MCCC Mustangs ties HACC in Slugfest

By: Kevin LaTorre 

BLUE BELL, PA--It was a great day for a soccer game as the Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) Mustangs tied the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) Eagles 1-1 on Sept. 9 at Central Campus in Blue Bell, Pa. The weather was comfortable, cloudy, and windy at times, which turned out to be perfect weather for a soccer game.

     MCCC looked to have their third conference win as they finished their fifth game in seven days. Coaching for MCCC in his second year, was Obed Arango. Key starters for MCCC were Sophomore Jeremiah Garcia, Sophomore Austin Messner, Sophomore Sebastian DeRosa, Freshmen and leading goal scorer for MCCC, David Massanga. In net for MCCC was Freshman Andrew Toro.

    MCCC took the first tap of the game as they had a great start by getting the first shot on net in the first minute. The pressure continued for the as they earned two corner kicks fifteen minutes later. HACC made the first substitution in the 20th minute. MCCC continued to dominate possession, however; the HACC took advantage to have fresh legs most of the first half and substituted whenever needed, which proved to be a positive as HACC capitalized on a penalty kick in the 36th minute. Sebastian DeRosa committed the foul in the box and gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead going into the half. Freshman Goalkeeper Andrew Toro made stellar saves to keep the game at 1-0.

    “I wasn’t happy with the team’s effort with sloppy passing and communication,” Arango said, “We need to do a better job of passing the ball on the ground to open more space on the wings.”

     A more dominate second half for MCCC offense as they continued to pressure the ball against HACC defense. A corner kick was earned by MCCC in the 83rd minute, as Freshman Felipe Silva took the corner kick placing a perfect ball and Freshman David Massangna scored on the header to equal the score 1-1. The defense for MCCC let up only three shots during the second half. MCCC almost found a game winner but Massanga missed on a wide open net and Freshman Wilson Gonzalas missed on back to back shots with minutes remaining. The game was forced into overtime.

     Overtime consisted of two ten-minute half’s.

     In the second overtime, it was HACC who had the best chance to win the game as a shot from inside the eighteen ringed off the crossbar with minutes remaining. The game ended in a 1-1 tie in double overtime.

The 40th anniversary of the Dental Hygiene Program: Yesterday, Today and Future

By: Ju-hyun Park

 
BLUE BELL,PA--Have you heard about the Dental Hygiene Program at Montgomery County Community College? Or, have you ever been to the Dental Hygiene Clinic in the Science Center building of the College? If not, I would like to share a few highlights of the program.

     Since 1973, the Montgomery County Community College Dental Hygiene Clinic has been providing the public with comprehensive preventive dental hygiene services. Dental hygiene means the state or practice of keeping the mouth cavity in a healthy condition by a regular program of brushing and flossing the teeth combined with periodic examinations by a dentist.

     The Dental Hygiene Clinic at Montco is well equipped to offer high quality services. In addition to skilled staff, Jenny Sheaffer, director and professor of the Dental Hygiene Program, shared what is available in the Dental Hygiene Clinic. “15 A-dec dental chairs, chairside computers to facilitate the creation of electronic health records for patients, digital x-rays, intraoral cameras, ultrasonic and caries detection devices.”

     Professor Sheaffer also mentioned the list of required courses, if students are considering the curriculum. “The Program of Study includes courses in basic sciences, social sciences, general education, and Dental Hygiene courses. Dental hygiene courses include both didactic and clinical courses. As part of their clinical courses, students develop their clinical and assessment skills by treating patients in the Dental Hygiene Clinic through four semesters,” she said.

     Eun Kyoung Han, a dental hygiene student at Montco, said, “I am very happy to be in the dental program and use the equipment to learn. Professors and instructors are very helpful, and they are always behind us.”

     Dental hygiene student, Jenna Moyer, is also very happy with professors and the dental program. “I am enjoying the dental program, and the professors always provide good information, and the biggest benefit is the clinic in the college,” she said.

     For these reasons, Montco has produced many students who graduated from the Dental Hygiene program in the past 40 years.

     Professor Sheaffer said, “Since 1975, the first graduation year, the program has graduated over 700 students. The employment rate of our dental hygiene students has been very good, approximately 98 percent. Graduates are primarily employed in part and full-time positions in private dental offices.”

     The prospect for students who want to be a dental hygienists is very bright also.

