Superintendent Jeffery Denies Knowledge of Racist Statements
Superintendent and President of Santa Monica College (SMC), Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery has denied knowledge of racist statements allegedly made by administrators during a meeting of senior staff. At the most recent Board of Trustees meeting, which took place on Tuesday, May 7, Chair Margaret R. Quiñones-Perez stated that a source close to her heard a member of senior management make racist statements at a recent Senior Staff meeting.
Board of Trustees Approves Ambitious Goals to Fight Racial Inequity
The Santa Monica College Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt goals aimed at aggressively combating racial inequities among students. A crowd of students and faculty members spilled into the overflow room and erupted into applause when the measure passed.
International Workers’ Day hits L.A. full-steam
From Corsair news editor Theo Greenly: Activists took to the streets on Wednesday, demanding rights for workers, labor unions, and immigrants, as this year’s International Workers’ Day
SMC Tries To Bring Bigger Audiences To Poetry Readings
Irvin Meneses stood calmly defiant at the dais. He wore a grey beanie and a T-shirt displaying a cartoon image of President Donald Trump being shot in the head. Meneses recited his poem with nonchalance, dropping words into the audience like hand grenades.
BREAKING: CMD Closed After Someone Sprayed Chemicals
anta Monica College’s (SMC) Center for Media and Design is temporarily closed as cleaning crews try to remove a mysterious chemical substance that was sprayed on the carpets late last night
Students Plead for Board to Support Homeless Students Parking Bill
An outpouring of Santa Monica College students showed up to the college’s Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday to offer their support for a bill requiring community colleges to allow homeless students to sleep in their cars overnight.
Santa Monica Restaurants Validated by Return of Michelin Guide
On the second floor of a brightly lit Santa Monica food court, a woman in a white chef’s coat and black apron slips behind an inconspicuous door marked ‘Private.’ Inside is Chef Dave Beran’s intimate restaurant, Dialogue.
High Schoolers Take SMC Courses For Free
At 13 years old, Alexander Licudine is the youngest student in his college math class. Already a high school senior, he began taking classes at Santa Monica College (SMC) last fall. Licudine is one of hundreds of students enrolled in SMC’s Concurrent Enrollment Program
SMC Should Offer Wine Appreciation Classes
Wine is ubiquitous in art and culture. It is found in Shakespeare’s poetry, Mozart’s operas and Picasso’s paintings. Yet, on many college campuses, wine’s dangers overshadow its place in the Humanities. Students have ample opportunities to learn about the dangers of alcohol—and rightly so—but focusing solely on the perils of alcohol is not only incomplete, it is dangerous.
High Cost of Living Hits SMC's International Students
Ada Unal travelled over five thousand miles from Norway to study business at Santa Monica College. She was attracted to the United States’ open education system which would allow her to change majors more easily than the rigid system in Norway. “I didn’t really know what I wanted to study,” Unal said, “so coming here with the general ed system... it just was a better option for me.”