Stars Go Dim of Tulsa, Okla. perform in Webb Hall last Saturday after the football game against Central Missouri. The band described their music as pop, rock and soul. Brianna McGuire/The Bulletin
Stars Go Dim, a self-proclaimed pop, rock and soul band from Tulsa, Okla., performed in Webb Hall last Saturday following the football game against Central Missouri. The concert was free and sponsored by the Union Activities Council as part of Emporia State’s Family Day festivities.
“We have a special love for Emporia,” said Mike Wright, manager. “It was the best show I have ever worked.”
Last spring, the band played a sold-out concert at the Granada Theatre, and UAC got the idea to have them perform on campus. Since events are selected a semester ahead of time, UAC had to start making preparations immediately, said Benny Bowden, UAC live music chair.
“This is honestly one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to,” said Kayla Bauck, senior elementary education major.
Stars Go Dim got their start four years ago in Tulsa, Okla. Joey Avalos, guitarist, said the band started as a “side project,” and that they draw inspiration from all types of music.
“Anything from Slayer to Mayer,” Avalos said.
As far as their name goes, the band said they wished they had a unique story behind it, but they said that Stars Go Dim was just their favorite of the names they came up with.
Lead singer Chris Cleveland said their goal is to write songs that connect with all people. Before a show, the band has a tradition to help get them pumped and ready for the crowd.
“We grab a guitar and just play,” Avalos said. “We free style.”
On Saturday, the crowd got a taste of this tradition when the band answered the crowd’s cheers for an encore with not only another song but a free style jam session.
“I’ve never seen a band do what they did with the extended encore and jam session,” Bauck said.
During the show, the space in front of the stage filled up with students dancing and moving to the music.
“They were soulful and funky,” said Chase Hoag, junior secondary education major. “I was very appreciative of that fact.”
After the show, fans were able to buy merchandise and talk with the band.
“I thought they were great,” said Emilea Peine, junior elementary education major. “I’m glad I came. They were really fun.”
Stars Go Dim’s second album, “Between Here and Now,” comes out Oct. 4. The band will perform at 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 at the Tulsa State Fair.
Khaili Scarbrough
SENS. LINCOLN, SNOWE CALL ON CONGRESS TO EXPAND CHILD TAX CREDIT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News January 11, 2007 The office of Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., issued the following press release:
Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today reintroduced legislation to ensure that more of America’s low-income, hard-working families receive the benefit of the child tax credit. Currently, almost one-third of children come from families that do not qualify for the credit because family earnings are too low, even though parents are working full-time, every week of the year.
Lincoln’s and Snowe’s measure, the Working Family Child Assistance Act, would correct inequities in the current law which have prevented thousands of working families from receiving the refundable child tax credit due to inflation.
“We have made great strides in ensuring that the Child Tax Credit is a useful tool for America’s working families; however it isn’t working for everyone,” Lincoln said. “It is wrong to provide some hard-working families this relief, while leaving others behind. We must address this inequity and ensure that our tax code works for all Americans, especially those working parents forced to get by on the minimum wage.” “Congress must confront how to best provide tax relief to hard-working American families. And we can do that by expanding the availability of the child tax credit. Unfortunately, low-income families earning less than $11,750 are shut out of the child tax credit completely,” said Snowe. “That is why Senator Lincoln and I have introduced legislation that will enable more hard-working, low-income families to receive the refundable child credit this year. The Maine Department of Revenue estimates that 16,700 families in Maine alone would benefit from our proposal. Parents deserve their per-child tax credit, and now is the time for the Congress to act.” Low-income working families must currently meet an income threshold in order to be eligible for the refundable child tax credit. However, when the child tax credit refundability law was written in 2003, it was indexed for inflation and has increased each year. Because the credit threshold is tied to inflation, many low-income working parents do not meet the necessary income level to qualify for the relief. web site child tax credit 2012 child tax credit 2012
Lincoln and Snowe, both members of the Senate Finance Committee, worked to create the refundable child tax credit in 2001 and co-authored legislation in 2003 to expand the refundable portion of the credit. When the child tax credit was signed into law in 2003, the income threshold was set at $10,500. Indexed for inflation, it has thus increased each year ($11,750 for 2007) placing the threshold too high for many working families to meet. In 2006, a single parent working a 40-hour week every week of the year earning the federal minimum wage made $10,712, below the qualifying level.
Lincoln’s and Snowe’s legislation would de-index the income threshold and set the income threshold taxpayers must reach to receive the refundable portion of the child tax credit to $10,000. The Senators said their legislation would enable all working parents, including those making the minimum wage, to qualify for the credit.Contact: Katie Laning, 202/224-4843.
Katie Laning, 202/224-4843.
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