Focus
On SMC
At Santa Monica College
Education does not just take place in our classrooms.
There are a lot of extra activities going on.
We had a lot of important events this semester,
the one most talked about was undoubtedly the
budget cuts in California and their effects on
SMC. Fortunately, this is not just what’s
happening in our college. Other important events
took place this semester, including speeches by
Fay Kanin, Dolores Huerta and KC Cole, three great
figures in modern women’s history...Read
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Sacramento-A Second Chance
at Activism
The night was cold and a
bit rainy, but there was no doubt that this was
a committed group. Instructors, staff and students,
150 people, joined together in an effort to protect
the quality and quantity of educational and vocational
opportunities for students attending SMC...Read
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LA Women's Shakespeare
The audience was directed by Lisa as we practiced
“dropping in”. Lisa chose a piece of
text that would hit home. One word was thunderous
and she brought up the image of a bomb falling.
The audience shared their reactions to this new
technique agreeing that it helped give new meaning
to Shakespeare’s text...Read
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Meeting With Dolores Huerta
On April 24th, SMC received a great figure, Dolores
Huerta. She is not just a mother of 11 but also
a great activist and a labor leader. Education was
a very important point she brought up. Huerta was
applauded when she said that, “ Education
is a right and should not be accessible just for
those who have money”...Read
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Portrait of a Woman: Dr.
Maria Dell
Dr DELL explained that it
was very challenging to be a female instructor,
especially in College and Graduate School, where
most instructors are male. But this doesn’t
bother her at all, it is rather the opposite, she
works hard to serve as a role model to young women
students. She “definitely” encourages
them to work hard. For those students who would
like to follow in her path, in Science, Dr. Dell
advises they take as many mathematics classes and
science classes as possible, and also not to be
afraid of asking questions whenever there is something
they don’t understand...Read
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ESL Intensive
ESL intensive English has also been a good cultural
experience for us. In fact, students came from different
places in the world and shared their experiences
relative to their culture and the topics discussed
in class. Each student had to describe his or her
home country by presenting to the class a specific
characteristic of the country. Each of us also had
to present a topic relevant to current social and
political issues such as elections, the death penalty,
abortion and racism. Those presentations were good
ways for students to get acquainted with the way
of life in their host country, the US...Read
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Club Row
As an international student,
I always look forward to discovering cultures different
than mine and to meeting people from other parts
of the world. It helps me enrich my general knowledge
and share my experiences related to culture shock
or even language barrier; thereby easing my integration
in America, especially at Santa Monica College...Read
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