DEBATING DIVERSITY

Letter From the Editors
The editors respond to this month’s F Question and give our thoughts on diversity.

F News Question
Compiled by Lamaretta Simmons
The school community takes on (or doesn’t take on) diversity.

WEB SPECIAL PHOTO ESSAY

Police Presence Overwhelms Peaceful Protesters
Photos by Eun Young Jasmine Park, Interviews by Cassie LaGreca and Jin lee
Images and brief conversations from the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue protests of November 7, 2002

FEATURES

Addressing the World from the Midwest: An Interview With Iraqi-born Artist Wafaa Bilal
By Paige Sarlin
Wafaa Bilal explains his video installation “Al Qaeda R Us.”

The Riddles of Verse Magazine: A Contemporary Magazine Looks for the Experimental
By Dena Beard
Andrew Zawacki discusses his poetry publication and tells us why poetry is still alive.

How Many Miles Must We March?
By Mandy Corrado
Photographs documenting an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C.

Not Yo Momma’s Comic Strip
By Yvonne Dutchover
Cartoonist Aaron McGruder tackles race, politics, and bad hair days

That was Now, This is Then: The Art of McDermott and McGough
By Erik Wenzel
McDermott and McGough live in the 19th century.

An Evening with Guillermo del Toro: Mexican Filmmaker Lives for His Movies
By Luis Sanchez
The director explains his process and inspiration.

SCHOOL NEWS

Not-for-Profit Painting: BareWalls Brings in Scholarship Money
By Maureen Murphy
This annual fundraiser gives F a chance to talk to alumni.

Interpreting the Roger Brown Collection
By Ray Yang SAIC students research and curate items from Brown’s home and studio.
Achoo! Is it a cold, or is it the flu?
By Elaine Wanat Tips on staying healthy during the Chicago Winter

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REGULARS

Commentaries:Your Daily Dose of Diversity
By Yvonne Dutchover
Texas and Chicago Aren’t as Far Apart as You Think

Inadvertent Conspiracies
By N. A. Hayes
Chechnya and the War on Terrorism

Faculty Profile
Seeking Truth in the Ordinary
By Maureen Murphy
An Interview with Chicago Artist Jerry Bleem
p. 14
Remedial Critique
By Maureen Murphy
The Best of the Worst in Advertising.
p. 15
Voices: A Fly Spy at AIC
By Duhirwe Rushemeza
A student’s frustrations with the walls and security of the Art Institute of Chicago.
p. 23
Tech Whore
By Trev Kelderman
Do the Un-safety Dance to the New World Disorder.

Art or Idiocy?
By Erik Wenzel
Vito Acconci is in need of a good revisioning.

The Art Bin
By Sienna
The Getty Museum and London’s National gallery should slip on a banana peel.
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The Anachronite
By C. T. Zappe
The third installation of our sci-fi series.

Comics
Compiled by Rebecca Kramer

Noteworthy
What you should do over winter break.

REVIEWS

Formally Defining the Late Renaissance
By Marie Castro
A look at the Art Institute of Chicago’s The Medici: Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence.

Facing the Art Party
By Dena Beard
Juan Munoz embraces human expression.

Caught Up in the Past
By Yvonne Dutchover
A review of Tim O’Brien’s latest novel, July July.