Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, November 17, 1986
Warped
by Scott McCullar
Waldo
by Kevin Thomas
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Spouse search service finds
mates for upwardly mobile
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — “My
client is a marriage-minded Harvard
MBA. He is successful, intelligent,
attractive and popular. If you are
30-35, slim and fit, well-educated
(and) your interests include informal
dinner parties, good conversation . .
write to me.”
The ad was run by Zelda Fischer,
founder of an upwardly mobile
spouse search agency called Gen-
tlepeople Ltd., which doesn’t accept
business from just anyone.
“I don’t find the word ‘snob’ of
fensive,” she says. But she’d prefer
describing her clients as fussy.
“I wouldn’t turn away an intellec
tually curious tradesperson,” says
Fischer, who screens prospective cli
ents by telephone.
“A plumber is fine if he’s comfort
able exchanging ideas of enjoying
music with other bright, civilized
people,” she says.
Gentlepeople seeks to match the
achievers and the successful, the sort
who enliven dinner party conversa
tion and drive home in expensive
sports cars. “Money is very impor
tant in all this,” she says.
The firm charges a $2,500 fee.
“I think it’s high, but not too
high,” said one client, a 45-year-old
who declined to give her name. “It’s
a terrible thing to say, but perhaps
the fee sorts the wheat from the
chaff.
“A lot of us are very busy people,”
added the woman, who for eight
months has been dating a 57-year-
old entrepreneur introduced by
Gentlepeople. “I have an accountant
who takes care of my taxes, doctors
who take care of my hody and I have
someone who takes care of my social
life — Zelda — and it’s wonderful.”
As hefty as the fee is, it’s soon
going up to $5,000, Fischer says, be
cause more matches are being ar
ranged through her recently opened
London office and this raises costs.
The charge covers six months of in
troductions and informal evenings
with all current “members.”
To determine the sort of person a
caller is, Fischer, 59, might ask
whether his favorite comedian is
Joan Rivers or Woody Allen.
The Cambridge office has about
150 active clients. About 30 percent
of the clients end up marrying mates
selected by Gentlepeople, Fischer
says, adding that none of the
matches has ended in divorce “but
I’ve been in business only five years.”
She recalls one case in which two
people she introduced tried to get
their money back because the man
proposed on the first date.
But, of course, Gentlepeople
doesn’t make refunds in such cases.
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Fraud
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pends on the amount of services sto
len, he says.
Both the College Station and
Bryan police departments report no
recent arrests for telephone fraud,
but Poison says that MCI is working
with College Station police on seve
ral cases. College Station police de
clined comment on the matter.
Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traffic at A&M, says the Univer
sity Police Department has gotten in
volved in several of the telephone
fraud cases involving campus resi
dents.
“Our department is investigating
a number of these incidents, and
while no arrests have been made to
date, at least one is pending,” Wiatt
says.
He says that while University Po
lice have cooperated with long-dis
tance services before on similar
cases, the relationship has not always
been a pleasant one for the A&rM po
lice.
“In the past there have been nu
merous incidents that we have been
investigating on behalf of the phone
companies,” he says. “The result has
always been that when it came down
to the identification of the student,
the phone company decided to ac
cept restitution from the individual
and drop the charges.
“Well, at this point, my policy is
that we are not going to be put in the
position of a collection agency. If
they come to us stating that a crimi
nal act is evident, and we investigate
it, then we are going to take the mat
ter to the district attorney.
“So now when we investigate, it is
with the purpose of eventually filing
charges.”
One source, who did not wish to
be identified, was recently caught by
University Communications for
making illegal calls. He says his
problem stemmed from not thinking
before making the calls.
“If I’d known that it was as illegal
as it was, God knows I’d never have
done it,” he says.
Since the service used in this case
was University Communications, no
arrest was made, but the source ad
mitted the situation was embarrass
ing, and that things could have
turned out much worse.
But the potential of actually get
ting caught was never considered, he
says.
“I didn’t make that many calls, yet
I got caught,” he says. “If this can
happen to me, if I can get caught
making just a few calls, then I think
people need to think about whether
this is really a good idea.”
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Dorm Point Standings
The Dorm Points as of October 31,1986 are as follows. These points include entry
points for Flag Football, Table Tennis Singles, Indoor Soccer, Tennis Singles, Inner-
tube Water Basketball, Golf Doubles, Racquetball Doubles, Pickleball Singles, Vol
leyball, Flickerball, Horseshoe Singles and Bowling Singles. It also includes total
points for 16” Softball, Triathlon and Punt, Pass & Kick.
