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Amy Gaskin Corsair Audience members at GLOW Festival at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday swing on rings outside artist Marni Gittleman’s “Glowmasphere,” a geodesic dome where artists interpret gestures and sounds of visitors, and project shadows onto the structure.
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Jon Falcone Corsair One of two new terra-cotta warrior stands guard in the Santa Monica College library on Tuesday, Aug. 27 after making the journey from China.
Piece of Chinese history SMC faculty members return from China with knowledge of Chinese culture and two terra-cotta replicas. albert andrade Multimedia Editor Stoic, powerful, legendary – these are a few words to describe the thousands of terra-cotta warrior statues residing in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in China. Now, two versions have made their way to the Santa Monica College library. In the aftermath of the June shooting, some students view the statues as protectors of the library. Edgar Gudiel, an SMC freshman, said that despite not having experienced the tragedy firsthand, the statues are a symbol of protection. “It’s showing students that they are guarding,” he said. Two replicas of the terra-cotta warriors were purchased during The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies’ summer professional development program at SMC, offered to a team of 15 faculty and staff members this summer. TBC seeks to educate the college and community about Chinese culture. The group organized scheduled tours, seminars and lectures for the selected SMC faculty members’ journey through Beijing and Xi’an this past June. The program aimed to equip the team with skills that enhanced insight of Chinese culture and history, according to SMC’s global citizenship website. Economics, politics, calligraphy and numerous other topics were covered by instructors who acted as tour guides once the seminars ended. The bilingual instructors continued to teach the history
and significance outside of the classroom, while exposing the team to the various facets of China’s landscapes. Upon visiting the ancient city of Xi’an, Mona Martin, dean of the SMC library, and her colleagues marveled at the sight of the warriors’ tomb. “We were all just overwhelmed with what we saw,” said Martin. “It was incredible.” She pulled a colleague aside and said, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we had one in the library?” At that moment, conversations became more serious, and the decision was made; two statues would be purchased for SMC’s library. Bob Dammer, director of network services and telecommunications at SMC, negotiated to have them shipped to the library. Eight weeks later, the statues arrived right before the fall semester began. “We thought it was also a way to make [Chinese students] feel welcome with a piece of their land here,” said Martin. The presence of the statues was immediately felt. Students and faculty began taking notice of them, marveling at their magnitude and taking pictures. “I love that we can have these,” said library staff member Jan Juliani. “You don’t realize the scale until you stand next to them. You can see [students] whispering to their friends and pointing.” However, some students do disregard the statues, even if it is now at their disposal to witness a piece of history. Future plans involve erecting an informational plaque that gives students some context to the historical significance
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SMC professor’s tale of love, revolution alci rengifo Staff Writer In 1936, Spain was in flames, the country was in a civil war and Professor Miguel Aparicio’s grandmother, Manuela Quintero Avila, known as “Nena,” was there to see it happen. Aparicio, who teaches French at Santa Monica College, has recorded the story of his family in his new book titled “Nena y Gloria,” a story that spans from the foamy shores of Cuba to the turbulence of the Spanish Republic, and back to Cuba in time to experience the 1959 Revolution. “My grandparents got married in 1915, and they worked a lot,” said Aparicio. “They became very rich in 1923. My grandmother always wanted my father to have a European education, so in 1923, they decided to leave Cuba for Spain, and they bought a house that was two blocks from the Prado museum.” Just as Aparicio’s grandparents found prosperity in Spain, one of the greatest downturns in history struck the country. “They lived there seven years, and in 1929 they lost all their money in the crash,” said Aparicio. Forced to sell their home and restart his
1933 and 1936. The world was changing and the Spanish country that had lived for centuries under the crux of monarchy and the Catholic Church found itself being swept away from tradition. A vast front of socialists, liberals, communists, anarchists and others ushered in a new era by casting out the centuriesold monarchy. “They found themselves confronted by those problems that Spain was going through in those years,” said Aparicio about his grandparents’ experiences. The ordeal of living through the birth of a new republic and the turbulence that would follow became a theme in Aparicio’s home while growing up. “My grandmother would have stories about this,” Aparicio recalled. “She would tell me things that happened during those years that I had a difficult time believing.” His grandmother was witness to a society whose fissures were suddenly exposed, and class warfare broke out in public telling of how women would be attacked in the streets, and have their earrings ripped from their ears.
