This Sault Ste. Marie newspaper ran an AP story about Gov. Granholm's spending proposal for Michigan's 15 public universities. The governor has proposed the sale of $100 million in state bonds to cover maintenance and new construction at universities in the current and upcoming fiscal years. The additional money would offset a $30 million cut in higher education called for in the governor's executive order to help resolve a state budget shortfall. Representatives of Wayne State University and Central Michigan University note that universities have eliminated maintenance projects not immediately necessary in the past three years. "Unless we can use those bond funds for general operations, this is going to hurt us in a major way," said Harvey Hollins, vice president for government affairs at WSU.