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DEADLINE APPROACHES — With the April 15 deadline approaching
for tax returns, students in need of assistance can attend the next
workshop, April 7. Counselors will be present to assist in the completion of
both federal and State returns. —Courier photos by Lynn Shepodd
ASB Advisers Have Varied
Responsibilities on Campus
Student government faculty advisers
have many varied tasks which are
included in their job. According to
Alvar L. Kauti, dean of student ac¬
tivities, some of these tasks include
helping to facilitate various functions
of the two branches of government,
helping and supervising campus pro¬
jects and offering advice on some
aspects of government.
ASB adviser Jennifer McKinney is
involved with the child development
advisory committee, the blood drive
committee, and several ad hock com¬
mittees. “It provides a learning ex¬
perience for me as well as the stu¬
dents.”
Kauti works with the parking, stu¬
dent personnel, bookstore, and food
services committees in addition to
being the adviser to the Student Senate.
Kauti said that in addition to advis¬
ing the student government, he and
McKinney also fill in for other club
advisers if they can’t attend a meeting
or club-sponsored social event.
During government of club activities
which are open to the campus, both
Kauti and McKinney participate by
working in the event, helping with the
planning and facilitating of the event,
and cleaning up afterwards. “I couldn’t
believe the amount of work that he
(Kauti) and I did during homecoming,”
said McKinney. “It was fun though.”
“We’re here to provide a learning
experience for the students,” said
Kauti. “Why do you need an instructor
or coach? It’s for the learning and the
experience the teacher can provide.
It’s the same thing with the student
government.” —Doug Brown
Kelly, Blair Reinstalled
Student Body Offices
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By Gia Mancini
Associate News Editor
Students searching for a direction or
a focal point in finding the right field of
study will probably make many false
starts and come upon many dead-ends
before they actually discover some¬
thing they value enough to pursue as a
life-long goal. There is a service on
campus called SIGI for short, and this
system of guidance may just very well
be the ideal starting point for many
students who need to get values and
priorities into focus.
SIGI is short for System of Interac¬
tive Guidance and Information, and it
is located in D200. PCC was one of the
five schools chosen out of the entire
country to test SIGI in 1975. In 1976.it
was made available to students, and
SIGI attempts to help them in a wide
range of Career choices. It takes two,
two-hour-long sessions to complete the
SIGI process.
This computer does not tell a student
what to do, but helps to guide and
organize what a student basically
wants out of a chosen career, according
to Mrs. Pierson, the information and
orientation coordinator of SIGI. The
services are all free and only available
to students enrolled at PCC. It also acts
as a step-by-step procedure in the
general career decision making proc¬
ess. A magical answer will not appear
on SIGI’s screen, telling a student what
career to take. It relates information
from SIGI files and stores the student’s
responses asked by the system. It only
makes the student more aware and
freer to make better decisions about
career choices because more informa¬
tion is at hand and ready to be looked-
up.
A student will not receive good re¬
sults from a session with SIGI unless
the information provided to the system
is honest and accurate. Of course, SIGI
is not the only source to consider when
attempting to make a career decision.
There are many other sources to con¬
sider, such as counselors, vocational
testing and career lectures, but it is a
valid starting point in a student’s
search.
All it takes to start on a session with
SIGI is a phone call to 578-7496 for an
appointment, and a few directions
before a student begins. No previous
experience with computers is neces¬
sary. The computer simply lights
messages on the screen instructing
what action to take next, and the
student complies, moving along as if
conversing with the computer. Much of
the information printed on the screen is
important for further reference, so the
computer will print certain informa¬
tion if desired, leaving a tangible re¬
cord of information to work with and
consult at a later date.
SIGI is divided into six different
topics, values, locate, compare, predic¬
tion, planning, and strategy. Each of
these systems proceed in order and
must be entirely completed before
going on to the next. When all six
systems have been completed, the stu¬
dent may go back to any system he
wishes, as many times as he likes. If a
student makes a mistake on the com¬
puter, it is easy to erase and continue
on. It is important to stress that SIGI is
not a test with grades that can hurt a
student in any way. There are no right
or wrong answers, only questions to be
answered in the best way possible. The
only thing the student has to do is push
buttons representing honestly his val¬
ues and hoped for goals.
The introduction of SIGI basically
teaches the student the concepts and
uses of the topics to come. SIGI asks
what help the student needs and how he
stands in his career decision making.
The next sections, values, examines
10 values such as high income, secur¬
ity, interest field, prestige and the
importance the student gives each one.
SIGI basically wants to know what
satisfactions a student wants in an
occupation and what values he is will¬
ing to give up in order to achieve them.
Advancing technology has con¬
tributed to many fields, including
education. The computer system of
SIGI could be a major stepping-stone in
search for a satisfying career. Since it
is free, SIGI is an ideal service to take
advantage of, even if a student has to
come back and use it more than once.
