The Mesa Press

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

May 29, 2025 With the accelerated advancement of AI, San Diego Mesa College’s Academic Senate has created a task force to decide the college’s best approach towards it. The Academic Senate is the teacher’s version of a student government that meets twice each month, made up of at least one full-time faculty member from each department. Andrew Hoffman serves as its president. “It’s not going to disappear, right?

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

San Diego Mesa baseball scored five runs in the last three innings but failed to come back from a six -run deficit that ended their season in a 7-6 loss to the Palomar Comets on May 8. The Olympians scored three times in the seventh inning, twice in the eighth inning and got the game-tying run on base in the ninth inning before a game-ending double play knocked them out of the playoffs. “They worked really hard to get in a good position and I’m really proud of them,” head coach Jake Portugal said.

1 month ago | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

May 8, 2025 Brian Huynh found the Kapwa Learning Community by accident. He was invited by a friend who said there was a new Asian-American learning community and that he should join. So he gave it a chance. “Now that I’m here, I think it’s like one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” Huynh said. “Within two or three days of classes, we were all tight-knit as a community.”Through joining that group, Huynh then co-founded the Asian Pacific Diversity Club and led it as its first president.

Mar 6, 2025 | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

Construction began on the D100 building in January after classes were moved from it mid-semester last fall. The carpets and broken sinks were torn out of the floor and the walls, the ceiling was removed and the walls were scraped to allow for a new coat of paint. These classrooms had crumbling ceilings and some that previously held science classes had broken sinks and leaking faucets, according to English department chair Wendy Smith.

Feb 27, 2025 | mesapress.com | Jonny Richardson

The No. 13 San Diego Mesa Olympians women’s basketball team took a big lead early and kept pace with the No. 20 Cuesta Cougars, a school from San Luis Obispo, Calif., in their 63-45 win to begin the playoffs. “Really proud of the way that we played. We were locked in both offensively and defensively and this was a total group effort. Everybody did something to help us win today, so I’m really proud of everybody,” head coach Lindsay Samaniego said.