President Dr. Chui L. Tsang announced his plans for retiring from his administrative position here at Santa Monica College early this year. Having started working at the college nearly a decade ago, this will be his final semester in power. Come the end of June the new set of freshly graduated SMC Alumni will not be the only ones taking...

People running in terror. The ringing of sirens permeates through the town as screaming people start to fill the streets."Tsunami! Tsunami!"Just off the eastern coast of Japan an earthquake of a 9.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale occurred on March 11th, 2011. The earthquake was the fourth strongest earthquake ever recorded since 1900. Futhermore, the aftermath, specifically the nuclear crisis...

Actor Harrison Ford was injured last Thursday when his single-engine 1942 military trainer crashed into the Penmar Golf Course near the Santa Monica Airport. Ford was aided by nearby golfers, some of whom happened to be doctors. At 2:20 p.m. the Los Angeles Fire Department received a report of the plane crash and immediately responded. Ford was conscious and breathing...

On Tuesday morning SMC's Black Collegians Program held one of its regular back to school events, this time in celebration of Black History Month. Members of the group donned "Black Lives Matter" and "We Can't Breathe" shirts to express solidarity with recent victims of police brutality. Their goal with this event was to have "everyone on campus just come together...

At the 2005 Oscars, like a group of urban insurgents, Three 6 Mafia took the stage and performed one of the most out of place, yet perfectly fit for its film songs, "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp." An intense testament to seeking escape from a despairing lifestyle, it's a brutally honest expression from a brutally honest movie. The...

The Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division hosted their 9th annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk this past Saturday displaying local artists' works for the public in a culturally-stimulating event filled with activities, food, music, and more. It was quite a bustling scene at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk, satisfying the art lover's soul and bringing an accessible and free dose of...

As Daniel Limo came down the final mile of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, he had Ocean Avenue all to himself. The 31-year-old Kenyan took the lead from fellow countryman Edwin Koech at the 22 mile mark, just past the Veteran’s Administration building in Westwood and by the time he reached the Santa Monica city limits, he had no...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs' softball team dropped both ends of an afternoon double header against the LA Mission College Eagles, 12-10 and 22-6 on Tuesday. In the first game, the Corsairs fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning after a string of errors that allowed LA Mission runners to reach base. The Corsairs weren't going to...

The Bakersfield College Renegades (0-8) found no luck Tuesday afternoon as they were completely annihilated by a 5-4 Santa Monica women's tennis team. Santa Monica, who came into the match having lost two-straight games against Western Conference rivals Santa Barbara and Glendale accordingly, showed no mercy while crushing the winless Bakersfield team. At the very start of singles, it was...

As SMC Associated Students Director of Sustainability Andrea Cabrera stood outside of the library last Thursday, she was approached by a member of the Bike Club, who energetically rattled off numerous ideas of what to do now that the club was officially installed by the Inter-Club Council. Relays, scavenger hunts, and group rides with other clubs, he went on and...