Money: This means every time a student or Sidha business person would want to travel out from Kansas, it would be $200 more, in each direction, than what it costs from Fairfield. Add $400 to whatever we pay now per round trip.
Time: Plus you would add about 1 hour more of travel to the train station, or the nearest airport. So add 2 hours of down time for each round trip. --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gbalmuth > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New TM school in KS to cost $500 million - expensive to travel > to/from > > The nearest airport to Smith Center is Salina KS 2:37 hours 122 > miles, mainly USAirways, $205 from Chicago even months in advance. > Drive from airport services are about $200. The closest Amtrak is > Holdrege, Nebraska 79 miles 1:43 drive. > > By contrast, Fairfield has CID 1:40, MLI 2:00, and DSM 2:25 with more > airlines, and cheaper flights. Driver services are about $100. > Amtrak is at Mt. Pleasant 0:30 only $35 to Chicago. > > Sample flight comparison 3/15/2007 shows SLN about $100 more each way > JFK to MLI - $144 > JFK to SLN - $241 > > The airport in Smith Center handles only small aircraft with a 3600 > foot runway. Fairfield's is 5500 feet. > > http://smithcenterks.com > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > So much Blah blah. The only problem with this > > > > university is that it isn't going to have any students > > > > and they'll want the faculty to teach these > > > > nonexistent students for free. > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if this is the death knell for MUM... > > > > > > > ******* > > > > It seems unlikely that the money for this project is going to > happen > > within the foreseeable future, so MUM will continue -- the thinking > > being expressed on mou.org about the new school is just off-the- > wall. > > For instance, it's being proposed that the 10,000 students get > loans > > from Citibank before the school is actually built so that this $150 > > million in prepaid tuition could be the basis of the school's > > construction costs -- this ain't gonna happen. > > > > Also, in order to avoid having to go through the ordeal of > > accreditation for this new university, it would be declared a > branch > > campus of MUM Fairfield, which will automatically transfer > > accreditation to the new school, in the unlikely event that it > > happens (and if it does, it will only be a small school for some > > time), so MUM will not be out of business (and most of that > business > > is foreign students anyway, and the new school is for U.S. > students). > > > > I think the most likely outcome is that the TMO will get a few > > concessions from local authorities and the state of KS for a token > > presence here in hopes that someday a big school, which would be > good > > for the economy of KS, actually does appear in the weeds. > > >
