During public comments portion of the Associated Students' (AS) latest meeting, Nehasi Lee, an SMC student and former chairman of the ICC, criticized the AS for their apparent misuse of funds. "Some things you do confuse me..." he said. Lee, who regularly attends AS meetings, pointed out that the AS has raised over two million dollars but have "not done...

Last Tuesday, incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a fourth term after a turbulent re-election campaign. Netanyahu’s triumph was met with mixed reactions from various students at SMC, both Jewish and of general Middle Eastern descent. SMC student Rachel Friedman was “over-the-moon thrilled” with Netanyahu’s victory. She described Netanyahu as “the Winston Churchill of our time,” and emphasized that...

On Tuesday morning SMC's Black Collegians Program held one of its regular back to school events, this time in celebration of Black History Month. Members of the group donned "Black Lives Matter" and "We Can't Breathe" shirts to express solidarity with recent victims of police brutality. Their goal with this event was to have "everyone on campus just come together...