News In Brief         Fossil preparation featured at Museum April 9 Visitors to the University of Nebraska State Museum on the afternoon of April 9 will be able to watch paleontologists prepare part of a 70 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil.   Greg Brown, a fossil preparator for the State Museum, carefully prepares to remove the plesiosaur fossil from the dig site near Center in 2003. The toy he's holding shows what the plesiosaur would look like. University Communications File Photo.   NU State Museum highway salvage paleontologists Bruce Bailey and Shane Tucker will be working on a block that contains neck vertebrae from a plesiosaur found in Knox County in May 2003. From 1 to 4 p.m., visitors will be able to watch and ask questions as Bailey and Tucker chip away rock to reveal the fossilized bone within the block. Plesiosaurs were large, long-necked marine reptiles that grew to be as long as 60 feet and became extinct 65 million years ago at the end of the Mesozoic Era. This particular plesiosaur fossil was excavated from a site within the present boundaries of the Santee Sioux Nation in northeast Nebraska. It was found on state highway right-of-way near the town of Center. The excavation was conducted by University of Nebraska State Museum paleontologists in the Highway Salvage Paleontology Program, which is funded by the Nebraska Department of Roads. Admission to the NU State Museum is $8 for families, $4 for individual adults and $2 for children, or free with a valid UNL ID or Friends of the Museum membership. For more information, telephone (402) 472-2642 or visit the NU State Museum Web site www.museum.unl.edu. NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FOR MARCH 24 11th annual undergrad research conference April 1 29th Annual Language Fair April 14 April Schedule For Fidelity Consultant April Schedule For TIAA-CREF Army ROTC Exercises Include Chopper Fly-Overs, Landings B&F Symposium On Fiscal Responsibility Bormann Retirement Dinner April 16 Campus Community Garden Sign-Up is March 28 Dairy Store Cheese Sale E-news process for e-mail to all Facility Renovation Symposium Rescheduled For May 3 Fair Use and Copyright in the Digital Age April 5 Fossil preparation featured at Museum April 9 Hendricks Conference speakers to address U.S. foreign policy Learn More About Digital Video Master Plan Update Sessions March 29, 30 Office Of Undergraduate Studies Now at Seaton Hall Qualsett Fund increases support for MBA fellowships Red Cross seeks nominations Relay For Life seeks teams for April 2 fundraiser Service Award Selection Deadline is May 1 Service-Learning Grants Available Statistics Department Now in Hardin Hall Student Job and Internship Fair April 6 Students celebrate college during CASNR Week Supplemental Instruction and UTAC - Fall 2005 Surplus Vehicle Auction is May 1 Wednesday Walks Through Maxwell Arboretum 732029S34418X