Just when you think you've heard it all...the Internal Revenue Service issues its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.
The Dirty Dozen listing, compiled by the IRS each year, lists a variety of common scams taxpayers can encounter at any point during the year. But many of these schemes peak during filing season as people prepare their tax returns.
Students who want to play blues are getting some assistance from the Allen County Blues Society. This is more than just music lessons. It's a chance for the kids to start a band, learn how to play together in a cohesive unit, select music for their performances and structure their concerts in a way that gets their audiences to their feet.
Juniors Nathan Campbell and Kyle Schmidt, candidates for Student Senate president at Bluffton University in 2012-13, will debate at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Founders Hall. The Bluffton Forum is free and open to the public.
Campbell, a history major from Dunkirk, Ohio, and Lawrence, a business administration and economics major from Berne, Ind., will address questions submitted by Student Senate members and take others from the audience.
Bluffton University's Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band will take center stage for the annual winter instrumental concert, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.
Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, will direct the Jazz Ensemble in seven numbers, including arrangements of "How High the Moon," "Tuxedo Junction" and "Lazy River."
Dr. J. Walter Paquin, an assistant professor of social work at Bluffton University, will address "Two Steps Forward, Still Three Steps Behind: African-American Homeownership in the U.S." at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton's Centennial Hall. The colloquium is free and open to the public.
Paquin will present results of his study of home purchases from the late 1990s and early 2000s to determine whether households buy homes in better neighborhoods than where they rented.
