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by Uno Yi

MCC-LV wants you to be its fan on Facebook, and you could win some money: a $50 gas card or a $50 mall gift card.

Campus Life and Leadership and Longview Public Information are sponsoring the contest. Drawings will be held on November 23 and December 7, 2009. Winners must be a Facebook fan of the MCC-Longview Lakers who joined between October 26 and December 7 to be eligible. Winners must be current MCC-LV students with valid student IDs to claim prizes.

Benefit-eligible MCC employees are not eligible to win.

Other MCC Facebook pages:

• MCC-Penn Valley
• MCC-Blue River
• MCC-Business & Technology Campus
• MCC-Maple Woods Monarchs-Sports

International students from all MCC campuses gather at Penn Valley (Uno Yi/The Current)

by Uno Yi

About 150 F1 visa students from 20 countries are studying at Metropolitan Community College this semester, according to Bobbie Gustin, Cultural Awareness Resource Center Coordinator at MCC.

International students come to America hoping that getting an education in America will lead them to better lives.

“I am expecting education in the states can guarantee a better job,” said Sabita Thepa, who comes from Nepal. According to the South Korean newspaper Kyunghyang Daily, around 18.7 percoent of the board members of the 30 highest ranked companies there, including Hyundai Motors, Samsung and LG, graduated from universities in the United States.    View slideshow    Continue reading →