The SMC Corsairs Men’s Volleyball team beats LA Pierce College Brahma Bulls in three sets in a match played on Wednesday night at home in Santa Monica California. The scores of each the sets were 29-27, 25-19, 25-18. Andrew Dalmada led the offense with 9 kills. SMC is now 7-1 in conference and are ranked 5th in the CCMVCA State...

There was a time when the idea of an 18 year old college freshman – or any person under the age of 25, for that matter – was ineligible for a car rental. Driving under the influence, irresponsibility, and a lack of driving history seemed to influence the strict requirements that underwrote car rental policies. Now, in major cities that...

If there's a familiar sight for all SMC students, it's construction sites -- the main campus is littered with them. But students commuting to school along Pico Blvd. may have noticed an interesting construction site off-campus. 2121 Cloverfield Blvd., on the Northeast corner of Pico and Cloverfield, is undergoing a massive overhaul, with a demolition and renovation project currently turning...

By Ashleen Knutsen, September Bottoms and Bailey PeraitaThere’s a familiar sight every time you walk past the math complex. Students of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds clutch their returned tests in hand and discuss their grades with confusion and disappointment. These students are so focused on looking at their papers that they can’t avert their eyes. One student with a...

As the electric rail car comes to a stop, words that haven't been heard in Santa Monica for over 60 years come out from the PA system: the announcement of an arriving train. The doors open, and hundreds of riders scurry out of the door and run down the railway like excited animals dying to eat their food. Since its...

In December of 2015, our beloved Editor-in-Chief Nik Lucaj approached me as I tried to run away from the monstrosity that is the Letters and Sciences building. His pace was quicker than mine — damn me for not being 6'4" and with a grumpy attitude. Thirty seconds after the initial chase, he offered me the Managing Editor position for the...

Junior college athletics provides a platform for thousands of student athletes around the nation to play collegiate sports while optimizing their academic and athletic potential to eventually transfer to a four-year university. Athletics is constantly used by institutions as a promotional tool to attract prospective students because success in it can easily be determined. Santa Monica College's Vice President of...

Doing new things is scary and, until just recently, I was firmly in the camp that it is overrated. I already know what I like, what’s the point of doing other stuff that I’ll probably hate? This is especially complicated for me, because I don’t like doing most things. I love drinking beer, watching basketball, playing video games, my girlfriend,...

Hello beautiful readers of The Corsair, I hope this letter finds you well, as I am decidedly unwell. I am writing to you on the day of publication for our final issue of Spring semester, but not the Spring semester you're probably thinking of. As I write this, it is not June 1, 2016, but June 1, 2017. I am...