Inside the vast, cavernous Los Angeles Sports Arena, a hidden city was actively alive. Care Harbor provided free health care services to nearly 3,000 low-income and uninsured patients from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3. The event was sponsored by an array of groups, including Dignity Care, LA Health and the Buddhist organization Tzu Chi. In the center of the arena,...

It comes in small bottles, wipes and sprays. There are even dispensers located in buildings right on Santa Monica College’s campus. Hand sanitizers have become a popular way to clean hands when a sink and hand soap are not within reach. With convenient packaging and small sizes, it is an easy on-the-go product. But is it really safe and effective?...

For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules that would govern and regulate the production of all animal foods, protecting them from disease-causing contaminants. Under the proposed rule, facilities manufacturing, processing, packing and holding animal food would be required to practice procedures that can minimize or prevent hazards that are likely to occur, according to the...

Santa Monica College media professor Jacquelyn Horwitz was on her way to teach a class at the Bundy campus when a private jet from the Santa Monica Municipal Airport flew a little too close for comfort. "That thing was right above my head," said Horwitz, while sharing her feelings of what she called a "highly dangerous" location for an airport....

What started out as a 45-minute video orientation on assessment testing at Santa Monica College quickly evolved into an outreach campaign to better educate and inform students on the importance of taking placement tests seriously. The Prep2Test program was launched in 2011 by Esau Tovar, counseling and assessment center faculty leader at SMC, who conceptualized the program and has worked...

"The Square," a stirring, harrowing experience that takes the viewer inside the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its continuing aftershocks, is a chronicle of the human drama that drove the Arab Spring and defined the second decade of the 21st century. Director Jehane Noujaim filmed the events on the spot that began in January 2011. The documentary focuses on three...

After finishing in fifth place in the Western State Conference, the Santa Monica College men's cross country team is looking ahead to the Southern California regional championships. "We've done really well," said head coach Eric Barron. "I think the men had a good training season throughout the summer, so they came into the season more fit to begin with." Although...

As a student in high school, I was never the most outspoken nor the most popular on campus. I grew up with constant discouragement from my peers who never failed to remind me that I was not good enough to fit in with the cool kids. After joining the football team, I made friends and was able to gain self-discipline...

Dozing students in the Santa Monica College library have become easy targets for theft after several have been robbed of items that lay only inches away from them. Thursday, Oct. 24 A case of grand theft occurred in the library at 11:45 a.m. when a silver 16-inch Apple laptop was stolen right from under the nose of a student who...

Signs that have been posted at the entrance of the Santa Monica College library and the staircases since 2009 implore students not to leave personal belongings unattended due to the recent increase of thefts in the library. Last Monday, a Trek bicycle was stolen just outside the Admissions Building, after a student secured it and went to class. No one...