By Ashleen Knutsen, September Bottoms and Bailey PeraitaThere’s a familiar sight every time you walk past the math complex. Students of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds clutch their returned tests in hand and discuss their grades with confusion and disappointment. These students are so focused on looking at their papers that they can’t avert their eyes. One student with a...

As the electric rail car comes to a stop, words that haven't been heard in Santa Monica for over 60 years come out from the PA system: the announcement of an arriving train. The doors open, and hundreds of riders scurry out of the door and run down the railway like excited animals dying to eat their food. Since its...

It was the second week of last fall semester, and Ethan Opdyke discovered what all cyclists who study at SMC dread: his bike had been stolen. “I came here midday, for a 1 o’clock class. When I got done with that, an hour and five minutes later, and my bike was gone,” said Opdyke about the theft. Opdyke reported the...

In December of 2015, our beloved Editor-in-Chief Nik Lucaj approached me as I tried to run away from the monstrosity that is the Letters and Sciences building. His pace was quicker than mine — damn me for not being 6'4" and with a grumpy attitude. Thirty seconds after the initial chase, he offered me the Managing Editor position for the...

Junior college athletics provides a platform for thousands of student athletes around the nation to play collegiate sports while optimizing their academic and athletic potential to eventually transfer to a four-year university. Athletics is constantly used by institutions as a promotional tool to attract prospective students because success in it can easily be determined. Santa Monica College's Vice President of...

Doing new things is scary and, until just recently, I was firmly in the camp that it is overrated. I already know what I like, what’s the point of doing other stuff that I’ll probably hate? This is especially complicated for me, because I don’t like doing most things. I love drinking beer, watching basketball, playing video games, my girlfriend,...

Hello beautiful readers of The Corsair, I hope this letter finds you well, as I am decidedly unwell. I am writing to you on the day of publication for our final issue of Spring semester, but not the Spring semester you're probably thinking of. As I write this, it is not June 1, 2016, but June 1, 2017. I am...

Cotton Ships is a band made up of five members, but if you ever spend any time with them, it feels like a lot more. The band consists of four SMC students: lead singer and band founder Kenny Chesler, bass player Michael Cagliata, guitar player and occasional saxophonist Evan Ho, and vocalist Kaiya Crawford. The drummer is Elliot Lowell, who...

When you live on a four-year university campus, interactions are guaranteed and almost forced. You dine in halls packed like sardines and sleep in shoebox-esque rooms with two or three other sweaty kids. Solitude is near-impossible to find and socialization is unavoidable. At a community college, community is a choice. We have the freedom to opt out of any, if...

The easiest thing I could say that I’ve learned about being the News Editor this last semester is simply this: news is hard. No matter where you go, stories are literally all around you, constantly demanding your attention and trying to become the center of your limited time. You have to be alert to all possibilities and try your best...