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—r'r7 ■'' y sw« -i&3!SW*rr~--*.. ~ Daily Nebraskan Editor I The 2000-01 editor in chief will formulate editorial policies, ' determine guidelines for the daily operation of the newsroom, hire the senior editorial staff, help determine the content of the newspaper and prepare the editorial wage budget. Applicants must have one year of newspaper experience, preferably at the Daily ; Nebraskan. The position begins Aug. 1, 2000 and lasts until May 4, t 2001. M f The editor earns $ 1000/month (except in December, March and May) and reports to the UNL Publications Board. The editor must be enrolled in at least six credit hours during each of the two 2000-01 semesters, maintam a 2.0 minimum G.P.A., and not be on academic probation. Applications are available at the Daily Nebraskan office, basement of the Nebraska Union, and must be returned with up to five clips by noon Feb. 8. -rr • ” --7^ ■ $19.95 $39.99 *40mm. *AAAmSn rncr First Incoming Min. Ovwlllllli PHONE Longdistance FREE PtlUIMc Weekends PHONE Nokia y io caUac±B*~,v Nokia 5120 Nebraska Red Cat Waiting <tQQ Value I89 X?'™ ^ °eta“8"""9 Exp. 01-30-2000 Exp. 01-30-2000 ** \j . g.- SB r j'* ! ,y A ' ‘iSSSC _Z901 Pine Lake RDy Lincoln * 4Z1-8400 * Across from SouthPointe Pavilions_ I Salaries worry teachers, students TEACHERS from page 1 because he likes living here. Not all teachers seem as dedicat ed. According to the NSEA, 25 per cent of UNL’s Teachers College grad uates last year did not go into teach ing. The January 2000 Education Week magazine said fewer than half of college graduates who are eligible for teaching certificates ever pursue a teaching career. Hoffman said she will stick with the profession, though, even if her salary is small. The sophomore education major will graduate from the Teachers College in May 2002 and wants to teach second or third grade. Right now, Hoffman participates in a practicum where she helps a spe cial education teacher at Brownell Elementary School. Within the first three weeks of school, Hoffman said her sponsoring teacher already had spent the $ 150 budget given to her by Lincoln Public Schools for supplies. After that, Hoffman said, the teacher used her own personal money to buy supplies for the class room. Hoffman has even chipped in some of her own money. “You’re always buying things,” Hoffman said. “We spend so much money to improve our teaching. 728 Q. Street Haymarket __ " EVERY Wednesday 5-7 p.m. -41 There’s things people don’t realize are important in education, and we want to give students as many oppor tunities as we can.” Something needs to be done about the pay teachers receive and the budgets they are given, Hoffman said. “It’s really sad we’re losing expe rienced people because we can’t pay them,” she said. “It’s frustrating (for teachers) because you love what you do, but you don’t get respect for doing it.” Jane Walford is one of those frus trated teachers. Walford has taught social studies at Tekamah-Herman High School in Tekamah for 14 years. When she started in 1986, she said she made $12,000 a year. Today, Walford admittedly makes more than that, but she said it was still not enough to support a family. “My husband teaches, too, and with two incomes we should be able to afford a bigger house,” Walford said. “But we can’t. “We will absolutely lose teachers if they are not paid more.” Hoffman said low teacher salaries just doesn’t make sense. “It’s ridiculous that we’re the ones educating doctors, lawyers and physicists,” she said. “Yet they’re the ones making all the money. Without us, you wouldn’t have those people at all.” GOP field tightens in Senate race MOORE from page \ won’t be open for a longtime.” Former Gov. Ben Nelson, seen as the GOP’s only formidable opponent, is not invincible, Sigerson said. “His invincibility was punctured after he lost the Senate race in 1996,” Sigerson said. Nelson has not announced yet whether he intends to enter the race. After serving two terms in the Nebraska Legislature, as well as being the secretary of state, Moore said he is ready to take his experience to the Senate. With five people in the race and more potential candidates looming on the sidelines, Moore said the race to the May 9 primary could get personal. “Any campaign can get emotion al,” he said. “But whoever emerges from the primary is going to emerge and be prepared for November.”