LETTER: BAN JOHNSON FIELDS WOULD BENEFIT STUDENTS

Dear Editor:
The March 6 edition of The Current featured a front page article on the proposed addition of two baseball fields on the MCC-Longview campus. As with most proposed changes in the status quo, those in opposition or in favor come forward to express their thoughts. As the Athletic Director who oversees the program that [...]

LETTER: BAN JOHNSON FIELDS WOULD DISRUPT LV’S MISSION

Dear Editor:
The headline of the March 6 edition of The Current trumpeted, “LV debates baseball proposal.” The Ban Johnson Baseball League plans to raise money, at least $6 million, to build two fields on Longview College property, with that and more, an indoor training facility, and if ten million is raised, then they will get [...]

LETTER: VIEW HIGH DRIVE 2

How about a follow-up with a dose of reality?
Last issue (Sep. 12, 2009) you wrote, “Preying on the weak…It is 7:57 a.m., and now I have been pulled over for speeding on View High Drive on my way to class.”
You know that in reality, it is your own fault!  
Accountability is a precious commodity that [...]

LETTER: VIEW HIGH DRIVE

As a long-standing resident of Lee’s Summit, remembering View High Drive as a windy, hilly, two-lane country road, I was excited when it was improved into a nice four-lane divided road.  (I also attended LCC in 1970.)  We now had great traffic flow from Lee’s Summit to I-470 and college students/visitors into Lee’s Summit have [...]

LETTER: ARGUMENT AGAINST ABORTION

Please forward this to Farhan Zahid the author of, “Republicans assault women’s pro-choice rights.” Although, Farhan, I am sure you have received your share of opposing views on abortion I ask that you would read this argument I received from www.carm.org. Your arguments were pretty weak in your article. What is growing in the womb [...]

LETTER: ENTERTAINING POEM

I would first like to congratulate Shannon Callahan on his ability to put all of his thoughts about our President in an entertaining poem. I think that his skills are definitely improving.
Next, I would like to call attention to the fact that Shannon’s view of President Bush in wartime didn’t seem to [...]