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By Gintare Urbutyte (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 5 min read
Halloween horror at Hollywood Universal Studios
Fear, horror, and ear-wrenching screams. If that is what you are seeking this Halloween, then Halloween Horror Nights is the place to visit. Regardless of age and height, the Universal Studios' Horror Nights in Hollywood will suck you in with scare and dread until you find your way out to escape the horror of the park. If you want to...
By Alci Rengifo (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Brazilian jazz invades The Edye
On Friday night, tenor saxophonist Robert Kyle and his band filled the concert hall of Santa Monica College's Edye Second Space with the hybrid sound of Brazilian music fused with American jazz. Enhancing the intimate atmosphere of The Edye, the small concert room that hosted an audience of approximately 40 people was softly lit with a few overhead lights focused...
By Fabian Avellaneda (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Coastal Cleanup Day continues pollution fight
Hundreds of volunteers marched across California coastlines, including Santa Monica Beach, on Saturday to pick up trash on International Coastal Cleanup Day. More than 11,000 people went to Santa Monica Beach to remove 24,000 pounds of trash by participating in one last summer event that stretched across the California coast, according to Heal The Bay, a nonprofit environmental organization. For...
By Tina Eady (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
Food trucks serving lunch at Bundy campus
Since construction began at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology satellite campus at Santa Monica College, food trucks have been brought to serve students during peak lunchtime hours at the Bundy campus in lieu of a cafeteria. Students and staff from the AET campus temporarily moved to the Bundy and Airport campuses, where portable classroom modules and a parking lot...
By Lyan Wong (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
Fingerprints off iPhone 5s
The iPhone, a coveted object of desire among the image-conscious masses, and the catalyst which revolutionized the smartphone industry, looks to revolutionize the market yet again. Every iPhone reincarnation has been marked by months of hyped anticipation, followed by long lines of Apple devotees determined to be the first to get their hands on the latest model. However, the release...
(Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Staff Editorial: Keep your mind on your money
The California Legislature passed a bill on Sept. 12 that will increase minimum wage earnings from $8 an hour to $10 by 2016. The proposed hourly $10 pay would increase California’s minimum wage by 25 percent, according to the California Chamber of Commerce. The Golden State currently boasts the sixth largest minimum wage nationwide. In 2016, it would be the...
By Fabian Avellaneda (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
Bookstore to launch textbook rental program
West Los Angeles College, Glendale Community College and Amazon all have it, and soon Santa Monica College may join them, as plans to implement a textbook rental system may unfold as early as this upcoming winter semester. “I really think it will be implemented starting winter session,” said David Dever, manager of the SMC bookstore. “We are now negotiating with...
By Elizabeth Moss (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 2 min read
AS takes a new direction
The Associated Students have managed to fill their vacancies. The budget management, student affairs, and student outreach positions were selected after the board of directors deliberated for almost two hours during Monday's board meeting. A total of seven students were nominated to vie for their respective director positions. "I want AS to be known; I want people to recognize us,"...
By Tina Eady (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
Tutoring app expected for SMC
It started with a horrible tutoring experience. Okky Jaya, Santa Monica College business major and Associated Students director of student advocacy, who hails from Indonesia, enlisted a tutor to help him with his English. "The tutors expected me to know English, and I didn't know when I had errors, because they sometimes didn't tell me," said Jaya. That is when...
By DAVID LLOYD WILSON (Amber as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
New four-strain flu vaccinating options coming soon
Early this month, the St. Louis College of Pharmacy announced that, for the first time, there will be a vaccine that protects against four strains of the flu virus. Every year, scientists pick what will be the three most common forms of the flu during the winter season which are then formulated into an annual vaccine. However, this year's vaccine...