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Telephone wake up replaces alarm clock ByJEAN MANSAVAGE Rc/ioncr li the buzzing of an alarm dock ir ritates you in the morning, the tele phone wake-uj) calls of Good Morn ing Great Day Wake-Up Service offer an alternative. Entrepreneur Charles McElroy, a Texas A&M graduate student in the Department of Geosciences, says he began the wake-up service this se- mester because he believed that stu dents needed something other than an alarm clock or a radio to get going in the morning. "Reality says that we have to get up and out into the world, and in this case our world is the Universi ty,” McElroy says. “This service gently wakes up the clients and gets them going into t he day.” ASB.aO fee covers the five-dav- a-week service and an additional five wake-ups whenever the client wishes. Most students are awakened in the morning for daily classes. Some of the unusual circumstances in which clients like the additional calls include visiting parents and strange schedules kept during test weeks and finals. The one or two min ute wake-up calls both get the clients out of bed and inform them about what hap- pened while they were asleep. News, sports, weather and other interest ing information are relayed from one of IB callers to the more than 200clients. All of that is done with a smile in the caller’s voice, McElroy "It is important to have a good at titude about college because it sets the foundation for what rung of the ladder at which we begin,” McElroy says. “We can change the attitude about getting up from negative to positive, and that is important. “Callers must he light-hearted, yet stern about waking people. You can’t alienate clients by being nasty, but the importance of the call has to be maintained. “The callers have to remember that thev are talking to a human be ing. someone that is as hard to get up as anyone else.” In addition to providing a wake- up service, McElroy says he believes he is offering employment to sHu- dents who do the calling. “The wake-up service has been a jnethod to turn friends on to a way to make money,” he says. Each of the 13 callers receives a commission of $250 per month. Callers operate out of their homes. Reality says that we have , to get up and out into the world, and in this case our world is the University. This service gently wakes up the clients and gets them going into the day.” Charles McElroy so they must have telephones. Call ers also should have a television to keep up to date with news and weather. The job is good for stu dents because they work before their classes begin and their evenings are lef t free for studying. The callers keep a diary of the calls thev make and are made aware of important dates by the clients so they can remind them of those dates when necessary. “They get to know their clients, but not in a pushy way,” McElroy says. “The callers know their clients only aS well as the clients wish.The first name of the clients and their phone numbers are all that is given out.” Anonymity is an overriding con cern of the wake-up service, he says, because it is necessary to maintain respect for both parties’ rights to pri vacy. There is a chance for a f riendly working relationship, hut if the fine line of anonymity is crossed, that relationship is endangered, McElroy says. Barbara, a caller, thinks the serv ice is a good idea. “It is more personal than an alarm clock,” she says. Barbara calls her clients and talks with them until they are awake, in forming them of the day’s weather and the overnight news. McElroy describes the clients as a diverse group. Heavy partiers, stu dents disinterested in school, very studious people and even athletes all need help getting up, he says. McEl roy says there are more female cli ents and that he thinks this is be cause they may need more time to get ready in the morning. Paula, a client, heard about the service through a friend and de cided it would he useful to her. “I was awf ul about the alarm clock in the morning,” she says. “So many times I would turn off the alarm without realizing it, and now that can’t happen. “It is a not-too-loud, friendly way to wake up. I get the news and that is nice because I don't always have time to read the paper before I go to class.” McElroy says the idea for the serv ice came from a friend who would sleep through her alarm. He would call to make sure that she was awake. The f riend suggested that it could be done for more people and so. Good Morning Cireat Day Wake-Up Serv ice was born. He refuses to use computers to call more people. McElroy says he believes that would destroy the per sonal effect of the calls. The imper sonal wake-up would only be trans ferred from the clock to the telephone, he says. A computer can not tell you to go out and have a great day and truly mean it, McElroy savs. ns - Communications technology being stifled Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The Justice Department is stilling competition awl the introduction of new commu nications technology, the chairman pi' Ameritech told delegates to the United States Telephone Associa tion convention Monday, j The federal agency is operating liom a “pre-divestiture, pre-compe tition mindset,’’ said William Weiss, jalsochiel executive of ficer of Ameri tech, one of seven regional Bell tele phone holding companies. T he Justice Department, he said, has “set itself up as the arbiter of what is best for the future of the in dustry.” The telephone industry, he said, was restructured to eliminate domi nance by any one player. Now that the task is complete, the Justice De partment “has simply added one more layer of pervasive regulation,” he said. Weiss made his remarks in a speech to about 3,()()() delegates at tending the UST A convention. L’STA represents nearly all of the 1,400 local telephone exchange com panies in the United States. “The divested Bell companies are being regulated more vigorously than ever,” Weiss said. “Moreover, the emphasis is still on what not to do rather than what can and should he done, and time after time, the customer gets lost in the shuf fle,” he said. HR net Become A DoubleDave's CERTIFIED GLOBAL •> V 'V:-. ... ] '11 hi What You Win for. -PN -RN 1. Free 16" Pizza 2. A Globa! Beer Expert T-Shirt 3. FHave your name displayed forever on our Bronze Plaque. 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