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Professors from different backgrounds discussed their views and attempted to make sense of the Islamic State Tuesday.
Freshman golfer Annie Getzin excels in competitions and hopes to one day play professionally.
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Spring Concert ticket sales expected to pick up By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News Currently, ticket sales for the University Board’s Spring Concert are at an estimated 800 sold out of a possible 3,000 available. Ceci Brinker, the director of student life, said the ticket sales have been at a slow but steady pace over the course of the three-week period since they have been available for purchase. “Although we had higher expectations, the tickets sales were good the first few days in
March for EIU students once the concert was announced,” she said. “However, due to losing a week for spring break, sales begin to taper and are just starting to pick up again as it gets closer to the actual concert event.” Brinker said although concert tickets have been on sale to Eastern students and the general public for more than three weeks, that time span is still considered early by most students’ standards because they do not usually plan that far in advance. “EIU is Mac Miller’s only performance date
in Illinois, and there is still a lot of buzz around campus about this hip-hop artist coming to EIU,” she said. “Hence, we are very optimistic with about two weeks until the concert that we will see a surge in online concert ticket sales.” Brinker said the two weeks before the major concert event is when the UB will begin to see a rise of online ticket sales. “That is around the time when UB Concerts usually makes a push with the concert marketing to include radio ad spots, print ads in local and college newspapers, which is in addition to
the social media that has saturated the local and campus markets the past month,” she said. Tickets are available on Eastern’s website through the university union ticket link. The tickets cost $21 for Eastern students and $24 for the public. The concert will start at 8 p.m. April 25 in Lantz Arena. Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or sewhite2@eiu.edu.
Tax fraud hinders faculty, residents By Megan Ivey Associate News Editor | @megankayivey While many Charleston residents are finalizing their tax returns for Wednesday’s deadline, approximately 40 Eastern employees and 35 Charleston residents are required to refile because of tax fraud. Lt. Brad Oyer of the Charleston Police Department said the number of reports is unusual for the area. “It is quite a number of cases,” Oyer said. “There is no doubt in my mind that the spike is brought on by tax time.” Paul McCann, the interim vice president for business affairs, said Eastern has roughly the same number of cases, if not more, although the number of cases is not finalized. “We have seen at least that many cases, because not all Eastern employees live in Charleston,” McCann said. Tax fraud is described as another person stealing one’s identity and using their social security number to file a tax return, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s website. McCann said a person who commits tax fraud needs two main pieces of information. “They have to have access to a social security number and a name,” he said. Melinda Mueller, a political science professor, said her tax forms were rejected after filing electronically on April 7. “Within half an hour of filing, we were sent an email that the IRS rejected it,” she said. “Someone had already filed under my name.” Mueller said the fraud brought on additional phone calls and paperwork. “We panicked,” she said. “It took an entire afternoon of phone calls to get everything situated.” Oyer said someone who has experienced identity fraud should report the file to a local police department, file with the Attorney General and then file with the IRS. “The process does not start until they kick it off with us with a police report,” he said. Instead of submitting electronically, Mueller was required to file through the mail and write an affidavit, which is an official document validating her identity. Oyer said tax fraud can delay a person’s tax return for an extended length of time. “In reality, it can take a while, a few months,” he said. “If you have a sizable return, that makes a difference.” FRAUD, page 5
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Mackenzie Murphy, a freshman communication disorders and sciences major, swipes students into the Student Recreation Center Tuesday.
Campus Recreation details, explains cuts By Luis Martinez Administration Editor | @DEN_News Campus Recreation recently made some changes to its budget next year after its original budget proposal was denied. The original budget asked for $211,000 for campus recreation; however, after some deliberation by the Apportionment Board, the amount of funds allocated to Campus Recreation is $185,485. Sarah Daugherty, the assistant director of facilities, said the decisions made to the revised budget came after evaluating the needs of the
department. “We evaluated the needs of the department, facility and programs to determine where to make cuts,” Daugherty said. “The Apportionment Board budget allocation is the entire payroll budget for all student employees with Campus Recreation. As such, there was little choice in what was cut.” The cuts to next year’s recreation budget means the Rec will be cutting back hours. “The cut in hours is only 12 hours per week and occurs at times that are least used by our student population,” Daugherty said. “While we know that there will be people unhappy with the
changes, we are still serving the largest population we can by cutting the hours that we have.” The money for the budget comes from student fees, and since there are recent enrollment troubles, there is less money made available to distribute among the board budgets. In terms of how long the new hours would remain in effect, it is currently unknown. “I wish I could predict how long this will last, but because this allocation is dependent on enrollment and student fees, I have no way to accurately answer that question,” Daugherty said.
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Hiring process slows Tarble director pick By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor | @DEN_News The announcement of the new director of the Tarble Arts Center took longer than expected because of the process of signing and returning the contract to the university. Rehema Barber, who is currently the coordinator for Figure One, the off campus exhibition space for the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, was announced Monday afternoon to have accepted the position as the director of Tarble. She will start her position June 15. Glenn Hild, the interim dean of the College
of Arts and Humanities, said waiting for Barber to sign and return the contract to Blair Lord, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, was the reason the new director was not announced earlier. “Processes take longer then sometimes people imagine,” he said. “But I think she is an excellent choice for director.” Hild said for this position and for most higher-up positions on campus, candidates must go through a screening committee unless it is a late hire. “She was chosen because she was the strongest candidate; she comes with a good, strong back-
ground,” Hild said. “She has done professional development activities appropriate to the field.” Hild said Barber has been involved for the last couple of years for Figure One, so she has curated a lot of exhibitions, organized exhibitions in that space and has worked extensively with students. He said he believes those experiences, along with her curatorial skills and the fact that she had a rather successful program at her university’s off-campus center, are what made her a strong candidate for the director position. TARBLE, page 5