Letter from the Editor Ashley Cox Letter from the Editor Ashley Cox

Finding your Entrance Song

Music has an effect on people that feels unexplainable and magical. It has a mysterious way of making you cry, laugh, and recall long forgotten memories. It has the power to make you feel.

This issue of The Corsair is about music. I didn’t see that it was until just before the morning of production day, when my News Editor, Gavin and I were laying out pages on the whiteboard in the newsroom, which made me do some research.

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Sports Narayan Pereda Sports Narayan Pereda

The Story of a Santa Monica Sports Bar: O'Briens Irish Pub

The National Football League (NFL) has all kinds of fans across the United States. NFL-affiliated sports bars that dedicate themselves to televising the games of a specific team are something that Santa Monica College (SMC) students and local residents of Santa Monica could explore as a form of entertainment during their free time.

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News Marlene Herrera & Zipporah Pruitt News Marlene Herrera & Zipporah Pruitt

Set Workers for Safety

A tentative agreement has been reached, delaying a strike among IATSE members ahead of ratification votes. After the tragedy that occurred on the set of the new Alec Baldwin film, many crew members fight to have their voices heard.

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Letter from the Editor Ashley Cox Letter from the Editor Ashley Cox

May the 4th Be With you

Before I joined The Corsair, I was just Ashley. No particular job title. No claim to fame, really nothing to sneeze about. During that time I searched deeply for who I was, what I wanted to say, and who I wanted to be. For most of my life my thoughts were chaotic, confusing, and didn’t have a lot of rhyme or reason to them. They got much worse when I turned sixteen and was kidnapped by a family friend for almost a year. It's not a topic that I openly speak about much, and I try not to think about it more often than not.

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