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APARTMENT GUIDE
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LeannaMar
- 4 Bedroom
- 3 Full Bathrooms
- 1550 Square Ft
- Full Size Washer & Dryer
- Walk-In Closets
- Free Extended Basic Cable
- Free Broadband Internet
- Free Carports
www.leannamar.com
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Williams Pointe
- 3 Bedroom
- 2.5 Bathrooms
- 1421 Square Ft
- Full Size Washer & Dryer
- Tile Floors
- Free Extended Basic Cable
- Free Broadband Internet
- Free Carports
LeannaMar Open House Wed,Thurs,Fri 3-7 & Sat 11-2
Directions from Campus
1. Head south on Iowa St to Clinton Pkwy
3. Travel approximately 2.5 miles on Clinton Pkwy
4. Turn right (north) on Inverness Dr
2. Turn right (west) on Clinton Pkwy
5. Take your first left on the access road parallel to Clinton Pkwy
6. Show townhome is located in 3rd building on the left
Alexandra Garry/KANSAN
Nick Gemas, Wichita doctoral student, started collecting movie posters as a way to improve his dorm room at the time. Now, he credits his poster collection for giving him a greater appreciation of design.
More than meets the eye
Posters used to express personal opinion
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY editor@kansan.com
Cheap, easily-obtainable and delightfully graphic, posters are as iconic of the college living experience as cheap noodles and house parties.
Posters, of one form or another, can be found in most any dorm room, and many students take their wall hangings with them into apartments.
"College housing is pretty boring — you've got beige walls and beige carpet, beige everything," said Nick Gemas, Wichita doctoral student. "Posters are like cheap wallpaper. They spruce things up."
Katie Aucott, Lawrence freshman, said hanging posters, paintings and magazine clippings was a means of self-expression for her
"Whatever your cause — political or religious or whatever you can find a poster for that."
and her artistic group of roommates.
"It just makes a space your own," she said.
as a means of political propaganda and military recruitment in World War I and then again in World War II.
BARRY FITZGERALD Associate professor of graphic design
Gemas, who collects movie posters, said what started as a way to liven up his dorm room "opened up the world of art" to him and he now had a stronger interest in design and culture.
Fitzgerald said improvements in printing
Not just inexpensive decoration, posters have a significant place in history.
"Historically, posters were used as a means of communication," said Barry Fitzgerald, associate professor of graphic design.
Posters took on greater cultural significance
improvements in printing technology made posters cheaper and further broadened their mass-market appeal.
Today, even individuals can make their own posters cheaply through one-hour photo departments in retail chains such as WalMart. Here in Lawrence, 20x30-inch prints start at $16. Local imaging shop Image Works, 711 23rd St., creates prints ranging
"from locket sized to 40x60 inch posters; according to its Web site.
"Today, posters are mostly decorative, but technology opens a lot of options." Fitzgerald said. "Whatever your cause — political or religious or whatever — you can find a poster for that. Or, if you just want something with pretty flowers on it, you can find that, too."
APRIL 3,2008
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN