The Corsair

The Corsair The Santa Monica College newspaper since 1929. The Corsair is a student newspaper. HQ is The Newsroom in the Letters & Science building.

It's written, edited, designed, and photographed by journalism and photography students. The print paper is published once a week and is available in news stands throughout the campus on Wednesday mornings. The online newspaper is at thecorsaironline.com. The paper covers news, arts & entertainment, opinion, health & life, and sports. If you're a student at SMC, it's your paper.

22/08/2025

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News:Justin Ellis-Brooks raised $12,400 through his grassroots organization, Umoja Now, for a back-to-school mutual aid ...
16/08/2025

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Justin Ellis-Brooks raised $12,400 through his grassroots organization, Umoja Now, for a back-to-school mutual aid event in Inglewood on Aug. 10 to provide direct relief to the Black community in a historically marginalized city.

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🖊️ & 📸: Kayjel J. Mairena || .m

Breaking News:The west coast of North America has been issued a tsunami advisory, following a magnitude 8.7 earthquake t...
30/07/2025

Breaking News:

The west coast of North America has been issued a tsunami advisory, following a magnitude 8.7 earthquake that happened off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

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🖊️: Jared Blair ||
📸: Silke Eichholz ||

News:It’s 9:30 a.m. as students arrive at Santa Monica College (SMC) for their first day of summer session classes. Many...
21/07/2025

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It’s 9:30 a.m. as students arrive at Santa Monica College (SMC) for their first day of summer session classes. Many find themselves stuck in a gridlock traffic jam after entering Parking Structure 3 (PS3). Levels two and above had been closed for maintenance, leaving students scrambling to other garages, and according to some, late for class.

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🖊️: Jared Blair ||
📸: Tom Rosholt

Arts & Culture:For months, student designers at Santa Monica College (SMC) had worked diligently to complete their end o...
13/07/2025

Arts & Culture:

For months, student designers at Santa Monica College (SMC) had worked diligently to complete their end of semester collections. On June 20 their hard work came to fruition at SMC’s annual LA Mode fashion show, led by SMC’s fashion professors and directors La Tanya Louis and Lorrie Ivas. The show was held in the courtyard of SMC’s main campus, with enough space for a full runway, vendors, and attendees.

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🖊️: Jacqueline Martin ||
📸: Tom Rosholt, Mary Funsten

News:Protesters two-stepped to a band playing salsa, cumbia, and merengue on a stage truck in front of City Hall. Others...
11/07/2025

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Protesters two-stepped to a band playing salsa, cumbia, and merengue on a stage truck in front of City Hall. Others surrounded a man painting a mural on his van’s back door, listening to Syl Johnson’s “Is It Because I’m Black.” Eyes followed the brushstrokes, fingers tapped to the beat and heads nodded as Johnson belted, “Something is holding me back.”

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🖊️: Kayjel J. Mairena || .m
📸: Jake Crandall ||

News:Conflicting activist groups gathered in front of the Wilshire Federal Building to protest U.S. involvement in the I...
03/07/2025

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Conflicting activist groups gathered in front of the Wilshire Federal Building to protest U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war on June 18 and 23.

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🖊️: Kayjel J. Mairena || .m
📸: Jake Crandall ||

News:Screaming protesters in face masks are huddled around a metal trash can with silver pots, spoons, and pans, banging...
30/06/2025

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Screaming protesters in face masks are huddled around a metal trash can with silver pots, spoons, and pans, banging the cookware into the side of the wastebin. Others are smacking the roof of a bus stop, keeping a rhythm. The crowd is blaring music through speakers, dancing, and creating as much noise as possible.

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🖊️: Kayjel J. Mairena || .m
📸: Jake Crandall ||

Breaking News:Two days after a gunman shot through the window of a Waymo and injured two children, Santa Monica police h...
26/06/2025

Breaking News:

Two days after a gunman shot through the window of a Waymo and injured two children, Santa Monica police happened to come across the suspect while on patrol downtown on Wednesday. The suspect shot a police officer, who is in stable condition and scheduled to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday evening.

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🖊️: Phoebe Huss
📸: Nathan Hanson ||

News:The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has officially pulled out of its housing agreement with Santa Moni...
26/06/2025

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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has officially pulled out of its housing agreement with Santa Monica College (SMC).

A few months ago, SMC quietly announced that UCLA had pulled out of the partnership. A statement was released on March 12 in the minutes from the March 4 Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting, on the SMC BoT website.

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🖊️: Jeffrey Berrios ||
📸: Tom Rosholt

News:Budding chemists at Santa Monica College (SMC) are experimenting with the college’s new textbook system, before its...
21/06/2025

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Budding chemists at Santa Monica College (SMC) are experimenting with the college’s new textbook system, before its campus wide institution this fall.

Students enrolled in chemistry classes this summer are piloting a textbook system in partnership with Slingshot, an education tech company. Students can pay a lump sum for their textbooks at $32 for every credit they’re enrolled in, purchase materials from Slingshot a la carte, or abstain entirely and buy their books elsewhere.

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🖊️: Phoebe Huss
📸: Tom Rosholt

News:Santa Monica College (SMC) is calling for celebration, recording the second-largest graduating class in the college...
21/06/2025

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Santa Monica College (SMC) is calling for celebration, recording the second-largest graduating class in the college’s history this year.

On Tuesday, SMC Superintendent and President Dr. Kathryn Jeffery conferred 13,394 degrees and certificates for 7,248 students, with graduates ranging from 16 to 97 years old.

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🖊️: Phoebe Huss
📸: Gregory Hawthorne, Tom Rosholt || .Gregory

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The Corsair is a student newspaper. It's written, edited, designed, and photographed by SMC journalism and photography students. Headquarters are in our Newsroom at room 130 of the new Center for Media and Design Campus. The print paper is published bi-weekly and is available in news stands throughout the campus on Wednesday mornings. The online newspaper is updated daily at thecorsaironline.com. Our paper sections cover news, culture, opinion, arts & entertainment, and sports. If you're a student at SMC, it's your paper.