A power outage on the main campus of SMC affected four structures on site and trapped a passenger in an elevator inside Drescher Hall at approximately 10:11am on Tuesday, February 23rd. According to campus police, the lone passenger caught within the elevator was evacuated by Santa Monica Fire Department officials and sustained no injuries. Bruce Wyban, Chief Director of Facilities...

Imagine, you are in the middle of finals week; you are completely overwhelmed with assignments and projects, all while studying for your impending exams. You are exhausted, drained from all schoolwork, and thinking back on the semester that has passed makes you even more tired. You have come to a point where you no longer have an ounce of energy...

On Feb. 1, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This was in response to the increase in neurological disorder cases coinciding with the recent outbreak of Zika virus infections. A week later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased their response efforts to the highest activation level. This fast-moving disease is one of...

SMC-SPAN is a section to capture the news of the week in brief, both on campus and at the weekly Associated Students (AS) Meetings. For more detailed information on these stories please check out TheCorsairOnline.com. CAMPUS NEWS > On Monday, Feb. 22 Interim Police Chief Mark Kessler announced at the public AS board meeting that campus theft was on the...

On February 18th and 19th the Santa Monica College's very own Broad stage held a Nat Geo Live presentation hosted by Emmy Award-winning wildlife cinematographer and documentarian Bob Poole. The presentation, "Gorongosa Reborn", used visually stunning footage from Poole's 6-part PBS/National Geographic International series on Gorongosa National Park, with Poole speaking to the audience about the rebuilding of wildlife in...

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...

As December has arrived, so have the holidays. The holidays are usually spent with friends, family and other loved ones. But what is one to do when they have to spend their Christmas away from their family? Students at Santa Monica College were asked what they would do if they were put in that situation, as many SMC students are....