SMC’s International Volleyball Ambassador
Miles Arnold, Sports Editor
May 31, 2011
This May, Michael O’Hara, a former Santa Monica College volleyball coach and current assistant coach for the women’s tennis team, was invited to speak at the eleventh annual “Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future” seminar in Doha, Qatar to discuss the importance of... Read more »
SMC football begins workouts
Wayne Neal, Staff Writer
May 31, 2011
Time to button up those chin-straps and lace up those cleats. It’s football time. Spring practice is well underway at Santa Monica College as the Corsair football team prepares for another season looking to improve from the previous year. ... Read more »
Educational harmony
Vera Hughes, Opinion Editor
May 25, 2011
There is a popular stereotype that Asians are academically oriented, very smart and usually at the top of their classes. Hasn’t everyone heard someone make a nerdy Asian joke at some point in his or her adolescence or teenaged years? But those jokes seem mostly to associate Asians with left-brained... Read more »
LiNK connects with North Koreans
Michael Miller, Staff Writer
May 25, 2011
Huddled around several large desks in a small office in Torrance, CA, numerous volunteers feverishly type on their computers. The workers of Liberty In North Korea (LiNK) have just returned from an 11-week nationwide tour, and are tying up the loose ends of the operation. LiNK Global was established... Read more »
The masters of Youtube
Juan Lopez, Staff Writer
May 25, 2011
YouTube has provided an outlet to many who are not usually represented in mainstream media since its start in February of 2005. One year after its launch, some of YouTube’s most subscribed users began their YouTube careers by signing up and posting their first videos. Today, the... Read more »
Barfly – Q’s Billiards
John Stapleton IV, Web Editor
May 25, 2011
Beer pong may just be the last remaining unifier for our generation. While myriads of media outlets attempt to collect us under the same umbrella-like scope, nothing universally appeals to the splintered amalgam of the Information Age. Lots of things bring us together, but nothing brings us all together... Read more »
Marukai market proves success through turmoil in Japan
Naomi Calbucci, Staff Writer
May 25, 2011
With the current situation in Japan still pending, many markets in the United States who depend on overseas imports have to accommodate themselves by finding new suppliers and products to carry over. This disruption in commerce may seem to be of an inconvenience but business owners are putting one... Read more »
Censorship definitely not just an Asian trait
William Courtney, Staff Writer
May 25, 2011
While it may seem odd to compare the movie The Village, to information censorship in Asia right now, just think about it. In the movie, you are lead to believe people live in a town reminiscent of colonial America. Its inhabitants are haunted by horrific beasts that live in the forest... Read more »
America’s Best Dance Crews comes from Asia
Nayla Paschoa, Staff Writer
May 25, 2011
A trend was born when the all-Asian dance crew, the “Jabbawockeez,” won MTV’s competitive dance reality television series America’s Best Dance Crew in 2008. Since then, many other Asian dance crews have come out on top, creating much controversy among the viewers at home, with... Read more »
He Said/She Said – Asian Invasion Brings Loony Toons
Vera Hughes & John Stapleton IV, Relationship Experts
May 25, 2011
Kim asks, “I stumbled upon my boyfriend’s porn stash, and it’s full of really gross anime porn. Is that normal? Should any of this loli/bukkakke/rape stuff worry me?” HE SAID: Australian comedian Jim Jeffries once told a story about an ex-girlfriend of his that tried... Read more »