“I encourage everyone and everybody to write, but the writing process itself is something that is beyond you. It’s something one cannot rush.” - Miguel Aparicio grandfather’s business — a sugar-cane plantation — Aparicio’s family returned to Cuba in 1930 when the country was under the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado, Aparicio said. Amid the dictatorship and hard work, a new chapter began for the family in 1930 when Aparicio’s grandmother won the Cuban lottery worth $30,000. During those years, that amount was an unimaginable fortune. Desiring an escape from the Machado regime, the family fled to Spain, unaware of the coming Spaniard troubles between
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Arlene Karno Corsair Miguel Aparicio poses in his office at Santa Monica College on Thursday. He has been teaching classes at the college on the civilization of Spain for 20 years.
a dry run for what would be World War II. “There were so many factions with desires to go one way or the other,” said Aparicio. “It’s a very complicated history.” His family decided to return to Cuba once again. His grandmother managed to secure a boat to Cuba just before his father was almost drafted into the Spanish army. In Cuba, Aparicio was later born and became a witness to vast social changes when the Cuban Revolution overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Thus the age of Fidel Castro began, and Aparicio immigrated to the United States in 1961 and never returned since. His mother and father would finally join him
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Easy tips to fight flu this season Lauren Narvaez Staff Writer As the cold and flu season approaches, many are trying to stay healthy and keep their immune systems strong. Between five and 20 percent of Americans will catch a cold or flu, and over 200,000 are hospitalized every year, according to WebMD. When suffering from a common cold or the flu, it may be hard to determine which one you have. Although both have similar symptoms, they have different effects on the body. Dr. Vini Angel, faculty leader and assistant director of the Santa Monica College nursing program, said that a cold can be caused by as many as 200 viruses in the body, and can have a range of symptoms including nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and sore throat. “Colds are usually self-limiting and will resolve in a week in most cases,” said Angel. “Flu is caused by the influenza virus with an incubation period — the time of infection to the first symptoms — of 24 to 72 hours,” she said. The flu has symptoms of the cold plus fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, watery eyes, cough and sore throat. Natural and organic products seem to be trending right now, and since many people are looking to find more information on them, some local markets may have qualified professionals such as vitamin specialists available for guidance. Visiting a local health food store can be overwhelming with the number of products offered for both cold and flu. The countless items in various shapes and sizes may prompt some to just pick the first bottle they come across. “The wellness formula is an herbal vitamin that is meant to be taken to keep your immune system strong,” said Diane
Josefin Lindstrom Corsair Cold, flu and allergy medicine sits on the aisles of a Ralphs grocery store.
Gentilini, who has been a vitamin specialist at Whole Foods for more than 15 years. “It’s a daily vitamin that can be taken every day to maintain, or in high dosage to help fight off sickness,” she said. Echinacea and goldenseal are also common herbs that can be taken to help fight sickness, Gentilini said. “Other popular remedies are boiron oscillococcinum, which helps relieve flulike symptoms, and Umcka cold and flu care.” Gentilini said.
She added that there are herbs like oregano oil that are very powerful virus fighters. Making sure to keep hands clean and staying away from dirty surfaces can also play a part in keeping sickness at bay. “Hand washing is the most important measure to prevent the spread of infection,” said Angel. “Eat a balanced and healthy diet. Avoid crowds. Ask your health care provider about a blood test which measures
the vitamin D level in the blood.” Eating green, leafy vegetables and taking multivitamins can also have a positive impact on health during the flu season. Angel advised students to consult with their healthcare provider regarding supplementation with vitamin D3 if blood levels show insufficiency or deficiency of vitamin D. She also advised that sunshine exposure is a natural way to boost vitamin D levels in the body.
