I was 5 years old, and I still remember looking out at the Palm Beach Gardens palm trees through teary eyes the first time I heard “I Will Take You Home” by the Grateful Dead. Keyboardist Brent Mydland wrote the song about protecting his daughter, a “little girl lost in a forest of dreams.” My parents took me to 10...

Denny Zane, the executive director and former Santa Monica mayor, was invited to speak at Santa Monica College on Tuesday, Nov. 26 about creating a new transportation model for Los Angeles County, to reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emission. Zane said that a larger and functioning public transportation is essential because three million more people are expected to reside in...

With Christmas approaching, it can be difficult not to think of friends and family. One Santa Monica College student from Brazil, Lua Pepper, has two young children for whom she cooks traditional Brazilian desserts for Christmas. Pepper came to the U. S. to study in 2005 after she got accepted to the English as a Second Language English program at...

Alcohol seems to have become so synonymous with the college experience that simply thinking about the latter can conjure images of frat parties, empty red Solo cups strewn on the floor, and drunken students engaging in wild party antics. However, as much as it may be known to be a social catalyst and a kind of liquid courage, heavy consumption...

On Friday, Nov. 22, the Studio Stage at Santa Monica College felt like a private, darkened space as a small audience sat down in the small room and watched the SMC Musical Theatre Workshop perform a selection of classic musical numbers. It was indeed an intimate setting and audience members were fully immersed in the performances which took place in...

Rockin’ 'n’ rollin’ can be an understatement when describing just how busy Santa Monica College’s theatre arts department has been this year. With 14 faculty members and a goal of seven productions per year, it has been a fast-tracked year for the department. The year began with the Oscar Wilde Tragedy “Salome,” directed by department chair Perviz Sawoski, as well...

For travel lovers looking for experience in a family-oriented culture, Santa Monica College student Henric Emdenborg says Spain should be on your list of places to go. "They're always with their families, and I feel that we should be more like that here," said Emdenborg. "I think California is very materialistic, and they're not [in Spain]. They're more spiritual; they're...

Marked by an unimaginable tragedy, 2013 was a trying year for Santa Monica College. On June 7, after murdering his father and brother and setting fire to their home near campus, former SMC student John Zawarhi allegedly carjacked a woman, and as he fired shots at those on city buses and streets along the way, he directed her specifically to...

While exercise and diet have become the two most popular hobbies for plenty of people, maintaining mental awareness and visual perceptions, which can be negatively affected by excessive exercising, are imperative while on an exercising or dieting commitment. You can meditate, stretch or jog yourself to good health along with the wide array of fruit drinks with wheat germ, vegetable...