CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:

• Conference Registration Fee: $50; ($20 for students) -- (Registration fee will be higher at the door)
• Conference Pre-registration Form

HOUSING:

• Ramada Inn: $69/night at Ramada Inn (single/double)

  Call 785 539-7531 (identify yourself as being affiliated with "Cultural Studies, K-State" to receive special rate). Reservations need to be booked by Feb 7, 2003.

• Guest Apartment in University Housing: $30/night (1 BR).

  To reserve an apartment at Jardine, visit their website: http://www.housing.k-state.edu/ and click on "Jardine Guest Housing" under the "For Guests" menu at left.

  NOTE: Rooms at Jardine are VERY LIMITED. Reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Book early!

• Other Lodging Options:

  The motels/hotels listed below are located in and around Manhattan. KSU is accessible by taxi or car from any of these establishments. NO special rates have been negotiated with these businesses.

  • Manhattan Holiday Inn & Holidome: 785 539-5311 or 1-800-465-4329
  • Best Western: 785 776-4771 or 1-800-528-1234
  • Super 8 Motel: 785 537-8468 or 1-800-800-8000
  • Motel 6: 785 537-1022(no 800 #)
  • Days Inn: 785 539-5391
  • Fairfield Inn: 785 539-2400 or 1-800-228-2800
  • Hampton Inn: 785 539-5000 or 1-800 HAMPTON

PARKING:

If you plan to park on campus Thursday or Friday, include the fee for parking permits in your check for registration. You may pick up your prepaid permits at the Information Booth on 17th Street (in front of the K-State Student Union) when you arrive. Permits may be purchased upon arrival as well.

• Reserved Parking (Lot D1 -- short walk): $3 per day
• Reserved Parking (Student Union Lot): $10 per day
• General Parking: $2 per day
• No permit required for Saturday

For a Campus Map (provided by University Parking Services), please click on this sentence.

TRAVEL:

Manhattan is approximately 2 1/2 hours' drive from the nearest major airport, which is in Kansas City (airport code MCI). To get from Kansas City to Manhattan, you can either take the Roadrunner Express Shuttle (about $79 round trip) or rent a car at the airport. To make a reservation with Roadrunner, call 800-826-8294 (toll-free), 785-537-2080, or 785-238-6161.

It is also possible to fly directly into Manhattan on US Air and on Midwest Express. (If you are already flying on this airline, the additional flight is affordable. If you have to change airlines, it is quite expensive.) If you are flying internationally, it might be helpful to note that US Air has had an agreement with British Air which may make it easier, or at least cheaper, to fly into Manhattan.)

From the Manhattan airport, you will need to get a cab to campus. You can either call from the airport when you arrive (which means waiting about 30 minutes for it to get there) or you can call ahead to have one meet your flight. A-One Taxi service: 1-800-234-3401. The fare between the airport and campus should be under $15.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

FROM THE KANSAS CITY AIRPORT: As you leave the airport, you'll find yourself on I-29 going north. Take the I-435 S exit (number 17; follow signs for Topeka), and stay on I-435 south for about 20 miles. Take the I-70/KS Turnpike west exit (number 12; signs for Topeka/St Louis). Between Kansas City and Topeka, I-70 is a toll road (expect to pay about $1.75). When toll road ends, follow signs to stay on I-70 through Topeka. Continue on I-70 west until exit 313 (Manhattan/ Highway 177). Go north on 177 to Manhattan (approx. 9 miles). When you come into Manhattan you will cross the viaduct. Take the first right as you come off the bridge, turning right again at the stoplight at the end of the ramp, onto Fort Riley Boulevard. Take Fort Riley Boulevard to 17th street: turn right. Go North on 17th until you get to Anderson Ave. There will be a gas station on your left, the Ramada Inn on your right,and the K-State Student Union and Old Stadium in front of you when you get to 17th Street and Anderson Ave. The conference is in the K-State Student Union, which is directly across the street and through a parking lot from the Ramada.

FROM THE EAST (Kansas City): Take I-70 west from Kansas City. Between Kansas City and Topeka, I-70 is a toll road (expect to pay about $1.75). When toll road ends, follow signs to stay on I-70 through Topeka. Continue on I-70 west until exit 313 (Manhattan/ Highway 177). Go north on 177 to Manhattan (approx. 9 miles). When you come into Manhattan you will cross the viaduct. Take the first right as you come off the bridge, turning right again at the stoplight at the end of the ramp, onto Fort Riley Boulevard. Take Fort Riley Boulevard to 17th street: turn right. Go North on 17th until you get to Anderson Ave. There will be a gas station on your left, a Ramada Inn on your right, and the K-State Student Union and Old Stadium in front of you when you get to 17th Street and Anderson Ave. The conference is in the K-State Student Union.

FROM THE WEST/SOUTHWEST (Wichita): Take I-135 north to I-70 east. Travel east until you get to the Manhattan/Ogden exit (just as you come up the big hill past Fort Riley's Big Red 1 Marshall Field on the left). Exit and turn left (north). You should be on Hightway K-18 going east/north. This route will bring you into Manhattan past the Manhattan Municipal Airport on Fort Riley Boulevard. Keep travelling east until you get to 17th Street. Turn left (north) and go through three stoplights until you get to Anderson Avenue. There will be a gas station on your left, a Ramada Inn on your right, and the K-State Student Union and Old Stadium in front of you when you get to 17th Street and Anderson Ave. The conference is in the K-State Student Union.

FROM THE SOUTH (Oklahoma): Take I-35 north to Wichita, Kansas. Exit the turnpike, get on the I-235 north bypass and take it to I-135 north. Follow directions from Wichita (see above).

FROM THE NORTH (Lincoln, NE): Go south on US Highway 77 through Marysville, Blue Rapids, Randolph, etc. This will bring you into Manhattan near Tuttle Creek State Park. Turn right (south) where Seth Childs Road intersects Highway 24 just before you get to the Tuttle Creek Reservoir dam. Travel south on Seth Childs Road to the Anderson Avenue exit. Exit and turn left (east) onto Anderson Avenue. Go to 17th Street. There will be a gas station on your right, a Ramada Inn across the street on the right, and the K-State Alumni center and Old Stadium on your left when you get to 17th Street and Anderson Ave. The conference is in the K-State Student Union, which is on your left across 17th, set back from the street and across from the Ramada.

FROM THE NORTHEAST (Omaha, NE/Des Moines, IA/Iowa City, IA): Take I-80 to Lincoln, then follow the directions from Lincoln (above). OR: Travel south on I-35 through Kansas City to I-70 west (turnpike), then follow directions from Kansas City (above).

FROM THE MANHATTAN AIRPORT: The airport is located on Fort Riley Boulevard. Turn left as you exit the airport, travelling east until you get to 17th Street. Turn left (north) and go through three stoplights until you get to Anderson Avenue. There will be a gas station on your left, a Ramada Inn on your right, and the K-State Student Union and Old Stadium in front of you when you get to 17th Street and Anderson Ave. The conference is in the K-State Student Union.

For a Campus Map (provided by University Parking Services), please click on this sentence.

MANHATTAN, KANSAS (links on the English Department's "Links" page)