1971-10-11; Central Michigan Life

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Volume 51, Number 18
Mount Pleasant/ Michigan 48858
Monday, October 11, 1971
onstruction projects clarified
ByCHIPLUSKO
LIFE Staff Writer
The south end of campus will be continuing its metamorphosis to include a
stadium, complete with astro-turf,.parks,
ample parking and additional intramural
and practice fields. The bids for general
construction, turf -and landscaping are
now in and completion is tentatively set
for mid-August of 1972, said Anthony
Paparella, university architect.
Paparella, said the key word for the
new facilities is "multi-use." The horseshoe-shaped stadium could provide use
for pop concerts, commencements and
intramural sports he added.
Located South of existing dormitories
on Broomfield Road, the complex will
provide parking for 1,600 cars. Parking
will not be visible from the road because
a park will be developed between the
stadium and road, according to Paparella.
The park will hold two lakes for retention of drainage from the parking
lot, in addition to trees and more landscaping. Paparella said that while performing a functional purpose, the park
is also aesthetic by returning the land
to nature. "The area where the park
will be located has been the dirt dump
for other construction projects on campus, and as dirt (or hills) land is at a
' premium, at CMU this 'dump area' .will
be well used," he said.
Paparella said thai intramural sports
will have many fields for their use including four fields with "night lighting.
The Physical Education Building will have
two additional fields. He added that there
is still plenty of room left for further
development,    .
- The stadium will seat 19,500 persons
With the field being sunk 16 feet and the
seating elevated 16 feet. East and west
sides will contain* 36 rows of seats while
■ the south end will have 20 rows.
The Press box is multi-level with the
first floor containing public facilities
and concessions. The second level contains 400 covered seats, while the third
floor level houses the press box, camera
rooms and spotting areas. Paparella said
the east side of the stadium will also
have  public facilities and concessions.
The Christman Company of Lansing
has been awarded the contract for general
construction, including mechanical and
electrical work. Christman, one of 11
bidders for the general construction contract, submitted the low bid of $2,107,3,38,
Huron Sod Farms, Inc., of Romulus,
has been awarded the bid for landscaping.
The Huron firm's bid was $47,827 for
trees, shrubs, sod and seeding:
Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, Mo., (Astro-
STADIUM CONTRACT AWARDED!,    Harry Travis, Public Affairs Administrator, holds the plans for the two million dollar stadium complex. The contract,
was awarded to Christman Company of Lansing.
Turf) submitted the low bid of $218,565
for the artificial turf contract.
The total cost of providing artificial
turf for the stadium is expected to be
approximately $250,000, including preparation of the base. The entire artificial
turf project is being financed through
the University Development Office and
not as a part of the $2.5 million stadium-
intramural project.
Plans to provide a lighted* playing surface for the stadium and to. have the
entire 1,600 car parking lot paved was
abandoned because of cost factors, according to Arthur Ellis, vice president for
public affairs. "The stadium lighting was
a desirable goal, but it was not a high
priority item and couldn't be fit into
our budget," he said.
Paparella explained that bids were low
and competition was good, as 11 companies
bid for the job. "This was a good time to
take bids," said Paparella, as "construction companies are hungry for work."
Public relations at CMU should benefit
from the new athletic complex on a state
and local level according to Terry Carey,
vice president "for university relations.
The facility "should gain Central increased respect from the Mid-American
Conference (MAC). "The stadium can't
do anything but help us," Carey
commented. "We'll have an unpretentious
place to. watch football and some of the
finest intramural fields in the country."
Carey said "The additional room will
make it better for all, especially making
it possible for alumni to come to games.
This has been difficult with the limitations of the Alumni Field."
"When CMU was admitted to the (MAC),
some criticism was heard concerning
its athletic facilities. Carey said that
with the completion of construction "we'll
be on the level of any other school in
the MAC!"
Confi nued oh page 7
Fund drive moves
closer toward goal
THE JAMES GANG will appear in Finch Fieldhouse Oct. 20 for tile Men's Union
Homecoming Concert.
omes
set
The "James Gang," a popular group
from the Great Lakes area, will perform
at Finch Fieldhouse Oct. 20 at 9 p.m.
for the Men's Union (MU) Homecoming
Concert. The SRC from Detroit will also
perform as the opening act, according to
MU officials.
A trio whose music is said to be honest,
clean and easy is composed of Jim Fox
on drums, piano and vocals, Dale Peters',
bass guitar and vocals, alnd Joe Walsh,
lead guitar, organ and vocals. Their
recordings include the three albums—
"Yer Album,' "The James Gang Rides
Again," and "Thirds."
Tickets will go on sale Wednesday at
the University Center .Ticket Office. The
ticket office is open daily from 1 pan* until
4 p.m. except Wednesday when it is open
• from 9 ■ a*m. until noon and from 1 p.m.
until 4 p.m.
Five hundred early admission -tickets
will sell for $4.50. General admission
tickets will cost $3. Chairs and bleachers
will be utilized.
Tickets for "The.Guess Who" who are
appearing in a MU concert Nov. 17 will
go on sale Nov. 10 at $4 and $5, said MU
officials.
"Plain Brown Wrapper," "Ormany"
and "Whiz Kids" concert last Wednesday
was, considered a success, according to
the 600 students in attendence. The "Whiz
Kids' appeared to be the most popular
of the three groups according to those
in attendence.
With gifts and pledges averaging $150
per donation, the faculty and staff segment
of the Development Fund's One Point
Five fund raising campaign moves closer,
to its goal.
According to Jim Wojcik/ assistant
director of the development, the Gerstacker Foundation of Midland will match
contributions of the faculty and staff of
the University up to a total of $75,000.
Faculty and staff, in this instance means
all University-employed people, including
administrators and instructors, maintenance and service employees.
The two co-chairmen for the faculty-
staff .drive are Tom Jones, assistant
professor of physical education, and"
William Bulger, associate professor of
history. The co-chairmen, according to
Wojcik, have people working under them
in every department on campus.
Although the main thrust of the faculty-
staff drive will continue only through
October, a payroll deduction system of
contributing will remain in effect, Wojcik
said. With the payroll deduction plan,
a University employee can pledge a certain amount to be taken out of his check
each week.
Wojcik said the authorization cards
for payroll deductions may be obtained
from Jones, Bulger, any. of the department people working on the drive or from
the Development Fund office in the former
Ronan Food Commons. He reminds employees that the authorization card must
be returned to the Development Office
by Oct. 18. Payroll deductions " wil
begin November 4.
"We think the giving so far has been
very good," said Wojcik. The faculty-
staff drive had netted a total of $17,515
as of late-Friday afternoon.
Mil liken cites
export goals
LANSING, Mich. (AP)-Gov. William
Milliken has declared Michigan has the
potential to lead all other states in exports to eastern Europe*
Milliken,, leaving on a trip to the Soviet
Union and Romania with seven other
governors, said his statement was based
on information supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department.
"There is no question that Michigan
could become the leading exporter of
eastern Europe," Christopher Stowell of
the department's eastern Europe office
told Milliken.
"Michigan has a major stake in the'
expansion of world trade," Milliken said.
"Expanding exports mean expanding job
opportunities. We already have about
80,000 people in Michigan involved in the
manufacture of goods exported. And we
already have more than 20 Michigan
companies selling non^strategic goods to
the Soviet Union."
Milliken said the commerce experts
told him it is possible that Michigan
sales to the Soviet Union could reach
$100 million next year, particularly if
the Soviets go ahead with a $2 billion
Kama River project that includes vehicle
and foundry facilities.
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