With registration underway, SFUAD’s Academic Advising is holding a series of workshops to help students pick their classes for the spring semester. Jackalope spoke to Academic Advisor Elecia Hadley, who offered these five tips: Attend the registration workshops; not everyone will be able to meet one on one with Academic Advising. Students should check and see if they have a hold on their accounts. If there is a hold on an account, the student should talk to Jeremy Hadley, school cashier. Look over the courses being offered before the registration date. Students should look at their degree audits to make educated choices when picking classes. Degree audits can be accessed through the student portal under the registration tab. Take the recommended classes. Stick to the plan; it was put in place for a reason. During the week of registration, there will be a sign-up sheet for students wanting to meet with the advisors, however space and time is limited. Students who attend the workshops will have a better understanding of their education goals and the classes they need to take. Registration starts the week of Nov. 10; the senior class will be able to add classes on the Nov. 10, juniors on Nov. 11, sophomores on Nov. 12, and freshmen on Nov. 13 ...
Haunted Librarians
posted by Luke Montavon
In the spirit of Halloween, Fogelson Library released some of its ghosts for fashion show, Haunted Librarians, with designs by Keynan Johnson.
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.
Student Panel
posted by Nicholas Beckman
On Sept. 18, a panel of students met with board members and administrators to discuss life at SFUAD.
Androgenicity
posted by Adriel Contreras
Androgenicity is a newly formed club at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design dedicated to the great art and theatrics of dressing in drag and putting on a show. The club aims at breaking the ice with a hammer, and showing its members how to entertain as well as provoke an audience to consider the circumstances of gender. Through Androgenicity, members and supporters will work throughout the semester to produce a Drag show. This club is headed by student ambassador Gelo Guisti, whose alter ego, the fabulous Miss Gelato, has become a regular presence on campus from school-hosted events to simple walk arounds. Miss Gelato struts around with thick heels and deep eyeshadow. Her pale complexion and often vivid attire and wigs explode along with her personality. As Gelo sees his alterego, Miss Gelato is very much a dear character of his own person, which exists on her own with her own variation of personality. This past week I had the pleasure of sitting down with both Gelo and Malcom Morgan, the club administrator as well as a very proactive enrollment advisor of the Performing Arts students. Over the last week, Androgenicity held its first meeting and appointed cabinet members for the club: President Gelo Giusti; Vice President Isaac Navaro; Secretary Mariah Faye; Treasurer Jake Oliver and Historians Bythe C. Brooks and Lauren Eubanks. According to Malcom Morgan, these students will learn to manage their positions in the club and develop strengths in leadership and organization. One of the heavier questions that I asked Gelo and Malcom is what drag means to them. A general consensus between the two is that drag is a form of art in which one builds up a character. “We are taking these structures and just breaking them apart. We...
Semester Highlights
posted by Christopher Stahelin
From playing Quadstock, to working on films, to making new friends, SFUAD students reflect on their personal highlights from the Spring, 2014 semester.
New Take on Sex Ed
posted by Christopher Stahelin
Team Wet Dream is a group consisting of four bold women: SFUAD seniors Stormy Pyeatte, Dean Marsh, Chelsea Cook and SFUAD alumna Joie Flare, who are working together to create a new approach to sexual education.
The Spanish teacher
posted by Raimundo Estela
Ixi Avila loves to travel, likes spending time in her homeland, Spain, with her friends, and loves her English boyfriend. But above all, she loves teaching Spanish.
Inspired by her aunt, this 21-year-old started teaching free Spanish classes during her semester at SFUAD.
SFUAD Confessions
posted by Bego Aznar
An interview with the creators of the popular SFUAD Confessions Facebook page, which helps students vent and praise anonymously.
An Aural Arrival
posted by Ash Haywood
On the evening of March 26, Radical Abacus showcased the talents of electronic soundscape artists Geological Creep, Gossimer, and SFUAD’s own Angelo Harmsworth.
