II •?: i 5jr i :sBgw«i« : P R I N C I P L K S S O U N D R H T I R K M H N T I N V H S T INC, f RECENTLY, MORNINGSTAR CALLED US CHEAP. IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET A COMPLIMENT LIKE THAT. A 1 financial companies charge operating fees and expenses — some more than others. Of course, the lower the expenses you pay, the bet ter. That way more of your money goes where it should—towards building a comfortable future. We make low expenses a high priority. Because of our size and our exclusive focus on serving the needs of educational and research communities, TIAA-CREF’s costs are among the lowest in the insurance and mutual fund indus tries.' In fact, Morningstar, Inc.—one of the nation’s leading sources of variable annuity and mutual fund information — says, “Size isn’t a con straint; it...enables CREF to realize a remarkable economy of scale.” 2 According to Morningstar s data, CREF’s “minuscule” 0.31% average fund expense charge was less than half that charged by comparable funds. 3 TIAA’s traditional annuity also charges no Ensuring the future for those who shape it. 1. Standard Poor a Insurance Rating Analy^id, 1995; Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., LJppcr-Directors ’ Analytical Data, 1995 (Quarterly). 2. Source: Morningstar, Variable AnnuitUd/Life 4/12/95. 3. Of the 2,358 variable annuity funds tracked by Morningstar, the average fund had annual expenses of 0.78% plus an insurance expense of 1.24%. Source: Morningstar, Inc., for periods en ding July 31, 1995. 4. Standard cl Poors Insurance Rating Analysis, 1995. TIAA-CREF expenses are subject to change and are not guaranteed for the future. CREF is a variable annuity and its returns are not guaran teed. The value of your investment can go up or down, no matter what expense levels are. CREF certificates are distributed by TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services. For more complete information, including charges and expenses, call 1 800 842-2773, extension 5509, for a prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. Date of first use: 7/95. fees aside from a very modest operating expense of 1/4 of 1% of annuity assets. Interest and divi dends are reported after all operating costs have been deducted. Standard & Poor’s calls TIAA’s costs “exceptionally low.’ M Of course, expenses are only one factor to consider when you make an investment decision. While we re committed to keeping our expenses down, we spare nothing in striving to provide top-quality investment choices, financial exper tise, and personal service. Because that can make a difference in the long run, too. TIAA-CREF seeks performance, not profit. At TIAA-CREF, we believe people would like to spend more on retirement, not on their retirement company. If you’d like to see how our approach can help keep more of your money working for you, call us at 1 800 842-2776 (8 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET, weekdays). We’d consider it a compliment. Page 10 • The Battalion lues day • October 10,l9)j Two Americans, German win Nobel medicine prize □ The scientists were awarded for their work on how genes control early embryo development. (AP) — Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for studies of how genes control early em bryo development — research that should help explain some birth defects and miscarriages. Working with fruit flies, the three scientists identified genes that do the very earliest organiz ing to create a body and investi gated how genetic master switch es later produce specialized fea tures like wings and legs. The winners are Edward B. Lewis, 77, at California Instill- of Technology in Pasadem Calif.; Eric F. Wieschaus,48j Princeton University; and Quit tiane Nuesslein-Volhard, 52,i| the Max-Planck Institute forit. velopmental Biology in Tuefc gen, Germany. They will share the prize, worth $1 million this year,aiii will be honored Dec. lOataca emony in Stockholm. T o. Gaines Continued from Page 1 A&M history.” David Washington, a senior political science major and executive vice president of Student Government, said the statue will bring some thing to A&M that is special. “This will be a sitting tribute to a person who had a great deal to do with the founding of our University,” Washington said. “He be lieved Texans would need a higher education and thought it would be a golden opportunity to develop an agricultural and engineering school which would eventually become A&M' Washington said that if not for Gaines, there may not have been an institution that could have had a Gen. Earl Rudder or Lawrence Sul livan Ross, two important figures in A&M his- 1— tory who are already remembered with statues on campus. Octavia Evangelista, a junior political sci P ence major and NAACP political action chair, said she is glad A&M undertook this projeetbe cause it adds to minority representation. “As far as minorities go, I think they area very integral part in the beginnings of A&M,' E Evangelista said. ^ Rudder Continued from Page 1 to tell us how to stabilize the statues current condition and maintain it year to year.” Reynolds said he would also like the conservator to survey the other pieces of campus statues such as the E. King Gill statue and the ARCH 401 statue in front of the Langford Architecture Building. If the examinations cannot be done this year, Reynolds said he hopes to have the pieces that have not been sur veyed reviewed in future years and said he wants to maintain a schedule of preservation. Stuart Masters, MSG vice president for programs anda a senior marketing and manage- ( ment major, said he is glad s that steps are being taken to preserve campus art. “We’re breaking the tradi tion of polishing, but were maintaining a much larger tradition by ensuring the stat ues will be here for the next year and 10 to 15 years down the road,” Masters said. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” The Veritas Forum Is Coming! i Now$2,600 or 548/iiiontlr Power Macintosh* 6100/66 DOS Compatible w/CD 16MB RAM/500MB hard drive, Power PC 601 processor, CD-ROM drive, 15" color monitor, keyboard and mouse. SMB RAM/500MB hard drive, Power PC 603processor. Sure, there’s more than oneway to get the moneyyou need to buy a Macintosh’computer. But none is as painless as this. Because all you have to do is visit the authorized Apple reseller listed below, apply for an Apple* Computer Loan, and if you qualify, you can own a Mac™ for a buck or two a day. 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