Generations following America's turbulent 1960's have since longed to feel the passion and anarchy of the events that painted one of the nation's most transformative period. Now, a key thinker of the age, an activist of the New Left political movement, Tom Hayden is allowing the public to read his first hand accounts of some of the 60's most memorable...

The times we live in feel like an unstable globe with various prairie fires without direction. The conflicts of today are mired in either fundamentalist fever dreams (the theocratic violence of ISIS in Iraq and Syria) or post-modern, directionless protest (Occupy Wall Street). Five decades ago, it was a different world. In the 1960s the number of young people outnumbered...

A constant paranoia and fear grips the hearts of the American people. Since the World Trade Center attacks of 2001, the United States has dehumanized people of Middle Eastern ethnicity. There have been several bogeymen figures in this war on terror. The hit list has included the names of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Osama Bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein. But recently...

The recently resigned Director of Student Advocacy, Diana Gutierrez, addressed the Associated Students meeting about a small protest she held on campus last Wednesday which challenged the relationship of A. S. student leaders and the Associate Dean of Student Life, Sonali Bridges. Last Wednesday, Gutierrez and a UCLA student, Areli Rios, appeared outside of the library and in the quad...

With just two games left to play in the Santa Monica College 2014 football schedule, the Corsairs are finally starting to consistently play like the conference champions the fans of the blue and white have come to know and love over the past three seasons. Although SMC trounced LA Southwest College Saturday 56-27, the true test lies in their final...

The Santa Monica College Corsair men’s soccer team settled for a 4-4 tie Tuesday afternoon after the Glendale College Vaqueros snatched away a victory from the Corsair's clutches at the last minute, eliminating them from conference title contention. With less than 14 minutes to go in the match, Glendale forward Maxwell Trautmann found himself with just the goalie to beat,...

Premiering this weekend, following last year’s Academy Award-winning Disney animation movie musical “Frozen” comes “Big Hero 6,” another one of Disney’s attempts to make a successful, 3D animation movie without the Pixar masters. After their success with last year’s snow-capped musical about two sisters battling to simultaneously kill and save each other, Disney’s going to try to merchandize their way...

You see them on the street getting pulled over by the police. You assume that they're doing something wrong, or that they're a criminal. You assume they're not doing anything with their lives, not trying to get a job, and most likely doing drugs. The criminalization of the mentally ill, homeless, and substance abusers is a societal issue that is...

"Nightcrawler" doesn't crawl; it runs. Lead by Jake Gyllenhaal's strong, blunt and unnerving performance as Louis Bloom, an ambitious and resourceful freelance reporter, the movie delivers a mix of suspense, social and moral conflict, and a character you will love, or love to hate. The movie opens with a picturesque gallery of perfect wide shots of Los Angeles. Dark, midnight...

I was nervously sweating, taking slow deep breaths, as I stepped onto my mat and waited for further instruction. "Spread your legs out and get a wide stance, svanasana position, come down into downward dog, come up and namaste," yoga teacher Herb Sandoval said, while teaching his advanced yoga class at SMC. I came to the class expecting to observe,...