It’s hard to find direction, but the good,
solid information received from SIGI
can’t hurt.
SUN AND FUN — The mirror pools provide a
perfect place for a little rest and relaxation.
Guitarists often entertain students as they stroll by
The grassy area around the pools is an excellent
place for a frisbee game or just a comfortable place
for a nap. — Courier photo by Bob Gano
Counselors Assist Students With Tax Forms
By Doug Brown
Staff Writer
Paul Kelly and Brian Blair were
reinstated in their positions of ASB vice
president and AMS president respec¬
tively, according to Dr. Henry P. Kirk,
vice president for student personnel
services, and Alvar L. Kauti, dean of
student activities.
The ASB constitution states that in
order to run for office, a candidate
must have IOV2 units during the
semester candidacy. “We decided that
the constitution means what it says,”
said Kirk. “Kelly and Blair were quali¬
fied when they ran. The constitution
probably needs amending.”
“We wanted a neutral third party to
make this decision,” said Kauti. “But
because there was no third party, the
decision had to be made by us (Kauti
and Kirk).”
Blair thought that it was very unnec¬
essary to undergo this “tedious proc¬
ess.” “If the administration did its
homework and read the constitution
then this wouldn’t have happened.”
“The administration finally realized
that the Supreme Council decision was
the final decision,” said Kelly. “It
doesn’t say in the constitution that they
can alter a Supreme Council decision.”
During this entire decision making
process, there was some question as to
whether or not Kelly and Blair followed
the due process clause in the consti
tion. This states that a written requs .
must be presented to Dr. Kirk for a
review committee hearing. However,
Kauti said that he failed to see a
section which stated that the ASB
government was not subject to due
process. Kirk thought it best that he,
Kelly, and Blair talk about their quali¬
fications. “No part of due process was
violated during the entire decision
making process.”
“The ASB can’t follow due process,”
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said Blair. “If the adminsitration fol¬
lowed the handbook, this would never
have happened.”
Both Kelly and Blair have not of¬
ficially been in office for the past four
weeks. However, Kirk said, the ASB is
“still on target, and still has time to
accomplish all their goals.”
“This loss of time had held us back
on some of our projects,” said Kelly.
“However I kept working on my pro¬
jects during the time the decisions
were being made. I don’t think my
absence affected the voting on the ASB
board.”
“I still have my plans and goals,”
said Blair. “I will still try to go through
with them, but they will now take more
time.”
“We should never have been re-
By Renee Pelletier
Staff Writer
With the deadline for filing tax re¬
turns only two weeks away, students
can take advantage of a tax workshop
being sponsored by the ASB. The final
workshop will be held on April 7 in the
Campus Center board room, at 7 p.m.
Student Jackie Burhans decided to
file taxes on her own for the first time
instead of paying a professional for the
service. Burhans was aware that the
new experience could be “intimidat¬
ing” so she sought out the advice the
workshop provides and considered it
helpful.
Bruce Bates, a former tax prepara¬
tion teacher at PCC and instructor for
the workshop, gave students informa¬
tion on how to properly file their
income tax returns, and then worked
with each person individually.
Although Bates reviewed the 1040
long form, he said that most students
use the 1040A short form because
they’re in a “simple situation.” The
situation he referred to is one in which
a student’s entire income comes from
wages, salaries, tips, interest,
dividends, and unemployment com¬
pensation.
Most students have no need to
itemize deductions which would re¬
quire the 1040 form. Bates said “that
students don’t usually get a lot from
itemizing,” but someone who possibly
owns a home, has large income ex¬
penses, large charitable expenses, or
major medical expenses, should
itemize deductions.
Bates said, that one area of the tax
form that many people have questions
about is the filing status. Many stu¬
dents who are married are uncertain
whether they should file joint or sepa¬
rate returns.
A couple is still able to file a joint
return even if one person had no in¬
come or deductions. A lower rate of tax
is used in a joint return so the tax may
be lower, however, Bates advised that
the couple figure the tax both ways to
ensure which way would give the lower
tax.
Where interest and dividends are
moved from office. Any question about
qualifications should have been de¬
termined before the election,” said
Kelly. “The PCC adminsitration does
not have the power to decide how the
ASB will function. It doesn’t say any¬
where in the constitution that they can
do this.”
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as a single could exclude up to $200 of
their interest income, while a couple
filing a joint return could exclude up te
$400. By law, if you earn above these
amounts you must pay income tax over
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If you are a full-time student and you
work only part time and during the
summer, you should claim the exempt
status on your form W-4. According to
Bates, if this is done your employer
will not withhold income tax and you
will have to file a return only if you had
other income tax withheld and want a
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