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Monthly Archives: January, 2009

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Assessing the Assessment: Grades at SAIC

“If you do better" asked Mike Genge, a second-year SAIC student, "shouldn't you receive the affirming reinforcement of a good grade? One that would be better than the kid that drools while he sleeps during critiques?” And thus the assessment debate continues at SAIC.

"Until Justice Rolls Down Like Waters"

Martin Luther King day, remembered by SAIC Students.

Quiz: Will you make it as an artist?

Fnewsmag's first quiz: Will you make it as an artist?

Interview with SAIC alumnus Jeff Greene

F sits down with SAIC alumnus Jeff Greene (’76), founder and president of EverGreene Architectural Arts, and learns how he used his education at SAIC as a steppingstone to build a world-renown restoration company.

Temple Exercises: Review

Strains of mournful guitar, lamenting wails and soulful saxophone echoed through the halls of the MCA on a recent Tuesday night as local artist Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi performed to a packed house.

Poor and Bored in 2009: Start enjoying life as a starving artist!

Despite the weather there are plenty of opportunities for a down and out college student in the Windy City.

An Interview with Creator of flowingdata.com

Nathan Yau is out to prove that intimidating data information is actually understandable and interesting. It can even be beautiful.

Stalking Is Sexy: A Review of Twilight

The message of the film is that true love conquers all, but not through active communication and teamwork, rather through near-complete passivity on the part of the female partner.