Police warn
students of
phony calls,
fake surveys
By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
students should answer their tele
phones carefully for a while, said one
UNL police officer.
Sgt Mylo Bushing of the UNL
Police Department said he had re
ceived a report from one student of a
questionable telephone call, and ex
pects more reports to follow.
Bushing said the student — a fe
male living on campus — said she
was contacted by a man claiming to
be a representative of a major retail
store. The caller asked the student
personal questions, such as her ad
dress and telephone number.
Bushing said the student became
suspicious when the caller contacted
her parents and asked more personal
questions.
“They were questions that had
nothing to do with any kind of survey
a store would be conducting,” Bush
ing said.
The call to the student, he said, was
made within the last week, and the
student’s report was filed with UNL
Police on Tuesday.
Last January, UNL Pol ice received
several reports from students who were
asked several personal questions by a
male caller claiming to be conducting
a survey for the UNL Department of
Psychology.
Psychology department officials
denied that such a survey was being
conducted, and the caller was never
identified.
Bushing said thercccntcallermight
be the same man.
Students should be aware that they
have no obligations to answer ques
tions about any survey. Bushing said.
If the calls persist, he said, the police
should be contacted.
Also, he said, if students have caller
ID, which identifies the telephone
number from which a call originates,
the number of any questionable sur
veys should be recorded, and given to
the police if the calls persist.
Bushing said UNL Police were
aware of only erne current valid sur
vey: a student health poll being con
ducted by the psychology department
at the University Health Center.
“Any other surveys may or may
not be for real,” he said.
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case the remaining water pipe
breaks. But, he said, it is not
r intended to scare Lincoln resi
dents.
“The state of emergency does
not ask for rationing,” he said.
“As long as the 36-inch main
stays, we’re in fine shape.”
If the remaining pipe does
break, Johanns said, the city’s
80million-gallon water reserves
are full and would last up to four
days.
If a water emergency would
be declared, the city of Lincoln
as well as the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln would be forced
to make drastic cutbacks in their
water usage.
“If something does happen,
we will request that university
facilities reduce their water uses
to critical uses only,” said Gary
Thalken, utilities manager of
UNL facilities management.
The first area for water ra
tioning on campus would be in
utility plants, where the amount
of water used in cooling towers
is the highest on campus, he
said.
Doug Zatechka, director of
housing, said no plan fisted for
potential water rationing.
But students would be in
formed if there wasa water short
age, he said.
“I’m sure people would want
to take showers, and I encour
age them to do so,” he said. “B ut
don’t make them half an hour
steam baths; make them short
and get out.”
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said.
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cess of getting musical groups to come
to UNL. He asked if there was any
bias in deciding who comes.
Members said they did not have
much choice in big-name artists, but
that they would try to bring artists to
serve every interest.
UPC President Gary Doyle said, if
the council had to decide between
conflicting events, council members
would base their decision on which
audience had been neglected.
“The problem that you’re address
ing is the problem we’re dealing with
all the time,” he said.
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peal to the 25,000 people at UNL is
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Red Cross Walk scheduled
From Staff Reports at 84 th and O streets.
Those interested can pick up
The Lancaster County Chapter pledge sheets at the Red Cross,
of the American Red Cross will 1701 ESt.; State Farm Insurance;
sponsor a 15-kilometer walk April or any Lincoln high school.
24. The walk’s sponsors hope to
Registration for the 11 th annual raise $14,000. The proceeds will be
Red Cross Walk will begin at 9 used to support Red Cross pro
p.m. The walk will begin and end at grams and services in Lancaster
1 the State Farm Insurance building County.
Massengale may stay at NU
until new president is chosen
because he thought it would make
the transition period between presi
dents easier.
“It would be belter for the uni
versity if we had someone in there
at all times,” he said.
When Massengalc made his an
nouncement two months ago, Payne
suggested he be given an extension
until June 1994, so the new presi
dent would not have to take over in
the middle of the academic year.
But, Payne said, the idea was
abandoned because several regents
wouldn't accept it, and the new
Esal appeared to be less prob
ic.
Massengale was unavailable for
comment Tuesday.
Emergency bill calls for
increase in student fees
uy Anarea Kaser
Staff Reporter
A bill calling for a99-cent increase
in student fees for Campus
Recreation’s repair and improvement
fund may be
brought upon emer
gency status at
tonight’s ASUN
meeting.
The bill comes a
week after the As
sociation of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska
failed to override President Andrew
Sigerson’s $1 veto on the Campus
Recreation’s original budget request.
To override the veto, 22 votes were
necessary. The override failed by one
vote.
Sigerson said his veto was in keep
ing with his promise to students for no
student fee increases.
Andrew Peshek, business senator,
said he was pushing the 99-cent in
crease because the original increase
was approved unanimously two weeks
ago, and only one senator supported
the veto last week.
“I think the majority of the senate
wants the 99-cent increase because it
was evident last week,” Peshek said.
Campus Recreation’s repair and
improvement fund pays for maintain
ing and upgrading fields, facilities
and equipment. The veto left the alio
I think the majority of
the senate wants the
99-cent Increase
| because it was evident
last week.
—Peshek
ASUN senator
cation for repair and improvement at
$4 per student. The bill proposes it be
increased to $4.99, making total Fund
B fee increases $2.21 instead of $1.22.
Also at tonight’s meeting, mem
bers of ASUN will consider upgrad
ing the computers in their office.
Sigerson said networking the sys
tem would enable ASUN office work
ers to transfer information to different
computers without having to retype
it.
“Our office is very inefficient be
cause it’s difficult for us all to work
together,” Sigerson said.
The bill requcsts$3,100 to be spent
from AS UN’s contingency account.
The account contains $8,000, Sigerson
said.
The money would pay for net
working. It would also pay for two
new computers and software to up
grade the old ones, he said.
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