#santa fe college

[s3lkieboy]

So we had like a club recruitment event at my college today and yesterday and I recently became an officer for the club, so I designed a poster and made little notecards for other info and I put my chonky seal plush on the table (he’s always in my bag) and a sign saying anyone could pet him

And the seal WORKED people would notice him and pet him and then see the poster and be like “omg I’ve been looking for a club like this!” And I’m so happy I could be useful and that people love my chonky guy :D

[adayephoto]

Gainesville Black Professionals Leadership Conference 2022

I had the opportunity to attend the annual Leadership Conference & Expo which was themed "Dismantling Racism...One 'Ism at a Time" hosted by realtor Craig Wilburn at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.

This annual conference presented by Gainesville Black Professionals is designed to encourage, support, inspire, and equip professionals to reach for leadership positions in their chosen industries. The conference speakers Dr. Kyla McMullen and Natalya Bannister were charged with challenging Racism from the concept that all 'Isms are detrimental to the individual on the receiving end of the discrimination.

This was my first time attending the conference and being able to hear from these phenomenal speakers. Virginia Grant and her Gainesville Black Professionals team did an amazing job putting this conference together!

[vulpine111]

This is the news that has me excited.

I consider it one prayer answered. I have been eyeing this college a long time but didn't know how I would afford it. I guess as long as I do my best at UNM, I might have a better shot than I originally presumed.

[k12academics]

St. John's Summer Academy is a college summer program for high school students (ages 15 to 18), modeled after St. John's discussion-based, interdisciplinary method of teaching great books. A genuine introduction to college life, Summer Academy helps students hone their reading, critical thinking, and discussion skills in classes led by St. John's faculty. This summer, we are offering week-long programs on our campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and online programs from your own home. Summer Academy is perfect for high school students who want to immerse themselves in books, ideas, and a community that loves learning as much as you do. And it is fun!

[vamptastic]

also this stupid fucking school wants me to take my prerequisites at the community college even though i need literally Two credits like wtf else do you want from me should i get on my knees and beg Should i bark like a fucking dog. Freaks.

[uispeccoll]

Voices from the Stacks

Ul'nigid'

Ul'nigid'is a moveable book by artist Rhiannon Skye Tafoya, created in 2019 at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York. This is edition six of 44, signed by the artist.

The book can take on multiple forms and shapes, with an accordion pamphlet and movable walls made of woven paper. When fully unfolded and standing up, the book resembles a basket. It features five poems in English with accents in Cherokee syllabary. The poems are those of remembrance, healing, love, home, and heritage. The cover shows an illustration of the artist’s grandmother, and the title is printed in both English and Cherokee.

The piece draws on traditional Cherokee weaving techniques used for river-cane basket making, but with the artists own contemporary weaving design. Instead of white oak and rivercane, she uses handmade paper. In her artist’s statement, Tafoya explains that the weaving design “represents the energy of my indigenous lineage as well as the urge to break out of boxes that a colonized society puts my identity, culture, and art into.”

The book was made in honor of the artists maternal grandmother, Martha Reed-Bark, who was a Cherokee medicine-woman and basket weaver. The title Ul'nigid’, which translates to “strong,” embodies her resilience and spirit.

From the publisher: “Ul’nigid’ is a demonstration of love and remembrance, wherein each technical process portrays strength and delicacy, allowing the artist to communicate a contemporary indigenous voice with deep influences from her traditional grandmother.”

Rhiannon Skye Tafoya is a printmaker, weaver, digital designer, and book artist affiliated with the Eastern Band Cherokee and Santa Clara Pueblo tribes. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in print media from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking and sculpture from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.��In her work, Tafoya seeks to share and preserve personal and familial stories, cultural knowledge, and the Cherokee language, while still paving her own journey through contemporary art.

Explore more artists’ books on InfoHawk+, the Book Arts Research Database, or visit us in person.  

