Santa Monica residents left asking “Y?”
Muna Cosic, Staff Writer
April 29, 2011
Montana Avenue is one of Santa Monica’s jewels, where locals and tourists can shop, eat, and enjoy a number of retail businesses and restaurants. At a time, when the economy is uncertain and consumers buy less, streets like Montana Avenue begin to see the effect. Closed businesses have left empty... Read more »
Pillow Fight Day is a hit
Nick Lotz, Staff Writer
April 28, 2011
Feathers layered the park an inch thick, floating into passerbys eyes and mouths. Taylor Branch, 19, of Northridge, wore a surgical mask over her mouth to protect herself from the onslaught of feathers floating through the air due to the pillow fight. “There are feathers everywhere, there’s... Read more »
He Said/She Said – Dusting off that glass cieling
Vera Hughes & John Stapleton IV, Relationship Experts
April 27, 2011
Steven asks, “My girlfriend says she loves me but refuses to do anything that might be misconstrued as ‘domesticated,’ so I pretty much have to do everything. How can I show her that helping out with household chores isn’t the same as submission?” HE SAID I would try... Read more »
Blue and white goes green for a week
Monique Kaminskya and Naomi Calbucci, Staff Writers
April 27, 2011
As students gathered around the Children’s Nature Institute booth along the SMC boardwalk, Ponchita – a 12-inch Kenyan sand boa – was the main attraction as she slithered across the table displaying her orange and beige scales. The Children’s Nature Institute was one of the many... Read more »
Santa Monica jewelry heist takes $1.5 million
Nathan Gawronsky, Staff Writer
April 27, 2011
Police are in the process of searching for four men in connection with an armed robbery that swiped $1.5 million in jewelry. The robbery occurred on Tuesday, April 26, at approximately 2:00 p.m. in the parking lot behind The Veggie Grill in Santa Monica. The assailants, described as males of unidentified... Read more »
SMC student dies in traffic accident
Nathan Gawronsky, News Editor
April 27, 2011
At 2:25 a.m. on Friday, April 22, a Santa Monica College student named James Henrey Freimann, 19-years-old, died in a traffic accident on his way home from a friend’s house, evidently. His vehicle crashed into a semi-trailer truck. “I knew James since I was four years old,” said... Read more »
Art in the Streets exhibit opens at MOCA
By Vera Hughes, Opinion Editor
April 27, 2011
Gothic, creepy, futuristic and steampunk-esque sculptures made from toy dinosaur parts, Darth Vader masks, and scrap metal, like work from the late graffitist/rapper/sculptor RAMM:ELL:ZEE, may not be what you immediately picture when somebody says the words “street art,” but after traipsing... Read more »
Veteran students find a green zone at Veterans’ Resource Center
Juan Lopez, Staff Writer
April 27, 2011
Daniel Anderson, 26, lives with his girlfriend and has been attending Santa Monica College since August, 2009. Originally a theater major, he discovered he had a passion for writing, and that he had a particular fascination with mythology. “Fiction reaches masses in a profound way. The more universal... Read more »
Priority enrollment exasperates students
Raven Wadley-Wright, Staff Writer
April 27, 2011
Beginning May 9, Santa Monica College will begin paring back on the amount of classes offered for both summer and fall semesters; additionally, due to an all-time high demand for enrollment, adjustments have been made to the priority enrollment system. The current enrollment system works on a first come... Read more »
A.S. election results announced
Johnathan Bue, Editor-in-Chief
April 27, 2011
After a two-week delay, a new Associated Students board, headed by President-elect Harrison Wills, was selected after a special meeting was conducted by an Election Committee this past Friday to resolve whether certain candidates had violated the election code in their bid for a seat on the board. Although... Read more »
