Rumelia is a contemporary Balkan folk band made up of four women based in Santa Fe, NM, a couple of whom have a history with the previous College of Santa Fe. Band member and SFUAD Contemporary Music Program instructor Deborah Ungar spoke with Jackalope about Rumelia.

The weekly Awkward Shelby Comic is created by SFUAD studio art major Shelby Criswell. For more of Criswell’s work, check out the Awkward Shelby Comic series and her Tumblr.

Brian Hardgroove, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hip hop group Public Enemy and SFUAD artist in residence, is the new director of Artists for Positive Social Change at SFUAD. This year marks the third annual Artists for Positive Social Change concert and Hardgroove has chosen the band Living Colour to perform April 19. He spoke to Jackalope about the program and this year’s event.

Originally from India, Graphic Design majors Shruti Sharma (Bombay) and Sanjana Bhatnagar (New Delhi)—who go to school together back home—have spent the last few months studying abroad at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Sharma and Bhatnagar share their experiences in America with Jackalope Magazine.

In honor of Pride Week, the SFUAD student group Colors put some pep into the students through a pep rally that was held on the quad on March 27. Colors is a group consisting of SFUAD students who support the LGBTQIA community.