Monthly Archives: March, 2007

I don’t really feel like talking about the Bears anymore, I thought I would advance my own ingenious postulation with an exercise. It is my plan, therefore, to propose a number of possible sporting activities for SAIC students.

The majority of studies show a marked, uninterrupted trend that an undergraduate degree will significantly boost one’s income. However, an editorial by Paul Krugman in The New York Times suggested that a good post-graduation income cannot necessarily be taken for granted.

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, has called on the Louvre and the Guggenheim to help develop a cultural district on Saadiyat Island, 500 yards off the coast of the city. The two museums will lend their names, along with works from their collections to two new institutions, which will be accompanied by a maritime museum, a national museum, and a performing arts center.

An average graduate of a four-year college leaves their undergraduate career burdened by almost $20,000 in student loans, and among those graduating from four-year private schools, it is not uncommon to owe $40,000 or more. The average SAIC student graduates with over $26,000 in student debt, well above the Illinois average of $17,089.

I would have thought your post-Valentine’s Day hangovers would have sent you foggy-headed, slutty kiddies running into my loving arms asking for advice on how to cure your STDs with herbal remedies from Whole Foods. Alas, I only received modest mounds of mail this month, much to the advanced boredom of the bevy of oily young men

I would have thought your post-Valentine’s Day hangovers would have sent you foggy-headed, slutty kiddies running into my loving arms asking for advice on how to cure your STDs with herbal remedies from Whole Foods. Alas, I only received modest mounds of mail this month, much to the advanced boredom of the bevy of oily young men

My studio overlooks Hverfisgata, which is one of the busier streets in Reykjavik, Iceland. A little girl walks by outside holding a stuffed fuchsia unicorn under her arm.

Listen to late night talk radio and you’ll find a world full of believers in alien abductions, government-sponsored conspiracies and messages from the beyond.

Instead of the Dorothean homecoming of familiarity, comfort, and love, however, Sultan’s photographs create a depiction contrary to what is usually associated with the Los Angeles suburb, notorious for its malls and vapid “Val-speak.” The eight photographs in the exhibition feature suburban homes which are rented out to serve as sets for the adult film industry and the unclad stars that occupy them, giving new meaning to suburbia as bedroom community.

Some politicians in the U.S. are busying themselves with somewhat unusual concerns. Carl Kruger, a Democratic State Senator in New York, has proposed legislation that would ban residents from using electronic devices such as ipods and blackberrys while walking in public.

OPENPORT, an art festival which is the effort of four Chicago-based artists with a variety of conceptual interests and affiliations with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, attempts to initiate this transition by highlighting artists who work outside the traditional boundaries between media.

Is your work study getting you down? Don’t want to spend your Saturday nights in a sweaty, smoke-filled bar serving beer to drunken jocks who swear you’re the most interesting chick—I mean woman—they’ve ever met? Thinking that there must be some way to earn some quick, easy and relatively painless cash? The F Newsmagazine staff knows just how you feel, so here’s a sampling of our suggestions and troubling experiences.

On average, I watch around 10 movies a week, more if I can swing it, so narrowing down this month’s selection was pretty difficult. To complement this month’s special section on school and money, I selected films about schools that you might not be familiar with, or may have forgotten about. My selection spans 40 years and 3 continents.

Two Eastern European countries, Latvia and Hungary, gained their independence less than 20 years ago, and both were admitted into the European Union only three years ago; they are still in the process of developing their infrastructure to support national arts and culture.

This semester, I have been afforded an opportunity to experience a slice of life as an instructor at SAIC. (Afford means “allowed” in this...