Who speaks for SMC students?
Peter S. Cheng, Staff Writer
May 16, 2012
Here at Santa Monica College, the Associated Students act as our official student government, but lately the loudest voice on campus has been the Student Organizing Committee, an independent group of student activists. The pepper spraying of protesters at the April 4th Board of Trustees meeting made... Read more »
Good Evening Dr. Tsang
Taynara Moura, Letter to the Editor
May 16, 2012
As you must know by now, unfortunately we have lost the elections. I was feeling pretty upset about it, like I wouldn’t have the power to help the students as I’d like to. At first, I thought about contesting the fact that my direct opponent should have been disqualified, or the fact that... Read more »
SMC President comments on Contract Ed and pepper-spraying incident
Emilia Reyes, Staff Writer
April 6, 2012
Tension has continued to grow at Santa Monica College, following a violent pepper-spraying incident during last Tuesday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. Student activists are refusing to drop their opposition to Contract Ed, the controversial summer pilot program approved in March by the BOT. However,... Read more »
Left-Wing Misdirection: Hypocrisy in Media
Andy Riesmeyer
March 13, 2012
Read Right-Wing Misogyny: “El Rushbo” Strikes Again for the other side of the story. To address conservative commentator and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s comments towards Georgetown student Sandra Fluke, it must first be clearly stated that his words were inappropriate and rude. But... Read more »
Right-Wing Misogyny: “El Rushbo” Strikes Again
Faye Crosswhite
March 13, 2012
Read Left-Wing Misdirection: Hypocrisy in Media for the other side of the story. Radio personality Rush Limbaugh has once again found himself in a firestorm of self-imposed media controversy. After Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke lobbied in support of President Obama’s proposition that health... Read more »
HBO’s Game Change
Henry Crumblish, Staff Writer
March 13, 2012
It was late August 2008, and the presidential campaigns were well underway—Obama was ahead in the polls and the situation was turning frightful for the Republican candidate. The “Grand Old Party” needed something to rejuvenate and energize their campaign if they had any hope of winning the election. The... Read more »
A dream for some, a nightmare for others
Julie Newsome
November 23, 2010
Last week, the United States Supreme Court upheld a California state law granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, with the stipulation that they have attended a California high school for at least three years. In a nutshell, Joe from Massachusetts is stuck paying... Read more »
Big Oil gains back door entry with Prop. 26
John Stapleton IV
November 23, 2010
Based on completely rational logic, Californians galvanized against this past election’s Proposition 23, which recommended that the California Global Warming Solutions Act (Assembly Bill 32) be temporarily suspended. Although endorsed by millions of dollars from Big Oil, Prop 23... Read more »
T.S.A. mandates “junk touching”
Tieg Slattery
November 17, 2010
Over the weekend John Tyner’s “If you touch my junk I’m gonna have you arrested” video went viral. Tyner’s laughable lamentations have given rise to national outrage and indignation over increased security measures recently implemented by the T.S.A. ... Read more »
Welfare card use restricted
Jonathan Mendoza
November 17, 2010
It has now been a week since Governor Schwarzenegger issued a mandate prohibiting the use of state issued welfare cards in businesses deemed, “inconsistent with the goals of the program.” On the short list of these establishments are medical marijuana dispensaries, gun shops, cruise... Read more »
