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.

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

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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...
06/30/2025

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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...
06/26/2025

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...
06/26/2025

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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...
06/21/2025

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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...
06/21/2025

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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

News:Law enforcement officers in riot gear, using less-than-lethal munitions, advance on protesters, corralling them in ...
06/19/2025

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Law enforcement officers in riot gear, using less-than-lethal munitions, advance on protesters, corralling them in front of Los Angeles City Hall. The protesters, many with their hands in the air, run through tear gas, coughing and teary-eyed. LAPD blocks their escape on the other end of the street forcing them to jump a chain-link fence. Some people stayed behind to assist the injured, and others slammed against the dirt floor, visibility frantic, scrambling towards safety.

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

Arts & Culture:On May 25, two Santa Monica College (SMC) English professors, Wilfred Doucet and Regis Peeples, hosted a ...
06/18/2025

Arts & Culture:

On May 25, two Santa Monica College (SMC) English professors, Wilfred Doucet and Regis Peeples, hosted a poetry reading in the Giving Garden in Santa Monica, an event that had somewhat become a tradition. After a first reading that happened in December 2024, Doucet, Peeples, and Guzel Gjenasaj, co-organizer and Doucet’s former student, decided to bring it back.

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🖊️: Bruce Zhang, Andre’a Brown ||
📸: Katy Santa Cruz || .kat

News: 2024-25 Associated Students (A.S.) President David Duncan proposed Health and Wellness vending machines, which wil...
06/15/2025

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2024-25 Associated Students (A.S.) President David Duncan proposed Health and Wellness vending machines, which will include products such as Plan B for a cheaper price than local drugstores, to the A.S. Board of Directors during a meeting on May 19. The proposal projected the machines to appear on the Santa Monica College (SMC) main campus in Fall 2025. The Board unanimously approved and allotted $45,000 of A.S. money towards the project model.

“This is a … big resource that could really benefit students,” Duncan said during the presentation.

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Written by: Kyla Downey /
Graphic by: Tom Rosholt

News: On the inaugural night of the downtown Los Angeles curfew this week, many resisted by continuing to protest throug...
06/14/2025

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On the inaugural night of the downtown Los Angeles curfew this week, many resisted by continuing to protest through the streets, while multiple police agencies pursued them and made arrests for curfew violations.

Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles on Tuesday, and imposed a curfew downtown. The area is off-limits to people from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., and the curfew is in effect from June 10 until further notice.

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Written by: Phoebe Huss
Photos by: 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.