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by Lisa Pavadore
Vacation definitely was not long enough.
However, I was home long enough to
realize that Behrend has some aspects
worth noting. In fact, just as the world has
Seven Great Wonders, Behrend has at least
seven wonders of its own ...
...People actually stand in line to eat
Dobbin's food ...
...There is one shower with water
pressure, and that water is so cold ... there
are also six showers to 51 people ...
...Studying in the library is encouraged,
however, it's so noisy no one can get any
work done ...
...A complete lack of sun, due to rain,
snow, fog, etc....
State Of Union - Prelude To Showdown
By Justin Panson
Those of you who watched
President Reagan's third State of
the Union address can certainly
agree that the President lacks
nothing in the way of communica
tion skills. He is personal, charm
ing, and poised; but the substance
of this State of the Union address
is what really matters.
This year's speech, not unlike
any other, was laced with the
Financial Aid
Applications Ava
Applications for financial aid
for the 84-85 academic year are
now available in the Financial Aid
Office, 2nd floor Administration
Building. Students are urged to
file their applications by February
15, 1984 to assure consideration
for all aid programs. Listed below
are the applications required and
filing deadlines for both Penn
sylvania and Out-of-State
students. Questions concerning
the financial aid process may be
addressed at the Financial Aid Of
fice, or by consulting the financial
aid bulletin board located on the
2nd floor of the Reed Student
Union.
A. Pennsylvania State Residents
1. STATE GRANT-FEDERAL
GRANT APPLICATION
For the 1984-85 academic year,
PA undergraduate students
should complete the STATE
GRANT-FEDERAL GRANT
APPLICATION to be considered
not only for STATE and
FEDERAL AID, but also for
UNIVERSITY ADMINIS
TERED AID in conjunc
tion with the University FINAN
CIAL AID APPLICATION. To
be assured consideration for the
University administered aid, the
STATE GRANT-FEDERAL
GRANT application should be
submitted by FEBRUARY 15,
1984.
2. UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL
AID APPLICATION
This form must be filed in con
junction with the STATE
GRANT-FEDERAL GRANT ap
plication in order to be considered
for all types of University aid
(SEOG, NDSL, CWSP). The fil
ing deadline is APRIL 2, 1984.
3. UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC
SCHOLARSHIP APPLI
CATION
...There are approximately 320 phones
from which one can make local calls, and
there are approximately 15 phones from
which one can make collect, credit card,
person-to-person, and station-to-station
calls ...
...The. Drop-Add line the first day of
classes speaks for itself .
...Snow ... ice ... snow .
ice ... snow ...
These are just a few of the aspects of
Behrend that I cannot keep to myself
anymore. Welcome back, and remember,
there are only 25 more school days until
spring break.
usual patriotic rhetoric, which the
more cynical among us might call
"propaganda." In election years
these speeches also tend to be far
more political than usual, as talk
of bipartisan support resembles
nothing more than a superficially
polite dialogue between bitter
rivals.
So what did our President really
have to say? Well, he began by
tooting his own horn - claiming
victories, but not yet total vic-
table For 84-85
(3.0 GPA and above)
This application must be sub
mitted for academic scholarship
consideration by APRIL 2, 1984.
Students must also submit finan
cial information (through
STATE-FEDERAL application)
by FEBRUARY 15, 1984.
B. Out-of-State Students
1. FINANCIAL AID FORM
(FAF)
For the 1984-85 academic year,
out-of-state students must file the
FAF in order to be considered for_
FEDERAL AID, as well as
UNIVERSITY ADMINIS
TERED AID in conjunc
tion with the UNIVERSITY AID
APPLICATION. To assure con
sideration for the UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTERED AID, the
FAF, should be submitted by
FEBRUARY 15, 1984.
2. STATE AID
The following states allow their
aid to be used in Pennsylvania:
Connecticut, Delaware, District
of Columbia, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, and
Vermont. Students from these
states should file for aid by the
various deadline designated. Ap
plications are available in the
Financial Aid Office.
3. UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL
AID APPLICATION and
UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC
SCHOLARSHIP APPLI
CATIONS.
Applications and deadlines are
the same as for Pennsylvania
residents. Students must submit
financial information by using the
FAF by February 15, 1984.
IMPORTANT
The above applications should
be submitted as soon as possible.
Applications submitted after the
deadlines will be considered as
funds are available.
BEHREND COLLEGIAN
ice ... snow ...
tories in the economy. Compared
to 1980, I must say that a lot of
the figures we are receiving look
encouraging. Remember two
things though: Nothing lies like
statistics; and encouraging is a
highly relative term.
