently, at least that’s how President-elect of Maricopa County Community College District (MCCD) Governing Board, Ed Contreras described the Community Listening Session that took place in the Navajo Room on Jan. 23.

Investing in house smart for students
By Carly Schorman
Mesa Legend
The current state of the economy in the country is troubling many Americans. Vacations have been canceled. Christmas this year did little to lessen the strain. People are holding onto their money tightly.

Increased contraceptive use, education lowers number of pregnant teens
By Joseph Luchenta
Mesa Legend
Pregnancy among teenage girls in the United States has been on a downward trend since the early nineties. Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that teen pregnancy rates fell to 48.5 births per every 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years old by 2000. This was down almost 10 percent from the previous years which led to a record high of 62.1 births per 1,000 teenagers in 1991.

Security for employees to be increased by
Smart Card
By Stephanie McKee
Mesa Legend
MCC plans on implementing an Employee Smart Card Project, which is intended to make life easier for all MCC full-time employees.

Truckers on Theme ablum cover
Get on the Road with Truckers on Speed

Theater Outback's new mural
Students bring color to campus with art

pink rose
Your valentine horoscope

Military invades student's privacy

MCC Women's Basketball Team
All the latest on
Spring sports

"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

–Martin Luther King, Jr.