Athletic Dorms

[Kung Wu]

I refrain from offering "good" math, physics, biology, etc. jokes because my "good" might be your "BAD"!! :)

Meh, that never stopped me from posting anything. I just fling it out there and see what sticks to the wall.

[Ricardo del Rio]

From what I've heard, the median grade in the last Engineering Physics class was a 76%. Above average, but not crazy high.

I had a varying degree of difficulty in the classes I took. Elementary Differential Equations, for example, usually has a 10-20% curve at the end of the semester, and even with that only two students in the class before mine got an A. The material was hard enough that the teacher fully expected each and every student to be below an A before the end of the class simply because it was so easy to lose points given the difficulty of the material.

Anyway, athletic dorms. When we get rid of the golf course, they would be nice to have. Enough space for 1000 students (500 total athletes + 500 regular students), call it something like the Wichita State "Center of Excellence" Dorms. Students would be allowed to room in those dorms if they were either an athlete or a student with a 3.75 GPA or better. These dorms would have to have a very attractive exterior, preferably in black and gold colors, and the first room would be a Shocker athletic showcase.

On the right, you'd see a history of Shocker basketball. Included would be Xavier McDaniel's jersey, photos of old teams, and a very prominent "National Champions" banner showcasing the NIT season. At the end of the presentation (which would be chronological), you'd have a very noticeable empty space and maybe a blank portrait. You get the gist. Recruiting items.

On the left, baseball stuff. Highlight baseballs winningest coach, the National Championships, etc. Also include stuff from other sports, but the goal is to make the basketball and baseball the most prominent.

The facilities inside should all be very prominently in the school's colors. Furthermore, they should be something that will make a recruit go "Wow." Basics for the basketball section (Floor 1, right past the entry room) would be extra large beds for our future stars along with raised counters in the restrooms. Like the rest of the campus, these dorms would have internet, but also included would be lounge sections with large TVs and maybe rooms for recruits to watch film. One recruit to a room, but they would still share restrooms.

This sort of thing would be a huge recruiting tool.

I would like to be on the feasibility team, development team, A/E team and construction management team.

Now that would be big fun.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Cold,

You know I love you, but me thinketh thee high jacked my lovely thread.

RDR

Terribly sorry sir.

http://www.kake.com/findit/thursdayheadlines/Wichita-State-Plans-For-New-Student-Housing-163938436.html

The new president is certainly interested in expanding and modernizing our on campus living facilities.
I would think that athletic dorms would be great, but I certainly wouldn't want to see millions invested into that without a football program. We are going to need a several million dollar physical fitness center for our football program first. :)


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[Aargh]

Pleeease. You don't know your asymptotes from a hole in your graph.

:)

I was an Accounting major. Our phrase was "you don't know your assets from a hole in the ground".

[SpanglerFan316]

If an accountant's wife cannot sleep, what does she say? "Darling, could you tell me about your work."

Why do accountants make good lovers? They're great with figures.

Why accountants don't read novels? Because the only numbers in them are page numbers.

Two accountants are in a bank, when armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers, including the accountants, up against a wall, and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on accountant number one jams something in accountant number two's hand. Without looking down, accountant number two whispers, "What is this?" to which accountant number one replies, "it's that $50 I owe you."

[SpanglerFan316]

http://www.accountingcoursesonline.com/accountantjokes.html

[SpanglerFan316]

Here is one that should be popular in Kansas. (Wait, where is the "EO" smilie?)

A mugger stops a guy on the street at gunpoint."Give me all your money", he says. The muggee is indignant. "You can't do this," he yells. "I'm an IRS agent. "In that case," says the mugger, "give me all MY money."

:poster_eo: :poster_eo: :poster_eo:

[SpanglerFan316]

Since I will be 10 posts shy of 4000 and in honor of the "An accountant goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot" joke (i.e. The startled accountant asks about the third parrot, to be told it costs $4,000. Needless to say, this begs the question, "What can it do?" To which the owner replies "To be honest, Ive never seen him do a darn thing, but the other two call him Senior Partner."), I need to ration my posts and make each of the next ten posts memorable. :encouragement:

:nightmare:

[RHshoxfan]

Just get these! I don't think this has been posted.

http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/kentuckys-housing-chef-flat-screens/153247

[Ricardo del Rio]

Just get these! I don't think this has been posted.

http://larrybrownsports.com/college-...screens/153247

I am starting to think that I have a pregnant idea.

I am sure Kentucky is within the NCAA rules, but some of the features sure bends my mind, e.g., chef.

[Kung Wu]

Two accountants are in a bank, when armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers, including the accountants, up against a wall, and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on accountant number one jams something in accountant number two's hand. Without looking down, accountant number two whispers, "What is this?" to which accountant number one replies, "it's that $50 I owe you."

Oldie but a goodie! :)

[Ricardo del Rio]

How about this idea?

Build a dorm for athletes with parameters in mind as follows:

1. On campus location. Maybe the golf course.
2. Number of units - 40-60
3. Average size per unit - 850 s.f.
4. Development cost per unit - $70,000 plus land
5. Total development cost - $2.8 million - $4.2 million
6. Financing
a. Equity - ?
b. Debt - ?

I am not sure of a feasible debt to equity ratio. Current outlays for room expense for basketball players plus rents from matching non-athlete tenants could be applied to servicing the debt.

If equity financing is say 75% or $2.1-$3.2 million, then fund raising does not seem too difficult.

I am ignorant of statatory law limitations of debt on publicly owned property.

I will hang up and take your answers off the air.

[Kung Wu]

4. Development cost per unit - $70,000 plus land

Is that realistic for detached units? You're talking commercial construction here. I really don't know. Even if not, you can probably get it to that ball park by creating quadplexes or something though.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Is that realistic for detached units? You're talking commercial construction here. I really don't know. Even if not, you can probably get it to that ball park by creating quadplexes or something though.

I had a dorm, which consists of 40-60 apartments in mind. One building, 2-3 floors, probably linear.

Actually, I only had a single building in mind. I did not give any thought to the configuration of the building.

[Kung Wu]

I had a dorm, which consists of 40-60 apartments in mind. One building, 2-3 floors, probably linear.

Actually, I only had a single building in mind. I did not give any thought to the configuration of the building.

Ohhh. I thought you were going for the "Athletic Village" concept. Your cost estimate seems generous then.