On Tuesday, Santa Monica College hosted an event to honor Military Women’s History Week, which itself is a part of Women’s History Month. The event consisted of presentations about female veterans throughout history and their struggle to attain equality within the armed forces of the United States. It was coordinated and put together by SMC Counselor Audrey Sandoval. According to...

It was a cool Sunday morning, the usual traffic nightmares were nonexistent even with the roadblocks all over the city, but the roads were far from empty. Spectators lined up throughout the city to watch the 30th annual LA Marathon, in which people from all over the world braved the 26.2 miles from Dodger Stadium all the way to Ocean...

I never once gave a second thought about the safety of me or my friends after deciding to call upon the services of Lyft one Saturday night before a party. No one really thinks much about the fact that the driver is a complete stranger, how his night is going, or how safe of a driver and person he/she is...

Friday night, as no more than fifty curious heads crowded the Edye, an undersized 1,800 square-foot music room, an all too familiar shade of blue fogged the air. It was jazz. Led by vocalist Sherry Williams, the quartet-ensemble consisting of pianist Jon Mayer, bassist Richard Simon and drummer Roy McCurdy, took listeners on a rhythmic journey of pleasurable highs and...

It’s a warm day in the Monrovia forest as the cast and crew work on the set of Santa Monica College’s most recent short film project “Like A Rolling Stone.” The heat is encapsulated by the trees and makes it all the more challenging for the make-up department to keep the actors their foundation and wounds intact. Among them is...

Participants in the 30th Annual Los Angeles Marathon this Sunday are expected to arrive on Ocean Avenue at approximately 9:30 a.m., but Santa Monica residents will feel the effects of the race all day. The marathon will shut down San Vicente Boulevard to Ocean Avenue and Ocean Avenue to California Street. The closures will extend one block south and one...

19-year-old Jay Height (Maika Monroe) just wants to find a cute guy with a car to drive around in that can help her forget that she lives on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan during a technologically boring time period (late 80s-early 90s) with nothing but pine trees and suburban housing to entertain the eyes. She finds one in Hugh (Jake...

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. For the scarce few individuals that suffer from this phobia, 2015 is not a good year for you. Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th, has now occurred for the second straight month. The bad luck doesn't even end there this year. There will actually be a third occurrence of the day that stirs up...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs men’s volleyball team defeated the Los Angeles Pierce College Brahmas 3-1 Wednesday, extending their current winning streak to eight games. From the get-go, SMC’s lengthy front line proved advantageous. Sophomore middle blocker Hamzat Agaba, of the Corsairs, had no difficulty in fortifying Santa Monica’s side of the net. “I like our intensity, we’re getting out...

This Friday, the highly anticipated Disney "Cinderella" movie will be brought to theaters to reintroduce the timeless tale to a 21st century audience. It's been over 60 years since the 1950 debut of "Cinderella," yet the film still manages to inspire with the advice the princess followed from her mother, “I want to tell you a secret that will see...