Tuesday, Nov. 12A 2009 Toyota Corolla in Parking Structure 3 was defaced at around 6:30 p.m. after a number of yellow Post-It notes were left on the Toyota driver's windshield insulting her parking ability. The suspect also smeared some form of jelly or jam on the left side of the driver's window and door handle. A Samsung Galaxy Note cellphone...

For anyone looking to travel to an environmentally friendly country, Santa Monica College student, Nelly Alavez says there is no better place than Germany. "It was nice; it was very green," Alavez said, adding that she has observed that Europe is very environmentally cautious. "In the streets when you walk around, there's always recycling trash cans everywhere," she said, also...

For Jihan Casquejo, a Filipino Santa Monica College student, a special sweet treat his mother makes called leche flan, reminds him of the delicious food and family gatherings that come with Christmas. Casquejo explains that this desert is very popular in the Philippines, even though it originates from France and Spain. His mother, who has adapted the dessert in her...

Santa Monica College freshman Jacqueline Portillo has yet to rebound after missing only one day of her Spanish class. “I came back, and I didn’t know what was going on,” says Portillo, a radio broadcast major at SMC. “Its a four-hour class, so I kind of lost a week of work, and it was really stressful trying to get back...

From running and jumping in basketball to sliding in soccer or tackling in football, Santa Monica College athletic programs can make athletes susceptible to foot-related injuries. Osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, is responsible for about 1.5 million bone fractures a year, and affects an estimated total of 28 million Americans, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons’ website....

After a 15-hour flight, you hope to breathe in fresh air, meet fascinating people, gain new friends, and have different experiences. Your English might be slightly off, but that does not scare you. You feel happy, and there is nothing that can stop you from being the adventurous international student. Soon you find yourself standing in front of an apartment...

Israel is turning into a dystopian society where ethnicity, not citizenship, determines your rank and value, where dissenters are spied on, and a fascistic right wing is gaining power, according to bestselling author and journalist Max Blumenthal. Blumenthal discussed his new, controversial book “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel” at the Culver-Palms United Methodist Church in Culver City last...

The amount of fraudulent identification presented by individuals attempting to take the entrance exam at Santa Monica College for prospective students has increased over the past three years, according to Esau Tovar, faculty leader of the assessment center. “It used to happen sporadically,” says Tovar. “In the last year, we have probably had about ten cases, and we’ve reported about...

College students have many expenses to worry about as they find themselves paying for tuition, books, rents and other miscellaneous expenses, often moving clothing down the list of priorities. With so many stores in the Santa Monica community, varying in style and price, students have a wide variety of options to shop. While many might prefer department stores or high-end...

The third annual Food Day celebration was held on Santa Monica College's main campus next to the Organic Learning Garden, as part of Sustainability Week, on Thursday, Oct. 24. Kathleen Green, organizer for this year’s event, is helping to educate students on healthy and affordable food while addressing how food can be produced agriculturally in a more sustainable way. One...