In the spirit of Halloween, Fogelson Library released some of its ghosts for fashion show, Haunted Librarians, with designs by Keynan Johnson.
Crawlers
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Spiders, ants & beetles—oh my! A look at the crawlers on campus.
Happy Halloween!
posted by Humberto Loeza
Halloween is here (almost) and the campus is ready (almost). A few shots from Halloween...
Shuttle Muddle
posted by Luke Henley
It is 8:29 p.m. on a Saturday night and the shuttle driver waits diligently for any more students to arrive for their free trip downtown. Right on the dot of 8:30 p.m., it is clear that I will be the shuttle’s only passenger. The ride goes along smoothly down Cerrillos Road and after a few more turns through a more or less bustling downtown the shuttle arrives at the Downtown Transit Center. No one is waiting to take the shuttle back to campus. Since the beginning of the Santa Fe Shuttle Pilot Project on Sept 18, the service has run more or less continuously every Thursday through Saturday to pick students up every 30 minutes from 6:30-10:30 p.m. There is no fare; simply hop onboard and you can bridge the gap between campus and the heart of the city itself. The Santa Fe City Council plans to use this project, which is scheduled to continue through the end of the semester, to determine the viability of continuing or even expanding the service. Based on data sent by Ken Smithson, director of Operations and Maintenance with Santa Fe Trails, the ridership on any given night tends to vary greatly. While some Friday nights see numbers of student riders reaching a total of 145, there are several Thursday nights and even Saturdays during which the shuttle will report no passengers throughout the night. In an interview with SFUAD Assistant Director of Campus Life David DeVillier, he said the school believes the project is a “wonderful service for our students” and that “We [SFUAD Campus Life] think that ridership will increase as enrollment increases.” At the end of the semester, the city will collect data on total ridership as well as other information to determine whether or...
Playing With Fire
posted by Nick Martinez
In addition to being the director of Photography for “Oasis Motel,” the new drama from Shoot the Stars, junior Amy West has been teaching herself to fire dance. Jackalope Magazine recently sat down with her to talk fire dancing, her filmmaking and performing for yourself. Jackalope Magazine: What brought you to SFUAD? Amy West: I am originally from Petaluma, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area. JM: Oh, that explains the hippy vibe. AW: Yeah, exactly. (laughs) I’m definitely a northern California girl at heart. I went to an art college fair at my high school, and I was interested in getting out of California. I know it’s a little counter intuitive, and I figured there’s probably a shit ton of film students out in California, and Santa Fe looked like it would be a different experience and give me a different perspective. JM: I’m assuming you were a dancer before you began fire dancing— AW: I was not! JM: OK, so how did fire dancing start? AW: I have a best friend back home who goes to Reed College in Oregon, which is like a super hippy liberal college, and they have a fire dancing team. We got together over winter break of my sophomore year, after she’d been doing it for a while, and we made a video together. While we were making it, she was like ‘hey you should do this too,’ and I was like ‘Oh my God I want to.’ I had done color guard in middle school and there’s a prop called staff that she bet I could [use]. So we went and got a curtain rod, and I just started playing with it and my friend said ‘you you can do this,’ so I...
