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Arts & Culture

Border Zones

Alejandra Romo -
“Images of piled dead bodies taken during the Holocaust haven’t stopped other holocausts from happening. It is not clear if art has the power to do it.” — Rod Slemmons, curator
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October's F Question

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F Newsmagazine asked the SAIC community how the school can best provide students with an environment conducive to artistic exploration, while still helping them...
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Hungry?

Thania Rios -
You see a lot of students who aren’t taking care of themselves — and eating is a part of that ... they get overwhelmed and aren’t as successful as they’d like to be.
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Redesigning the Fashion Show

Amanda Aldinger -
I don’t care what they say any longer, if they criticize it, if they love or hate the collection. I don’t do it for anyone but me.
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The Crackdown Blows Over

Jennifer Swann -
“I became really interested in trying to figure out ways to create sustainable situations for contemporary art. ... And so it seemed interesting to play with these kinds of business structures, with a creative attitude.” — Caroline Picard
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A Chicago Icon Makes a Comeback

Nicole Nelson -
“The ‘new’ windows are beautiful, celebratory — very experiential and atmospheric — all qualities that visitors will appreciate when they see the new presentation.”
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A Third Hand Reality

Ziyuan Wang -
“A good painting denounces its own ties so that you are unable to remember it correctly. Thus it generates other images.” — Luc Tuymans
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Academic Advising sees problems, makes big changes, adds requirements

Tara Plath -
Academic advising for undergrads will undergo a drastic transformation next year. SAIC administrators have said they’re themselves ready to address issues raised by students.
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To Boutique, or Not to Boutique

Shannon Race -
Columbia College uses art boutique to help students self-promote. Should SAIC follow its lead? According to shopColumbia, the boutique’s artists have brought in over $95,000 from the sale of their work.
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Art Loop Open Winners Announced

Ania Szremski -
The winners of Chicago’s very first “America’s Got Talent” – style art competition were announced October 29.
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Vampire Squids From Hell

Brandon Kosters -
I learned something very important this weekend: polyester onesies are not very forgiving.
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This month, we sit down with Quincy Bradford, an undergraduate in the sound department.

Brandon Kosters -
This month, we sit down with an undergraduate in the sound department.
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UbuWars: Art vs Intellectual Property

Nick Briz -
John Sulston, who won the Nobel Prize for leading the effort to map the human genome, said, “We in Western society are going through a period of intensifying belief in private ownership, to the detriment of the public good.”
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Become the Ghost Hunter: Guide to Haunted Chicago

Cynthia Pelayo -
If you don’t have the money to hop on one of those fancy haunted Chicago tour buses there’s no need to fear (pun totally intended), because here is your quick guide to some of the most popular, and a few not so well known, purportedly haunted sites.
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Interview with SAIC’s President Walter Massey

Brandon Kosters -
F Newsmagazine talks with SAIC's President Walter Massey about his new position and his plans and ideas for SAIC.

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