-Anne M, Olson Graduate Research Assistant

[odinsblog]

“First, H.R. 6090 could result in colleges and universities suppressing a wide variety of speech critical of Israel or in support of Palestinian rights in an effort to avoid investigations by the Department and the potential loss of funding, even where such speech is protected and does not qualify as harassment. Even without H.R. 6090, advocacy groups have already filed or threatened to file numerous Title VI complaints and lawsuits, alleging that colleges have violated Title VI merely by condoning Palestinian rights groups, events, and advocacy. For example, in September 2023, the pro-Israel group Santa Fe Middle East Watch claimed that the University of New Mexico's anthropology department would violate the New Mexico Governor's executive order using this same definition of antisemitism if they hosted Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian poet and writer currently serving as the Nation's Palestine correspondent.

Moreover, in February 2020, the David Horowitz Freedom Center sent a letter to Pomona and Pitzer college officials alleging “the colleges’ liability under Title VI” for, among other things, co-sponsoring a Students for Justice in Palestine event featuring a screening of the film ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom,’ and funding a panel on “Perspectives on Colleges and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”

Additionally, there have been multiple instances of university censorship of pro-Palestinian expression after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. These include the University of Pennsylvania denying a screening of a documentary which raises concerns some young Jews have about Israel's treatment of Palestinians, and Brandeis University banning the student group Students for Justice in Palestine.* Equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism by law, under a threat of investigation, will only create more fear in schools, prompting administrators to silence this speech regardless of whether it is protected.

Second, even where administrators do not take formal action, students and their organizations, faculty, and university staff may be deterred from speaking and organizing on these issues. Activists would be understandably hesitant to engage in political expression criticizing Israel or advocating for Palestinian rights if they have reason to believe the federal government will actively investigate such expression in connection with harassment complaints and investigations.

Finally, the bill would likely inspire an increasing number of complaints focused on constitutionally protected criticism of Israel. These complaints will not only cause schools to limit speech out of fear, but will also force both the Department and covered universities to devote time and resources to addressing complaints about constitutionally protected speech, instead of meritorious harassment complaints.”

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[pogphotoarchives]

San Miguel Church and Saint Michael's College, College Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: Charles F. Lummis Date: 1890? Negative Number: 015229

[that-bi-fan]

today is the first day of college orientation I'm gonna *sister reminds me that suicide jokes are bad for my mental health* pack my things and head to Santa Fe

[mybeingthere]

Bhakti Ziek is a well known artist, weaver, and teacher who currently lives and works in Vermont. She creates weavings using Jacquard looms, and helped to establish the graduate program in textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Bhakti initially learned to weave because she wanted to have a useful skill for living on a commune, her experiences learning backstrap weaving in Guatemala, how she ended up finding an artistic home with Jacquard weaving, and quite a bit more.

A former college professor, she now offers private workshops in her Santa Fe, NM studio.

https://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/.../4691827-download...

[deadpresidents]

Which state capitol building is the nicest in your opinion? Any fugly capitol buildings?

I may be biased because I was born and raised in Sacramento and have spent countless hours in Capitol Park over the years (two of my friends even got married there!), but I think California's State Capitol building is gorgeous:

And I hate to give credit to Texas for anything, but the Capitol building in Austin is pretty impressive, especially when you see it in person (however, as a California native, my first visit to the Texas Capitol resulted in quite the culture shock when I saw all the Confederate monuments):

As for the ugliest, I think the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu looks like a credit union:

And the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe looks like the admissions office of a small community college:

What does everyone else think? Any other choices?

[offender42085]

Post 1298

Pedro A Bravo, Florida inmate 148701, born 1993, incarceration intake August 2014 at age 20, sentenced to life

Murder, False Imprisonment, Poisoning of Food/Water, Obstruction, Providing False Information to LEO in a Capital Case

When Christian Aguilar was reported missing on September 20, 2012, the police got in touch with the last person who had seen him, Pedro Bravo. In the interview, he claimed that he had been feeling suicidal, about which he went to talk to Christian. While they were talking, he mentioned that they had a few disagreements and that a random hitchhiker was also in the vehicle with them for some part of their ride. Pedro was asked to take the authorities through the exact route that he and Christian had taken the day before he disappeared. Pedro was then reportedly taken into custody for 72 hours to ensure that he was not a harm to himself.

