Winter Semester Slashed as BOT approves new budget.
Andrew Riesmeyer, News Editor
September 7, 2012
Amy Gaskin contributed to this report. The Santa Monica College Board of Trustees approved the school’s 2012-2013 budget at a meeting Thursday that included the entire elimination of the schools’ winter 2013 session. President and Superintendent Dr. Chui L Tsang said in a statement to The... Read more »
What’s Next for Contract Ed?
Nathan Gawronsky, Chavi Gourarie
May 3, 2012
Researchers at Santa Monica College have recently released a stark report outlining the loss of two thirds of classes at 15 local community colleges in Los Angeles, including SMC. The report comes at a time when the controversial Contract Ed program, which would offer an additional 50 courses over the... Read more »
Student protesters kick off May Day protests
Nathan Gawronsky, Editor-in-Chief
May 1, 2012
Kicking off the May Day protests, members of the Santa Monica College Student Organizing Committee demonstrated in morning traffic to the sounds of honking cars and cries of support and exasperation. Mikhail Pronilover, one of the more vocal members of the SOC, explained that the group’s mission... Read more »
SOC continues protest into late evening
Andy Riesmeyer, News Editor
April 30, 2012
About 15 protesters from the Student Organizing Committee gathered on the Santa Monica College quad Monday night while a small group of campus police watched from benches nearby. The SOC planned on camping at the college, but found their plan foiled by manure, which had been spread on the meeting place... Read more »
Campus police remove SOC tent, school says recently manured quad “a coincidence”
Andy Riesmeyer, News Editor
April 30, 2012
Santa Monica College Police removed a tent pitched by protesters in SMC’s quad at around 1 p.m. Monday amid wet grass and freshly laid manure. Protesters from the Student Organizing Committee pitched the tent earlier this afternoon in anticipation of an overnight “camp out” the group... Read more »
Protest Timeline
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SMCPD prepares for tentative protest “camp out” Monday
Andy Riesmeyer, News Editor
April 26, 2012
Officers from the Santa Monica College Police Department met with senior school administration today to discuss how to prepare for next week’s protests which are to include picketing and possible camping on school grounds. “We’re going to take orders from senior staff,” Sgt. Jere Romano said... Read more »
Student Organizing Committee meets in preparation of May 1 protests
Andy Riesmeyer, News Editor
April 25, 2012
About 30 students gathered at a Student Organizing Committee general assembly Tuesday morning to plan the upcoming May 1 protests against Santa Monica College’s controversial “Advance Your Dreams” contract education program. It is the continuation of the movement organized by the SOC that led... Read more »
A.S. candidates respond to Contract Ed
Andy Riesmeyer, News Editor
April 25, 2012
Candidates for leadership positions on the Associated Students board are gearing up for next week’s election while tensions over budget cuts and self-funded education remain high at Santa Monica College. Members from various campaign slates have spent time talking to students, explaining how student... Read more »
Letter to the Corsair about self-funded classes
David Finkel, Letter to Editor
April 24, 2012
In March, Santa Monica College announced that it would offer 50 additional sections of hard to get classes on a self funded basis at the ‘state calculated’ cost of $180 per unit. The proposal was criticized by many as creating a two-tiered system of public higher education, one for the rich and one... Read more »