     According to U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, dental hygiene is one of the fastest growing occupations. Employment of dental hygienists is expected to grow 38 percent from 2010 to 2020.

     Professor Sheaffer also spoke about the future of the program,

     “In two years, the Dental Hygiene Program will be moving into the Health Science Center along with all of the healthcare programs at the college. The current Physical Education building will be renovated to house the Health Science Center on Central Campus. As part of the move, the size of the program will be expanding, both physically and in terms of the number of students accepted into the Dental Hygiene Program,” she said.

     The Dental Hygiene Program at Montco has grown substantially and it is still growing with passionate professors and a well-equipped Dental Hygiene Clinic on campus.

The Lastest and Greatest iPhone

By: Matt Hawkins

BLUE BELL, PA--The saying goes “bigger is better” or at least that’s the case for the new iPhone 6. This new phone unlike the other iPhone models come in a much bigger size. Its dimensions are 4.7 inches diagonally, about .7 inches larger than the previous iPhone5, and if that’s not enough, Apple has come out with an even bigger iPhone called the iPhone 6 plus. This iPhone model measures 5.5 inches diagonally; both are very thin and have round edges which makes them kind of slippery.

     Some new integrations that the iPhone 6 has is the dual domain pixels which provides wider viewing angles when looking at the screen. With the latest iPhone 6 models, they worked on one of the most popular features the camera. They added a new exposure control that lets you adjust pictures before you take them.

     Another new camera feature they added is the optical image stabilization, which is suppose to help you when you move your hand. With so many people relying on the iPhone to take video they added a new cinematic video stabilization, which auto focuses nonstop while the video  is recording.

     One of the new features that both the iPhone 6 models have is the new Apple Pay. This is a faster, easier, more secure system to paying for things using just your iPhone. You will be able to pay for all sorts of things, perhaps, even tuition if you are a college student, without even waking up your iPhone or having to type in your shipping information. The Internet speed and multi-tasking capability is a lot faster.

     Due to the massive size of the new models, Apple has introduced a new feature called “reachability,” which is basically a one-handed remote. This feature makes the display slide down to the bottom to make it easier to reach; however when in that mode, you cannot access the keyboard which makes it kind of useless.

     Not so appealing might be when using in landscape both models of the iPhone 6 are nearly impossible to text on because the screen is so big. Compared to the other leading brands of smart phones, the iPhone 6 could have had more to do with the size of the screen, like give it a better zoom feature or stylist pen, but instead, they just made it a bigger screen.

     Along with the release of the iPhone 6 and the six plus, comes an even newer device that will support the phone—it’s called the Apple watch. You can use this just like the iPhone 6.

     The iPhone 6 plus can still fit into an average-sized pocket, even though it’s almost twice its size from the iPhone 5. Due to the style and thinness of the newly designed IPhone 6 models, it makes them more fragile and, quite frankly, a bit slippery.

     Bottom line, there are some neat new features, which are great ideas and neat innovations, but it also creates a few glitches as well. You can have the latest and greatest device out there, but is it really that great? You decide.

The Brendlinger Library and Game of Thrones?

By: Matt Mashaintonio

BLUE BELL--Do you like Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Godzilla, The Hunger Games, or classic films? Do you like to listen to audio books on your drive to school because you don’t have time in your hectic life? Do you want materials other than boring textbooks to help you study for an exam?

     What if you could get all of that for free here at Montco? Well you can!

     Students and faculty here at Montgomery County Community College pass by this hidden secret every day. The Montco Audio Visual (AV) Library is available for students and faculty and is located on the second floor of the library.

     “I feel like the AV library is hidden,” said Mary Lou Neighbour one of the AV librarians, “we have a lot of great material for educational purposes, and we have a great film collection too…we get the best of all different types of films and TV shows.”

     The library is more than just a place to do research for an essay or print out papers you might need for class. There is the AV library where students can take out DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks for either class work or personal use.

     The AV library holds over 5,000 DVDs including movies and TV shows, from classics to new releases. “Some students have said they no longer need their Netflix subscriptions because we have so many DVDs available to our students,” said Neighbour.

     The AV library also houses over 2,000 CDs all ranging from jazz, classical, rock and rap. Also hundreds of audio books are available for students to take out any time.

