In their final home game of the season, the Santa Monica College softball team fell to the Antelope Valley College Marauders, 8-5 last Thursday. In the bottom of the fourth inning, with the Lady Corsairs already down two runs, SMC outfielder Christine "CP3" Padilla hit a two RBI double, pulling SMC even. Not to be outdone, Jasmine Martinez also knocked...

The Santa Monica College Associated Students Board voted to approve, then were forced to rescind the vote, on temporary permits for Manuel Henriquez’s music sharing program, during their regular meeting on Monday. The board voted unanimously to approve a series of permits for Henriquez that would allow him to play his music during the student activity hour for the rest...

In the last month the ground beneath our feet has been stirring. Students were awakened from their rare slumber and frightened pets scrambled across the southland. During the month of March, a total of four earthquakes have occurred in California. Magnitudes ranging from 3.6 magnitude earthquake on March 29 to the 6.8 magnitude in Ferndale on March 10 have shook...

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...

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...

"Flashback Fridays" is a new weekly column that revisits movies, music and other pop culture memories that might have faded away but are always worth remembering. This week, let's flash back to the music video that continued announcing Michael Jackson's status as the cultural symbol of the 1980's: 1992's "Remember the Time." Off of MJ's 1991 album "Dangerous," "Remember the...

Against a stark white background, a pianist and a cellist share the stage. The pianist, Bryan Pezzone, coolly plays the keys with carefree precision. The cellist picks up his pace, his fingers run wildly over the neck of his cello. The whiteness fades into photos of the Pampa region of Argentina. This was the scene as Latin Grammy Award winner...

The Board of Trustees Trustees welcomed new member Barry Snell and accepted the retirement of Vice President of Academic Affairs Jeff Shimizu at Wednesday night's monthly BOT meeting. Following confirmation that enrollment numbers are on pace to equal targets, the BOT approved the purchase of an extension of KCRW in Santa Barbra. KCRW is purchasing station KDB 97.3 FM from...

For some, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a man on a page, a face on a black history poster, or the answer to a question on a history exam. However, for the people who filled the Main Stage at Santa Monica College for the east coast premiere of "Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Personal Portrait" on Thursday evening, King...

Santa Monica College's Black Collegians held a celebration of Black History Month during the student activity hour last Thursday. The event was organized in honor of club member Tijera Rencher's grandmother, Mary Shy, who was a strong advocate for social issues. Rencher felt that her grandmother was a strong leader who deserved to be recognized. "She fought for rights in...