Psst … there’s free movies to be seen on campus. Almost every Saturday, the University Board shows free films in Buzzard Hall.

Margie Tucker, graduate assistant for the UB in charge of movies, said the UB gets its films from a company called Swank Motion Pictures Inc., most of which are on VHS tapes.

Tucker said the UB prefers using VHS rather than film form because there is less of a chance that something will go wrong.

“Pretty much, we’ve realized that certain companies use film,” she said.

Tucker said the UB will show 13 movies over the course of the semester, including those already shown.

Each movie costs about $650, Tucker said, including shipping charges.

“The costs are pretty much the same,” she said. “We order the movies at the same time so we get pretty much a block price.”

Tucker said the movie coordinator and committee “try to pick (movies) that are going to be the biggest hits.”

She said about 100 students attend the shows, which occur at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

The position of UB movie coordinator has recently been vacated.

“This is the first week we’ve been without a coordinator,” she said.

Although applications for the position are not yet available, Tucker said they will be very soon.

“We’ll probably start interviewing in a couple weeks,” she said. “We try to get it done as soon as possible.”

Tucker said the UB wants someone who “has a lot of knowledge of movies.”

The coordinator would be required to be at the movie showings from about 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the Saturdays they are shown.

“They have to attend UB meetings on Tuesday night,” Tucker said, “and meetings with their graduate adviser.”

When applications for the position become available, they can be picked up in the Student Activities Center, located on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Tucker said the UB movie committee isn’t in need of more members but it is “always open to more people if they’d like to join.”

For more information call the Student Life Office at 581-3117.