Tuesday, October 6, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 5 Students have options for dealing with harassing, annoying phone calls By Kolli Rayborn Kansan staff writer Some students may dread the ring of their own phones. Salesman, strangers and charities often call people who may not want to speak to them. Most serious among these calls are those from people who make threatening remarks. The KU Public Safety Office and Networking and Telecommunications Telecommunications Services have a procedure for dealing with such phone calls to students who live on campus. Elizabeth Pesek Shields, senior network analyst for the telecommunications office, said that a student who received a harassing call could file a "After Southwestern Bell introduced Caller ID, annoyance calls went down by 49 percent. The people making these calls know there's a good chance they're getting caught." Report in the Public Safety Office and take the case number to the telecommunications office. She said the student could then consent to have his or her line monitored. Southwestern Bell offers services including Call Blocker for $3 per month, Caller ID for $6.50 to $7.50 per month and Call Trace for $8 per activation, said company spokesman Trent Frager. Frager said Southwestern Bell received an average of 10,000 reports of annoying and anonymous calls every month. The numbers used to be much higher. Frager said. "After Southwestern Bell introduced Caller ID, annoyance calls went down by 49 percent," he said. "The people making these calls know there's a good chance they're getting caught." "We do not listen to the calls, but we are able to log information regarding incoming calls," Pesek said. Trent Frager Southwestern Bell spokesman The telecommunications office will release information regarding incoming harassing calls to the Public Safety Office. Students who live off campus have more options for stopping threatening calls. However, annoying phone calls do not always come from obscene or anonymous callers. Telemarketers also can disrent students' studies Telemarketers also can disrupt students' studies and their lives. Susan Childers, Lawrence senior, said that after her bovriend received an AT&T Universal card in the mail without applying for it, their home was plagued by sales calls. "It was an extreme nuisance," she said. "I was sick of it." Childers said she received five or six calls in a two-month period. "I told them specifically not to call back," she said. "They called back three times after I said, 'Take him off the list.'" The Better Business Bureau said it was illegal for a telemarketer to call someone who had TELEMARKETING RULES The Better Business Bureau's list of the rules that govern telemarketers in Kansas: It is illegal for a telemarketer to call you if you have asked not to be called. No calls are allowed before 8 a.m. or after 9 It is illegal for a telemarketer to withdraw money from your checking account without your express, verifiable authorization. ■ Telemarketers must tell you it's a sales call and what they are selling before they make their pitch. If it is a prize promotion, they must tell you that no purchase or payment is necessary to enter or to win. State law enforcement officers now have the power to prosecute fraudulent telemarketers who operate across state lines. asked not to be called. Childers said the calls to her home finally stopped, but initially she was told it would take 60 to 90 days for her name to be removed from the calling list. Nilda Weglarz, AT&T media relations manager, said that AT&T honored requests for removal from its lists but that it could take up to 30 days before the removal occurred. Childers said she had taken a stand against solicitors by taking free stuff and then canceling services. "Sometimes you can just milk them for what they're worth," she said. "Learn to manipulate them." Telephone checkups welcome freshmen Orientation office measures feedback from new students Kansan staff writer By Melody Ard The Office of New Student Orientation will spend the next two weeks completing a program in which it attempts to call every new freshman. Kristin Adkinson, assistant director, said the program's goal was to find out where students were having problems and to give them answers to their questions. "We have attempted to contact new students within the first six weeks of their being here." Adkinson said. "We try and give them references or resources if they have questions or problems and remind them of uncoming events." Reminders change based on the University of Kansas' upcoming events. For example, students who were called last week were given information about Parents' Weekend, Adkinson said. The students who have not been called yet will receive information about spring enrollment. Adkinson said many students were adjusting well to University life. "For the most part, students are having a great time," she said. "Some are talkative and want to tell us everything they have done, and others tell us they are doing fine and don't have anything else to say." Calling duties have been divided among more than 50 University faculty and staff members from various departments, about 20 student volunteers and admissions telecounselors. Adkinson said she did not know how many hours had been spent on the project nor how many students remained on the calling list. R. J. Woodring, Lisle, Ill., sophomore, was an orientation assistant last summer and a part-time employee of the office. He said he spent between eight and 10 minutes talking with each freshman and a total of four hours calling students. "Freshmen usually say their worst experience is going to class, and often their best experience is making friends," he said. "Stu "Freshmen usually say their worst experience is going to class, and often their best experience is making friends. Students have been pretty receptive to it. They are excited to talk about their experiences and, for the most part, excited that someone from the University is calling them." R. J. Woodring Lisle, Ill., sophomore dents have been pretty receptive to it. They are excited to talk about their experiences and, for the most part, excited that someone from the University is calling them." This is the third year that New Student Orientation employees have been collecting data from freshmen. As a result of the program, the office discovered that an information exchange helped both the University and students. "We found out from the students last year that we needed to start making calls earlier." Adkinson said. "We feel that if the student is knowledgeable, it helps them down the road." Adkinson said the office did not plan to make changes based on the information but that she hoped to compile the information from the past three years and learn more about recent and future freshmen. Through calling, Adkinson said the office identified a common problem that many freshmen did not even realize existed. "A lot of students don't have campus addresses updated," she said. "So the phone numbers that we have been calling are the phone numbers at their parents' homes. That means that their permit to enroll will be sent there, and they need to change that." 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