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EXXON and AITP Presents:
Career Opportunities in Information Systems
Tuesday, September 9, 1997
Alumni Center*
7:00 PM
Presentations include:
• Overview of Exxon and employment
benefits
New hire and intern experiences of
fellow Aggies (WHOOP!)
• Senior Management perspective
from President of Exxon Computing
Services Company, Millie Bradley
Career opportunities and career paths
of Information Systems
professionals
Presentation of recent Exxon system
implementation
* Professional attire
Interviews will be conducted on October 8th & 9th through the Career Center.
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. Afterward
everyone goes out to get a beer
get her, because it was all in ftm.
fulfills some sort of male fantasy.
Please see Wrestling on Pak
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