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Tuesday, Jan. 21
Calendar
What: First day of Spring 2014 classes
When: All day
What: KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Kai Yin Crystal Lam, Carrie Groenewold When: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Where: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall (Lam), Bales Organ Recital Hall (Groenewold) About: Lam will perform on piano and Groenewold will perform on organ. These concerts are free.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
What: Watchtower screening
When: TBA
Where: Lied Center
About: Pelin Esmer, a Turkish filmmaker, will present her film and answer questions following the screening.
Thursday, Jan. 23
What: Kansas Food: What We Eat, Who Produces It, Future Trends and Legal Developments When: 3 to 5 p.m. Where: The Commons in Spooner Hall About: Four local experts will speak about current issues in agriculture.
What: Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: 110 Budig Hall
About: Previous faculty member Richard Downs will speak about his experience with printmaking.
Friday, Jan 24
What: Philosophy Lecture: "Brutal Propositions"
When: 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Where: Pine Room in Kansas Union
About: Ben Caplan, a professor from Ohio State University, will speak. The event is free to the public.
REGIONAL
What: Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" (KU Opera)
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Crafton-Preyer Theatre,
Murphy Hall
About: Tickets $15 for adults, $10
for seniors and students. Additional
show on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Topeka airport offers flights to Chicago
YU KYUNG LEE
news@kansan.com
"We've had some other stuff, but it was never the right type of service. It never did well,"
The Topeka Regional Airport now provides flights to and from Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
"With two flights a day, we are starting light," said Eric Johnson, Metropolitan Topeka Airport authority president. "Getting the word out has been so difficult, but it's time. We are a capital city, a population of a 126,000 people and no air service. It's always been about making sure that the service matches the community and we've not had that in the past."
Topeka Regional Airport is better known as Forbes Field to the locals from the time it was used as a military base. However, with this service, Johnson hopes to highlight the airport's presence.
Flights to Chicago started in January with a partnership with United Airlines. From Chicago, passengers can take connecting flights to 160 destinations in the world.
Johnson said. "What we did with this is we worked with an airline that could bring in regional jet service and basically the same equipment that is leaving in Kansas City for Chicago."
Topeka hopes to attract ridership with the ease of flying local.
"I've used the service already," Johnson said. "I've heard from other people who've used the service already, and there's nothing nicer than when you fly home, you are actually home instead of in a different state."
Every year, nearly a million passengers from the Topeka area use Kansas City International airport, Johnson said. They have to travel 75 miles or farther to get to the Kansas
City airport. Also, parking at KCI can be pricey compared to the $5 flat fee at Topeka, no matter the duration.
At Kansas City, overnight parking in the garage is $22 per day. The cheapest choice with a daily rate of $7 has
"We are a capital city ... It's always been about making sure that the service matches the community."
ERIC JOHNSON
President of Metropolitan Topeka Airport
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"The Topeka metropolitan statistical area spends about a $127 million a year at the Kansas City airport," Johnson said. "That's income and revenue that's leaving the state of Kansas and we are trying
people park 15 minutes away from the airport and take a shuttle.
to bring a piece of that back home."
With the success of the service, Topeka hopes to expand destinations and airlines. Currently, only United offers this service at Topeka.
For students in search of bargain flights, Topeka is limited in options.
Freshman Melissa Stasi from Overland Park, travels to Chicago two to three times a year to visit friends and family. In her travel, she sticks to the best price, which often times, is not United.
"Sadly I wouldn't use it because I use Southwest. It's the cheapest," Stasi said. "But I think once it expands the service it'd be great."
Even with cheap parking, more options in ticket prices with more airlines still makes KCI more appealing to students, said Kenzie McLean, freshman from Mooresville, N.C.
As an out-of-state student,
McLean usually has a laver over either in Chicago or Atlanta. With ticket prices being so expensive, McLean counts on finding the best deal.
"I would be more likely to use it once it offers more airlines and prices," McLean said.
Once the service proves to be successful, Johnson hopes to have additional flights and other major connecting hubs like Denver and Dallas.
"KU is an important piece of this," Johnson said. "Wed love to see students recognize the ease of flying Topeka rather than flying Kansas City and we can save them money on parking."
Edited by Casey Hutchins
WHEN ARE THE FLIGHTS?
Topeka Regional Airport to Chicago O'Hare 6 a.m. and 2:54 p.m.
Chicago O'Hare to Topeka Regional Airport 12:54 p.m. and 8:38 p.m.
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costs onto students, the fee increase would be beneficial if there is demand and it allows groups to continue doing great things.
"Student Senate has been harboring an attitude of austerity to spend money where we can and continue to allow the same level of service to groups so they can continue to do the things they're great at," Graham said.
Drew Harger, Student Senate assistant treasurer, said the Senate allocated their resources efficiently to end last semester on targeted budget. Harger said by continuing to keep track of money given out at meetings, this can be accomplished again this semester and next year.
Harger thinks that the past year was a learning experience. "When the budget is bigger, we'll be able to help groups we wanted to help this year but weren't able to," Harger said.
— Edited by Jack Feigh
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