EVERY COPY OF THE CORSAIR IS FREE, EACH COPY AFTER IS 25¢ | SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1929 September 14, 2022 | VOLUME 124 ISSUE 1 | SANTA MONICA COLLEGE A Return to Form
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Slowly but surely, we went about producing our PDF. We worked together to copy-edit, layout, and design our content until we had a finished product we were proud of. Though the process was not easy, and though the stress never fully disappeared, the wave of support I received from advisors and staff members ultimately made the stress feel worth it. I became more secure in my position, and though production days never got easy, they became more and more manageable.
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As the new semester begins, new faces fill The Corsair newsroom, each one with their own ideas, opinions, and aspirations. Though the familiar butterflies in my stomach may permeate my time as Editor-in-Chief, every pitch, arti cle, photo, and discussion by staff members reminds me of why I became Edi tor-in-Chief in the first place. I have met some of the most dedicated, talented people I have ever known during my time at The Corsair, all of them united by their shared motivation to make a change in the world. No apprehensive thought or stressful workload will ever devalue the things I have learned, stories I’ve told, and people I’ve met in The Corsair. I am excited to be able to watch my team members grow not just as journalists, but as people, and am exhilarated to be able to witness what amazing things we can achieve this semester.
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Jasmine Shorty, Catalyst performer is velied head to toe in colorful handmade quilts. Shorty is part of the second exhibition of the three part perfor mance for 'Being Future Being: Land/Celestial'. September 8, 2022. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 was my very first production day as Edi tor-in-Chief, and I was filled with anxiety and angst. I woke up in the early hours of the morning to start planning out how the rest of the day would unfold. The 40 minute car ride from my home to Santa Monica College’s Center for Media and Design had me attempting (and failing) to calm myself down. I talked to my mom, listened to mellow folk music, and practiced meditating all in order to relax my racing mind. There were so many things that could go wrong, and so many possible ways to disappoint myself and my team.
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A.S. Seeks Board Member Due to Vacancy
These food closets are now brand ed as Bodega Bites, extensions of Bo dega that provide quick grab-and-go snacks like cups of cereal, energy bars and crackers. There are 14 Bodega Bites locations all throughout the main cam pus and the satellite campuses, includ ing the Center of Media and Design, Performing Arts Center, and Bundy and Emeritus campuses.
When their doors first opened last September, Bodega would see around 200 students a week utilizing their ser
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This process begins by announc ing the vacancy in a Board meeting, followed by establishing an appoint ment committee to screen potential candidates. Next, the application pro cess begins, and the vacancy is open to the public. The four members that will oversee applications will be A.S. Pres ident Kamiko Greenwood, Inter-Club Council (I.C.C.) Chair Antoine Aoude, Director of Activities Francis Yang and
vices. According to Massillon, the stu dent response has been overwhelm ingly positive. With a recent return of on-ground classes and activity, the number of students visiting has signifi cantly“Lastincreased.Wednesday, we saw over 300 students come through Bodega, so we're definitely seeing an increase in the amount of students utilizing Bode ga,” she Accordingsaid. to a 2019 survey con ducted by Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community and Justice, around 39 percent of college
students faced food insecurity in the last 30 days. At its core, Bodega aims to address the food insecurity SMC stu dents may face by providing them with their basic needs in order to facilitate theirNow,education.thecurrent plan is for Bodega to open more days a week. Recently, Mondays have been the newest addi tion to the schedule, with Bodega being open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is in ad dition to the current Wednesday hours of 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bodega plans on be ing open five days a week in the future.
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Director of Basic Needs Cecilia Jeong.
odega is Santa Monica Col lege’s (SMC) centralized food pantry, where students can go to receive free fresh produce, non-perishable food items, clothes and toiletries. Bodega is located on the main SMC campus, around the east side of the main cafeteria and across from the science building. Every Wednesday from 11 a.m to 3 p.m., a line of tables are set up with an array of fresh fruits, veg etables and dry foods like rice, beans and soups, with several racks of cloth ing and boxes of essential hygienic sup pliesThenearby.name Bodega alludes to the small neighborhood convenience stores from east-coast cities like New York, and is named such in effort to destigmatize the use of food pantries, according to Sharlyne Massillon, the Basic Needs Project Manager who leads“WeBodega.wantit to sound like a place that is welcoming, and that feels convenient for students,” Massillon said.
evolved that program into a larger cen tralized location, which is Bodega.”
The Director of Budget Manage ment is one of the 15 positions that make up the A.S. Board of Directors. This position is responsible for keep ing a record of all financial informa tion related to A.S., which includes paid student memberships and sponsors. Other responsibilities include chair ing the A.S. Finance Committee every Wednesday at 11 a.m. and providing financial summaries to the Board, Fi nance Committee and the I.C.C. at least three times a semester.
