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PCC has a new top cop,
but don't get too used to him.
Interim police chief Frank
Scialdone is just here to do a
job.
After nearly 32 years with
the Fontana police depart¬
ment, the last five as chief,
Scialdone does not intend to
stay more than a few months,
but he expects to leave a mark.
“Some people use the inter¬
im position as an opportunity
to clean house. I don't see that
as my job,” he said. “My job is to per¬
form a management audit.”
His report will help the administra¬
tion set a course for the department,
and guide its search for a permanent
police chief.
That search, already well into its
second year, has been a learning expe¬
rience for all involved. As Victor
Collins, interim dean of human
resources, noted, “The last chief of
police was hired 20 years ago.”
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Courier
Frank Scialdone takes charge as the
new director of campus safety service.
By this February, a second recruit¬
ment had delivered three strong candi¬
dates. “Each of the three candidates rep¬
resented different areas of expertise in
law enforcement,” said Collins. “Seeing
that made us think. Maybe we better
take a look at what our needs are.”
He said “We need to have someone
familiar with all phases of the depart¬
ment to assist us with setting up the
parameters.”
PCC has worked before with Norm
Traub & Associates, law enforce¬
ment consultants. They “gave me
a couple of names and we
brought in Frank Scialdone to
interview,” said Collins, who
referred Scialdone to Peter
Hardash, vice-president for
administrative services.
“We felt very comfortable,”
said Collins. “The background
experience that Frank Scialdone
brought exceeds what we were
expecting.”
Collins singled out Scialdone's
educational experience, the way
“He helped reduce the policing
situation at Fontana Unified.”
Collins also noted that all com¬
munity college police departments have
difficulty recruiting. “The promotional
opportunities are not as good as any
city force,” he said, observing that a
campus force lacks many of the facili¬
ties of, say, the Pasadena Police
Department.
“We want to make sure we do this
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Faculty Wary of ‘Fair Share’ Fee
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Staff Writer
While the first fair-share service fee
required for non-members of the
California Teachers Association to pay
for union representation looms around
the corner, faculty members are taking
legal action to ensure the fee is proper¬
ly calculated and permissible.
Chemistry instructor and open-gov¬
ernment advocate Richard McKee said
he plans to sue PCC/CTA on May 6
after the first fee has been taken from
faculty paychecks. His goals are to get
more information as to what the costs
are and change how the fair share is
calculated.
McKee wrote in a letter to
PCC/CTA that the union committed
an unfair labor practice because they
didn’t submit a Hudson notice, a docu¬
ment that outlines the basis of the fees
they would be implementing.
“My action is simple: to get
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to
follow the laws,” McKee said. “I’m not
against the paying of services I’m
receiving as a faculty member. I’m
against there being no evidence as to
how the fees are being assessed.”
According to the attorneys repre¬
senting PCC/CTA, the union did com¬
ply with the requirements of the
Hudson notice and also offered to send
McKee the “verified financial state¬
ment” and financial records of the
union.
“We want this to work smooth,”
said
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head negotiator and English
instructor Roger Marheine. The union
also wants to comply with the law, he
added.
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cites a law that gives a union
permission to collect an agency shop
fee from all workers who benefit from
union negotiations.
But McKee challenges the amount
PCC/CTA has tentatively decided to
charge which is an equal amount paid
by both union members and non-mem¬
bers.
“By law, non-members are not
required to pay the same as the dues
assessed to union members,” McKee
said. “An agency shop fee is less by the
amount of ‘non-chargeable’ expenses.”
Non-members will be able to file for
a rebate for the money not used for
negotiations at PCC, Marheine said.
Another issue raised by faculty
members is part-timers paying dues
multiple times.
Frank Catalano, a part-time social
sciences instructor at PCC and a non¬
member of the
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filed a complaint
with the State Public Employment
Relations Board in regards to the fair
share service fee deducted from his
paycheck at Ventura Community
College, where he also teaches part-
time.
PCC will be the third campus where
Catalano pays the fee. Cumulatively,
Kenny Kimura/ Courier
PCC student Paul Chenard gets his camera phone ready to snap shots of
the campus for “A Week in the Life of PCC,” a photo contest hosted by the
college as part of the citywide What Drives L.A.? series. Now through
Saturday, April 30, students, faculty and staff are invited to capture
moments of PCC life using either a camera phone or digital camera and
upload them to the website www.pasadena.edu/photoshoot. During the
week of May 2, the public will vote for the best photos online. The win¬
ning images will be used in the graduation broadcast and displayed in the
New Media Center lobby. Starting May S, a panel of judges will view all the
entries and select the best photo to receive the grand prize: a 30-gigabyte
Apple iPod Photo. All winners will be announced May 12.
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Health Run and Walk
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If you’re looking for a chance to get in some
exercise with just a bit of competition, take part in
the 21st annual 5K Run and Walk, which will be
hosted by the Community Education Center on
May 7.
The event returns after a two-year hiatus due to
various people retiring at the CEC. It kicks off at
the Rose Bowl with a IK run, walk or crawl for
children aged 3 to 5 at 7:30 a.m. The 5K run/walk
will follow at 8 a.m.