‘FOMO,’ real problem or not? nathan berookhim Staff Writer After her Monday classes, Briana Marchencke, a psychology major at Santa Monica College, was on her way to enjoy some cold beverages on the beach with three of her friends. Despite having daily obligations, she consistently goes out. She was very distressed at the thought of missing out when, a few weeks prior, her mother told her she could not go out after she had her car taken away. “If I know something is going to be fun, I have to go,” said Marchencke. The term “FOMO” has been canonized as, “fear of missing out: anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website,” according to the Oxford dictionary website. Although the Oxford dictionary has recently included words like “squee,” “twerk,” and “vom” into its cluedin repository, the term “FOMO” has remained an unofficial term used by students and professionals alike. The term has surfaced in the last few years in response to concerns stemming from social anxiety that people have been experiencing, and more particularly at the blistering hands of social networks. A leading researcher on the subject Andrew Przybylski is a social scientist who focuses on what motivates people to engage with social media. Przybylski’s recently published study in the
journal “Computers in Human Behavior” found that unsatisfied psychological needs, such as wanting to be loved and having an overall life satisfaction, were the most common conditions that induced people to monitor and compare their social media profiles with those of others. His study also found that levels of “FOMO” are highest in young people, particularly men. Przybylski said that the chronic concern of feeling as though one is absent during an event, where others may be enjoying themselves, is a distraction and results in a waste of time. During his freshman and sophomore years at Humboldt State University, Robert Espinoza, a history and political science major, said he was a party animal and that everyone knew him as the life of the party. Espinoza’s habits changed after his friend Brandon Meyers, 21, was shot and killed at a party in South Central Los Angeles on May 4. “Life ain’t all about partying,” said Espinoza, who spends his free time reading, working out, and focusing on school. He said that stress can cause people to want to escape, and added that they will sometimes do anything for excitement, and that may not be in their best interest. “At the end of the day, life is an adventure,” said Espinoza. “You can make any day an adventure.” Although some researchers who look at how social media influences society and human behavior use the term “FOMO,” it is not technically a psychological disorder,
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but appears to be used out of convenience. Psychology professors at SMC are even unfamiliar with the term. Lisa Farwell, head of the psychology department at SMC, said she has never heard of the term, and that it is probably just a construction of the popular media. But psychologists like John Grohol seem to want to validate the term in the discipline of psychology. In an article titled, “FOMO Addiction: The Fear of Missing Out,” Grohol wrote about this generation being so engrossed in technology, and claimed that teens text when driving because they find their lives less valuable than social connections. Grohol’s article made references such as, “old-school crackberry addicts,” while reinforcing his theme, “teens think they get
it, but they’re mistaken.” If you, or anyone you know has been affected by “FOMO,” here are some suggestions that might help. According to an article in Scientific American, titled “Bright Screens Could Delay Bedtime,” new research suggests that exposure to bright screens could hamper your chances at well-timed slumber. Avoid using your laptop or tablet at least within an hour before you plan on going to bed. Turn off your computer screen. Disable your push notifications. If you find yourself anxious to have a good time, come to terms with the prospect that you may not be having the most exciting evening. Instead do something productive, and perhaps it might contribute to your success in life.
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Sam Herron P Family members of victims of a crashed Cessna Citation look upon the wreckage at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport on Monday, the morning after the accident. There were no survivors of
Tragic accident at SM Airpor Amber Antonopoulos & Elizabeth moss Editor-In-Chief & News Editor Two adult male and two adult female bodies were found Tuesday morning among the wreckage of the plane crash that occurred at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport Sunday evening. They will likely not be identified for 48 to 72 hours or more, said Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office spokesperson Craig Harvey. “With respect to the aircraft itself, we’re pretty confident that there were only four passengers onboard,” Harvey said. The twin-engine jet, a Cessna Citation, crashed at approximately 6:22 p.m. Sunday. The privately owned aircraft was flying from Hailey, Idaho, and landed at SMO before veering off the runway to the right and plowing into airport hangars and catching fire, authorities told reporters Sunday night. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. “There was no communication with the pilot indicating that there was a problem with the aircraft at any time during the flight,” NTSB investigator Van McKenney said at a media briefing Monday afternoon. Longtime Santa Monica resident Vicki Miceli was driving from work to her home on Marine Street – which overlooks the airport from the west end – when the plane crashed. By the time Miceli reached her house, the smoke was visible in the air, and continued to rise for nearly an hour, she said. Miceli saw firemen trying to work a door of a hangar where the plane came to rest, but it was “engulfed in flames.” “The hangar collapsed on top of the plane,” she said.
