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Volume 7 1, !llun,h c r 16
Thu ...day, February 11, 1993
'R e por ting Midwest ern S ta te Unive rsity Ne ws Since 1922"
gioy er, Justice enthrall audience I
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Reporter Black History Mon1h W8S
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Danny Glove, and actor/dlrecto, Fehx Jushce hf up the Fine Arts
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s,Iy kepi l h• audience en• thralled throughout the 40· mtnUl e performance His poliahed interpretations lelt 1he audience smiling Atthough exhausled lrom • day ol travel tMt began al 5 a m, Gk>vlf and Justice entertained many qUffloos from the audience ,~ ro wing lhe read• lngs. •1 owe my success tn part 10 the many others who have ushered !he way for me," Gk>var sakf
evening wu sponsored by lhe MSU Art1sH ecture Senes A slanding-room-only crowd I eagerly J1s1oned to every word I as Justice lransporled lhe audionce back 25 years k> Memphis, Tenn King's words were deliverl!d lo lho audience with such IntensIly lhat heads nodding sigreemanl could be Hen lhmughou1 the lhaater during lhe perfOfmancc Justice' s fa1lhlul rendering ol King's can tor non•v10lent re• sIstance and opposI!10n lo lhe Vietnam war visibly sltued lhe audience JuS11ce's talent alone could have packed the llouse, bul the evening had promised more. Anet Juslic1is perlonnance, he said ,ok1n9ly, "The next man 1s a performer you may have heard o f · The audience laughed as Glove( s familiar lace appeared lhrough the curtain
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Student taxes
Expected changes are minimal ly Charle• Cure Copy Editor As tax time approaches, nwny students aro beginning lo wonder what new surpnses l he lrll•mal Revenue Service mighl fta ve w aiting for them Fortunalely, most area 1a.w preparers Jald Iha! shldonls wiU nolice lrHle difference lrom lharr lw,g la$I year ol Rodger s . David Affordable Bookkoepmg and Tax Serv es at Market Square, Mid "Not a who le lol haa changed The I0,ms Ihal siudlnlt will be dealing wtfh a,e pretty basic· Rodgers also said. however, hi many peoplo are noticing lll'llhr refunds this yenr. Ot some concern to stu dints are !ho wide vanety ol ttrvices 8va1labte 10 help !hem " ~•ing lhoir returns and re • eeiving their re funds. These HMC:es include return prcpera• lion eleci ,on,c; Ming and refund
w,1 Jack Cross. who o ffers JnPltallOn and c/ecironic filing -.V,Ces. said, "Sl udenls need IO con!.tder how cornpl1ca! ed • torms wiU be and how much
Cross ag,eed w11h Rodgers !hat lhe forms are simple and said. "lh8 1nSlructions •re well wrinon and rhe form5 are ett~Y • Cross advised sl udent, lo complete their returns !hem• selves ,t they can H owever, Cross said, "Sludents fall mlo lhal special ca tegory where lhey make enough money 10 be taxed. buT !heymayormayn04bec la1med as a dependant Sludanls should gel with l hatt parents and discuss this· Cross also said 1h11 stu• denrs wrth mullip'8 Jobs should be careful t>ecauu often Iha income will put them In • higher lax bracke1 which lhe ,ndivdual businesses are no1 aware of Th,s can lead to 100 linle with· held income and smaller re• funds. Both Cross and Rodgers of· fer aJe<:tronic filing, a system in whN:h the cu stomer's tu return 15 senl electronically directly lo lhe IRS. Any rel u nd s due Iha customer are also processed eleclronically '" Ih8 form of di• reel deJ>OSlt 10 a bank account Cross said lhal Ih is can dt'a· maI1Cally decrease 11rne spent
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'tnnight at 7:05 the TE XANS will host lh_e Port Wayne Fury al the D.L. Ligon Collseum. Get $ 1 off any ticket with an MSU 1.D. Com.: out and help show MidwcSfern spirit!
wail ing fo r rolunds. in some caMS droppng the hme lo three to lour weeks "An ind1vldual must have a checking accounl lor lhe d1reci dopos,I method W1thou1 it. !here's still paper lo be PfO· cessed, and the melhod really isn' t lh.fll much faster," Cross said. Cost vanes, but Cross thetgesaf1a1feeol$3S forelec· tronc fifing Rodgers Utd !hat an 1nd1• v1dual's re fund mus! be bel wten $300 and $3,000 l o qu,ltty for his e5ectrooic r~ing CrOff also suggested lhnt , tuctents UM paper p,ocau1ng to !hair a dv1nI1ge' by f1l1ng normalty if they axpec1 to not re• ceive a refund. Another service offered by some businesses 1s II loen guaranlaed by Iha customer's pre• dieted refund This offers some advantages, but also some problems Th e overall cost of refund loans can be extraordinarily high. Cross said He said lhal customers pay tor lhe loan pay interest and sometimes find themselv es In lrouble when the
clear Iha! !he audHtnCe wa s delighted and ch&rmed by """ J>ef·
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TheaIer wilh the words of Martin Lulher Kmg, Jr and poel laura-ate Langslon Hughes The
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When asked abolJt his aC1• ing career, Glover said, "Ael ing is a small part of my life The most sigrwfieanl port of my hfe Is being a fal har and talking lo young people.· Glover said. ·Hughes' poetry reunites ma with my lhoughls and dreams.• He said as an Afncan-American aC1or, he Is constantly frying 10 figure oul his relaI10nsh1p lo the movie In• dustry After spending at leas! 20 minul es fielding queslions. Glover and Justice pallently signed aulographs and posed lor pIclures as eager fa ns pressed against !hem
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A ha owilg job
These orker~ re gearing up for a nother dusty day of disking while constructing an ISU prking lot. Tlus new 120-spoce lot, locau.d between !he Catholic Crunp, Cent< and the Church or Chnst Student Center , is slated to be complet.ed May~.