What is there left for Kanye to do? Depending on how you feel about a few of his albums, he has made somewhere between five and eight classics. He’s had world-beating hit songs and critically acclaimed albums that no one bought. He’s won 21 Grammys, been a universally beloved pop culture figure, and a universally despised one as well.“The Life...

The fifth album by the sound-transitioning pop band is undoubtedly a solid salute in the form of a lyrical and overdosed wave goodbye to the wild days of your messy 20s and single life. Lead singer Brendon Urie is comically credited in the CD booklet, "Panic! at the Disco Is: Brendon Urie." It seems to be a mild joke regarding...

King Push: Darkest Before The Dawn: The PreludePusha T is as good at rapping as anyone else doing it on planet earth right now. You may not know this, and it makes sense why. It’s not just that “Hell Hath No Fury” is turning ten this year and Clipse is long in our rear-view. It’s not just that he “drops...

After every unspeakable act of terror, America finds itself in a state of confusion, grief, and most of all, anger. With this, an inevitable cycle of backlash occurs, often with a spike in hate speech and in many cases, hate crime. We saw it in 2001, and we are still seeing it today. ISIL (also known pejoratively as Daesh) has...

Some people crunch numbers for a living, fight in arenas around crowds, project their creativity with cuisines or even write articles, but others do porn and like many other jobs it all does the same thing in the end— pays the bills. The purpose of a job or career is mainly to pay the bills and if you’re lucky enough...

Before the sun rises the day begins for Santa Monica College Police Officer, Sean Gordon, who arrives at 5:30 a.m. Officer Gordon, a former LAPD officer, has been with the SMCPD force for a year and takes pride in working with the Santa Monica College community. As more than just an enforcer Gordon follows the SMCPD policy of “Educational Policing”...

I was roused this morning at 6 a.m. when my alarm went off. I opened my eyes at 6:15. I finally got up at 6:30. It might be easier to start the day, if the onslaught of mental chatter had a delay, but it doesn’t. It starts at about 6 a.m. Some days are worse than others. I’m a returning...

A group of students—a dozen or so sat around in a loose circle on the lawn under the bell tower. None of which were pulling out the grass from underneath them like a child might, a common habit under similar circumstances. “Would I treat my boyfriend or girlfriend how I'm treating nature? We want to have that question in mind,”...

Many whom aren’t familiar with Dia de Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) won’t know what Pan de Muerto is and what it symbolizes. Oaxacan Pan De Muerto is an egg based bread that is decorated with a small figure inside of them as a symbol in the meal portion to celebrate the passing of loved ones. Every year...

Getting up at 3:45 a.m. and leaving home at 4:20 a.m., Jeremy Novoa travels about an hour and 25 minutes to get to SMC. His route takes him out of Victorville on Interstate 15 and includes travel on the 210, 605, 60, and 10 freeways before exiting Interstate 10 at Cloverfield Blvd. Novova travels in his 2014 Volkswagen Passat twice...