1977-02-21; Central Michigan Life

              V|iime 58 No. 59      Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859   '    Monday, February 21,1977
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CMU officials to ask
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for state energy aid
This small portion of Central fans were part of the record-breaking crowd that filled Rose Arena for
Saturday's contest between the Chippewas and the Redskins of Miami. The Chips were victorious 92-85
LIFE photo by Rollie Mikan).
ecord crowd sees
agers defeat Miami
|yM. CAMPBELL THOMPSON
LIFE Basketball Reporter
jRose Arena record crowd of
jJ45 got  its   money's   worth
Iturday,    not    only    seeing
fmer star Dan Roundfield get
i jersey retired, but watching
dU's men's basketball team
Ifeat Miami University 92-85.
■By   defeating    Miami,    the
lippewas and Northern Illinois
Jove into a first place tie in the
Id-American Conference. Prior
Saturday's games both had
en  tied   for*,, §eiiorid.v,.BilaSift.»
Ihind the Redskins.
Inside:
See page 15 for more photos of Saturday's game
Clinging to the security of
blanket is Linus, Doug
ptone of Southfield-Lathrup
aigh School, during the One-
tot Play finals in Bush
peatre Saturday (see story
page 8).
■City, township water
alks continue—page 3
'Mac",       "Rounds"
Honored—page 13
Central is now 9-2 in MAC
action (14-8 overall), while
Miami, suffering from it's second
loss to CMU this season, drops
to third place in conference
action with a 9-3 mark.       *
Prior to the matchup the '
record crowd, which erased the
old mark of 6,319 set last season
against Western Michigan, lit
up, giving National Basketball
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Roundfield numerous standing
ovations during his presentations.
° During the game both teams
shot the lights out, with the
Redskins hitting 40 of 65 for 61
per cent from the field, a visiting
team arena record. Miami was
followed closely by Central's 57
per cent. Free throws made the
difference as CMU went 16 for
24 from the charity stripe to
Miami's five for 12.
"It's tough to shoot that well.
Both teams were smoking, "
Chippewa coach Dick Parfitt
said. "Before the game I thought
it was going to be a game of two
defensive teams. Everything
that was shot was going in."
Central, at one point mid-way
through the first half, forged
into a 13-point lead on the
strength of a sizzling 76 per cent
shooting from the field, while
Miami was'hitting at a 61 per
cent clip.
With the vocal standing-room-
only crowd, both coaches grew
hot under the collar, while
wearing out paths along the
sidelines. Parfitt was warned
twice and finally absorbed the
wrath of the referees and was
given a technical foul.
"I was complaining about
steps and stomped my feet in
frustration while I was sitting
down," Parfitt said. "I stomp my
feet when I miss a point in
paddleball. Next time I'd rather
really earn one."
Miami's junior forward Chuck
Goodyear shot and missed both'
technical jt|tenipts, to: jteep .4^4
score 37^3,0 in Central's favqr.     '
The Chippewas went into the
locker room with a 51-40 lead,'
(See "Basketball-" page 14)
by STEVE BENNETT
OV| LIFE Reporter
Officials in Lansing will be
asked by a CMU administrator
wh^ no incentive has been given
to Encourage colleges to save
money on utilities.
Jerry Tubbs, vice president
for business and finance, will
offer    possible    incentive
-■ suggestions   to   officials   next
• week.
Tubbs, speaking to the
Campus Energy Committee, of
which he, is chairperson, Friday
morning said he will suggest the
• state allocate money to colleges
for utilities based on the
previous year's utility bill and
allow the institutions to keep
whatever is saved.
''This will give a direct return
to the customer, the student, in
the form of lower room and
board increases," Tubbs said.
Tubbs said the state has been
looking into possible plans to
give businesses tax breaks if
they save evergy, but nothing
has been done for colleges.
Tubbs said he will visit
Washington D.C. in March to
discuss the effect of the energy
crisis on colleges with federal
officials.
"CMU has been trying to
conserve energy for a few years
now," Tubbs said. "We've come
up with a couple of plans such as
the integrated utilities system
whj,ch' would use solid wastes to
make energy and a system to
s n*QjcHt<itf temperatures and
lighting over the entire campus
area at one control panel."
Tubbs* said when the state
"Energy has historically been cheap in the
United States. Our buildings were not built with
great amounts of insulation. An energy crisis was
not forseen   10  years  ago"—Jerry   Tubbs,   vice
president for business and finance.
gives money to institutions with
energy savings plans, he wants
CMU to be there with proposals
to "be the firstest with the
mostest."
"CMU has been clipping off
programs with the quickest
possible payoffs in conserving
energy," Tubbs said.
Other suggestions at the
meeting for saving energy included one to insulate buildings
and underground steams pipes.
This was termed "unfeasible" by
Physical Plant engineers.
"Energy has historically been
cheap in the United States,"
Tubbs said. "Our buildings were
not built with great amounts of
insulation. An energy crisis was
not forseen 10 years ago."
To insulate pipes and
buildings now, according to Ed
Naretto, superintendent of
utilities for the Physical Plant,
would be too expensive.