The police interrogated Pedro for the second time to determine if his claims in the first one were true or fabricated. They noticed that his account of events had changed, as he even claimed that the disagreement with Christian had gotten physical after dropping off the hitchhiker that day. After four days had passed into the sudden vanishing of Christian, the authorities decided to dig deeper into the relationship between the 18-year-old and Pedro. They soon learned that before Christian, Erika Friman was in a relationship with Pedro. The three of them had gone to the same high school in Doral, Florida. Erika and Pedro broke up in 2012, during their senior year, before the former went to Santa Fe Community College.

Christian and Erika began dating soon after starting their college. However, since the three were friends in high school, the couple decided to keep their relationship a secret from Pedro. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a secret for long, as he learned about their romance through mutual friends. Enraged, he felt betrayed by Christian and allegedly devised a plan to get revenge on him. Reportedly, Pedro’s mental health was already in decline, but when Erika left him, it deteriorated even further. Using this as an excuse, he called up Christian and asked for his support in September 2012. Learning about these clear motives, the investigators delved deep into the matter to dig out evidence against Pedro.

Taking into account his lack of worry for his friend, the officers booked Pedro under “failure to render aid” and obtained a search warrant for his car. While executing the search, the investigators found dirt and limestone traces in the undercarriage and sent it for further testing. Aside from that, they got their hands on a Gatorade bottle and a roll of duct tape. The results mentioned that the residue was actually from Levy County in Gainesville. A further search of Pedro’s residence also led to the discovery of a receipt for the purchase of a shovel.

Moreover, a look into Pedro’s journal revealed his obsession with getting back with Erika and unfurled his elaborate plan to do that “by making Christian disappear.” He was swiftly arrested on September 24, 2012, and charged with first-degree murder of Christian Aguilar on September 28. As the investigation carried on in full swing, a discovery stunned everyone. Around 2:30 pm on October 12, a few hunters in pursuit of jasmine vines inside the wooded area of the Gulf Hammock Hunting Club in Levy County got distracted by a peculiar decomposing smell and stumbled upon a body that was buried partially into the ground.

Following the discovery 8 miles off State Road 24 on Parker Boulevard near Otter Creek, the authorities arrived at the spot. The skeletal remains and the clothes matched the description of Christian’s attire on the day of his disappearance. The authorities also recovered duct tape from where the 18-year-old’s remains were found, and analysts confirmed it to be an exact match to the one they had obtained from Pedro’s car.

While looking for a motive behind the heinous act, the authorities reportedly received another set of reports, which stated that traces of sedatives such as acetaminophen and diphenhydramine were detected on the Gatorade bottle taken from Pedro’s car. He, however, said he got the poison to harm himself. The police further confirmed that the then-20-year-old’s phone was pinged in the parking lot of Walmart on North West 13th Street for about hours on the night of Christian’s death. There were also surveillance pictures of Pedro buying a shovel, tape, knife, etc.

Furthermore, there were reports that the fluid taken for the test from Christian’s lungs indicated strangulation. As per the authorities, Pedro’s obsession with Erika Friman was so intense that it motivated him to map out a plan to take the life of his friend. They stated that he poisoned and strangled Christian around the Wal-Mart and later moved his remains to the woods, where he proceeded to dig a shallow grave and bury it into the ground, enough to hide it from the world. Taking all the evidence into account, the authorities expressed belief that Pedro had killed Christian in an act of premeditation. The former, however, said he wasn’t guilty.

Pedro Bravo went to trial for the first-degree murder of Christian Aguilar on August 5, 2014. Aside from presenting the evidence obtained from the spot where the 18-year-old’s remains were found and Pedro’s car, the prosecutors invited several witnesses onto the stand who testified that Pedro was obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Erika and had an issue with her relationship with Christian. When Erika was asked to testify, she referred to Pedro as “a sociopath, or a sick person” and said: “It was sickening, almost, just because we knew him for so long and Christian was his friend.”

She added, “This was a person we knew. This was intentional, it makes it all so much worse… A lot of it was his obsession for me, and how he wanted me back, and how he wanted to be with me.” In a shocking testimony, Pedro’s former prison mate stated that Pedro confessed to him about strangulating Christian with a moving strap in 13 minutes. After enough deliberation, Bravo was convicted of first-degree murder, false imprisonment, poisoning, tampering with physical evidence, and many other charges.

Pedro was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on August 15, 2014. Despite the verdict, he insisted upon his innocence.

