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Check out The Duke’s Best of 2017 on pages 8-10 November 30, 2017 Volume 97 Number 15 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 GOP tax The ho-ho-ho-lidays begin Student plan raises struggles taxes on with the graduate Union students ATMs RAYMOND ARKE KAILEY LOVE news editor photo editor Money is often a concern for For anyone that relies on a every college student, but most teaching assistant or research po- anyone would be distressed to sition for graduate level tuition, see their hard-earned money you may soon pay taxes on money taken by an ATM and never de- that you never see. posited. Yet, that’s what one On Nov. 16, the U. S. House of Duquesne student said happened Representatives passed legislation at an ATM on the campus. to overhaul the tax code with a vote Brianna Hollick, a law student of 227-205. Though a version of the at Duquesne, said she went to $1.5 trillion bill still needs to pass in the PNC Bank ATM in the Stu- the Senate before it goes any further, dent Union on Nov. 14. She had the first step toward this GOP vic- received $450 for her birthday tory has implications for millions of and was looking to deposit it into Americans, including students. her State Farm account, some- According to the Joint Committee thing she had done on the PNC on Taxation, the tax bill will affect 13 machines “many times” before. million lower and middle class fami- “Everything appeared normal. lies. It also attempts to eliminate the The machine asked for my card, my individual healthcare mandate (a KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR see TAXES — page 3 Santa and Mrs. Claus visit with children in front of the Student Union as part of the SGA-sponsored Night of Lights activities. see ATMS — page 2 DU Facilities Management works to beautify Forbes Avenue afford it this year,” Minoski consists of replacing a portion of KAYE BURNETT explained. “The hard part is, the lower sidewalk and curbs on staff writer there’s more than just us going the east side of Shingiss Street Before Duquesne began after this money.” and the replacement of sidewalk, renovating the sidewalks and Duquesne succeeded in win- curbs and light poles on the west streetlamps on Forbes Avenue, ning the $350,000 grant and side of Boyd Street, Minoski said. lights hung haphazardly from old began work on the Streetscape Shingiss and Boyd are the streets trolley poles, powered by over- Project last spring. The proj- surrounding Rockwell Hall that head wiring that crisscrossed the ect is divided into three phases, intersect Forbes. sky and created an eyesore, ac- Minoski explained. One issue on Forbes Avenue cording to Duquesne University’s “Phase one consisted of re- that will not be addressed by Director of Design and Construc- placing the sidewalk, curbs, the grant is the street lamps be- tion Mark Minoski. light poles between Shingiss tween the Power Center and the Now, after 15 years of making Street and the Armstrong Tun- Palumbo Center that sometimes gradual improvements along the nels along the south side of flicker or flash like a strobe light arterial throughway that borders Forbes Avenue,” Minoski said. at night. Minoski explained that the university, Duquesne’s facili- “Phase two consisted of replac- once Duquesne installs new lamp ties management team is moving MEGAN KLINEFELTER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ing the sidewalk, curbs, light posts, they become the responsi- on to the final phase of the Forbes Forbes Avenue is undergoing renovation efforts by DU Facilities with grant help. poles from the Armstrong Tun- bility of the City of Pittsburgh to Avenue Streetscape Project. nel to McAnulty Drive along the maintain and repair. Duquesne first began beautify- seven years, the university fund- from the Pennsylvania Depart- South Side of Forbes Avenue.” “Even though those LED ing Forbes Avenue in 2008 with ed improvements to the street ment of Community and Eco- Phase one and two were com- lights last a long time and the street lamps and sidewalks out of its own coffers, but in July nomic Development. pleted over the summer, and they’re energy efficient, you’d in front of the Power Center, ac- 2015, Duquesne applied for a “[In 2015], we said, doing this phase three will begin in May of be surprised how quickly the cording to Minoski. For the next multimodal transportation grant without a grant — we just can’t 2018. The final part of the project see FORBES— page 12 best & worst of opinions features sports Follow us on... 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Mr. Richards has been Johannes Brahams: Before it,” she said. “It asked for my cash, working with Brianna to resolve the the Beard will be the next addi- I put it in the machine and before issue since that day,” he said. tion of Duquesne’s Adult Learn- it counted the bills the screen read Auxiliary Services oversees ing and Lecture Series. ‘out of service.’ It spit my card out contracted and in-house servic- The lecture will be given by but not my money and then went es, including banking. Hollick David Allen Wehr, the Jack W. back to the home screen.” said she reached out to Richards. Geltz Distingushed Piano Chair Concerned that she didn’t receive She said that Richards told her for the music school. It will a receipt of the transaction, Hollick that the PNC branch is notified look at Brahams’ early work checked her State Farm account when a malfunction occurs at the and career. and saw that it didn’t show any de- ATMs and that someone is sent The event will be held on Dec. posit. She wasn’t sure what to do to fix it. 2 at 2 p.m. in the PNC Recital next since there was no number to Richards told The Duke that he Hall in the Mary Pappert School call on the ATMs. hadn’t heard of any problems like of Music. “I started to panic because this happening before. He also Tickets are $15 at the door. it was $450 and that is a lot of DEJAH BRAGGS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER explained that PNC is responsi- money to me,” Hollick said. While using one of the ATMs in the Student Union, Brianna Hollick had $450 taken ble for managing the ATMs. Mission Forward Mosaic She first decided to go into the by the machine. Trying to get her money returned back became a lengthy process. “Our ATMs are continuously fundraising kicks off Duquesne Card Services office monitored and also have routine which is located next to the ATMs. scheduled service onsite ... PNC The mosaic project, spon- “There were three girls sitting at 9 a.m. and a man answered the son. Hollick said that when asked manages the vendors and rou- sored by the Duquesne Univ- behind the desk. They told me that phone ... He asked for my social se- for a first and last name, the PNC tine schedules of the service op- eristy Scholarship Association this happens all the time,” Hollick curity number, but I told him I do not employee only gave “John Smith.” erations for the ATMs on cam- (DUSA) and the SGA, are look- said. The women at the help desk have a PNC bank account. When I said The Duke called the PNC branch pus,” he said. ing for submissions of photos. directed Hollick to call the PNC that he told me there is nothing he can on Fifth Avenue on Nov. 29, and If a similar situation arises, The mosaic will consist of branch on Fifth Avenue, which is do to help me,” Hollick recounted. the representative who answered Richards suggested that stu- 6,000 individual photos that housed in a university building. When the PNC representative was the phone confirmed there was dents contact the Duquesne PNC make up an image of the ring She had to wait until the PNC asked if someone would be sent to fix no one who works at the branch branch at 412-644-7509 or Aux- statue. branch opened and in the meantime it, he replied that the machines are named “John Smith.” iliary Services at 412-396-5140. Each photo submission contacted State Farm, which assisted serviced every two weeks, according Hollick contacted Douglas Frizzell, State Farm credited Hollick costs $35 and the money goes her in starting a process called a dis- to Hollick. the vice president for student life. the money two days after the toward the Mission Forward pute. They also advised her to contact She also asked the representative Frizzell told The Duke that he re- incident. grant initiative, the SGA Book PNC about getting her cash back. if she could speak to anyone else, to ceived Hollick’s email on Nov. 14. She said that PNC has not fol- Loan program and the DUSA “I called [the PNC on Fifth Avenue] which he said he was the only per- “My office immediately shared this lowed up with her.