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I I_SfMT$_ _All_WEDNESDAY DeActivation Spinnin’ It Light September 15,1999 No. 1 I-back DeAngelo Evans has quit the DJ Andy Avila tries to get out a positive message Nebraska football team, according to Coach through the rap and hip hop he plays on his KZUM L_ Frank Solich. PAGE 9 - radio show, “DJ Aztec’s Clubhouse.” PAGE 12 Partly low 47. VOL. 99 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 ~ NO. 18 Online notes services take off at UNL By Kimberly Sweet Senior staff writer Students missing class or looking for a way to supplement their lecture notes have a new option for getting information. They can simply flip the computer switch and log on. Thanks to a new service now pre sent on the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s campus, students can type in a Web address and view a comprehen sive set of notes taken by a fellow class 5 mate. Providers of the Internet service '1- ■ i have been canvassing the campus since tiie beginning of the school year, look ing for students to take notes and post them on their respective Web sites. Along with providing notes for stu dents, the Internet service pays the note takers. In some cases, students can earn up to $400 a semester. Two companies, allstudents.com and notesu.com have advertised for note takers on UNL’s campus through fliers and representatives. Internet note-taking companies have popped up in tiie last year at col leges and universities across the nation. In order to apply to notesu.com, potential employees fill out a form and list the classes they are taking along with the instructor and class size. Students are not required to list their GPA. Allstudents.com requires potential note takers to list the specific class they are applying to take notes for, along with their GPA. Once hired, students begin taking notes and post them within a 24-hour period. ■ While two companies have been advertising at UNL, the number of Web sites providing notes online has grown. Jennifer Keesler, a spokeswoman for the Seattle-based company allstu H There is no guarantee that those notes are going to reflect the core material being taught.” Kevin Smith political science professor dents.com, said it is not surprising Internet notes services are taking off, since students spend an average of 22 hours a week on the Internet. “Students are becoming wired to the Internet,” Keesler said. “And if there is a tool online that can help them study, it lends itself to a booming busi ness,” Keesler said. Allstudents.com knows about the note-taking business. All the employ ees are either in school or recent gradu ates, Keesler said. Please see ONLINE on 3 _ ? Nate Wagner/DN JUNIOR PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS Sara Fiedler (above) and Kristi Borer lounge on the steps of Broyhlll Fountain to kill time before class Tuesday evening. Drugs, funds stolen from veterinary clinics By Jake Bleed Senior staff writer Burglars broke into four Lincoln veterinary clinics Monday night and early Tuesday morning, police said, taking cash and injectable drugs. Ketaset and the related drug Ketamine were taken from two of the clinics, police said. Ketamine, known as “Spedal K” or “Super K,” causes mild hallucinations and is popular at “rave” dance parties. Parkview Animal Hospital, 3201 S. 10th St., and the Animal Care Clinic, 255 S. 84* St., both reported losses of cash and drugs. Williamsburg Veterinary Clinic, 6041 S. 40* St., lost only cash from the break-in while the Belmont Veterinary Center, 2200 Cornhusker Hwy., reported no loss. An alarm sounded at 11:40 p.m. Monday night at the Belmont Veterinary Center, alerting officers to a break-in, officer Katherine Fiimell said. Officers responding to the alarm found the back door of the clinic kicked in. The break-in caused $200 in damage to the clinic. Finnell said the alarm might have forced the burglars to leave die building before taking any thing. An alarm at another clinic was triggered by bur glars Tuesday morning, but police did not receive the message, Finnell said. Please see CLINICS on 3 Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at dadyneb.com Students earn funds -atHarris ■ Testing lab for companies around die world keeps safety as a primary concern. By Dane Stickney Staff writer For decades, MDS Harris Labs has been working together with UNL students to “make things better” Harris Labs, whose motto is “Working together to make things better,” has been doing testing in Lincoln since 1933. Scott Logan, a recruiting manager for MDS Harris, said the majority of test sub jects at the labs are college students. “It’s an easy way to make money,” he said. “We have a lot of different studies to fit almost any schedule.” Logan said many students use Harris Labs as a part-time job, doing two to three tests a semester. The outcome is quite lucra tive because each test pays between $200 to $4,000, Logan said. “I think this is an attractive option for students because it fits them so well,” he said. “Since most students are busy during the week with school and work, many stu dents come in and spend the weekend to earn some extra money.” Harris Labs does testing for a variety of companies around the world, Logan said. Many of the tests deal with the effects of medication on different people. Once registered for a test, potential sub jects go through a rigorous screening process that includes urine, blood and heart tests. After potential test subjects pass the screening process, they take part in a com petitive call-in against other potential study participants. Those who call in first get to be part of the test, Logan said. “Some tests are more competitive than others. It just depends on the test,” he said. “If we need 20 participants, then we recruit just enough to get that number. We try not to y Please see HARRIS on 3