“It was so intense, firefighters couldn’t go inside.” Officials from the Santa Monica Fire Department and Santa Monica Police Department responded to the scene immediately. Investigators were not able to reach the wreckage until Monday afternoon because it was wrapped in sheet metal from the collapsed hangar. Two cranes were brought in late Monday afternoon to access the fuselage, which was an all-day effort, McKenney said. Although the coroner’s office has not yet identified the victims, it is presumed that the CEO of Southern California construction company Morley Builders and his son were onboard the plane. “We are heartbroken at the loss of Mark Benjamin and his son Lucas in a tragic accident,” vice-president Charles Muttillo said in a statement issued on the company’s website Tuesday. “Mark has been our president and CEO since 1981, and Luke was a senior project engineer.” Several vehicles and airplanes on the ground were also damaged during the crash, but there were no ground fatalities, according to the NTSB. The incident prompted airport closure until Tuesday afternoon, according to the Airport Services Unit of the SMPD. The airport, located at 2828 Donald Douglas Drive Loop, is adjacent to Santa Monica College’s Airport Arts and Bundy campuses, as well as many businesses and residences. “[The planes are] getting closer and closer; I worry,” Miceli said. Sam Herron contributed to this report.
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“[The planes are] getting closer and closer; I worry.”
- Vicki Miceli,
Santa Monica resident of 30 years
Sam Herron Photo Editor Corsair A worker clears chunks of debris from the scene of Sunday’s plane crash at Santa Monica Municipal Airport. Wreckage was littered down the stretch of the runway on which the plane landed before colliding with a hanger and catching fire.
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“There was no communication with the pilot indicating that there was a problem with the aircraft at any time during the flight.”
Sam Herron Photo Editor Corsair Two cranes work to remove the hangar that collapsed above the fuselage.
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David J. Hawkins Photo Editor Corsair runway and into an airport hangar, the Santa Monica Fire Department nce Sunday night that the crash was “unsurvivable.”
Sam Herron Photo Editor Corsair An indicator light is positioned on the runway to prevent air traffic at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport on Sunday. The airport remained closed until Tuesday afternoon.
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Paul Alvarez Jr. Corsair Monique Boe, the goalie for the Santa Monica College women’s soccer team, is one of the main game changers when it comes to big plays.
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Ludwig Jonsson Corsair Freshman forward Oskar Martinsson, hailing from Sweden, is one of the leading goal-scorers for the men’s soccer team.
Leading the charge, chasing the dream Monique Boe Oskar Martinsson Jonathan Ramos Staff Writer Sometimes a game-changing defensive play is all that stands between victory and defeat. Monique Boe, the starting goalkeeper of the Santa Monica College women’s soccer team, is the player who often makes those plays. “When I know what I did saved the game, that feeling is just indescribable,” said Boe. With the season still young, Boe, a sophomore captain, is ready to take it in full stride. Boe began playing soccer with the American Youth Soccer Organization when she was about 5 years old. After initially playing the position of forward, she became a goalkeeper during her AYSO time and fully embraced the position when she started playing club soccer at the age of 9. “I wasn’t very good that first year, but then I hit 10, and I started to get the hang of it, and I fell in love with the position,” said Boe. Being a captain on the team, as well as an anchor on the defensive end, Boe said she wants to be a leader that her teammates and her coaches can go to when they need to communicate. “I love being a leader,” said Boe. “I’ve always seen myself in a leadership role, so it was really nice to be appointed captain.” While breaking into her new role on the team, Boe also had to adjust to another significant change to the Lady Corsairs. With former assistant coach and new head coach Joe Pehanich now leading the team,
Boe has worked with two different coaches in two years. Still, Boe said that Pehanich’s familiarity with the team has been a great asset throughout the season thus far. “He’s a great coach; he really knows all of us really well and he knows how to coach us,” said Boe. “We have the greatest coaching staff. We all feel so comfortable around our coaches and trust them so much.” In her second year with the Lady Corsairs, Boe said she loves the program and the group she is playing with, noting that she has even made some best friends while on the team. Their ultimate goal is to win the Western State-South Conference title. “I want people to respect our team,” said Boe. “I think we are really composed, and we play well together. I want people to see girls that really want to play for each other.” Although the start of the season has not gone very smoothly, Boe is optimistic about the team heading forward. “We got probably the greatest group of individual players, and now we are trying to bring them together as a team,” said Boe. After the season, Boe’s final semester of eligibility, she said she hopes to advance as a goalie in soccer through a university. She would eventually like to become a police officer. “I love being in a uniform and a part of a team so that’s my goal,” said Boe.
