Flipping through choices
If you live on campus, the television channels don’t stop at 85 anymore.
True. it doesn’t show up on the channel list placed in every room or on the scrolling guide on channel 2, but it’s there and you may want to know about it.
The newest channel, 87, is home of Resident Life Cinema, or just Res Life Cinema. It is one of many new features that Georgia College is bringing in to help enhance the community living on campus. Run by the same company that CAB uses for their big movie nights, the most current being the showing of Iron Man during the Week of Welcome, Res Life has a unique approach to what is shown on their channel.
“We are always looking for amenities to help improve our residence halls and apartments,” says Cindy McClanahan, Marketing Coordinator for GCSU Housing. “We thought it would be a great addition and something our students would enjoy.”
Similar to HBO, a selection of about 20 or so movies per month are selected to be shown. Res Life provides commercial-free viewings of these movies, showing a mix of classic titles along with movies that may have only recently been out in the movie theaters or on DVD.
Where Res Life allows the students get to choose from an extensive list what they would like to see rather than just being forced to watch whatever comes on, much like the newer “on-demand” broadcasting that many satellite and cable companies now provide.
Brought to the school by RSA, Resident Student Association, currently students involved in the organization choose the movies that are shown, but that is soon to change.
“We are working to get an on-line voting capability,” says McClanahan, “so that students can go online and select their top five favorites [movies], and we’ll make sure to show those.”
Along with movies, other educational and informational programming can be added to the channel’s network. Certain movies can be selected to coincide with certain themes or holidays and observances such as National Hispanic Month and World Aids Day.
Similar to Bobcat Vision seen on Main Campus, messages such as important dates and safety reminders can also be broadcast on the Res Life channel, getting students out to everyone who lives on campus. Also, how-to videos can be added, which can be anything from making meals to, yes, learning how to wash clothes.
“There’s also the the possibility for adding training videos,” says McClanahan. “There’s actually a ‘Laundry 101′ video.”
Student involvement will play a large role in how successful this new channel will be both in watching and selecting what will be shown. Regardless, the opportunity for communication and programming through Res Life are something to keep an eye out for.
Just be sure to keep flipping up.
For more information go to www.reslife.com.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Sep 5 2008. Filed under News.
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