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Wednesday, January 23, 2002 THE BATTA You are invited to the TIAA-CREF seminar at the Texas A&M Financial Planning Fair: • ii ^ ^ ^ v-' •■■ r '....• IN INVESTING, ■ ^ .v, v-*x• • ■ ' ' ' •;''.‘ v ;r* { -: vV.. nWmiZ 2001 Tax Law: Change Means Opportunity This year’s tax legislation con tained many provisions that make retirement and education savings even more attractive. In this seminar we will discuss the major changes affecting retire ment and investment planning. Date: Wednesday, 2.6.2002 Time: 8:30 - 9:30 am Place: Rudder Tower, Room 301 TIMING IS EVERYTHING WHICH IS WHY WE PROVIDE THE SCHEDULE Taking a Realistic Look at Equity Returns: Come to this seminar for a better perspective on equity performance. We’ll help you tune out the fund choice ‘noise’ and discuss how to best meet your financial goals in the new year. Date: Wednesday, 2.6.2002 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm Place: Rudder Tower, Room 401 ON THE LEFT. TIAA-CREF Exhibit Booth Date: Wednesday, 2.6.2002 Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Place: Rudder Exhibit Hall One-on-One Counseling. Dates: Tuesday, 2.5.2002 Thursday, 2.7.2002 To schedule a counseling appointment call Shelbi Croft at 800 842.2006. Managing money for people with other things to think about! TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, Inc. and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. distribute securities products. For more complete information on our securities products, call 1 800 842-2776, ext. 5509, for prospectuses. Read them carefully before you invest. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), New York, NY and TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co., New York, NY issue insurance and annuities. TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB provides trust services. Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value and are not bank guaranteed. O 2001 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association—College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), New York, NY 10017 08/20. Applications Now Available MSC 223 en & Women S ervingthe C ommunityby presenting € pera and P erforming arts to A &M and the S urrounding area Why Join MSC OPAS? See top quality performing arts for free Build your resume Participate in community service activities Enrich your life with the arts Create lifelong friendships Belong to the family Interact with important community members Develop important skills Become a leader Help educate surrounding area school children through the arts Work in a real-world business environment Have fun! 4? v 45 UD/-',. a> V V J.L % ‘kv \f MSC OPAS is a proud member of the Arts and Entertainment programming area of the Memorial Student Center Deadline January 31, 5:' Tyson charges Lewis at news conference Skeletal rema found of missi A&M student Causes brawl to break out on stage NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis finally went at it Tuesday — at a news conference, not in a ring. Tyson charged the WBC and IBF heavyweight champion right after the start of a conference called to announce their April 6 bout, and a brawl broke out on stage at the Hudson Theater. Neither fighter hit the other, but Tyson had a cut on his hair line after the swarm of bodies was pulled apart. WBC president Jose Sulaiman was knocked down during the melee. The news conference for Lewis' defense of his two belts against Tyson in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was called off. Lewis scheduled a meeting with reporters later Tuesday. Tyson left the building. The scene recalled when Lewis and Hasim Rahman exchanged words and chest bumps before wrestling on the floor during a TV interview in August. That was 2 1/2 months before Lewis knocked out Rahman in a rematch to regain the heavyweight title. On Tuesday, after video highlights of the two fighters' careers were shown, Tyson was introduced first. He walked onstage dressed entirely in black, then faced the wing of the stage from which Lewis was to enter. When Lewis, dressed in a gray suit, stepped onto the stage. Tyson rushed him. People jumped in to keep them apart and it appeared at least one person was hit by a punch. Then, for several min utes, bodies were rolling around and throwing punches until order was restored. Tyson then strode to the front of the stage, threw his arms into the air in a triumphant stance and made an obscene gesture. Someone in the audience shouted, "Put him in a straitjacket!” The former undisputed heavyweight champion screamed an obscenity at the man and said, “You're scared of a real man.” The skeletal remains oi' A&M student Joshua 0: were found in Bexar Co Thursday. A city employee (c Do iron's body while wj through brush on the outs of Ft. Sam Houston res tion, said Sgt. Dalton Bi’- the Bexar County She Department. Doiron was reported it on April 27 after learn home in Fair Oaks Ranch San Antonio. "He had an argument his father and left the he. Baker said Baker said prescriptiom icine bottles around Doiron's remains majority of them empty The resu are in, anc challenge r of the adrr The resul On this ca overwhelrr were scr spring, 8,5 and this t increases. "Medications were ft credit the I near him, and we swBamount. A that it will be ruled overdose. However we. be sure until the autoc ; completed," Baker sa: foul play is suspected.* Doiron was a junior: agement major. His pa th e suppoi could not comment. be reache: Survey Continued from page 1 be limited to working only a few hours on the project. In the survey, more than 5,000 stu dents indicated they would like to work on Bonfire. Student reluctance to foot the bill for Bonfire could be a stum bling block to continuing the tradition. Cole said. If Bonfire bums next fall, the final price tag could be as much as $2 mil lion. However, many of those costs are one-time expenses, such as professional fees to craft a stack design and future Bonfires could be built for between $500,000 to $750,000. Cole said. But more than 60 per cent of respondents said the price was too steep. Cole said a $20 per semester fee would fully fund Bonfire, but only 30 percent of the students said they would be willing to pay that much. “There’s potential for a fund ing problem,” Cole said. “Its unrealistic to suggest that former students should pay for this.” The profile of the students who took the survey also indi cates where support for Bonfire is the strongest. Respondents were disproportionate!) and on-campus reiki: Corps of Cadets membe- said one of the mam; Bonfire pl.mner' with Bonfi include groups, e* minorities, in the 90-« tradition. Only about i seven black stuik-urt Bonfires. survey, compared to one white students. Of the students who: survey, less than 20 were involved in Bonfire, and less than ever seen one bum. percent strongly agre safety must be an essen of future Bonfires. Surv acceptable on Bonfire One of tf the survey Almost hal and sopho he voters notion thal younger Aj that this ti and lack o and 2005 Bonfire ha want to se Almost 8 this might) the spirit c hip from I Graduation Continued from page 1 The survi however. ( fthe cost an hould 44, n? The an ey was m ee increas ko reevalu ppswers. I The resul lor the fu in the dorms theit freshman \c,u aiul are’LtPf^red it i to follow a vigorous study and practicert ■ admmistra the new center should help the overall graduation rate for student athletes over the next few years. Aggie starting offensive lineman Andre Brooks said football players are required to live “If you don't keep .it least a 2.)5 ifr. edition forv ratio), then you can’t live off campus and; to use the study habit you had your freshnui said Brcxiks, a junior business managemen Overall, 52 percent of student athlete study graduated. SMART AGGIE PARKING TH an aging £ Opinion Ei News Ei News Et College Main Parking Garage (309 College Main in Northgate) The Battali ss and inclui i^Heserves the ri( d in person a ailed to: 014 77843-1 111. Fi ONE Block from Campus!! Walk to class or take the A&M shuttle. 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