The connoisseur of the childish delight and '50s fad sells, teaches and lives the hula
by Chelsey Steinman in Features
It's another picturesque Sunday afternoon and Jaime Powell can be found doing a long-forgotten, yet immensely enjoyable, classic childhood activity. And thanks to her, everyone else visiting the weekly art walk on Cabrillo will be reunited with the joy of hula hooping, where her mother runs a booth selling the toys redesigned for adults.
Auto rebuilding course has SBCC students clinking and drilling all the way to Nascar
by Miguel Arana in Features
If you like cars and want to work in the auto industry, perhaps you would like to be part of a NASCAR or Formula One Racing Team. Or maybe you intend to rebuild the engine of your '68 Porsche 912. All this and more is possible for the students of the Engine Rebuilding class, Auto 111, at City College.
SBCC class embarks in journey into celluloid psychology
by Ariel Seth in Features
Roy, a con man and obsessive-compulsive agoraphobic, meets his fourteen-year-old daughter for the first time and soon they become comrades who go into business together.
Little does Roy know, his daughter is becoming dangerously fascinated with crime.
The film "Matchstick Men" booms over room 211 in the MacDougal Administration Center at City College.
by Sebastian Noren in Features
Do you think all animators do is Disney movies? If you do, then think again.
Since fall semester of 1999, City College has offered 3-D animation classes as part of the School of Media Arts.
Mihir Mahapatra is the instructor for the 3-D character animation class, where the students create character design, facial animation, muscle and skeletal systems, and modeling for hands, feet, bodies, and heads using the business standard software Maya.