On Monday afternoon, Santa Monica College Track and Field athlete Genesis Smith sat at the top of the bleachers at Corsair Stadium and stared at the track below. “I wish I was on my game a little more,” Smith said heavily showing the wear and disappointment from his previous competitions. As the only athlete from SMC’s Track and Field team...

For them it's about getting their side of the story out. On Friday a small group of local Palestinians and activists gathered in front of the Israeli consulate on Wilshire Boulevard to protest what they call the "Nakba," which in Arabic means the "catastrophe." In this case it means the day the United Nations declared the establishment of the state...

Spirits were high and the crowds were large on yesterday as SMC’s latest College Fair took place in the quad, with dozens of booths and representatives present. Aside from the typical UC’s or other popular universities, several new and obscure institutions had a presence at the fair. These particular schools, most of which are relatively new, specialized in a wide...

With one swing of the hammer Frankie Manes did what many students before him had tried and failed to do: hit the bell atop the High Striker three different times, winning himself an SMC Everywhere t-shirt. "Oh man, this is so amazing," said Manes, who's goal is to one day transfer to the University of Southern California. "I'm so glad...

Seven students, stood in front of a classroom of their peers and members of Santa Monica College's Global Citizenship council, as a conversation stirred around the room during the sixth annual Global Citizenship symposium on Friday. Professor Gordon Dossett asked participants what could be done to help build global citizenship on campus."Walk up to a stranger and introduce yourself, that’s...

This past Saturday, the city of Santa Monica held its 24th annual community festival. Members of the community, local businesses, and city officials gathered in Clover Park to enjoy and provide a wide range of family-friendly activities including sports, fitness, food, music, and energy conservation. The event, which attracted nearly 8,000 attendees, was planned by Santa Monica's Cultural Affairs division,...

So here we are with only three issues to go before this semester's printing cycle comes to an end. One constant in life is change and some big changes are coming soon to The Corsair, but it isn't the time yet to make big announcements. But with so few issues to go before summer, it's a startling reminder of how...

As I begin writing this piece my children are walking out of the door to have breakfast with their mother. It's Sunday May 10, 2015; mother's day. By now there is not a single person who knows me well that expects a breakfast, brunch, call or any other acknowledgement on this day. Or, on any other holiday for that matter....

The numbers are in and as expected, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron," the sequel to 2012's first super hero super band film "The Avengers," has hit the $100 million mark in the United States. The success of "Age Of Ultron," and nearly every other Marvel or DC Comics film that hits the market, can be attributed to a number of obvious...

Santa Monica College students Andres Rennella and Corey Eichenberger, founders of the non-profit Pure Drift, just returned from their last trip to Northern Baja, Mexico, where they installed water filters at a local orphanage in La Morelos. Come fall, the Pure Drift crew will embark on a four-month drive through Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America distributing water...