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Before going to college, some students may pause for a moment, enjoy a carefree life and wait before plunging headfirst into school again. But then there are some who have a dream and choose to work hard for it to become a reality, which is exactly what Oskar Martinsson did. A freshman forward on the Santa Monica College men’s soccer team, Martinsson, originally from Sweden, spent nine months with his friends working for a storage company in Oslo, Norway, where he drove a small delivery truck to save money to study abroad. After graduating from high school in Gothenburg, Sweden, he knew that he wanted to be independent and getting a job seemed to be the right thing to do. “We would work a lot of hours and make a lot of money,” said Martinsson. “It was boring and repetitive, but it was worth it.” Since Martinsson had always wanted to study abroad, a friend who attended SMC for two years recommended the community college. For Martinsson, choosing SMC was an easy decision to make. He liked that the college is not too expensive, is located near the beach, and has a diverse pool of students from all around the world, not to mention his passion, soccer. Martinsson’s love for soccer started when he was around 6 years old and was playing for a private soccer club, Gilleby IF, in Sweden. “We don’t really play for our schools like they do in the U.S.,” he said. “You play for @t h e _ c o r s a i r •
a club team, everyone does.” Soccer games in Sweden are more physical, especially when playing with older players, said Martinsson. “Soccer is different in the United States,” he said. “In Sweden, soccer is the main sport; it’s the biggest sport. All my friends play it. Of course it’s not as big out here as it is in Sweden, but it’s bigger than I thought it would be.” Hailing from another country, Martinsson has bonded with his new teammates and formed strong friendships. “That’s what is so amazing in soccer, that you get so close,” said Martinsson. “Everyone on my team has been very helpful and super friendly.” He is not only enthusiastic about his new friends, but also about the team and their chances for success. “I think our team has what it takes to win,” he said. Already becoming a standout, Martinsson wants to score more goals and deliver more assists while helping out his teammates as much as he possibly can. “When you are out on the field, you have to make quick decisions,” he said. “You have to be one step ahead of the defenders.” Since Martinsson has to pay for his own tuition, he is not sure how much longer he will be able to stay in the U.S. after completing his first semester at SMC. Even though his family is very supportive of his decision to study abroad, Martinsson’s future is unclear, which is why he tries to take it one semester at a time.
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Jimmy Janszen Corsair SMC Corsairs’ football player Eric Kyle (right) tries to evade defenders during a running play on Saturday at West Los Angeles College in Los Angeles.
Late interception leads to victory Trev Angone Staff Writer
With just over five minutes remaining in Saturday’s matchup between the Santa Monica College football team and the West Los Angeles Wildcats, the Corsairs found themselves desperately clinging to a fivepoint lead as the Wildcats forged their way inside the Corsairs’ 20-yard line. After a methodically orchestrated drive by the Wildcats, it seemed very likely that the Corsairs would have to respond with at least a field goal, as it appeared West LA would inevitably punch in the go-ahead touchdown. But Corsairs’ linebacker Daveed Carter had other plans. As the Wildcat quarterback dropped back in the pocket and fired a pass inside the 5-yard line, the Corsairs’ defensive line tipped the pass leading to an interception by Carter. Behind a fleet of blockers, Carter suddenly found himself with nothing but open field in front of him as he ran his way to a 95-yard touchdown, preserving SMC’s 32-23 victory. “When I saw the ball, I thought, just don’t drop it,” said Carter. “Then when I caught it, I was trying to avoid defenders and get to the end zone, because you never know when you will have another chance to get back there. At first I thought about going right, but something told me to go left. If it was not for my teammates, I don’t think I could have got in [to the end zone].” The pick-six play was not only Carter’s first of the season, but the first of his young career. As head coach Gifford Lindheim put it, it was, “the biggest play of the game.” “The interception return was huge,” said Lindheim. “They had the momentum, they were going in to score and take the lead. It was one of the best plays of the year, one of the best plays I’ve seen in a while.” Though the Wildcats made a late game comeback behind an ill-timed SMC
turnover and good field position, the Corsairs built their initial lead behind an impressive first-half defense and a breakout game by running back Eric Kyle. Kyle gave SMC an early 7-0 lead behind an impressive 20-yard touchdown run. Late in the third quarter, he would strike again with another touchdown, coming from over 60 yards away. “It felt good getting in the end zone and helping my team however I can; I’m here to do whatever my team needs me to do,” said Kyle. “The defense tried to keep coming, but our offense kept playing hard and making that push. I just had to make the right moves.” Though the Corsairs escaped with the victory, it was not without mistakes. Some of them were very substantial, including a dropped 68-yard touchdown pass, which could have sealed the victory. “I feel like we left a lot of plays out there,” said Corsairs’ quarterback Jerry McConnico. “Our wide receivers were more imposing than their cornerbacks. I think we could have made more plays.” Saturday’s matchup was SMC’s first in Pacific Conference play, putting them at 1-0 so far. Overall, the Corsairs improved to 2-2, with two early losses still leaving a bit of a blemish for the defending conference champions. “Adversity is a good thing,” said Lindheim. “We look forward to these challenges, and we have been very successful at meeting those challenges. We like to compete. When it gets like that, it’s how you respond to these plays and overcome them. We have a lot of work to do if we hope to defend and three-peat.” SMC will return home to Corsair Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. as they attempt to put together back-to-back wins for the first time this season against the Glendale College Vaqueros.