The top male and female runners will each
receive trophies, along with the top overall walker.
The top three finishers in each of the seven age divi¬
sions will be awarded medals.
Those who cannot walk or run can be a sponsor
for someone who can.
Proceeds will benefit the CEC student activity
fund, which supports cultural enrichment pro¬
grams. In the past, the fund has paid for a luau and
a Brazilian carnival along with performances from
a ballet folkorico group and Chinese acrobats.
Proceeds will also benefit student services at the
CEC.
Registration for the event is $15 and all partici¬
pants will receive a commemorative T-shirt. Entry
forms are currently available at the CEC.
Participants may register in advance or on the
morning of the event at 7:30 a.m. at the Rose Bowl.
“It’s fun, [students] may even benefit from the
exercise and it’s a good way to support the college,”
said Ibrahim Naeem, CEC supervisor.
For more information, call the CEC at (626)
585-3003.
ON CAMPUS
Battle of the DJs
Orlando Pina/ Courier
PCC student Ralph Sanchez
showed of his skills in the first
campus DJ Union DJ Battle
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PCC student DJs battled it out in
the Quad Tuesday at the first-ever
PCC DJ Union DJ Battle. With
steady beats filling in the back¬
ground, each DJ entrant took his or
her place behind the turntables,
showing their stuff in front of the
large gathering of students and fac¬
ulty that quickly formed around the
event.
And that was only the opening
day. The winners will go on to battle
in the first round today and then
compete in the second round on
Tuesday, May 10. Both events taking
place at noon in the Quad. The final
round, which will take place in the
Louis Creveling Lounge later on
May 10 from 7 to 9 p.m., will deter¬
mine the DJ Battle champion. This
first-prize winner will receive a life¬
time 20 percent discount at World
Records. Other prizes include give¬
aways from Bent, Grayone, and
SixstarDJ.
“We have DJs coming from Los
Angeles, Pasadena, South Pasadena,
Eagle Rock, Arcadia and even
Glendale,” said Esteban Lopez,
president of the DJ Union. “It will
be a well-rounded turnout.”
DJ Battle
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PCC student Eric Rios showed
of his skills in the first campus
DJ Union DJ Battle
Like Politics? Get
Involved With A.S.
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Staff Writer
The deadline to apply to run for a PCC student govern¬
ment position is Friday at 4 p.m. Candidacy packets can be
picked up at the office of student affairs desk at CC203.
Potential candidates need at least 60 valid signatures. “We
really do check the signatures, so having extras is a good
idea,” said Rebecca Cobb, student affairs adviser.
“Don’t be intimidated,” said David Kong, PCC
Associated Students president. “You don’t need to be a
political science major. Different people bring different per¬
spectives.”
But be prepared to commit enough hours. “It’s really
about time management,” Kong said.
The Spring 2005 general elections will be held the week
of May 23, covering all A.S. board positions, as well as the
student trustee and chief justice of the supreme council.
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Vol. 91, Issue 9
Staff Impersonator Pulls Off Library Heist
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A man posing as a PCC computer tech¬
nician stole $12,000 worth of computer
equipment from the college library on
April 8.
The man entered the library wearing
black Dockers pants and a red polo shirt
with “PCC” written on the back. The
words “Computer Lab” were also written
on the front of his shirt. He arrived carry¬
ing a phony work-order that appeared to
give him permission to take the touch¬
screen self-checkout computer away for
repairs. Coincidentally, the library was
having problems with that particular com¬
puter, officials said.
Sgt. Steven Lester of the PCC police
department said the man arrived at the
library around 10:45 a.m. with the work-
order that had the name Douglas Quong
on it. Quong showed the paperwork to
student library workers who then took it to
their supervisor. She signed off the official
looking paper work.
Quong then rolled the computer on a
cart to the east-side back door of the
library building where he put the comput¬
er into his car. He then rolled the cart to
the library’s service elevator where he left
it.
According to the police report, the fol¬
lowing Monday April 12, librarian Leslie
Tirapelle said it was mentioned in an e-
mail that a computer services worker had
serviced the computer. When Tirapelle
went to see what was done to the comput¬
er she found it missing. She contacted
PCC computer services to verify that they
had the computer, which they did not.
Tirapelle then contacted campus police.
Campus police ran Quong’s name
through the school’s database of students,
and it came back negative. They then ran
his name through California Law
Enforcement Telecommunication System,
a database that holds the name, birth date
and description of past offenders. That
search also came back negative.
The self-checkout computer was locat¬
ed near the women’s restroom on the first
floor. The computer let students check out
their library books without having to wait
in line at the circulation desk. After stu¬
dents scanned their ID card and the book’s
barcode both were input into the comput¬
er and the student was allowed to check
them out for the allotted time. “It’s really
unfortunate because the people who really
lose here are the students,” Tirapelle said.
Although the computer was programmed
specifically for this task it could be repro¬
grammed for any other use, said campus
police officials.
Hail to the New Police Chief
Capture a Week in the Life of PCC