For Lemma history is something living and immediate. A Santa Monica College History major, Lemma carries a legacy bearing the weight of her family's country of origin: Syria, a country few Americans were aware of until a 2011 uprising spiraled into a civil war that has now gripped the world's attention. What began as an Arab Spring revolt has changed...

Baltimore is burning. The images on the news look like eerie American versions of the kind of street battles we see in other parts of the world. When I saw video yesterday of Baltimore residents throwing rocks at police officers it reminded me of Palestinians throwing stones against Israeli forces in the West Bank, or Kashmiris facing Indian troops. The...

Confronted with having her rape allegation made known among her peers, Angela lashed out at Felix.”Once a report is filed, the investigation has to be fully carried out by the university,” shouted Angela. “So now I have to give my testimony over and over and fucking over to everyone.”This was part of Berkeley Interactive Theater’s “Get it Right” at Santa...

100 years have passed since a great sorrow eclipsed the Armenian people and on Saturday Los Angeles let the world know that it remembers. It was during the end of World War I and its immediate aftermath that the Ottoman Empire carried out a genocide of Armenians that is numbered at 1.5 million victims. The event is considered by many...

In a consumerist society where the focus is to buy the newest and best thing, pro-Earth activists remind us to conserve our resources. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. It's a phrase you've heard before a million times and it doesn't end there. Celebrating "Thriving Thursday" during Earth Week, Santa Monica College's sustainable clubs worked in conjunction to host an art and culture...

When one person throws a rock, everyone must then throw a rock. That is the mentality of much of the youth participating in the rioting that began Monday night after the funeral of a black man who inexplicably died under police custody. Unfortunately, the impulsive violence--which protestors say is for Freddie Gray, the man who died--actually raises confusion as to...

The Kardashian family are well known reality-TV stars accustomed to controversy and life's standard complications. From posing nude in Playboy magazine to running businesses and having babies, it’s hard to avoid their press releases or faces covering magazines while you’re standing in line at the grocery store. They’re on almost everything and it’s unavoidable. With fame, comes infamy which is...

Back in the 1970s, openly gay, San Francisco politician Harvey Milk once remarked, "all over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job."Fast forward to 2015, the LGBT community has grown to adopt it's own place among American mainstream. However, in the...

This past weekend the Santa Monica College Corsairs left the 115th annual Ojai Tennis Tournament with the state title for number one women’s community college tennis team. The Corsairs were led by Mayra “The Captain" Jovic, who was able to claim two titles for herself, taking the gold in women’s singles and doubles, with the help of her teammate Izabel...

Last Saturday as the Santa Monica College women's tennis team competed in conference playoffs, Mayra Jovic of SMC was awarded the Western State Conference "Player of the Year" award. Jovic, who entered Saturday's competition seeded first in women's singles, and doubles--with her teammate Izabel "Naz" Nazdracheva, advanced to Finals of the single draw and Semifinals in doubles. Both Jovic (12-0)...