The Santa Monica College softball team took to their home field at John Adams Middle School yesterday afternoon in an attempt to break their 7-game losing streak and improve their season record of 12-15. In the first game of a doubleheader against the Glendale Community College Vaqueros, the Lady Corsair let old habits resurface as they had difficulty closing out...

A smile forms on his face and a glimmering in his eyes cannot go by unnoticed. “When I was three years old, I didn’t know what ‘hot’ was,” says Santa Monica College student Trevor Pop. “But while watching a scene of 'George of the Jungle' in which George’s female interest quickly ran into frame to cover him up because he...

Manuel Henriquez calmly stepped to the microphone during the public comments section of the Associated Students board's regular meeting. Henriquez stated his case before the board saying, "my intent is not to cause trouble, nor to disrupt classes." Henriquez submitted a petition to the administration of Santa Monica College via the AS board to allow him to return music sharing...

One topic comes to mind when recalling a meeting of the Santa Monica College Associated Students last semester: microphones. Rather than discussing issues that affect the student body, the AS directors spent nearly an hour debating on how much money to spend on new microphones for their own meetings. Now, I'm sure there have been bigger wastes of time in...

Who knew that Santa Monica College's running track also doubled as a training ground for aspiring Hollywood heart throbs preparing to battle machines from outer space? That and more were a few of the revelations that emerged during a phone conference interview with Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor, the two latest additions to the ongoing "Transformers" franchise whose latest incarnation...

With the enormous success of young adult movies such as “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games” dominating the movie industry, it is not surprising that Veronica Roth's best-selling trilogy of novels, “Divergent,” are now being adapted into the latest franchise. Like "Hunger Games" it is a dystopian vision of a near future tailor-made for high school and early college-age audiences. The...

On Friday, Pole World News held its inaugural awards banquet at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center. The fifth floor was turned into a low-lit banquet of aerial acrobatics mixed with lustful fantasies. The awards were part of a broader campaign to bring a new level of awareness and respectability to an activity usually associated with...

The wind was howling and the seagulls were squawking as the Lady Corsairs tennis team took to their home court yesterday, just steps from Santa Monica Beach in an attempt to push their untarnished season record to 10-0. Standing in Santa Monica College’s way were the 2-7 Antelope Valley College Marauders, who despite their best efforts were just simply out-matched....

On Sunday some of Santa Monica's brightest young musical talents inspired loud applause and cheers at The Broad Stage during a special concert presentation headed by the Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra. The concert was presented in association with the Westside Music Association and the Music Teachers Association Santa Monica Bay Branch and featured students from Crossroads and Santa Monica...

As the end of March approaches, so does the end of Women’s Empowerment Month, a celebration of women's contributions to history since 1987. The creation of this annual tribute to women, was largely influenced by International Women’s Day, which since the early 1900s has taken place on March 8. The day later turned into a week, and soon thereafter a...