SFUAD students share their body art, and the stories behind the tattoos.

SFUAD Creative Writing students recently visited SITE Santa Fe to tour the exhibits and in preparation for writing a gallery guide for the museum.

The theme of the Nov. 6 show was Tokyo Street Fashion—a genre known for its bright neon colors and unique accessories—and featured some of SFUAD’s best fashion talents.

While most students early Halloween morning were sleeping in or scrounging together a last minute costume, those in  Corine Frankland and Shanna Marsh-Martinez’s  “Singing Over the Bones” class were about to embark on a much different activity. While munching down on breakfast burritos provided by Frankland, the group of 20 piled into two white vans and drove three hours to the Wild Wolf Spirit Sanctuary in Ramah, NM. The experience to follow was an incredible journey for students, guests and faculty members alike. Shortly after arriving, there was a tour of the facility during which students got to see all of the different types of wild canines the sanctuary was home to. There seemed to be every species imaginable. From foxes to wolf-dogs to even Australian Dingoes, students stood in awe of each animal inside its enclosure. With each stop on the tour, the guide described the story of how each animal had arrived at the facility, even getting into the enclosure with a red fox named Romeo. While the students enjoyed seeing the animals, many felt conflicted about the sanctuary. While the enclosures were well maintained and adapted for each wolf’s natural environment, they were still behind bars. “One of the wolves at the sanctuary had only been there about six months, and he was so anxious at the sight of our tour group that he couldn’t stop running in circles,” says Creative Writing major Marisa Dee. “The sad part is he’s going to have to get used to this environment, with humans looking at him, because he’s got nowhere else to go.” This is exactly what Frankland wanted her students to experience. “Singing Over the Bones” is a special topics class that delves into how myth and anatomy coincide. The course description emphasizes “…understanding ourselves in relation to the Wild Woman archetype and how this ancient archetype influences our connection with our bodies, our dreams, our Earth, and our art form.” The textbook for the course is Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes and interprets how myths of “La Loba” and “Bluebeard” can be used to “access the wisdom inherent in the feminine psyche.” “I wanted the students to see what happens when we’re captured even by the best meaning people,” Frankland says of the trip. While the Wild Wolf Spirit Sanctuary is a place that takes excellent care of their rescued animals, Frankland believes the animals are still “instinctively injured.” The sanctuary “is doing amazing things, but these animals are still captured.”  Frankland wanted the class to understand what that was like and how the captured wolf can relate to their own social captivity. As the class is composed of entirely female identified individuals, Frankland wanted to focus on how the metaphor of a captured wolf parallels to her students own feelings of being captured as women by societal norms and gender roles. “Wolves have been a reoccurring theme in the class. La Loba, another name for She Who Knows, or the wild woman archetype, connects us with the freedom and power of wolves… Wolves carry weight for women. Wolves help us remember the wild nature,” says Jen Hanson, another Creative Writing major in the class who attended the trip. After the tour, the group was excited for its “Ambassador Meeting” with Zeorro, a Gray (Timber) Wolf Dog. Rory Zoerb, Zeorro’s handler, strode out in front of the sanctuary, both hands gripping onto Zeorro’s leash as he led the group down to a clearing. While Zeorro pulled him along easily, Zoerb was still able to keep him under control as he explained the wolf’s story. After buying Zeorro as a companion for his white German Shepherd, Vuka, Zoerb spent 18 months with the two dogs in the wilderness, training Zeorro to be more hospitable to humans. After a while, it became clear that while Zeorro had bonded with , he was...

SFUAD students enjoy a game of Friday night basketball at Driscoll Fitness Center.

This week, Jackalope photographers capture the shoes and tattoos of the student body at SFUAD.

As midterm week begins, Jackalope surveyed students and others for how to survive a heavy course load and still have some fun.

Members of the Jackalope staff share memories of their worst Valentine’s Day experiences.

1905 Magazine has been a buzzing topic amongst the SFUAD student body as of late. Darnell Thomas and Mariah Romero, editors of the magazine, have put their heart and soul into this self-made, long-term project.

