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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Marisa Vasquez Editor-in-Chief

Dear Readers, Writing to you all tonight, I can hear my colleagues in the other room having a friendly discussion on freedom of speech.

Their voices rise and fall with explanations of points being made and the laughter of jokes being cracked. One voice backs the Alt Right’s freedom of speech while another explains that it is not a matter to be discussed. Another chimes in to push for no boarders within countries, hoping for a revolution of sorts within the world’s future.

The one thing I have always cherished about Santa Monica College in general, as well as The Corsair, is that there’s always room for someone else’s opinion and beliefs. SMC students are lucky in that the college is a melting pot where discussions and debate are welcomed and encouraged.

Our neighboring university, UCLA, recently held an event that was centered around Ben Shapiro, the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire, which sparked much controversy between locals and students alike. Our Managing Editor/Reporter, Ryanne Mena covers the event itself and the protest that happened in relation to it.

Sexual assault has been spotlighted recently, as a plethora of women and men have been stepping forward accusing people

FRONT COVER Torrance North High School graduate Randy Kwak participates in the Veterans Day ceremony, at the Santa Monica College Main Campus, by the quad, Santa Monica, Calif. On Thursday Nov.9, 2017.

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like American film producer Harvey Weinstein, Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore, and actor Kevin Spacey just to name a few. The hashtag #metoo has helped shed light on the severity of these cases and shown how often they occur in the world around us. In some instances, these victims are overlooked or the case fails to be reported. Our staff writer and Digital Editor, Lauren Label, dissects this spike in freedom of speech and how social media amplifies its point.

Our Women’s Soccer team has landed a spot in the Southern California Regional playoffs. Their social media pages are covered in group pictures and of activities they enjoy together, one being pumpkin carving for this past Halloween. Their chemistry off the field is reflected on the field with an overall record of 15-3-2 and 8-0 in conference. Congratulations to you ladies!

Finally, it’s that time of year again where turkeys are cooked, presents are bought, and college applications are sent. For those of you who are in the midst of applying to the college or colleges of your choice, I wish you well and success in your educational future. Until then I would like to present to you our fifth edition of The Corsair .

I’m a scientist as well as a student Being a student is more than sitting in a classroom; it’s about gaining real life research experience and finding breakthrough treatments to cure human diseases.

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Santa Monica Food Banks Prep For the Holiday Season What they need and how you can help.

LAUREN LABEL DESIGN EDITOR When preparing for Thanksgiving, Santa Monica food banks gather traditional holiday ingredients to feed those in need. Local food banks including Westside Food Bank and the Santa Monica Salvation Army Food Pantry are doing everything in their power to feed the hungry during this food-filled holiday.

Since 1981, Westside Food Bank, a non-profit organization, has annually distributed 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local social service agencies.

Westside Food Bank’s Santa Monica location is a warehouse that collects, stores, processes, and distributes a wide range of nutritious foods as well as toiletries.

The need remains at a record high level from people suffering from reduced wages, unemployment, and homelessness.

Westside encourages people to get involved by participating in their annual hunger walks, cash donations, volunteering, or through their virtual turkey/food drive on their website. Categories of food that Westside is interested this season are items such as turkeys, stuffing, and instant mashed potatoes. “It’s been really amazing how the community has chipped in, because it used to be we would get nowhere near the amount of funds and amount of items we're getting nowadays. We’ve been able to gather enough resources to really make sure that our agencies are well taken

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Britteny Edwards, Administrative Assistant of the Westside Food Bank, receives a bag of canned food by the warehouse entrance of the Westside food bank donated by an elderly visitor. Westside Food Bank, Santa Monica Calif.. November 9, 2017.

Various food items sit in a large crate waiting to be sorted by volunteers of the Westside Food Bank. Volunteers would come help sort through the various loose food items that the food bank receives during donation drives. Westside Food Bank, Santa Monica Calif., November 9, 2017.

care of for Thanksgiving,” said Westside Director of Operations, Yvonne Leung.

This Thanksgiving, Westside will be serving 2,500 families. Every We d n e s d a y a n d F r i d a y b e t w e e n 10:30AM-12PM, Volunteers help repackage rice and beans into one pound bags and label them, as well as sort fresh produce. “I started volunteering here at the food bank when I was a senior in college at UCLA. I volunteered once a week and at the same time they had to fill a job vacancy and they asked

job. They also give us the tools that we need for the next step forward.”

