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Pg. 15 Unpaid internships becoming more scarce By TORILYNN QUALLS in, “working your butt off for Staff Writer someone for free and in return WWEEKLYEEKLY BRIEFSBRIEFS not receiving that ‘full-time College graduates all paid position’ they claimed Obama nominates new Chair for over the country are coming they had when you went in for 88thth Federal Reserve up short on opportunities and the interview.” President Barack Obama has nominated Janet job offers after completing A recent NACE presen- Yellen as the chair to the Federal Reserve, once Ben their unpaid internships and tation stated, “unpaid interns Bernanke fi nishes his term in January. obtaining their degrees. managed roughly the same or Prior to the nomination, Yellen served as the “Unpaid internships don’t worse in the job market com- CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco from seem to be giving college kids pared to non-interns across a 2004 to 2006, and was governor of the Federal Re- a leg up when it comes time to variety of fi elds, including; serve Board during the Clinton Administration. Accord- look for employment,” stated Business, Communications, ing to news source Aljazeera, this is arguably the most The Atlantic. Engineering, English, and Po- important economics job in the world, and if elected According to the Nation- litical Science.” she will have to face the challenge of high infl ation al Association of Colleges and This data exemplifi es and low employment. Employers (NACE), “Only that the necessity for an un- 37 percent of unpaid interns paid internship seems to be got an offer after graduation; nonessential; based on the that’s not much better than fact that students who did not the results for those with no complete an internship are Rialto School District employee internship—35.2 percent re- roughly in the same position 99thth faces embezzlement charges ceived at least one job offer.” bracket as students who did, Former Rialto School District accountant Judith Redlands University and have the work experience Oakes was arrested on suspicion of embezzling up to graduate, Christina Cooper that should place them in a $3.16 million from the schools lunch money fund. took an unpaid internship op- higher position. It is speculated that she has been stealing mon- portunity. In recent news the U.S. ey, going so far as shoving money into her bra, for the She expressed that many Department of Labor has es- Torilynn Qualls | Chronicle Photo past seven years. As Oakes faces possible charges of of these opportunities result Continued on Pg. 3 The Chronicle investigates the standards and principles applying to unpaid and paid interns. embezzlement and grand theft, Rialto police offi cials are also investigating why this was not spotted sooner. The Districts superintendent and deputy have been placed on leave by the school board. Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda, said that she had access to funds from 29 different schools within the district. Heather Rundengan, a senior at CSUSB said that UUndocumentedndocumented iimmigrantsmmigrants iinn tthehe ggreenreen ttoo ddriverive she was surprised that the district hadn’t caught this sooner. By BRENDA SERVIN “I had no idea about this outrageous news on Staff Writer how a school district accountant would embezzle lunch California Gov. Jerry Brown signed money from students. I think the school system should Assembly Bill 60, which provides undoc- be more aware with what’s been going on considering umented immigrants with the opportunity this district accountant has been doing such crime for to obtain a driver’s license and will take the past 14 years.” effect as of Jan. 1, if not sooner. According to CNN, a crowd gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Oct. 3 to show their support at the signing cer- emony of this new law. Anti-chemical weapons advo- Undocumented immigrants that are 111th1th cate earns Nobel Peace Prize able to pass their driving exams along According to Aljazeera, The Organization for the with proving their identities and residen- Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, who is overseeing cy will be issued licenses by the Califor- the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal nia Department of Motor Vehicles. has won the Nobel Peace Prize for it’s “extensive ef- The design of the licenses will have forts” to rid the world of such weapons. some kind of markings or state that owner According to Aljazeera The OPCW is a Nether- of the license did not provide a birth cer- lands-based company with about 500 staffers and a tifi cate or social security card and is of il- budget under $100 million. Their mission to rid the legal immigration status. world of chemical weapons was recognized when a The licenses that will be available sarin-gas strike in the suburbs killed more than 1,400 for illegal immigrants will only serve as a people in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria. no-driving license; it will not provide eli- gibility for voting or ensure employment. 200 migrants stranded at sea Gustavo Deloera said, “I have a cou- A boat carrying migrants capsized between Sic- ple friends that I would rather be driving ily and Tunisia, leaving over 200 people stranded at around with a license than without a li- sea. According to BBC, at least 27 people have been cense.” pronounced dead. It was reported that the vessel was When the law takes effect illegal im- reported having diffi culties just before sunset. The ves- migrants can begin applying for licenses sel was reported heading to Italy. and can be reassured that they will be protected from discrimination under As- Photo courtesy of Yahoo News sembly Bill 60. A crowd gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall to show their support for the signing of the new California bill. Continued on Pg. 3 Chronicle Page 2 News Monday, October 14, 2013 Student employment gets a pay raise By MARION GILL Staff Writer No pay raise for the past fi ve years paired with the constant hikes in tuition have led the members alifornia State University of the UAW to mobilize and push for a pay raise contract with California State University for student employees. student employees got a pay raise on July 1, which will continue to increase over C After agreement between UAW and CSU, student employ- the course of a three-year contract. Not all CSU students will get the pay ees can look forward to 3 years of increasing raises. raise, but those who will should see a sig- No pay raise nifi cant increase in their salary over the course of the contract. thousands hundred Teaching Associates (TA) and Gradu- ate Assistants (GA) will receive a 1.34 per- cent general salary increase (GSI) for the Average annual salary for CSU student employees in annual salary for CSU student employees Average fi rst year of the contract. The GSI will then increase 2 percent for the next two years of the contract. The contract also increases the mini- mum/maximum pay scale for TA’s and GA’s by 5 percent for each year of the con- tract. Photo created by Marion Gill “Given that most of our members are We will see a 1.34 percent pay increase in certain CSU student employment that work with academic qualities and an additional 2 percent coming in 2014 and another 2 percent in 2015. at or near the bottom of the pay scale,” said James Banks, an international representa- The three year contract comes after of the deal, saying that the tuition hikes and the money is going to the people who need tive for the UAW, “they will receive both an agreement between California State other expenses affect them as well. it he has no problem. the GSI and the scale increase.” University and the United Auto Workers Some students who were not employed Daniel Madden, a junior studio arts Hourly employees classifi ed as In- union, with the UAW representing over by the university saw no problem with the major at CSUSB said that he knows the structional Student Assistants (ISA) will 7,700 CSU student employees. divide in those eligible for the raise. people getting the raise work very hard and get a $1 an hour raise for the fi rst year of The agreement comes after fi ve years Manuel Del Rio, A Computer Science that they deserve the raise. the contract with a 50 cent an hour increase of tuition hikes and no wage increases. major, discussed his opinion when asked While no more proposals are being each year for the next two years. This will put many members in fi nancial about the pay raise saying that he believed made at this time, Banks stated that the ISA employees include graders, sup- debt, according to a press release from the it was fair since the employees getting the UAW will be working towards amending plemental instructors, and tutors.