Impatience and social anxiety turned violent on Monday when protestors took to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri after a grand jury decided not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black male. Immediately after the decision, rioters began looting shops and setting fire to police cars, including police cruisers, and several...

While Ferguson plunges deeper into chaos, here in California the overlords of our university system have announced that anyone seeking a higher education will now have to face higher, greater fees. The devouring beast of capitalism, dressed in a monocle and top hat, has announced that UC fees will be raised by 5% every year for the next five years....

One of the great functions of popular art is its ability to record the moods, dreams and nightmares of its time and place. The latest installment of "The Hunger Games" films, "Mockingjay Part 1," is a perfect example of this. It is not only a superb entertainment, but like all great dystopian fiction, it is a mirror image of the...

Two little words strike fear into the hearts of retail workers everywhere. The same two words that ignite enthusiasm and excitement in shoppers and bargain hunters. Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, commonly known as Black Friday, is possibly the biggest shopping day of the year. It has become almost a holiday in its own right, with an official website...

The ache of longing, the search for identity, the desire to rule, these and other themes culled from the depths of human experience defined the fall program of Synapse. Staged by the Santa Monica College dance department, Synapse is an annual celebration of all the facets of modern dance. On Sunday night those in attendance at The Broad Stage were...

Santa Monica Colege’s 2014 football season came to end this past Saturday, as the Corsairs fell to the Southwestern College Jaguars 40-23 in the American Bowl. SMC fought valiantly, and even took the lead early in the third quarter going up 23-21 behind Steven Hamm’s 182 yards passing, and two touchdowns. But from that point on, the Jaguars scored three...

With the the twilight of the fall semester now upon us, our final three issues for this season are once again dealing directly with issues both at home and abroad. As I have stressed in previous editions of The Corsair, what happens abroad has an effect at home. In our Opinion section I explore a current crisis in Mexico. The...

For Xiovana Ordaz, her entire life thus far has revolved around a black and white, synthetic leather ball. “I just know that my whole life was soccer,” Ordaz said, with the smile of a person content in her athletic passion. “It was just school, soccer, homework, sleep.” The Santa Monica College Corsair sophomore forward and woman’s soccer team captain is...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs once again stand alone above the rest as four-time consecutive American Pacific Conference champions. But although they’re in the midst of a dynasty, there is one crowning achievement missing from their resume: a bowl game victory. The Corsairs were ineligible to play in a bowl game last year, but this year is a different story....

Divert your attention away from the Ebola crisis or the wars of the Middle East because right next door, Mexico is beginning to quake. For weeks now, protests and unrest have swept through large swathes of our southern neighbor, putting into question the stability of Enrique Pena Nieto's dictatorship, ahem, presidency. It is perhaps the first sign of a social...