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Forester service File income ta By David Corvette Staff Wrlt.r The income tax filing deadline is approaching fast, and students who held jobs last year should begin filling out 1980 tax returns now, said Loretta Pinion of the Internal Revenue Service. "Those getting refunds should file as early as possible," Pinion said, "because if they wait until we get tons of returns, it will take longer." Processing a return usually takes three to four weeks, but waiting until March or April to file can delay a refund thi ee or four weeks more, she said. "JANUARY or February is the time to file," Pinion said. Anyone who made less than $3,400 in 1980 is eligible for a full refund, she said. But students who are claimed as deductions on their own tax returns and on their parents' returns must pay taxes on any unearned income such as stock dividends. To be classified as a student by the IRS, an individual must attend school five months out of the year, she said. ? 1 T _ ? i i 1 w art watcmng i By Valerie C. Washington Staff Writer Enfergy conservation by students could decrease USC residence halls' rising utility bills and eventually help hold aown me cost ot dorm living, according to Carolina Watt Watcher campaign officials. The Watt Watcher campaign, devised by students and residence hall staff members, is aimed at encouraging wise energy use in the dorms, said Cynthia Forrest, director of Resident Student Development. FORREST SAID high energy costs are passed on to students in higher housing bills, making it worthwhile for students to conserve energy. USC residence hall utility bills have risen from $1.6 million in fiscal 1979-80 to an estimated $2 million for fiscal 1980-81, according to Richard Wertz, Residential Life Services vice president. Next year Wertz expects utility bills to increase $200,000 if current trends continue. That increase could be avoided if students conserve pnprtju WprtT CniH IT 1 nr>fripnl nnr>niml fnr ?V7 /vf y ft Vt UUIU, &J1VVVA 1VU1 VVUiO UWV/UlIt iUl L ? p^l V.CI11 U1 housing's total budget. RESIDENTIAL Life Services has been developing the Watt Watchers campaign in cooperation with the Governor's Division of Energy Resources. Planning for the program began last September, but staff members just began Greenstreet's Presents T Ill Atco Recording Artist: III Urn Presently one of the hottest Midwest. Their current single Loi You is now listed in Billboard's country rock at its finest! w< listening experience you won't only $2.50 Hot Dogs 25C Free popcorn Happy Hour 10:00 til Close Thu?Sat. "Wild Accus; Funkifyed r & r Reggae iv rptiirns park; STUDENT WORKERS who didn't pay any taxes last year and who do not expect to pay any this year can file a W-4E form with their employers. The W-4E form prevents an employer from withholding federal taxes from an employee's paycheck and eliminates the employee's obligation to file a tax return. The 1040A short form is designed to simplify filing for parttime workers, according to Pinion. "In fact, the IRS will even compute your taxes for you if you fill out the identification and exemptions claimed part of the form and attach your W-2 statements," she said. PINION SUGGESTS that students use the printed label attached to the tax form when filing so the IRS will receive correct and up-to-date identification information. She also advises students to check their mathematical calculations for errors and to be sure they are using the A. A. i_l_l _ correct tax laDie. The filing deadline is midnight April 15. Penalities will be assessed for delinquent returns, Pinion said. may cut costs promoting the campaign in February. Martin Gilchrist, assistant director of Auxiliary Services for Administration,said several major universities including Stanford University and the University of Florida, have had successful programs similar to Watt Watchers, but the concept is new to USC. "Other schools have had good responses, so there's reason for us to be hopeful," Gilchrist said. TO ENCOURAGE conservation, residence hall staff members are decorating dorms with posters promoting energy conservation. Also, Residential Life Services is studying the possibility of offering housing cost rebates to students in dorms that savp larcrp amnnntQ nf pn<?rou Lisa McCalla, public relations director for the Governor's Division of Energy, said, "The energy division works through programs such as Watt Watchers to help the public learn more about saving energy." USC housing officials also have worked with South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., USC Physical Plant Services and the Department of Energy in Oakridge, Tenn. "Energy is a problem at any school with on-campus housing because students are using more energy-consuming aDDliances." McCalla said Thp Wat? ore nomrvoirtn ? . , ? ? ? ?? V.?? ?? M VVUV1 U VU4 upuigll should increase students' awareness of how energy consumption can affect housing fees, she said. bst: I lit onight 1 1 M I /i itov. Ap? r ?tua groups in the on rig Time Loving 1 fnn inn Uo^r1 B m ?f tWK IW. I IVUI 3 guarantee a : forget! Cover Jq, List of con ations" are availat merit Office ]z ^ ?f /outh coroJioo^fJ summer Orientation Assistants Wanted Do you want to have a fun and excitina iob meerina people...while getting paid? You can by representing the university as an orientation Assistant during the Summer New Student Program. Applications are now available in the Orientation j Office, west Wing Russell House. Only sincere students interested in helping new freshmen adjust to the university need apply. 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