May 2, 2003

Nebraska Puts Museum Professors on Endangered Species List

By PIPER FOGG

Tenure provided little protection from budget cuts

On the third floor of Nebraska Hall, in a dimly lit storage room, a witch's pantry of glass jars preserves more than 18,000 snakes and frogs in an alcoholic brew. Down the hall, cabinets hold drawers of furry moles, packed together as snugly as sardines. A sandhill crane and a leathery-skinned fruit bat with delicate claws reside nearby. The massive skull of a hippopotamus is stored in a separate room littered with mousetraps, bottles

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