Mesa Legend - FEATURES


Volume 42, Issue 2. Today is .

September 13, 2004

Features

Photo By Casey Ferguson Mesa Legend

MCC student Mary Mickelson sits in the Kirk Center between classes preparing for the rest of her day.

Out of Time

Classes, jobs
social lives push limits

Rita Kasha
Contributing Writer

More than 27,000 students attend Mesa Community College and only 56 percent of those are full-timers. Students have found it difficult to manage their time with school, work, family, and their social life. The cause can vary from procrastination, lack of motivation and organization, or plain laziness.
“First, make a schedule.

How fat is your wallet?

Students struggle to make budget meet needs

Zahid Arab
Contributing Writer

It’s Friday night, and for Johnny and his friends, it can only mean one thing— movie night. After purchasing his student discounted admission tickets, they all proceed to the concession stand. One of his friends orders a large popcorn, soda and licorice. Johnny reaches for his wallet and takes a look inside. Empty. After taking their seats in the auditorium Johnny looks over at his friends indulging in their snacks, wondering how they have money to spare, considering they all made the same amount of income.

Dog days of parking

1st of semester proves tough

Nicole Ellis
Contributing Writer

The Mesa Community College’s Office of Student Life and Leadership ran out of parking permits during the first week of classes.
Only 5,000 parking decals were ordered to be dispersed between the Kirk Center, Campus Security, and the Red Mountain campus. Some of Red Mountain’s permits were sent back to the Southern and Dobson location to help with the shortage.
“We rely on them for parking permits,” Greg Reents, the Director of Student Life and Leadership, said referring to the College Safety Department.

Theatre Outback welcomes alumnus

Former MCC student to direct first production of semester

Sean Dixon
Contributing Writer

Bryanna Tauscher, a 26-year-old Mesa Community College alumnus, will be directing “Wait Until Dark,” the first main stage production at MCC’s Theatre Outback.
The play, originally set in the 1960s, will be updated to the present-day and focuses on a blind woman who is targeted by three con artists who attempt to use her blindness against her.
Tauscher received her bachelor’s of arts in Theater Arts from Arizona State University in 2002, and is currently working toward her master’s degree in Theater Teaching and Outreach from the University of Arizona.