A mosaic of cultures and religions gathered together at Santa Monica College on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 12 p.m. for an interfaith vigil for the Tree of Life synagogue massacre victims. Regardless of creed, race or gender students gathered around a common message; “love overcomes hate.”

Last Thursday November 2 SMC held this semester’s Club Row, where dozens of clubs set up tables and stands to advertise and recruit. Starting around noon, there was an atmosphere of festivities, with music blaring, flags waving, and airbrush tattoos spraying onto people’s arms. 

“I want to cry because it’s very important. You know, what’s going on … I just know that something has got to change. If you guys want to have a good country, there’s got to be a lot of change going on.” These were the pleads of a very emotional Santa Monica resident, Patricia Olsen, after placing her ballot on the morning of Tuesday, November 6.

On October 25th, a man named Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shouting anti-Semitic slurs and wielding an assault rifle. Bowers killed 11 people. The massacre is one of the worse attacks against the Jewish community in the United States in decades- and arrives during the tail end of an exhausting political season. 

When limited to students at community colleges, 42 percent say they struggle to eat, 9 percent admitted to having gone at least one-day last month without eating, and a whopping 42 percent of community college students say they cannot afford housing.

Grab your reusable shopping bag, Sustainability Week is here! Each semester, Santa Monica College students from vegans to carnivores, and all in between, celebrate yummy food and helping the environment by participating in …..

On Thursday, October 18, Santa Monica College participated in an annual state wide optional earthquake drill, called “the Great Southern California ShakeOut.”

This Monday, the Associated Student Board held their seventh meeting, with all board members in attendance. The meeting started at 3:02 p.m. and was adjourned at 4:54 p.m. Brooke Harrington, the Director of Sustainability, started the meeting by delivering a public comment advertising sustainability week. 

Crowds gathered to talk to representatives from a wide variety of various respected universities, pitching their programs to prospective transfer students, ….

“My name is Jorge Steven Gomez, I am 19 years old, I came from Honduras and on September 19th, I was released on bond from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center,” said Jorge Gomez.

California Community Colleges Board of Governors gave out more than $8 million in grant money to the Veteran Resource Centers (VRC) of 59 community colleges across the state, including Santa Monica College (SMC). SMC’s VRC received a total of $200,000 in state grant money. 

he Associated Students tackled some of the core values that they decided to focus on this semester, such as homelessness and sustainability during their meeting on Monday, October 8. A.S. is planning a variety of events for Sustainability Week…

As the storm season approaches the southland yet again, LA County's use of storm water is being taken into account, especially since Measure W could affect that outcome.

At the start of the school year, the Associated Students and Inter Club Council board had a serious problem on their hands: a number of important positions were vacant. However, three students have arisen to the occasion to fill these positions. 

Sitting amidst three acres of pristine California coastline, SMC Malibu is set to shine.