On April 23, Beyonce surprise-released her sixth album “Lemonade” as an exclusive on TIDAL, the music streaming service she owns along with her husband Jay-Z. As if this wasn’t a significant enough cultural event on its own, it marked the beginning of a three-week thrill ride of noteworthy album releases, both expected and unexpected. Between April 23 and May 13,...

Los Angeles is known for a lot of amazing things. Sunshine, celebrities, sandy beaches — the list goes on with so many things that, when added up, show what a great city LA is. One of the best aspects of the city is the car scene. Some of the most unique and expensive cars in the world are all right...

As the SMC Opera Club set up a piano, two microphones, and a few speakers, preparing to perform at Club Row, a man stepped up to his turntables about 100 feet away. He welcomed everybody to the event, and began to play dance remixes of Top 40 pop songs — loudly, to compete with the already high level of crowd...

When Kevin Maxwell first told his grandmother he was going to make a film about her life, her first question was “how are you going to do that?” It was a fair question. At that time, Maxwell had never made a film, and had only recently left a full-time government job, working with the Transportation Security Agency.“No one in my...

There is this real sense of loneliness. It must be the combination of the endless, flat landscape and the equally infinite sky. All you can hear is the wind and the occasional thumping of your racing heart. Storm chasing is as exciting as it is frightening. Living in Southern California, it’s easy to forget what bad weather is like. During...

2016 has quietly broken the rule that movies aren’t supposed to get interesting until the first big tentpole movie release in May. But even though we’re still a week out from the official start of the cinema summer with the release of that one big superhero movie people seem to be buzzing about, Hollywood has already started to give us...

Abderezak Azib is a 23 year old environmental engineering major. He grew up in Algeria before moving to Boston at the age of 12. He is now a student at SMC, and a candidate for the position of Director of Sustainability in the 2016 Associated Students elections. Azib’s passion is the environment. His first day at SMC, he joined a...

Jeannie Joo, originally from Washington, is in her first year at SMC, and serves as the treasurer of the Communications Club. She says she’s still keeping everything open as far as what she wants to do with her career, but for now, she’s focusing all of her energy on her campaign for Director of Activities in the 2016 Associated Students...

Madeleine Turner is a 20 year old history major, currently in her third semester at SMC. She is a Canadian-American who attended the University of Toronto, a passionate follower of Associated Students goings-on, and a candidate for Director of Instructional Support in the 2016 AS elections, running with the New Wave slate. “I’m passionate about AS. I really am. I...

Stephanie Mendez is an 18 year old political science major who intends to transfer to UCLA. She is a member of the SMC Debate Team and won gold at the PSCFA Fall Debate Championships. Mendez is running for the position of Director of Instructional Support in the 2016 Associated Students elections. “What motivated me to run in the AS Elections...