President Reagan went on to
announce a decade-long program
aimed at setting up a continuously
manned space station. This is a
very good idea, but I don't know
where the funds for such an
elaborate installation are going to
come from. Furthermore, it may
have been introduced at this time .
in order to keep peoples minds
from more pressing issues of the
day.
He sounded more objective
than ever in speaking of US-
Soviet relations. Even a special
LIAS System Introduced In Library
by Edward J. McCloskey
The conventional card catalog
system in the Behrend Library will
be slowly phased out with this
week's introduction of the LIAS
system. The LIAS system, short
for Library Information Access
System, will be located where the
browsing collection used to be
found. Two computer terminals
with access to every Penn State
holding will be within finger tip's
reach. In addition to books from
each campus library, LIAS will
supply the user with information
concerning all periodicals stored
at the Pattee Library.
Mary Sellen, head Librarian,
explained that the highest priority
for the LIAS system was to make
it user friendly: and the system is
just that. With a few basic com
mands, a student or faculty
member can locate the same infor
mation that would appear on a
conventional card -- subject,
author, title, and the like. With
LIAS though, the user does not
have to contend with cumbersome
drawers, jump from drawer to
drawer, or put up with similar
hassles. Also with LIAS the screen
will display whether or not the
desired text is available for
circulation.
The Behrend LIAS system will
have a command to list Behrend
only holdings as well as all Penn
State holdings. If the text is at
another campus the user simply
completes an Inter-Library Loan
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message was directed to the peo
ple of the Soviet Union (which
most of them will never hear)
declaring that "If the Soviet
Union doesn't want war, there
will be none." But then again, the
sad truth of the matter is that we
must also place this statement into
the category of abstract rhetoric.
Familiar positions on prayer in
the public schools, and defending
U.S. interests abroad were also
reaffirmed during the forty-five
minutes of pageantry. All in all,
the speech was predictable. While
no true pulse of this nation can be
taken, the State of the Union ad
dress not only represented a tradi
tional check, i.e. balance, between
branches of our government, it set
the tone for the upcoming
Presidential . campaign. With
form requesting the desired text or
periodical. Within ten days the
text usually arrives at Behrend for
an average one month circulation
period.
•The library staff will offer
training sessions on the proper use
of the LIAS at a variety of times
during the next week. Beginners
are also encouraged to ask the stu-
Tax Booklets Available
by Sharyn Phillips
• The end of January marks the
time for employees to think about
filing their income tax returns.
Persons filing for the first time or
wishing to use a different form
need the specific instruction
booklets and forms for their per
sonal use. These forms can be
found in the Library.
The Behrend Library has copies
of instruction booklets for 1040,
1040 A, 1040EZ forms, and other
publications such as the
employers tax guide, farmers tax
guide, tax information for direct
sellers, and tax payers' guide to
IRS information,' assistance and
publications.
In addition, there are three
workbooks: "Your Federal In
come Tax" for individuals; "Tax
Guide for Small Business" in
cluding income, excise, and
employment taxes for individuals,
Snow piles cover Behrend Campus.
FEBRUARY 2,1984
critical issues such as a tax in
crease, the cuts in defense-spen
ding hanging in the balance, it was
no accident that the economy was
President Reagan's first order of
business. The entire House
Chamber agreed when he said that
the deficit must be reduced; but he
also said that how this reduction is
undertaken "makes all the dif
ference." Accordingly, all the dif
ference will be made by the out
come of the election.
In a country where gracious
losers are consigned to writing
memoirs and playing in celebrity
golf tournaments - and the idea of a
democracy is carried out with
Wild, reckless, electrically colorful
abandon, it is safe to say that the
President has just about cast his
die - So let the showdown begin.
dent assistants and librarians for
help with LIAS.
An additional service provided
by the Behrend LIAS system is a
telephone hook-up device. For
those students and faculty
members who have personal com
puters equipped with a phone
modem, they
,can simply dial
899-LIAS for the user friendly
services of LIAS, 24 hours a day.
partnerships, and corporations;
and a "Selection of Tax Informa
tion Publications." '
Along with these booklets there
is a thee ring binder, "Reproduci
ble Federal Tax Forms for Use in
Libraries," containing copies of
all forms and schedules on glossy
paper that can be xeroxed and us
ed as part of the official return.
This binder contains 1040, 1040 A
and EZ, 1041 and all the addi
tional, schedules, estimated taxes,
partnership, corporation,
shareholder, employee business
expenses, sale of residence, multi
ple support, and many other
forms. They can all be
photocopied and used for filing
income taxes.
These booklets and forms are
on the New Book table for anyone
who wants to come into the
library, make copies, and file their
taxes before April 15.