"Paper straws should not be a thing unless they function comparably to plastic ones," one SMC student says.

At 13, Amina Materukhina became a Wushu World Champion. Now the Russian National is at Santa Monica College with a mission to share what she's learned.

Guard dogs and tear gas. Water cannons and rubber bullets. Triumph gained and triumph lost. After eleven months of protesting against the location of the Dakota Access Pipeline, adversity is no stranger to The Standing Rock Water Protectors.