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VOL. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 106
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UNL GRADUATE STUDENT Adair Shanks applies her leadership skills at the office of Student
Involvement. Shanks is also the management team leader for the 21st annual Big 12 Conference on
Black Student Government.
Student strives for change
Editor’s note: In honor of Black History Month, the
Daily Nebraskan is printing profiles ofprominent black
leaders in Lincoln and at UNL. Today is the fourth in a
five-part series.
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ByIevaAugstums
Assignment Reporter
Sometimes it takes only one voice to bring change,
and Adair Shanks wants to be that voice.
Shanks, a marketing and publicity graduate assis
tant for UNL2s Student Involvement office, is not afraid
to raise her voice on issues she holds close to her heart.
“If you truly believe in something, you must voice
your opinion and fight for it,” Shanks said. “Nothing
beats a failure but a try.”
Growing up in Chicago, Shanks said she had many
opportunities to learn and enact change. She could not
think of a better place than Lincoln to use what she
learned, she said.One place she applies her leadership
skills is in the office of Student Involvement. Shanks
supervises four graphic artists and coordinates all pub
licity for the University of Nebraska-Lincoto’s Culture
Center and the University Program Council.
Please see SHANKS on 2
Charges filed
against Hibler
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
A UNL student filed sexual
harassment charges in federal court
on Tuesday against English
Professor David Hibler and the NU
Board of Regents.
In her suit, Valerie Giunca alleges
that Hibler harassed her while she
was a student in his class during the
1996 fall semester.
Giunca also alleges that the uni
versity mishandled the harassment
charges and failed to provide a safe
environment for her.In her complaint,
Giunca details a pattern of harass
ment by Hibler beginning in the fall
of 1996 in which she said he treated
her differently than male students.
Hibler required personal informa
tion from Giunca in her writings that
he later used to try to establish a rela
tionship with her, the complaint states.
The complaint also states Hibler
knew she was vulnerable and used it
to his advantage. It says he forced his
way into her apartment at least one
time, made her lie down, proceeded
to touch her and ignored her
demands to leave.
The harassment continued with
letters and phone calls from Hibler,
who still wanted to pursue a relation
ship. The calls continued even after
Giunca filed a complaint with the
university affirmative action office.
But the nature of his harassment
had changed, the report said.
Hibler called Giunca repeatedly,
and every time the university con
tacted Hibler about the complaint,
Giunca’s car was vandalized, accord
ing to the complaint. '
Despite her complaints, Giunca
never saw any consequences
imposed on Hibler, said her lawyer,
Carole McMahon-Boies.
“Students have made complaints
in the past, and nothing*has been
done,” McMahon-Boies said. “I
think he should have been fired.”
Because of the harassment,
McMahon-Boies said, Giunca was
forced to drop some of her classes
and subsequently lost some of her
financial aid.
“This has impacted her ability to
complete her degree,” McMahon
Boies said.
Since the original incident,
Giunca has spent two years in the
university complaint process without
any results, McMahon-Boies said.
But the university maintains that
it did not wrong Giunca.
“The univers:"y is not responsible
for the harassment at all,” UNL
General Counsel Richard Wood said.
Hibler did not return phone calls
to the Daily Nebraskan Wednesday.
Giunca is currently a part-time
UNL student.
Senior Reporter Brad Davis
contributed to this report.
Union Board appeals CFA
for turn-around of decisions
By Ieva Augstums
Assignment Reporter
The Union Board plans to reverse
some of the decisions made by the
Committee for Fees Allocation,
including continued union tobacco
sales and Student Involvement ser
vices.
Nebraska Unions Director Daryl
Swanson said he is planning to appeal
CFA’s vote today with the support of
the board.
Jess Sweley, a junior biosystems
engineering major, suggested
. Tuesday that the Union Board push
for more student hours in the new
Student Involvement Resource
Center.
Swanson said the original request
was to have the resource center be
open until 10 p.m. However, CFA
only allocated enough funds to have
the center open for two additional
hours, Monday through Thursday.
Sweley said having the center
opai from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. would not
benefit students.
Union Board Vice President Jill
«
By having the
center open later,
students would be able
to use it more.... ”
Jill Maaske
Union Board vice president
Maaske agreed and suggested the
center be open from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
instead.
“A lot of students are busy with
meetings and things until 7 p.m.,”
Maaske said. “By having the center
open later, students would be able to
use it more and get more involved.”
Swanson said every student at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln has
the ability to be a leader.
“One way the university can help
encourage this is to have the Student
Involvement Resource Center help
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