Blade Runner 2049 Goes Everywhere at Once, With Mixed Results
The long awaited sequel is both extremely ambitious and frustratingly underwhelming.
The Word on Campus: Dodgers and the World Series
Student react to the Dodgers clinching the National League West for their fifth consecutive season
International Day of Peace 2017 Reflects A World of Complication
The UN calls for togetherness and resilience against fear of “The Others”
I Am Not My GPA
The pressure of earning the grades you want, or need, each school semester is a stress many college students know all too well. What can also make that all more difficult is having to deal with one’s own mental health issues.
I Cram Because I Have To!
It is almost final exam week, and everyone is trying to get ready. Although different students follow different methods of studying, according to the results of a study published on BBC, 99% of students admit to cramming at least once.
Debating to Break the Echo Chamber
My name is Matthew Linsky and I have something important to say: joining the Santa Monica College Speech and Debate Team has been the best academic decision I ever made.
The Gentrification of Disneyland
The turnstiles click, the train chugs, the children laugh, and the happy music plays. You’ve now entered the euphoric world of franchised milk and honey known as Disneyland.
Fashion Empowerment Story
What influences what you wear on a daily basis? Whether it’s the latest trend, the weather, or what’s not in your laundry pile, the fear of being seen as a mere sexual object used to be my deciding factor in my daily dilemma of outfit picking.
World Politics: Today’s Most Frustrating Topic
I’m sure you have noticed, politics is not a popular topic these days. Rest assured, this did not start yesterday. This did not start with Donald Trump or Barack Obama, nor did it only happen in the United States.
Measure H: The Better Alternative To Doing Nothing
While The American Dream thrives in my own private bubble of the universe, a few blocks down, near an interstate 405 exit, so many tents are pitched underneath a freeway ramp that it could look like a camping ground if not for the blinking of traffic lights and the passing of rushing cars.
Capitalism is Cancelled
The way that we think about economics and the government is changing, as more and more people are noticing the weaknesses in our current capitalistic system. I believe that capitalism is fundamentally flawed and the economic system used by the majority of the world was designed to exploit people.