Students interested in staying in for

the night by watching a movie have more than one way to do so,

however no one seems to have a clear favorite.

Tito Franco, a freshman psychology

major, said when he is in the mood for a movie he turns to friends’

collections.

“We have a bunch of movies on my floor

of the dorm,” he said. “We borrow movies from each other.”

Franco said he also uses Redbox, a

movie renting kiosk located in super markets or other large

stores.

When personal collections lack in

variety or when renting costs too much, many students turn to Booth

Library’s Media Center as a means of cost-free rentals.

Jason Torres, a freshman journalism

major, said he likes using Booth Library for renting television

shows as well as films.

“I started checking movies out at the

library about a month ago,” Torres said.

Doug Urbanski, a graduate student,

said he enjoys using Netflix since it allows him to stream films

and suggests movies he may not have previously been aware of based

on his previously rented films.

“I use Netflix and see what are in the

top 10 picks,” said Urbanski. “It’s like it knows me.”

John Holman, manager of Charleston’s

Family Video, said he does not worry about his store having to

compete with Booth Library’s free DVD rental policy or Netflix

instant streaming capabilities.

“We have a lot more current releases

and we stock multiple copies of them,” Holman said. “Netflix and

Redbox don’t always have all of those new releases.”

Holman said Family Video tries to

offer customer services that a computer or kiosk can not

replicate.

“We require our employees to watch

movies,” Holman said. “This way, if someone comes in and wants a

suggestion we can give it to them.”

Robin Murray, Eastern’s film studies

minor coordinator, said the personal factor that store rentals

offer does not appeal to her.

“I haven’t found people at movie

places very well versed,” she said.

Murray said she uses Netflix because

of its wide variety, but said that it is not her favorite way to

experience a film.

“I go to the theater for a lot of

movies,” Murray said. “There’s something about watching a movie on

a big screen.”

Andrew Crivilare can be reached at

581-2812

or ajcrivilare@eiu.edu.