A cultured and healthier lifestyle are just a few things Santa Monica College student Saki Sato says travelers should look forward to when touring Japan. After spending more than 17 years living in Japan, Sato, 21, says that the best part of living there was the nature and the food. "The Japanese food is just really healthy," she said. "We...

The capitalist order is cracking, climate change is shattering the very structures of the natural world, and resistance is our only option to survive. That was the message renowned author and journalist Chris Hedges brought to Santa Monica during a talk at the Santa Monica Women’s Bay Club on Sunday. Word spread that Hedges would be in town. The lines...

Beautiful hair is something most women and men want, and with the numerous products that claim to make your hair healthier, being able to distinguish which products work and which are advertising flukes can be difficult. When you have dry hair it leads to having bad split ends. So what causes hair to dry out in the first place? According...

California Interscholastic Federation champion, Ocean League Most Valuable Player, two-time All Ocean League and third team All-CIF are good starting places when describing the young career of Santa Monica College men’s water polo standout Evan Peterson. Not only is he the leading goal-scorer this season for the Corsairs, but he also serves as team captain."I’m proud; I’ve worked hard," Peterson...

This is an alarming sign that an extremist wing has completely taken over at least one side of the benches in the U. S. Congress. A minority within a minority party is now setting us on a course toward catastrophe. For now, the shutdown has created a few annoyances, like national park closures, but surely the effects are rippling out...

Santa Monica College's new film instructor Simone Bartesaghi is leading a class that will help produce a major show for The Broad Stage. The production, titled "Venice Beach," will premiere in November 2014. "Venice Beach" will tell a Romeo-and-Juliet-style tale of forbidden love between a rebel surfer and an upper-class valley girl in modern-day Venice. The musical will feature a...

When Santa Monica College student Krystyna Rodriguez dressed as a clown and burst onto stage singing William Shakespeare's classic words, "for the rain it raineth every day," you knew the performance was going to be something special. With a singing clown and ocean breezes, the SMC theatre arts department opened the premiere of its new rendition of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night,"...

For decades, the Santa Monica College dance department, currently led by department chair Judith Douglas, has helped dancers achieve their terpsichorean dreams. Its mission is to prepare students for future careers as dancers, choreographers, dance critics, and teachers by offering a comprehensive array of classes designed to cultivate technique, an appreciation for world dances, creativity, and performance skills. Dance instructor...

Counselor, teacher, community activist and Santa Monica College alumni; those are some of the words that describe Byanca Barajas. One of SMC's athletic counselors, Barajas grew up in West Los Angeles and attended Santa Monica High School. After graduating, she continued her academics at SMC where she had a short stint playing soccer for the Lady Corsairs. “I loved it...

California Community College constituents are balking at an impending state bill that could create a two-tiered pilot program at select colleges across the state, reminiscent of the prospect of contract education rejected by protesters met with pepper spray at Santa Monica College last year. Assembly Bill 955 approves an extension program during a college’s winter and summer sessions. Once the...