It would be hard to argue that anyone can fall in love quite like Eric Clapton. While some love rock ballads like Journey’s “Faithfully” and Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You” succeed at belting out lyrics of loyalty, love, and passion, few songs can bring the grit to a love song that Eric Clapton’s “Layla” can. Known for one...

When the infamous Santa Monica College shooter John Zawahri attempted to buy a weapon in 2011, the California Department of Justice informed him that he was ineligible to purchase a firearm due to his admittance to the University of California, Los Angeles' Neuropsychiatric Institute in 2006. At this point, the state believed his admittance to a mental institution would prevent...

On May 11, United States army veteran Tommy Yancy, who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, was savagely beaten and killed in Imperial County, California. Back on April 18, 19-year-old honor student and recent high school graduate, Adrian Parra, was shot to death in Salton City, CA while on the way to take his girlfriend on a movie and dinner...

“If the world is where we hide from ourselves, what do we do when the world is no longer accessible? We invent a false name, invent a destiny, purchase a firearm through the mail." - Don DeLillo, "Libra."On the morning of June 7, 2013 I walked up the steps of the campus library and came across my friend, former Film...

Being a reporter can be very polarizing. Facts and figures are the bread and butter and if a reporter gets even the slightest of facts wrong, he or she may be subjected to a world of backlash. Opinion writing can be just as, if not more sensitive; especially at the publication of a community college. At times, you will be...

Something is terribly wrong with individuals in our society. Almost a year after a gunman shattered the peace at Santa Monica College, Santa Barbara has now experienced its own tragedy through bloodshed at the hands of Elliot Rodger, a Santa Barbara City College student, who claimed to be incensed by the fact that women on campus would reject him for...

India, the world's largest democracy with an estimated 1.2 billion inhabitants, has entered a terrifying new era with the election last week of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party. Essentially China's great economic rival in the east has voted in a fascist party. It is not hyperbole to suggest that India while now be the first, major fascist power...

Santa Monica College students were given the opportunity to test and improve their knowledge in German culture on Tuesday, when the German Club at SMC celebrated Maifest, an event meant commemorate the arrival of Summer. Students who stopped by the event were welcomed with pizza and were allowed to take part in certain contests where they competed for prizes such...

My name is Henry Franklin Crumblish and I am a minority. You may not know it from my name alone, but in addition to being 50 percent Irish I am also 50 percent Black. The word minority should be anything but commonplace in our society. In our hyper-sensitive age where a tweet can get you fired, it puzzles me as...

As children, many of us grew up watching the storybook worlds of Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, being told that one day we would find our prince charming and live happily ever after. That theme seems to continue into the romantic comedies and dramas that we watch as adults. The message is clear — we are to find that...