Increased police brutality on non-violent protesters, Gandhi would not approve
Christina Sziatinszky
December 6, 2011
Peaceful protest, is an American citizen’s right by law, but in the chaos brewing from the many Occupy protests, it seems as though the police may have forgotten that. It also appears they only know how to respond with brutal force, like using pepper spray, mace, tear gas, rubber bullets and other... Read more »
Bowl game ends in disappointment
Wayne Neal
November 22, 2011
Corsairs’ loss to East L.A. ends in a brawl The East Los Angeles Huskies prevailed 42-28 at Saturday’s American Championship Bowl game at Santa Monica College. The defeat was further soured by a post-game fight that led the police to escort both teams to their locker rooms. As both teams came over... Read more »
Occupy LA protesters confronted by LAPD, arrests made
Roger Morante
November 17, 2011
Helicopters buzzed in the air and a march through downtown Los Angeles, led by Occupy L.A. protesters, soon transformed into a strange dystopic scene filled with a rich cacophony that enmeshed sirens and helicopters with the banging of bongos, the blowing of horns, and shouting between protesters and... Read more »
Why you definitely want to be in the college football business
Sam Ribakoff
November 15, 2011
On Nov. 9, a group of students at U.C. Berkeley decided to set up tents on campus to support of the international Occupy movement and to demand their own economic justice. At the end of the night, 39 students and one professor were arrested for unlawful congregation on school grounds. A video of U.C.... Read more »
Occupy LA shuts down Bank of America main headquarters
Roger Morante
November 9, 2011
Occupy LA, the movement that has grown over the last month from the Occupy Wall Street protests, took their actions a step further by occupying Bank of America and effectively shutting down the main headquarters branch located on 333 Hope St. in downtown Los Angeles around five pm on November 9, 2011. Riot... Read more »
Censorship cannot silent the voice of the people
Mia Shilpi
November 8, 2011
The first half of 2011 saw a historic string of revolutions in the Middle East and across the world, as various Arab dictators were overthrown by citizens no longer content with tyranny, brought together by the power of the Internet. Ranging from shutting down social networking sites to shutting down... Read more »
Second bathroom incident this fall
Vanessa Barajas, and Myles Johnson
November 4, 2011
Bathroom breaks in the Science building’s second-floor women’s restroom can be scary. A woman was informed that there was a man hiding in the next stall, and that he was trying to look into the stall. Despite multiple witnesses present, no one was able to get a good look at the man’s face. “I... Read more »
Security beefs up on Venice Beach
Shannon Culiner, Staff Writer
May 4, 2011
With a sack full of mini oranges propped around his right shoulder and a skate board half-buried in the sand nearby, Jay Quion sat on top of his wooden drum, beating it away with the entirety of the drum circle. Amongst Quion was a mass of approximately 600 onlookers and drummers in attendance at the... Read more »
Accident shuts down gas at Bundy Campus
By Nathan Gawronsky, Staff Writer and By Nathan Gawronsky, Staff Writer
March 20, 2011
On Friday March 18th at approximately 12 p.m., an automobile traveling on Bundy Drive on the northeast side of SMC’s Bundy campus veered off the road and struck an above ground gas meter and piping feeding into the campus’ main building, cutting off hot water and heating to the entire building.... Read more »
CCTV Cameras on campus are catching crime
Adam Rubin, Staff Writer
March 2, 2011
Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras are recording activity on a 24-hour basis on every campus at Santa Monica College. The cameras have assisted with catching criminal activity in cases dating as recently as last Wednesday, February 23. The first cameras were set up 20 years ago following an incident... Read more »
