It is called a retreat rights provision. It is the policy employed by the UNC system that allows high-level university administrators to retain their high salaries after they step down from their jobs and go back to teaching or leave altogether. Jane Shaw of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy discusses how the packages work and whether they are appropriate. Shaw also reflects on the university mindset and the reaction of the public to news of the generous pay and benefits packages for seemingly small amounts of work. Then, we turn to issues of free speech. A Wake County judge ruled recently that the state cannot force lawyers to pay money into a campaign fund for candidates seeking election to the N.C. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. That’s a victory for the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law. Senior staff attorney Jeanette Doran explains why it’s also a victory for the First Amendment. Next we take a look at an international affairs hot spot. The recent Iranian presidential election sparked much protest and unrest, but what does that contest mean for the United States? It’s a topic U.S. Army First Sgt. HansMarc Hurd recently addressed for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. You’ll hear highlights from his presentation. That’s followed by a look at lawmaker response to a number of embarrassing headlines in recent years linked to state contracts. Those contracts have involved the State Health Plan, Medicaid programs, even office supplies. Now some lawmakers want to take steps to ensure the state does a better job crafting and overseeing contracts with outside vendors. The Program Evaluation Oversight Committee recently discussed the subject. You’ll hear their concerns. And finally, Troy Kickler of the North Carolina History Project discusses the appalling history of state-sponsored sterilization in North Carolina. The eugenics program, as it’s known, operated from 1929 to 1974. A provision in the new state budget creates the Justice for Sterilization Victims foundation. A $250,000 state appropriation gets the foundation started.