Santa Monica College Corsairs men's volleyball head coach John Mayer couldn't remember exactly when he knew that the 2015 edition of the blue and white could take the state championship. It was somewhere in the preseason non traditional tournaments when two of the returning sophomores Taylor Tattersall and Luis Palos showed their growth over the offseason."You could see Tattersall, who...

It's not everyday you get people from different political movements all rallying together around one central cause. Black Lives Matter, transnational activists and environmentalists all came together to celebrate women. Any privilege from other attendees was checked at the door for this moment of recognition. On Saturday, for the 2nd Annual Global Eco-feminism Conference hosted in Santa Monica College's HSS...

The task seemed easy enough for Griffin Williams: find the Santa Monica College clubs that match the riddles on the sheet of paper in order to win a prize. Putting his neurons to work, WIlliams began his quest for answers to phrases such as, "The alchemists of olde, are in row with the new, visit ye their concoctions, a tincture...

I don’t like Floyd Mayweather Jr. I’ve never liked him. No one wanted to see the man kiss the canvas this past Saturday night more than I. I tend to agree with most that can’t stand him. However, you lose me when your rationale for bashing him as a fighter is based on his conduct out of the ring. This...

Mariachis, piñatas, tequila shots, ice-cold Coronas and Tecates, margaritas, guacamole, mustaches, ponchos, sombreros, and Taco Tuesdays! These are staples of what the American consciousness thinks about when they think about Cinco de Mayo. But what exactly is Cinco de Mayo about?The club president and vice president of Santa Monica College's M. E. Ch. A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan) group...

Rarely in sports, as in life, does the perceived narrative line up with reality. The bad guy is not always the one who wears the black hat, the girl of your dreams turns out to be a snobby brat and rarely does an event live up to its hype. However, the good versus evil storyline that followed fight fans as...

Standing behind the starting block, headphones on, focused, adrenaline coursing through his body, the smell of chlorine intensifies, and water reflects from his goggles as Santa Monica College freshman mid-distance swimmer Gabriel Miranda prepares to dive in. "I want to fly/Can you take me far away," the chorus of Macklemore's "Wings" reverberates through his ears, blocking the outside ambiance, keeping...

The Santa Monica College Corsairs track and field team qualified only one athlete for the Southern California championships at the California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Regional Trials and Finals held at Cerritos College on Saturday. Freshman Genisis Smith's distance of 13.38 meters in the men's triple jump was enough to advance him to the Southern California Regional Championships...

With "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" opening this weekend to massive box office figures and comic book films saturating the market, it is difficult to remember that there was a time when comic book films were not taken (or treated) seriously. After having your ears and other points of sense blown out by "Age Of Ultron"'s sound mix through theater speakers,...

As the final ball fell to the floor at San Diego City College, The Santa Monica College Corsairs men's volleyball team They had just defeated the El Camino College Warriors 3-1, to earn their first state title since 1981. The scene that followed came straight out of the end scene of a video game. There was the storming of the...