As the yellow and blue volleyball soared past the back line after a missed spike, the Santa Monica College Corsairs completed a thrilling comeback victory over Long Beach City College. The SMC Corsairs prevailed with a three sets to one versus Long Beach City College in a hard fought match. The Corsairs dropped the first set after blowing a lead...

The streets of Los Angeles are again boiling with the anger of the disenfranchised as another police shooting, this time in Skid Row, has again raised the question of the relationship between citizens and security forces. In this week's issue our writers and photographers capture two events where individuals express their anger against a system they feel has rejected progress...

On February 19, 2015 Santa Monica College’s Black Collegians presented Communal Workshop, where healing the wounds of slavery were not the only wounds that needed healing that day. Despite the technical difficulties surrounding the setup of the event, due to faulty school servers and network access, the dedicated Santa Monica College staff pulled through. Presenting the Host Payge Means Hopper;...

President Dr. Chui L. Tsang announced his plans for retiring from his administrative position here at Santa Monica College early this year. Having started working at the college nearly a decade ago, this will be his final semester in power. Come the end of June the new set of freshly graduated SMC Alumni will not be the only ones taking...

People running in terror. The ringing of sirens permeates through the town as screaming people start to fill the streets."Tsunami! Tsunami!"Just off the eastern coast of Japan an earthquake of a 9.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale occurred on March 11th, 2011. The earthquake was the fourth strongest earthquake ever recorded since 1900. Futhermore, the aftermath, specifically the nuclear crisis...

Actor Harrison Ford was injured last Thursday when his single-engine 1942 military trainer crashed into the Penmar Golf Course near the Santa Monica Airport. Ford was aided by nearby golfers, some of whom happened to be doctors. At 2:20 p.m. the Los Angeles Fire Department received a report of the plane crash and immediately responded. Ford was conscious and breathing...

On Tuesday morning SMC's Black Collegians Program held one of its regular back to school events, this time in celebration of Black History Month. Members of the group donned "Black Lives Matter" and "We Can't Breathe" shirts to express solidarity with recent victims of police brutality. Their goal with this event was to have "everyone on campus just come together...

At the 2005 Oscars, like a group of urban insurgents, Three 6 Mafia took the stage and performed one of the most out of place, yet perfectly fit for its film songs, "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp." An intense testament to seeking escape from a despairing lifestyle, it's a brutally honest expression from a brutally honest movie. The...

The Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division hosted their 9th annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk this past Saturday displaying local artists' works for the public in a culturally-stimulating event filled with activities, food, music, and more. It was quite a bustling scene at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk, satisfying the art lover's soul and bringing an accessible and free dose of...

As Daniel Limo came down the final mile of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, he had Ocean Avenue all to himself. The 31-year-old Kenyan took the lead from fellow countryman Edwin Koech at the 22 mile mark, just past the Veteran’s Administration building in Westwood and by the time he reached the Santa Monica city limits, he had no...