I know that Las Vegas and many other tourist attractions use a lot of electronic billboards, especially in their airports. UT uses similar bulletin screens at the Union, SAC, and lobby of the Communications building.

We have several outdoor kiosks around campus that people can staple their paper ads to. I know at least some of the kiosks are for student organizations only but there are many ads for roommates/housing, special events, jobs, etc. If you walk up to one of these kiosks, the papers are everywhere including on top of each other and there are countless staples and gum paste stuck in them. It's really just a big, unorganized mess!

My idea would be to make these kiosks into electronic bulletins just like those seen at the Union. While I don't know how cost efficient it would be to install and maintain them, they'd certainly be a lot nicer and organized to look at. The ads could rotate around the kiosk or simply appear/disappear for another ad to take its place. The kiosk could be divided into 3 sections with the middle being the biggest for student organization announcements, and the bottom and top would have a smaller area for non-UT related ads. All the ads would get a fair chance to be seen.

This would eliminate all the wasted paper and the unappealing look of the gum paste (and maybe even chewing gum?) stuck on the kiosks. Students orgs and others would simply log onto an AdSpace database, upload their flyers, and set a timer for how long they'd like their ad to be on the kiosks. There would be options like being able to post your ad to all the kiosks or just those in specific areas.