SFUAD graduate C Alex Clark discusses ‘soft glitch’ photography in this audio-visual interview.

Complaints about the wifi on campus are a common refrain for SFUAD students. Although students received an email Sept. 2 asking for patience and promising a remedy for internet issues, student sentiment remains largely unchanged regarding connection issues. Jackalope spoke with the Information Technology Department several times since the start of the semester. Department employees maintain there is enough bandwidth and capacity to accommodate students on the network. “Students are averaging 250 megabytes per second a day. The full bandwidth is 600 megabytes per second, and students are nowhere near it,” Joshua Billiter, the residential network system administrator, says. “The fact that it’s sluggish is because of network engineering conflicts that we have since worked out.” In other terms, at the time of various interviews with IT, 1,218 different devices were connected to the school’s internet. That number represents Xboxes, Playstations, computers, phones, tablets—any device connected to the hardwire internet in the dorms, and anything else with any wifi connectivity. The hardwire internet, IT student employee Dylan Marlow says, “generally does not make internet faster because we give you 100 megabytes per second in your room, and typically a computer doesn’t work that fast.” However, students who “game a lot,” he says, may find use for the hardwire, as it’s “more reliable.” IT says it is finding that often problems faced by students are individual user issues unrelated to the campus wifi. “It can be the student’s computer, or how many applications are running,” Jeff Pearce, IT director says. “Students can be exhausting their own resources, and until we come and visit students, their problems may not be fixed.” As such, IT asks for students to submit a work order, and IT will set a time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. “to do a room call, and see what students are physically...

There’s a fire going outside and people huddle together, laughing and otherwise going on excitedly about “have you heard this band? And this band?” There’s even a trampoline, one of those big ones. Inside, past the front door that never seems to be locked, a band sets up in a large warehouse space. The energy is buzzing, people are smiling and, best of all, there’s no cover at the door. This is all a very regular sight for Radical Abacus, a warehouse in one of Santa Fe’s more business-oriented areas that has become one of the city’s more prominent independent performance venues in the past few years. Contemporary Music Program major Angelo Harmsworth, who recently became one of Radical Abacus’ residents, has been increasing his involvement in booking shows for local musicians as well as touring acts from around the US. “Nicholas Chiarella [former SFUAD Studio Arts administrative assistant/contributing faculty] was responsible for the current incarnation of the space…,” Harmsworth said in an e-mail interview, “He made the space available to the local and larger DIY community for art shows, little happenings, and concerts.” Following that legacy, Harmsworth’s role is simply that of a host/curator; he and his housemates do not take money for hosting these shows. Donations are often requested to be given to touring bands, mostly for gas money, but other than that the focus is on music. This model differs greatly from that of a more traditional venue, such as a bar that features live music. This use of non-traditional performance spaces has become a more frequently seen phenomenon in Santa Fe as well as cities across the country as a larger DIY-based musical community grows. Why do some gravitate toward DIY over a bar or another more established business? Harmsworth...

Santa Fe University of Art and Design plays tribute to benefactor and legendary actress Greer Garson.

On Sept. 18, a panel of students met with board members and administrators to discuss life at SFUAD.

Coming Attractions at The Screen Oct. 3 – 9 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at the 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 Conformist Italy – 1970 – 1 hour 55 min. Part of “Films To See Before You Die” “Juggling past and present with the same bravura flourish as Welles in Citizen Kane, Bertolucci conjures a dazzling historical and personal perspective.” – Tom Milne of Time Out “Probing, unsettling and visually compelling, The Conformist treats its audience as adults, never opting for easy closure.” Philip Kemp of Total Film  “The Conformist isn’t just a triumph, it’s one of the greatest movies ever made.” – Richard Luck of Film4 Rocks In My Pockets US – 2014 – 1 hour 28 min. An Animated World of Psychology “Boasting a narrative of extraordinary complexity and density, stuffed with irony, humor and tales-within-tales…imaginative…fascinating and very personal.” – Alissa Simon of Variety  “Signe Baumane examines her family members’ history with mental illness (as well as her own struggles) with humor, delicacy and eye-catching animation techniques…Her commitment and talent is overwhelming.” – Whitney Matheson of USA Today Performance at the Screen: War and Peace (Mariinsky Opera) Sunday, Oct. 5 11:15 am – Russia – 4 hours Performance at the Screen “Aida Garifullina and Andrei Bonderenko impress as major new talents.” – The financial Times The Trip to Italy UK – 2014 – 1 hour 48 min. The sequel to the 2010 Comedy Masterpiece “The Trip” “Coogan, Brydon and Winterbottom journey to the Mediterranean in this warmly enjoyable continuation of their improved cultural and...