Throughout the year Salvation Army is always in need of canned goods, but this Thanksgiving they are looking for more green beans and canned fruit. On Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, the Salvation Army will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for anyone who wants to enjoy the holiday food and festivities.

Santa Monica food banks are looking to the community to get involved this holiday season, whether it be through volunteering or by donation.

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me if I would like it. I took it and have been here ever since,” Leung said.

The Salvation Army has been serving those in need since 1865. Their Santa Monica location provides food, clothing, and hygiene products for the needy on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9AM-11AM. Throughout the week they give out two loaves of bread and bagged canned goods for the hungry.

Santa Monica resident Elliott Bright said of the Salvation Army, “I come here every day and they do an excellent

Nonviolent Protest at Ben Shapiro's UCLA Visit Liberals and conservatives alike exercise their right to free speech.

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Derrick Rose a UCLA student and Kosi Ogbuli a member of the UCLA Academic Affairs Commision listening intently to Trump Supporter Greg Susca about his beliefs during the Rally Against Hate out of the Ackerman Union building in Los Angeles, Calif. on November 13, 2017.

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MANAGING EDITOR Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro visited University of California, Los Angeles at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, to host a speaking event titled, “The Rise of Campus Fascism” at the school's Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Shapiro started the event off by saying, "It's good to be back on campus," the UCLA alumni attended the event in spite

of wide demonstrations protesting his presence, which he said, "make me feel welcome. Not as welcome as, come to think of it, last time I went here, so nothing has changed it seems."

Shapiro was referencing the “Rally Against Hate” that took place right outside the ballroom to protest his speaking event. The Young Democratic Socialists of America at UCLA and the Socialist Students at UCLA organized the rally, having distributed f liers

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through campus stating, “Tonight, Bruin Republicans are using your student fees and tuition dollars to host Ben Shapiro, a racist, antiLGBTQ+ speaker. Come out and show your opposition to the right wing bigotry on campus!”

UCLA students and those protesting the event engaged in differing levels of discourse with Trump supporters in attendance.

“Sorry, if you don’t like it, go to your safe space. I’ll yell wherever I want to, lady!” said Trump supporter John Willis to the crowd of students. Willis was with two other Trump supporters that The Corsair spoke to previously at two protests earlier this year.

The protestors had differing points of view and perspectives.

Although Cameron Fells, a current UCLA student, disagrees with Shapiro's beliefs, he did not attend the rally to protest Shapiro’s presence on campus.

“I disagree with everything Ben Shapiro says, but he has a right to say it," Fells said. He went on to say, “There’s an entire group of people calling him a Nazi and calling him all sorts of degrading names, which he’s simply not. He just says some things that these people disagree with, and they think they have the responsibility then to call him a Nazi and get him shunned from campus, which I don’t think is acceptable.”

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ange County, sporting a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap, spoke to people with both similar and opposing views after the event ended. Having attended the event, Schaffer immediately said in an interview, “First of all, I support free speech and I do agree with most of Ben Shapiro’s talking points and what the kinds of things he believes in.”

Schaffer was pleasantly surprised by a lot of the liberals attending the conservative speaker's event. When asked what his favorite part of the event was, Schaffer responded by stating, “[The liberals] asked questions and I thought that was cool, people were engaging with different points of view and no one was arguing or fighting, I thought that was really awesome.”

Kosi Ogbuli, another current UCLA student, said although he cannot speak for everyone who was present, he did make clear why he attended.

“We’re not in a place that we could waste time just yelling at each other [or] waste time yelling at the other side, because then it’s not going to help anything, because they’re so cemented in what their values are," Ogbuli said.

"It’s a matter of us coming together to be unified in our goals and our directive in terms of what we want to do to make change.”

The event closed with no accounts of violence.

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North High JROTC members present The Colors to begin the “Honoring Veterans from Veterans” event in the Santa Monica Main Campus quad located in Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.

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After the Ceremony, US Navy Veteran Jennifer Campbell and US Marine Corps Noe Aguirre

sharing a moment. Veterans Day ceremony, at the Santa Monica College Main Campus, by the quad, Santa Monica, Calif. On Thursday Nov.9, 2017.

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Noe Aguirre holds up his cover to show off his different types of pins he’s received from different organizations in the Santa Monica Main Campus quad located in Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California. Veteran Sergeant Aguirre volunteers at “Meals on Wheels West” in which he helped develop a veteran program alongside Meals on Wheels West director, Chris Baca, to provide meals for veterans for free. “We are excited [for this new veteran program] because we aren’t only feeding the older veterans that are homebound, but we are also feeding younger veterans who don’t leave their house due to their disability of depression, PTS (Post-thrombotic syndrome), TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), or mobile disability.”

