Friday, August 17, 2007
Claire Vawter, Olathe freshman, moved into Oliver Hall on Monday and noticed the walls were bare. She soon changed that.
Vawter found plenty of items to decorate her room at this week’s poster sale at the Kansas Union. She bought an Audrey Hepburn poster earlier in the week and later went back to look for a poster of the movie “300” for her boyfriend.
“These are kind of for fun to spruce up the room,” she said.
She thumbed through posters of James Dean and the movies “Jaws” and “Rocky” and said looking at the posters gave her some creative ideas that she could use in her artwork.
The sale is sponsored by Student Union Activities. The College Poster Sale Co., based in New York, is providing the posters to students at discount rates of up to 40 percent from retail prices.
Most of the 1,000 items in stock sell for $7 to $9, though some cost more. Karen Krinsky, the company’s poster tour director, said popular-selling items were posters featuring Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Muhammad Ali and drinking posters. The best-selling item, Krinsky said, was the “300” poster that depicts lead actor Gerard Butler, who played King Leonidas in the film, is standing at the center and his famous line “Tonight we dine in hell!” is written behind him.
Like Vawter, Peter Ciurej, Omaha, Neb., freshman, just moved into his dorm and wanted some decorative material.
“The walls were looking pretty bare, so I thought I’d spruce it up a little bit.”
Ciurej found just the right poster for his room. He bought a “Dumb and Dumber” poster that pictured Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels riding on a motorcycle through freezing weather.
“I just like the movie,” he said. “It’s a funny movie, it’s a good poster. It’ll be a good conversation piece.”
Susan Hoffman, assistant director of union programs, said students aren’t the only ones getting some good deals.
“I’ve even seen faculty and staff picking up a few things,” Hoffman said.
Hoffman said SUA and Union Programs receive 20 percent of the proceeds, and the money helps pay for other campus events. Hoffman said they hadn’t decided where the proceeds from the poster sale would go yet, but the money from last year’s sale helped pay for free cosmic bowling at the Jaybowl for the school year and other campus events.
“We give it all back in some way,” Hoffman said.
The sale began Monday and ends today. If students were unable to attend this week’s sale, the group will return for another sale Aug. 27-31.
— Edited by Amelia Freidline
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