Susana Alfaro
posted by Christopher Stahelin
Student Susana Alfaro discusses her previous studies and her future goals.
Love Story
posted by Alejandra Rodriguez
SFUAD film students Maria Salto and Carmen Osadia recently made their relationship public. In this audio-visual piece, they share their story.
Taking it in at IAC’s Gift Auction
posted by Nicholas Beckman
Ranging from surreal photography to blind contour drawings of cute puppies, the pieces on the wall at IAC’s Gift Auction flowed seamlessly into the next, even though they were all made for reasons entirely personal to the artists.
Training Days
posted by Maria Costasnovo
When Elizabeth Alejandra Rodríguez saw there was no gym trainer at the Driscoll Fitness Center, she decided to become one.
Thanksgiving Break
posted by Maria Costasnovo
Whether they stayed put, went home or explored the wider world, these SFUAD students enjoyed their Thanksgiving break.
Freedom Hopkins: A Renaissance Man
posted by Nick Martinez
“If you had to label me,” began senior Freedom Hopkins, “and labeled me a filmmaker, you would be denying me everything else.” Hopkins has done his best to defy labels. Growing up just an hour south of Santa Fe in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hopkins has always had interests in various forms of art. He performed in school productions and crafted his first film entitled “Freeing Joshua” his senior year of high school. Arriving in Fall 2010, Hopkins was initially a film major. A year and a half later he converted to a double major in film and theater. A semester later he stood alone as SFUAD’s only self-design major. “There are too many forms of communication for me to commit to one. Which maybe has been my problem throughout life.” Dana Levin, creative writing co-chair and Hopkin’s advisor, hardly sees a problem. “Freedom’s been great: self-directed, committed to his self-designed curriculum, asking for what he needs bureaucratically and intellectually,” said Levin. “I love how open he is to input from everything! Art, people, world. And he teaches me too, through sharing his enthusiasms for independent cinema, the connections he sees between the history of twentieth century film and literature and how those two mediums have responded to shared cultural zeitgeist.” It’s these connections that Hopkins hopes to imbue in all of his work. He doesn’t necessarily see any medium as mutually exclusive. The Creative Writing department offered the opportunity to understand story, both its history and its contruction. At The Film School Hopkins gains the understanding of the collaborative process. The Performing Arts department lets Hopkins experience the “sense of entertainment, of performance, of kinetic live energy, which is what I want to bring to my movies.” However, Hopkins’ wide area of interests presents its own form of challenges. “Which department do [self-design majors] call home?” asked Levin. “In terms of wading through school bureaucracy, it’s important for a student to have a departmental home. Freedom seemed departmentally homeless to me, a visitor to Film, Theater and Creative Writing, but no foothold in any of those departments in the way a traditional major would have.” The bureaucracy doesn’t seem to concern Hopkins in the slightest. He dismisses the fact that he doesn’t know what will be on his diploma with a simple hand wave. It’s the work that matters. “The self design has a reputation as the cop-out major,” said Hopkins. But this stereotype is hardly accurate. Without much institutional support it is up to the student to get the most out of their college experience. As Hopkins put it “you are your own success or failure.” With his first semester of his senior year halfway done, Hopkins has his eye towards the future. Despite his love for New Mexico, he hopes to attend graduate school in New York where he can continue his particular brand of entertainment. But what does that ultimately mean? “I’m interested in the human experience, why we communicate the way we do, how we do it and its significance,” said Hopkins. “Now that’s pretty vague, but so is art.” ...
