Tuesdav. April 8. 1986
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benefit that employees in other professions don't have. They can place supplemental, or voluntary contributions, into their retirement plans in addition to the mandatory 11 percent they and the state contribute.
The new bill would put a lid on the amount of contributions educators could make to their retirement plans, doing away with the special privilege of storing more away for a rainy day.
"If they eliminate the privilege," Dubnick said, "I can still put money away but I am limited to what everyone else is."
Dubnick said this privilege was one of the only incentives for college graduates to enter education, a typically low-paying profession.
The privilege originally was set up to attract teachers to educational institutions.
On Campus
If the privilege is eliminated and professor's retirement plans become similar to any other employee's retirement plan, he said, graduates may enter another profession that pays a higher salary.
"It's one of the few benefits we have." he said.
Dubnick said he personally didn't use the current $30,000 lid on retirement contributions and only put his salary of his salary into his retirement plan.
But some professors and administrators do use it to its full potential, he said, and will be affected by the $7,000 lion on contributions.
Grant Goodman, professor of history, said the lid might eventually drive educators into higher-paying professions and reduce the quality of teaching at universities.
The seminar "Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? Another Christian View" will be presented at 4:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
Ted Wilson, director of the center of humanistic studies, will speak about "Mission to Moscow" at the University Forum at 11:40 a.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1294 Oread Ave. Call 843-4933 by noon today to make luncheon reservations.
- The KU men's Soccer Club will practice at 5 p.m. today at the field at 23rd and Iowa streets.
MECHA will meet at 6:30 p.m.
today in the Regionalist Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Ki-Akido Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in 130 Robinson Center.
■ Expressions, the KU Dance Club,
will meet at 7 p.m. today in 242
Robinson.
The KU Men's Glee Club will sponsor a rush party at 8:30 p.m. April 15 in the Skilton Lounge in Murphy Hall Neil Brown, conductor of the club, said that all University men must have a bass instrument and not have to be music majors. Call Brown at 864-3252 or 749-3137 for more information.
Goodman, president of the state chapter of the American Association of University Professors which has adamantly opposed the bill, said he was very concerned with the future of the University if the House's version of the tax reform bill passed.
Goodman said he wrote a letter to the Kansas senators urging them to look at the issue from the perspective of professors and oppose the bill.
But educational employees' futures after retirement may not be quite so bleak.
Sen. Robert Packwood, R-Oregon, chairman of the Senate finance committee, has proposed a new version of the bill that is based on the House's bill, but would be more generous in calculating individual retirement contributions.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate gave first-round approval yesterday to a bill which would require girls under 16 to obtain written consent from a parent or guardian before they could get an abortion.
The Associated Press
Tentative approval came after two hours of emotional debate that peaked when State Sen. Edward Reilly Jr., R-Leavenhower, stormed out of the Senate chamber after his Federal and State Affairs Committee came under attack several times for its handling of the bill.
Abortion bill gets initial OK
"I take personal affront at the attack on my committee," Reilly said, before quickly exiting the Senate. He returned briefly after Senate President Robert V. Talkington, R-Iola, interceded and called for an end to
debate.
The bill would create a new class of crime called aggravated criminal abortion which includes failure of a physician to obtain written permission from a parent or guardian of a girl under 16. It also would apply to anyone caught performing abortions who is not a physician, licensed to practice medicine or perform surgery.
Under the bill, as it came from Federal and State Affairs, violation of the aggrivated abortion statute would have been a class B felony punishable by five years to life imprisonment and a maximum $15,000 fine. It was reduced on the Senate floor to a class E felony, punishable by one to five years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.
An abortion could be performed
without parental consent in a medical emergency or if the pregnant girl could convince a district court judge she needed an abortion
Supporters said the bill simply was an attempt to enforce the rights of parents to be informed of the actions of their children, for whom they are not responsible, and would help age 18. They said the bill would help re-establish the family unit.
Reilly and others said minor children could not be given aspirin or get their ears pierced without parental consent .
Opponents said it was an attack on abortion laws under the guise of parental consent. They said it was ludicrous to think the Legislature would do this, and result in better communication between children and their parents.
Investigation of lawyer over
Attorney General says charges false
The Associated Press
OTTAWA — Attorney General Bob Stephan said yesterday that a two-month investigation into allegations that a Franklin County attorney had been arrested for drug possession found the charges were false.
Stephan appeared with the attorney Wendell Barker, his wife, Deborah, and Deputy Attorney General Brenda Braden at Barker's office to announce the investigation's findings.
Stephan said his office received more than 40 form letters, which bore the same text and had been photocopied, saying that Barker and other prominent citizens had been arrested for drug possession. The letters requested an investigation.
"There's absolutely no record of any charge against Barker, criminal or even traffic," Stephan said.
"It was a pretty wild deal," said Barker, 35. "You could find people who'd swear up and down they'd read it in a paper or heard it on the police scanner. Even some decent, respectable people were halfway believing it."
Stephan said his office took Barker's fingerprints and ran an exhaustive search of Kansas Bureau of Investigation and FBI records but found no violations.
"It's difficult to determine what motivates people to try to destroy some human being." Stephan said. "The only safeguard one has is to proceed as we have."
"I think a couple of people wanted to discredit me," said Barker. "They went to incredible lengths.
stephan said his office had received allegations against public officials before.
But, he said, "This seems to be one of the best orchestrated moves I've seen in my eight years as attorney general."
Barker said, "I think the ordinary person would question if a public service career is worth it. Something like this makes me all the more determined."
The School of Business
CHRIS BARRY
announces the fourth speaker in its 1985-1986 Colloquium Series
Professor of Finance Southern Methodist University will speak on
"Limited Information: Effects on Risk and Return."
All faculty and students are welcome
contact Surendra N. Singh (864-4500) for additional information
April 11, 10 a.m.-12 noon
405 Summerfield Hall
K.C. ROYALS PARTY
Opening Game With The World Champions
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The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance Presents The University Dance Company
Spring Season
Gala Performance and Reception
8:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, 1986
Performances
2:00 & 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 1986
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office
All seats reserved
Friday's Gala
Public $10.00 KU Students with ID/Senior Citizens $5.00
Saturday
Public $6.00 KU Students with ID/Senior Citizens $3.00
For reservations, call 913/864-3982
VISA/MasterCard accepted for phone reservations
The University Dance Company is partially funded by the
KU Student Activity Fee
Half price for KU Students