If you haven't seen the recent ruckus on Twitter or the slew or articles online attacking the news outlet Vice Media over the last month, you might think it's just another attack on a major brand by social media users. One among many in the relatively short history of the internet. But this time the dispute isn't over whether the...

Nutcracker Follow-up: PPI President Attempts to Make Amends with Tickets Just before the Monday, April 18, Associated Students (AS) board meeting, the head of SMC’s Public Policy Institute (PPI) Dr. Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein delivered a letter and 250 Tickets to AS President Jesse Randel’s office. The tickets were for a performance of the Westside Ballet’s Spring Symposium on Friday, May 6...

This fall, Santa Monica College will see its first cohort of students in the new Interaction Design Bachelor’s Degree program as part of new legislation from the California Senate. Senate Bill 850, sponsored by Senator Marty Block and approved by Governor Jerry Brown, gave community colleges the opportunity to offer a bachelor’s degree program. In January 2015, out of the...

At the age of 19, Dario Gentiletti left his homeland of Italy to build a franchise of Italian restaurants in Thailand with his brother and their two best friends. It was this experience that taught him to be financially responsible. "The most important thing is to control the money," he said. "There is no more important thing to know than...

Jazzmin Sardin is a 20 year old Los Angeles native who is majoring in criminology. She's currently involved with Black Collegians, Adelante and Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS). She is hopeful that she can transfer to UC Irvine for Fall 2017 and one day work for the FBI or the CIA. Sardin is running unopposed for Director of Student...

Abderezak Azib is a 23 year old environmental engineering major. He grew up in Algeria before moving to Boston at the age of 12. He is now a student at SMC, and a candidate for the position of Director of Sustainability in the 2016 Associated Students elections. Azib’s passion is the environment. His first day at SMC, he joined a...

Mathematics major Auguste Gezalyan ultimately hopes to become a mathematician. However, for now he’s running for the position of Associated Students Director of Budget Management at SMC. “I was fortunate enough to get every signature I needed long before the deadline,” Gezalyan said. He decided he wanted to run for the position after last year's election.“I have been Sam Ross's...

Jeannie Joo, originally from Washington, is in her first year at SMC, and serves as the treasurer of the Communications Club. She says she’s still keeping everything open as far as what she wants to do with her career, but for now, she’s focusing all of her energy on her campaign for Director of Activities in the 2016 Associated Students...

Film studies and philosophy major Edward Tang, 20, knew he wanted to make a change at SMC after hearing about the controversy surrounding the AS funding of the Nutcracker play last semester. “I heard something about what happened last year, with people that were just voting to make the professors happy, to make the nutcracker concert,” Tang said. “That's one...

Madeleine Turner is a 20 year old history major, currently in her third semester at SMC. She is a Canadian-American who attended the University of Toronto, a passionate follower of Associated Students goings-on, and a candidate for Director of Instructional Support in the 2016 AS elections, running with the New Wave slate. “I’m passionate about AS. I really am. I...