After nine days of a very feeble Los Angeles Fashion Week three major events Skin.Graft at Box Eight, What Comes Around Goes Around Fall 2009 collection and California store opening, and The 3rd Annual Avant Garde fashion show stood out. To kick off fashion week Box Eight put together a three-day weekend showcase of shows in downtown at the Los Angeles Theater.

When your in a spin class the music is bumping, bikes are humming, people are hooting and hollering, the teacher is motivating everyone to push themselves and there's tons of energy in the room. That same energy is power that can be harnessed and used to power everyday things.

Japanese comedian Kanpei Hazama, 59, arrives in California on his trek around the world in his ambitious journey called the Earth Marathon.

Colin Hay has the gift of gab. "Sorry I talked so much, I have five minutes to go and I have 15 songs I wanted to go through," Colin Hay said as he wowed the intimate crowd at the Edye Second Space at 7: 30 p.m. on Sunday at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center at the Madison Campus.

A 72 degree afternoon seems like the ideal condition for an outdoor activity, such as riding a bike. But imagine riding that bike indoors, in a stationary position, surrounded by 40 other cyclists. It's not as bad as it seems. Such was the setting for the third annual YAS-a-thon, which was held at the YAS fitness center in Venice on March 29.

Many relate the term "lights out" to a particularly painful boxing phrase. But this past Saturday, the term "lights out" took on a whole new meaning: It served as a symbol of movement and inspiration towards a worldwide goal. On March 28 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.

This semester Santa Monica College started spending the $295 million allotted from Measure AA. The plan for building and expanding the already sizeable main and satellite campuses will continue amidst the economic recession. As SMC prepares to renovate the dilapidated bleachers in its gymnasium, that homes both the school's basketball and volleyball teams, this summer, it plans on continuing the expansions by constructing a set of buildings by 2013.

The Santa Monica College dance program led by Judith Douglass is one of the school's proudest jewels. The program gives us performances, but also it gives us something different. It enables anyone who is interested in learning about different cultures discover them in a way never really touched on in our world, to understand different world through the art of dance.

Santa Monica College earned its first environmental sustainability award on March 25, honoring the school for its commitment to creating an environmentally friendly campus. "The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce awards businesses annually that are on the forefront of greening their business, and we are honored to award SMC for their efforts," said Brian Chase, the Government Affairs Director of Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce.

This weekend the Eric Reed Trio showcased at the Jazz Bakery, a lovely jazz club in Culver City situated in the old Helms bread factory. When passing by Father's Office, which is adjacent to the club, it was nearly impossible to think of a serene place existing so close to such a chaotic location.

On Thursday, March 26, students, faculty and visitors alike celebrated Nowruz- The Iranian New Yearwith a lavish event thrown by the Iranian Students Club, which brought cheers from all with their culturally infused food, traditional relics and hip entertainment.

SMC is lucky to have a great leader amongst its administration. Within the last year and a half, Randal Lawson has racked up two awards for leadership; the most recent is the "2009 Leadership Award for Administrative Excellence." For those who are unaware of the fantastic SMC Executive Administration staff, Lawson is second in command in the senior administration, just below Executive President Dr.