Viva Mexico!
posted by Maria Costasnovo
On Sept. 15, the campus was full of people grabbing flags and painting their faces green, white and red; music played everywhere. What was happening? Mexican Independence Day was happening. “Since I was a kid, this was a very important day in my family and in my country. It’s a day to be with all your family, with people that you don’t usually meet, and your friends,” says Jose Arturo Torres from Querétaro. “Even though it’s a day when you miss your family and your country a lot, it’s also a reason to spend time with my friends here from Mexico and also from another countries, so they can see something different for them, and so normal for us the Mexicans.” The holiday marks Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1810. “We celebrate this day as the beginning of a new country that finally was able be a country by itself, with its culture and its identity. We were finally a nation,” says María Villaseñor from Guadalajara. In commemoration of the day, a group of international students ate dinner together at the downtown restaurant Jalapeños. Most of were Mexicans, but there were also some people from Syria, Spain and Brazil. According to Daniel Bernáldez, coming together is what matters on this holiday: “We the Mexicans are very familiar people, which means that every celebration requires the family be together. The union in a family is something essential for us, and living in the campus makes us feel like a family, so this was a good reason to make something together, like having dinner.” And, of course, food matters too. “The best thing about Mexican food is that when we start to eat, the food needs lots of condiments, and salsas, and lemon, and salt, and...
Campus Inspiration
posted by Amanda Tyler
In this audio-visual piece, SFUAD students discuss their sources of inspiration....
Tyler Sherek: Freshman MOV profile...
posted by Nicholas Beckman
By Nick Beckman/ Photos by Tim Kassiotis He neared the end of his cigarette when the truth really came out. “I was walking around my backyard…back home…” he began. Home for Tyler Sherek is the same as my own: Louisville, KY . “Then I stepped up to this big ol’ bush that we’ve always had and out flew this massive bumble-bee. I’m talking big.” He motioned with his hands the size of a volleyball. “That was pretty damn scary so I ran back into the house and closed the door. I was kind of freaked out so I decided to get a bowl of cereal, but when I poured it into my bowl, they all spilled onto the floor. Then, out of nowhere, every little Fruit-Loop had a face and they were all squealing. That was pretty crazy.” Tyler was telling me about some of the dreams he had been storing in his Dream Journal. While this one stuck with me for its peculiarities, it also spoke volumes about his character. I met Tyler in 2005 when we were both in the same science class. I had noticed one day that he and another friend of mine, were going bat shit insane on a craw fish that we were dissecting in class. They named it Macy Cray. From then on, I knew we would be pals. Eight years later, we are still best friends and collaborate on comedy projects in our spare time so I was rather hesitant choosing him for an interview. Here was someone I’ve known like a brother, but the thought struck me that, perhaps, there was more to learn. The basics I knew: favorite movies, music, how hard his punches were when exchanging a friendly game of “licks” and how when...
Profile: Freshman Jess Cornelius...
posted by Nicholas Beckman
By Nick Beckman/Photos by Tim Kassiotis Dancing around a muddy puddle next to the fenced-off Michaels Brothers’ house, Jess Cornelius noticed her brand new Doc Martens. She showed brief hesitation before crossing the muddy path. I felt guilty for taking this strange and, sometimes-creepy walk around the backside of campus, but Jess was undeterred by a little mud. “I only got these a few days ago…and I’ve already had to wash them, so no worries.” Jess is a second semester freshman here at SFUAD, in the Moving Image Arts department. Her short hair, tinted blue and gold, is only a slight indication to her focus within the school, special FX and make-up. Revealed underneath her right sleeve, she showed me a scar she had gotten cheerleading in 7th grade. “My bone was sticking out of my arm…there was blood everywhere! Some of the girls started to scream and the coaches were freaking out!” At this point, I had to stop and get a closer look. The scar had run from the top of her wrist, down to the beginning of her elbow. More fascinating than the scar itself was Jess’s comfort talking about it. “Have you seen my scar?” she asked with wide-eyed anticipation that my jaw might hit the concrete upon first glance. To my surprise, this was not her inspiration for wanting to do special effects make-up. In fact, it is quite the opposite. “I don’t want to do gore or horror stuff. I like fantasy.” Her favorite film that have utilized special fx/ make-up are the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and Edward Scissorhands. “Cinematography wise,” she says, “ I’d have to go with Wes Anderson’s style, like in Moonrise Kingdom. The shots are brilliant.” Since starting last fall, Jess has helped...
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