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By Jim E&szMen
Daily Nebimkast Sisior legorler
Two veteran sportswriters gave
different opinions Sunday con
cerning UNL's new policy of bar
ring reporters from the Corn
husker locker room after football
games.
Under the new policy, players
are brought to a large interview
room after games. The university
changed its locker room policy to
give equal access to female repor
ters, who formerly had to wait
outside the locker room while
their male colleagues interviewed
players inside.
The new policy went into effect
Saturday for the Wyoming game.
Mike Babcock of the Lincoln Jour
nal and Star and Dave Sittler of
the Omaha World-Herald said they
were surprised at how well things
went Saturday.
Babcock said he thinks having
an interview room is perferable
to interviewing players in the
locker room. '
But Sittler said he prefers
locker room interviews oecause
they are more spontaneous and
the players show more emotion.
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Both writers complimented the
UNL Sports Information office
for making the players available
for interviews.
"I thought it went very well,"
Babcock said. "It was a lot better
than I thought it would be.
Babcock said he had been
opposed to the new setup, but
Saturday's experience changed
his mind. He said he liked the
auieter atmosphere of the inter
view room..
"The locker room is a terrible
place to interview people," he
said. "You're elbow-to-elbow in
there." -
Although Sittler also said he
doesn't enjoy the locker room
atmosphere, he said, the new pol
icy hinders his ability to get a
good story. He said the interview
room just doesnt have the on-the-spot
atmosphere of the locker
room.
"By the time the players get to
the interview room, you just dont
see some of the emotion," Sittler
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Sittler recalled the Oklahoma
game last year, when Neil Harris
tipped a fourth-down Sooner pass
in the end zone, perserving
Nebraska's lead in the final min
utes. Harris was very emotional
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Sittler said.
Sittler said he doubts it would
have been the same if Harris had
had some time to compose him
self before going to a room to be
interviewed. Reporters wouldn't
have been able to see his spon
taneous reaction after the game,
he said.
Sittler also said he didnt get to
speak with two players he wanted
to talk to. He said the players
came to the room, but left before
he could talk to them.
"That might have been my fault "
he said. "I may have spent too
much time interviewing other
people. But I cant remember miss
ing anybody in the locker room."
Babcock said he thought the
players gave ample time for
interviews. He said he was sur
prised he was able to talk to play
ers alone. He said he had antici
pated a news conference-type situ
ation, where a bunch of reporters
would interview players at once.
No" women reporters came to
the interview room Saturday,
although several are expected
later in the season.
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By Kevin Dcfan
Daily Nebraskan Stall Writer
So you don't remember order
ing that mix-o-matic, set of Ginsu
knives and versatile bamboo steam
er that arrived yesterday. But the
charge card number on the bill
matches the number on your
MasterCard.
. Or maybe you can't compare
the charge numbers because you
can't find your card.
Worse yet, no merchandise and
no charge card, but a $45 bill
from Visa or any of the stores
that offer their own brand of in
house charge card.
The ease with which credit card
fraud is committed makes this
crime appealing to practical jok
ers and professional thieves alike.
Anyone can order almost any
thing by phone simply by giving
the number and expiration date
of their credit card account. No
signature required.
"This type of crime happens all
the time" said Mary Zabel, Finan
cial Card Center security man
ager at First Federal Lincoln.
According to Nebraska law, a
credit card owner can be held
liable for up to $50 worth of
fraudulent claims. In essence
then, the card holder may be
required to pay for someone else's
play.
Detective Earl Franklin, an in
vestigator with the Forgery and
Fraud Unit of the Lincoln Police
Department, said credit card
fraud is a sporadic, yet ongoing
crime in Lincoln.
Zabel said fraud at department
stores accounts for the major
portions of bank losses.
The amount of most fraudu
lent charges is less than the mer
chant floor limit, she said, since
purchases over the limit must
first be cleared through an author
ization center. However several
charges below the limit often are
made before the card owner real
izes and reports the crimes, she
said.
Fred R. Stone disagrees with
any theory that "the bank suffers
the loss." Stone, executive vice
president of the RetailMerchants
Association ofNebraska Inc., said
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the cost of credit card fraud is
borne by the consuming public.
The losses incurred by banks be
cause of fraud are reflected onto
the consumer by an increase in
service charges and interest rates,
Stone said.
So think again before ordering
that SUm Whitman collection and
charging it to your neighbor's
account.
" Franklin said telephone solici
tation is a common way of getting
account numbers. He cited one
example in which a Lincoln wo
man, thinking she had won a
vacation, gave a caller her card
number and was subsequently
billed $2,300 for charges made
through a mail order firm.
Franklin said other cases have
involved fraud merchants, who,
after acquiring many card num
bers by phone, then make several
charges to each account and skip
town with the cash.
Many cases of credit card fraud
result from negligence by the card
owner, Zabel said. Cards left in a
car, forgotten in a store or lost in
a bar indicate the irresponsibility
of some card owners.
. Franklin said he currently is
working on a case in which a Lin
coln man had his checks and
credit cards stolen from the glove
compartment of his car. Charges
in excess of the misdemeanor
limit have been made within the
past month, he said.
Rex Gruber, a regional credit
card fraud investigator with First
Data Resources in Omaha, said
he thinks current Nebraska fraud
laws are inadequate. He said
penalties should be steeper.
Also, he said, women are more
susceptible to credit card theft.
Merchants and card owners
should be educated about fraud
prevention.
Zabel said prevention includes
not loaning the card to friends or
relatives. She said to be cautious
with the card number and re
ceipts and to pay attention dur
ing transactions.
She said merchants have been
known to duplicate charge invoi
ces and then collect from the
bank. Tourists abroad should be
particularly aware of this scam,
she said.
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