Surveying Surveillance
posted by Jonathan Hargraves
A second incident involving a female student encountering an unknown male in a dormitory bathroom has steeled the resolve for enhanced campus surveillance. At the start of the 2015 fall semester, the campus will be monitored and recorded 24/7 by nearly 50 security cameras, according to Director of Facilities and Security Peter Romero. The new cameras are part of a two-phase plan, which Romero said was conceived last summer in response to the recent addition of the Higher Learning Center, and a marked increase in the student population. “I think this is a positive step to continue security improvements on campus for [everyone],” Romero said. Though campus surveillance has been a source of contention at some universities, students at Santa Fe University of Art and Design seem to be the new camera plan’s greatest champions. “Things have to change around here,” Jordyn Aquino said, “the safety of my peers is very important to me.” Aquino is a musical theater major and one of the camera plan’s more active proponents. After learning about the sexual assault that took place Oct. 2 in a dormitory bathroom and hallway, she posted a Facebook status on the Student Life page in which she solicited help to draft a petition for more security cameras. “It scares me and angers me that a sexual predator may be roaming our campus because we did not have the proper evidence to convict him,” Aquino said. The only suspect arrested in the Oct. 2 assault was released from police custody, and allowed back on campus, according to a previous Jackalope Magazine article. The second incident occurred on Oct. 30. According to a campus-wide email from Senior Director of Student Life Laura Nunnelly, “a female student contacted campus security to report an incident involving an unknown male in the female bathroom of King Hall.” According to the email, campus security was searching for the suspect, and the Santa Fe Police were contacted. No further information was available at the time this article was published. Familiar with the predation of catcalling while traversing campus property, Aquino said she would like to see cameras both indoors and outdoors on every entrance, exit, public space and courtyard, including “the hallways [and] stairways of dorms.” “I understand that this is controversial,” she said, acknowledging privacy concerns, “but [students] need to really consider … that there are victims living on our campus who are in a perpetual state of fear and discomfort because their attacker is still at large.” To some extent, photo major Forrest Soper agrees with Aquino. “I know that due to the recent incident on campus, many individuals feel unsafe and are pushing for the installation of new cameras,” he said, “and I have absolutely no problem with that.” However, Soper also said he has never liked the idea of surveillance, even if only used for the purpose of verifying criminal activity. In fact, when asked in an informal Jackalope-sponsored Facebook survey if he was for, against or undecided in regard to the new camera plan, Soper was the only student out 58 respondents to choose against—49 were for, and eight were undecided. “I have never felt that security cameras or surveillance systems made me feel safe.” Because he lives off campus and was not affected by the assault, Soper said he does not want to speak out against what other students may perceive as a means to reassurance and safety, and therefore, supports their desire for additional surveillance. David Roth, although he did not respond to the survey, also is an opponent of Aquino’s effort and the camera plan. When commenting on her petition post, he said cameras monitoring dormitory hallways would be an “invasion of privacy,” and that security should be more diverse and even-handed in their tactics when combating campus crime, e.g., offering self-defense classes, investigatory follow-ups on theft complaints and more student-ID checking. Though, agreeing with Aquino on one point, Roth said, “I do...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Coming Attractions at The Screen Oct. 31 – Nov. 6 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. The Blue Room France – 2014 – 1 hour 16 minutes Based on the Novel by Georges Simenon “Every revelation registers in the gifted Amalric’s gaze: infinitesimal physical mutations, emotional detonations.” —Sheri Linden of Los Angeles Times “One of most exciting things about The Blue Room is that it celebrates the radical fragmentation of Alain Resnais’s 1963 film Muriel — a nostalgic blast for modernists, reminding us that, by and large, they don’t cut them like they used to.” —Jonathan Romney of Film Comment Magazine Manuscripts Don’t Burn Iran – 2013 – 2 hours 5 minutes Winner of Cannes Film Festival’s 2013 Best Director “Demands to be seen as widely as possible.” – Jonathan Romney of Screen International “The most important moviegoing experience of the year.” -Eric Cohn of Indiewire New York Film Critics Series Presents Elsa and Fred USA – 2014 – 1 hour 34 minutes Starring Shirley Maclaine and Christopher Plummer One Night Only, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. “Elsa and Fred” is both a movie about love and a love letter to movies.” Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times Awake: The LIfe of Yogananda US – 2014 – 1 hour 27 minutes The Story of Yoga’s Journey to the West “The film tapped into Yogananda’s humanity in a way that was profoundly moving and inspiring to me.” —Ram Dass “A beautifully crafted film and a powerful story about a spiritual genius.” —Russell Simmons...
SFUADcast
posted by Nick Martinez
This week SFUADcast sits down with Zoe Baillargeon and Bisi Ademulegun, creators of SFUAD’s 10 Minute Theater Festival.
