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It took just three minutes for news of the earthquake to disseminate to the public on an international level, and in barely over an hour, any Twitter follower could access first-hand accounts of the quake
March 1st, 2010
Alumni · Arts & Culture · News · Obituary
Jeff Marlin, 1969-2009
1991 SAIC graduate’s final show of paintings at Corbett vs. Dempsey through February 6
January 26th, 2010
Alumni · Faculty · News · Obituary
Flores “Flo” McGarrell, 1974-2010
SAIC community mourns the loss of “Flo” McGarrell, killed in Haiti earthquake; Two others returned safely
January 26th, 2010
Silence Speaks Volumes
Since a knee injury set Elizabeth Adamczyk back from running six years ago, her bicycling habits have turned from rehabilitation into a routine. For people…
November 30th, 2009
Publishing the Obama brand
“Designing Obama”, a book chronicling the role of art and design in the Obama campaign is being published unconventionally, using funds raised on the web…
November 29th, 2009
Grave Reminders
Just before midnight on January 4, 2006, 50 year-old Isai Medina was walking his bike down the sidewalk near Western Avenue and Cortez when a drunk driver swerved and hit him. Medina, an avid participant in Chicago Critical Mass, was…
November 29th, 2009
Newsworthy
Sharp Building renovations opening next fall - H1N1 101 - New students’ semester experience and future choices
November 29th, 2009
Word to the StreetWise
treetWise vendor Robert Nelson has lived in Chicago for about forty years and started selling StreetWise magazines in 1993 or 1994. He has always…
October 26th, 2009
Alumni · Arts & Culture · News · Politics
A Manual for Relief
Art Therapy Department Chair Catherine Moon did not know about Global Alliance for Africa until she received a call from them in 2008. Shortly after, she was on a plane to Tanzania…
October 26th, 2009
Reinventing the SAIC Community
…the discussion centered around SAIC’s sense of community and the goals of the institution, especially the mission and core values of SAIC. As the school both adapts…
October 26th, 2009
Taking Credit. Giving Credit. Faking Credit.
by Andrew Yang
After four years of teaching at SAIC I have reached a disappointing milestone of having now dealt with over ten cases of blatant student plagiarism. What most disturbs me is a sense that I am becoming progressively less disturbed by it.
October 1st, 2009
First Amendment vs. Ethical Censorship
Punished for other people’s deeds.
August 31st, 2009
Hot Air Illinois
2010 Illinois candidates: who are these guys anyway?
August 31st, 2009
Life · News · Obama · Social Issues
Open Letters to Obama
Obama can’t fix everything, but we can ask anyway.
August 31st, 2009
Fashion Show 2009
This year marked the 75th anniversary of one of SAIC’s most renowned events, the Fashion Show, but for the first time, rather than have the fashion show exhibited on a catwalk, the models walked along a maze of work by MFA graduates in the recently opened Sullivan Galleries.
May 8th, 2009
May Theory
“Our Literal Speed” symposium in Chicago.
May 1st, 2009
Arts & Culture · Biennial · News
Prospect.1: New Orleans’ first Biennial
About a week before Hurricane Gustav hit in September, a number of dark, faintly humorous artworks appeared around New Orleans.
November 26th, 2008
Prop 8 Protests
The overwhelming popularity of our new president has generated a fervor for politics that this country hasn’t seen since the anti-Vietnam War sentiment of the 60s.
November 25th, 2008
Jenny Holzer
“THE FUTURE IS STUPID,” Jenny Holzer proclaimed in 1985, and although this wasn’t one of her Truisms, she certainly wasn’t wrong.
November 4th, 2008
The financial crisis and where students fit in
Things weren’t good before the crisis hit, and they certainly won’t be getting better for a while. There are a number of detrimental ways this is currently, or could soon be, affecting art school students (yes, that’s you).
November 4th, 2008
