Mesa Legend - FEATURES


Volume 42, Issue 9. Today is .

February 1, 2005

Features

Band kicks into high gear
Quartet featured at several Valley venues

Derk Harron
Mesa Legend

Interested in getting out and seeing some fresh local music? Introducing the, “The Necronauts!!!” soaring in from Mesa.
“I guess you could say we are ‘indie rock’ and you could compare us to Pixies, Pavement, Minute Men, or Modest Mouse,” said singer and guitarist Billy Goodman.

Royalty returns for 2-month fest

The 17th Annual Renaissance Festival will open Feb. 5 and will run eight consecutive weekends, through March 27. The festival will be held Saturdays and Sundays, including Presidents’ Day Monday.

Tokens of love not just a ‘western’ idea

Lisa-Jean Mugler
Mesa Legend

Has anyone has ever wondered what Japan does to celebrate Feb 14?
Emi Ochiai Ahn, in the Foreign Language Department, was born in Japan, and is presently the Japanese teacher of both traditional and online classes. She has firsthand knowledge of the culture.
Valentine’s Day follows immediately after National Foundation Day on Feb 11, but the celebration is not nationally recognized.

Attention deficit disorder:
Not just a child’s disease
Not just for children

Luisa Pawlak
Mesa Legend

More and more adults who feel distracted, disorganized and fidgety are being urged to seek help for Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD.
What was once thought to be a children’s disorder is now transcending to every age group.
Some see the national ad campaign as a way to educate the public about a little-known condition; others said pharmaceutical companies are trying to convince members of the public that they have the disorder to increase the demand for its new medication.