Juan Lopez

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Worked on 364 assignments, created 24, named on 50 bylines for The Corsair.

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 3 min read

SMC softball faces trouble in double header

The Santa Monica College Corsairs' softball team dropped both ends of an afternoon double header against the LA Mission College Eagles, 12-10 and 22-6 on Tuesday. In the first game, the Corsairs fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning after a string of errors that allowed LA Mission runners to reach base. The Corsairs weren't going to...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

SMC women's tennis serves up St. Patrick's Day massacre against Bakersfield

The Bakersfield College Renegades (0-8) found no luck Tuesday afternoon as they were completely annihilated by a 5-4 Santa Monica women's tennis team. Santa Monica, who came into the match having lost two-straight games against Western Conference rivals Santa Barbara and Glendale accordingly, showed no mercy while crushing the winless Bakersfield team. At the very start of singles, it was...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 5 min read

SMC Director of Sustainability Genevieve Bertone departs, but leaves behind a key legacy

As SMC Associated Students Director of Sustainability Andrea Cabrera stood outside of the library last Thursday, she was approached by a member of the Bike Club, who energetically rattled off numerous ideas of what to do now that the club was officially installed by the Inter-Club Council. Relays, scavenger hunts, and group rides with other clubs, he went on and...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 3 others for The Corsair - 3 min read

Women's Military History Week observed at SMC

On Tuesday, Santa Monica College hosted an event to honor Military Women’s History Week, which itself is a part of Women’s History Month. The event consisted of presentations about female veterans throughout history and their struggle to attain equality within the armed forces of the United States. It was coordinated and put together by SMC Counselor Audrey Sandoval. According to...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 2 min read

30th Annual L.A. Marathon: a perspective from the sidelines

It was a cool Sunday morning, the usual traffic nightmares were nonexistent even with the roadblocks all over the city, but the roads were far from empty. Spectators lined up throughout the city to watch the 30th annual LA Marathon, in which people from all over the world braved the 26.2 miles from Dodger Stadium all the way to Ocean...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

Hiring a Lyft: Uber Safe or Uber Dangerous?

I never once gave a second thought about the safety of me or my friends after deciding to call upon the services of Lyft one Saturday night before a party. No one really thinks much about the fact that the driver is a complete stranger, how his night is going, or how safe of a driver and person he/she is...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 4 min read

A Familiar Blue: Jazz fills the Edye Second Space

Friday night, as no more than fifty curious heads crowded the Edye, an undersized 1,800 square-foot music room, an all too familiar shade of blue fogged the air. It was jazz. Led by vocalist Sherry Williams, the quartet-ensemble consisting of pianist Jon Mayer, bassist Richard Simon and drummer Roy McCurdy, took listeners on a rhythmic journey of pleasurable highs and...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 8 min read

The Skin I Live In

It’s a warm day in the Monrovia forest as the cast and crew work on the set of Santa Monica College’s most recent short film project “Like A Rolling Stone.” The heat is encapsulated by the trees and makes it all the more challenging for the make-up department to keep the actors their foundation and wounds intact. Among them is...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 2 min read

LA Marathon closures and parking in Santa Monica

Participants in the 30th Annual Los Angeles Marathon this Sunday are expected to arrive on Ocean Avenue at approximately 9:30 a.m., but Santa Monica residents will feel the effects of the race all day. The marathon will shut down San Vicente Boulevard to Ocean Avenue and Ocean Avenue to California Street. The closures will extend one block south and one...

By (Juan as digital editor) + 4 others for The Corsair - 5 min read

Modern Indie horror "It Follows" will scare viewers celibate

19-year-old Jay Height (Maika Monroe) just wants to find a cute guy with a car to drive around in that can help her forget that she lives on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan during a technologically boring time period (late 80s-early 90s) with nothing but pine trees and suburban housing to entertain the eyes. She finds one in Hugh (Jake...