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SMC Honors their Veterans Days before the holiday officially started, Santa Monica College invited military veterans to honor the living and the Attending veterans also shared their own sentiments as to what Veteran's Day is and what being a veteran means to them. Frank Soto, a Vietnam War veteran who served two tours, believes that, "It's a source of pride, because when I was a young man, I didn't appreciate some of the things I did. It wasn't until after I got old."

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Riflemen and flag-bearers marched onto Santa Monica soil, holding the United States flag and the flag of the California Republic. One of the members issued the order to present arms. The California flag then sank to an angle, as another member headed to the podium and performed the National Anthem. As the anthem ended, all in attendance rose from their seats and stood in salute to perform the Pledge of Allegiance, finishing the yearly tradition of honoring both the US and its veterans.

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US Army Captain Brittany Campbell engages the audience with some difficult memories on the field. The Veterans Day ceremony, “Honoring Those Who Served”, at the Santa Monica College Main Campus, by the quad, Calif. On Nov. 9, 2017.

Each shared their stories of being in the military, the reasons why they joined, the hardships both past and current vets face, and the experience of being a veteran. They all inspired not only the veterans, but also the The focus of the ceremony censtudents in attendance. The tered around the guest speakers: Air veteran also reminded everyForce Capt. Brittany Stackhouse, one that the sacrifices both past U.S. Army Veteran Jennifer Campsoldiers and current made to bell, and student speaker Noe Aguprotect their country mattered. irre, a U.S. Marine Corp Veteran.

On Friday, Nov. 9, 2017, the SMC Student Veteran's Association held a Veteran's Day Ceremony. The event was mainly a prelude to the various events the veterans would attend.

Even one of the speakers, Jennifer Campbell, shared her thoughts on Veteran's Day, "It's something that I really enjoy spending with other veterans and that's become really important." Campbell said. "I've really seen, as I've gotten older, the benefits of what being a veteran really is, and the camaraderie that comes with that, and the kind of beauty of being a veteran is that everybody has a different story and you get together."

As the ceremony closed, young and old veterans in attendance began to meet and discuss their experiences and headed off to what SMC had to offer for them.

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The Missing Man Table representing fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service-members is on display during the Veterans Day at Santa Monica College Main Campus, by the quad, Santa Monica, Calif. Thursday Nov.9, 2017.

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Winter in Downtown Santa Monica ICE at Santa Monica opens for it's 11th year.

RIPSIME AVETISYAN STAFF WRITER For the past 11 years, Downtown Santa Monica has brought the spirit of winter and the holidays to the usually beach themed town.

Nov. 8, 2017, marked the Grand Opening Celebration of Ice at Santa Monica with free admission, ice skating, and food for all attendees.

The event brought in local Santa Monica families, couples, and teens all clad in Los Angeles winter gear.

Children flooded the smaller “Tot Spot” rink while on the main rink, couples held hands to keep their balance steady and to steal the occasional frosty kiss under the colorful overhanging

lanterns. Later in the evening, the skaters were surprised with faux “foamsnow” sprinkling down into the rink and on to the their amazed faces. The DJ was set up at the main rink providing up-beat electronic music to keep up with the high energy of the celebration.

Outside of the rink, local restaurants like Lemonade Santa Monica and Red O provided bite sized samples of their food. Yogurtland provided free samples of their yogurt, which was popular despite the chilly temperature.

Families and friends lined up to take stop-motion sequenced pictures at the photo booth. Children also had the opportunity to take

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(L to R) Friends Lisa Bang, Alexandra Shambayate and Judy Chhoeung share laughs while holding hands and skating on the rink at the Grand Opening Ceremony for Ice at Santa Monica in Santa Monica, Calif., November 8, 2017.

pictures with Disney Princesses, Princess Arielle, Ana, Elsa, and Belle. Dawn Smith, who was dressed as Princess Belle, is the owner of Pacific Princess Parties and makes all the colorful dresses for the princesses.

Smith and friends greeted families as they walked in to the winter wonderland.

When asked about the origin of the ice skating rink, Mackenzie Carter, Director of M a r ke t i n g and Com mu n icat ion fo r Downtown Santa Monica stated, "Santa Monica Place was closing for a remodel and we wanted something extra for people to do during the holiday season... since the mall was closed." Its purpose was to provide something for the community to do during the holidays.

