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A <E> £2 National Coed Service Fraternity Leadership, Friendship, Service Want to really find out about service? Come work with us in some of weekly projects such as: Boys and Girls Clubs; Elder-Aid; Crestview Retirement Home; Big Event; College Hills Tutoring, and much much more. Scared of all work and no play, well after a fun day of work, join us for such activities as: Marble Slab, Bowling, Dancing, Fitzwilly's, Cow Milking, Bus Riding, and many others. Come and join us at one of our informational meetings on: Jan. 26 7:30 p.m. HECC 108 or Jan. 27 6:30 p.m. HECC 108 If you have any questions at all, feel free to call one of the Pledgemasters. Jared Hopkins 822-9798 or Jo Anna Philipello 778-7723 Hope to see you there! 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Please call our Rush Directors, Vanessa Parker, Administration 268-4238 Mohammed Jaber, Publicity 680-9004 Sally Fowler, Professional Programs 268-4238 Aaron Meier, Editor in Cheif Kasie Byers, Managing Editor Beth Miller, City Editor Riley LaGrone, Aggielife Editor Robert Hynecek, Graphics Editor Manisha Parekh, Opinion Editor Lisa Kreick, Night News Editor News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845-2647; E-mail: batt@tamvml.tamu.edu; Website: http://battalion.tamu.edu Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For campus, local, and national display advertising, call 845-2696. For classified adver tising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald, and office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fax: 845-2678. Subscriptions: A part of the Student Services Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies 25$. Mail subscriptions are $60 per school year, $30 for the fall or spring semester, $17.50 for the summer or $10 a month. To charge by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express, call 845-2611. The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University hol idays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University. Periodicals Postage Paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 015 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. Matt Weber, Sports Editor Elizabeth Pariani, Radio Producer Veronica Serrano, Night News Editor Mike Puentes, Photo Editor Marium Mohiuddin, Aggielife Editor Jeremy Brown, Web Editor Page 2 « Monday, January 25, 1999 A&M professor administers wrestling survey BY JASON SCHNEIDER The Battalion More than just wrestling fans attended the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) event last night in Reed Arena. Frank Ashley, associate dean of education, and 20 student volunteers were present for educational pur poses. Ashley conducted a survey of the spectators present at the event to determine what types of people consti tute typical professional wrestling fans. “ [The survey seeks to] find out the character of a wrestling fan,” Ashley said. The questions covered demographic information and other topics, including the length of time the fans have been interested in wrestling, who introduced them to the sport and how often they watch wrestling on tele vision. He plans to pinpoint the dominant sex, age, income level and educational level of wrestling fans. He will also determine who fans attend the event with, whether it be a friend, spouse, co-worker or family member. After an overview of the survey, the student volun teers stayed at the event to interact with fans. Ashley said he received 14 calls last week from me dia stations throughout the country inquiring about his wrestling survey. “I’m shocked to have received all these calls when I haven’t even researched yet,” he said. Since Ashley’s objective focuses on sports market ing, questions relating to video games, advertising, celebrity endorsements, price and quality were asked. Ashley said he had friends in the WCW during col lege, but he is now researching the sport for education al benefits. The survey will determine the characteristics of a typ ical wrestling fan and reveal possible marketing strate gies when catering to wrestling fans. Conference to address effects of Hopwood ruling A University-wide conference focusing on the effects of the Hopwood ruling on Texas A&M University will be held Feb. 25. The one-day conference, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rudder Theater, will feature a keynote address by Steve H. Murdock, professor of sociology at A&M and the Texas State Demographer, on his research assess ing the impacts of Hopwood at A&M. Panel discussions and breakout sessions also will be included. a Free Test Drive and find out! Saturday, February 6th 8:30 am Check-in Texas A&M University Call 1—800—KAP—TEST today to reserve your seat! co-sponsored by: www.kaplan.com ^ C O M M 1 T T H I; ‘Test names are registered trademarks ot their respective owners. Part-Time Inventory/Warehous Universal Computer Systems is the industry leader in auto dealershiptwsJ terns. 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