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October 28, 2003

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October 28, 2003

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Pockets not big enough for student spending
Stacey Vincent
Mesa Legend

money

Every day thousands of students put themselves into extreme debt. College students owe almost half the nation’s $285 billion credit card debt. The Federal General Accounting Office says students are graduating with an average of $19, 400 in student loans. Average student credit card debt rose from $1,879 in 1998 to $2,748 in 2000, according to the student loan agency Nellie Mae. As college is becoming more critical to finding a well-paying job, tuition continues to increase. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, college costs rose faster then median income and faster then financial aid. Students are forced to obtain an education on money they do not have.

MCC sets $27,000 as goal for United Way fund-raiser
Durrell Williams
Mesa Legend

Community members gathered at the Mesa Hilton recently to kick off the Mesa United Way annual fund drive.
The Mesa chapter of the United Way, one of the world’s most renowned charitable organizations, raised more than $4 million last year.

Risque Costumes a
popular choice

'Life is a Dream'

Ryan Kennedy Mesa Legend

Hayley Larson and Heath Cates performed in “Life is a Dream” at MCC.

Mesa 'Tour de Culture' celebrates art

Downtown Mesa held its one-day-only third annual Tour De Culture festival on Friday, Oct. 10, from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. in celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month.