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Appalachian ‘Blockbuster': Free movie rentals available in library basement |
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
by NIKKI ROBERTI
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
It’s the weekend and let’s face it - sometimes entertainment in Boone can be hard to find.
However, the fun-filled weekend you have been looking for may be hiding in an unexpected place - the basement of the Belk Library & Information Commons.
Belk Library & Information Commons rents out movies to students for three days at a time with a swipe of their AppCard.
Junior
political science major and student library assistant Kyle S. McCay
said the most recent movie release was “Blood Diamond.”
“There
are all types of movies,” McCay said. “We have foreign films. We have
mainstream movies that have come out recently. [It’s] an eclectic
variety.”
 Amanda R. McNeice, a junior theater performance concentration major, scans through the selection of free rental movies at Belk Library. Shanel Boston
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Freshman
English major Cary E. Pryor found out about the library’s movie rental
system when she thought she had missed a movie that was viewed during a
class.
“Whenever you miss something in class you can probably rent that movie from the library so you can make that up,” she said.
However, when she went to the library, Pryor found more than the educational flick she was looking for.
“They also have a bunch of indie-ish films like ‘Twelve Monkeys’ in addition to all the academic stuff,” she said.
McCay
said many professors rent movies regularly for their classes and
students are always renting movies whenever he is working.
However, he said a lot of students don’t check out movies because they are unaware of what is offered.
“I
think a lot of students don’t know about it,” McCay said. “People come
in here and there will be someone standing behind them with movies. ‘Oh
I didn’t know you could check out movies,’ would be their response.”
Freshman undecided major Elizabeth A. Marquardt said she frequently rents movies.
The most recent films she checked out were a “fairly new murder mystery” and a “French film.”
“They have a lot of movies,” she said. “I guess you could apply them to classes but a lot of them are just for fun.”
However, Marquardt also said the movie rental system is a bit confusing.
“I
wish I knew how they were put in order because unless you go look it up
on a computer, it’s impossible to find the one you’re looking for,” she
said.
Junior
elementary education major and student library assistant Lora D.
Osborne agrees the system discourages some students from renting films
from the library.
“Most
students don’t know how to look them up,” she said. “If they would just
come to us and we could explain to them how to look them up and what
selections we have, I think a lot of people would be more willing to
come check them out.”
Both
McCay and Osborne rent movies from the library at least once every two
weeks and encourage other students to look at the options offered.
“We have movies,” McCay said. “Come check them out!”
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