SFUAD’s Tutors
posted by Amanda Tyler
SFUAD’s three writing tutors are available regularly at Fogelson library.
Necessities
posted by Adriel Contreras
Jackalope talks with the movers and shakers behind SFUAD’s Necessities store.
NM Shorts
posted by Charlotte Martinez
The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival‘s New Mexico Shorts Program of 2014 has again reminded the Santa Fe film audience that the voices of New Mexico are alive and well. This year, the Center for Contemporary Arts screened five selected short films, some of which were shot in New Mexico and others which were made by New Mexican filmmakers. The commonality stops there. From documentary-style narratives to formulaic Westerns, the themes and stories ranged in all genres and in all styles. The variety, perhaps, reflects that original guerrilla-filmmaking spirit which set the festival’s foundation six years ago. A Horseback Ride to the Soul, directed by Aimee Barry Broustra SFIFF Description: For the rider and non-rider alike “A Horseback Ride to the Soul” explores the ways in which interactions between human and horse can lead to a deeper understanding of our selves and our relationship to the world. An official selection of the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience and Long Beach India International Film Festival, “A Horseback Ride to the Soul” is more documentary than narrative, but we can overlook that due to the multiple categories the content explores. First, the location of a Santa Fe Ranch filled with beautiful horses makes for some gorgeous cinematography. Second, the subject of horse and rider relationship is not your typical rancher’s story. The technique is Collaborative Horsemanship, and it implies “an approach to groundwork and riding implementing prey-to-prey communication” in order to “establish a relationship of trust between human and horse.” The program is facilitated by Kelly Wendorf, native New Mexican and CEO of The Institute of the Southwest, who believes in a non-aggressive approach to riding. “How can human best serve horse?” Wendorf says in her interview, “How can human, through congruency, act as a herd leader?” Wendorf introduces the term “horse therapy” in her program and the technique becomes especially convincing when...
The Poet’s Guide to Journalism
posted by Jonathan Hargraves
On Oct. 14, Tom Sleigh, a noted poet, read excerpts from his most recent collection of poems — “Station Zed” — to a crowded O’Shaughnessy Performance Space at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. The collection is part of a new body of work by Sleigh inspired by his recent travels to the Middle East. In addition to the poems, Sleigh journalized the experience in an essay titled “The Deeds” in which Sleigh casts himself as a poet in journalist’s clothing, seeking passage to the Lebanese city of Qana in order to learn the Palestinian side of the 2006 Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I loved doing it,” Sleigh says, “I didn’t think about myself…all doubts immediately vanished… [and] there was no detail too small that wasn’t suddenly charged with interest.” “The Deeds” was published in the Virginia Quarterly Review in 2008, and selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of the “Best American Travel Writing” compendium. However, before this acclaim Sleigh says he had no desire to go to Lebanon — adding, as a joke, that he barely knew where to find it on a globe. “What I didn’t know about Lebanon could fill many books.” In 2007, Munir Akash invited Sleigh to Lebanon. Akash is the founder of the Trans-Arab Unity Foundation, and Sleigh’s invite was part of an initiative by the group to bring artists and writers to the Middle East. Sleigh says Akash wanted him to assess and write about the conditions of Palestinian refugees, “particularly in the aftermath of the 2006 war.” Originally, the trip was postponed for three months, Sleigh says, because of backlash from the murder of “a very prominent Christian Maronite politician” — Plerre Gemayel. According to the trans-Arab news network Al-Jazeera, the cabinet minister was gunned down in his car during a traffic jam in a Christian neighborhood — almost immediately his death was followed with “angry protests” by his supporters. Though unsettling for Sleigh, an assassination turned out to be the least of his worries. “As soon as we landed,” he says, “a huge car bomb went off.” In Lebanon, Sleigh says car bombs are so frequent that while watching Abbott and Costello’s “Meet the Mummy” in a Beirut hotel room, he saw commercials for personal bomb-detecting devices — an experience upon which he elaborates in “The Deeds.” During his visit, the violence only escalated. Sleigh says he experienced some of the worst internal violence since the 15 years of civil war that took place in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. “People were being blown up all the time…and I was scared.” In spite of his fear, or