Alci Rengifo

Award-winning writer as well as film school graduate with a wide variety of interests ranging from the arts to current events. Santa Monica, California

Worked on 592 assignments, created 246, named on 221 bylines for The Corsair.

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

Artwalk 2015 brings Santa Monica community together

The Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division hosted their 9th annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk this past Saturday displaying local artists' works for the public in a culturally-stimulating event filled with activities, food, music, and more. It was quite a bustling scene at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk, satisfying the art lover's soul and bringing an accessible and free dose of...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read

Kenyans sweep the 30 LA Marathon

As Daniel Limo came down the final mile of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, he had Ocean Avenue all to himself. The 31-year-old Kenyan took the lead from fellow countryman Edwin Koech at the 22 mile mark, just past the Veteran’s Administration building in Westwood and by the time he reached the Santa Monica city limits, he had no...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read

SMC softball faces trouble in double header

The Santa Monica College Corsairs' softball team dropped both ends of an afternoon double header against the LA Mission College Eagles, 12-10 and 22-6 on Tuesday. In the first game, the Corsairs fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning after a string of errors that allowed LA Mission runners to reach base. The Corsairs weren't going to...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

SMC women's tennis serves up St. Patrick's Day massacre against Bakersfield

The Bakersfield College Renegades (0-8) found no luck Tuesday afternoon as they were completely annihilated by a 5-4 Santa Monica women's tennis team. Santa Monica, who came into the match having lost two-straight games against Western Conference rivals Santa Barbara and Glendale accordingly, showed no mercy while crushing the winless Bakersfield team. At the very start of singles, it was...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read

SMC Director of Sustainability Genevieve Bertone departs, but leaves behind a key legacy

As SMC Associated Students Director of Sustainability Andrea Cabrera stood outside of the library last Thursday, she was approached by a member of the Bike Club, who energetically rattled off numerous ideas of what to do now that the club was officially installed by the Inter-Club Council. Relays, scavenger hunts, and group rides with other clubs, he went on and...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 3 min read

Women's Military History Week observed at SMC

On Tuesday, Santa Monica College hosted an event to honor Military Women’s History Week, which itself is a part of Women’s History Month. The event consisted of presentations about female veterans throughout history and their struggle to attain equality within the armed forces of the United States. It was coordinated and put together by SMC Counselor Audrey Sandoval. According to...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 2 min read

30th Annual L.A. Marathon: a perspective from the sidelines

It was a cool Sunday morning, the usual traffic nightmares were nonexistent even with the roadblocks all over the city, but the roads were far from empty. Spectators lined up throughout the city to watch the 30th annual LA Marathon, in which people from all over the world braved the 26.2 miles from Dodger Stadium all the way to Ocean...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

Hiring a Lyft: Uber Safe or Uber Dangerous?

I never once gave a second thought about the safety of me or my friends after deciding to call upon the services of Lyft one Saturday night before a party. No one really thinks much about the fact that the driver is a complete stranger, how his night is going, or how safe of a driver and person he/she is...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

A Familiar Blue: Jazz fills the Edye Second Space

Friday night, as no more than fifty curious heads crowded the Edye, an undersized 1,800 square-foot music room, an all too familiar shade of blue fogged the air. It was jazz. Led by vocalist Sherry Williams, the quartet-ensemble consisting of pianist Jon Mayer, bassist Richard Simon and drummer Roy McCurdy, took listeners on a rhythmic journey of pleasurable highs and...

By (Alci as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 8 min read

The Skin I Live In

It’s a warm day in the Monrovia forest as the cast and crew work on the set of Santa Monica College’s most recent short film project “Like A Rolling Stone.” The heat is encapsulated by the trees and makes it all the more challenging for the make-up department to keep the actors their foundation and wounds intact. Among them is...