     “I have used the AV library to supply documentaries for my class.” said Professor Lorrain Jonas, an English professor at Montco. “Last year, I wanted to use the documentary Race to Nowhere in class, but the library did not have it . . . so I asked the AV library to order it for me classroom use, and they were happy to do so. My problem was easily solved. ”

     A communication student, Jeremy Bierson, states, “As someone who has limited internet access, it made it really easy to access some of the great films in cinema history.”

     For other students wishing to stream films on-line, there are over 20,000 educational films available through the library website. Just visit “Films on Demand.” This data base has films on and subject a student could want to know about and can be an interesting source for and essay, or just for entertainment.

     Up to three videos and DVDs can be taken out for one week with one renewal and CDs and Audio Books can been taken out for three weeks with one week renewal.

     “Of course, I have used the library to do research and for class, but I also use the library to take out books, movies, and series of personal interest,” said Professor Jones. “They have a good selection of current DVDs, and as you know I am now enjoying and making my way through four seasons of Call the Midwife!”

     For more information, check out the AV library website or go to the AV library located on the second floor of College Hall, beyond the staircase by the windows. If you have any questions, any of the librarians will be more than happy to assist you.

Will Recent Terrorist Acts Against Journalists Impact the Study of Journalism?

By: Shabana Aqil

BLUE BELL, PA--The world of communications has lost another journalist. Steven Sotloff traveled to Turkey and was captured by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria(ISIS) at the border of Turkey and Syria in late August. Sotloff is the second journalist ISIS beheaded this year. Unfortunately, Sotloff isn’t the first victim of this horrible act of terrorism. In fact, there have been countless victims within the last 13 years.
 
     Is it therefore a risk to work in media? How much has or will the field of Journalism decline? Are more college students looking into other fields of media because of a fear for safety?
 
     According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reporters, correspondents, and broadcast news analysts will have a 13 percent decline in the next eight years because students are finding other ways to get news or not tuning in to the news at all. A random sampling of students around the college community about their thoughts of Steven Sotloff’s tragic death revealed that a majority of the students were unaware of the story and the journalist.
 
     According to Professor Allen Schear, assistant professor of communication here at Montco, the recent events of ISIS or the death of Sotloff would not be the reason that the journalism industry would decline or prevent more college students from studying journalism. Professor Schear says, “The beheading by ISIS has not deferred journalists from reporting the news. War and civil strife have been reported since Roman times and will continue to make news no matter how difficult or gruesome the story.”
 
     Case in point: one COM student shared her hopes to further her education in Communications and hopefully travel the world for the news media industry. She feels that “although Sotloff as well as other reporters have died at the hands of terrorists, they pursued their careers with passion.”
 
     Professor Schear also shared an old adage from the late war photographer Robert Capa, “if your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”

Changing the Game of Violence

By: Alexandria Somers

BLUE BELL, PA--Ray Rice, a professional football running back, is no longer with the Baltimore Ravens and is suspended indefinitely by the NFL.

     On March 27, 2014, Rice was arrested and indicted for third-degree aggravated assault. The Ravens were forced to do the right thing, after a video was released by TMZ revealing what happened in February inside a casino elevator in Atlantic City, according to USA Today. 

     Rice punched his then fiancée, now his wife, rendering her unconscious and then dragged her by the hair out of the elevator. A few months after the incident, Rice and his wife Janay Palmer sat in a news conference, where his wife apologized for her “role” in the incident. After reviewing the videotape, her role looked to be as if she was the victim.

     Victims of domestic abuse often are in difficult situations. There is help if you are in an abusive relationship. “If people are not willing or able to leave a situation, I would encourage
them to get therapy to begin to figure out what their best course of action would be,” said Dr.
Stephanie Yoder, Director of Clinical Services at Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital in Fort
Washington, Pennsylvania.

     “It starts young,” says Kristin Fulmer, a counselor at Montgomery County Community College. Rice could have underlying psychological problems that led to this incident. While this is not an excuse for his actions, there are other assessments that need to be conducted to effectively evaluate and treat a volatile situation. “There are many underlying causes for abusive behavior,” states, Dr. Yoder. “No matter if you are a celebrity or not, domestic violence is not to be tolerated, no matter what the circumstance.”

     There are outreach groups that you can contact if you are going through abuse in a relationship. Montgomery County Community College, for instance, has counselors in the student success center like Kristin Fulmer, who students can talk to about any problems. If you are a victim of domestic abuse, you can visit www.mc3.edu, select Campus Life and under the drop down list, select sexual misconduct, for more information.