maybe as a result of it, Sleigh became “acutely aware” of the world around him, and was “totally interested in what everybody was wearing, what they were thinking [and] what they were saying.” The experience, at times, was even “exhilarating.” Because most of the fighting in 2006 had occurred in the southern part of Lebanon, Sleigh says he decided to go there to see what, if anything, had been preserved. “But did I know what the hell I was doing?” Sleigh asks, adding, “no.” Never before had Sleigh attempted journalism. Sleigh met Chris Merrill — another poet whom he describes as an “old-school journalist who covered the Bosnian war.” Merrill showed Sleigh the journalistic ropes, and through technical mimesis Sleigh acquired the information-gathering skills that would be required of him to complete “The Deeds.” “It was monkey see, monkey do,” he says, but “poetry taught me how to compress information, and to describe accurately what I see.” In gathering information for his essay, Sleigh says he “did lots of interviews,” and not once throughout the process did he use a tape recorder, which he believes acts as a barrier between the journalist and the subject when the two are attempting to establish trust. Also, a subject — in the absence of a tape...
SFUAD Courts Prospective Students
posted by Jonathan Hargraves
Enrollment pulled out all the stops Oct. 17 in the lobby of the Greer Garson Theatre to persuade young people from all over the region to pursue a SFUAD bachelor’s degree. Izzi Getlo, from Flagstaff, Ariz., has been looking for the right college since her freshman year of high school. “I want a school where there are like-minded people,” Getlo said, “and I don’t have to sit in a classroom all day.” Torn between film and musical theater, Getlo said she hoped to know the course of study she wants to pursue after the tour. Greeted by enrollment reps, prospective students received personalized packets of university information, and were then offered a breakfast of fresh pastries and hot coffee — all while being treated to a xylophone serenade by Contemporary Music Program freshman Eugene Mason. Pastries offered included scones, muffins, chocolate croissants and cinnamon buns. After the check-in portion was complete, prospective students and their parents were then asked to seat themselves in the theater for a viewing of a promotional video and welcome remarks by department faculty. The promotional video emphasized the university’s association with big names and events such as Shepard Fairey, Ozomatli and Shoot the Stars. Faculty spokesmen included Matt Donovan from Creative Writing, Tony O’Brien from Photography, Chris Eyre from The Film School, Tom Miller from Studio Art, Laura Fine Hawkes from Performing Arts and Scott Jarrett from Contemporary music — Graphic Design was unavailable. The faculty spoke of the myriad benefits one may derive from a SFUAD education — including the competitive edge writing students acquire from working with published faculty, the collaborative opportunities and creative independence provided students by Jackalope Magazine, the high tech facilities and equipment available to students at The Film School and the new 360 degree theatrical performance space used by performing arts called “In the Round.” “We offer a culture of professionalism, as well as being a college,” Jarrett said. After welcome remarks were completed, prospective students and their parents were then separated into groups by area of interest, and escorted by faculty spokesman to learn more about their respective departments. More than half of prospective students gathered for The Film School. According to Ryan Henson, the international coordinator of enrollment, the department holds nine open houses per year, hosting an average of 400 prospective students each of those years. Data for the percentage of students who enrolled after attending an open house were unavailable. However, Registrar Mary Angell says that enrollment of “first-time freshmen” went up to 246 for the 2014 fall semester, compared to 201 for the previous fall — an 18 percent increase. The day closed with a 3 p.m. reception mixer at the Welcome Center. Arriving from a campus tour, prospective students and parents alike were greeted with a variety of snacks, including cheese and crackers, grapes, fresh-baked brownies and cookies, lemonade and ice water. A plethora of SFUAD paraphernalia was available for purchase as well. “The school was great,” Getlo said afterward. She seemed set on SFUAD, she remained torn between majors. When asked if she was leaning one way or the other, Getlo said musical theater because “that’s where my heart is.” Deb Ellis, mother of photo prospective Ian Ellis, was impressed with SFUAD. Ellis liked what she says appears to be a hands-on curriculum, which is “preparing students to work.” “Ian’s also looking at [Northern Arizona University],” Ellis said, “but we were really impressed with the facilities here.”...
