The Current Online

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    [...]

by Uno Yi

The obstruction to pedestrians at the MCC-Longview Campus Center building is due to the construction of a new roof.  According to Steven Greife, Facilities Services Superintendent, Facilities Services will use the spaces in the parking lot directly behind Campus Center on the west side during the project.

 “The crane and dumpsters over there ruin the view as well as making it inconvenient,” second-year student Kelly Tran said.

Greife said that the construction will be over around the last week of October or the first week of November, 2009.

Auto Tech students check under the hood (Uno Yi/The Current).

by Uno Yi

Every driver has had the experience of their cars breaking down on the highways, but many do not know how to deal with it. MCC Longview’s Automotive Technology program gives students the opportunity to learn simple skills to maintain their vehicles. [...]

by Uno Yi

An MCC-Penn Valley student accidentally shot himself in the leg with his own weapon at the PV parking garage on September 30.

The 18-year-old man walked down to the parking lot entrance to request medical help. [...]