Operating cost for the rink is $875,000 and it faces the daily problem of direct sunlight and the threat of melting, but the organizers counter the issue with constant running chillers set up to keep things cool.

Ice at Santa Monica is located on 4th and Arizona and will be open from now until January 15, 2018. More info about hours can be found on downtownsm.com.

Taylor Swift vs. 2017

To make an album that is so clearly influenced musically by Kanye West, it is an interesting move to also make it a West diss album.

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TREVOR SCHOCK CULTURE EDITOR Taylor Swift’s new album, Reputation, is likely the most discussed pop album this year, and for good reason. When the album was announced she made waves with promotions making use of snakes, dropping a Kanye West diss track, and revealing Reputation’s release date as Nov. 10, which is also known as the anniversary of West’s mother’s death.

What Reputation attempts to be is a dubstep pop album, a genre that is not particularly new in the year 2017. Many artists already jumped on this trend a few years ago, including Swift herself with her song “I Knew You Were Trouble.” In this day and age, it sounds dated, and it certainly doesn’t bring to mind a new Swift, a title she attempts to bestow upon

herself.

Reputation’s opening track “...R U Ready For It?” begins with a distorted bass track that is eerily similar to Kanye West’s song “I’m In It,” a track from his 2013 album Yeezus. Swift then raps over this production.

Within this track, the themes of the album have already emerged.

Throughout Reputation, the songs feature production that feels vastly out of character for Swift, with rich choruses that work better on songs where they actually click with the verses.

A song later, "Look What You Made Me Do" appears, the most discussed song on the album, and possibly the least pleasant. Lyrics aside, the song does not sound much like a cohesive piece, but the music is not intended to be the focal point of this song. It is a Kanye diss track and it is also the centerpiece for Swift’s new persona.

The second half of Reputation

is more tolerable, likely because it’s where most of the songs that JackAntonoff produced are found.

Antonoff’s production is behind many modern pop powerhouses, including Swift’s friend Lorde, but he also produced a significant amount of Swift’s previous work, like her album 1989.

He makes Swift’s songs shine in a more modern light, likely because he is more aware of the current pop climate than Swift is.

The songs he produced and cowrote differ drastically than the others on this album.

Reputation succeeds in preserving some of Swift’s talents in songwriting, but it tries too hard to experiment outside of her comfort zone. Her new persona seems disingenuous, as does most of the music on this album.

EDM pop was already a trend years ago, and if this is the new Taylor’s experiment, it is already behind the times.

#MeToo

Keep the conversation going and there will be change LAUREN LABEL DESIGN EDITOR

M il l ion s of wome n a c ross t he cou nt r y a nd a rou nd t he world a re sha r i ng t hei r expe r ie nce s w it h sex u al ha r a ssme nt a nd abu se on l i ne u si ng t he ha sht ag #MeToo. It st a r t ed whe n a ct re ss A lyssa M ila no a sked he r Tw itt e r fol lowe r s to re ply #MeToo a nd sha re t hei r stor ie s. I n A lyssa M ila no's t weet she said , “If al l t he wome n who have bee n sex u al ly ha r a ssed or a ssau lt ed w rot e ' Me too' a s a st at u s, we m ig ht g ive people a se n se of t he mag n it ude of t he problem."

L e ss t ha n 24 hou r s af t e r M ilano’s post , t he re we re 12 m il l ion #MeToo Fa cebook post s a nd ove r 650,0 0 0 t weet s on Tw it t e r a nd t he nu mbe r s ke pt r isi ng. “ Social med ia is t he u lt i mat e equ al i ze r. It g ive s a voice a nd a plat for m to a nyone w il l i ng to e ngage,” said aut hor A my Jo Ma r t i n. A lyssa M ila no's i n it ial t weet may have i n st igat ed t he on l i ne ca mpaig n , but t he sig n ifica nce of t he "MeToo" ha sht ag goe s ba ck al most a de ca de whe n a ct iv ist Ta r a na Bu rke st a r t ed t he moveme nt before ha sht ags eve n ex ist ed. To Bu rke, MeToo is about st a r t i ng a conve r sat ion bet wee n su r v ivor s of sex u al abu se a nd c reat i ng a n excha nge of empat hy. She st at ed , “ Sex u al v iole nce is a spe ct r u m. Sex u al v iole nce k nows no r a ce, or cla ss, or ge nde r but t he re spon se to sex u al v iole nce doe s.”

