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AS approves Health and Wellness vending machines for SMC Main Campus in Fall 2025

David Duncan, 2024-25 Associated Students president, presented a model for Health and Wellness vending machines for students to the Board of Directors on May 19. The vending machines will include products ranging from pain relievers to Plan B and pregnancy tests. The Board approved unanimously, but the proposal is pending legal review from the SMC administration.

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‘My House Burned Down’: capturing an artists experience with disaster

After losing their home in the Eaton fire, artist Camilla Taylor curated an exhibition made up of just artists whose houses have burned down. “My House Burned Down”, located at Track 16 in Downtown LA, hosts 8 different artists, 4 who lost their home in the recent LA fires and 4 who have lost their home from fires in the past. Taylor explores themes of loss, destruction and grief, as well as what happens when you have nothing left.

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Day 2 of ICE protests - June 7

In Paramount and neighboring city Compton on June 7, a chaotic scene unfolded with cops and protesters squaring up in a commercial area. For hours in the evening, protesters scattered throughout Alondra Boulevard, yelling, playing music, dancing, and sometimes clutching their faces and running when the Sheriff’s Department line by the 710 Freeway deployed tear gas.

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Religious groups, peaceful protesters, federal forces and some rioters take to streets in days 2-4 of demonstrations; LAPD pending Professional Standards review

Since Friday, steadfast protests in L.A. county countering ICE raids have expanded and intensified, leading to tensions between police and demonstrators. Trump summoning 2,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to protect government personnel is estimated to cost $134 million. As finals season starts, SMC is urging faculty to be flexible with students affected by the “unprecedented events” going on in the city.

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DHS tear gasses group protesting L.A. ICE raids

Following a series of immigration enforcement actions in L.A. on Friday, activist groups threw an impromptu rally at the Federal Building. Protesters threw rocks and bottles, and shot some fireworks, while DHS officers fired tear gas and pepper balls. Los Angeles police enforced a dispersal order with rubber bullets.

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