Gunshots rang at UC Santa Barbara on the night of May 23. A broken man, a former student, a recluse in the midst of a vibrant student life decided to take the lives of his fellow students. Revenge was the motive, for a perceived slight by society at large, but especially women. The cries were heard through all of media,...

Running across campus carrying handmade picket signs, Associated Students presidency candidate Courtney King turns heads with her unconventional appearance. With her trademark blue hair, Marino ram horns made out of Marino wool, and alternating accessories, King is banking on people remembering her name once they meet her. “I love campaigning, this is the best part,” says King. “I’ve been on...

With $100,000 out of their own budget, the Santa Monica College Associated Students have created the Student Success Award. With those funds they plan to give out monetary awards to students ranging between $1,500 and $5,000. 35 students will be selected to receive the award, but it's still unclear as to how the money will be divided. The only requirements...

The Associated Students made changes to their constitution and bylaws, which regulate the rules and procedures of their organization, during their Board meeting on Monday. Last week's action item on funding for the SMC Everywhere event was moved up on this week's agenda after a motion by Matthew Nicholson, the director of activities, due to the AS board's concern over...

A heated debate over the funding of free food for students and AS visibility highlight a meeting that was already unusual. The Wednesday meeting, which was moved from its regular schedule due to the board's involvement in the March in March in Sacramento, was marked by the board's third confirmed vacancy this semester, Director of Student Advocacy, held by Okky...

Santa Monica College's Theater department kicked off its latest season of productions on Friday night with "Yellow." It had both some moments that shined and some imperfections that shown. The story revolves around the Westmorelands, who undergo a crisis when their "perfect" son, football star Dayne, played by Liam Watkins, is stricken by a previously misdiagnosed illness and the family...

As the dust settled from the two week long Coachella festival, Indio, California became home to a different kind of music festival the following weekend. For seven years, Stagecoach Festival has served as a west coast beacon for country music fans of all ages. Bringing together some of the biggest names of the genre such as Luke Bryan and Jason...

Confusion, angst, depression, longing, and systematic oppression; if these don't scream teenage years or puberty to you, you were lucky. Four songs into this musical, the lead character Melchior (Julian Comeau) says to second male lead Moritz (Zach Zagoria), "It's as if the whole world were mesmerized by penis and vagina." To which Moritz replies, "Well I am!" And that...

It’s a very big step when someone realizes there is something missing from their life and then decides to work to fill in those gaps. For artists especially, those gaps can be a fierce inhibitor to someone’s necessary expression of self. That search is a common theme amongst artists at Santa Monica College. “It’s one thing to play guitar and...