Joker is a movie based on the 1980s pre-Batman era of Gotham City, and depicts a clear story of wealth inequality. The seemingly simple-minded Arthur works a dead-end job and is plagued with a chronic laughing condition -- a condition that obviously causes him great pain and inconvenience -- as he dreams of fame as a stand-up comedian. His dream, however, may be far-fetched, as unfortunately he isn't very funny.

As soon as the Great ShakeOut alarm rang, students evacuated the buildings and headed out toward the main quad and parking lot of the PAC campus. This went against the direction of the announcement, which informed students and faculty to “duck, cover, and hold” before moving outside. One of the first students to exit their classroom, SMC freshman Frances Tollman said she was not given any specific instructions to follow along with the loudspeaker’s direction, and her and her fellow classmates all “walked straight out.”

All the chairs were taken at the second-floor community room at the Santa Monica Public Library on Wed. Oct. 16. Serving up her own birthday cake, art therapist and peace activist Marissa Rubin greeted attendees of Santa Monica CityTV producer Madeleine Gallagher's film, "Art and Activism." As part of the station’s “Wave” series, the film explored the impact that artists have on local communities with respect to environmental justice. It featured artists like Mary Kelly and Ron Finley, as well as Marissa’s husband, Jerry Rubin.

On the evening of Oct. 22, SMC celebrated its 90th Anniversary signaling that it is now less than a decade until the centennial. The guests ranged from students, faculty, administration, alumni and friends of the school.

or many artists, photographers, creative writing and journalism students, the idea of being published can often seem like a childhood fantasy. However, when hearing about the progression of Dotan Saguy, students eyes are often opened to the myriad of possibilities available to anyone who’s willing to put in the work. Saguy took a project for The Corsair newspaper and turned it into a publishing deal and professional photography career.

Wildfires are blazing across Southern California. Thousands of Southern California residents have been displaced from their homes and communities – including the San Fernando Valley and Pacific Palisades right here in L.A., two areas filled with people from the Santa Monica College (SMC) community. Yet, despite the graveness of the California wildfires, our nation’s attention continues to be dominated by the words and actions of President Donald J. Trump in Washington D.C.

Parking officer Jonathan Rosas patrols Santa Monica College’s (SMC) parking structures every day, checking to see if each vehicle has the required valid permit to park within the designated spaces marked by white lines. Hundreds of student and staff vehicles stream in and out of the four major parking structures on campus each school day and night. Rosas's job is to identify which vehicles are in compliance with SMC's regulations and which are not.

“PARKING FOR CONFEDERATES ONLY, ALL OTHERS GO BACK NORTH,” read a placard found on the desk of Inter-Club Council (ICC) Vice Chair Gabriella Montgomery.

The Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsairs faced the Los Angeles Harbor College Seahawks on Oct. 19, 2019 in a homecoming celebration, but the festivities were short lived.

When one goes to the movie theater to see the new “Joker” movie, it's no surprise to see a couple police officers guarding the perimeter of the cinema. Although some theaters nowadays will usually check bags before people come in, extra precautions are being put in place with this new contentious movie. Controversy sparks from the violence portrayed, and has caused paranoia that this in turn will give people the idea that they, too, should create violence in the real world.

The Turkish government refuses to acknowledge the Meds Yeghern as a genocide. Their education system paints Armenians as traitorous defectors who were a threat to the Ottoman Empire, and they continuously lobby foreign governments to prevent the spread of public knowledge about the genocide.

Santa Monica College (SMC) celebrated its first ever Indigenous People's Day event on main campus with live music and interactive dancing. Rather than observe Columbus Day, many students opted to observe Indigenous People's Day in remembrance of the cultures negatively affected by Europe's conquest of the Americas.

Following the death of former Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) standout pitcher Tyler Skaggs on July 1, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have new information involving an employee for the Los Angeles Angels, the team which Skaggs pitched for.

Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in the Pacific Palisades after a brush fire blazed up a Palisades hillside beginning at around 11 a.m. this morning. The fire, destroying trees and affecting approximately 200 homes near the 500 block of North Palisades Drive, has burned more than 30 acres.

What do 80s synth-pop, psychedelia, bowl cuts, and oversized jackets all have in common? 22-year-old Gus Dapperton is bringing them all back into mainstream popular culture.

Since December of 2017, Dapperton has released numerous singles, three four-track EPS, and – most recently – his first full-length album, Where Polly People Go to Read. The current 2019 United States leg of his tour is named after the album: “The Polly People US Tour.” Dapperton’s tour took him to The Fonda Theatre, a Hollywood-based concert venue, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2019.

Within the next couple of weeks, Santa Monica College (SMC) students will be undergo the worst portion of the semester: midterm exam time. During this time period, SMC students will experience sleepless nights, stressful mornings, and long days. Many will be drowning in class notes and textbooks, forming large study groups.

Longtime Porter Ranch resident Ari Demiral, his wife Christine, and their three children left their Porter Ranch home just after midnight on Friday, Oct. 11, nearly three hours after the Saddleridge fire began blazing through the San Fernando Valley. Demiral witnessed the fire making its way up and over the mountains separating Sylmar from Porter Ranch.

Firefighters work tirelessly to extinguish fires of the Saddleridge Wildfire and LAFD and Riverside County Fire Dept. Gather to help the evacuees with food and water and other resources, on October 12, in Newhall, Calif.

Roughly 100,000 people were forced from their homes as the Saddleridge wildfire blazed across the San Fernando Valley over the weekend, impacting residents of Granada Hills, Sylmar and Porter Ranch.

Roughly 100,000 people are forced from their homes as the Saddleridge wildfire blazes across the San Fernando Valley, impacting residents of Granada Hills, Sylmar and Porter Ranch.