The opportunity to get the Ohio State yearbook for only $50 is slipping away. The Makio staff has thus far sold 130 copies of the Ohio State yearbook and has launched a marketing campaign to sell 500 books by the end of winter quarter, said Amanda Contat, Makio’s director of marketing.The book will be sold for $50 until the last day of winter quarter, after that the price will increase, she added. Makio (Mah’kio) is Japanese for magic mirror and has been a part of Ohio State since 1880. It stopped production in 1994, due to problems in organization and funding, said Lorraine Sommers, public relations director for the Makio.The yearbook was re-introduced to campus last spring quarter by Brian Jones, a senior Japanese studies major and Diedem Endez, who graduated in the spring, said Heather Brandon, the coordinator of student involvement at the Office of Student Activities. Jones and Endez re-introduced the Makio because they felt that there was a need for a collegiate yearbook to serve archival purposes.The main marketing tool is word of mouth, but the marketing staff will be going to various student organizations to promote the yearbook, Contat said. If 15 members of a Greek organization purchase copies, then the organization will receive a free yearbook for its library.Brandon said that coupons were given to students during Welcome Week for $5 off of their yearbook purchase. Those involved with the OSU Parents Association will also each receive a $5 off coupon.The yearbook’s theme is “In a Nut Shell” to help relate it to the Buckeyes, will have 308 pages featuring pictures and descriptions of activities throughout the academic year, such as Welcome Week, homecoming and graduations.The opening section of the Makio will review the events on campus during the yearbook’s six-year absence, Brandon said.Black and white portraits of the seniors will be published in a special insert in their copies of the yearbook while other sections will be devoted to varsity sports, student life, organized according to Ohio State’s colleges, and Greek and other student organizations. About a third of the 500 student organizations on campus will be covered.Many of the events that students in residence halls attend as well as organizations that they are involved in will be covered in the book, Brandon said. The 25 volunteer Makio staff members represent a wide variety of majors. Contat said the staff members work in areas such as photography, production, technology and marketing.Sommers said the publication will not be completed until mid-June of 2001 and will be delivered to purchasers in the fall of 2001.