Every semester students pay their fees, assuming they are mandatory. Some indeed are but there is at least one fee that you can actually ask to be refunded even with a full class load: The ASB (Associated Student body) membership fee. This is an option only taken by 255 students so far this semester. It’s paid in conjunction with the...

Nick Geiger, a Phi Delta Kappa historian, often rides his bike to school, stating that it is healthier and eliminates the hassle of finding parking. In his bike rides home from Santa Monica College and to other places in the city, however, Geiger has been involved in his fare share of close calls on the road. Geiger retells a close...

Santa Monica College film professor Sheila Laffey is the Associate Producer of a new, ecological documentary titled "Love Thy Nature" that will have its premiere on October 18, 2014 at the Arclight in Hollywood, California."Love Thy Nature", directed by Sylvie Rokab has been in production for roughly eight years. Laffey, who is no novice to environmental films, says she has...

For the average student at Santa Monica College who traverses its grounds from south to north, the landscape is full of the growing, changing landscapes of construction sites in motion. One trip across the campus forces students to walk around a shiny new building whose courtyard is not yet complete, the beginnings of a new gym and, upon arrival on...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs got back on the winning track Saturday afternoon, as they dominated the visiting Antelope Valley Marauders 66-7. It appeared the Corsairs might have their hands full early on, when quarterback Jake Dashnaw fumbled on the one-yard line during the Corsair’s first trip to the red zone, less than five minutes into the game. With most...

The Santa Monica College lady Corsairs volleyball team defeated the San Bernadino Valley College Wolverines in straight games: 25-19, 25-13, 25-14. The Corsairs dominated, running off multiple runs of five or more points, including winning eight of the first 10 and 10 of the first 15 in the final set. Greta Schmittdiel led SMC in kills with 15 of the...

Today a total of forty five SMC students and staff members from the dance department will not be heading to class but rather will be heading to the Los Angeles International Airport, to hop on a flight to Beijing, China. The trip to Beijing will be the dance department's second visit to China's capital since September of 2013. The objective...

All the noise, dust, banging and commotion at The Broad Stage is to expand the facility and experience for SMC students, educators and the community. This expansion will add yet another amazing element to the already unique Italian horseshoe design of the original facility built in 2008. When all the dust clears, "The Performing Art Center, East Wing will house...

As the dust settles on the experiment that was the Made In America Festival in Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles, it’s time to take a look in the giant streaming obelisk that united Philadelphia and Los Angeles to figure out what we learned. Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West won nights one and two respectively and weed was as omnipresent...

In the Historic Core of Los Angeles, life hums along quietly. However, Saturday night was different. The echoes of youth cascaded over the newly renovated Grand Park. Bass lines that could have been mistaken for small earthquakes shook the local architecture. The Made In America Fest had taken over. The product of Sean "Jay-Z" Carter and Budweiser, the two day,...