In this audio-visual piece, SFUAD students discuss strange, possible paranormal, activities they have witnessed on campus.

April’s Career Services Month kicked off last week with a job fair, and continues with guest speakers from all walks of life.

Facilities and Security Director Peter Romero chose names for three of SFUAD’s baby goats—all suggested by students. But four more baby goats still await monikers.

SFUAD faculty and students suggest names for one of the recent baby goat litters.

Is anything more cute than baby goats? No. Nothing is.

Akkavuk hosted a meeting in King Hall lobby on Feb 17 to spread awareness about the deaths and mistreatment of Korkmaz and other Turkish citizens. She began the meeting by introducing herself and the other eight Turkish students currently studying at SFUAD, all of whom have personally been a part of the riots.

The SFUAD cafeteria was transformed into a sea of blue on Feb. 22 as students gathered to support each other in honor of National Suicide Awareness Day.

More than 40 SFUAD students gathered Feb. 15 for Cupid is Stupid, a celebration of the joy of being single with food, music and live performances by students and a comedian.

Although it is not yet as popular as it is in Europe, Parkour is really starting to make its way in the US. Here at SFUAD, we already have a couple of traceurs (runners) who take advantage of the campus surroundings to practice this non-competitive sport.

Students cavort at the annual Date Auction.

On  Jan. 30, Fogelson Library unveiled its new gallery space to the public. Previously, the area had been used for seating, to house magazines and newspapers, and as exhibition space for Marko Lukini’s senior thesis show near the end of last semester. The work of three photography alumni is on display as the premier show. The library is currently holding a contest for the name of the gallery space, ideas for which can be entered into a box at Fogelson until the end of February. In order to enter work or curate a show, students must have a faculty sponsor, fill out a proposal and have a clear idea of how their exhibitions will be presented. The new use of this space will give students an on-campus resource in which they can see their work displayed. Fogelson Library is open 1 pm-9 pm Sunday, 8 am-9 pm Monday – Thursday, 8 am-5 pm Friday Or call (505)...

If you’ve walked around campus in the past week, you may have seen a string of gold-lettered graffiti tags reading “SOLID GOLD CLIT” on various buildings and structures. A movement started by artist Sophia Wallace, the “SGC” tags themselves(the most “controversial” of which were on the Shepard Fairey mural on the quad) were spread around campus by an unknown person(s). On  Jan. 19, a community fine of $250 was imposed on every resident living on campus. Both the tagging and the fine soon sparked strong responses on the Student Life Facebook page. Initially, the SFUAD student life Facebook page lit up with frustrated students voicing their concern with the fine. Eventually, the comments turned bitter over the entire situation, with some students calling out their peers and staff members with rather heavy and hateful language. “People were running around campus trying to figure out who it was and people got really nasty on the Facebook page in terms of body-shaming (people saying clits,[which are] something as natural as an elbow, are dirty and inappropriate),” said Katie Collins via email. Collins, a sophomore film student, participated in Wallace’s discussion when the artist visited last semester. Once Wallace became aware of the situation, she posted a statement in support of the students to her Tumblr and Facebook page. In an email interview, Wallace told Jackalope that “There is a wonderful opportunity for SFUAD as an institution to be at the forefront…Whoever did the tagging put something into the public discourse that the entire society is telling them from a young age should never, ever be spoken of”…“Imagine if the ways your genitals are spoken of, and frequently are, almost exclusively to humiliate and shame. What is happening right now at SFUAD is powerful. I am excited to...

Nerf gun shooting; plastic ducks; memory challenges. The 2013 Hunger Games at SFUAD tested the tributes. Photographers Sam Podio, Amanda Tyler and Sandra Schoenenstein captured the day.

The Gift Music and Art Festival takes place this weekend, on the nights of both Nov. 8-9. For free admission, students can create a gift of artwork to be given up for auction at a later date. So what exactly should this gift consist of? The crew behind the festival is accepting any medium of work, of any size or subject matter. So far, gifts have ranged from alternative process photographic prints to origami birds and intricately painted portraits. Music and film majors are welcomed to submit a gift in their genre also, provided that a CD or DVD of the work can be presented. All art will be accepted for admission, as long as it is evident that time, energy and thought has been put into the piece. When your work is complete, the gift can be be brought to the festival, where a crew member will exchange it for your entrance. Still stuck? Pictures below demonstrate a few examples of work made and materials used for a variety of gifts. For more information on the festival, check out this Jackalope article and the event Facebook...

A look at some of the costumes on campus for...

