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STATE AND LOCAL
One Wheelers
find unicycles
fast, versatile
By RICKY TELG
Reporter
What has 1 1 wheels, 22 legs and
gets to class faster than those who
walk? The TAMU One Wheelers.
The One Wheelers is a University-
recognized organization consisting
of students promoting the virtues of
the unicycle.
Though the unicycle was once
used mainly by clowns in circuses, it
is not viewed as a comedy prop by
the group’s 1 1 members. In fact,
they can use that one-wheeled piece
of machinery to ride rings around its
two-wheeled cousin.
Club President Paul Schliesing
said he’s been riding unicycles for
about 10 years and during that time,
he has heard many remarks about
his transportation.
“The most common reaction is
‘What happened to the other
wheel?”’ Sen liesing said. “Those who
are concerned about my safety or
their own say ‘Don’t fall.’”
Balance and coordination are the
keys to staying on a unicycle, Schlies
ing said.
“It’s just like learning to walk,” he
said. “Anyone with patience can
learn to ride a unicycle in about 2
weeks.”
The best way to learn, he said, is
for the rider to find a place where he
can use his arms to brace himself to
get a feel for the unicycle. Schliesing
said he suggested using a narrow
hallway or two parked cars to get
started.
Once the rider learns to ride, he
can ride it almost anyplace, Schleis-
ing said.
“On campus, it’s easier to ride
than a bike because it’s more maneu
verable, and it’s a lot faster than
walking,” he said.
However, Schliesing and the
other club members don’t limit their
activities to riding to class.
Some club members can ride the
cycle backward. Others can ride with
one foot, and others hop, juggle and
spin a full 360 degrees.
Despite their simple design, uni
cycles are not cheap. A new cycle,
depending on the brand, can cost
between §>8() and $190. The usual
rule is, the taller the unicycle, the
higher the price.
Because of its few movable parts
and small size, a unicycle is easy to
maintain and store, Schleising said.
It doesn’t take up much room inside
and can be carried from place to
place easily.
Another bonus, Schliesing said - , is
that riding a unicycle also is good
exercise.
“Your legs are moving all the
time,” Schliesing said. “You can’t
stop moving your feet unless you
want to get off of the unicycle.”
The unicycle, however, does have
its disadvantages, he said. A unicycle
cannot go as fast as a bike, which
makes rides long and hard for the
unicyclist.
But that didn’t stop the One
Wheelers from riding from Nava-
sota to College Station this fall. The
club sponsored the ride to raise
money for the Village of Hope fund
on campus. Every Christmas, the
club also rides in the Bryan-College
Station Holiday Parade. This semes
ter, the unicycle club plans to put on
demonstrations for elementary
school students in the local area.
The One Wheelers meets every
Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Grove.
“Anyone is welcome to come,”
Schliesing said. “We’ll teach you to
ride if you don’t know how.”
IRS sponsors tax
workshop in Bryan
By DOUG HALL
Reporter
The old sayings goes, “You can al
ways count on two things in life:
death and taxes.” But even though
the former is inevitable there may be
a way to keep you and the taxman
happy.
An open tax workshop on small
businesses will be sponsored by the
Internal Revenue Service on Feb.
12, at 6 p.m.
IRS taxpayer service specialist
Janet Patterson said the workshop is
directed toward people who recently
began a business or are contemplat
ing getting into business.
The workshop, which will be at
the Bryan Public Library at 201 E.
26th St., is open to anyone inter
ested. The workshop is free of
charge and pre-registration is not
necessary.
I opics for the three-hour
workshop include:
• keeping adequate records
• identifying sole propri
etorships, partnerships and corpora
tions
• determining net profit or loss
for the business
• reviewing of the federal tax de
posit requirements and how the IRS
functions relate to the business tax
payer.
Patterson said one feature of the
workshop is a walk-through the
main topics with the small business
proprietors, regardless of the size of
the company or the number of em
ployees.
“We explain the employee identi
fying number that each employee
receives and cover the W-2 and 1099
forms,” she said.
Patterson said the workshop also
deals with possible tax deductions
for businesses such as advertising,
company cars and trucks and insur
ance options.
Terrance Dill, an accounting lec
turer, said tax workshops are valu
able because taxes have gotten so
complicated.
The workshop is scheduled to last
two-and-a-half hours and includes a
28 minute introductory film that
highlights the topics the instructors
will emphasize.
Patterson said workshop members
are encouraged to ask questions
throughout the session and a 30-
minute question-and-answer-period
concludes each workshop.
Photo by WA YNE L. GRABEIN
Paul Schliesing, president of One Wheelers, rides his unicycle.
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T^ e Texas A&M Student Senate will elect i new vice president for Aca
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Former vice president Tom Urban vacated his position January 23 be
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Urban was put on probation because of an excessive amount of parking
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