Students on South Campus who are tired of driving to a video store to rent a movie or who don't have a car may be in luck.
The Residence Hall Association wants to build a video store inside Pond Library of Commons Market.
The video store would provide mostly freshman and out of state students with an opportunity to rent movies without leaving campus, said Brandon Tosti, president of RHA.
RHA wants the video store open by August.
"I have three numbers (of video store owners), but only one has contacted me," Tosti said.
Though it's only in the planning stages, everything seems to be running smoothly. James Kuder, vice chancellor for student affairs and Allen Reiman, director of auxiliary services, have given their support of the project, Tosti said.
Little work would need to be done to open the video store, Tosti said.
"The only work would be bringing in the movies, setting up the computers, and as well as getting the legal procedures out of the way," Tosti said.
The video store could house about 300 movies. Students would be able to rent movies using their Plus Account and the store would also feature a drop off box.
Tosti sees the video store as a fund-raiser and a convenience to students.
"This would be a huge fund-raiser for RHA and we would split the profits with the video store," Tosti said.
With the funds, RHA wants to increase the stipends of the executive members.
They also would like to increase the programming. For example, have more Blanding beach movies, which run more than $400, Tosti said.
The revenue would also allow RHA to send more members to conferences.
"We'd like to proportionally distribute funding for conferences, so we could send more people and bring more ideas back to campus," Tosti said.
Tosti explained that the ideas for the distribution of funds were not final and would be brought before the executive board-elect after the elections in March.
"Hopefully we can make (the video store) a reality," Tosti said.