Last Wednesday Art 214 was aglow with images from the final, tragic moments of the Vietnam War. Students and faculty were being treated to a special screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Last Days In Vietnam." The documentary was presented along with a Q&A moderated by SMC English professor David Burak featuring a special guest, the film's director, Rory Kennedy. he...

For the average Santa Monica College student, focusing on schoolwork and transferring to a four-year university is the goal. However, for some people leading an average life is not a path to their liking. This is true for former SMC student and previous Associated Students Director of Instructional Support, Jeffrey Lewis, who follows some wise words from Will Smith, "Being...

Former SMC film student Matthew Childs was on his way to Nepal for business when the shattering earthquake of April 25 hit, killing over 8,000 people and injuring more than 18,000. What began as a trip for a clothing line Childs works for turned into an effort to help with aid relief. Childs is still in the country and was...

As Day three of the 2015 NFL Draft was well underway on May 2nd at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, late in the 5th round, with the 169th pick of the draft, the Carolina Panthers selected a 6'2, 228 pound, linebacker with long blonde hair from Texas State. The Panthers drafted the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the...

Unlike the previous week where he had teammates to soothe his anxiety, Santa Monica College track and field athlete Genesis Smith calmly warmed himself up for his triple jump heat alone. "I should have warmed up earlier," Smith said as he stretched his body. Despite showing great signs of nervousness and restlessness the previous week, Smith remained calmed as he...

Even now, within the serenity of old age, their eyes light up when they remember the Great Patriotic War, as World War II is called in Russia. On Saturday, veterans of the Red Army in West Hollywood celebrated 70 years since the Soviet Union conquered Berlin and ended the reign of Nazi Germany in Europe. It was a war that...

One tradition that seems to occur in most families around the world is the day when we show love for our mothers. SMC students, from different places in the world, give you their thought of Mother's Day and share with you how they are going to celebrate, with everything from dinner to long distance calls, this coming Sunday. Name: Kevin...

On Monday the Associated Students approved $30,000 for the Dream Scholarship, and $15,274 to produce a documentary. They also approved the implementation of a new $5,000 lunch voucher program. Initially, the plan was to approve restoring funding to the scholarship, which serves AB-540 students on campus. After much consideration of scholarship proposals that they may receive by Wednesday, the final...

So here we are a few days after the Mayweather-Pacquaio fight that was touted as the fight of the century and yet yielded the bore of the decade. We live in a society that demands spectacle in larger doses to keep itself from being bored. What should be astounding isn't that the fight turned out to be such a disappointment...

Josefina Funes took to the streets of L. A. on Friday to make an appeal to President Obama. Around the world May 1st is observed as a day of the workers as labor unions, populist organizations and rabble rousers take to the streets to protest everything from low wages to government policy. And while the streets of countries like Turkey...