University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 9, 1990
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Master Ki-June Park of Lawrence breaks two bricks.
Eric Montoomarv/KANRAN
Members of the Korean Student Association perform the traditional fan dance at the finale of Korean Night at Swarthout.
Annual Korean Night explores traditions in dance and music
By Bryce J. Tache Kansan staff writer
The man dressed in white screamed, flung his body forward and split two half-inch-thick wooden boards with his head. Seconds later, his foot shot upward and smashed through three more boards.
The martial arts demonstration was part of Saturday's eighth annual Korean Night, sponsored by the Korean Student Association of the University of Kansas.
About 150 people attended the event, which featured traditional Korean dance, music and martial arts.
"The there are so many people interested in Korea, its culture and people," said Rose Stone, Topeka senior and president of the association. "What we want to do is make people aware of those things. We want to bring part of Korea to KU."
Stone said the event usually was given in McCollum Hall's lobby. Last year, the
event was not staged because of a lack of funds.
"This year, our goal was to upgrade the whole event," Stone said. "We moved it to the larger Swartouth Reception hall and made it more exciting, making it more like a real theatrical event."
Stone said the turnout was larger this year than ever before.
"I am very pleased," she said. "People really appreciated it. I hope they had some
insights of Korean culture through the emotions portrayed in the music and dance."
Teresa Park, Overland Park graduate student, performed a solo dance that is believed to ward off evil spirits.
She also choreographed a traditional fan dance, in which nine women dressed in green silk and red satin danced with whirling paper fans. This is the sixth year Parks has participated in Korean Night.
"Every year, I train a new set of people," she said. "We practice every weekend for a month. It is very difficult but very rewarding."
Katrina Liberto, Bartlesville, Okla., senior, said the evening was fascinating.
"I came to see the Korean way of dancing," she said. "It was very hypnotizing. It was kind of a neat experience to see how another country explores the possibilities of dance and music."
Working foreign students not exempt from income tax requirements
By Curtis Knapp
Kansan staff writer
exempt." she said.
Everyone who works must have tax forms filed within a week, and employed foreign students are no exception.
Michele Kessler, staff attorney for Legal Services for Students, said foreign students who worked needed to fill out a non-resident form, which are available at the office of Foreign Student Services. The 112 Strong Hall.
"Just because you're a foreign student, that doesn't make you
The University of Kansas has 1,831 foreign students, about 800 of whom work on campus, said Clark Coan, director of foreign student services.
Foreign students who have applied for permanent residence in the United States or are married to U.S. citizens use the standard form for U.S. citizens, Kessler said.
She said foreign students used the same uniform tax standard as all students: Individuals who make less than $2,000 a year do not have to pay
taxes. The amount increases with inflation every year.
The amount of money earned, however, does not determine whether a form should be filled out. If you make any money has to fill out a form.
Forms must be mailed by midnight April 16. The law provides a penalty of 5 percent of the tax due for each month or part of a month that the return is late, unless the person filing can show reasonable cause for delay.
Kessler said foreign student servi-
'Just because you're a foreign student, that doesn't make you exempt.'
— Michele Kessler staff attorney for Legal Services for Student
cess had sponsored two spring workshops — one in February and one in March — where foreign students could get help in figuring out tax
problems.
Tatsuya Shimizu, Gifu, Japan,
junior, said he had attended a
workshop last year to learn what to do
with tax forms. He made $1,600
working in McColm Hall cafeteria
and the East Asian Library and
didn't have to pay taxes.
Shimizu said he didn't know anything about taxes before he went to the workshop.
Kessler said students also could get help from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, an organization that
helps students fill out their tax forms.
She said there was no uniform tax percentage for foreign students. Tax treaties between the United States and other countries govern the amount of taxes on earnings. The treaties make it possible for students from one country to pay less than students from another.
Kessler said the theory behind the treaties was to treat foreign students from one country the same as U.S. students would be treated in that country.
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