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According to Wikipedia jonathan ramos Staff Writer The phrase, “according to Wikipedia,” can alone be a nightmare for both students and professors when writing or grading an assignment, but it is the go-to site for many when searching for information. Wikipedia has long been a source of information for millions of people around the world looking to gain knowledge on practically anything, from Syria to Lady Gaga, and even nuclear fission. It is visited by more than 497 million people a month, according to the statistics on the Wikipedia website. That means that on a daily basis, close to 17 million people are looking at allegedly unreliable information. Other databases require much more specific search criteria in order to find information. Wikipedia only requires the user to type one word, and it can give a full history on a subject as simple as the color red. Why exactly is it so hard to accept the site as a credible source? Wikipedia has been deemed universally unreliable by almost every aspiring and professional writer, largely due to the fact that content can be edited at any time by online contributors. Dana Del George, Santa Monica College English professor, said the fact that content on Wikipedia can be edited by anyone at any given time damages its credibility, compared to resources that are controlled by publishers or experts contributing to a source. “I love Wikipedia myself,” said Del George, stating that she uses the provided links in the bibliography in order to look through other sources. “That’s often the first place I go to find out about a new topic,” she said. “I understand what I’m looking at is just a first step and that I can’t necessarily trust everything I find out until I get it confirmed by more reliable sources.” Del George once discovered false information in an entry about a story she was teaching in her class. Much to her chagrin, many students in the class had fallen prey to the inaccuracies, illustrating the obvious dangers of trusting information from Wikipedia. “I’ve had that happen to me before,” said SMC student Nikola Spasojevic, who has experienced the
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repercussions of using Wikipedia as a source. “The information I wrote in my essay was false, and my teacher knew right away that it was Wikipedia,” said Spasojevic. When asked if he would recommend Wikipedia to other students, he said that he definitely would not. SMC student Ana Alvarez also expressed her caution with the popular online source. “I think it’s fair for teachers not to let students use Wikipedia,” said Alvarez. “The information that goes into Wikipedia comes from random people and is not reliable.” Alvarez said that Wikipedia is a good tool to use for something general, but she would not rely on it for a research paper of any sort. With literally millions of articles at people’s disposal, it is impossible to ignore the convenience of Wikipedia, and for what it’s worth, it does stay up-to-date with its information. When it comes to citing information gathered from Wikipedia, there needs to be a way to establish a system of use rather than abolishing its use altogether. SMC student Gabriel Nathan said that if a student
can corroborate information from Wikipedia with a couple of credible sources, then Wikipedia should be acceptable. However, he feels that just Wikipedia alone is not enough of a source to rely on. If students and teachers are openly admitting to using the site, then why is it condemned in the classroom? Not allowing students to use the wealth of information found on Wikipedia is foolish. SMC and colleges nationwide should not give up on something that could be put to good use, but make it useful. At the end of the day, students are told to stay away from Wikipedia due to the site’s poor reputation. Arbitrarily, choosing to not use one of the Internet’s largest databases is not conducive to learning. Students and faculty need to reach a compromise to make the Internet’s most popular encyclopedia more accessible in the college setting. Wikipedia should not be banned, and there is no reason why it could not be incorporated into SMC’s curriculum. If colleges are having trouble coming up with a solution, then they can always just ask Wikipedia.