“Join us for a weekend of fun in Santa Fe,” the email read, but it wasn’t as corny as it sounds. If anything, Family Weekend at SFUAD—student showcases, awesome food, and a trip to Albuquerque—was just a front. The truth? Parents wanted to see their kids and the kids (admit it!) wanted to see their parents. I was still reluctant when my mom asked if we could do Family Weekend. I’m a senior, I thought, it’ll just be freshman families. Or I’m from Santa Fe, I’m not far enough to miss them. But it wasn’t just parents of freshmen who attended this weekend and as soon as I saw my mom, dad and brother Friday night, I couldn’t wait for the events to start. My mother, Jeanette, had attended the College of Santa Fe for a year while pursuing a degree in landscape design. When she read the email about Family Weekend, she turned to my dad, Edward, and said, “would you like to see your daughter?” He was in. My brother, Jesse, graduated last year from New Mexico Tech and is now a full time employee of the Los Alamos labs. He wanted to see his sister. He didn’t care what we did. Art, in general, is not discussed much in my family, but after checking in on Friday and drinking some wine (or sparkling water in my mom’s case) and eating some cheese in the library, I sent them into the Garson Theater to watch Middletown. Afterwards, they had the following to say: Mom: “You’re born, you die, it’s about everything in between.” Jesse: “It’s the little things in life.” Dad: “It was different.” Saturday began with a good lunch and it ran into some student showcases, including a visit to the...

“Plain text,” says GigaOM Editorial Producer Rani Molla, “is just not how we think and learn anymore. We don’t memorize—we search. It’s just more efficient.” There are many ways to share and receive information, and Molla works in the visual realm of storytelling. Molla’s jobs range from helping co-workers post and arrange photos, to writing about design and how to access information visually, to creating data visualizations that help make statistics more reader-friendly and accessible. “From a photograph,” explains Molla, “we can infer an entire story.” Molla finds ways to visually represent information so that it is as interesting and engaging as a photograph. By showing statistics in chart, graph or diagram form, she makes data more approachable. It is often faster and easier to take information in visually than to sit down in front of a block of text that explains data through writing. Writing is still absolutely important—it provides analysis for the visual information—but having a comprehensible representation of the hard facts being analyzed can only benefit a written story. “Nobody can argue with numbers,” says Molla, “they’re objective—so if you can tell the story behind the numbers in a comprehensible way… that’s so exciting!” Diagrams and charts—especially when made interactive—can also make information more personally applicable to a viewer. If readers hover their mouses over a map to receive place-specific statistics, the numbers might carry more weight than if they just hear a national average. The interactivity of maps and charts is another way for people to easily engage with news and information. Still, even numbers can be presented in un-objective ways. Telling stories through charts and graphs is, like all narrative, about perspective. One study, published in The Washington Post, shows a notable increase in Netflix usage in the United...

SFUAD students answer the common icebreaker: “If you could have dinner with any person, who would it be?” and reveal what they would like to discuss with their picks. Answers range in variety from the predictable celebrity to an elusive family...

“I’m sorry about the mess in my room,” says Sydney Latchaw while she opens the door. But it’s clear from her room how organized Latchaw is: her books are perfectly arranged, the kitchen is so clean you can see your reflection and the bed is perfectly made. Latchaw also is using her organizational skills to pull together ‘The Hunger Games’ for all the residents of the campus, an idea she’s had for two years. “I thought it was going to be this big,” she says, indicating her initial belief that organizing the event wouldn’t be too overwhelming, “but I think that as soon as I started to write everything down, it was like ‘oh this is all a hard work, we’re going to need all the RAs on board.'” The Hunger Games is a movie based on a novel written by Suzanne Collins. In the story, an apocalyptic event destroys civilization and a new nation called Panem, divided in 12 districts, is established in North America. Each year, two young representatives from every district are selected to participate in The Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death. “I know this last time the movie came out there was a huge group of students that got really jazzed about it,” Latchaw says, “So a friend and I were like ‘well, we could do Hunger Games on campus.’ And so we came up with this whole system of challenges and stuff like that to mentally test the participants.” Even though, according to Latchaw, the organization of the game is hard, she has almost everything planned out. To start, she will set out boxes in the dorms’ hallways, in which students can enter their names. “And then at the Vampire Ball, which is going to be another...

