As mist descended on Santa Monica's shore Sunday morning, hundreds gathered at Third Street Promenade for the fourth annual Fight For Air Walk, created by the American Lung Association, to promote exercise, healthy living and cleaner air. The walk's major focus was to bring attention to breathing ailments and lung problems that come as a result of little to no...

With the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare," scheduled to initiate on Jan. 1, 2014, it is still uncertain what the new health care system will bring to students and people everywhere. The ACA is a law mandated by the U. S. government that requires every citizen to acquire health care insurance by the beginning of the new year....

Flying in a prop plane over the Santa Barbara mountains, turbulence hit. The plane was out of the pilot's control. Seconds went by, and the turbulence continued. Santa Monica College student and pilot Dennis Borik regained control of his plane, but the threat of what could have been hung in the air. This is only one of many problems encountered...

Oftentimes when people hear the word extrovert, the words "sociable" and "gregarious" come to mind, while the word introvert would conjure the image of a socially awkward loner who sits slack-jawed in an all-engrossing, single-person activity. These images are stereotypes, and in modern society, introverts may oftentimes feel maligned and deficient. So what exactly is introversion and extroversion? According to...

I was 9 years old when my friend Sammy gave me a call and told me to turn on my television to channel 13. There, I saw a hulk of a man giving an interview. He carried himself with such arrogance. With a fierce mixture of attitude and determination, he shouted how he was going to tear his opponent limb...

The Santa Monica College football team won their 16th straight Pacific Conference matchup on Saturday night as they routed Los Angeles Southwest College, 27-2. Not only did the win preserve the Corsairs' conference win streak, but it also resulted in SMC's first extended win streak of the season. Behind an impressive defense, the Corsairs managed to keep their pristine conference...

Unfulfilled love and dark passion enveloped The Broad Stage last Sunday when the Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra performed the music of Johannes Brahms. Assistant conductor Fang-Ning Lim opened the concert by leading the orchestra through a performance of Brahms' "Tragic Overture, Opus 81." The orchestra is composed of both experienced and beginning students. Preparing for the concert required fast,...

For any travelers looking to enrich their appreciation for historical content around the world, Santa Monica College student Lillian Ryan says that England and Mexico should definitely be on your list. As an international relations major at SMC, Ryan's passion for traveling sends her on a different experience almost every summer. Two memorable trips include her trips to London, Englad...

After a deadly attack in Syria on Aug. 21, the United Nations confirmed that sarin, a deadly chemical nerve agent, was the culprit. Syria is just one of only a few countries in the world that has not yet banned chemical weapons, and although they were banned by most countries in the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, these weapons are still...

Space, too often romanticized by action and adventure, constantly loses the reality that it is the most inhospitable and dangerous place for life. Director Alfonso Cuarón aims to never let you forget in “Gravity,” one of the most relentlessly terrifying yet beautifully crafted films of the year.“Life in space is impossible,” declares the opening title card of the film, which...