The roar of a police helicopter and the electric, all-seeing crackle of a megaphone shattered a serene, early spring morning in Santa Monica on Saturday. David Carrillo, a fugitive on the run, had made his way to a house on the corner of Lincoln and Ocean Park. A suspect in a fatal February 10 stabbing near South Los Angeles, Carrillo...

Before there were Michael Bay movies and edgy Zack Snyder comic book movies, there were the 90’s. The 90’s came pre-packaged with so much cheesy pop culture that it gave birth to more ridiculous cartoon themed music than the 80’s (a dangerous opinion, I know). But crowned king atop all the cheesy cartoons and Saturday morning kids shows was Power...

"The DUFF" is a newly released teen comedy based on a book by Kody Keplinger “The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend” about your run-of-the-mill, stereotypical troubles of name calling and bullying in high school, just with a millennial twist. Directed by Ari Sandel, known for "West Bank Story" and "Wild West," uses jump-shots often to emphasize the humor and condescending...

The Santa Monica College Board of Trustees have appointed Executive Vice President Jeffery “Jeff” Shimizu as Interim President at their regular meeting on Tuesday. The appointment will go into effect July 1 and comes after current president Chui L. Tsang announced his upcoming retirement in January. “I echo the entire Board’s sentiment when I say that we were all counting...

On Monday, the Associated Students took a trip to Sacramento to take part in “March in March”, a yearly event meant to bring students together behind a cause. However, the AS Directors returned home early facing disciplinary action, due to their participation in an impromptu student-led march they were not allowed to attend. This year, the “March in March” event...

This April could mark Santa Monica College’s first Consent Week. Or month, rather. In light of the establishment of task forces to combat sexual assault in the White House and the University of California system, student organizations on campuses like UCLA, Arizona State University, and UC Berkeley have organized Consent Weeks to raise awareness about the issue among students. Here...

Earlier this week a videotape surfaced online showing three LAPD police officers shooting a homeless man on downtown LA’s skidrow; adding fuel to the already raging firestorm that has come in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and Eric Garner choking death among other publicized instances of officer involved deaths. In the roughly six months since the Brown shooting...

And the same way every morning it began. The day’s designated leader, sometimes the teacher, sometimes a classmate, but often times myself, would raise first. They’d say “Put your right hand over your heart.” And so I did, and they too. And at our age nobody ever stopped to asked why. Despite our narrow, eight year old vocabularies, which were...

The infamous internet meme now known as "The Dress" is a portent of our social disorder and apocalyptic rush towards dystopia. If that sounds heavy handed, consider how the over-exposed photo of a black and blue dress (and yes, it is black and blue), caused internet traffic and even social debates unheard of with more serious, urgent issues. Even our...

It was time for a documentary about campus sexual assault. Imagine you’re accepted to your first choice school, with no worries in that moment, just feelings of excitement and anticipation. You’re not aware of the big scary world out there, at least not until you have to face it. The place you might now call home could become your worst...