Associated Students Forum Spring 2021
The Corsair is holding a Candidate Forum for the Santa Monica College’s (SMC) student government, Associated Students (A.S.), elections this Sunday, March 27, at 5 p.m.
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, March 14, with performances from artists including Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lil Baby. Many of the industry's top players met in Los Angeles to take home awards for their work.
The Alone Star State: Texas Energy Failure
Texas is currently suffering from one of its worst climate crises in state history. While The Lone Star State is no stranger to blackouts due to weather emergencies like tornados and hurricanes, Winter Storm Uri was a uniquely dangerous incident. Millions of Texans went without power and were freezing in their homes without safe drinking water.
SMC Announces Summer 2021 to be Online
Santa Monica College has announced that classes for the Summer 2021 semester will be remote only.
University of California Announces Plans to Resume In-Person Classes For Fall 2021 Semester
On Jan. 11, The University of California announced plans to resume in-person classes this fall at all 10 campuses.
Woman-Owned Indoor Cycling Studio Perseveres Through Pandemic
With the constantly evolving COVID-19 related regulations, small businesses have been hit monumentally hard, unable to operate as usual. Many Los Angeles fitness centers, including indoor cycling studios, have been effectively shut down for over eight months.
A Socially Distanced Halloween
Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween” is a month-long event on the network’s channel, showcasing Halloween-themed movies during the entire month of October. This year the channel also hosted their first-ever drive-through event, “Halloween Road,” in Pasadena, which ran from Oct. 2-5.
Santa Monica Beaches Crowded on Labor Day
During an ongoing quarantine caused by a global pandemic that has taken the lives of roughly 190,000 Americans, and a record-breaking heatwave, people flocked to Santa Monica State Beach to celebrate Labor Day over the weekend.
A sea of umbrellas spanned across the beach. California’s COVID-19 positive case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths have been slowly declining, but local officials worried that gatherings over Labor Day weekend may cause a spike in cases, threatening the progress made.