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Gov. Newsom Visits SoCal to Talk Homelessness

Governor Gavin Newsom will be traveling to Southern California this week to participate in a roundtable discussion addressing the state's homelessness crisis. He will meet with service providers and local officials in the hopes of finding new solutions to a rapidly growing problem.

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Emotional Support Animals Give Service Animals A Bad Reputation

On December 18, 2017, five-year-old Gabriella Gonzalez was at Portland International Airport when she was attacked by an emotional support animal (ESA) in the waiting area. Gonzalez’s mother filed a $1.1 million negligence lawsuit against the dog’s owner on February 25, 2019.

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Mysterious Website Blacklists Students

On Thursday, February 28, Hesham Jarmakani, vice-president of Santa Monica College’s Associated Students (AS), was working on his Columbia University application essays at his desk in the AS office when he received a message from a friend on Facebook: “You’re on Canary Mission.”

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Plans for a Café at the CMD Hit a Snag

The room sits empty and bleak in the middle of a vibrant campus. The walls are stripped bare. The floor is unfinished. In the far corner of the room, a lone volleyball lies abandoned. The space was supposed to house a café for students, faculty, and staff. Instead, the empty grayness stands in sharp contrast to the bright yellows, oranges, and greens that make up Santa Monica College's (SMC) newest campus, the Center for Media and Design (CMD).

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2019 Associated Student Election Results

Associate Dean of Student Life, Dr. Nancy Grass, announced the winners of the election on March 29 during an election committee meeting at the Cayton Center conference room. According to Dr. Grass, there was a higher-than-average student turnout of 2,379 votes. Here are the results:

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AS Publicity Efforts In Light Of Candidates' Forum

On Tuesday morning, March 26, the Santa Monica College (SMC) Bell Tower quad was filled with candidates all preparing for their statements. Most candidates were talking amongst other members of their slate, trying to build each others’ confidence with reassuring words.

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SMC’s Interfaith Vigil For New Zealand Calls Its Efforts In Condemning Hate Into Question

A large poster filled with messages from corner to corner was on the window behind Santa Monica College’s (SMC) bookstore. There were sentiments written in both English and Arabic, united in purpose — to stand against hate. Before the image was a flower-adorned podium, and a silent, diverse crowd, with some dressed in Jewish Kippahs on their heads and others wrapped in Keffiyeh scarves.

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Water, Water Everywhere: Santa Monica Celebrates World Water Day

The machine is an innocuous-looking thing. No larger than a water cooler, it stands against a wall in a small conference room in Santa Monica College (SMC), thrumming like an overworked air conditioner. A group of people crowd around the machine, snapping pictures and filming on their phones.

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Bernie Sanders Visits LA

Senator Bernie Sanders hosted his largest 2020 presidential rally thus far during his Los Angeles visit on Saturday, March 23, in downtown Los Angeles. There were approximately 15,000 people in attendance.

Public figures took the podium to address the crowd of thousands, such as singer Laura Jean Anderson, violinist Lili Haydn, rapper Tony “Tig” Wilson, Disney union organizer Artemis Bell,

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A.S. Urges Board of Trustees to Boycott Nestlé

During this month's Board of Trustees meeting, Associated Students (A.S.) Director of Sustainability Brooke Harrington and A.S. Vice-President Hesham Jarmakani presented a joint statement urging the Board to boycott Nestlé products at Santa Monica College (SMC) on Tuesday, March 5.

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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

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