Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Students owe money, MCI deals whammy !SStfBfl5 r MCIo ' leal We ' ve been talking or three hours. Isn ' t this getting expensive? No big deal. It ' s free. (Three years later:) Daddy, it ' s me. Send money. No, I mean lots of money. MCI Telecommunications Corp. lost an estimated $1 million because of a cam- to 2,000 Tech students had distance telephone access i i» l £: years. During a two-week MCI- students came forward jiMiiKitimi regarding their involvement tion of unauthorized MCI Hllll MHKlT ' H -MWl i , J tl cess codes. I knew what I was doing abused the codes were laimiiiiiii gram, and others were not. year-old freshman com- Lambeth told The UD University Daily. I i campus. names and avoid federal or state prosecution. Now that it ' s all over with, I ' m glad I turned myself in, said a junior woman majoring in public relations. Students filled out forms that asked them to provide their names and addresses, the access codes they used, the numbers they called us- ing the codes, the time span during which the illegal calls were made, the names of people to whom they distributed the codes and the names of people who gave them the codes. Students were not asked to sign the form and were made. A - « 11 ■ 1 tional trade major told The UD, If MCI didn ' t offer restitution, half the college would be in jail. Even after the restitution continued to use illegal ac- K.KVl Hl ' mmmmsmm television stations, The Associated Press and USA Today . I got the codes from They told me the school ij ii i «n »t After six people signed Mmmmmmm codes from David Douglas Day, the 23-year-old former Tech student was ized MCI long distance If found guilty, Day BaiBiHitKia g w ii with me. After MCI began experi- encing losses out of Lub- office for further «. can . t see how they bock, the company traced investigation. traced {he caUg tQ me „ the calls and discovered Someone took advantage sald re , ations that 99 percent of them of the scam to display their the effort by MCI to help first two verses went like this: Bless me Father For I have sinned I ' ll never call New York again Nor will I even touch my phone Until I pay back what I owe. Cast me not into a fiery Hell But deliver me to the arms of Good Ma Bell Absolution comes from on high Restitution from MCI. The scam, which in- volved Tech football nlavers. fraternity and sorority members and dorm residents, made na- Daddy, it ' s me. — Tricia Hargrove When students used illegal code ' they participated in one of the bi gest campus scams in history. MC estimated that Tech students wer responsible for more than $ million worth of illegal Ion distance charges. Designed by Tony Renlerio

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