Stepping into the Generation of the Future club last Thursday was like entering a youthful hotspot with a nightclub atmosphere. The sound of dubstep music blasted from the nearby stereo, and the immediate vibe was one of enthusiasm and fun. Freshman Trae Smith, a Political Science/Communications major, founded the club this spring semester as a way to rid society of...

Taylor Tattersall just led the Santa Monica College men’s volleyball team to the state championship just one year after finishing an abysmal 1-10. A year ago, he was a red-shirt freshman focused on elevating the reputation of the team through a grinding offseason and relentless practice. But before Tattersall could even begin his offseason regimen, the unthinkable happened. Santa Monica...

When the infamous shooting occurred at Santa Monica College last June, Jace Ng had just moved to Santa Monica, and had not even considered competing for the SMC swim team. Raised in Singapore, Ng shouldn’t have had to think about anything except getting good grades and chasing the girls around Santa Monica Beach. But instead of hanging at the beach...

Jessica Goldbeck is the captain of the Santa Monica College women’s tennis team. She’s a big time foodie, and might even go on to play Division 1 tennis some day. But on that dark day last June, she was just another student at SMC trying to make sense of such a heinous and sadistic act of terror. “I wasn’t on...

When you rack up conference championships and accolades like the Santa Monica College football team has done the past three seasons, that's when they come calling. Coming off their third straight Pacific Conference championship, and having several players take home All-conference and All-defensive honors, many four-year football programs have taken interest in the Corsairs."We've had 20 players get scholarships from...

When the infamous Santa Monica College shooter John Zawahri attempted to buy a weapon in 2011, the California Department of Justice informed him that he was ineligible to purchase a firearm due to his admittance to the University of California, Los Angeles' Neuropsychiatric Institute in 2006. At this point, the state believed his admittance to a mental institution would prevent...

A year has passed since John Zawahri sprayed Santa Monica with a shower of bullets, taking five lives before being taken down by police on the Santa Monica College main campus. The tragedy was devastating for the campus community, who lost a member of its family that day. For Dr. Margaret Quinones-Perez, a member of the SMC Board of Trustees,...

The Santa Monica College Film Department’s upcoming film, “Hurt” written and directed by Brandon Chang is a “Paradise Lost” expedition. Currently in the post-production phase, the film will be released to the public in fall of 2014 and shortly after, will be submitted to major film festivals. There is a fear however, that some in the SMC community may not...

On May 11, United States army veteran Tommy Yancy, who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, was savagely beaten and killed in Imperial County, California. Back on April 18, 19-year-old honor student and recent high school graduate, Adrian Parra, was shot to death in Salton City, CA while on the way to take his girlfriend on a movie and dinner...

The peace of Friday June 7, 2013 was shattered at 11:52 a.m. when Santa Monica police officers received calls reporting gunshots around the area of the Santa Monica College campus. Amidst the chaos that ensued during that morning and in the days following, the psychological services office at SMC helped the campus deal with the repercussions of such an horrific...