Andrea Sanderson is the newly appointed Concertmaster for the Santa Monica College orchestra. She is also the wife of SMC film professor Salvador Carrasco. She joined the orchestra this fall and rose to the challenge of becoming the new concert master, as Martine Verhoeven, stepped down to take a leave of absence. Sanderson began playing the violin at the age...

Student directors and advisors of the SMC Associate Students are continuing on with their daily routines following the D. A.’s recent ruling on last year’s A. S. Elections Committee violation of the Brown Act law. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office deemed actions taken by the E. C. in March violated multiple Brown Act Laws. These laws ensure the rights...

Monday’s lengthy meeting by the Associated Students approved funding for multiple causes on campus, including the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s trip to attend a leadership conference, as well as welcomed discussions about professor Eric Oifer’s Got G. R. I. T. initiative. The board began with the routine approval of the minutes and moved straight into approving all Consent Action...

After over a year in production, "Locals Only," the much heralded, first ever collaboration between multiple Santa Monica College departments, has finally premiered on the campus main stage. The expensive, ambitious project is a musical fairy tale full of adolescent views of love, life and the perils of messing with someone else's graffiti. Much work went into assembling and preparing...

David Fincher’s newest hit is another in the lineup up of Fincher-eqsue dark, bone-chilling mystery thrillers, with more twists and turns than “whitewater” river rapids. This weekend, “Gone Girl” led the box office with $38 million, with John R. Leonetti’s horror sequel about a demon possessed doll, “Annabelle”, just barely falling behind by $1 million. Without giving anything away, the...

At nearly every football game, near the salivating crowds and fanatical cultists rooting for their favorite team, are the cheerleaders. So stereotyped and sexualized has the image of the cheerleader become, that it is easy to forget the artistry, aerobic skill and physical endurance that comes with the title. While the ads, movies and sports magazines have turned female cheerleaders...

Every Friday night the Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium invites you to see the Night Sky show and to learn the latest developments in astronomy and space exploration. The show consists of two sessions. One is the Night Sky Show which starts at 7:00 P. M. and features the latest news in Astronomy followed by a simulation of constellations,...

Expensive textbooks is affecting students to the point where some choose not to purchase the required books even though their grades could be in jeopardy. "I am not buying textbooks because I can not afford them," SMC student Olympia Argueta said. "I work a part-time job and live on my own." Instead she use a cheaper option, borrowing her textbooks...

It is the third week of fall semester at Santa Monica College and with September being the hottest month in Los Angeles, many students are resourcing to ice-cold drinks, air conditioning and refreshing shade under the trees. We are half way through the year 2014 and it isn’t getting any cooler—not outside and for some SMC students, not in the...

To many people, the night of September 24th was an ordinary night, but for those of jewish religion, it was the beginning of a celebration. Rosh Hashanah, the jewish new year celebration, is an important holiday that marks the beginning of ten penitence days ending with yom kippur. Like most holidays there are many different and unique ways to celebrate...