Midterm Madness
posted by Christopher Stahelin
We’re officially half way through the semester her at SFUAD, so Jackalope decided to speak with a variety of students to see how everyone is holding up. Between papers, projects, shoots and shows, everyone is occupied with the things they love to do.
STS Ribbon-Cutting
posted by Nicholas Beckman
With 31 days to the first shooting date of Shoot the Stars—the Film School’s student-run, union-acted program that integrates students interested in working on a film set with a real-world perspective and mentors to advise—crew members met outside the production offices to mark the “official opening production offices” for Season 3 of the program. The narrow halls of Oñate were filled with people discussing film projects of their own and the ones they were all about to embark on together. Naturally, they made their way to their respective departments; each designated a room in the building with a customized 8.5 x 11 Shoot the Stars sign hanging on the door. The art department for both “Oasis Motel” and “The Disposables” yielded conversations with mentors, story ideas and upcoming meetings for their projects, while the EPK team, when not documenting the chatter, sang sad songs of their often overlooked efforts and groundbreaking documentation of behind-the-scenes activity. Film School Chairman Chris Eyre could be seen wandering around the perimeter of the building, making hand gestures that from afar would appear to be accompanying what can only be interpreted as delightful banter. “Come, everyone!” rang Paula Amanda, Film School associate chair. Students hurried outside the building to witness the grand opening to Shoot the Stars Season 3, four weeks prior to principle photography. Amanda and Eyre gathered the producers and directors of both shoots in front of Oñate Hall. “This is the opening to the production offices—officially—and the kick off for Shoot the Stars Season 3,” said Eyre. “Now I never say a ceremony’s a ceremony until you touch the ground, so touch the ground,” he continued, prompting everyone to bend down and touch the earth. Eyre concluded his speech with a message of hope and good fortune. “Let’s just...
Let’s Hear it For Some Girls
posted by Nick Martinez
Neil Labute’s Some Girl(s), opened Oct. 17, presents a marked script improvement over PAD’s previous show The Cave Dwellers, and boasts strong performances from its four female leads. Senior Jade Scott Lewis does an affable job as Guy, a struggling writer on an apology tour to four former ex-girlfriends, before his upcoming nuptials. Lewis is perfectly cast as the bumbling heartbreaker, equally selling the charm to win women over, as well as the selfish streak to ruin them. Again, Lewis does a great job as the scoundrel Guy, but the real stars of the show are his former lovers, all vulnerable in their own ways, and with enough hurt that reveals more about Guy than Guy ever could. The story is told in four scenes, each with Guy and one of his ex-girlfriends as the onlycharacters in the scene. Two emotionally wrought scenes bookend the show, but the middle two play as a bizarre psycho-sexual power struggle. Senior Shenyse Harris plays Tyler, an art school free spirit who is the only girl Guy didn’t leave with a permanent scar. Harris imbues what could have been yet another slut caricature with confidence and hints at a deeper motive that she and Guy may share. Each girl is given roughly sketched lives outside the scenes, but emotional scars run deep, perhaps none more so than suburban housewife Sam, played by junior Tristine Henderson. Sam and Guy’s relationship was high school puppy love, a concept likely still fresh in the mind of many of the SFUAD audience members. Henderson ably portrays the stretched-thin mom, and her increasing desperation and past digging leads to great tragicomedy. The show itself ends on a grand joke, one I won’t spoil, but the final scene is heartbreaking in its escalation. Bobbi, played by senior Shelby Gray, has the best chemistry for Guy, and the reunion produces unfortunate revelations. Each character, at one point or another, gets to play the victim, but Grey’s Bobbi refuses to play Guy’s role. Her Bobbi is smart, and the most put-together of the other women, but her confrontation with her past produces emptying tear ducts, and not just for the character. Not me, of course, I just had something in my eye. PAD has been killing it this semester, and Some Girl(s) is a major reason...
