Volume 43, Issue 2. Today is
September 13, 2005
NEWS

U.S. security, border focus of McCain talk

On Aug. 25, a crowd of more than 200 people had a two-hour opportunity to ask the senator about illegal immigration and the war in Iraq.
The conference was planned as “mediated interaction.” However, former state representative Jeff Groscost said Sen. John McCain chose to skip answering prewritten questions from the audience.

Changes to benefit non-math students

A recent change to the ASU mathematics curriculum positively influences students at Mesa Community College.
The MA general studies designation has been removed from MAT117 the course code for college algebra, a long-standing requirement for general studies, as well as the transfer equivalencies at ASU. MAT150 is college algebra at Mesa Community College or the equivilent class for MAT117 at ASU.

 


MCC gives time, funds to victims of Katrina

“He evacuated right before Katrina hit,” MCC student Ebonie Cox, 29, said, who spoke with her father, a resident of New Orleans, a couple of days after the storm.

 



MCC bond plans hit drawing board

As Mesa Community College rolls into a fresh semester, stale classrooms remain key places for instruction. Some buildings are described as snapshots straight from the 1960s. However, it won’t be that way for much longer. The recent bond money MCC campuses have received will accommodate ever growing needs.