Last Tuesday’s false bomb threat at Santa Monica College proved to be a whirlwind of confusion for many students as it unfolded with partially correct misinformation between students, faculty and police. A note was found by two female students last Tuesday at noon in the library’s lower level women’s restroom, which stated that there was a bomb in the quad...

A plan to add 20 new full-time faculty members to the Santa Monica College staff over the next two years was recently approved by President and Superintendent Chui L. Tsang. Tsang’s plan is to hire five full-time faculty members by fall of this year, and 15 full-time faculty members by the next academic year, no later than fall 2014. Tsang...

Ron Finley, co-founder for Los Angeles Green Grounds, gave the Earth Week keynote address entitled "Food Injustice" last Wednesday at Santa Monica College. LAGG is an organization that works to change parkways into gardens in South Los Angeles, and seeks to advocate for gardening and educate the community about the need for fresh, affordable food, according to LAGG's website. Finley...

A rush of artful adrenaline runs through the veins of Santa Monica College dancers as they prepare for their annual world dance concert, Global Motion. New additions to this spring semester’s Global Motion performance will incorporate two ethnic dances, Filipino and Moldavian. SMC student Toni Pasion, who has a background in Polynesian dancing, is in her fourth semester with Global...

When Josephine Miller looked out of her Santa Monica pier-front office, onto the plastic-littered beach, she was reminded exactly what she came to do. Save the planet. Miller, the director of sustainable packaging at the City of Santa Monica's Office of Sustainability and the Environment, and her colleague Karl Bruskotter, an OSE environmental analyst, came to Santa Monica College last...

Writing was a part of her life from an early age. But as a teenager, California State University, Northridge English professor Katharine Haake began to think she did not have what it took to become a writer. She stopped writing for five years and decided to become an English professor. While attending college, Haake was suddenly inspired to take a...

Tom Shadyac, the Hollywood director of "Liar, Liar," "Bruce Almighty," "The Nutty Professor" and "Ace Ventura," was living a successful life by traditional standards. But after buying his first mansion, he did not find himself any happier. Shadyac started to ask questions like, “what’s wrong with our world?” and “what can we do about it?” He began his journey by...

Four Associated Students constitution amendment changes and one student representation fee initiative are on a ballot from the AS this week for students to vote on through Santa Monica College's Corsair Connect. Of the five, four involve changes to the AS constitution. They would include enabling the Inter-Club Council communication officer to vote on the AS board of directors, allowing...

Last week's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt led to massive amounts of information from scanner traffic that spread like social media wildfire. This information, which proved to be highly speculative and often incorrect, was disseminated by social media editors of reputable news outlets. Information in breaking news comes fast and furious — incorrect reports are nothing new. But...

The journey from Tokyo to Los Angeles was a necessary one for Kaori Tsuda, to chart a course that led to Santa Monica College and a historic win for the Lady Corsairs tennis team. For the first time in team history, SMC won the doubles competition of the Western State Conference Championships, highlighted by Kaori Tsuda, and her teammate Juliana...