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By Troy Barnes (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Remembering Jim Stramel
Students are feeling the loss of Dr. James “Jim” Sidney Stramel, who died the morning of March 17, 2016 after a short three week battle with aggressive leukemia. He was 56 years old. Professor Stramel was born in Kansas on April 5, 1960. He often joked to his colleagues and friends about that fact because his mother’s name was Dorothy,...
By Jacob Hirsohn (Daniela as copy editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 6 min read
5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016
The turning of the calendar to March indicates that we have survived another year of Hollywood’s flop season. Every year of cinema inevitably gets off to a slow start as studios reserve January and February to dump off the projects they wish had never happened. You can tell 2016 was no different by watching people do backflips to pretend “Deadpool”...
By Sebastian Marquez-Mayorga (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 6 min read
Escape Games: A Real-Life Adventure
You've found yourself trapped in a room with a few other individuals you may or may not know. There's barely enough light to see your hands in front of you. There are no cell phones and no connections to the outside. You try to open doors but they're locked, and then... a glimmer of hope in the form of a...
By Grace Gardner (Daniela as copy editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 6 min read
A case for Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz gets no slack. Our sports editor actually called him “evil.” His looks have been compared to the Zodiac Killer and Joseph McCarthy. The Onion called his face “f***ing infuriating.” From where I’m standing in the world, it seems impossible that he would have any supporters, much less 100,000. But it’s not like half of the country is just...
By Josh Shure (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 5 min read
Why I hate Rafael Edward Cruz
While Donald Trump is running away with the Republican Party nomination, Ted Cruz sits in the shadows— and rightfully so. The face of "repeal Obamacare" can't elude the fact that he's simply unlikeable. It's his elitist arrogance, his McCarthy-esque finger wagging and that his name isn't even Ted. Ted is typically short for Theodore. Mr. Cruz's real name is Rafael...
By Ryanne Mena (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 10 min read
Student solidarity in the smoking section
Entering from the Pearl St. side of campus, one is familiar with this routine: weaving around concrete rectangles and flower pots full of cigarette butts, cutting through a mob of students and pushing through clouds of vape smoke akin to a nightclub. Standing amongst the crowd with a football in one hand and a cigarette in the other is Christopher...
By Daniela Barhanna + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
“You Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Japan”
The SMC Debate team took on the visiting Japanese National Debate team in a debate held on Thursday, March 10 on the main campus of SMC. The topic of the night was whether the United States should or should not implement significant new gun control. The SMC team, consisting of Mendez and her co-captain Alfredo Gama and arguing the affirmative,...
By Daniela Barhanna (Daniela as copy editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read
The masculine side of feminism
When most people hear the word “feminist," the first thing that comes to their mind is probably something like, "a bunch of man-haters screaming about women's issues." Either that or they just release a huge sigh at the sheer uttering of the word. However, the fact is that feminism is not about hating men, and it is not just focused...
By Ashleen Knutsen (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
Studying our oceans from afar
Over 100 students filed into Science 120 last Thursday, March 3, for the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) and NASA seminar: "Using Remote Sensing to Study Oceans." Four lecturers of various research backgrounds united to discuss how data gathered from satellites and aircraft is being used to monitor and study their common interest: the ecology of our oceans. “In the...
By Julian Arredondo (Daniela as copy editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Corsairs Take a Rodeo Win Against the Vaqueros
On Friday March 4th The Corsair's men's volleyball team won their second conference game of the season against Santa Barbara City College in three straight sets scoring: 25-20, 25-23, and 25-23. With the win the defending conference and state champions extended their conference record to 2-0 and are bouncing back after only two wins in their first seven games of...