BREAKING: CMD Closed After Someone Sprayed Chemicals

Santa Monica College’s (SMC) Center for Media and Design is temporarily closed as cleaning crews try to remove a mysterious chemical substance that was sprayed on the carpets late last night.

According to eyewitnesses, a strong chemical smell began at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday. “We just know that an unknown individual sprayed something on the carpet,” SMC District Chief of Police, Johnnie Adams told The Corsair, “but that it is not hazardous.”

The SMC District is advising students to contact their teachers to find out if classes have been cancelled. “The fire department came out and deemed it clean, it’s just a very perfumey odor that gives some people headaches,” Adams said. “So they wanted to make sure the carpet is shampooed first.”

The Santa Monica Police Department has announced that CMD campus will reopen this afternoon at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 5.

Brant Looney, an SMC administrator posts signs informing students of relocated classes. A chemical smell caused a building closure at the Center for Media Design. The building and computer lab will open again at 1pm according to facility staff. Friday, April 5, 2019, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. (Victor Noerdlinger/Corsair)

A maintenance worker takes away the clean-up supplies that were staged outside building D, where a chemical smell caused the building to be closed. Friday, April 5, 2019, Center for Media Design, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. (Victor Noerdlinger/Corsair)

Brant Looney, an SMC administrator posts signs informing students of relocated classes. A chemical smell caused a building closure at the Center for Media Design. The building and computer lab will open again at 1pm according to facility staff. Friday, April 5, 2019, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. (Victor Noerdlinger/Corsair)

Andrel White, a film major, sits at an umbrella table, while another umbrella table in front of him is adorned with cleaning supplies. A chemical smell caused a building closure at the Center for Media Design. The building and computer lab will open again at 1pm according to facility staff. Friday, April 5, 2019, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. (Victor Noerdlinger/Corsair)