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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 • Vol. 41, No. 2 • HCCEgalitarian.com Hazelwood ruling spoils tradition see News, Page 3
Measles debate forges strange alliances see Community, Page 4
Houston Dash seeks to improve in 2015 see Sports, page 8
HCC to move Missouri City campus New MoCity campus near city hall slated for 2017 Alyssa Foley
The Egalitarian Houston Community College’s Missouri City campus will move from its current location in Sienna Plantation to about 40 acres near the municipality’s city hall. With about 27,000 more square feet of space in the new facility, HCC officials the new campus should be able to host more than 150 percent of the current course offerings. It is unclear when classes will be moving, but currently the new location is a vacant lot. According to HCC Chief Facilities Officer Chuck Smith Monday, the proposed 75,000-square-foot building and other site improvements have a current budget estimate of $28.6
million. The new Missouri City campus is currently projected to open in January 2017. “Over the years residential development and multi-family housing have obscured the Sienna Plantation location and made it difficult for students to find us,” HCC Chancellor Cesar Maldonado said in a press release. “The new location is closer to Highway 90 and on Texas Parkway and will be much more convenient for students, faculty and staff.” The HCC Board of Trustees recently approved the $3.6 million purchase of 41 acres along Texas Parkway for the move. The new building will be financed by 2013 Capital Improvement Plan bonds. The projected cost see
Missouri City Move, Page 3
Image courtesy of HCC Houston Community College is planning to move its Missouri City campus from its current Sienna Plantation location to a nearly 40-acre area near the municipality’s city hall. HCC officials project a new 75,000-squarefoot facility for Missouri City to be open in January 2017.
Getting a refund? It depends Jimmieka Mills The Egalitarian
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Many students assume that federal income tax filing does not affect them and in some cases this is true. If you had no earned income and are a dependent of your parents, federal filing should not include you providing any documents of proof of income and taxes paid.
Students who have worked at any time during the year may be affected regardless of whether they are considered a dependent of a primary tax filer. This may be better understood with a definition of earned income. This includes any income a filer has received for work performed typically reported on a form W2. Students who worked during the year 2014 should receive a
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form W2 (some independent contracted workers will receive form 1099) with their total wages earned and taxes paid for the year. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has been around a long time – it was signed by President Ford and then expanded in the tax reform act by President see
Getting a Refund?, Page 3