Looking in on and average Santa Monica College woman’s bathroom, florescent lights highlight dirt on the walls and floor, toilette paper and seat covers are strewn on the ground, all of which are accompanied by enclosed spaces and small stalls. Women’s bathrooms on the SMC Airport satellite campus are no exception to these conditions. Recently, however, an unidentified peeping tom...

The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus continues to grab headlines around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 4,000 people have already died in West Africa because of the disease. In the United States, Texas has become ground zero for the virus’s arrival in our corner of the globe. Nina Pham, tested positive for Ebola after treating Thomas...

Flyers were abound on the SMC quad, on Thursday. They were being passed around like currency, collected in stacks by passersby, and sometimes, ending up as litter on the floor. Students gathering around club oriented booths with club members and leaders were being handed out the sheets. Students were getting the chance to join clubs and become informed about the...

To most, orgonite and gemstones cast in resin sound like the components of a keychain or piece of jewelry. Apparently, the combination is worn or carried around to protect oneself from chemtrails. Yes, chemtrails, the trails, supposedly of poison, left in the sky by planes as they fly overhead as a part of a secret government operation to poison the...

When it comes to relationships, determining a mutual understanding can be difficult, whether it's platonic, casual, or romantically exclusive. Knowing when to appropriately cross the bridge of labeling and having "the talk" doesn't go over smoothly. According to SMC student Linnea Svensson, dating today is beyond confusing. “There are like a million kinds of relationships now compared to back when...

There was a festive feeling in the air as nearly 25,000 people gathered at West Hollywood park. Music boomed over loudspeakers as groups in matching t-shirts held up signs, waved banners, and chanted slogans. Volunteers in bright vests and hats handed out water and snacks to the walking masses passing under a giant inflatable archway at the entrance to the...

If receiving an ‘A’ on every test was as easy as memorizing all the lines to your favorite movie, students would not have to experience anxiety, stress or unease. The news of upcoming midterms has reached the ears of many students at SMC, one of them being Beatrice Gutierrez. “I hate midterms. I have to cram everything in,” she said....

This week, the most terrifying film of the year will premiere in movie theaters across America. It is more disturbing than “Annabelle” and even darker than “Dracula Untold,” it is the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation, grossly titled “The Best Of Me.” Like gang-green spreading over the mangled feet of World War I troops in the trenches, Sparks’ mush opus will...

It eats away at us, taking the form of a disease in which a cure is seemingly impossible to find. It forces us to believe that the pressures of school, work, relationships, finances, and our own insecurities are banding together to form a twisted wolf pack meant to dig us deeper into rock bottom than we can possibly dig ourselves....

Displaying an astounding array of virtual and interactive games, IndieCade shatters any illusions of what it truly means to be a “gamer.” Video game developers and artists from across the globe gathered this past weekend to showcase their creations ranging from tabletop games and sports like Tumball- a competition in which players must use leafblowers to blow a tumbleweed through...