Staff Editorial
Lights are off, doors are closed
Less than a week after the 226th anniversary of the Constitution, the United States government officially shut down. On Oct. 1, the government sent home thousands of workers without pay and suspended social services. Starting Tuesday, countless government-funded services were either shut down or severely restricted, including national parks. Not all services will be halted; federal employees have now been categorized into “essential” and “nonessential” in order to keep the country running. Essential employees are those who conduct “essential activities to the extent that they protect life and property,” according to the Office of Management and Budget. Air traffic control, law enforcement, the postal service and all active duty military will remain in effect. This drastic measure comes after the Democraticcontrolled Senate and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to reach an agreement on government-funding budget plans and Obamacare. Essentially, policymakers within the federal government were unable to arrive at a compromise on how to fund the nation’s new health insurance system, and as a result, the government was shut down, leaving citizens to suffer. Ironically, Obamacare relies on spending that is not affected by the shutdown, and starting on Tuesday, uninsured Americans were still able to shop for health
insurance on online marketplaces such as healthcare. gov. Members of Congress, the source of the shutdown, are secure as well, since their pay is written into permanent law. Some deemed nonessential by the government still have to show up for work and prepare their offices and duties for a potentially lengthy hiatus. However, the boundary between essential and nonessential has already been blurred. Vincent Gray, mayor of Washington, D.C., has labeled all city services essential and will use a cash-reserve fund to keep services available. According to whitehouse.gov, which warns visitors on its homepage that information may not be up-todate because of the shutdown, a one-week shutdown could cost our economy $10 billion. The last government shutdown was in December 1995 to January 1996 and lasted 21 days. If the current shutdown were to last half as long, the impact on the national economy could be disastrous. The situation we are facing has left thousands of Americans without jobs and basic services. Even the Statue of Liberty is closed to the public during the shutdown. So now, since the politicians on Capitol Hill failed to reach a consensus as simple as a “yes” or “no,” the public is left forsaken by the feds. It is outrageous that Congress is still receiving paychecks while hard-working Americans have been forced out of work by their bickering.
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As long as Americans are paying taxes, they deserve to have an active government. Simply shutting doors and shutting down services to citizens who need them should never be accepted because the two political parties cannot come to terms.
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Photographic art is on display from Sept. 28 through Oct. 25 in Drescher Hall at the Bi-Annual Alumni Exhibition.
SMC showcases alumni photography Gintare Urbutyte Staff Writer From Sept. 28 through Oct. 25, the “4th Bi-Annual Alumni Exhibition” showcases the works of past Santa Monica College photography students, bringing together alumni from different generations. In 2005, Ford Lowcock, SMC’s department chair of photography and fashion, started the now traditional “BiAnnual Alumni Exhibition,” displayed at Drescher Hall. His motivation to start the tradition is to keep in touch with former students and bring everyone back together, Lowcock says. All former photography students who submitted their work are showcased at the exhibition. Lowcock and other photography professors selected and arranged the pieces “in a way which would be harmonious,” says Lowcock. “Because there is no theme, and we do not know who will be submitting their work, we try to lay it out in a way that one did not pull away from the other one,” he says. The exhibition this year features commercial works of alumni who graduated either recently or decades ago. Among those are professional photographers, Anthony Nex, David Zaitz, both graduates from the 1980s, and Ethan Pines, who transferred from SMC in the late ‘90s. Nex, who shot among others for Nickelodeon, Target, Warner Brothers, and BMW, found his passion for photography as a teenager after a skateboarding accident at the age of 15, he says. As a creative way to stay in touch with his love for skateboarding and his friends, he started to capture their skateboarding with a borrowed camera. He began to submit his work to a skateboarding magazine, and had his first photos printed after his high school graduation in 1979. Nex enrolled in all available photography classes at SMC after his parents set the ultimatum that he either had to attend college or pay rent. He remembers with joy the day he discovered that someone can actually make
a living through photography. “When I found out that I could make a living at something that I loved, that I would have taken another job to support, it was sort of like all the lights came on,” he says. “I still remember the moment. It was completely shocking. I can do what I’ve always dreamed of doing.” Pines, who placed first at the International Photography Awards in 2011, discovered photography much later in his life out of pure curiosity when he decided to cease his career as a writer. At that time he did not know anything about photography, but he fell in love with the art form after taking a few classes at SMC. Pines shot for various companies like Sony Music Entertainment, IKEA, Yves Saint Laurent, and editorials like The New York Times and Los Angeles Magazine. Zaitz, whose clients include Esquire Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Metro, Nestlé, Ford, Brooks Sports and Doubletree Hotels, found his passion for photography after his father had given him his old camera and photography books. For Zaitz, photography is a combination of art and science, which made him stick to the craft after discovering that SMC had a strong photography program. “My love for and interest in photography grew and the photography program gave me the path to pursue it as a career,” he states in an email to The Corsair. Some of his favorite themes include storytelling with irony and humor, as well as “Americana,” the illustration of “our wonderful, wacky nation,” he says. As a former photography student himself, and now accomplished professional in the industry, Zaitz emphasizes that it is essential for a photographer to constantly strive for improvement. “Competition is getting more challenging with each year,” he says. “It’s not good enough to be ‘good enough.’” “Strive to be the best at what you do and never stop trying to improve,” says Zaitz. “I’ve been shooting for decades and I’m still finding ways to push the envelope.”
