F Newsmagazine - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art, Culture, and Politics

Manda Gillespie

End of the affair?

The story of how SAIC broke up with the bicycle, that most-potent symbol of egalitarian modernism.

SAIC Sells Properties and Plans Big

SAIC president, Tony Jones, gets excited when he talks about the plan for the new 50,000 square feet of space that will soon be part of the SAIC campus.

F Question: What have you learned?

The end is near. As students obsess about their final projects, term papers, exhibitions, and tuition bill, they wonder...what have we learned, really? What are the top five things you learned in art school this year?

STD’s and Condoms: Are You Really Safe?

As sexually active young people today, you may wonder, are you really safe? The answer is: probably not.

STD’s and Condoms: Are You Really Safe?

As sexually active young people today, you may wonder, are you really safe? The answer is: probably not.

Putting an End to the Curse: Alternatives to the Common Tampon

Did women recognize the hidden politics of menstruating a hundred years ago when they were denied education, jobs, and land for such reasons as "hysteria" and periodic "irrational behavior"? Or, did women then just accept these biases as a matter of course, the way women today accept paying more for a haircut or for their shirts to be dry- cleaned or pay countless dollars (or, if you want to count, how about $17) every month on tampons, panty liners, and maxi-pads. Plus tax, because, after all, feminine "hygiene" products are a luxury, kind of like a sailboat or a fancy red car, don't you think?

SAIC Goes Green! New Collaboration With City Fosters New Classes

Is green the newest color in the palette of SAIC collaborations? The city and the school are working on a new collaborative process that will involve an array of classes that incorporate sustainability into their curricula.

A psychic Tells F What to Expect for Halloween, the 2004 Election, and the Future of the World

Joseph DeLouise's fame as a psychic dates back to 1967 when he predicted the collapse of the Silver Bridge that spanned the Ohio River in West Virginia. As I walk, nervously grasping the arm of my friend and co-conspirator Michelle Zis, into the marble and mirrored lobby of 8 S. Michigan, DeLouise is no more than the largest ad in the yellow pages and the one that touted "radio and TV fame."

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