SWA Gets Crafty
posted by Zoe Baillargeon
SFUAD’s Student Writers Association (SWA) has recently launched a new series of craft seminars aimed at enterprising students hoping for more opportunities to expand their work. Led by their peers and held during lunch hours so as to accommodate students’ busy schedules, each session individually focuses on an aspect of creative writing, such as character development, dialogue or plot. “The seminars are meant to reinforce what we’re learning, as well as adding some new ideas on those very topics,” says Jen Hanson of SWA, the mastermind behind the seminars. “I felt that there are some areas of craft that classes cannot delve deep into, as there are a wide range of things which need to be taught and learned. In creating these seminars, my hope, and SWA’s hope, is that students will have an opportunity to really dig deep in specific topics.” Amaya Hoke, a sophomore Creative Writing major from Texas, took on the task of hosting the first seminar on Oct. 13. Entitled “Split ‘Em Open,” the session focused on character and characterization. “It was definitely a joyful experience, so many people showed up!” enthuses Hoke a few weeks after her seminar. “I gave the attendees an option of two exercises. They could create a schedule for their character, like 8 am – wake up, just to try and show the daily life of a character. Another was to try to portray how their character was by describing the contents on the inside of their car. There were some pretty amazing results!” Hoke chose to focus her seminar on characterization because “I’ve always been really passionate about characters, I feel like they make the story. I feel like if a writer can’t love and dedicate time to their characters, then who can love...
Staying Healthy
posted by Ryan Sindon
Cold and flu season are making their way around again. As midterms wind down, stress levels can be higher than usual, leaving immune systems vulnerable. Jackalope spoke to, Anne-Marie Lehmann, certified nurse practitioner and school nurse, about prevention methods as well as what to do if one were to get sick. These were the five most emphasized pieces of advice from the nurse: Take Vitamin C. One Thousand milligrams a day will help support weakened or strained immune systems. Wash hands regularly. Get Enough Rest. Seven to nine hours of sleep will keep students healthy. Eat a well balanced diet full of fruits and vegetables. Realize the first symptoms of what may be a cold and go to the nurse within 24 hours. Lehmann believes that chicken soup is magic, and provides it in her care packages for sick students. The care packages also include items like oatmeal and cough drops. The nurse thinks that students have the right to homeopathic medicines as well as pharmaceutical. If students are really sick, there is a room and a bed right next to Lehmann’s office. She also has humidifiers for students experiencing respiratory problems. She encourages students to come and visit her if they are not feeling well. The nurse’s office is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m . ...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Coming Attractions at The Screen Oct. 24 – 30 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. 1,000 Times Good Night Norway – 2014 – 1 hour 51 minutes Starring Juliette Binoche “An affecting drama. Deeply compelling…Binoche’s transformation is as unsettling as the events she’s chronicling.” John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter “A gripping, emotionally resonant drama starring French luminary Juliette Binoche.” – Ronnie Schelb of Variety Awake: The LIfe of Yogananda US – 2014 – 1 hour 27 minutes The Story of Yoga’s Journey to the West “The film tapped into Yogananda’s humanity in a way that was profoundly moving and inspiring to me.” – Ram Dass “A beautifully crafted film and a powerful story about a spiritual genius.” – Russell Simmons Performance at the Screen: Aida (Arena Di Verona) Italy – 2014 – 2 hours 35 minutes Sunday Oct. 26, 11:15 a.m. “Aida at The Arena is a special experience where music and space combine to form the greatest of spectacles, in a space where a tradition of spectacle stretches back 2000 years to to the Flavian emperors.” – James...
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