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IDS promises love at a price
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because she said it would discourage
potential patrons.
If a client decides to foot the bill he or
she is committed to a 24-month mem-
bership in IDS. The investment in-
cludes a set of "referrals" every two
months for potential dates.
A referral sheet, similar to a
mugshot, lists basic information about
the date such as hair and eye color, ad-
dress, phone number and two personal
statements.
CLIENTS choose a dote from the bat-
ch of pictures and if Cupid shoots his
arrow on target the IDS membership
can be frozen.
"People freeze and reactivate
frequently. A person can rejoin after
the initial two-year period said Swart.
Although the service is highly selec-
tive, Swart said they have never lost
clients because they could not afford the
membership fee. "We don't
discriminate on the basis of income or
profession," she said. "Our high stan-
dards have enabled us to keep a good
reputation and have let us introduce our
clients to more and more referrals."
IDS is expanding its market, cap-
turing clients from Ann Arbor and Yp-
silanti, but other local dating services
are critical of their high-priced mem-
bership.
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psychotherapist in Ann Arbor, who has
operated dating services off and on for
several years, said many clients have
come to him because they could not af-
ford the high price at IDS.
IDS membership costs somewhere
between $600 and $1,200, BenDor said,
adding that clients complained the ser-
vice failed to carry out a promise to fix
them up with dates in the same area.
BenDor said his service will be a
computer match up for people who
don't enjoy the "happy hour-type
singles scene." The charge will only be
$20 to $30.
'U' report
reveals
discrepancies
in research
salaries
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the University needs to do is set more
equal maximum salaries for primary
researchers, she said.
THESE discrepancies between
primary researchers and instructional
faculty are not just issues for women,
says Lois Verbrugge, a University
researcher and contributor to the
report.
Many male researchers are upset
that they're paid less than professors at
the same level because they don't
receive the same fringe benefits, such
as University-paid travel expenses.
This leaves many male and female
researchers feeling slighted, she said,
at a time when teaching staffs are being
cut back and the University sorely
needs good researchers to bring in
money, and recognition.
To remedy this situation, the report
charges University President Harold
Shapiro to further investigate the
report's findings, and to find solutions
to the problems presented.
More specifically, the report recom-
mends researchers be monitored by the
vice president for academic affairs in-
stead of the vice president for research.
The move would bring researchers and
instructors under the same ad-
ministrator.
The report also recommended that
fringe benefits be equalized; that
researchers be chosen as carefully as
instructional staff; and that resear-
chers be refered to in University
documents as "faculty" members.
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