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May 20,1987
VOLUME 70, NUMBER 84
MOUNT PLEASANT, Ml 48859
o 1987 CM UFE
8 PAGES
Softball team World Series bound
Women to take ".%
on Texas A&M
BY RICK JAKACKI ~~
LIFE Sports Editor
Every year seems the same
for the CMU softball team.
First, the Chippewas qualify
for the NCAA tournament;
second, they lose — get shutout
for that matter — in the
opening round.
Well, this season it's different, barely.
The Chippewas rebounded
from a 2-0 loss in the Mideast
Regional Friday to Big Ten
champion Northwestern by
overtaking the Wildcats the
next day, 7-0 and 5-4 in 11
innings. The game was played
before a partisan crowd at Rose
Softball Field.
By beating Northwestern,
the Chippewas, 36-12, advance
to the eight-team College World
Series.
The Chippewas will play
Texas A&M, the No. 2 ranked
team in the nation tonight.
Game time is 8:30 p.m. In the
latest poll, CMU was ranked
No. 8.
This is the first time we've
had a women's team out of the
first round of a championship
and gone on," CMU Associate
Athletic Director Fran Koenig
said. This is our most significant accomplishment since
we've joined the NCAA (in
1983)."
After Friday's loss, however,
it seemed to be just another
chapter in the same old storybook. Shutout again. But the
Chippewa offense found itself
CMUrtJemel
Tha CMU women's softball team Is playing Texas A&M tonight In tha Collage World Series.
Saturday, pounding Nprth-
western's two-time
ail-American pitcher Lisa
Ishikawa on its way to a
thrilling, to say the least, day.
Behind the pitching of South
Lyon senior Karen Wongstrom,
the Chippewas breezed in the
opener Saturday to tie the
series. The rubber game of the
series, however, was anything
but a breeze.
A pitchers' duel between
Wongstrom    and    Ishikawa
ensued. After five innings, and
the score 0-0, the Chippewas
struck first, scoring three in the
sixth.
Not to be outdone, the
Wildcats rallied for three runs
in the seventh to tie the game,
sending it into extra innings,
and Wongstrom to the showers.
Port Huron junior Heidi
McLane pitched the final four
innings for Central.
McLane survived two
bases-loaded situations
unscathed. And in the 11th
frame, CMU scored the game-
winner on Garden City junior
Linda Webb's sacrifice fly,
scoring Cheryl Hein. Richmond
sophomore.
"If we had won 3-0, it
wouldn't have been near as
exciting. It would have been
exciting, but....," CMU head
coach Margo Jonker said. "It's
great There's nothing like it.
We're going to the Final Eight,
going to Omaha."
Ellis recommends refinancing plan
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
LIFE Editor
Sixteen million dollars is not enough for University improvements and $26 million is too much, according to President Arthur
EUis who recommended a third option to the Board of Trustees.
The selection of the second of three refinancing plans would
allow as much as $21 to $22 million for University projects, Ellis
recommended to the Board Finance Committee during a May 7
meeting.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president of Business and Finance presented
the board with the three options of refinancing the University's
debt freeing up to $26 million, during the March meeting.
Currently CMU  is paying off a  $16-million  debt on  nine
individual trust agreements or mortgages, Tubbs said in a
January in a previous interview.
CMU currently pays $3.4 million yearly for that debt and
interest on it, Tubbs said.
With proposed refinancing, the University would borrow an
additional $40 to $45 million with a projected interest rate of 7 to 8
percent.
Without refinancing, the University's debt will be paid off by
2002. Instead CMU will continue to pay between $3.2 and $3.6
million a year on that debt through at least 2007, but no later than
2012, Tubbs said.
"We won't have any increased debt," Ellis said.
Exact figures of how much the University borrowed and amount
of annual payments will be worked out by the University's Bond
Council, Ellis said.
The three options before the Board would make $16, $20 or $26
million dollars available for use on other projects.
The higher options would put CMU further into debt, and would
lengthen the time it takes the University to repay the debt
In each plan presented to the Board, approximately $16 million
will be used to the proposed Physical Education and Recreation
Phase II planned for the south end of Rose Arena.
Ellis recommended the second option to the Board because it
would be in best interest of the University. The lowest option
would not serve the University best because "we need something
for everybody," Ellis said.
The $26-million option would be too much for CMU to pay off
and could put CMU in a bad position down the road, according to
Trustee William Odykirk.
"To go all the way to $26 million would extend ourselves and
future adminsirators." Odykirk said.
"We will always be able to borrow more later," Ellis added.
No action was tak" j on the refinancing plan, but the Board may
make a resolution concerning the options at a June 5 meeting.
IET bid of
$8,993 million
submitted
BY BRYAN LAVIOLETTE
LIF£ Editor
A Michigan office
handling bidding for
construction of the new
Industrial Education and
Technology building
received a low bid of $8,993
million May 13 during a
State Office of Facilities
meeting.
President Arthur Ellis
was pleased with the bid.
"We couldnt have asked
for anything better," he said.
University Architect
Anthony Paparella said
eight bids were submitted to
the Office of Facilities from
contracting firms ranging
from the low bid of $8,993
million from The Christman
Company of Lansing, to a
high bid of $9,759 million.
Richard Miller, assistant
to the President for Governmental Relations, said the
State Administrative Board
is expected to review the
bids and hopefully accept
one during a June 2 meeting
of the State Administrative
Board. The board is made up
of several state officials
including the Gov. James
Blanchard, Secretary of
State Richard Austin and
Attorney General Frank
Kelley.
Miller said the contract
most likely will be awarded
to The Christman Company.
It is normal for businesses
to accept the lowest bid in a
list of responsible contractors, Paparella said.
Christman previously did
construction work on CMU
buildings such as Kelly/
Shorts Stadium, The Towers
Residence Hall Complex and
Rose/Ryan Center,
Paparella said.
"The same firm, The
Christman Company, was
successful in winning those
projects," Paparella said.
The state allocated $9.1
million for construction of
the new building. Paparella
said he waa pleased a bid
Please See BIDS Page 8
INDEX
NEWS
CMU   hosts   residence  hall
convention page 3
COMMENT
Contra affair puts bad image
on country page 4
SPORTS
Baseball team crowned MAC
Champions page 7