Spring Break
Dorms nix paper fliers to go green
Ryan Feuerhelm
Issue date: 9/30/08 Section: NEWS
The days of paper ads and fliers piling up in the dorms are over; a new era has been ushered in with the introduction of the kiosk.
"The kiosks were implemented this summer," said Christina Herrera, a Crumley Hall front desk clerk. "It's a part of NT's effort to go green."
Herrera said the kiosks were installed in the dorms because there were too many fliers and the students weren't reading them. Herrera added that all of the excess paper was starting to become a fire hazard.
All of the dorms have one kiosk, and students did not pay for them.
"There is one near the front desk in each of the residence halls," Herrera said. "They are actually looking at adding more in different halls."
The kiosks are also near elevators so that when students are waiting, they can read the ads as they pass.
Any person, group or organization can advertise on the kiosks, but the space is not free.
"For a student organization to advertise on the kiosk is $5 a day per slide," Herrera said. "For a university department, it is $10 a day to advertise. We do allow outside organizations to advertise, but it is $100 a day."
The slides are limited to one event per organization per day, and the slide can be run for 10 days.
Not all is lost for the people who like the old-fashioned fliers. The academic buildings are still allowing paper ads and fliers to be posted in their buildings. This will benefit those who enjoy ripping off the phone number on the bottom of the paper ad.
Bruce Hall front desk clerk Erin Piper said she thinks that the new kiosks are good for the dorms. They work well because students can see housing announcements for their respective dorm.
"I do think it is helpful and informative," Piper said. "Relative things in each dorm are posted on the kiosks."
She also said that because the kiosks are electronic, they are able to get immediate updates. She is also keen on the idea of the kiosk being environmentally friendly.
"It's essential for our environment that we start taking care of things," Piper said. "We are the Mean Green."
Another student agreed.
"I think it is environmentally friendly, and it is convenient," Sam Maynard, an undeclared freshman, said.
Computer support manager Jason McMullen said the machines that run the program for the kiosks are computers that the university has retired. All of the monitors are Environmental Protection Agency energy star-compliant.
To advertise on the kiosk, contact Christina Herrera at 940-565-4844 or christina.herrera@unt.edu.
"The kiosks were implemented this summer," said Christina Herrera, a Crumley Hall front desk clerk. "It's a part of NT's effort to go green."
Herrera said the kiosks were installed in the dorms because there were too many fliers and the students weren't reading them. Herrera added that all of the excess paper was starting to become a fire hazard.
All of the dorms have one kiosk, and students did not pay for them.
"There is one near the front desk in each of the residence halls," Herrera said. "They are actually looking at adding more in different halls."
The kiosks are also near elevators so that when students are waiting, they can read the ads as they pass.
Any person, group or organization can advertise on the kiosks, but the space is not free.
"For a student organization to advertise on the kiosk is $5 a day per slide," Herrera said. "For a university department, it is $10 a day to advertise. We do allow outside organizations to advertise, but it is $100 a day."
The slides are limited to one event per organization per day, and the slide can be run for 10 days.
Not all is lost for the people who like the old-fashioned fliers. The academic buildings are still allowing paper ads and fliers to be posted in their buildings. This will benefit those who enjoy ripping off the phone number on the bottom of the paper ad.
Bruce Hall front desk clerk Erin Piper said she thinks that the new kiosks are good for the dorms. They work well because students can see housing announcements for their respective dorm.
"I do think it is helpful and informative," Piper said. "Relative things in each dorm are posted on the kiosks."
She also said that because the kiosks are electronic, they are able to get immediate updates. She is also keen on the idea of the kiosk being environmentally friendly.
"It's essential for our environment that we start taking care of things," Piper said. "We are the Mean Green."
Another student agreed.
"I think it is environmentally friendly, and it is convenient," Sam Maynard, an undeclared freshman, said.
Computer support manager Jason McMullen said the machines that run the program for the kiosks are computers that the university has retired. All of the monitors are Environmental Protection Agency energy star-compliant.
To advertise on the kiosk, contact Christina Herrera at 940-565-4844 or christina.herrera@unt.edu.
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