Sports, Print Issue, Soccer, Top Stories Ana Duraes Peixoto and Dylan Cortez Sports, Print Issue, Soccer, Top Stories Ana Duraes Peixoto and Dylan Cortez

SMC Soccer Scores With International Students

The mens and women's leading scorers are both international students. Both teams are #1 in their conference and are ranked highly in state rankings. Santa Monica Colleges (SMC) women's soccer team is currently ranked number six in California and number one in their conference. Men’s soccer is also number one in their conference which confirms SMC as a soccer powerhouse.

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News, Print Issue, Top Stories Evan Minniti and Julie Dole News, Print Issue, Top Stories Evan Minniti and Julie Dole

The Spirit of Club Row

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. 

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News, Elections 2018 Cristian Vasquez News, Elections 2018 Cristian Vasquez

Voices of the Vote

“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.

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Culture, Local Yasser Marte Culture, Local Yasser Marte

Voices of Hope: Break Through the Silence

The Sound Stage theater presented Voices of Hope at Santa Monica College’s (SMC) main campus for one weekend Thursday, November 1-4. This docudrama production aims to shed light on sexual, domestic, Title IX, and child abuses in hopes of breaking the silence surrounding victims.

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News, Local Jazz Boothby News, Local Jazz Boothby

A Santa Monica Rabbi’s Thoughts on Violence in Pittsburgh

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. 

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Week in Photos, Local Jazz Boothby Week in Photos, Local Jazz Boothby

Halloween at Santa Monica College: Campus Costumes

Halloween-day was nestled in the middle of the week this year, but that didn't discourage SMC students from partaking in the festivities. Students arrived on campus, sporting an array of creepy chill enducing ensembles, to cuter more lovable costume characters like Winne-the-Pooh, and of course everything in between. Take a look at The Corsair's photo series and see what students were wearing

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Culture Andrew Narvaez Culture Andrew Narvaez

Soul Veteran, Billy Valentine, Performs at The Broad Stage

Soulful and full of life, legend Billy Valentine graces the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California, this Friday, November 2 at 8:00 p.m. A rhythm and blues veteran, Valentine started his career opening for heavyweight vocalists like Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack. He was also the lead singer for the soul and jazz instrumental group Young Holt Unitd. who released the ‘60s classic “Soulful Strut.”

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