News In Brief         'Dinos and Disasters' to storm Morrill Hall The University of Nebraska State Museum and the UNL Department of Geosciences will host the annual family fun day, 'Dinosaurs and Disasters,' 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24.   IMPACT - Dinosaurs and Disasters participants watch as a scientist demonstrates the impact of a meteor by dropping a steel ball into a box of flour during the 2006 event at Morrill Hall. Photo by Troy Fedderson/University Communications.   The program will be conducted at Morrill Hall and provide a day of discovery with hands-on activities with UNL scientists under the theme, 'Global Climate Change.' Demonstrations will show how scientists know that the climate is changing, what the climate was like in the past and give an idea of how it may change in the future. Scientists will demonstrate both the facts and fiction of global climate change. There will be more than 20 stations throughout the museum. Visitors are encouraged to bring fossils and rocks for identification, and there will be games, activities and demonstrations on earthly disasters such as volcanoes and tornadoes and vertebrate paleontology discoveries about ancient horses, mammoths and dinosaurs. Stations will also include such topics as 'What big teeth you have' (a mammoth and dinosaur teeth fossil investigation), 'Itchy and Scratchy Paleontology' (prehistoric animal fights), a cloud in a bottle, six-foot tornado, avalanches, water disasters and many more. UNL scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students will staff the stations. Mueller Planetarium shows at 11 a.m., and noon, 2, 3, and 4 p.m. will debut 'Mars: The Search for Water.' Admission to the NU State Museum is free for UNL faculty and staff. For more information, go online to www.museum.unl.edu or call 472-2642. NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FOR FEBRUARY 22 Annual spring blood drive begins Feb. 27 Applications sought for UNL Extension camps Civil Rights movement topic for Feb. 27 Knoll lecture 'Dinos and Disasters' to storm Morrill Hall Eating disorders awareness week events begin Feb. 26 Farm bill meetings set in four Nebraska cities Fountain ground breaking, spaghetti splash March 2 Health Center expands HIV antibody testing Information available for hiring foreign faculty Kadavy retirement reception is March 6 Libraries faculty open house March 1 March 1 lecture explores improving performance Patriot doubles to offer March 1 presentation Planetarium to debut new show Feb. 24 Prep swimming, diving event airs Feb. 24 on NET Wine forum, trade show is March 2-3 in Kearney 732729S36776X