f riday, february 26, 1988
cabrini college, radnor, pa. 19087
Voting questions raised Tom in election of Who's Who
vol. xxxiv, vol. 15
Gralish lectures
by Shelle Koller
by Ande Romano ''.Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" is an award granted to college sen!o~s.w&.ohave achieved outstanding recognition among the campus community for exhib1tmg well-roundedness and leadership qualities. !he voting_vrocess in choosing Who's Who candidates is well known to most seniors. _Thi~process mvolves tallying a vote from each individual senior with the votes of each seruor who holds an executive position in a campus club or organization. Each full-time faculty member, who has been employed by the college for a minimum of three years also gets one vote. ' This m_ean_sthat students holding more than one executive position in various clubs and ?rg~~llons could actually have more votes than the faculty. This also means that one mdiv1dual could vote for him/herself several times. Although many seniors are aware of this voting procedure, they do not consider the contest to be completely based on popularity. . Accor_ding to Je~e ~eineberg, senior, Who's Who recipient, everyone who is mvolve_dm leadership pos1llons throughout the campus is familiar with one another. This ' according to Reineberg, "cuts down on the popularity contest." more WHO'S WHO on 4
Tom Gralish, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer spoke in the Widener Center Lecture Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 1:00 p.m. Gralish, who lectured here last spring, returned to share his knowledge and picture slides with the students and faculty at Cabrini. Since elementary school, Gralish has been interested in photography. He pursued this interest during junior high school by taking pictures and selling them to the local newspapers. Gralish also worked for the United Press International in Kansas City, Minneapolis, Detroit, and Dallas. Currently, Gralish is employed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as Deputy Photography Editor.
Tax laws leave confusion by LaTonya Lucas It's the time of the year when tax payers are gathering their W-2 forms (forms received from the employer at end of the year), interest statements, and other documents, in order to collect their returns from the last year. Many people usually look to experts for assistance in filing their income tax, because the average tax payer is confused about the procedures, according to Ann Servey, instructor, accounting. This year, the students of the Income Tax class, also a part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, are providing free income tax assistance to the community. According to Servey, there are 25 students on campus who are willing to aid others in preparing their tax returns. Those in need of guidance are urged to have W-2 forms, interest statements, tax packages (if available), and last year's return, (if available). "Students can also come empty-handed and, through questions, we'll fmd out what they need," Servey said. Students will be affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, according to Servey. "Those students who never filed before may have to file now," she said. Students earning an income of $500 or more have to file an income tax form. Servey explained that because of the Tax Reform Act, double exemption has been eliminated. No longer can full-time students claim personal exemption on their own tax return and be claimed as a .dependent on their parent's return. Because of this, students will pay more in taxes. A person who makes $500 a year and has a bank account will be taxed. However, a person making $2540 and who does not have a bank account, will not be taxed. "There's a flaw in the tax system that says someone will be taxed for having a bank account," Servey said. The Tax Reform Act has left many
students with questions about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Samantha Hidlebird, junior, is concerned about the new tax laws, and the effect that they have on her. "Ifl grossed over a certain amount as an independent student, will I end up paying back since I claimed exempt?" According to Patricia Miller, junioi, who will aid Hidlebird with her tax returns, it will depend on her gross income and federal tax withholding. ¡ ney, sopihOl:nOJre,is among the 25 students to help with tax
Tom Gra/ish fields questions during his lecture. (photo by Rosanne Rosse/lo)
As one of the four or five photo editors, Gralish assigns photographers to go out and
cover stories. He is rathernew at giving out-theassignments.It was only nine m
ago that he was receiving the orders, rather than giving them. Gralish said, "I'm still adjusting to the change. However, I like the challenge and satisfaction I get out of knowing that I had some input in turning someone else's ideas into picture stories." . "I also like generating ideas and teaching and coaching other photographers." But the aspect Gralish said he liked best about being the photo editor is ,the regular hours. He said, "I'm glad that I now have the time to go back to school. I'm now taking both a history and a literature course." A student from the audience asked Gralish how he, as Deputy Editor, makes judgements about the size of the picture to the amount of print material. Gralish responded, "If you want to hook someone so that they will want to read the story, you definitely need a big picture. The photo must be large enough so that the smallest, most important detail can be seen." "Because a photographer only has pictures to tell the story, he or she needs to spend a great deal of time on the assignment observing and taking in every detail," Gralishsaid. Gralish, while working on his award-winning assignment last year, spent the entire month of February observing and getting to know the homeless as people. Gralish said, "I wanted to get to know the different people on the street--to know them as real people. In getting to know them, I was able to build up a trust with these people, The form that most students will be letting them know that by my camera, they would be able to communicate with the rest using is the 1040EZ. A person must be of the world and show them what they're all about." "Photography is more than just a way of showing how a person looks," Gralish said. single, with no more than one personal "Photography goes beyond that in the hopes of capturing the personality behind the exemption for himself, must have a taxable income of less than $50,000, no dividends face." He said, "A photographer doesn't take a picture of someone sitting in a chair; with an interest of four hundred dollars or instead, the photographer tries to get some of the subject's environment in the picture. less, and cannot be 65-years-old or older In doing this, the photographer is able to convey the personality of the person to his or her readers." nor blind. Gralish said, "A photograher waits for the moment, recognizes it and captures Despite the fact that many students are , it, hoping to express the feeling of that person or event at that particular time." confused, or afraid of what the governAccording to Gralish it takes more that just knowing the technical aspect of me?t may do to them, Megan McHale, photography to be a photographer. Gralish said, "You need to know more than how seruor, filed her own income tax return and to press the button, or which paper contrasts better." it is already on its way. "I just sat down and He added, "You have to be aware of everything that's going on around you. Also, looked at it to see if I needed help, but it a photographer has to know how to do the little things, like how to function in an airport didn't seem hard," she said. or to be able to communicate with the street people one day and the President of the To those students who need help, Servey United States the next. A good photographer has to be naturally curious and keep an open mind. He has to ask questions and quietly observe from afar, because the quiet says, "come see us." moments make the best pictures," Gralish said. The deadline to file is April 15, 1988. returns. Mahoney advises students to remember what jobs they have had to get all W-2 forms from the employers. After a student has their W-2 form and any interest statements that was earned from his bank account, he needs to get a tax return form (usually a 1040EZ) and add up thegross incomefrom all W-2 forms with the interest from a bank account or certificate of deposit (CD). Mahoney said that she was misled in believing that CD's were more beneficial than a savings account in terms of taxing. "My mom takes money out of my savings account and puts it into a CD, but then I have to pay more taxes because the interest rate is higher," Mahoney said.
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