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Gintare Urbutyte Corsair Mathilda Tennysotter, (left) a photography major at SMC, and Daniel Bramme, (right) a producer at DB&DB Group, look at photos during the exhibition on Saturday.
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Elizabeth Moss Corsair King Henry VIII (Fernando Gil) argues for divorce from Catherine of Aragon (Elena Gonzalez) in classical Madrid theater company Rakata’s Spanish rendition of “Henry VIII” at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Thursday.
Shakespeare’s Henry VIII debuts in Spanish at Broad Stage Alci Rengifo Staff Writer
William Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII,” interpreted from a Spanish perspective by Spain’s Rakata Theater, made its U.S. debut at Santa Monica College’s Broad Stage on Thursday. The play was a smash hit at the Globe Theater in London that gave the audience a glimpse of the life of Shakespearean Henry VIII, of his rivalry for power with intriguers and schemers, of his scandalous love affair with Anne Boleyn, and of his divorce from Queen Catherine of Aragon. Through the medieval atmosphere, the audience was set back into 16th century England. The actors were wearing a combination of medieval and modern costumes and performed on a stage that replicated an ancient castle hall, lit with warm, golden light. The entire play was spoken in Spanish. The English subtitles were projected onto a screen that appeared to be a black drape hanging high above the stage. However, the subtitles were not actual translations of what was being spoken onstage, but only short summaries. Each synopsis was screened throughout the entire scene as it was being acted out. At times, the subtitles would cut off in half which provoked some audience members to leave before the end of the play. But despite this source of discomfort, “Henry VIII” overcame the hurdle and offered the audience an emotionally powerful performance, unique in its interpretation of Shakespeare’s script without losing the play’s original meaning. “It’s about power and people’s relationship to power, their need to
persevere, their ambitions and need for love,” said producer Rodrigo Arribas, who also played one of the supporting roles. “The way the play explores the relationship between the world’s most powerful countries of the time, England and France, is similar to the conflicts we see today between other countries,” said Arribas. “There are many aspects in which human beings have sadly not evolved much. It cuts across nationalities.” The play captured the most intense moments of Shakespeare’s work and transformed them to the most essential and impressive scenes of the play. One scene that was crucial, as it marked the beginning of Henry VIII’s love affair, showed a masquerade ball which was designed almost like a wild revelry with the actors dressed in butterfly and animal masks. Here, Anne Boleyn, played by Sara Moraleda, appeared for the first time as her looks captured the attention of another masked party guest, King Henry VIII, played by Fernando Gil, which led them into a dance that was both graceful and sensual. The most dramatic and emotionally intense moment was the death scene of Queen Catherine of Aragon, played by Elena Gonzalez. Catherine, alone and near death, descended into hallucinatory madness when her lady Beatrix, played by Alejandra Mayo, described the baptism of Henry and Anne’s first child, Elizabeth. The entire cast then appeared onstage, participating in the baptismal ceremony as Catherine stumbled and railed around them, railing against a reality that was out of her control.
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Anne Boleyn flirts with a member of court during the play.
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In the present time in which digital media is so prominent, theater has a unique power that lets the audience interact with the play, Moreleda said. “The youth of the 21st century experiences something unique at the theater, because in an age of TV, the Internet and smartphones, there isn’t that closeness of telling stories one on one,” she said. “The theater is alive and direct, and you as the viewer can participate. Theater can move you and make you feel things that the digital age simply cannot give you.” Gil said he strongly felt that “Henry VIII” has a universal message relevant for our time. “In the play, you see so many characters who rise and then fall,” he said. “All that is left is the humanity of the characters, the humility. We complicate life very much when what Elizabeth Moss Corsair is important is to live with humility King Henry VIII woos Anne Boleyn in a sensual and goodness.” dance in Rakata’s “Enrique VIII.” @t h e _ c o r s a i r •
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