IM NOTES
The backpacking trip to
Sam Houston National
Forest scheduled for No-
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Men
Women
Dorm A (250 +)
Moses
13.54
Davis Gary
7.91
Crocker
5.40
Dunn
3.12
Walton
2.55
Moore
2.48
Aston
2.25
Hart
1.55
Keathley
1.70
Haas
1.06
Fowler
.81
Neeley
.68
Krueger
.51
Underwood
.35
Mosher
.24
Dorm AA (250-)
Puryear 12.63
Law 3.74
Mclnnis 3.03
Schumacher 2.45
Hotard 1.55
Clements 2.72
Briggs 2.25
Hobby 1.86
Spence .83
McFadden .73
Hughes .68
Leggett .60
Gainer .29
Thanksgiving Holiday Special
Outdoor Equipment Rental
TENTS Fac/Staff w/o Rec. ID B/CS Residents
6 person Timberline $20.00
4 person Timberline 13.75
3 person Dome 12.50
2 person Timberline 8.00
2 person Catskill, Pup 6.75
Students Fac/Staff w/Rec. ID
$24.75
18.75
15.00
9.75
8.00
SLEEPING BAG 6.75 8.00
SLEEPING PAD 2.50 3.00
BACKPACK 7.50 9.00
LATERN 6.25 7.50
STOVES
Coleman 2 burner 6.25 7.50
Coleman Peak 1 5.50 6.75
Fuel bottle 1.25 1.50
Fuel bottle with fuel 2.50 3.00
COOKING EQUIPMENT
Large cook kit 3.75
Tote bag 1.25
WATER CONTAINERS
Collapsible water container (2 gal) 1.75
Plastic water bottle (1 qt.) 1.00
Sierra cup 75
Ice chest (48 qt.) 6.25
TOOLS
Shovel 1.00
Folding Saw 1.50
.4.25
.1.50
.2.25
.1.25
.1.00
.7.50
1.25
1.75
WATERCRAFT*
Canoe 34.50 41.25
Kayak 25.50 30.50
‘All watercraft include paddles, lifejackets, and car racks if needed.
A Program of Intramural-Recreational Sports
vember 21 & 22 has been
cancelled.
- All University Finals for
Flickerball will be Tues
day, November 18 from
5PM to 8PM on Penber-
thy, barring rain.
- Sports Trivia Bowl prelims
are Wednesday, Novem
ber 19 at 6PM in 164
Read Bldg.
Check out the hot action
in Flickerball Finals
Tuesday night!
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Entries Close
SPORTS TRIVIA BOWL - ENTRIES CLOSE: Tues., Nov. 18; 20,
5:00PM, Rm 164 Read Bldg. DIVISIONS: Teams will consist of three par
ticipants. Competition will be in Men’s, Women’s, and Co-Rec. Co-Rec
teams may be of any combination of men and women. Teams must have
two participants to participate. Co-Rec teams must have at least 1 male
and 1 female. COMPETITION: Teams will answer questions in the qual
ifying round to determine who will advance to the finals. Finals will be a
single elimination tournament. For more information, contact Jack Mof
fett, 845-7826.
ARCHERY SINGLES - ENTRIES CLOSE: Tuesday, November 25; CON
TEST DATE: Tuesday, December 2, 6PM, Rm. 304 Read. Singles: Par
ticipants will schedule a time to shhot at 6PM, 7PM, 8PM or 9PM. DIVI
SIONS: Men’s and Women’s in Class A or B. RULES: PITA rules apply.
Each participant will shoot 30 arrows at 15 yds. Equipment: Participants
are asked to provide their own equipment although a few bows will be
available. There are restrictions on bows. For more information call Patsy
at 845-7826.
Cross Country Winners
Congratulations to the All-University Cross Country Cham
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Mike Clayville
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Luis Reudas
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Jerry Cole
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Bob Wharton
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Malcolm Drew
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Sheryl Wallace
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored in the Battalion byyo-
local McDonald’s Restaurants at University Drive, Manor EastM#'
Hwy 21 and on Texas Avenue. Stories are written by Genni Mi
graphics are by Mike Cantrell and photos are by Tom McDonnell art
Brian Crosby.
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