Corsairs Men’s Volleyball Team Eyes Post-Pandemic Return
SMC student-athletes find themselves in uncharted territory.
March Madness is Back With a Vengeance
The first and second rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament did not disappoint.
World Series Champion Dodgers Run It Back
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping to become MLB's first back-to-back champions in over two decades.
Associated Students Candidate Profiles 2021-2022
Get to know the Candidates running for Santa Monica College’s Associated Students
Associated Students Election Candidate Breakdown
Breakdown of Candidates running for Associated Students
Fans Back in the Stands
Southern California has yet to free itself from the grips of the coronavirus. Social distancing policies and restrictions continue to play a major role in how people live their lives.
Rush to Vaccinate as COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 500,000 Nationwide
Roughly one out of every 475 Los Angeles County residents has died from COVID-19 over the past year.
The Alone Star State: Texas Energy Failure
Texas is currently suffering from one of its worst climate crises in state history. While The Lone Star State is no stranger to blackouts due to weather emergencies like tornados and hurricanes, Winter Storm Uri was a uniquely dangerous incident. Millions of Texans went without power and were freezing in their homes without safe drinking water.
The Snowflake Coup
As the great American philosopher George “Dubya” Bush once said, “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”
SMC Continues Commitment to Combat Climate Crisis
Santa Monica College recently joined over 1,500 schools, organizations, and local governments across America, in reaffirming its commitment to tackling the climate crisis alongside the incoming Biden-Harris administration.
Historic Georgia Senate Election Shifts Congressional Power
Democrats in Georgia are projected to flip both Republican-held U.S. Senate seats, according to the Associated Press, consolidating a unified government for the incoming Joe Biden administration. Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Democratic candidate Jon Ossof defeated Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue.
Pro-Trump Mob Attacks U.S. Capitol As Biden’s Victory Certified
The reverberations of the 2020 election are still being felt into the new year.
America’s COVID-19 Accomplices
It’s easy to become numb to death, especially when it’s other people’s families and friends. Hearing the daily and collective statistics during the pandemic, it begins to feel like these numbers aren’t real people.
2020 in Review
265 days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as the first pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. 265 days ago, many of us had to look up the difference between “epidemic” and “pandemic.”
The Left Eats Its Own
Watching the Masters Tournament this past weekend, I was reminded of a phrase coined by sportscaster Jim Nantz about the yearly event: “A tradition unlike any other.” What immediately came to mind wasn’t the Super Bowl of golf, but instead the long and storied tradition of the political left eating their own
The Electoral College
While puzzling to those unfamiliar with it, the Electoral College is more American than apple pie.
A Real Patriot’s Guide to Veterans Day
As Veterans Day approaches this election year it’s more important than ever to remember what November 11 represents.
A Movement in the Valley
When Latora Green first decided to protest outside the Sherman Oaks Galleria on May 31, she couldn’t have anticipated how her life was about to change. Black Lives Matter protests were happening all throughout the country in response to George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers, with many happening in different neighborhoods of L.A. “I came out here [to protest] when it happened to George Floyd, but I didn’t stop,” said Green. “It’s bigger than that...I did it because it keeps happening. It’s sad, it’s disgusting, and we’re saying ‘enough is enough’.”
Santa Monica City Council Voter Guide
A guide for the candidates running for Santa Monica City Council in the 2020 Election.