Other ideas which surfaced at
the meeting included producing
an "energy hints" brochure for
the University community and
placing energy saving tips in the
CMU Newsletter. Russ Herron,
Information Services director,
volunteered to head a subcommittee to "iboK! *!rttb* these
possibilities,
To date, the most drastic
measure University officials
have taken to conserve energy
has been to dial temperatures
down to 50 degrees in buildings
on weekends. Buildings
scheduled to be turned down
during the weekend were Sloan,
Anspach (except WCMU-TV and
WCMU-FM), Moore Hall
classrooms, Brooks (to 60
degrees), Grawn, North, Ronan,
Rowe offices, Barnard complex,
Pearce, North and South Arts
Studios, Wightman and Finch.
"The first couple of weekends
we had a hard time turning
buildings down because of the
previously scheduled events
taking place in those buildings,"
Naretto said. "We can't very
well turn Warriner down, for
example, because Program
Board and other groups have
events scheduled for the
Auditorium."
"Some people have said that
turning down the temperatures
is a cheap way of conserving
energy," Frank McGraw,
director of purchasing, said.
"It's a choice though, either
have it at 65 or pay for it at 75."
R. Burney Long, director of
the Physical Plant, said while
temperature's are lowered to 65
degrees in the middle of the
rooms, -*it may be a; little colder
near the outside walls and a
little warmer near the inside
walls."
(See "Energy-" page 12)
Volunteers
Turnout 'tremendous' for Winter Olympics
by MICHAEL MALOTT
CM LIFE Reporter
Volunteers will "make it happen" Wednesday at Schuss Mountain
and Shanty Creek Lodge ski resorts when the first Michigan
Regional Winter Special Olympics begin.
The Special Olympics, part of a year-round program to provide
mentally impaired children and adults with athletic competition,
will include 600 to 650 special athletes from Michigan, Illinois,
Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Canada.'
Last year nearly 1,000 people throughout Michigan worked on the
Special Olympics program, according to Mike Higgins, Special
Olympics program representative at CMU. This year the number
has doubled. Three of these workers have paid positions on the
staff.
The volunteer turnout for the Winter Games has been tremendous, Higgins said. "I'm really pleased we've got all these people
interested. It's indicative of the support we need. The people have
really come out of the woodwork." ,
Some 350 volunteers applied for the upcoming Games but only
170 will be able to participate. Due to the limited housing and the
relatively small number of cbmpetitors, not all volunteers were
allowed to go, Higgins explained.
The volunteers were chosen if they had some prior experience
with Special Olympics or expertise in some winter sport, Higgins
said.
"We hope, because they did not go to the Winter Olympics.they
are not turned off to the program,"' Higgins said. Many volunteers
will be needed for some upcoming Olympic events and the state
Games this summer, he added.
Those volunteers who are going will run the Games, working as
huggers, starters, timers, judges, greeters, guides, clowns,
registers, lifeguards and first aid helpers."
Volunteers already have put in a good many hours setting up the
Games, Higgins said, as they have coordinated events, set judging
criteria for events, scheduled the Games, secured supplies and
located housing for the athletes.
There are a variety of reasons why the volunteers put so much.
(See "Olympics-" page 12)
Group's members build
airplanes from scratch
Is
byCYNDICASTANEDA
CM LIFE Reporter
there a home-built plane, that's more
sophisticated than the manufactured Piger,
Cessna and Beech-Craft lines? According to
John Bergeson, director of the •Instructional
Materials Center, members of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) build
planes like this on their own, from "scratch."
The 30-member group includes some
licensed pilots but does not restrict Its
membership to those who fly. For those more
interested in mechanical aspects there also are
opportunities to build new planes and restore
and preserve older planes.
The Mid-Michigan EAA njeets monthly in
the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Airport terminal
building. The Chapter is part of the national
EAA formed in 1$53* There are 120,000
members nationwide. Members discuss new
designs, share common problems and learn
features of different construction materials,
s«ch as aluminum, foam-dynel and wood.
Presentations about aircraft maintenance,
building safety and the flying characteristics of
antique planes also have been offered.
Bergeson currently is building from
blueprints an all-wood Hawker Fury II. "It's
seven-tenth scale and the last British
fighterplane built before World War II,"
Bergeson explained.
After four years of construction, only two
more steps are needed to complete the Fury II.
The outside "skin", made of a dacron cloth
similar to material used in uniforms, will be
Used to cover the frame. Then a final check is
made to see all parts are in correct relationship
to each other. Bergeson said he hopes to have
his plane ready for flight by fall.
An estimated $4,000 has been Spent to build
the Fury II. "I'd say that's under the average
cost Of building a plane. You can spend
anywhere from $3,000 to $15,000 depending on
what kind of plane and materials you select,"
Bergeson said. He also has restored two antique planes - a 193,9. Cessna Airmaster and a
1946Luscomb..     *.
v ""■'"• (See "Aircraft-''page 18)
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) member and instructor in secondary education, John
Bergenson is building from blue prints in all wood Hawker Fury II in his basement. EAA members not
only build their own planes, they also restore antique models and'preserve older-planes (LIFE photo by
Mike Green).
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