October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on Oct. 23 SMC’s Student Health Services set up a booth to provide students with statistics and information about breast cancer. They also showed how to perform a breast self examination. Corsair Managing Editor Mollie Bishop talked to Nurse Practitioner Kasiani Gountoumas to learn more.

Midterms are just wrapping up at SMC as we head in to the second half of the fall semester.  On Oct. 23 SMC held a Midterm Motivation event to help connect students with any resources they may need to succeed in their classes and give them boost of motivation. Corsair reporter Kollin Zullo stopped by to check it out and see how students are feeling about their Midterms.

Santa Monica College’s new A.S. President, Ailsa Ortiz, shares how her past has shaped who she is today and her need to fight for change. 

Monday Oct. 13 is Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. President Trump has recently issued a proclamation to "reclaim" the day, also known as Columbus Day, for the explorers legacy. Reporter Jeffrey Berrios sat down with SMC's Indigenous Scholars Club Founder and Co-President Sequoyah Thiessen to learn more about the day and what it means to her.

SMC held their Fall 2025 Job & Internship Fair last Thursday on the main Quad. A variety of prospective employers attended to live interview students and spread more information about upcoming job and internship openings. Reporter Kollin Zullo stopped by to learn more.

SMC’s Men of Color Action Network hosted its first event of the year at Virginia Park to foster connection and early brotherhood between new students. Filled with free food, pick-up games of soccer and football, and easy access to counselors and faculty, it was a fun and productive opportunity for students of color to start the year.

Students connected with award-winning journalist Soudi Jiménez’s conversation on cultural resilience and representation in L.A.’s Latin American communities.

The new library Department Chair Roxana Cruz put on Coffee with Librarians at SMC for the first time on Sept. 18. Students were invited for free coffee, donuts, and the opportunity to learn more about all the resources SMC has to offer.

SMC Students attend the Latinx/e Connect: Cultura, Community, and Comida event held on Sept. 19. It allowed students to celebrate the Latinx/e culture, community, and identity while highlighting resources the campus has to offer.

Santa Monica College (SMC) held their annual SMC Startup event on Tuesday Sept. 16. Offering students a chance to learn more about campus resources, clubs and services that are available to them. Corsair reporter Kollin Zullo talked to students and staff at the event to learn more!

With food, games, and music, SMC Start Up brought students and faculty together to explore the wide variety of resources available on campus.

Santa Monica Sustainable Works hosted sustainable landscaping education and instruction outreach on Sept. 13. Spreading awareness of all the resources available to the community.

Santa Monica College (SMC) held a Coastal Cleanup day at their adopted historic beach, the “Inkwell”, on Sept. 20. Students gathered to pick up trash all along the beach, learn more about what makes up our trash and recycling, as well as the historical significance of the site. 

SMC students, and local church leadership celebrate the canonization of Saint Carlo Acutis.

In a blooming garden in Santa Monica, Santa Monica College’s English professors invited their students to share and read their poetry works.

Amidst closures and charred hillsides, a quiet recovery continues as the Santa Monica Mountains heal from the Palisades wildfire devastation.

Students and community members gather for a morning of language, culture, and connection over tea.

There are major differences in online student ratings for Rate My Professors, but SMC pass rates remain the same across different subjects.

Second annual Lavender graduation honors LGBTQIA+ students graduating this spring.

The Institute for Public Strategies holds a guided discussion and screens ABC7’s documentary Injecting Hope to explore the benefits of safe injection facilities.