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SOIIHI Advtca

T1NI team to beat

Tucker helps needy people build homes, wilh lile Page 5 1o3 on

The Indians conlinue their winning ways with a victory over Tarlelon Salurday. Page 6

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Wilson Family Planning Clinic offers free advice about birth control melhods lo students. Page 4

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The Taxman cometh JENNIFER T ILLERY

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t):k History Mnnlh i, ;1 li me Ill r on the past. pre,rnl an d of ~\ fr1r:i11 -Amcriran, . :lCC ording ll• MSU ~1udc nr , and rncmhcr.~ of 1hccommun11v Rodrick 13 rn\vn. 20. sau.l. "Thi ~ mon1h J-'> se t a, ide tu honor

nsa Shield~. 21 . agreed brk Ht~IOT\' Munlh i~ the urnc African-A mem:an , should ~ wge1hcr and CL ' lcbraie Lhc ioing of lhosc who pa\'ed lhe for us:· Shields said any ~wdcn ts sh:1rcd the . . ,.um• · ents. ll is bccau se of thei11di aa!s surh as Rosa Park),, Im X :md Marti n L. King Jr. o bclic\'ed one per., u u co ul d ~t a differL'J\L"e 1ha1 ~!Udents · -~helps lhcm tu achieve tod:iy J)ther student s be li eve Black ~bf:i' Month is time of e:<.prcs1

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Credit cards can mean trouble for college students NICK BAGHERPOUR

The Wichilan For many collegc studenl s. 1hc lurc of credi1 cards isspccially s1rong. bcca use 1hcya rc ::it a vulnerable poi111 in 1h7i r li ves when it ma_y be uncertain how they w1!1 be able to pay 1he1r bi lls ::i11imcs. It appc;1rs credit agencies know thi s qu_itc well. beca use m:my college studcn1s receive phone call s or mail from these agencies on an almost rcgularb::isis. Sornes1uden1s accept offcrs fo r credi1 c:irds and then run into fin ancial problems. because

they do not use 1hem wi sely. One such s1udent. who will he ca lled "Robe rt" fo r the purposes of thi s article , has had a Master C:ird and aVi s:ifor a lillle more than a year. Robcrl said he lJ.~C~ hi s cards 10 pay fo r clo1hes, fo od. gas, CDs. jewe lry, video games and movies. He said he sometimes runs into problcms havingenoughmoncy 1o payoff 1he creditrnrd s bcc au scof1hc w:iy he uscs them Thoughhcbc licvcs heprobably wouldhavc been better off if he had wailed 10 get credit cards until he graduated. Roberl saicl ''I probably would spcndjus1 :is m4ch." Robcr1 's advice to studefl1 s contemplating credit cards was "Don' t get one." He s:iid if

s1uden1 s did gel :l card, they should use it wisely. Robert 's roommate. who will be referred lo as " Bill ." said he has not run into the same problems with credit cards as his friend. He said thi s is because he only uses them "for basic spending so I don·, have to carry around cash " Bill has two credit cards, a Visa and a Sam 's Club card. Hc saidhe has boughta camcra. a compu1er monitor and compu ter soft ware

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Ta., season will soon be here. and many students might nol have an ide::i what 10 do before the Apri l 15 deadline Students who are singleandmake more than $6,950 a year must fil e :l return, according to Randy Heusley. di strict manager of H & R Block . Married studen ts who make 5 12.500 combined or more must ::i lso fil e. Those who make less than these to1als need not fik a rclum Students who arc fil ing will need proof of all sources of income wi lh their W2 form or a 1099 . They also need proof of inh: rest. dividends and pri zes Scholarships arc 1101 \:L'<able for the most pan , but ii rc:i.ll y dcrcnds on the way a stude nt spe nds the money If students use 1he scholarshi p money 10 pay for books and tuition, its generally nol taxable income Howeve r. Heasley said scholarship money used for room and board mi ght be tax able income There arc also many 1ax ch:mgcs resulting from the Ta.'< Refonn Act of 1997 th:il people need to pay ,111c.mion 10 thisycar. ··A 101 (of new rules) go into effect 1hisyear :md arc being phased inncxt year," Hc:isley said. " I would recommend lhat everyone at least look al their laxes now" Two reforms called the Hope :ind Lifetime Leaming credits allow for some 1ax breaks fo r college students Each credit has a di ffe rent set of rules. For students to receive these credits. they must be able to prove they arc enrolled in college, so receipts oftuiti on andfees paid aswd l as

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Doctor legislation tabled Fender Bender: Officer A. Burchett and MSU students Matt Bryant (middle) ' and Alvin Hester inspect damage to Hester's car Tuesday afternoon in the Fain Fine Arts parking lot. The car accident was the 10th on campus since Jan. 1, according to MSU Police. Pho:a by Teanneffe Miller

DAVID GUNNELL

TheWichilan The Student Government Associa1ion is greeting the new semester wilh proposals lo prov ide expanded medical _servicc.s 10 MSU studenrs. possibly as soon as next fall.

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introduced a bill lhat would provide for a fu ll-1ime doctor 1o bc assigned to Midwestern Stale University. According to the bill. lhe doctor would be available from 8 a.m. 10 5 p.m. and would see patients on a walk-in basis. prescribe medication, perform routine and special ized examinations as well as minor medical procedures. and give medical

counseling. The addition would add a possible $ 12 to $ 15 student use fe e. independen t of the clinic fee already assessed. The feewoo ldprovide for the doctor's salary. retirement fund. FICA withholdings. malpracti ce insurance and required continuing education Currently. MSU has a doctor available on campus from only 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.onweekdays The cl inic current ly provides sometestingandminor medicalprocedures for s1Udents but in some cases must refer s1uden1s 10 other medical providers. "One or two trips. md someone's in serious financial trouble," Vice Pres ident of Student and Admini strative Scn•iccs Howard Farrell said The plan would greatly increase the range of scf\•iccs avnilable to

students. The possibliJity of allowing lhe children of nontraditional students access 10 the campus doctor was also discussed. The bill was 1abled forfurtherdiscussion atthe next meeting. Sen . Ryan Alexmdcr introduced a bill that would extend the ope rating hours of Moffett Library. The bill included two scparmc proposition s for the ex1ension Proposition A would keep Moffell open 24 hours a day from Sunday 1hrough Thursday and cxtt'nd Friday and Saturday hours 10 10 p.111 Propos ition B woulJ extend weekday hours from nudnight to 2 a.m. and extend weekend hours to !Op.m. a,1d kccp thclibraryopen 2-t hours n day two weeks before fi nal

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