In December of 2015, our beloved Editor-in-Chief Nik Lucaj approached me as I tried to run away from the monstrosity that is the Letters and Sciences building. His pace was quicker than mine — damn me for not being 6'4" and with a grumpy attitude. Thirty seconds after the initial chase, he offered me the Managing Editor position for the...

Doing new things is scary and, until just recently, I was firmly in the camp that it is overrated. I already know what I like, what’s the point of doing other stuff that I’ll probably hate? This is especially complicated for me, because I don’t like doing most things. I love drinking beer, watching basketball, playing video games, my girlfriend,...

Hello beautiful readers of The Corsair, I hope this letter finds you well, as I am decidedly unwell. I am writing to you on the day of publication for our final issue of Spring semester, but not the Spring semester you're probably thinking of. As I write this, it is not June 1, 2016, but June 1, 2017. I am...

When you live on a four-year university campus, interactions are guaranteed and almost forced. You dine in halls packed like sardines and sleep in shoebox-esque rooms with two or three other sweaty kids. Solitude is near-impossible to find and socialization is unavoidable. At a community college, community is a choice. We have the freedom to opt out of any, if...

The easiest thing I could say that I’ve learned about being the News Editor this last semester is simply this: news is hard. No matter where you go, stories are literally all around you, constantly demanding your attention and trying to become the center of your limited time. You have to be alert to all possibilities and try your best...

I wonder how many students at SMC remember George Carlin. He was a legendary comedian who died almost eight years ago, so a recent high school grad attending SMC for the first time this academic year would have been in elementary school then. It’s unlikely that anyone of that age knows who Carlin was at all, let alone the content...

College is supposed to be about challenging your beliefs. But the way this generally works is that kids will come from the security of their conservative families, arrive at the next four years of their life and abandon previous values — maybe get a tattoo, experiment with the same sex, or start making use of the phrase “fuck the man.”...

For how gloomy the month of May has shown itself to be, that Saturday morning was beautiful. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and a light breeze tickled the bare arms of those who made it out to the Pico Storm Drain beside Santa Monica Beach, where a wedding was planned for noon. Lead by UC Santa Cruz...

Nearly everyone who’s lived through a few elections will tell you this year’s is one of the craziest in living memory. The most obvious reason is Donald J. Trump, the former reality television star and real estate mogul who announced his candidacy last June. I’m not going to argue for why Trump should or shouldn’t be president. Whether he’s a...

I woke up from a nap in my office the other day with the vivid memory of the dream I was having. My entire staff was working on old-timey Smith Corona typewriters when all of a sudden, out the window, I saw a massive tornado heading straight for us. I began shouting for everyone to get down into the basement...