No means no and yes means yes. This is something Santa Monica College wants to emphasize this month. Informative workshops and events are held to educating the Santa Monica College community and to create a safer environment on campus. But what is sexual assault and where do we draw the line between a serious action and someone slapping your butt...

It’s not very often that you stumble across a great pairing. I mean, you’ve got socks, chopsticks and tennis shoes-- but what good is one without the other, right?Izabel Nazdracheva and Mayra Jovic had neither seen nor heard of one another before the winter of 2014. Though they both lived the majority of their lives in the Greater Los Angeles...

It's rare that one gets to have a second chance to be victorious. However, the Santa Monica College Corsiars men's volleyball team will have that opportunity when they face the Orange Coast College Pirates, the team that defeated them in last year's California Community College Athletic Association State tournament finals, in the CCCA state tournament semi-finals on Thursday. In last...

In a thousand years, long after our civilization has collapsed and our descendants huddle around a campfire underneath radioactive skies, they will no doubt hush to each other the tale of "Star Wars."George Lucas's opus long ago stopped being just a movie, it's now firmly our shared mythology. It's our pop culture version of Homer's "The Iliad." This is because...

This week SMC will elect a new student government. Voting has commenced and the following week could see an uptick in the political temperature on campus, or there might just be silence. This year's elections have come with a strange serenity. There was little time given for campaigning. The so-called "debate" last Tuesday was more of a Q&A and the...

Spring break conjures images of wild partying, sexed up activities and intoxicated festivities. But some students would rather enjoy their days off relaxing and visiting the sites of Los Angeles. SoCal students don't need to spend hundreds of dollars on a plane ticket and hotel to enjoy sunny weather and beautiful beaches. We have it all right here. With some...

The application pool for the annually issued Associated Students’ Student Success Award is considerably smaller this year. In its initial year, the Student Life office received 200-300 applications for the scholarship, which awards students $500 to $5,000 based on campus involvement and grade point average, among other criteria. This year, there were only 50-60 applicants as of Monday afternoon’s A....

The scent of fresh baked macadamia chocolate chip cookies wafted through the air of the Cayton Center lounge as students gathered in groups filling the room. The cookies weren’t the only thing out of the ordinary; the candidates running for next year’s Associated Students board were holding their official meet and greet, but just like the free cookies meant to...

The experience of sitting through "Circle Mirror Transformation," the newest production by SMC's theater department, is the equivalent of being at a bar with a loud drunk and you're not drinking, or enduring listening to a person who can talk, loudly, for hours on end without a break. Yet drunks and loud mouths can also have interesting things to say...

During public comments portion of the Associated Students' (AS) latest meeting, Nehasi Lee, an SMC student and former chairman of the ICC, criticized the AS for their apparent misuse of funds. "Some things you do confuse me..." he said. Lee, who regularly attends AS meetings, pointed out that the AS has raised over two million dollars but have "not done...