Deep Cuts to Student Worker Programs on their way? At the end of the Monday Associated Students (AS) board meeting, Interim Associate Dean of Student Life Dr. Nancy Grass announced that the budget for SMC's student worker program had potentially been cut in half for the upcoming year. Speaking to the Corsair after the meeting, Grass confirmed the budget cuts,...

On April 1, I went to see a play called "Cheatin’" by Del Shores. I went in with the intention of liking this play. After all, the SMC theater department was generous enough to let me get in for free just for a measly review. The staff at the theatre was very kind to me, one of them even showed...

Black lives matter. However, that, as an isolated statement, hasn't proven to be very effective in getting Americans on board with addressing problems that black people face in regards to violence against black people and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. In fact, it doesn’t even seem effective within the black community. A Rasmussen Report revealed that only 31...

Last week a defective part on the washer in my unit broke, flooding my bathroom, the downstairs neighbor's unit and her garage. The good folks at Samsung were kind enough to fix the manufacturer's defect, as well as cut a check for all damages that resulted from said flood. Pretty much everyone can agree that this was the right thing...

Under a ceiling filled with gold stars, disco balls, colorful metallic spirals, streams of paper cutouts and Christmas lights, a group of overheated millennials enjoyed the magically validating experience of watching, or rather participating in, a performance by up and coming west coast band Walter Etc. As the band shifts from its former identity Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra...

Orlando Gonzalez Gudino-Guizar is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico and came to the United States when he was only 14 years old. He is an economics major who plans to transfer to UC Berkeley. Once he graduates, he wants to work in the Treasury Department in Washington D. C. Gonzalez is currently the ICC Vice Chair on the Associated Students board,...

Kinesiology major Adrian M. Restrepo, 19, referred to his youth in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela in creating the basis of his AS vice presidential candidacy. When Restrepo lived in Venezuela, he was a human rights activist who protested against corrupt political powers. Enduring through tear gas and rubber bullets to fight for a fair government, his experience has inspired the...

Independent candidate Micca Cao, originally from Eastern China, was inspired to run for Director of Student Advocacy in the 2016 Associated Students Election by experiences she had in China, South Africa, and America. In China, she observed the corrupt government. In South Africa, she saw poverty and children with unrecognized potential that others forget to value. In America, she pursued...

Dane Cruz, a 19 year old first year SMC student, is running for A. S. Secretary as part of the Fresh Start slate. According to Cruz, his position tutoring for the Black Collegians and Adelante program gave him access to enough people where coming up with 50 signatures was never a problem. He is currently running unopposed. In an email...

18-year-old Daira Bustos is a communication studies major and Stanford hopeful that wakes up 2 1/2 hours before class to walk 20 minutes to the bus stop, where she proceeds to take a series of four buses to arrive at SMC. She’s taking 20 units, on the debate team, the current treasurer, ICC delegate of the Bernie Club, and has...