Most people label anything consisting of formally dressed people playing stringed instruments as classical music. This statement is an oversimplification if you've asked a baroque musician. "Classical" music can be broken down into different time periods.

The regular season is over, and what do the Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs have to show for it? How does their first trip to the playoffs since 2006 sound? A regular season record totaling only two losses, with the rest ties and wins? These aren't last year 's Lady Corsairs, who compiled a 6-11-3 record, missing the playoffs in the process.

Inspiring, thought-provoking, passionate and hopeful are just a few words one may use to describe an artist with as much talent as Benny Cassette, a rising but already very accomplished hip-hop artist. His music is in no way the shallow, morally unconscious garbage that fills a lot of the airwaves.

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For the college student, studying can be an arduous task. The mere adage, "I've got to study" repeated over and over in one's mind can easily induce a rigid defense against why we shouldn't do it at all. Whatever the case might be, facing facts - we just have to buckle down and do it.

The Black Collegians Club at Santa Monica College had the conclusion of its Urban Business Academy Business Plan Competition Thursday, Nov. 6. The Black Collegians is an active club on campus, geared towards African Americans who want to learn about African American history, and transfer to historically African American colleges.

To pay homage to the United States' brave men and women on the 90th anniversary of Veterans Day, the Santa Monica College Student Veterans Association held an open assembly at the campus clock tower. Student veterans felt obligated to put together a last minute event so they could share their triumphs and tribulations they had overseas and at home, as well to answer questions anyone had about military service.

Understanding how media affects you and the world around you is very important in a society where we are all a part of some form of focus group. On Friday, Nov. 7, Prof. Nick Pernisco hosted the Youth Media Café, a workshop where students were educated on new media, learning and civic engagement.

Hollywood is a place where there is never a lack of activity. From nightclubs and bars to fine dining and shopping, one can almost always find an exciting way to spend their day or evening in this unique, world-famous city. Last Thursday night was no exception, as a somewhat underground scene of hardcore punk/ metal music fans gathered to see some of their favorite bands play at the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard.

Their efforts were not rewarded, however, as they lost all three games of their match. "We missed a lot of serves and made a lot of errors," said Head Coach Nicole Ryan. The first game went quickly as the Lady Corsairs tried their hardest, and even contested the referee on a call.

"Any career can be a career serving the environment," said Ana Greenberg, Santa Monica College career services advisor and the facilitator of "Every Job is a Green Job" panel that took place on Thursday. This was the motto of the panel, which is a part of the Cool Careers series, and which included an environmental lawyer, a green cosmetologist, a National Parks ranger, and the director of business greening program at SMC's own Sustainable Works.

President-Elect Barack Obama takes the office engaged in two foreign wars and faces the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Obama will face tough economic choices, and will need to demonstrate pragmatic leadership to solve these issues in the economy and our foreign policy.

Santa Monica College might have to increase tuition and class sizes because of the current California state budget crisis. "We're facing a financial situation we have not seen before," SMC President Chui Tsang said in an interview yesterday. "It's really really bad.

It may have been windy, but that did not ruin the 10th Annual Day of the Child which was celebrated at Santa Monica Pier on Sunday. Hundreds of at-risk and foster youth had a day of play as they enjoyed the rides at Pacific Park, ate foods ranging from ice cream to hot dogs, joined dance contests, crafts and finger-painting and enjoyed gifts from all of the sponsors who donated items for this event.

After posting victories in their final two away games of the season, the Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs soccer team (12-2-5) is sitting delicately as the number 12 seed in the regional rankings for the regional playoffs coming up in two weeks. However, as the season winds down, the importance of finishing the season strong proves no more important than where the Lady Corsairs currently reside.

The Two-Headed Tyrant is immortal. It can grow a new pair of heads every four years. It's a master of deceit. It can tell the same story a million different ways. It can feign progress, create the illusion of choice, and reign over democracy. It's a specialist of misinformation, misrepresentation, and misdirection.

It was bound to happen. Santa Monica improved to 2-4 in conference, 2-7 overall, separating themselves from East L.A. and Southwest, both sitting at 1-5 in conference. It wasn't the prettiest game to watch, but the end result was a success for the Corsairs, who celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the Junior Rose Bowl team.

This year's election is one that will most certainly go down in history. We have seen the closest that a woman has come to receiving the Democratic nomination for the office of President of the United States in Hillary Clinton. We have seen the second woman to run for the office of Vice President of the United States in Sarah Palin.

Project Runway has been the birthplace of new designers for almost five years and much promising talent has been moved into the spotlight thanks to the show. Daniel Vosovic from the second season of "Project Runway" has been making a name for himself in the fashion industry ever since his time on the show.

As anti-Proposition 8 marchers have been recently voicing their opposition to the proposition around the city, feminists have been more actively fighting for the equality that they feel they have been denied. Many people are still under the impression that feminism means women above men, and some even remain convinced that feminists are anti-men.