Denny Zane, the executive director and former Santa Monica mayor, was invited to speak at Santa Monica College on Tuesday, Nov. 26 about creating a new transportation model for Los Angeles County, to reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emission. Zane said that a larger and functioning public transportation is essential because three million more people are expected to reside in...

With Christmas approaching, it can be difficult not to think of friends and family. One Santa Monica College student from Brazil, Lua Pepper, has two young children for whom she cooks traditional Brazilian desserts for Christmas. Pepper came to the U. S. to study in 2005 after she got accepted to the English as a Second Language English program at...

Alcohol seems to have become so synonymous with the college experience that simply thinking about the latter can conjure images of frat parties, empty red Solo cups strewn on the floor, and drunken students engaging in wild party antics. However, as much as it may be known to be a social catalyst and a kind of liquid courage, heavy consumption...

For travel lovers looking for experience in a family-oriented culture, Santa Monica College student Henric Emdenborg says Spain should be on your list of places to go. "They're always with their families, and I feel that we should be more like that here," said Emdenborg. "I think California is very materialistic, and they're not [in Spain]. They're more spiritual; they're...

While exercise and diet have become the two most popular hobbies for plenty of people, maintaining mental awareness and visual perceptions, which can be negatively affected by excessive exercising, are imperative while on an exercising or dieting commitment. You can meditate, stretch or jog yourself to good health along with the wide array of fruit drinks with wheat germ, vegetable...

A typical college scene is students walking around campus with their eyes fixated on a screen and thumbs feverishly tapping on their electronic devices. The influx of new devices released every year, sold out pre-orders and endless lines of customers on release days provide reassurance to companies that the smartphone market is going strong. The launch of the newest iPhone...

Anise the dog just celebrated her 12th birthday — 84th in dog years — last Tuesday. She is a yellow labrador retriever with a white-gold coat, missing her left eye as a result of surgery performed after a tumor was discovered during a routine health checkup. This did not change the dog’s inherent drive and work ethic. Only two weeks...

Since the launch of the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," United States citizens have been treated to a roller coaster ride of the country's health reform. Perhaps the most outstanding issue with the ACA is its website, healthcare.gov, which lists dates and deadlines and takes shoppers through the process of acquiring a health plan. The site has been...

Nearly three weeks after a deadly typhoon struck the Philippine islands, an outpour of grief and aid is still felt in Santa Monica and around the world. According to the United Nations, the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan continues to paint an even grimmer picture than was previously perceived. The government’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has updated...