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wednesday, october 9, 2013 volume 113, issue 033
Inside Coverage
Happy hour
Washington and the world
Find drinks every night of the week
Forum lecture addresses foreign policy
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Nebraska junior swimmer Taryn Collura stuck with her family trend and chose to compete for the Huskers. According to assistant coach Patrick Rowan, Collura has the potential to be an All-American this season.
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Library changes frustrate faculty members Sarah Cohen DN
Kate Adams, a professor in UNL Libraries, will retire at the beginning of next month, ending her 33-year legacy not only as a contributing employee but as an educator and mentor. Her official last day is Nov. 1.
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s a child, Kate Adams thought about becoming a librarian but never explored the career much more. Now, she’s retiring from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after working in the libraries for 33 years. Adams, a professor in UNL Libraries and coordinator for services to distance and online students, started at the university in 1979 and worked for the Law Library.
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She said she first worked different office jobs before starting at the Law Library, but she didn’t think she’d be working at UNL Libraries for this long. “I was in the frame of mind where I thought I’d be here for two to three years,” Adams said. Adams said she wanted a job with a “more long-term future” than the clerical jobs, so she became a librarian.
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“That was one of the reasons I was pleased to be offered a job at the Law Library, because I knew there were other jobs that could potentially be coming down the road for me in the libraries,” she said. Adams worked at the Law Library for a year and a half until she was offered a job at the Research and Instructional Services department where she worked as a subject librarian from 1981 to 1988. As a subject li-
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Upcoming renovations to Love Library North have ignited concerns from department faculty, who worry moving books out of the library’s first floor will sacrifice convenience for students locating books for research. The books will be cleared from the University of NebraskaLincoln’s Love Library North and moved to an off-campus storage unit to create a learning commons as part of the university’s master plan. The working title for the new renovation is the Library Learning Commons. Encompassing the entirety of Love Library North’s first floor, this learning commons will provide additional computer stations, lounge seating, study spaces, individual study rooms, a small café and an additional entrance accompanied by new landscaping. The disciplines stored on the first floor of Love Library North are education, business administration, political science and sociology books and resources, according to Deb Pearson, an associate professor of the libraries. Kevin Smith, a political science professor, is concerned about the impact this renovation will have on undergraduates, faculty members and especially graduate students as the books from these collections are the primary tools of their scholarship. “It depends on the course, but there are some classes you just can’t get by with doing online research,” Smith said. “Moving these collections will have a negative impact on not only students but the scholarship of this department as well as other departments.” Currently, some books are housed in storage facilities on
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UNL events promote human trafficking awareness staff report dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hosting free public events during the Human Trafficking Conference that starts Thursday to promote awareness of modern-day slavery. The events will take place Thursday through Saturday at various sites throughout campus. The events include a panel advocating prevention and awareness as well as two public speakers. Anna Shavers, a professor of citizenship law and a member of the conference planning team, said students may be benefiting from labor trafficking without knowing it. The purpose of the conference is to conduct research and develop solutions, while the purpose of the events is to educate the general public, she said. The panel will be held at noon
on Thursday at the College of Law, according to University Communications. The panel is meant to discuss new laws and policies in regards to human trafficking, emphasizing prevention, protection, prosecution and partnerships, according to a UNL news release. Theresa Flores, a sex trafficking survivor, will speak about her experiences in the Abbott Auditorium at the Sheldon Museum of Art Thursday at 7:30 p.m., and another trafficking victim, Tina Frundt, will share her story at the College of Business Administration Auditorium Friday at 7:30 p.m. Frundt has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as CNN. Professor Sriyani Tidball, chairwoman of the Human Trafficking Conference in Lincoln, called human trafficking a “hidden crime” and said it’s much more prevalent than the
general public thinks. “Most of us don’t think human trafficking happens in Nebraska,” Tidball said. She said human trafficking can be found all over the U.S. and the world. However, the strategies behind combating human trafficking are rather complex, Tidball said. She said the lack of laws punishing buyers makes trafficking easier to get away with. Once a girl turns 18 years old, she may be arrested for prostitution, despite having been sold into trafficking at a young age. “If that’s a major issue, why aren’t we doing something?” Tidball said. Tidball said she researches the demand side of the issue, focusing on stronger punishment for those involved and educating potential victims on how to protect themselves.
free events at the unl human trafficking conference what: “Combatting Human Trafficking Through Prevention Protection, Prosecution and Partnerships” panel when: Noon on Thursday where: College of Law Auditorium on East Campus, 42nd and Fair streets
She said that she is pleased with the general efforts of the UNL student body and faculty. The number of speakers, events and student groups
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what: Guest speaker Theresa Flores, “The Sex Slave Across the Street” when: 7 p.m. Thursday where: Sheldon Art Gallery Auditorium
expressing their opposition to human trafficking is reassuring, she said. “I am really thrilled that UNL has taken this issue seriously,” she said.
what: Guest speaker Tina Frundt when: 7:30 p.m. Friday where: College of Business Administration Auditorium
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