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i CREF. L The Battalion IFESTYLES Monday • September 8,19i ★ ★★★★ Solutions —Morningstar ratings for the CREF Global Equities Account, CREF Equity Index Account, and CREF Growth Account* And in this corner... a Lifetime. Professional wrestling makes up in entertainment what it lacks in n y‘s rating for TIAA* -The 1995 DALB, sfaction Survey*** Vour service l>owlecl me over/’ -William Ravdin, TIAA-CREF RaPicipant Top ratings from rningstar, Moody's, S&P, DALBAR, and Bill. We take a lot of pride in gaining high marks from the major rating services. But the fact is, we’re equally proud of the ratings we get in the mail every day from our participants. Because at TIAA-CREF, ensuring the finan cial futures of the education and research community is something that goes beyond stars and numbers. So from traditional and variable annuities to life insurance and personal savings plans, you'll find we provide the right choices—and the dedication—to help you achieve a lifetime of financial goals. 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Exxon is an equal opportunity employer L et’s face it- Monday night televi sion can be a real drag. It follows Sun day night, which has television’s terrific tri umvirate of “The Simp sons,” “King of the Hill” and “The X-Files.” On Mondays you can watch Frank “Fly the Friendly Skies” Gifford on “Mo notony Night Football” or, if there is a woman in your life you are hying impress, try viewing the insipid “Melrose Place.” If you’re looking for fresh, excit ing programming get ready to ruuuummmbbble! Step into the squared circle, because profes sional wrestling has never been more popular than now. The two Monday night wrestling programs, “World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Monday Nitro” on TNT and “World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Raw is War” on USA, are the highest rated programs on ba sic cable with ratings comparable to network television. Sure, there are some who would say this is a sign of the apocalypse and tractor pulling as an Olympic sport. I beg to differ — pro wrestling offers some of the witti est programming around. Each week offers an assortment of thrills, chills and spills. Of course it’s fake, but that is where the fun lies. The wrestlers don’t take them selves too seriously... or maybe they do which makes it even better. Hulk Hogan is no thespian. His acting skills make Pauly Shore look like an Oscar winner, but could Robert DeNiro or Dustin Hoffman perform a suicide plancha or pow- erslam? I don’t think so. Another great attraction for pro wrestling is every wrestler seems to have a walking babefest for a manager. One such manageris WWF’s Sunny. She currently has the distinction of being the mos downloaded woman on thelnit net. Kimberly, a manager inW( recently did a spread for Playbo proving the women behind the men in pro wrestling shouldn'tl hiding behind anything at all,k eluding clothes. Imagine a beautiful woman cheering you on while you bean crap out of some guy. 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E & 501 University Dr. W Offer expires 9/30/97 696-1440 I wm . inc ENGINEERS Representatives from Input/Output, Inc. will be interviewing at the Career Center on Tuesday September 30,1997. Input/Output is the world leader in seismic data acquisition products with manufacturing facilities in Texas, Ireland and the Netherlands. Our growth and nevi product ideas have resulted in job openingsal our Stafford, Texas headquarters in software analog and digital design. New graduates work with experienced professionals on at aspects of the engineering process, from conceptual design through manufacturing integration and field test. For more company information, see www.i-o.com and literature Ip the Career Center. Contact : Mark McAllister mmcallis@i-o.com Fax: (281)575-7653 Student Advantage AT&l Calling Card