“A child raised practicing sports is raised with values that nothing else can give them: companionship, solidarity and, most importantly, being able to be part of a team,” says Pablo Byrne, a senior from Mexico, and one of the students who meets every Tuesday at the Driscoll Fitness Center to play soccer. Last semester, a group of SFUAD students joined in the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Fe’s soccer league. Now, students—along with players from other schools and the Santa Fe community—transform the court at DFC to a multicultural meeting place each week. “One of the best things about soccer is the union it makes between people. We are from different countries. We are here, together, doing the same thing, at the same time and we all enjoy doing it, which is incredible,” says Victor Rodrigues from Brazil. And soccer, some players say, is the perfect sport to bring people together. “Sometimes, people in my country are really separated because of political reasons,” says Patrick Roessner of Mexico. “But when the World Cup comes, all of Mexico is united, supporting the same team and being happy or sad for the same reason: the victory or the defeat.” But even when people enjoy playing soccer, there are contrary opinions about this phenomenon called soccer: “When your team is playing, it seems like it is the only important thing in the world,” says César Pérez of Mexico, who enjoys the DFC game, but doesn’t have the same level of fanaticism for the game as a whole. “In my country, there are lots of problems in the politics, people being killed in the streets, and poverty. However, none of these things matter when it comes to soccer: people forget about these things and they are happy if...

      On Sept. 21, SFUAD Student Life hosted the first-ever student Olympics. Students participated in a variety of events, including: water balloon toss, volleyball, inflatable obstacle course, basketball, dodge ball, team three-legged race, Sumo wrestling and, of course, a costume contest. Though certainly not a clinic on athletic ability, SFUAD students were up for a fun, sun-soaked day of competition. “I would say that the events were a good mix of fun, and competitive,” said Jakob Anderson, team leader of the 1st place Team Jakob. “It depended on the event, I guess. The Sumo thing got kind of rough.” Student life member Ramiro Leal agreed with Anderson on the event’s success. “This year’s event was most definitely a success,” said Leal. “We always have successful events. That’s not to be taken in a cocky way, but what I meant to say is that even though we might not reach our goal for the specific event, we strive for success within the group, success for learning.” At the end of the day the final count left Team Jakob in first, Super RAs in second, and the Ki-Ki Maow Maows in third. “After a good team effort, it was nice to take home the gold,” said Anderson. “And beating the RAs was of course a big bonus.” Leal was so happy with how the Olympics came together and he hopes that they can bring the event back for the spring semester. Anderson agrees. “[The Olympics] should be a annual...

Larry Hinz, president of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, has seen the school go through major changes since 2009. Here he answers some questions about how the school is growing, his vision for the future, and what it is that makes SFUAD special. *The following interview has been edited for conciseness. JM: How do you think SFUAD has changed since you began as president? LH: We’ve had an incredible 3 1/2 to four years of transition. We’re at an exciting place in time for this school. We have over 800 students, and the campus seems more alive—I walk across campus and I see students, so it’s really good for me to have that contrast to what it was like four years ago when we were trying to save the school. The student body is the most talented that I’ve seen since I’ve been here; it’s an engaged, energetic dynamic group of students that we have here and the faculty are really jazzed about that. I also think the campus looks really good; the quad is more welcoming than it was two years ago, for example. We will continue to make improvements to the campus and the buildings as time goes on. Also, we do a satisfaction survey every April, and student satisfaction is way up. There are common themes: students love the faculty, love the classroom, love the courses, love the facilities. Some of the negatives continue as well, like the cafeteria and the dorms and student activities, but this year has been a huge improvement overall. Another area that we track closely is student retention rates. That has also shown consistent improvement over the last year. I think this goes back to that engaged student body. Overall, the group of kids that are...

 By Arianna Sullivan The 2013-‘14 school year began with rumors that the Santa Fe University of Art and Design had suddenly increased its student numbers by the hundreds. There were students momentarily camped out in King Lounge because the dorms had been over-booked, and students received an email from student life before the first day of classes reiterating that each meal time consists of a two-hour block in an attempt to cut down on the long lines already forming in the cafeteria. It was clear from the get-go that student numbers were up, but by exactly how much remained to be seen—even by enrollment staff—until the add-drop period ended on Aug. 30. The magic number of new students: 430. The incoming students are divided into domestic (262), international (19) and network (149). The total number of new students has increased from 18 in 2010, when the school officially became SFUAD, so clearly progress is being made. How exactly are these numbers increasing? Christine Guevara, SFUAD’s executive director of student operations, explains the ins and outs of the enrollment process that yields these numbers. While SFUAD is a Laureate International University network school, its enrollment process happens internally. The university has six field reps, or representatives of the school, who visit high schools to attend college fairs and talk to college counselors and students. These representatives are located in Northern California, Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. The target states are concentrated in the west and southwest because studies by higher education consultants such as Noel-Levitz show that students are becoming less and less likely to travel further distances for undergraduate education. SFUAD also enlists its department chairs to travel around the country to hold workshops and introduce the school to high school...