My name is Jonathan and I enjoy writing, sports, and music (playing and listening). My passion lies within the truth and only the truth.
Worked on 369 assignments, created 60, named on 58 bylines for The Corsair.
By Jonathan Ramos + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read
Flush the toilet: It's really not that hard
The water was overflowing. There was graffiti on the walls and doors. Trash was spread across the stained floor as an appalling stench overtook the entire room. This is not an abandoned home, nor is it the scene of a horror movie. This is the setting of a bathroom at Santa Monica College. It feels like every year, as society...
By Juan Lopez (Jonathan as desk editor) + 2 others for The Corsair - 6 min read
Irresponsibility kills
Gunshots rang at UC Santa Barbara on the night of May 23. A broken man, a former student, a recluse in the midst of a vibrant student life decided to take the lives of his fellow students. Revenge was the motive, for a perceived slight by society at large, but especially women. The cries were heard through all of media,...
By Juan Lopez (Jonathan as managing editor) + 1 other for The Corsair - 4 min read
Twilight Concerts reach season high with OK Go
The ocean air rose through the planks of the pier as OK Go singer Damian Kulash made his way off of the stage and into the middle of a crowd of fans. "I want you guys to imagine I'm really hot," Kulash told the audience as he strapped on his acoustic guitar. "I mean, not like sweaty and sticky hot,"...
By Jonathan Ramos (Jonathan as desk editor) + 1 other for The Corsair - 6 min read
Letter from the managing editor: Read it if you want
After spending most of my Santa Monica College tenure as a staff writer, opinion editor and managing editor of The Corsair Newspaper, I now stand with a bittersweet feeling knowing that this issue will be my last. A piece of me rejoices for the freed up time in my life that will be attributed to finalizing my transfer from SMC,...
By Ryanne Mena (Jonathan as desk editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read
OPINION: Looking past the stigma of addiction
Addiction: a “chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations." Imagine being a prisoner of your own mind, a slave to your own thoughts and demons; feeling as if no one could possibly understand where you are. So you go find something, something that makes...
By Juan Lopez (Jonathan as desk editor) + 2 others for The Corsair - 6 min read
Opinion: It gets better, but it's still got further to go
One month ago, a complete stranger called me a faggot. Even in 2015, in Santa Monica, on the Santa Monica College main campus. This still happens. I was doing an assignment for my photography class where our instructor challenged the students to take photos of groups of strangers without looking through the viewfinder. I photographed several people with no issue,...
By Alci Rengifo (Jonathan as desk editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Letter from the Editor: 2 Years of remembering and new horizons
This is our last issue for the spring semester and it is my last issue as Editor-in-Chief of The Corsair. We end the semester once more reflecting on the tragic events of June 7, 2013 when a violent mind decided to attack our campus and take three lives, including those of Margarita Gomez, SMC groundskeeper Carlos Navarro Franco and his...
By Tim "Eun" Lee (Jonathan as managing editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read
Closet From Home: Santa Monica College Business department gives students their suits
For individuals pursuing a career in business, professionalism is essentially important. However, many college students may find it difficult to afford a suit after paying for their tuition, textbooks, and other daily needs. Eight years ago the Santa Monica College Business Administration started the Career Closet. A program that provides suits to SMC Business students in need for any business...
By Chiaki Kudo (Jonathan as managing editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read
POLL: International students compare SMC to schools in their home countries
Studying in a different country can be difficult. Except that you have to adapt to a new culture and speak a foreign language, you experience a lot of new things. From clubs and grades to the size of our library, SMC international students compare SMC to the schools in their home countries. Name: Jae Soon ParkMajor: Political ScienceHome Country: South...
By Georgia Sono (Jonathan as desk editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 12 min read
sexism in advertising
Before the digital age, advertisements were spread purely by verbal communication. The sources of internet and social media that we have now were simply ideas. And though we may think these advances have helped us progress intellectually, it's possible that we are being blinded more than ever. Contrary to the argument that literacy promotes an individual’s intellect, if gone wrong,...
