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Tuesday, March 17, 1959 Pooe 2 The Dailv Nebroskan Editorial Comment: New Retirement Bill Advantageous to All Tomorrow, the new University retire ment bill, LB130, will be debated. Senator David Tews, one of the sponsors of the bill, whom we talked to Saturday night, hopes the solons will give their stamp of ap proval to the plan. So do we. It is time that the University had a re placement for their present plan. That plan, adopted by the Legislature in 1949. prevents a former University employee from drawing more than $2,400 a year in NVCWA Program The other day, Judy Truell, president of NUCWA; stepped into our office to talk about the organization's spring program. It sounded pretty good. NUCWA will sponsor a foreign student picnic and a mock session of the United Nations. We suggested it might be timely to hold a mock session of a foreign mini sters conference on Berlin or at least some thing dealing with the problem, and Judy said they would take it under advisement. The organization is also interested in the Books for Asia campaign. Several of the universities in Asia need English lan guage textbooks to fill out the English courses they are teaching. XUCWA will accept anything written in English for the campaign. Also on the docket are a series of talks during the regular Tuesday meetings. Dr. Joseph Burt, dean of the college of pharm acy, will be the first in the series with a discussion and movies of the World's Fair at 7:30 tonight. It all adds up to an active sort of cam paign to encourage better understanding among American students of world affairs affairs that influence their lives more than most of them care to admit. Now all that NUCWA needs is some in terested people. They don't even have to be members, if an individual feels he hasn't got the time to spend on the organ ization. AH they have to do is come and get what they can from the programs. But for some reason Americans have al ways been vastly indifferent to foreign af fairs. And that melody still lingers on. If there is any one subject which Americans refuse to inform themselves on more than any other, it is foreign affairs. And we fought two wars because we refused. pensions from the University retirement fund. We don't have to spend much time tell ing anybody how far $2,400 goes today. Un less a "former employee is part of another retirement plan. thnueh social security or insurance, he will have to find another job to keep body and soul together at a decent rate. The new program would take care of this and in a manner that should aopeal to most Xebraskans. It will be a funded pro gram, which simplv means that it will be a pay as you go affair. Another advantage of the proposed pro gram is its vested interest feature. At the present, a University employee doesn"t pay anything toward his own retirement. The University takes care of this. By the same token, if he retires or is disabled before he is 65, he gets no money. But, when he pays into the pension fund himself, as he would under LB130. he would collect in case of disability before 65. The most important aspect of the plan is. however, that it will at last put the Uni versity on a more nearly equal footing when competing with other institutions for competent personnel. Say the University is attempting to hire a prof from the University of Wyoming. The fellow makes $6,000 a year plus a six per cent contribution to the retirement fund. If the University wants him they have to pay $6,360 (the $360 being the profs contribution to the retirement fund) and then the University has to contribute to the retirement fund for the feliow any way. And here is one other good feature of the plan that should gladden the hearts of the thrifty folk of this state. An actuary em ployed by the Unicameral to figure the whole thing out, reports that by 1990 the new plan will start saving money. So in the lcng run, it's going to be cheaper. Too Soon, Boys Ever see a whole student body on pro bation? Think it couldn't be done? Take a look at Yale. There a premature St. Patricks day parade, in which stu dents snowballed policemen and otherwise got out of hand, culminated with the ad ministration putting every male member of the school on probation. Zounds! The Spectrum Kraos The things that face the eyes of a new freshman at the University at Nebraska must be frightening. The average 17 or 13 year old entering youngster must be appalled to see his fel low student committing such felonies and criminal actions that run the gam ut from a 17 year -ld pur chasing an illegal pack of cigarettes in the Crib; to a coed crossing 16th St. although the traffic light bad turned to amber be fore she had reached the halfway point in the street (nonwith standing the street beinz absent of traf fic); to a Lincoln student parking 125 minutes in a two-hour parking zone, etc., etc. But rather than Just shudder at these flagrant violations of city ordinances, state laws and moral codes, the student should act to combat these legal abuses. Suggestions might be: L Have a periodic checkdown of ID's in the Union. This would prevent smoking by unathorized persons. Also it might be wise to check into the spiking situation in the Crib. Word is that some of the beverages are being mixed with lemon, cherry, va nilla and chocolate flavoring. 2. Have a junior traffic coordinating committee (which could nicely fit into the Student Council) which would assist stu dents across streets at busy hours, and help ease the flo w of traffic. To make the committee more attractive, members could be given the title of Junior Traffic Officers, and could have shiny whistles, blue caps and uniforms with gold stripes on the trousers. In addition to easing the traffic problem and keeping an eye out for would be jaywalkers, members of the com mittee might be students who have been frustrated by inability to enroll in ad vanced ROTC. Since these appear to be the most ser ious breeches of conduct facing our cam pus, soon there would be no need for cam pus police,, the Student Tribunal or mis sives from the Dean of Student Affairs Of fice. All would be sweetness and light, noth ing would be off-limits and parents would once again send their innocents to NU. Arts Score Dallas Williams and the University Theatre crew are to be congratulated for their production of "The .Matchmaker" and apparently one of the biggest splashes both for the Theatre and the campus this year. Thornton Wilder, of course, can't be forgotten in handing out the plaudits since his play is the type that appeals to most anyone and his University Theatre record in the last 15 years is one that even Shakespeare couldn't equal. Although sets weren't spectacular and some of the acting failed in parts, all in all it was a fine production and a step on the road to more interest in theatrics here. Tombstone A recent headline in the Oregon Daily Emerald blared out 'Gromyko Raps Dulles." And the adjacent advertisement read "Knock on Wood." Daily Nebraskan grxrr-EiGHT teaks old Member. Associate CoIleriaU rrew Utereeiletiate " BcyrecesUiive: Ksthmal AArtrtisiat Service. iBMrporate rcbiisb at: bmi 2. Stalest CbJob liseola. Nebraska 14th E Taa IMf lObmrtraa a. mmtmmmt mm mmr. 