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the Associate Dean of Student Life. “To fill that position, we have to follow our constitutional process.”
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The approved candidates will be invited to the A.S. Board of Directors meeting for interviews on Sep. 19 start ing at 3 p.m.
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Associated Students (A.S.) is looking to fill a vacancy in the 2022 A.S. Board of Directors. In a Board of Directors meeting on Aug. 29, it was announced that the position of Director of Bud get Management had been left unfilled since the beginning of the fall semester.
“Prior to the food pantry opening, a lot of departments on campus had already recognized the need that stu dents had for food, and they opened up food closets in their specific areas that had dry goods in there for students to grab whenever they were hungry,” Massillon said. “And so we kind of just
Applications for Director of Bud get Management were due by Tuesday, Sep. 13 before 5 p.m. After the deadline, candidates will have their eligibility de termined by the appointment commit tee. Eligibility requirements include not being a first semester student, having at least a 2.0 GPA and being enrolled in at least five units at SMC.
Bodega Bites opens its doors to students in the Center for Media & Design at Santa Monica College. (Reis Novakovic | The Corsair)
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“Over the summer, unfortunately we had a vacancy in our Director of Bud get Management,” said Thomas Bui,
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Bodega first opened on Sep. 1, 2021, and has since then provided hundreds of students weekly with free fresh pro duce, non-perishable dry goods, cloth ing, baby products, and more. The main requirement is the student’s proof of enrollment at SMC, such as a school ID. Other requirements include complet ing SMC’s COVID-19 symptom survey and wearing a mask.
Free Fresh Food and Supplies at Bodega
Dancers from the Ballet Folklórico de Santa Monica perform for the attendees. (Anthony Clingerman | The Corsair)
Craig Schilling, vehicle exhibitioner, polishes his Roadrunner
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Pico
Youth & Family Center (PYFC) hosted the second Annual Santa Monica Classic Car Show on the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, September 10. As Tropical Storm Kay moved North from the coast of Baja, Cal ifornia, dense clouds provided relief from the harsh heat wave roasting Southern California.
Santa Monica Ballet Folklorico performed for the audience, with musical appearances by
Hundreds of community members attend ed this event, taking photographs of, and with the many lowriders, hot rods, and classic mus cle cars lined along the Pier.
House of Vibe, DJ Demo, and Ed-Vinyl carry ing the event's ambiance.
'Lowride for a Cause,’ the goal of putting to gether this car show, is preserving and celebrat ing the lowriding culture. "All of the proceeds will benefit youth services and after-school programming for underserved youth in Santa Monica and Los Angeles County," the PYFC website states.
The PYFC is a non-profit organization with a mission of serving the youth and families of the Pico neighborhood in Santa Monica through services of support, education, creat ing opportunities, and prevention of violence.
An attendee observes a remote control lowrider on the Santa urday.(Anthony Clingerman | The Corsair)
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Modified Bel Air lowrider sitting in the middle of the rows of cars. (Anna Sophia Moltke | The Corsair)
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Young driver grins widely, as he takes the wheel of a classic car on Saturday. ( Anna Sophia Moltke | The Corsair)
Roadrunner during the second Annual Santa Monica Classic Car Show on Saturday. The Pico Youth & Family Center organized this event on the Santa Monica Pier. (Anthony Clingerman | The Corsair )
Stacey Lynn Smith performs the second part of 'Being Future Being: Land/Celestial' with an interpretative dance as performance partner Jasmine Shorty circles the Blue Gum tree. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair
Speakers playing brown noise blast ed as Pierre-Louis danced around the circumference of the tree. She further emphasized the importance of honor ing “our connection to our more than human kin,” as in respecting trees and other plants as living beings just as we do other humans.
The second performance was by Stacey Lynn Smith along with Jasmine Shorty, who was covered in a large quilt costume. The quilt, made up of several small quilts sewn together, was made by individuals from different parts of the world in community quilting ses sions, explained creative producer George Lugg. Each one was covered in dreams and hopes for the future, a couple read “Love,” “Joy,” and “Peace.”
growing out away from the math and science buildings,” Pierre-Louis said.
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Surrounded by trees, bold whispers filled the art building courtyard. John son’s story, told in a whisper, cried out against climate change as it has al lowed for many trees to perish from
Ashley Pierre-Louis, interpretive dancer, performed in the first show case, which took place in front of the library on the campus. Pierre-Louis spoke to students and others spectat ing, explaining her connection to what she called fire trees, or trees having survived fires or being threatened by urbanization, such as the one right next to the currently on-going construction on “Thecampus.tree is looking for a way out,
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“This tree… It’s been here a long time and has witnessed many things in its life; beautiful things, difficult things and many passing by… We are taking time to gather around it to offer it protection and strength,” Lugg said.
