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CityTimes
Volume 62, Number 4
Covering the San Diego City College community since 1945
October 23, 2007
WHITNEY LAWRENCE Ciy Times John Hildebrand, department chairman of Communications and professor for the Radio and Television Department at City College, has been around the block. The lessons he teaches in his broadcast audio classes, among others, come from years of experience earned working with and learning from industry legends in one of the most colorful periods of American music. After leaving the University of Nevada, where he was pursuing a major in mechanical engineering, Hildebrand took off to the west coast, where he spent $50 for a 10-week seminar taught by the man behind the “wall of sound,” Phil Spector. There, at the Sherwood Oaks Experimental College, he learned how to tie in his love for music with his knack for mechanics and “building and creating things,” Hildebrand said. Also, his love for poetry as a young boy transformed into a passion for songwriting after studying under Academy Award winning Al Kasha in Los Angeles. “I’ve written poetry for as long as I can remember, at least since junior high,” Hildebrand said. It only seemed natural then, after meeting a man by the name of John Meiner in 1973 and working in his San Diego recording studio, to buy the studio with a friend a few years later in 1975. Eventually Hildebrand was teaching classes in the studio commercially, and by 1980 was hired to teach a recording arts class in the commercial music program at Southwestern College. In the mean time, Hildebrand had managed to earn his degree from San Diego State University in communications/radio television, as well as a certifi-
See PROFESSOR, page 2
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SHEVAUN BRANDOM City Times
City College’s second annual International Book Fair drew more than 3,500 people Oct. 2-5. The fair took place inside and outside the Saville Theatre.
Second annual book fair draws large crowd BENJAMIN CRUZ City Times
SHEVAUN BRANDOM City Times
Musician Zoe Keating performs in the Saville Theatre during the book fair.
The second annual San Diego City College International Book Fair once again brought many people face to face with local and national writers. “The Book Fair definitely exceeded our expectations.” Co-Director of the event, Kelly Mayhew said. “We had over 3,500 people attend the event, which is 1,000 more people than last year. The book fair took place Oct. 2 through Oct. 6. Daniel Reveles, author of “Guacamole Dip,” spoke to attendees in the Saville Theatre at 12 p.m. on Oct 6. He began by mentioning his trip from Mexico to City College, joking about his smart answers to the border patrol’s trick questions. “Write everyday,” Reveles said about being an author. The event had many authors read passages and answer questions in and outside the Saville Theatre.
Carol Lovejoy, author of “What is Your Story” said she wrote her book to make people aware of situations that can better their lives, whether good or bad. “When you’re born, it’s a date. When you die, it’s a date. The dash between those dates is your life’s story,” Lovejoy said. In her book, she talks about life, the loss of her brother, cancer and organ donations. She is a freelance writer for the Alpine Sun. Many of her articles have been incorporated into her book. Author Carlette Anderson brought her book “Dysfuntional is Normal” to the fair. She said her book is written in a way in which every chapter is a question. For example, she said a chapter in her book asks, “Do you reward your child for bad behavior?” She explains that if you’re a mother talking on the phone and your son is being loud, if you give him a cookie to quiet down, your answer is yes.
See FAIR, page 2
Loss of funding eliminates HIV testing on campus WHITNEY LAWRENCE City Times San Diego City College students have lost access to free HIV testing on campus after Linda Vista Health Care Center, the programs sponsor, lost funding this year. After more than a year of the weekly free service, City’s
Student Health Services is now searching for options to replace the program. Dotti Cordell, director of Student Health Services at City College, says she is “hopeful” in finding other resources for students. San Diego’s Public Health Department sponsors a mobile unit that makes stops around San
Diego providing free or low cost HIV testing, including a stop near City College in Balboa Park. “I am trying to work with [San Diego Public Health Department] to see if they can come to City College one day, instead of the Balboa Park site, or in addition to that park visit,” Cordell said in an e-mail correspondence, “I am awaiting a call back from the
mobile van contact.” “Another program that we hope to get up and running very soon, through Linda Vista Community Clinic, is enrolling City College students in ‘FAMPact’, a reproductive health program that can help students. It covers reproductive health exams, family
See HIV, page 7