I'm sitting down in the midst of a coffee shop reading a newspaper and suddenly I overhear two young teens discuss what they're ordering and why. Justifying your order is norm. One decides to sans the shots of syrup in their frappuccinos and leave the whipped cream aside claiming that an Instagram page has a secret Starbucks menu she learned...

President Harry S. Truman once said "The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know." There are individuals who live by this coda and apply it to nearly everything. One such individual is a local Santa Monica resident whom I will only call by his first name: Dave. Dave sees a world just underneath the...

He is a student at Santa Monica College, but his nationality has been quite literally torn in half. An anonymous student sat down with a Corsair contributor to discuss being from Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia through a popular vote last year. The annexation was the result of a 2014 revolt in Ukraine which overthrew a Moscow-aligned...

If Santa Monica College’s facilities have substandard air conditioning, should we install better systems or just tear down the buildings? This is the decision that was proposed last month by a DPAC Facilities Planning subcommittee. The contracting group had a lengthy discussion over whether or not to install temporary air conditioning in the Liberal Arts and Letters & Science facilities,...

Ah, The Santa Monica College Cafeteria. A place where over 500 students are able to sit, eat, and study -- and sleep, if they haven't yet found out about the lovely couch chairs in the library. For over 40 years, this cafeteria has served its students with diligence and faithfulness, and hosted many events such as blood drives, as meetings,...

For decades, the Santa Monica Airport (SMO) has been the rope of an incessant game of tug-of-war. Many Santa Monica city officials and residents of Santa Monica have been in conflict with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the regards of closing the airport or reducing its activity. The FAA, which leased the airport for defensive purposes during World War...

Spring break came and went. For The Corsair it was a well-deserved break after our staff took 18 awards at the Journalism Association Of Community Colleges (JACC) conference in Sacramento. Our staff labors day and night (literally) to bring you print and online content and the efforts paid off. Not only did we win multiple awards in top categories, but...

Till this date one of the most prospective inventions of the 21st century is starting to take place in California. Elon Musk, a 43 year-old South African born and American-Canadian entrepreneur, engineer and inventor introduced a new project, one that will totally change the way transit transportation is seen in the world, and downtown Los Angeles will be the base...

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer is currently negotiating with the California Coastal Commission (CCC) regarding the removal of the curfew on Los Angeles beaches implemented by the City of Los Angeles in 1988. The curfew is currently in place, restricting people from visiting Dockweiler State Beach, Venice Beach, and Will Rogers Beach from midnight to 5 a.m. According to...

Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting marked a passing of the torch for two reasons. One was the presence of new Student Trustee Jonathan Eady, the other was that this was President and Superintendent Tsang’s final Board meeting after nine years here at Santa Monica College. After announcing his retirement in January, Jeff Shimizu was chosen to serve as Interim...