R A I N N ( R ape Abu se, & I nce st Nat ional Net work), t he nat ion's la rge st a nt i-sex u al v iole nce orga n i z at ion , st at e s

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t hat eve r y 98 se cond s a n A me r ica n is sex u al ly a ssau lt ed , w it h you nge r people age 18 -34 bei ng at t he h ig he st r isk of sex u al v iole nce. O ne out of eve r y si x A me r ica n wome n ha s bee n a v ict i m of at t empt ed or complet ed r ape i n t hei r l ifet i me.

A lt houg h wome n a re more at r isk , me n a re st il l v u l ne r able to sex u al a ssau lt. O ne out of eve r y t h i r t y-t h ree male s have expe r ie nced a n at t empt ed or completed r ape i n t hei r l ifet i me. #MeToo, i n 2017, wa s c reat ed i n t he wa ke of t he Ha r vey Wei nst ei n sca nd al. Fif t y a ct re sse s a nd f il m i ndu st r y f ig u re s have come for wa rd a ccu si ng for me r Hol ly wood exe cut ive Ha r vey Wei n st ei n of sex u al a ssau lt , a nd ea ch d ay more wome n cont i nue to come for wa rd about t hei r expe r ie nce s w it h h i m. Eve n big-

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na me a ct re sse s l i ke A ngel i na Jol ie a nd Gw y net h Palt row have spoke n out on t he abu se t hey e ndu red du r i ng t he ea rly yea r s of t hei r ca ree r s.

T he se hor ror st or ie s come f rom cor por at e Hol ly wood , it is not a s if t h is t y pe of m isconduct ca n not happe n a ny whe re else, e spe cial ly at schools.

La st mont h , Sa nt a Mon ica Col lege Pol ice De pa r t me nt a rre st ed st ude nt Corey Osbou r ne for sex u al ha r a ssme nt. T he SMC pol ice relea sed a st at eme nt st ati ng t hey have re ceived nu me rou s complai nt s rega rd i ng Corey who ha s bee n ve r y agg re ssive towa rd wome n on ca mpu s. He ha s bee n see n a sk i ng for t hei r pe r sonal i n for mat ion i n orde r to for m a relat ion sh ip a nd ha s physical ly g r abbed , touched , a nd fol lowed t hem t h roug hout @THE_CORSAIR •

t he Sa nt a Mon ica a rea. T he su spe ct ha s bee n t a ke n i nto cu stody, howeve r, pol ice a re seeki ng t he publ ic’s help i n ide nt if y i ng ot he r possible v ict i m s. If you have ha d cont a ct w it h t h is i nd iv idu al a nd or expe r ie nced si m ila r behav ior SMC pol ice a sk t hat you cont a ct t hem i mmed iat ely.

D u r i ng my sea rch for i nt e rv iew ca nd id at e s, I chose one male st ude nt at r a ndom , who d id not appea r to be bu sy. A s I conduct ed t he i nt e r v iew, he ke pt t r y i ng t o cha nge t he sub je ct , re peat ed ly a sk i ng me out a nd ma k i ng sex u al a dva nce s. A s I de n ied h i m seve r al t i me s a nd at t empt ed t o e nd t he i nt e r v iew, it seemed a s t houg h he wou ld not t a ke no for a n a n swe r. A s much a s I wa nt ed t o get up a nd r u n , my body wou ld not let me.

I wa s pa r aly zed w it h fea r. I picked up my phone, pret e nded l i ke I wa s re ceiv i ng a cal l a nd r a n.

A f t e r spea k i ng w it h t he ca mpu s pol ice a nd re play i ng t he sit u at ion ove r a nd ove r agai n i n my hea d , I real i zed t he re wa s not h i ng I cou ld or wou ld have done d if fe re ntly. T he fa ct is t hat I wa s not t he problem , it wa s h i m. W hy ca n someone not show re spe ct a nd u nde r st a nd t hat NO mea n s NO? T h i ngs a re not goi ng to cha nge ove r n ig ht , next mont h , or eve n i n a yea r, but if t he conve r sat ion cont i nue s i n sup por t of ot he r s, t he more room t he re is for cha nge. A s Malala You saf z ai, Pa k ist a n i a ct iv ist for female educat ion once said , "W he n t he world is sile nt , eve n one voice be come s powe r f u l."

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Lady Corsairs Attain Coveted Glory

The Corsairs Women's Soccer team wins first division title in program history.

NICOLAS JOHNSON STAFF WRITER It took time, effort and sacrifice to make a mark in school history. For Santa Monica College, history was made after a dominating 7-0 win against the West Los Angeles Wildcats at West L.A. College on Nov. 3, 2017.

