The Michigan Daily-Friday, July 30, 1982-Page 3 Dial services deliver more than just words By BARB MISLE In the past, Western Union may have had a monopoly on the message- delivery market, but now more than a dozen Ann Arbor companies offer anything from insults to strippers to convey everything from grievances to affections. A new wave of dial services has taken the city by surprise in the past year, and Ann Arbor seems to like it. Perhaps the only ones who don't like it are the dial services themselves - the competition between the various ser- vices poses a threat to business. SOME SERVICES, such as Balloon Bouquets, are the sole source of income for the owner. Others, such as the Exotic Tahitian Rock Dancer, use the business to supplement their income. The various services follow the same basic format. The hired individual comes to a party, restaurant, or private home (or wherever else a customer requests) and delivers an ordered message plus the particular featured talent, to an unexpecting, often red- faced recipient. Penelope Frey, who owns Insult-a- gram, Strip-a-gram, and also bellydan- cers, says embarassing the victim is the main idea behind Insult-a-grams. An $18 Insult-a-gram is a lengthy message of verbal abuse, and is unique for each recipient. The type of abuse depends on the particular offense the person has committed. The message also includes half-eaten candy, rotten fruit, and thorns. THOSE WHO deliver bellydancing messages see their work as an art form that requires training, practice, and commitment. "It is a sensual form of dance - I do not consider it sexual. I have invested a lot of time and money in it," said Jane (who would not give her last name) of Bellydancing Telegrams. "I really en- joy what I'm doing and people who see me really get that message." Bellydancing often connotes a negative sexual image, Jane said, but added that her telegram service and the belly dancing troop "Zarifa" to which she belongs has helped to change this negative view. "WE HAVE danced for grandparen- ts and small children and no one has been offended by it. It is a good way for people to learn something about an old dance form - it is not a strip," she said. But a Strip-a-gram is a strip. For $45, a male or female stripper will come to the customer's home or a public place and strip from a three-piece suit to either a leather loin cloth or a tarzan- style bikini, Frey said. Strip-a-gram's most frequent customers are men, Frey said, but women also employ the service. In fact, in an unusual incident, one woman ordered a strip-a-gram for her teenaged son, Frey said. SINCE IT began three months ago Strip-a-grams have proven to be more popular than belly dancing, Frey said. "When Strip-a-grams came into being, bellydancing lost some of its popularity, but bellydancing is a much more refined technical dance to me, taking clothes off isn't as thrilling. But I guess women's bodies have always been popular," Frey said. Competition between services is not a big problem, but owners largely view it as a healthy incentive for their businesses. Jane, of Bellydancing See DIAL, Page 5 Pinned! Jeff Dorenkamp of Holly, Colo., wrestles his steer off its feet in 12.6 seconds yesterday in the 86th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. He opened the second go-round in steer wrestling Wednesday with the best time of 7.5 seconds. Wayne State defense contracts threatened By GREG BRUSSTAR my will not accept homosexuals or the . .. physically disabled. Detroit's Wayne State University is among several schools in the country ARMY MAJ. GEN. Hugh Clausen that could lose Army research contrac- sent a letter to the seven universities in ts for their law schools' policies of not saytg tthe euniversie allowingoncmu rerirst May saying that he would "consider discriminate against homosexuals and recommending" trinatio of all Ar- the andiappe. mycontracts with the institutions and the handicapped. stop sending Army officers to the The law schools at Harvard, Colum- schools for legal education, according bia, New York University, Yale, UCLA, to Maj.George Stinnett of the agency's and Ohio State University all ban the public affairs office. Army from recruiting because the Ar- Stinnett said that the Army currently has "no plans in the near term to ter- minate any contracts (with the schools)" Clausen is holding discussions with the law schools to find a solution to the recruiting problem, Stinnett added. JOHN ROBERTS, dean of the Wayne State law school, said the faculty adop- ted the non-discriminatory recruitment policy in 1980 because of student requests. "Discrimination against (homosexuals and the physically han- dicapped) is not dissimilar from discrimination by race, sex, or national origin. It's a matter of principle," Roberts said. The Army is permitted to recruit at Wayne State's other schools. Officials at Wayne State are assessing whether the law school over- stepped its policy making authority in establishing its non-discrimination policy, said Patricia Eames, a Wayne State attorney. The Army is permitted to recruit at Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON the University of Michigan Law School because it follows the University's general equal opportunity policy, which t in a psychology experiment yester- does not include sexual preference, said Nancy Krieger, the Law School's career planning and placement officer. Psyched out Yvette Asher attempts to convince a wavering recruit, Jim VanLare, to take par day as he contemplates whether a piece of mind is worth $4.00.