4l

[plant-acts]

The theater club at my college does this event every year where they do a bunch of selections from different musicals and this year the theme was good versus evil.

So my question is which of the theater au boys would do hero songs and which of the boys would do villain songs? Also would you have any specific songs in mind for them?

I know it's weirdly specific, but I'm curious.

That is actually so cool! My college does something similar but with skits. This year's theme is animated shows (I'm doing a scene from The Amazing World of Gumball)

I think the Hero singers would be:

Sky - Santa Fe from Newsies

Wind - Good Kid from The Lightning Thief

Red - Pulled from The Adams Family

And the Villian singers are:

Warriors - Hellfire from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Legend - Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid

Green - Freeze Your Brain from Heathers

Wild - Dentist! from Little Shop of Horrors

[crevicedwelling]

i have a somewhat odd question, but you strike me as the best person to ask.

so. i downloaded this free crochet pattern for an enormous millipede plush. just an absolutely massive guy. (link for those interested!)

i want to make one with more realistic colors, possibly even based on a real species, but im not the slightest bit knowledgeable in that area. do you have any recommendations? (also would love recommendations for length/legs because the pattern works for any length)

pattern seems to represent a juliform millipede, so here’s a few strikingly colored ones from around the world

if you’re willing to depart from the millipede theme, the end result looks more like a velvet worm with those puffy legs, and I’d argue those are even cuter:

[endcant]

bear with me bc i am drinking THC lemonade

whenever my “people shocked by me being interested in consumer aesthetics counter” ticks up by 1, i know that i have failed to express myself on the internet. i am obsessed with commercial ephemera. it’s not that i like it… it’s something deeper. something… worse? better? something more embarrassing, at least.

the only time i’ve ever done psychedelics my profound realization was that i really, really enjoyed going to target. i like the lights. i am always commenting on the products and whether i think they are on trend or off trend for what i understand the target demographic to be. i love nothing more than to watch someone pick up an object, briefly imagine their life with that object in it, and then either put it in their basket or put it back on the shelf. even moreso when i’m watching a friend shop. even moreso when we can only window shop and that friend starts explaining to me what they would do with the thing if they had the money to buy it.

i studied american pop music history in college and i continue to study the history of bubblegum pop in my free time. i want to eventually write up a video or a series or something about the extended international history of teenybopper bubblegum pop. i am trying to learn music industry jargon old and new in my target languages in an attempt to gain access to information about these things that i can’t access in english alone.

i read early 2010s posts about how minimalism was the only morally righteous visual style with rapt fascination. i had a vaporwave phase exactly one decade ago. my friends in high school would bring me arizona green teas because they knew i would find it aesthetic. my advanced painting teacher hated it because i kept painting pale minimalist watercolor pieces that looked like 90s waiting room wall decor. my dream at the time was moving to santa fe and becoming a fine artist.

i was a proto-cottagecore blogger before cottagecore was named. i have well over 100 blogs, considering i hit 96 at some point during my previously mentioned decade-ago vaporwave phase. i do not bother to count anymore

as a young child, i used to go to the store almost daily with my parents and look for unfamiliar packs of gum so i could assess their packaging, flavor, and concept. i *really* cared about this. i got into this because i was given free packs of 5 gum and orange mountain dew at the halo 3 midnight release.

i learned HTML from neopets and i used to code gaiaonline themes and put them up on tektek. they sucked really bad btw.

i spent around 2 decades looking for the source of a single image of an anime river angel i saw on quizilla because she meant so much to me as a child about the power of what mere images could be only to find last year that the artist now draws hentai on pixiv and their art quality is now quite rushed. i think about this regularly when i think about creators i have idolized, and i don’t know what it means to me, but it feels like valuable information.

last night i couldnt sleep because i kept wanting to get on my phone to look at ancient greek vases on jstor

the worst part is i feel that the way that seeing ONLY consuming-or-not-consuming as the primary way to interact with the world is a serious mental roadblock for people in capitalist society. i think that consumer identity is a tool often used to warp the minds of citizens. i think that if i could go back in time and strangle edward bernays i would. i think that it is meaningful that american society has generated dozens of terms for “someone who is stealing or misusing a cultural signifier, or otherwise engaging with a culture or subculture under false pretenses/without doing due diligence/without participating in proper cultural exchange” over just the past couple centuries and that seeing and acknowledging the cycle is essential for anyone working in the arts

ive spent the past couple years reading up on historical art movements since industrialization to see how other art workers have dealt with their jobs being mechanized away, and ive decided to choose to value myself as a human animal who gets to experience the process of making things with my human animal body.

