Don’t know what to do tonight, why not rent a movie?
A Blockbuster kiosk will be put in the Vaughn Center on the first floor by the entrance of the courtyard according to Megan Frisque, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement.
She also said that it’s being put in the Vaughn Center because it’s open later then the other buildings on campus.
“There are almost a thousand movies that will be in the kiosk, we’ve been informed,” Frisque said.
According to Chris McCarthy, Student Government Vice President, said that according the Blockbuster Representative the Blockbuster kiosk should be the arriving the beginning of Feb. McCarthy is just waiting on the Blockbuster Representative getting back to him to confirm this, and he is waiting on the delivery of the machine.
“It will be this semester,” Kelsie Huth, Student Government President said. “It’s coming; it’s on the way, were waiting on their end,” McCarthy said.
According to Huth the kiosk will be exactly like a Red Box, it’s a dollar a movie a night that is paid with a credit card. There’s a touch screen feature and it has new movie rentals.
“We wanted to do things this semester that students would really care about and enjoy,” Huth said. “We didn’t want to do a lot of little insignificance stuff that students didn’t see or care about.”
Student government wanted to do something entertaining but also something that was convenient.
“I always wanted to try [one of those kiosks],” Erfourthie Bauer, junior said.
Rico Lively, freshman said that he has Net Flix but would still use it because of the new releases.