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Columns::September 17, 2001

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New retirement plan possibilities result from new tax law

The federal tax law passed by congress earlier this year gives university employees several new opportunities to bolster their retirement plans, increase savings and reduce the taxes they pay.
David Williamson, director of employee benefits in Human Resources, says the law changes many of the rules associated with tax-deferred supplemental retirement plans. The law provides new ways for employees to lower taxable income through higher contributions to retirement savings accounts, relaxes some restrictions on IRA rollovers, and makes more employees eligible to receive tax credits for contributing to retirement savings.

Samira Jafari started at the Red and Black as a stringer during her freshman year and worked her way up to be editor-in-chief this semester. She spends 45-50 hours a week at the Red and Black offices.

Thriving under pressure

Samira Jafari, a junior from Duluth, is editor-in-chief this semester at the Red and Black, UGA’s independent student newspaper. She’s a double major in newspapers and criminal justice. She talked to Columns about her responsibilities, her high-pressure days and her enthusiasm.

Andy Rusk (left) and Sam Wootten rehearse their roles as Vince and Dodge, respectively, for University Theatre’s upcoming production of Buried Child.

University Theatre season opens with Sam Shepard play

The first play of the year for the drama department’s University Theatre series will be Buried Child, by Sam Shepard. It will be performed in the Cellar Theatre in the Fine Arts Building at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19-22 and 24-26, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sept. 22 and 23.

Photo of UGA English professor Charles Doyle

English professor Charles Doyle was reading religious and political pamphlets of the 17th century when he discovered Wren’s poem.

Find of the (17th) century

One winter morning in 1650, Anne Greene walked to the gallows. A serving girl to Sir Thomas Read of Oxford, England, she had been condemned to die for infanticide after her illegitimate baby, fathered by Read’s grandson, was born prematurely or, possibly, stillborn.
Charles Doyle, associate professor of English at UGA, was reading a 1651 pamphlet about the hanging when he noticed something remarkable. One of the light-hearted commemorative poems accompanying the narration was written by Christopher Wren, then an 18-year-old undergraduate and later the most famous London architect of his day. The poem, which is mentioned in none of the standard biographies of Wren, was apparently his first published work.

Conference focuses on quantum computing, communication

UGA’s physics department and mathematics department have joined forces to organize a state-of-the-art conference on “Quantum Computing and Communication” at the Georgia Center Sept. 21 and 22.
Experts on quantum computing from around the country and as far away as Switzerland will be making presentations. Conference sessions begin at 9 each morning and continue through 4 p.m. The registration fee is $10 ($5 for students).

Alvar Suñol’s Earth.

Lithographs by major Spanish artist on exhibit at Georgia Museum of Art

Lithographic prints by one of Spain’s major living artists, Alvar Suñol, are on display at the Georgia Museum of Art through Oct. 21. Betty Jean Craige, director of UGA’s Center for Humanities and Arts, served as guest curator of the exhibition.
The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

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