Gilman has passed the point where its problems are still lovable quirks. We need to make it function as a building. The heating, lighting, and plumbing have to work, and the noise level has to be manageable. Secondly, the building has gradually ceased to be as supportive of the work that goes on here and as nurturing of the community as it once was. We need to change that.
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In 1955 we did have a strike in the mine at Gilman and boy, it was a wild time, we had lots of fights. Lots of people got arrested for fights and everything else and they came down here and we had court here in the house.
And it still produces, too. The Stockton Symphony is top-notch in my book, and there's some great students coming to the institute. Joe Gilman (the American River College music professor who also teaches at the institute) is one of the most talented pianists I've ever heard. That praise doesn't do him justice,
For me it will always be the heart of the campus. Its very location in the center of campus and the departments located in it make Gilman a magnet for hundreds of students.
One hundred years of students have formative memories of Gilman Hall. What we're trying to make sure of is that another hundred years of students have memories that are just as lasting.
The last thing we would want to do is to take Gilman and gut it and turn it into a sterile space. Hodson is a great building, but we don't want another Hodson.