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Skyline View The Voice of Skyline College, San Bruno, California
www.theskylineview.com
May 7, 2009
Volume XXIII - Issue 7
Locker thief at Skyline
Brenda Cancino/Skyline View
A Skyline Student empties her locker in responce to the recent string of theft.
Mitchell Martin News Editor
Paul Reyes/Skyline View
A donor waits for the nurse to attend to him at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on May 5. Each pint of blood provides enough for three transfusions.
Annual blood drive brings in waves of donors Nearly 150 volunteers donate blood to help save lives Paul Reyes Features Editor After first bringing the blood drive to Skyline over 30 years ago, this year’s event still showed strong enthusiasm from donors, bringing in crowds of people looking to help others by donating their most vital fluid. Nearly 150 volunteers attended the blood drive that began at 9am this past Tuesday, brought in part through the efforts of school nurse Jan Gersonde. Ten hours later, collection containers were nearly full as enthu-
siastic workers from the American Red Cross told of the importance of giving blood. “You never know if your family members need blood,” said Vickie, a worker for the American Red Cross who asked for her last name to remain anonymous. It is believed that only 3% of Americans donate blood, so helping get word out to others is extremely important to those at the American Red Cross. In fact, turnout at this event was so strong that many workers stayed until the final minutes of the event.
“[The event] seemed a lot busier this year,” Gersonde said. Almost half of the volunteers who donated blood were believed to have been all walk-in appointments, according to John Cook, who has been helping collect blood for the American Red Cross for almost two years. Potential donors are able to log onto helpsavealife.org, and prequalify themselves as well as set an appointment to make their visit a bit quicker. Normal time however for a drop in visit is approximately one hour.
A typical visit to a blood drive would first entail checking in at the registration booth and filling out the necessary forms – volunteers are asked simple questions to ensure they are both mentally and physically fit enough to give blood. Donors who have gotten tattoos within the past year or given blood within the past 8 weeks are not allowed to donate. They are also asked questions on their health and travel history. After being approved, donors give a small sample to be examined – blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and
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Barbara Daley wins Classified Employee of the Year Skyline faculty member recognized for her effort and commitment Derrick Smith Podcasting Editor Skyline College Library Support specialist Barbara Daley was honored to win state wide Classified Employee of the Year Award for contributing her timeless effort as well as her commitment. Each year a non-teaching staff is recognized and honored for their professionalism and commitment while in duty. Seventy plus community college districts are in the state. Daley was selected one out of five statewide to be selected at the May 4 Board of Governors Meeting held at Lake Tahoe Community College in Lake Tahoe on Monday May 4. “The experience to be honored was huge,” Daley said. Members of Skyline, Canada, College of San Mateo, and the District of Colleges also attended the event. San Mateo Board of Trustees nominated Daley to be the District
representative in which she was honored. “Skyline College is worth working for. Staff, faculty, and the administration is so supportive of the students,” said Daley. Skyline College staff and administrators makes Daley feels valued. She also won the Presidents of Innovation Funds several times, one of the founding members of Museum of Tolerance Alumni, and have been active in the Peninsula library system “One Book One Community” project, Daley continues to be a driving force while at Skyline College. Out of all the outstanding members who do a variety of jobs in the state, Daley says “it is great to be recognized for the contributions that the classified staff makes to the college.” Classified staffs who works for Skyline College are not
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Barbara daley poses with her brand-new award.
Recently there have been multiple reports of theft in both the men’s and women’s locker room. The perpetrators are cracking combination locks of students between 9:00 am and 11:00 am. They are not physically damaging the locks but rather they seems to be picking them, then relocking them afterwards. Some items reported stolen include: wallets, phones, iPods, and hundreds of dollars total in cash. A theft alert sent out by the Skyline’s Public Safety Department states that “District Public Safety and local law enforcement have been advised about the thefts and are working to apprehend the perpetrators.” A student who was stolen from, that spoke under the condition of remaining anonymous, said that “I don’t think it’s going to be pursued by the authorities.” When the student first realized that he didn’t have his belongings, he student didn’t assume it was theft, he just thought “did I lose it.” In an effort to prevent future thefts, Coach Dino Nomicos has put up security warning signs all around the locker rooms to let the students know that there have been multiple thefts. “It’s somebody who blends into the environment,” Nomicos said. Nomicos believes that since students are becoming more aware of the thefts that sooner or later “they’re going to get caught.” Nomicos recommends that students stop using combination locks and switch to a keyed Masterlock. He also encourages that students bring their bags to class, where the locker-room bandit will not be able to easily access their belongings. Another student, who is a member of The Skyline View staff, Kenny Martin, has been struck twice by the locker-room bandits. “It could’ve been worse,” Martin said. “But I’d like to have my fifty bucks back. I mean… that’s a video game.” *Note - If anybody has any information about or has been struck by the “locker room bandit” please contact the Skyline College Public Safety Department at 650-738-4199