i am compelled to play piano when i drink red wine and i feel that i’m a fundamentally superficial being in function, but i can be more in purpose. like a poster. like a mask. like someone screaming so hard on stage that you believe them. that you look behind you to see what they are screaming at. i think in symbols and colors front and center, with verbal background chatter like an ever-tuning radio, and i am frustrated when people don’t understand that i am speaking my mind when i show them what i’ve made.

i care about aesthetics a lot. consumer and otherwise. it just so happens that i live in a capitalist society wherein the market attributes value to certain aesthetic information, which generates conversation about what certain images mean, what gives them value, what detracts from their value, what they are responding to, what responses they require in turn. but anywhere, anytime that there is a conversation about aesthetics, i want to be there.

i have always loved to perceive and to make, since the earliest stories anyone has to tell about baby cave. if i lost everything that makes me who and what i am right now, i believe i would still care about aesthetics. if there is anything left for even a cell of my body to experience, it would want to experience it beautifully and enjoy it deliciously.

happy 420

[lightofraye]

Meeting The Wolf

I’m dealing with a weird issue of a pulled muscle that is making sitting/laying/standing very hard to do. Awkward, in fact. So I’m sitting on a recliner with a heating pad in hopes of getting said pulled muscle to relax.

While I’m doing that, I’m gonna tell you all a story of the time I nearly walked into a wolf… and had said wolf give me a kiss.

Sounds fantastical, doesn’t it? But I swear, on my mother’s grave, it’s very true.

It happened in the early 00’s, when my family and I were living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Fun fact: Santa Fe is actually higher in elevation than Denver!) I was attending community college and took the bus to and from school.

One night, I was coming home late because I was using the computer lab to do my homework. It was after dark but the bus stop closest to my house was like… three blocks away. No biggie.

I got off the stop and was walking past a local grocery store called “Wild Oats”. It was like Whole Foods, but not a franchise. Wild Oats had a ton of local events, so their front area was often busy whenever we stopped by.

I was unaware of an event that happened earlier that day. There was a wolf rescue in the state that tried to educate people on what wolves were really like and to be protected. The gentlest and most adjusted wolves were used as ambassadors.

Raven was one such ambassador.

Imagine me, early 20s, blissfully unaware that I was going to walk into a wolf. I almost didn’t see him, he was mostly black and street lights were sporadic in the area.

I walk past the parking lot, taking a short cut to get home… and yelled at seeing this gorgeous, golden-eyed beast larger than any dog. I froze, nervous. It’s a wolf, after all.

Then his handler came into view and told me I had nothing to worry about. Raven loved people. I got to rub his fur and realized just how coarse it really was. Then I learned of the rescue, how they hosted events frequently. I decided to keep an eye out for the next time.

Cue the next time. I dragged my mother with me, because like me, she loved wolves. We wanted to meet Raven (for me, a proper introduction as opposed to the dark!). We went, heard the handler explain about wolves, how they’re generally very shy creatures and honestly not a danger to livestock unless they were starving and/or rabid.

Then we were allowed to take photos with Raven. I was excited and immediately asked for a chance. My mother had a digital camera and was ready to take the photo.

I stood next to Raven, him on a crate, so we were of a height. Then, abruptly, he turned his gigantic head and licked me, from chin to nose! Everyone in the audience laughed at the face I made.

I laughed, scrubbed my glasses, and gave Raven a hug. I still have those photos somewhere.

I’d see him several more times before I relocated out of state. The rescue is still in place, still trying to do what they can to educate folks on how wolf-dog hybrids are not a good idea, that wolves are not meant to be pets, and to preserve them. Wolves do so much for the eco system that we truly don’t understand.

The rescue was originally called the Candy Kitchen Wolf Rescue. Now it’s called the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. If you scroll down the link, you’ll see Raven with his handler, Leyton.

It was an incredible chance to meet Raven, to have gotten that kiss from him. One of my best memories.