Wb service covers dt/s movies, events By Amy Keller Staff Reporter In the supermarket of the informa tion highway, LincolnNE.com is a shopper’s dream. More than a phone directory or an events calendar, this new Internet ser vice is an all-encompassing guide to the city of Lincoln, the service’s project manager said. Sheri Hurlbut said the web site was unlike a phone book or newspaper. “The most important difference is that it is totally up-to-date and cur rent,” Hurlbut said. “Phone books only come out once a year, but this web page is easily updatable.” Internet Services Providers Inter national of Lincoln launched the site earlier this month. Among the features LincolnNE.com offers is a com munity calendar, a movie module, a sports league listing and a business directory. cm tne community calendar, non profit organizations can post their scheduled events at no cost. Lincoln residents can browse the calendar to find these happenings. The movie module will have list inffitliat are updated weekly. Movie goers also can review shows and post critiques on the web page. Jama Mueller, a frequent user of LincolnNE.com, said the most useful part of the page for her was the movie review section. “When a large group of us wants to go out and we all have different opinions, the rating feature really helps a lot.” Also offered on the web page is a sports league module, which includes YMCA sports and other local leagues. Web site leads students to scholarship prospects By David Welch Staff Reporter To offset the rising costs of col lege, students need not sell their computers. They can use them to plug in to thousands of dollars in scholarship opportunities through fastWEB.com. Since 1995, fastWEB has been providing free financial aid oppor tunities to more than 20,000 un dergraduate and post-graduate stu dents. Bob Michelson, president of fastWEB, said the site was created because of the need for fast, free comprehensive scholarship infor mation for students. The costs to provide the service are paid for by corporate sponsors such as AT&T and Microsoft, Michelson said. When students connect to fastWEB , a series of self explanatory screens will appear to develop a personal profile and mailbox. After a student enters necessary information, which takes about 20 minutes, fastWEB creates a list of financial aid opportunities specific to the user. FastWEB also has a large re search staff that updates the service with more than 500 new entries daily. After establishing a mailbox, fastWEB continues to update the user’s mailbox with new financial aid opportunities. Brad Ellis, a junior at the Uni versity ofNebraska-Lincoln, found 10 scholarships pertaining to his biochemistry degree using fastWEB. “It didn’t take very long to do,” he said. “I’m glad I did it.” Ellis said the deadlines for most of the scholarships were early spring. Deb Augustyn, assistant direc tor at UNL’s financial aid office, said UNL endorses fastWEB, and she hopes students will take advan tage of this free service. Although it’s too late to apply for some scholarships for this year, Augustyn said, students should get an early start for next year. Winning scholarships is some times a matter of timing, she said. Although UNL games will not be on this module, some will be posted cm the community events calendar. In the business directory, the site offers a list of local companies. In ad dition, those corporations can enter an “enhanced listing,” which is a 150 word explanation of the business. The funding for LincolnNE.com comes from the sales of these enhanced list ings. One of the fastest growing ideas on the Internet is the concept of a city web page. Many other cities have simi lar Internet services; however, LincolnNE.com is different because it offers more features than most other city sites, Hurlbut said. Doug Behne, ; who uses LincolnNE.com at least once a week, said the site is useful for newcomers. “When people move here and they’re not familiar with the commu nity, if they have a computer and a connection, they can dial it up and have all this information all at one centralized location,” Behne said. This Internet service is geared to ward users of all ages and specifically tailored to those in the Lincoln com munity, but can be accessed world wide. Gay marriage arguments presented in committee MARRIAGE from page 1 Most who testified in support of same-sex marriages said it was a simple matter of civil rights. Kurt Georgeson of Waverly tes tified to support same-sex mar riages. His daughter is a lesbian, he said. His other child was able to marry and have children; she could not She cannot share her partner’s job benefits like married couples can and can’t be included for in surance or tax purposes, even though she’s been with her partner for 14 years, he said. “My daughter is not a second class citizen,” Georgeson said. “LB280 is gay-bashing with a le gal club” Karl Olson also testified in sup port of same-sex marriages and said biblical references were not enough to justify opposition. “Even though the Bible says in Leviticus that it’s a sing to charge interest, the Christian Coalition does not condemn banking... and bankers are not denied the right to many each other,” Olson said. “We are required to have a world view that is wider and richer than the book of Leviticus.” Chambers vowed to continue the fight for same-sex marriage. “1 will probably be bringing this bill for years to come,” he said, “and will do so as long as neces sary.” No action was taken on either bill.__ Fulbright Scholar speaks on European security EUROPE from page 1 publics that have formed in recent years, NATO may increase its mem bership. The enlargement may cause the member nations to question the roles of other international security organizations such as the Western European Union and the European Union, Cremasio said. These two organizations have similar goals to NATO, but are de voted primarily to European countries. The roles of crisis prevention and cri sis management must be sorted out among the organizations to have in ternational security, he said. Another concept Cremasio ad dressed was Russia’s reluctance to support NATO enlargement. The fall of the Russian economy in recent years has contributed to this reluctancy. “Russia went from being a bear to a mouse,” he said. “NATO is not so eager to isolate nor antagonize Rus sia.” All next week in the - —— -- - - Jolly Rancher Screw Driver im *0 3 ; t JE1NKS i $ EVERY THURSDAY }g 7T011PJ*. E 3* 5.7,9 p.m I $4 UNL Students • $6 General Public This program was made possible in part with the support of the Cultural ^HcMofth^rmd^mbassy^heCente^latjonald^inwn^fi^ACSE^'' Charges dropped in habyfc death; child was unborn at time of crash OMAHA (AP)—An Omaha man accused of killing a pregnant Bellevue woman in a car crash will not face trial for the death of the unborn child be cause Nebraska lacks a “viable fetus” law. Shawn M. Brody, 24, will stand trial in the death of Billie Griesemer, 25, on Dec. 20. She was in her final month of pregnancy at the time of the accident. Brody’s attorney, J. William Gallup, asked Wednesday in Douglas County Court to dismiss the charge involving the baby. Gallup cited a Nebraska statute that defines a person, when referring to the victim of a ho micide, as a human being who had been bom and was alive at the time of the homicide. Deputy County Attorney Shelly Progreba agreed to dismiss the charge. “Unfortunately, Nebraska is one of the few states that doesn't have a vi able fetus law, or recognize a viable fetus as a person,” Progreba said. Griesemer’s husband, Shane, said Wednesday that he was unhappy that Brody will not be held accountabjefor the death of his son. Zachary was delivered by Caesar ean section after the accident but both he and his mother died several hours after the crash. Police allege that Brody was under the influence of al cohol when the crash occurred. Griesemer said he will push for a state law that would allow prosecution of those responsible for the deaths of unborn babies. Griesemer’s mother, Barbara LaTumer of Galena, Kan., said the decision greatly upset her. “Zachary Taylor Griesemer has a birth certificate, a baptismal certificate and a death certificate,” she said, “but the law says he wasn't a person.” u Unfortunately, Nebraska is one of the few states that doesn’t have a viable fetus law, or recognize a viable fetus as a person.” Shelley Progrera deputy county attorney • . - • ..