We went around campus and asked some students and faculty what they were looking forward to for the Holidays. Jackalope Magazine: What do you look forward to for the Holidays? Derek Morales: I’ll be heading back home to Connecticut to be with the family. I’ll be working some seasonal part time for some money. I might even work on some of designs over the break. Jehad N Khateeb: I won’t be doing anything special. I will go to San Francisco with Sandra [Schoenstein] maybe in January.  I am Muslim so I don’t celebrate Christmas. Sandra Schoenstein: I’m very happy that this is my first Christmas away from family. I am not very fond of Christmas so it’s nice to finally spend it alone. I’ll go to San Francisco with Jehad [N Khateeb] too which will be nice. They call me the Grinch at home. Kevin J Smith: I will spend the holidays with my dogs, in my house, alone. I’ll probably play some video games, maybe make some food for myself, but yeah, just gonna be home. Federico Ochoa: I will go see my family in Mexico and hopefully have a nice Christmas with them all. Cristian Marquez: I’ll be spending my holidays with my family to eat and celebrate Christmas with my brothers and sisters. It will be a great break and I am looking forward to Daniela LaRrea: I will be going to Cabo to see my family, eat some good food and relax before next semester of classes. Charlie Miu: I missed Thanksgiving dinner with my family so I look forward to these holidays to have our own remix of the two. Ambrose Taylor: I’ll be heading home to see family and friends. I’m ready to see everyone at home and get some much needed rest from this...

“Listening to that music, I have a scene playing out in my head.” Lobsang Tenzin regards the pianist who has been playing at Iconic Coffee brewery. We sit down to speak about Tenzin’s life and I learn about Tenzin, passionate storyteller. “I am always listening and imagining the stories with music in my life,” he says. “Even the birds or the leaves blowing make up scenes.” Tenzin was born in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. He fled from his country in order to escape the tyrannical government that offered very little freedoms for its people. “Both my parents were activists and I was too. I got in a lot of trouble,” Tenzin says with a smile. “People always say that Tibet is so beautiful as a landscape, as a people and as a culture. But the inside is so sad. There is no human right, no religious right, no educational rights and it’s so hard. I had to escape from Tibet. It is impossible to go back.” He ended up fleeing the country, and is now studying film at SFUAD after transferring from the Portland Community College with a bachelor’s degree in Integrated Media. Tenzin received SFUAD’s 2014 Unique Voice Scholarship through the Robert Redford/Milagro Initiative scholarship program. Jackalope Magazine: What does film mean to you? Lobsang Tenzin: For me, it’s more like a tool or a weapon in order to tell my people’s culture and stories. Now these days, all the older people from the older generations, they are wrinkled and dying, I want to keep all the wrinkles and grab all the stories that they have as much as possible. I can make short films and documentaries for the next generations; even if they don’t see these people, they will know their stories. It just keeps on passing; it must never vanish.   JM: How would you define your style? LT: I’m like a Marine, and I think of myself like a sniper. My job is to shoot. I always shoot, even when I’m not working. I’ll shoot the leaves moving in the grass. I build up all the different shots and store them so I don’t have to go looking every time. If I want to make a small story I can just use the shots I already have. I can pick anything when I work.   JM: Have you considered what exactly you want to focus on in the film school? LT: For me, it’s about the images. I want to be a cinematographer. But the way I see it, if I want to be a chef, I start from the dish washer. I need to understand how everything works. This semester I’m not taking any big production classes. I’m just taking some normal classes in order to understand this university. I don’t want to get too stressed out this semester. I am taking Native American Arts and History of Contemporary Art.   JM: Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to this university in particular? LT: I was still studying at my other college in Portland. One of my professors asked me if I wanted to act. She introduced me to the director and he said I was perfect for the cast. They offered to give me acting classes for one year, Meisner acting classes to learn to work in front of the camera. I learned so many things. So basically I was always behind the camera and now I’m facing the camera. You have to give the perfect shot. So I was doing that while in school and the director of the film asked what I had planned once I graduated with an Integrated Media degree. He told me to look at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. He gave me the information and he even contacted the school for the Robert Redford scholarship. I then got my portfolio together, all...