Theones.power of a silent statement can move people to consider perspectives with a new openness as it stimulates introspection and deep thought. In the last exhibit, choreographer Emily John son and dancer Sugar Vendil, used their presence with three trees to tell the au dience a story of relationship.
Life itself is a dance and a tree has its own form of dance, spanning decades and centuries across time. Its expres sion being the color of its leaves, the falling of dead ones, and the flourish of new
The performance of the Whisper Tree inspired people to listen. Emily Johnson broadens this on her event website, ‘Being Future Being’ saying, “The multilayered performance be comes a site for transformation, ush ering into focus new futures with the potential to reshape the way we relate to ourselves, our environment, and to the human and more-than-human co habitants of our world”.
Smith danced around the tree in an emotional performance as Jasmine made small steps toward the specta tors present, her very slow steps repre senting the hyperslow movement of a
Not only are trees a home to many creatures that are crucial to our eco system but they also represent the spiritual connection that is so innate to human kind. Through dance do we generate the feelings of gratitude to wards the trees that represent physical and spiritual nourishment and connec tion. Although trees may not appear to dance, we are encouraged by the danc ers to sway with them in appreciation.
insect overpopulation. Many of John son's childhood trees in Alaska are now gone, and for her, the quiet whispers represent a gesture of attentiveness.
World Premiere of ‘Being Future Being’
tree as it grows.
Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022, stu dents and faculty on SMC’s main campus were invited to view and participate in a unique call for environmental justice. BroadStage, a performing arts theater in Santa Mon ica put on three exhibitions in an effort to advocate for the protection of trees.
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“We thought it would be best to can cel one game instead of hurting people for 10 games,” Dalbik said.
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“For only being in our first game I thought we played really well against a team that is pretty good, and had two weeks,” he said.
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Above, Santa Monica College Corsairs players sit in on a halftime speech as they trail behind Pasa dena City College Lancers. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)
that first game. And it didn’t happen.”
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Though Saturday’s game was the first real match-up for the Corsairs, the first game of the season was supposed to be against the El Camino College (ECC) Warriors on Saturday, Sep. 3. Sev eral offensive and defensive players had sustained injuries during training, with at least four players waiting on MRIs to determine if they could play the season at all. In addition to Coach Ledwith be ing hospitalized on the Thursday prior, ultimately the game was canceled to prevent any more possible player inju ries.According to Ledwith, the team was devastated, being that many players had been putting in countless hours of work into preparing for the game.
Head Coach Kelly Ledwith praised his team for performing well, but said that ultimately too many small mistakes cost them the win.
Santa Monica College Corsair LJ Holmes (12) taking a moment after being tackled during a re cent home football game against Pasadena City's Lancers. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)
big special teams plays,” Ledwith said. “But we were playing our first game of the season, and they were playing their second.”Offensive lineman and tight end Ameer Dalbik felt that even though SMC lost, he feels good about the future of the season. He remarked that the big gest improvement for football teams is between weeks one and two.
Despite last Saturday’s loss, the Cor sairs fought hard, giving their all for a game that will hopefully start a success ful season. “It felt good to get out and play this week, and I know our guys were excited to play there,” Ledwith said. Even though the result was less than ideal, the Corsairs are excited to continue the rest of the season and look forward to the fu ture games. The next game is Saturday, Sep. 17 at Compton College.
The game being canceled effectively cost the Corsairs 10 percent of the sea son. Fortunately, The Corsairs will be able to make up the game against the Warriors at ECC on Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.
“We had offensive production, we had some attacks in defensive plays that I thought were really good, we had some
“A lot of these guys have been putting in the work since February, you know, and it was seven, eight months of work,” Ledwith said. “It's always built towards
Above, Santa Monica College Corsair Jaboree Thornton (14) being tackled by players from Pasadena City's Lancers. on September 10, 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)
Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022, the Santa Monica College (SMC) football team, The Corsairs, played against the Pasadena City College (PCC) Lanc ers on the Corsair field for their first game of the season. The first touch down of the game was scored by PCC early in the second quarter, with SMC running back Jaden Bridges scoring a running five yard touchdown soon after to tie up the score 6-6. But PCC quickly took the lead back, resulting in a score of 13-6 by the end of the second quar ter, ending the scoring for the first half altogether.Theonly offensive production to come out of the third quarter was PCC tacking on another touchdown, making the score 19-6 heading into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Forrest Brock threw two passing touchdowns to wide receivers Jaboree Thornto and Ever son Bozeman. PCC managed to get a touchdown in the fourth quarter that kept them ahead, ending the game with a score of 27-20.