The Santa Monica Corsairs Women's Soccer team earned their first State Conference South Division crown in program history.

This is attributed to the team winning nine consecutive

games, outscoring the opposition 47-3, attaining an overall record of 15-3-2, and going 8-0 against conference opponents.

All of this comes under the tutelage of Head Coach Aaron Benditson, who was filled with emotion, the moment his team won the division crown for the first time ever.

Benditson is in his tenth season as the head coach of a Women's soccer team. He came to SMC in 2005 where he first became the women's head coach and was the Western State Conference and Southern Regional Coach of

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The Santa M onica Co l l e g e Co r s a i r s Wo m e n ' s So c c er Team form a hudd l e b e f o r e t h e y p l a y a g a i n s t Th e E l C amino College Warrio r s , Fr i d a y, Se p t e m b e r 1 s t , 2 0 1 7 , at the Santa M onica Co l l e g e M a i n Ca m p u s f i e l d i n Sa nt a Moni ca, California. T h e Co r s a i r s b e a t Th e Wa r r i o r s 4- 0 .

the Year. He took a hiatus to be an assistant coach at Cal Poly Pomona for two years before returning to SMC in 2015.

When asked about how he was able to put a core group of players together, Benditson said, "What's very unique about Santa Monica College that's different from anybody else, is that it's such a microchasm of different cultures and people. With that you bring those elements together, create a culture to establish excellence, and I think you can have something very unique."

Daysi Serrano, the team leader with 15 goals, describes the atmosphere and chemistry she has with her teammates.

"We try to talk to each other, and motivate each other. We have dinner, or we do team activities like go to the beach, or pumpkin carving for Halloween, things like that to get together."

Coach Benditson has a theme for his team: "Honest and hard-working" Benditson said. "If they commit themselves to something, and they're honest about their workrate, honest about their commitment, and they're willing to work harder than anyone else, you're gonna have success."

When asked about the competition in the playoffs, Coach Benditson said, "My philosophy is take it one game at a time, and you can't look too far beyond that especially in the playoffs... We've conducted ourselves in a way throughout the whole year, preparing them with video clips and analysis. Just putting it out there for the global group and for them to take to it as they see fit, is important."

Their current record, has guaranteed the team a spot in the playoffs, which will begin on Saturday, Nov. 18. Time and location will later be determined.

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Can The Rams Reach Super Bowl 52?

The team's surprise 7-2 start to the season has given hope to fans that this year may have a Hollywood ending in store.

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Los Angeles Rams' Linebacker Alec Ogletree (52) (middle) during pre-game of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J..

ROY GARZA STAFF WRITER In one of the big surprises this season, the Los Angeles Rams have risen from an afterthought to division leader. Led by rookie head coach Sean McVay, along with rising stars Todd Gurley and Jared Goff, the Rams are at 7-2 and sit alone atop the NFC West.

A division that has yielded many Super Bowl competitors the last few years.

In fact, three out of the last five NFC champions have came from the NFC West, and only last year did the conference championship not feature a team from West.

The Rams look to join in their division foes playoff success, and end their 13-year playoff drought from when the team played in St. Louis.

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Since then, the Rams have had only one non-losing season, four fired coaches, and memories of the testy breakup between fans and the organization after the decision to return to the franchise's original home, Los Angeles.

Flash forward to 2017, where the NFL's top scoring offense is piling up the points with an attack led by last year's number one overall pick, Goff, who has seen his quarterback rating rise from 63.6 to 101.5, with 11 more touchdowns this season while also throwing three fewer interceptions.

However, the Rams' offensive outburst wouldn't be possible without running back Gurley, he is averaging over four yards per carry this year, and leads the league with 10 total touchdowns.

L.A. also welcomed an all-new trio of receivers this season in

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former Buffalo Bill Sammy Watkins, free agent Robert Woods and 2017 third-round pick Cooper Kupp.

The team's deep offensive roster is matched on the defensive side, with all-pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald anchoring a unit with 28 sacks on the year.

With games remaining against Minnesota, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Seattle and Tennessee, all of whom are in the playoff hunt, the Rams will certainly be battle-tested before the postseason begins.

Fans in the city of angels took one on the chin watching the Dodgers lose game seven of the World Series, but this Rams team has the makeup to spark some fresh playoff magic, and with the way stories are told in L.A., it wouldn't shock anyone here to see them in Super Bowl 52.

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