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ITS I I ACC02&NST0 LATEST I ZZ, - I IIN'JS JVE GOn V AlUiAYS WANTED- ANI?1tT tv B c KMU EAT Five r:s ) I it KMr it mm . I i r I I f i-ir University Pensions Plan Designed to Match Other Schools By John Schroeder The University has a friend in the person of State Senator David Tews of Norfolk. Senator Tews is one of the spon sors of LB 1 130. a biU to revise the cur rent Uni v e r sity sys tem. Senator Tews said the bill Tews would provide a "pay as you go plan." In this bill the employee contributes a certain percentage of his wn wages toward his own retirement. The basic features of this proposed program are found in the contributory retirement programs of nearly 500 universities and colleges. Included in this group are virtually all the major universities with which the University must compete. To keep, and par ticular) to procure, good faculty members we must meet the employment con ditions of these institu tions, Tews said. Senator Tews added that the bill would provide for a two year study and es tablishment of a re tirement plan by the Board of Regents. Last week Senator Tews proposed an amendment to this bill which would in clude limiting contribu tions to . the retirement fund by the individual and by the University. Under this amendment the University could not contribute more than six MY little WORLD- Dear Little C.G., Chuckie. and the rest of the boysies: You sweet little pargons of virtue, ideals of Sunday School Teachers, and inno cents in a cruel and frig hten i n g world, h a ve flat tered me. beyond com pare. You busy little men have taken time from your noble pursuits after things in life the milling mass ants surrounding ,TTJ Judy the higher away from of peas vou, to peruse my column. 1 am flattered, honored and deep ly touched. For the continu ation of this unsolicited ibut not unappreciated i patron age I shall hereafter proof read with scrutiny and care for those glaring errors so sensitive to your tender young eyes just opening to he wonders of the world about you. To also lighten your obviously painful task of reading, 1 shall draw dia grams of subtle, cleverly concealed meanings and la bel especially obscure pas sages as "sarcasm." I sin cerely hope that these small attempts will be of help to you in your search after analysis and truth. Fresh Faced If I had had any ambition over the weekend, I would have hustled around and looked over the crop of fresh-faced young boys that invaded the Crib, the park ing lots and the Coliseum. Cad, they were all over the place. It was impossible to enjoy a nice soothing cup of coffee in the Crib after a hectic morning of classes with shrill, squeaky voices screeching back and forth and some exuberant ones bopping around the maga zine stand. I must be getting old, but all 1 wanted to do was get out as fast as pos sible. There must be an amazing transition between high school and college, but 1 can't possibly imagine my mature acquaintances act ing so loudly. We are a quiet, sedate bunch. New Union The new Student Union is -going 16 be" bice, but there is going to be something sad about moving out of the small, dingy hole we have been cokeing in. Those little cracked red leather seats are so intimate. But every thing else with a little tradi tion associated with it has gotten the ax. so we might as well resign ourselves to a new Union in which we might get lost in the maze of rooms. per cent ot the employ ee's annual salary to his retirement fund. The total contribution for individuals including the retirement plan and social security is not to exceed nine per cent of the annual salary. The employee's contribution shail at least equal the University's contribution. Under the present retire ment plan the employees make no contributions themselves. The present University retirement plan was au thorized by the legislature at the 1919 session. It pro vides for a single life an nuity which can be pur chased for the equivalent of eight per cent of the employee's salary, and compounded at three per cent annually. However no employee may receive a pension of more than $2,400 annually. The employee makes no contribution and therefore has no vested interest in his retirement until he reaches the age of 63. In this case if the employee should leave the Univer sity (because of death, dis ability or resignation) he receives no compensation for any of his prior serv ice. Senator Tews said that if the bill takes affect two I years from now "it will in no way affect anticipated salary increases this bien nium." A c t n a r i al projec tions show that in the long term the contributory sys tem will be substantially less expeWve-. than the present prosram in which the University foots the entire bill. Senator Tews added that as each year passes the retirement obligations for that year will have been fully met. The pro posed plan, therefore, does not place a lien on future biennial appropriations for the University. The sponsor of the con tributory retirement sys tem think it will substan tially raise the morale of the present University fac ulty. It gives them th? protection of a tuna a plan. It assures them or their families benefits in the event of death or dis ability prior to reaching retirement age. ( L:k TO IvATCM THCf E .risk' KdDL KROSSWORD No. IS ACROSS L Ha4r peak (rmr.1 1. A huik of hair fv aere IX Km4 at inwuMTU taat th aqtf 14. What caii Jo a M-toMir lau li Ksad of Tuesday Gay a im r'va bora asavABS? 17. IextSua ' aivayt ia it? M. VoaV gx it H jywa'ra ?rp I). Eaaur r.iSsra tl. 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