The experience of sitting through "Circle Mirror Transformation," the newest production by SMC's theater department, is the equivalent of being at a bar with a loud drunk and you're not drinking, or enduring listening to a person who can talk, loudly, for hours on end without a break. Yet drunks and loud mouths can also have interesting things to say...

During public comments portion of the Associated Students' (AS) latest meeting, Nehasi Lee, an SMC student and former chairman of the ICC, criticized the AS for their apparent misuse of funds. "Some things you do confuse me..." he said. Lee, who regularly attends AS meetings, pointed out that the AS has raised over two million dollars but have "not done...

As the ball rolled away from the LA Valley College Monarch first baseman and headed towards the LA Valley dugout, Santa Monica College Corsairs' freshman pitcher Adriana Hernandez rounded third base and took off towards home to end her team's string of losses. The Corsairs ended their 16 game losing streak against the Monarchs on a walk off error 11-10...

On February 24, 2015 Carissa Drucker, a citizen of Santa Monica since 1986, spoke at a City Hall public hearing to protest the proposed 9 percent water rate increase. She owns multiple investment properties as rentals and one as her private home. She protested to the six council members with a valiant voice, “We are not reimbursed for our water...

After Santa Monica College Corsair freshman middle blocker Daniel Vaziri served an ace, he stared back at the crowd, his eyes piercing through those looking at him. He taunted the crowd, mimicking the rowdiness they had shown that night. As he erred his next serve, the crowd returned fire. The referees stopped the game and Daniel was sat down for...

Associated Students election season is on at Santa Monica College as the 2015 AS presidential candidates and their slates gathered at the quad on Tuesday to discuss everything from distance between students and their government as well as the mainstay issues of parking and the price of textbooks. With less than a week to prepare for the debate and less...

As the campus election season kicks off today with the candidates for seats in the Associated Students participating in a public debate, there is a shadow being cast over the proceedings after Monday's AS meeting in the Cayton center. It was a surreal moment as the board of directors apparently engaged in an intense face off with AS adviser Sonali...

“At the end of the day when you have 10 other members of the board who are exhausted or feel discouraged because of what happened, is you being right really important? Is you being right that important that 10 other people and their feelings and their opinions have to be stifled because you were right?” asks AS Vice President Caitlin...

The seasons have changed again we are now in spring once more. If it is indeed a season of change (and the ghastly image of mushy couples around campus), then it is fitting that we feature in this article a story out of the Arab Spring, the great upheaval in the Middle East that shook the world in 2011. SMC...

The times we live in are determined more than ever by appearances. In a world dominated more by the power of moving images and photographs, where the power of the image has completely overtaken the power of the word, appearances matter. In this week's issue Ronja Jansz brings us the story of Maritza Andrade, an SMC student whose very appearance...