A violist was missing from the Broad Stage on Friday night. When the ensemble that was set to perform "Tide Pools" by Louis Stephenson stepped on to the stage, violist Gracie McAleer was not among them. McAleer, in dramatic fashion, walked onto the stage a few minutes later, receiving a warm welcome from her waiting audience. She drew a few...

On Friday night around 9:00 p.m., the Isla Vista community of Santa Barbara fell victim to the homicidal rampage of a shooter identified as Elliot Rodger, 22. The killing spree that stretched out to 10 locations began with the stabbing of three people in his home, and ended with the death of 6 students and 13 injured. Police found Rodger...

Volunteers from Santa Monica College's Alpha Gamma Sigma honors society teamed up with Be the Match Marrow Registry on Tuesday to gather potential donors for blood cancer patients. According to Community Outreach Specialist Janet Higgins, Be the Match reached out to AGS to promote their registry and has worked with AGS for the past two to three years. “Each donor...

On a grey morning on Santa Monica College's main campus, the American flag stood still under the clock tower. The people who fought for it gathered in front of it. SMC honored the veterans who attended last Thursday's ceremony, in advance of Memorial Day. The event recognized the sacrifices the veterans and families of those who attend SMC, made while...

Two men entered the ring at The Fabulous Form on Saturday night, carrying with them the weight of their countries. Viktor Postol brought with him the turmoil of his native Ukraine that forced the WBC Super Welterweight eliminator to be moved from his hometown of Kiev to the corner of Manchester and Prairie. Selcuk Aydin, who hails from Trazbon, Turkey,...

At their first annual Pier Party, the Santa Monica College Faculty Association donated $5,000 to the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation on Sunday, April 27. The event was the Foundation’s yearly effort to raise funds for all schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. This year the Faculty Association, headed by Political Director Tom Peters, presented the check to the...

A line of girls in fashionable wear and summer clothing stood around as cloth was strewn and examined in preparation for the May 29th LA Mode fashion show. The event will be held by the SMC Fashion Department to showcase the latest, stylistic visions of the department's students and emerging artisans. On Thursday designers and instructors gathered to select what...

Whether it’s little league, high school, college, or pros, most sports teams have a go to player. For the conference champion Santa Monica College women’s tennis team, that was Mary Katherine Ashmore. Born and raised in Rome, Georgia, Ashmore is nothing short of a tennis prodigy. Ranked as high as tenth in the nation as a 10-year-old, it didn’t take...

For Juan Manuel Marquez, there’s no place like The Forum. The 40-year-old boxing superstar cut his teeth at the corner of Manchester and Prairie, fighting 11 of his first 20 fights on American soil there, blossoming from an unknown to a featherweight contender. By the time boxing left Inglewood in 2001, he was a perfect 12-0 with nine wins by...

India, the world's largest democracy with an estimated 1.2 billion inhabitants, has entered a terrifying new era with the election last week of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party. Essentially China's great economic rival in the east has voted in a fascist party. It is not hyperbole to suggest that India while now be the first, major fascist power...