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...

There is an excellently produced anti-war narrative set in a digital playground released this year. It features a charismatic but ultimately unlikable protagonist surrounded by the engine of the military industrial complex and asks its audience to question the lure of the battlefield by showing its grisly underbelly while still being an entertaining and complex work by a known creative...

If you’ve read the local papers or checked Santa Monica city event calendars, you may have heard of the massive success of the recent ballet performance of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” held this year from Nov. 27 to Dec. 6 at the Broad Stage. If you check the online press releases you would know that for the third year in a...

During a ride along with Corsair staff to discuss campus policing, a skateboarding student - oblivious to the world with his headphones on - flies past Officer Sean Gordon who yells, “Don’t ride your board on campus!” Interim Police Chief Mark Kessler, walking to a meeting, catches the culprit and calls it in. Collecting the student’s ID, Kessler checks to...

With over thirty thousand students at Santa Monica College, it is sometimes difficult for students to be able to collaborate with similar peers. Fortunately enough there are groups on campus for people with similar interests, ideas, even cultural backgrounds. The Black Collegians Program at SMC provides a safe space for like-minded students to come together, learn and succeed. This program...

As the attendees entered the theater and filled the seats, you could see their excitement for the show to start. When the curtains opened and the bright green background came alive, everything quieted to a dead silence. The audience was ready to experience the festive celebration of other cultures. "Global Motion" was beginning. The Broad Stage Theater opened their doors...

Students on campus experienced the rarest of all snow storms during The Winter Wonderland celebration, offering holiday fun one month before Christmas on the quad yesterday. The event was sponsored by the Associated Students Organization and organized by Amber Winters, Director of Student Activities with assistance from Alexandra Brechensbauer, Director of Planning. They aimed to offer a day of stress-free...

The Board of Trustees unanimously elected Kathryn Jeffery as the new president and superintendent of SMC on Nov. 17. It is projected that Jeffery will take office officially in Spring 2016. "SMC students can expect that I will follow a thoughtful, analytical, and informed approach to decision-making," Jeffery said. "I will be accessible, take time to talk with my new...

Whether a student wants to take it or not, a math class is a requirement in order to graduate from college. Students grit their teeth and let out a heavy sigh whenever they walk into their gut-wrenching pre-algebra class, spending most of their time sitting in confusion during lecture. Mathematics already comes with a high probability of failure when it...

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...