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V PAGE 21 - PI. A IN DEALER - WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25. If78 Television And Video-Taping Important Part Of Learning Controlling the television pictures transmitted to various MCC classrooms and recorded on video tape is one part of the job of Joe Cornelia, MCC's audiovisual electronics coordinator. MCC instructors are increasingly using the television and videotaping facilities at the college to augment their classwork. Television and video-taping equipment are becoming an important part of learning at McHenry County college. For speech students video- equipment means not only a chance to work before a microphone and a camera, but the invaluable opportunity to see yourself speaking on a replay of the video tape. For students in several agriculture courses the video system at the college means lectures by experts in everything from pesticides to livestock production can be used for several semesters even though the speakers could only come to MCC once. The system also means that shows from educational television stations can be videotaped and later shown to MCC classes if the program isn't on the air during normal class hours. But those are just the beginnings of uses for the system at the college which has only recently been coordinated to meet varied needs at MCC. A part of the college's Resource center " (ntimjgU the audio-visual nt recently held a workshop for MCC instructors to acquaint them with the equipment and its uses in the classroom. Joe Cornelia, MCC's audio­ visual electronics coordinator, told the instructors that there are TV outlets in every classroom at the new MCC campus. Cornelia explains that the two color television cameras and two black-and-white television cameras can be set up in the studio area with lighting and use of a control console to approximate a television studio, and then everything from group discussions to guest lectures to theatrical plays can be preserved on videotape. The equipment can also be made portable, and one such use recently was to take the equipment along on a field trip agriculture students took to a cattle breeding facility in Bull Valley. In the future students can watch the video tape of the cattle judging before they take similar trips, Cornelia explains. Other uses the MCC in­ structors may find for the equipment include recording demonstrations for a laboratory activity, recording group discussions for later analysis, recording " in­ structions for students who work on an individual basis, or recording lectures held away from the MCC campus to be shown to classes. Already instructors have used the equipment to record a dramatic presentation by Northwestern University students held in the MCC union, to record segments of the junior high school mini-courses conducted each spring at MCC, and to record former Governor Dan Walker's speech to MCC journalism students. Cornelia explains that the console setup enables MCC technicians to control the picture ' and sound on any receiving television set in the building. They can superim­ pose one image on another, add written instructions to a pic- toral image, split the screen, or actually compose program as they are being recorded, he said. The LRC has the capabilites for an individual student to watch a recorded or live program on a small TV screen and to hear the audio portion over earphones in the same room where other students are reading or studying. Cornelia said the college is also beginning to share ideas on the use of video equiprpent with other schools in the county. A one-day seminar to share in­ formation was held Jan. 19 at the college, he said. I TAX FACTS | TAX RESPONSIBILITY You can't pass the buck when it comes to responsibility for your own state income tax return, according to officials of the Illinois Department of Revenue. ' "Illinois law makes the taxpayer alone responsible for his or her tax return,", said Gary V. Ey, manager of the department's income tax' processing division. "That means the taxpayer is responsible for any errors or pmissions on the return, and he's the one who'd have to pay any interest or penalties that may result." Ey called most tax preparers "honest and competent professionals who perform a valuable service. They won't mind if you ask about their qualifications or fee schedule in advance." Ey advised taxpayers to be suspicious of any tax preparer who: -Promises a large refund or uses his address for any refund due. -Refuses to sign the return as the preparer. A preparer is required to sign along with the filer. -Requires a percentage of the refund. -Asks the taxpayer to sign a blank or incomplete return or a return made out in pencil. Taxpayers who suspect improper activities by a preparer should contact the revenue department's Investigation division in Chicago at 312 793-3101. Information and assistance are available free of charge by calling the Department of Revenue at 941-2150 in Cook County or 1-600-252-8972, a toll- free number, elsewhere in Illinois. A Different Matter Said the visitor to the office manager. "That new clerk of yours seems a hard worker." "Yes, sighed the manager. "That's why we're letting him go" •'What--for working hartlt" "No--for seeming to." V r Q DARKENS FOR SPORTI •HOUSE s CRYSTAL POINT MALL CRYSTAL LAKE 815/455-1140 202 S. COOK BARRINGTON 312/381-0257 S * V I T H E M C C W A Y • S A V E T H E M C C W A Y * S A V E T H E £ JIWBL MERCHANDISE CLEARANCE CENTER Rt 14 A DIVISION OF JEWEL DIRECT MARKETING i tOI . \ irginia Si . CRYSTAL LAKE ®815'455 0333 * Mon Tues 9 a m 5 p m * Wed.. Thurv Fn-3 a.m J p.m. Sat 9 a m 5 p m Sun 10 a m 5 p m MCC L WE'RE EASY TO FIND! SALE DAYS WED , IAN. 25 THRU TUES., JAN. 31 - WHILE QUANTITIES LAST - THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER AND FOR itfOST STORES BUSINESS IS SLOW. HERE AT JEWEL MCC WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY. OUR WINTER CATALOG IS COMING TO A CLOSE WHICH MEANS TRUCKLOADS OF OVERSTOCKS, RETURNS, AND DISCONTINUED MERCHANDISE CROWDING OUR SHELVES. TO MAKE ROOM WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL SALE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, A GIANT A it, i OUR DISCOUNT PRICE EVERY ITEM IN THE STORE (EXCEPT SOCKS & UNDERWEAR) IS ON SALE. MANY NEW AR­ RIVALS. SAVE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. BOY'S i WINTER COATS TM Reversible POLARGARD JACKET Puff stitch downlook. Reverses NAVY to ORANGE. Sizes 3,4,5,6,7 MCC REG. $13.19 Reversible POLARGARD™' DOWN LOOK JACKET Dries faster, keeps soft longer than down. Sizes 8-18. MCC REG. $16.19 These Jakcets are priced at savings of over 40%, so they are not included in above 40% Sale. "LOOK FOR UNADVERTISED IN-STORE SPECIALS" S A V E T H E M C C W A Y • S A V E T H E M C C W A Y * S A V E T H t S