April 19, 2005

Up-to-Date

Spotlight

In honor of Earth Day, Starbucks is helping make home gardens look healthier by promoting a program called Grounds for your Garden. On April 22, local Starbucks retail locations will have complimentary bags of spent coffee grounds which will be available to take home to add to a garden or to use to help reduce organic waste in the environment. In the past, this program has helped beautify local gardens in parks, schools, nurseries, and private gardens
across North America. When the reused coffee grounds are added to gardens with nitrogen-friendly plants, as well as a few leaves to balance the nutrition of the soil, the plants will start to look healthier. The coffee grounds can also be added to compost piles to speed up the decomposition process.
Bags of used coffee grounds are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis, not only on April 22, but everyday throughout the year. For more information about the Grounds for your Garden program or other Starbucks environmental programs, contact Anne-Marie Devine at (415) 974-7285, or send an e-mail to adevine@gcigroup.com. Earth Day is a good day to remember the environment around us and what we can do to make it better each day.

Events


Open discussion
The Center for Global Tolerance and Engagement will be hosting a discussion entitled Rwandan and Sudanese Massacres -- The Common Trunk. This discussion is the second to last meeting for the 2004-05 school year, and is one of the last oppurtunities to be involved in with this group. The meeting will be on April 20, from 1:30-2:45 p.m. in the Kiva room.

Into the Streets
“Into the Streets” is a program in which Mesa Community College on the Southern and Dobson campus’s students, staff, and faculty members, render service in the community to organizations. This event will take place on April 30 and is sponsered by the Office of Student Life and Leadership, Center for Service-Learning, and the school’s governement, ASMCC. For more information, call (480) 461-7285.

Star light, star bright
The last chance to view the stars through the telescopes at Arizona State University’s Astronomy center is on April 29. This free open house will take place on top of the Bateman Physical Sciences Building H Wing (5th Floor) from 8-10 p.m. There will be posters on display, a slide show, and an astronomy quiz to test your knowledge. Free parking is available in Structure 2 on McAllister Avenue and Tyler Street after 7 p.m. For more information, call (480) 727-7010 or go online at http://eagle.la.asu.edu/openhouse.

Interview skills
An Interview Skills Development Workshop will be held for all students who need help getting through the interview process successfully on April 20 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Career Re-entry Services building number 36. Issues regarding what to wear, what to bring, whether or not to ask questions, and what to know before going to the interview will all be answered. Free refreshments will be provided. For more information, call (480) 461-7592. All students are welcome and encouraged to come.

Bridgepoint at MCC
Bridgepoint University is currently scheduling appointments to meet with students who are interested in transfering. Each session lasts 30 minutes and sessions are only available on Monday and Thursday from 4-6 p.m. For more information, contact the Transfer Center Building number 38 at (480) 461-7452.

ASU information session
Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business will be on campus for a Transfer Information Session on April 19 from 1-3 p.m. at the Southern and Dobson campus at Mesa Community College. This informational meeting will be held in the Kiva room which is inside of the Student Kirk Center. For more information, contact the Transfer Center Building number 38 at (480) 461-7452.

Class in Mexico
Students can study abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico, in the summer of 2005 from May 31 through July 3. Students can earn college credits in Archeology, Spanish, Photography, and Mexican History. For more information regarding this oppurtunity, contact Jaime Herrera at (480) 461-7484, or send an e-mail to jaime.herrera@mc.mail.maricopa.edu or go online at www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/mexico.

Japanese lecture
There will be a lecture on Japanese Evacuation and Internment Camps by Mas Inosnita on April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Kiva room. This lecture will focus on the personal testimony on Japanese Evacuation and Internment Camps and how they affected the lives of Japanese Americans. Free refreshments will be offered and all students are encouraged to come to learn about a different culture, even if it is different that their own.

Theater

Comedic Reality
“A Festival of New Work” is a black comedic expose’ of a documentary filmmaker creates his own version of “reality.” The play is expected to be funny and disturbing and therefore is recommended for mature audiences only. The dates for the performance are April 15, 17, 21,and 23 at the Lyceum Theatre and showtimes do vary. For more information including showtimes and ticket prices, call the box office at (480) 965-6447.

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything
without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

-Robert Frost

Information provided by MCC College Safety

March 23
A student reported that his Dell laptop computer was possibly stolen from a PS classroom after the student left the computer in the room unattended after class.

Two students were involved in a minor non-injury motor vehicle accident at the south campus entrance off Dobson Rd. Relevant information was exchanged between the drivers.

A student was contacted by an unidentified male in the HIC who had found her purse and contents scattered around the men’s rest room. Her Nokia cell phone was the only item missing.

March 25
A student reported damage to her vehicle that may have occurred on campus earlier that day.

A student reported that person(s) unknown broke into his 1991 Honda Civic through the driver window while it was parked in lot C, and attempted to steal the car by breaking into the steering column.

A student reported that she discovered money missing from her purse after she had performed in an dance recital at the Theatre Outback.

March 26
College Safety officers responded to an EF classroom on a report of a student causing a disturbance. The situation was stable when the officers arrived and no further action was required.

March 28
A student was contacted in the Advisement Center after he was observed viewing objectionable material on a college computer. The student was asked to leave campus for the day and case was referred to the Dean of Student Services.

March 29
A student reported that his 2004 Hyundai Sonata was “keyed” along the entire driver side while parked in lot F, by person(s) unknown.

March 30
A student made a delayed report of damage to her vehicle that had possibly occurred on March 28 in lot J, west of the SC building. An accident report was completed.

A student reported that she discovered her vehicle’s passenger side tire and wheel missing. She had parked the car in lot I, southwest of child care. It appears that the suspect(s) removed the flat tire from their own car and swapped it with the victim’s.

March 31
A staff member reported that sometime within the past three days, person(s) unknown removed a Nikon “Cool Pix 4500” camera belonging to the college from an unlocked cabinet in an LS classroom.

A student reported that she left her book bag unattended for several minutes in the AC lecture hall and later discovered that someone had taken her cell phone from the bag.

April 4
A student who had been previously counseled about riding his skateboard on campus was observed riding it again in the center of campus. The case was referred to the Dean of Student Services.

A campus police officer investigated a report of a student threatening a faculty member. The case has been forwarded to the Dean of Student Services for disposition.

April 5
A student was discovered unconscious in the BP building. He became combative with police and paramedics attempting to treat him. He was restrained and transported to the hospital.

From March 23-29 there were three requests for medical attention all involving students. No patients were transported to the hospital.

From March 30 to April 5 there were two requests for medical assistance both involving students. One patient was transported to the hospital.