Posts tagged Hazel Siff
SMC's Self Defense Classes Pack a Punch

In a brightly-lit studio in Santa Monica College’s (SMC) Core Performance Center, female students line up in front of a bank of mirrors to stretch, warming up for a rigorous hour and a half of self-defense instruction. The 16-week, one-credit course meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, and teaches students practical, hands-on methods to protect themselves from assault.

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The Recent College Admissions Scandal Begs for a Change in the Overall Admissions Process

On Tuesday, March 12th, news broke of the discovery of an underground college admissions service run by William “Rick” Singer, who charged wealthy families hefty amounts of cash (from $200,000 to $6.5 million on a case-by-case basis, according to the Los Angeles Times) for his services in getting their children into elite universities. More than 50 people were implicated.

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Carl’s Jr. Enters the Sustainable Century

On January 2nd, Carl’s Jr. began the rollout of a collaboration with Beyond Meat, introducing the “Beyond Famous Star” burger at more than 1,000 locations nationwide. This was the company’s first step in a plant-based direction, and a somewhat unexpected one coming from a brand that had previously been associated with an audience consisting almost exclusively of meat eaters.

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March For Our Lives California 2019 Student Activist Meetings Commence

On February 24, noon, a group of kids met in an unassuming studio in downtown Los Angeles, ready to change the future of American gun safety and rewrite ancient legislation. The meeting was run by the Los Angeles chapter of March For Our Lives (MFOL), an activist group formed by survivors of the Parkland shooting of February 2018, and was the group’s first general meeting of the year. 

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