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International
Finance and
Economics
Program
By Alaine Murphy
Staff Writer
amurphy4@my.westga.edu
For the last seventeen
summers, thedepartment of
accounting and finance has
taken UWG undergraduate
students to New York
and London for academic
study. This summer will
be no different. A group of
twenty students will spend
two weeks in Carrollton,
one week in New York,
and three weeks in
London, earning a total
of nine credit hours. The
time spent in Carrollton
is primarily composed
of classroom work while
the remaining four weeks
are interactive, immersed
in a veritable plethora of
business communities.
Students visit
Carrollton’s United
Community Bank,
Southwire, and the Atlanta
Federal Reserve. While
up north and abroad, they
tour the NYMEX, the
Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, the British
Parliament, Lloyd’s of
London, as well as the
Bank of England -and this
is just a tip of the iceberg.
The program offers
a worldly perspective
of the business milieu
and ultimately broadens
horizons. Dr. Ronald Best,
director of this exceptional
program, remarked that
the curriculum offers “a
world beyond Carrollton
and a world beyond what
the classroom can give.”
For more information,
visit http:/Avww.westga.
edu/~accfin/internat .htm.
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Melanie Medlin(left), a Real Estate Major, Justin Wilson(center), a Political Science
major, and Melanee Blumberg(right), an MIS major attend the 2007 Job Fair. Wilson
came to the event to get direction for a specific peak of interest in the job field.
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Student Development
guides students on love
By Tracy Ammons
Staff Writer
tatnmons 1 @my.westga .edu
That infamous four letter
word can make our hearts fill
with glee or shatter with pain.
It can make us smile ear-to
ear. or it can make us pull our
hair out. Love—we’ve all
been there, and sometimes we
just need some guidance.
TheUWGStudentDevelopment
Center brought guidance
to students Monday night,
Feb. 12 in Bonner Lecture
Hall with a program, “When
Love Goes Right: A Guide to
Healthy Relationships.” The
program was presented by
counselors Donjanea Fletcher
and Corey Hindeman, and
a full, lively crowd of love
hungry students attended.
Fletcher explained the
difference between love
and infatuation. “Here's the
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UWG and the city address
parking on campus
By Stephanie Paul
Staff Writer
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As of today, the
University of West
Georgia only has 4,630
parking places on campus
for the 10,000 students
who attend. Parking is a
huge issue at UWG and
the city of Carrollton, as
well as the University,
has become very aware
of this. Last summer,
acting President Tim
Hynes asked Assistant
Vice President of Campus
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you’re infatuated: feeling that
you’re incomplete when that
person is not around, having
problems concentrating,
feeling an intense rush when
that person is around you...
focusing mainly on attraction
rather than other qualities, ;uid
also focusing on sex.”
But love, on the other
hand, is quite different.
Fletcher said that love is
centered on three core
components: acceptance,
appreciation, ;utd wanting
the other person to feel good.
All self interests aside, love is
expressed through giving time
and attention to one another,
physical closeness, and being
thoughtful.
Though love and
infatuation have their
differences, they tire both
interconnected. “Infatuation is
not bad," Fletcher explained,
"It's usually the first step into a
relationship. You can’t love the
Planning and Facilities,
Mike Renfrow to address
the issue of parking
and transportation. A
Town Hall meeting on
Monday discussed the
plans that are currently
in effect for parking and
transportation.
The city of Carrollton
has donated land to UWG
in order to build a very
large commuter parking
lot about 100 yards from
campus, down Lovvorn
Road past the Grove
Apartments. A $1.7
million bridge and road
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person initially when you first
see them—you’re probably
attracted to them because you
think they kx>k nice, or there’s
something about them that
attracts you.”
But when infatuation
ends, one of two things
happens. It can turn into a
romantic relationship, or it
can dissolve when the couple
realizes they were previously
disillusioned.
If it does turn into
a romantic relationship,
there are three foundations
to maintaining it. Hindeman
presented these three key
foundations: honesty,
communication, and trust.
Hindeman said that
honesty with oneself is most
important. “Ask yourself
what do 1 want out of this
relationship? Why am 1
attracted to this person?
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project is in effect with
proposed non-stop shuttles
to transport people from
the parking lot to campus.
“This is an incremental
plan dealing with growth”
said Renfrow. In the long
range plan for UWG,
20,()()() to 30,000 students
will attend UWG.
