Article: Prof fights for domestic partner benefits at U. Nebraska

Dane Stickney
University Wire
11-05-1999
(Daily Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- When it comes to diversity, George Wolf said there is a little-known measuring stick that shows just how committed a university is to creating a diverse setting.

Wolf, an English professor at University of Nebraska at Lincoln, is a gay man who has been lobbying for years for domestic partner benefits.

Wolf said faculty members concerned about how the struggle for domestic benefits will be handled in the future will be meeting today.

"I don't know where it will go from here," he said. "Politics are very unpredictable, and anything involving gay people can be a very touchy subject."

Currently, the University of ...

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