A Hopeful Season for The Rams
With a young, ambitious head coach that has all the right tools to bring them back to the playoffs, the Los Angeles Rams will be a huge threat to any team in the NFL this upcoming season. “We’re going to win games,” said Marcus Peters, the newly acquired Pro-Bowl cornerback, to the NFL Network. “When you’ve got a running back like I do, when you’ve got a front-seven like I do now, all you can do is keep making plays.
SMC's Women in Media Club Helps Peers Break Into the Industry
The club connects students to industry professionals in order to have more creative female voices heard.
How Much “Freedom” is in our Freedom of Speech?
Twenty-year-old Michelle Carter was infamously convicted in Massachusetts of involuntary manslaughter for sending a series of text messages that encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide. Carter was convicted in June of 2017 in the case Commonwealth vs. Carter. While the morality of her actions can be discussed, the question is, what legal actions can be taken for what you speak or write?
The Emotional Cost of Being a Student Athlete
Cyrille Njomo walks slowly from the Corsair Field to Starbucks, after practice, exhausted and weighed down by a huge backpack. Njomo is a member of the men’s soccer team at Santa Monica College, and like many other student-athletes, he sacrifices a lot in order to be part of the team. “I decided to be part of the team for the experience, my love for soccer and to be able to get a scholarship at the university," he said.
The Gun Control Debate on Video Game Violence
An argument from the 90's brought back for a gun control issue
Corsairs Comeback Attempt Flocked by Seahawks
Santa Monica Corsairs Men's Basketball team's comeback falls short at the hands of the L.A. Harbor Seahawks 106-92
CMD and KCRW Officially Open its Doors
The Santa Monica community's inside look of the Center for Media and Design and KCRW buildings.
Phone Hygiene Solved by High School Student
Malibu High School Senior Invents World's First Self-Sanitizing Cellphone Case
The Big Blue Bus Safety Sensors
The Big Blue Bus installs a new sensory system on bus routes for pedestrian and cyclist safety
LA and SMC Health Officials Warn of Hepatitis A Outbreak
Santa Monica College Student Health Services is raising awareness and urging prevention of Hepatitis A since the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced an outbreak of 10 cases on Tuesday September 19, 2017.
Academic Success For Sale
While most students are struggling to enroll in classes and earn their A’s, some students at Santa Monica College have managed to purchase their guaranteed success, gift-wrapped in packages for thousands of dollars. For a price, these students can pay to enroll in “easy-A” courses and even skip school -- paid impersonators could take their courses for them.
Films for Mental Health
As dozens of students packed SMC’s Skybox Gym on Thursday, May 11, the big screen greeted them with a stark yet encouraging message on the main projector: “Everyone has a mental health story. Talking about it shouldn’t be taboo.”