The Brookwood
apartment complex off of
Brumbelow Road is now
property of UWG and
when torn down, will be
converted into a parking
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Career Services to host Business
Etiquette Dinner
By Lauren Kania
Staff Writer
wug24 @yahoo .com
Your mother always told
you not to slouch and finish all
the food on your plate. Well,
your mother was right, but
chances are that she doesn’t
know all the proper manners
in a business dinner setting,
skills that are necessary and
vital for any student entering
the working world. In order
to further prepare you for
your future, Career Services
is hosting its fifth annual
Business Etiquette Dinner.
The event will be held
on March 6 at 5 pjri. in
the Z-6 Hubbard Dining
Room. Enterprise Rent-A-
Car sponsors the event and
the cost to attend will be $5.
Students must sign up for
the event in Career Services
by March 1. The Business
Etiquette Dinner is focused
on teaching students proper
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By Larry Peel
News Editor
larry@ioncinema .com
ITie Internal Revenue Service has recently announced
an additional refund that can be utilized by students, student
organizations, businesses and non-profit organizations. Any
person, organization or company that had a land based or
cellular telephone with long-distance capability, without the
need to collect old telephone bills, can claim the deductions,
which range from S3O-S6O.
"In general, anyone who paid the long-distance telephone
tax will get the refund on their 2006 federal income tax return.”
said IRS Spokesman Mark Green . This includes individuals,
businesses aid nonprofit organizations. The 2(X)6 return is
usually filed during 2007.
The standard amounts are based on the total number of
exemptions claimed on the 2(X)6 federal income tax return. 'Hie
standard amounts are S3O for a person filing a return with one
exemption, S4O for two exemptions, SSO for three exemptions
aid S6O for four or more exemptions. For example, a married
couple filing a joint return with two dependent children (for
a total of four exemptions) will be eligible for the maximum
standard amount of S6O. Individual taxpayers need not fill out
any additional forms, simply a single extra line of their staidard
1040. 1040Aor 1040EZ.
“The easiest way for eligible taxpayers to get their money
back is to use the staidard amounts,” said IRS Commissioner
Mark W. Everson. “These amounts save taxpayers from
locating 41 months of old phone bills and analyzing these bills
to determine the taxes paid. We believe the standard amounts
are both reasonable and fair.”
Individual taxpayers can only claim the standard
deduction; however, the IRS has created a simple formula
for businesses and organizations to also take advantage of the
tax break. For businesses and organizations of less than 250
persons - which covers 99 f 7r of all such groups in the U.S. - the
deduction allow s for a cap of 2% of total telephone expenses
in the 41 months, from March 2003 to July 2006. Businesses
and organizations need to complete form 8913 aid complete
the formula provided with that document in order to receive the
deduction.
The tax refund comes following the discovery in 2(X)6 that
the tax, originally instituted to pay the cost of infrastructure for
long distance telephone lines and relay stations, had exceeded
its fiscal goal and should have ended in 2003.
In addition to the Telephone Tax refund, the IRS has
announced that students and parents may also claim a portion
of tuition expenses as a deduction from their 2006 taxes, even
social dining skills that will
give them the advantage in
many situations.
The night will begin
with lessons on hor’deurves.
Students will be taught how
to hold their plate, cup and
napkin in one hand, while
shaking the hand of someone
else at the same time. Then,
students will learn how
to introduce themselves
and others the proper way.
After introductions, each
attendee will be seated at a
table with a guest. The guest
could be someone such as a
professor, faculty member or
community member. After
the students and guests have
been introduced, they will
be taught the proper way to
perform a toast.
The Business Etiquette
Dinner consists of a four
course meal. The attendees
will begin with soup, then
salad, meat and rice and desert.
Throughout the meal, Audrey
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Baird, assistant director for
Student Employment will
guide the group through each
course, teaching them the
proper utensils to use, where
to place them and how to
properly eat different kinds
of food.
“It is important for
students to know proper
table manners especially in
an interview situation," Mrs.
Baird explained. This dinner
is also important for students
because many business
interactions occur over food.
Students who attend will
learn the differences in table
manners between United
States and overseas. Customs
in the US are different that
those of Europe and it would
be beneficial for any student
to know these differences for
the future.
For more information
about this event or other
events hosted by Career
Services, call 678-839-6431.