As the lights ascend upon the Main Stage, one can't help but be awestruck by the dazzling costumes adorning the actors. The fragmented lights scattered across the stage immediately create the sense of brokenness among the characters as they present their dark story."Elephant's Graveyard" is a play that explores humanity's malicious nature. The story recounts a terrible real-life event in...

I had a friend who adopted two dogs from a pet shelter but could not tend to them properly as he was too busy with school work. Because they were neglected, they became aggressive. He then started calling them "bad boys," kicking, and beating them. Finally, he sent them back to the pet shelter. He was just one of many...

Last Tuesday, incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a fourth term after a turbulent re-election campaign. Netanyahu’s triumph was met with mixed reactions from various students at SMC, both Jewish and of general Middle Eastern descent. SMC student Rachel Friedman was “over-the-moon thrilled” with Netanyahu’s victory. She described Netanyahu as “the Winston Churchill of our time,” and emphasized that...

And deeper into the trench they went. The Santa Monica College Corsairs’ softball team lost both ends of a doubleheader against the Antelope Valley College Marauders on Tuesday. The Corsairs were trying to find a way to register a “W” in the win column after dropping 11 straight games and haven’t won a game since February 16 when they defeated...

In January 2011, Santa Monica College student Ahmed Sayed found himself a witness to history. His hometown, the ancient city of Cairo, had erupted in mass protests against the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak. The historic upheaval now known as the Arab Spring had arrived in Egypt. Sayed, open with a sharp intellect, is an Engineering major who has resided in...

"Insurgent" picks up right where "Divergent" left off. The movies, based on the young adult novels by Veronica Roth, follow Tris (Shailene Woodley), our "dauntless" heroine, who finds herself in an Amity camp where she, along with her paramour, Four (Theo James), her brother, Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and her rival, Peter (Miles Teller), are being sheltered from the alliance of...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs women's tennis team lost to the Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros 5-4 . The standout for the day was Mayra Jovic who won both her singles and doubles matches. Jovic is undefeated in both singles (7-0) and doubles (7-0) with her partner Izabel Nazdracheva. Next up for Santa Monica is an away match versus Glendale...

As the yellow and blue volleyball soared past the back line after a missed spike, the Santa Monica College Corsairs completed a thrilling comeback victory over Long Beach City College. The SMC Corsairs prevailed with a three sets to one versus Long Beach City College in a hard fought match. The Corsairs dropped the first set after blowing a lead...

The streets of Los Angeles are again boiling with the anger of the disenfranchised as another police shooting, this time in Skid Row, has again raised the question of the relationship between citizens and security forces. In this week's issue our writers and photographers capture two events where individuals express their anger against a system they feel has rejected progress...

On February 19, 2015 Santa Monica College’s Black Collegians presented Communal Workshop, where healing the wounds of slavery were not the only wounds that needed healing that day. Despite the technical difficulties surrounding the setup of the event, due to faulty school servers and network access, the dedicated Santa Monica College staff pulled through. Presenting the Host Payge Means Hopper;...