Daily
Tuesday, April 23, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 146
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Weather: A chance for thunderstorms remains
this morning, otherwise partly cloudy with a high
of 67 (19C). Cooler tonight with a low of 37 (8C).
Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday with a high
of73 (23C).
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'March to the Capitol ' scheduled
Talk of SO percent tuaiition Mke prompts rally
By Gene Gentrup
Senior Reporter
This year's proposed $1.6 million NU
budget increase the smallest in
recent years and talk of an even higher
tuition increase which could be as
much as 30 percent, have prompted
' ASUN officials to schedule a "march to
the Capitol," Monday.
ASUN President Gerard Keating said
Monday the rally is scheduled for 1 p.m.
on the north steps of the state Capitol.
Participants in the rally, he said, will
meet on the south steps of the Nebraska
Union and march to the Capitol.
Keating said the rally was called
because the university's final budget
decision will not be made until after
UNL students are dismissed from spring
semester classes May 10.
He said students will be rallying for
an increased university budget appro
priation which could result in a lower
tuition increase. After the rally, stu
dents will go inside and talk with their
respective senators.
Sen. Don Wesley of Lincoln said,
the rally should be "helpful" in gener
ating university support, but only if a
large number of students participate.
"If people don't speak out it shows
they're not concerned," he said. "It says
they don't mind a cut-university budget,
and it says they don't mind a tuition
increase."
Wesley met Monday with Keating "plan of action" GLC is considering, rally outside Regents Hall, he said,
and UNL's Government Liaison Com- Another idea, which he called "a bit
mittee chairman Kelly Kuchta to dis- radical," would ask students to pay Lincoln Regent Don Fricke said he
cuss the rally. only 90 percent of their tuition state- doesn't think the rally would have much
ment which they would receive in the of an impact on legislators' decisions.
Kuchta said the rally is just one fall. Another idea is to hold another "I'm not optimistic about its impact,"
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Fricke said. "...Where are you going to
get the money from?" he asked.
. A 10 percent tuition increase already
has been approved by the regents, but
the Appropriations Committee's budget
proposal prompted them to consider an
additional increase.
The regents had asked for an increase
of 12.6 percent or $166.4 million for
fiscal year 1985-86, 11 percent higher
than the committee's proposal.
Keating said he hopes to get support
from students from all three campuses.
He said he has received verbal support
from UNO student regent Mike DeBolt
who plans to attend the rally. Suzanne
Scott, student regent for the University
of Nebraska Medical Center, could not
be reached by Keating, but Keating
said he feels "confident" she also will
support the rally.
Together, the three campuses re
present over 40,000 students and Keat
ing said all of them need to be con
cerned about the direction tuition is
going up. Tuition has doubled in the
last 10 years.
"If students don't lobby, the policies
will be implemented," Keating said.
He said students should not be
responsible for financing the entire 30
percent increase in tuition, which would
balance NU's budget for next year. .
"Students, I feel, will support a 10
percent increase but it is not justified
for students to make up for the entire
shortfall."
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By Kip Fry
Staff Reporter
The results of a recent Justice
Department survey show an increase in
the number of thefts from automatic
teller machines, but local officials say
they are skeptical that the trend app
lies to Nebraska.
The survey states that as much as
$100 million is stolen from automatic
teller machines each year because
people lend their bank cards and
access numbers to other people.
Nebraska may be an exception to
the trend. Russ Fosler, electronic
banking supervisor at First National
Lincoln, 13th and M streets, said most
of the thefts occur on the East and
West coasts.
However, Nebraska isn't immune to
the problem. Alice Dittman, president
of Cornhusker Bank, 11th Street and
Cornhusker Highway, said a man re
cently complained to the bank that
money was missing from his account
there.
"We eventually found out that he
had given his card and access number
to a roommate, and his roommate had
taken the money," Dittman said.
Gordon Shupe, vice president in
charge of electronic banking at National
Bank of Commerce, 13th and 0 streets,
said people can avoid automatic bank
teller theft by using common sense.
"No one can get into your account
unless you give then the information,"
Shupe said.
Feeler estimated that 70 percent to
80 percent of UNL students carry
automatic bank teller cards. Because
students are relatively new at manag
ing their own budget, they should
understand what could happen if .they
are careless with their bank cards,
Fosler said.
Shupe said the best way customers
can avoid theft is never to lend their
cards or reveal their access number to
anyone even friends.
They shouldn't let anyone look over
their shoulder when they punch their
access number into the bank machine,
he said.
Also, they shouldn't write their
access number on the back of their
card, Shupe said. If they do and then
lose their card, theft is easy for the
person who finds the card. Instead,
memorize the number as soon as you
receive it and throw the written number
away.
"You don't leave an endorsed check
laying around," he said, "so why should
you leave your card and access number
laying around?"
Most banks have their own safe
guards to protect their customer's
accounts.
NBC mails cards and their access
numbers separately, avoiding possible
thefts before they even get to custo
mers. The envelopes are not labeled
with bank logos, Shupe said.
If people find a lost card and try to
use it, they have only a few tries to
guess the access number before the
machine will keep the card, Shupe
said.
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An armed guard may be unnecessary for most credit cards, but caution is needed.
and expense to alleviate the problem, more fool-proof than the previous paper Dittman said people who do have
but the consumer has to be careful," system, Shupe said. money stolen from these accounts will
Shupe said. , , , have no one to blame but themselves.
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