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VISTA
1THE 0, 1987
March
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Vol. 85, No. 41
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
NAIA championship record
Wrestlers takedown nationals
By John Helsley
Photographic Services: Dan Smith
Above — Johnny Nimmo embraces Coach David James after winning the 150 pound final competition against Ed Sermoski in the NAIA National Wrestling Tournament. Right — Bill Ogilvie holds the NAIA trophy during the plane ride from Wheeling W.Va.
Crowning two individual champions, the CSU wrestling team romped to a record fourth consecutive NAIA National Championship Saturday in Wheeling, W.Va, easily outdistancing runnerup Alaska-Pacific by 21 points. The Bronchos had actually wrapped up the title in Saturday's consolation round, but capped off the tournament in fitting fashion when Todd Steidley won the 142-pound individual championship and Johnny Nimmo captured the 150-pound crown. After trailing Southern Oregon by two and onehalf points following Thursday's opening round, the Bronchos stormed into the lead Friday night, winning 10-of-11 matches to carve the 21 point lead. "Friday night was the key," said CSU head coach David James. "The kids hung in there when things got tough and we came back Friday night and did what we had to do.
"I was concerned after the first two rounds (Thursday)," James continued. "We put three guys in the finals and that's where we scored the big points. That popped us up about 20 points on everybody. If we hadn't done that, I'm not saying we wouldn't have won it, but it could have been hairy." Steidley pinned Jeff Dravis of Minnesota-Duluth at 2:45 as the Tulsa junior finished the season with a 30-match winning streak. Nimmo, a freshman from Del City, rallied for a reversal with 22 seconds left in the match to upset top-seeded and defending national champion Ed Sernoski of Simon Fraser. Nimmo was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler in a vote of the coaches. Sernoski had defeated CSU's Stoney Wright for the national title in 1986. CSU's other finalist, Brett Beams, lost when Chuck Phipher of Southern Colorado scored a takedown at the buzzer for a stunning 7-6 win.
Related story and photos on page 7.
Mayor to teach Lillard discontinues assistant position due to budget cuts By Shannon Blockcolski Editor
The position of Assistant to the President of CSU has been
discontinued as of June 30, according to Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU president. "During the past seven years of
economic downturn, I asked all of the administrators to cut back on personnel costs. Even though it was a difficult deci.son, I decided
T uition cost at CSU lowest in 8 state region The cost of attending institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education remains well below the regional average, according to a study of student costs released by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
The study compares student charges in Oklahoma with those in nine surrounding states. Student charges for both resident undergraduates and graduates in Oklahoma's senior colleges, such as CSU, rank lowest among the eight states in
the region having state senior colleges. The average charged resident undergraduate students in Oklahoma senior colleges is $660, and $620 for graduates. The highest average for resident undergraduates at senior colleges is in Colorado, $1,227.
I needed to make cuts in the president's office," Lillard said. Carl Reherman, also mayor of Edmond, has served as assistant to the president since 1981, after he came to CSU as a tenured political science professor, Lillard said. "Mr. Reherman has served the position very faithfully and in a most admirable way," Lillard said. Reherman will return in the fall 1987 semester as an assistant professor in the political science department.
"I've been looking forward to going back to the classroom, I'm working on the fall schedule and am ready to begin teaching," Reherman said. He will be teaching two classes of freshman government, one course on urban politics and a new graduate course titled the politics of economic government. Lillard presented the proposal of discontinuing the position last month to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, who approved the decision.