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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.

11/02/2025

Happy Halloweekend! In honor of Halloween we stopped by Club Row on Thursday to see what everyone was wearing. Check out all the costumes and let us know your favorites and what you wore this weekend!

Video by: Patrick Conlon (), Kollin Zullo (), and Rafael Lopez ()

10/31/2025

Corsair Corner:
Happy Halloween! Check out what some of the Corsair staff are wearing for Halloween and learn more about their favorite Halloween candy!

Video by: Jeffrey Berrios () and Rafael Lopez ()

10/31/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on Oct. 23 SMC’s Student Health Services set up a booth to provide students with statistics and information about breast cancer. They also showed how to perform a breast self examination. Corsair Managing Editor Mollie Bishop talked to Nurse Practitioner Kasiani Gountoumas to learn more.

To see how to perform a full breast self-exam check out our YouTube.

Video by: Tim Sim, Mollie Bishop (), and Jenna Tibby ()

The Blue Jays started off red hot in the top of the first inning, with Davis Schneider hitting a 373-foot home run, foll...
10/30/2025

The Blue Jays started off red hot in the top of the first inning, with Davis Schneider hitting a 373-foot home run, followed up by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. towering a 394-foot home run. Only three pitches into the game, Blake Snell gave up two runs to make the score 2-0 Blue Jays.

On the 3rd Street Promenade, a watch party of the World Series attracted fans from both teams. Starting the game down two runs, Dodgers fans remained optimistic for a comeback. Dodgers fan Amandeep Singh said, “They’re a team that scores in the later innings. I expect our superstar lineup to come through in the seventh, eighth, and ninth.”

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Written by Rafael Lopez
Photos by Jordi Garcia Sosa | .g__

10/30/2025

Midterms are just wrapping up at SMC as we head in to the second half of the fall semester. On Oct. 23 SMC held a Midterm Motivation event to help connect students with any resources they may need to succeed in their classes and give them boost of motivation. Corsair reporter Kollin Zullo stopped by to check it out and see how students are feeling about their Midterms.

Video by: Patrick Conlon () and Kollin Zullo ()

Edited by: Rafael Lopez ()

Before finding her way to SMC, she worked assorted jobs throughout Los Angeles. The shimmer of Hollywood’s promise drew ...
10/29/2025

Before finding her way to SMC, she worked assorted jobs throughout Los Angeles. The shimmer of Hollywood’s promise drew her away from her home in Arizona, to go where “stars are born or made out of,” she said.

She explored influencer marketing, social media, packaging and entrepreneurship, but nothing felt right.

“I was just kind of lost in what am I gonna do for the rest of my life, and I didn’t want to do that because it was so superficial,” Ortiz said.

Though she had never considered higher education before, she enrolled at SMC, hoping to eventually start a mental health nonprofit. As she progressed through school, she began dreaming of becoming a congresswoman.

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Written by Jenna Tibby |
Photos by Nathan Hanson, Gregory Hawthorne, Katy Santa Cruz, and Jake Crandall | , .gregory, .kat,

The seventh inning is where things started to fall apart for the Dodgers. After Ohtani gave up two hits to Daulton Varsh...
10/29/2025

The seventh inning is where things started to fall apart for the Dodgers. After Ohtani gave up two hits to Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement, he left the game after pitching six innings. Left-handed pitcher Anthony Banda came into the seventh inning with the Blue Jays on second and third with no outs. Andres Gimenez hit a single that allowed Varsho to score. Tyler France followed with a force out at second allowing Clement to score. Banda left the seventh inning having allowed two runs to score and getting one out. The Blue Jays led 4-1.

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Written by Rafael Lopez
Photos by Jordi Garcia Sosa | .g__

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Enrique “K**e” Hernandez started it off with a single. Starting pitcher Max Scherzer ...
10/29/2025

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Enrique “K**e” Hernandez started it off with a single. Starting pitcher Max Scherzer was taken out when Shohei Ohtani came up to bat. Blue Jays manager John Schneider looked to his bullpen, brining in Mason Fulharty to face Ohtani.Ohtani doubled, allowing K**e to score and cutting the Blue Jays lead to 4-3. With Ohtani still on second base, Freddie Freeman singled which allowed Ohtani to come home, tying up the game 4-4.

The game remained tied until the top of the seventh inning where Guerrero singled and from first base was able to score via a Bo Bichete single. Score: 5-4, Blue Jays take the lead.

Ohtani, seeing this, took matters into his own hands and cracked a 401-foot solo homer to tie the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh.

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Written by Rafael Lopez
Photos by Jordi Garcia Sosa | .g__

Before the event, hobbyists and professional skateboarders warmed up together in an impromptu Hellbomb — a play on the w...
10/28/2025

Before the event, hobbyists and professional skateboarders warmed up together in an impromptu Hellbomb — a play on the word hill bomb, which is rolling downhill at high speed.

Hellbomb covered the median and the majority of the southbound lane on West First Street between Olive and Hill streets, while people warmed up behind a small platform in the northbound lane, adjacent to the event.

To read more, click the link in the bio!

Written by Kayjel J. Mairena | .m
Photos by Kayjel J. Mairena and Jake Crandall |

10/27/2025

Earlier in 2025, the American Council of Education published a survey regarding students’ mental wellbeing during the 2023-2024 academic school year. In summary: 49% of respondents said that they had feelings of loneliness; 76% of respondents said that they had experienced moderate to high levels of stress; and 77% of respondents said that mental or emotional difficulties had negatively impacted their academic performance for one to six days within the past four weeks.

Corsair Staff member Carlos Perez talked to SMC students to see how they confront their daily struggles.

Click the link in our bio to read the full article.

🎥: Carlos Perez ()
🖊️: Carlos Perez

Assata Shakur’s impact in Black liberation, anti-colonialism, and in the fight to end racial injustice continues to infl...
10/26/2025

Assata Shakur’s impact in Black liberation, anti-colonialism, and in the fight to end racial injustice continues to influence racial justice activists and grassroots organizations. “Rest in Power, Assata Sakur. Revolutionary fighter, writer, exile, elder of the Black liberation, and carrier of freedom,” stated Black Lives Matter, in a tribute to Shakur on X. “We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains,” taught Shakur, a quote famously circulated during racial justice movements.

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Written by Samantha Oliva |
Graphic by Fai Fong | .inawell

A large group of around 150 people walked toward the ICE Out of L.A. protest encampment at the detention center after th...
10/25/2025

A large group of around 150 people walked toward the ICE Out of L.A. protest encampment at the detention center after the “No Kings” protest, as has become the norm after major demonstrations downtown.

However, on Oct. 18, the LAPD established its command post for the protest at the detention center, despite headquarters being across the street from City Hall. Police closed the block and established a skirmish line at the corner of North Alameda and East Aliso streets.

Musicians, a small army of women in clown costumes and individuals in inflatable animal suits helped keep the crowd peaceful. People danced, chanted and waved their signs for hours. But tension rose after an LAPD squad car drove into the crowd and hit a protester while trying to reach the command post, despite there being an entrance on Temple Street.

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Written by Kayjel J. Mairena | .m
Photos by Kayjel J. Mairena & Jake Crandall |

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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.