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Show PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS psychic. One is to dial an 800 number and pre-putrchase phone time with a credit card or checking account. You are automatically upgraded to “platinum caller status” and receive time at a reduced price. The more minutes purchased, the less expensive the call is. The 900 number, at ' $4.99 a minute, has P! potential to wipe p out one’s savings. S One night I decided that I would see if the famous Miss Cleo could tell me about my future, so I gave her a call. After all my information was entered into a computer by an operator (some come with accents, others do not), I was given a pin number and transferred to a new menu. I entered my number and was given a few warnings. First, I was told I would be alerted when there was a minute left in my call and given the opportunity to buy more - Will Miss against Miss Cleo’s company, the Psychic Readers Network, for making aggressive and confusing sales pitches over the telephone. Customers are led to believe they can get free readings . when they really have to call that unreasonable 900 number. The company violated New York’s “Do Not Call” law 112 times in seven months. It keeps getting more and more sketchy. : I could’ve gotten my tarot cards read on the Miss Cleo Web site for free. She actually offers several setvices online. Www.mindandsprit.com offers tarot card readings, astrology charts and horoscopes, but most options come with a price. It works by choosing a category (love, connect me with Miss Cleo or offer me free minutes. If he or friendship, future, etc.), concentrating on a question, then with a new psychic. My psychic friend was Angela, a bored-sounding woman free of exotic accents. She asked ifI was calling for a specific reason or if I just wanted a general reading. I asked for a general reading and she asked me to concentrate as she shuffled the deck of tarot cards. I could actually hear the shuffling, along with chattering psychics/telemarketers and television in the background. My 10 minutes of psychic bliss was consumed by boring tarot cards that revealed nothing but a bunch of lame generalizations. i Miss Cleo’s biography on her Web site says she relies on spirits to communicate through the tarot cards. “The cards are just tools,” clicking on a card. The picture is revealed and a statement appears. It works a bit like a Magic 8 ball. Www.cleoromance.com is a dating service known as CleoDate. “Trash is something you throw out, not bring into your bedroom,” she says. “I think you know exactly what I'm talking about. I've seen too many people stooping to find love. Let me tell you, babies, it’s time to raise your head and set your sights higher in your search for romance....” Again, this site does charge to “meet that special someone.” Maybe Miss Cleo should stop checking her bank account and take a few phone calls, or at least train her psychics with a Jamaican accent. That’s all we really want. she says. “When you see me on the commercial, sometimes it is not me talking— it’s my spiritual guides. They tell me about people...” Angela asked me several questions and sometimes I answered honestly; other times I didn’t. Some things she told me were that I'm The famous psychic, open to new ideas, I've success in the past and see more in the future, thinking about moving Miss Cleo, is ever ready to read her tarot cards but not to you over the telephone. had will I'm and I should look before I leap. She warned me about someone with light hair and light eyes, possibly a cat owner, being domineering and vengeful toward me. Meanwhile, I could receive sensual enjoyment from an artist with the initials B or J. I was not warned about a minute remaining, just BY RHIANNON BENT SENIOR STAFF WRITER cm simply solicits callers on television. A Nov. 1, 2001 article in New York’s Daily News discussed a possible $224,000 fine minutes. I was also warned that my psychic could not she did, I could push an extension that would connect me Cleo know what is in your future? MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 me now! Any late-night television viewer has heard these words, shouted by the exuberant psychic with a alerted when my time was up. I hung up before any charges were added to my credit card. I was pretty bugged. No Jamaican accent known as Miss Cleo. How many * adyice about my love life? times have you thought about calling? ‘Where was Miss Cleo? I have to say my experience with a psychic was an Apparently Youree extreme disappointment. There was no Miss Cleo and no ' Cleomili Harris (aka “Miss exciting revelations or free readings. Cleo”) does not own ot Callers have two choices before they are connected with a operate the company. She Miss Cleo is a well known television psychic. However, if you are thinking about calling for advice on your future, don’t expect to talk to Miss Cleo in person. You will likely talk to her associates. Shape the Future of Health Care as a Doctor of Chiropractic v If you want fo help people get well and stay well... v If you want to work independently as a selfemployed chiropractic physician... - ¢ |f you want to achieve the financial success commensurate with your professional standing as a Doctor of Chiropractic... v If you want to establish your position in the community as a highly respected Doctor of Chiropractic... Then you are ready for a challenging and rewarding career in chiropractic. Contact Logan College . of Chiropractic today! 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