{"id":14652,"date":"2014-02-09T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T16:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2021-12-31T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T11:59:35","slug":"what-state-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/what-state-u\/","title":{"rendered":"What State U"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I mentioned the University of Idaho in a <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14420\/#comment-5702\">tangential comment<\/a> on R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Bait and Switch. I focused on its location in Moscow, the city in Idaho not the one in Russia. However, I noticed an additional feature I didn&#8217;t discuss at the time. The western edge of the university ran amazingly close to the state border between Idaho and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Idaho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d43757.278718750575!2d-117.04762732439615!3d46.728816056192734!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x54a02786789997e3%3A0x8f65411bd98fcd6c!2sUniversity%20of%20Idaho!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1595422819726!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distance from the farthest western extreme of the University of Idaho to the state of Washington measured 0.3 miles (0.5 kilometers). I walk farther than than that to get to the nearest subway station in the morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t take much effort to expand the university just a sliver and abut a neighboring state. It probably couldn&#8217;t go any farther though. After all, the University of Idaho is a public <em>state<\/em> institution (i.e., not private or for profit). It&#8217;s likely confined within Idaho&#8217;s boundaries absent some sort of infinitely complicated sharing agreement with Washington. That would probably involve taxpayer funding, accreditation, enrollment standards, and so on. In other words, basically impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jbyoder\/4363185986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4040\/4363185986_d0ca653e8a_o.jpg\" alt=\"2010.02.15 - Life Sciences South. Photo by Jeremy Yoder; (CC BY-NC 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Life Sciences South building at the University of Idaho<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Was there an instance of a state university bordering directly on another state, I wondered? I set a few ground rules, and this is where the 12MC audience can participate too. I tried to limit the search to public universities and land borders; no private schools that were free of direct state control and no rivers intervening to block a leisurely stroll. Those criteria would also eliminate every minor office suite with a University of Phoenix &#8220;campus&#8221; and its ilk that happened to fall near a state border from consideration as well. True residential universities with dormitories and signs of on-campus student life would be a bonus. Examples from outside of the United States that featured international borders would be fine as well. I just didn&#8217;t have time to explore them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search grew difficult even as I slowly relaxed my standards. In fact, I&#8217;m still searching for that elusive major state university on a land border. It may exist, and if so I know the eagle eyes of 12MC readers will discover it. Until then I offer my best imperfect discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Texas &#8211; El Paso<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d27135.86642130089!2d-106.5221499638653!3d31.770941341906358!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x86e7585aee8062d7%3A0xd1fa952f6437ecbc!2sThe%20University%20of%20Texas%20at%20El%20Paso!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1595422874198!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.utep.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Texas &#8211; El Paso<\/a>. The school came within a thousand feet (0.3 km) of an international border with Mexico at its closest point according to my eyeball estimate. It&#8217;s just across from Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez in the state of Chihuahua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it might as well sit a million miles away because of an intervening Interstate Highway, railroad track, border patrol agents (see <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/D1KSSwqncktHa3nv5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street View<\/a>), concrete wall and river standing in the way. It might be easier to break out of a maximum security prison than to walk from UTEP into Mexico following the most direct path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Kansas School of Medicine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d6196.4220758280135!2d-94.61585786786999!3d39.056104545179565!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x87c0ee2efd152025%3A0x825e90da49ae440c!2sUniversity%20of%20Kansas%20School%20of%20Medicine!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1595422985727!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Kansas &#8212; <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KU<\/a> &#8212; in Lawrence, Kansas didn&#8217;t exactly hug the border. Nonetheless, the university placed its <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumc.edu\/school-of-medicine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>School of Medicine<\/em><\/a> in Kansas City and that was a different story. State Line Road ran directly along the eastern edge of the medical center. That was great! However, I wanted to find where a main campus of a university matched the criteria, not just a single department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purchase College &#8211; State University of New York<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d24072.02552113052!2d-73.71792846357582!3d41.04705932498744!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89c297b52f499dbb%3A0x74274bcfdd6edf4a!2sPurchase%20College%2C%20State%20University%20of%20New%20York!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1595423036892!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purchase.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purchase College &#8211; SUNY<\/a> seemed to be about 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from the state border. I&#8217;d call it a tie with the University of Idaho for borderline proximity. It also gets credit for being located near a genuine geo-oddity, the <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3946\">road that New York stole from Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, I don&#8217;t expect Purchase College to ever change its name to Purchase University. That would make it, well, PU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Brown University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d12880.056204675953!2d-94.56793373322041!3d36.190540109479585!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x87c9a2b3bbdf99b3%3A0x9917134811cb0351!2sJohn%20Brown%20University!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1595423090794!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oklahoma border fell about 0.2 mi (0.3 km) west of <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jbu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Brown University<\/a> in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Also, West University Street seemed to imply future expansion, the name of the road from the current campus all the way to the state line. A mostly-vacant lot separated the university from a potential Oklahoma abutment while residential areas and a cemetery constraining the campus from other directions (<a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/91tMGchiVQvckmcaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). I could happen someday. The catch? John Brown was a private school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll mention an interesting aside about making assumptions. I figured the school must have been named for John Brown, <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Brown_%28abolitionist%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the abolitionist<\/a>. No, it was named for its founder, a different person of the same name, <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Brown_University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an early 20th Century evangelist<\/a>. JBU is a private, interdenominational, Christian university with about 2,200 students. Its first three presidents were John Brown, John Brown Jr. and John Brown III. None of them, as far as I could determine, ever <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/topics\/john-browns-harpers-ferry-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raided Harper&#8217;s Ferry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Another Puzzle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the 12MC audience tires of the previous task, may I suggest another? I also noticed that the University of Idaho was only <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/w2RqYWswG9A6f6fA7\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6.7 mi (10.7 km)<\/a> from Washington State University. Can anyone find a shorter driving distance between flagship universities of two different states? I thought I&#8217;d cheat with the University of Maryland and the University of the District of Columbia (yes, I know, not a state) and even then I fell short at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/y7XVVsxdZoxmwTPR8\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8.8 mi (14.3 km)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universities selected should incorporate the name of the state either as &#8220;University of {whatever state}&#8221; or as &#8220;{whatever state} State&#8221; for this puzzle. 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