She was known as a child actress, playing a character named Zelda on the television series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." She graduated from Harvard Law School. Once her acting career failed, she went back to her other love, politics."When I ran, people felt like they already knew me," she said. In a lecture commemorating Women's History Month, former...

The Santa Monica College Police Department will host a new self-defense workshop against sexual aggression at SMC that will teach women how to defend themselves against attackers. The workshop, called the Rape Aggression Defense Program, lasts 12 sessions and educates women about the risk reduction of rape and attack prevention, in addition to providing them with self-defense techniques, as stated...

Millions of college students across the nation are busy daily, boarding buses, attending day-long classes and studying in the libraries, and seeking the knowledge to obtain a job that may not exist by the time they graduate. Many students that are close to graduating may not graduate due to rising school costs and limited federal financial aid, but for those...

It is past midnight and you are walking out of a bar with your friends, ready to reach your bed in record time and sleep off the hangover. What you are not prepared for is having one of those friends take revenge on you by snapping a photo of you in your drunken glory because you gave her number to...

The Santa Monica College photography department's new chair is Ford Lowcock, and in congruence with his 39 years of experience in the field and visions of three other full time faculty members, change is in store. "After several years of discussion, the department is headed in a new direction," says SMC professor of photography Bob Ware. The department is making...

After a six-year battle between the residents and owner of the Village Trailer Park on Colorado Avenue, the Santa Monica City Council voted 4-3 in favor of a revised VTP redevelopment agreement last Tuesday night. The new agreement was adjusted so that the proposed condominiums are converted into apartments, the number of affordable housing units increases, and a portion of...

All it took was a $660 parking ticket for Gao Jun to find out about Santa Monica College's table tennis program. Being unfamiliar with United States parking laws, Jun unknowingly parked in a red zone while picking up a food order and was promptly cited. Jun, a highly decorated, former Olympic medalist and one of the world's most renowned table...

The Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs fought it out at home on Thursday, winning five of the nine matches against the Ventura College Pirates. SMC's number one ranked singles player, Carmel Peterson, beat Ventura's Katy Scheck in two decisive sets, 6-0 and 6-1. Peterson's strategy seemed to have worked. "I was focused on hitting the backhand, and after the backhand,...

Burger Lounge recently opened near Santa Monica College, and business has been booming with customers lining out the door. Even though the line was long on Monday, it only took about 10 minutes to reach the cash register and place an order. The waiting time was not so bad because Burger Lounge employees offered water to the customers waiting in...

Oscar Wilde's "Salome" will be Santa Monica College’s first theatrical production of the semester, beginning on Friday, March 29. According to SMC's website, "Salome" can be described as a “decadent and erotic tragedy that reinterprets the biblical story of Herod’s stepdaughter Salome, whose illicit passion for John the Baptist leads her to make an unusual request that ultimately results in...