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1 Spotlight Fridav, April 25, 1986 g Low atti ^ By MARSSA J. PORTO 9 Editor in chief A budget oversight combined with low movie attendance is the reason for the cancellation of seven films hv r?? ~j N/uiumia riu* gram Union, a programming administrator said. . "The Cincmatic Arts committee was given a decision to make," said Paul LaMantia, associate director for programming for the Russell House University Union. "A deficit was beginning to occur based upon inhouse expenses, film costs and at4* tendance figures were below their ** expectations. With the cuts, that won't happen. My hope is that there is a smaller deficit." He said a former Cinematic Arts committee did not include $3,500 in their budget for the payment of ushers. The seven films that were cut will save the committee the same amount in rental fees and set-up by USC's Technical Services. According to Jeff Rutstein, the new committee chairman, the group did not realize what was happening until too late and a decision had to be made. "We didn't plan our figures around that," he said. "If we had known about that, we would have planned it differently." Rutstein said the group voted to let him and committee graduate assistant Kathy Krautter decide what was to happen with H1W 1IIUVIC). "Basically, when we go over budget, CPU pays for it and we start all over next year with a new budget," he said. "But we weren't sure if any other committee had gone over budget. And if they had, our budget would be cut next year. If one committee falls, another can pick it up, but if other committees fall, it's like a domino theory. Then all of CPU is in debt." ^ The 1985-86 budget for Cinematic Arts included $19,198 in student activities fees and $46,700 in predicted revenue. When movie attendance declined, $ , I ATTEND MAY ( I and/or I MOP , TRANS If you ha NURSING or HEAL enrolled at i semseter you mu Repayment Schec m For your < 9 INTER I* MONDAY, A Times: 3:00 TUESDAY, A Times: 3:30 WEDNESDAY Times: 1:00 Please bring you complete a Loan I ATTEND ONE OF us to place a Hi pVevent you fr (future registratioi should call ' A endance, so did revenue. By mid-March, the committee had $34,770 in revenue, leaving them $12,070 to make up by the end of the semester. "We projected so much revenue," said Jay Cooper, assistant coordinator for CPU. "We needed to cut things off at the end to stop from getting in any major problems. Rather than face a major deficit, we chose this route." But history graduate student Steven King, an usher and ticket seller for the Russell House Theater, said the committee should have known sooner about the deficit. "I've got to go and find a job now," he said. "It's disrupted my exams and projects. If they were going to do this, the decision should have been made a ' " J"': p S^w_ "Repo Mm" will be tha last movie st [ON: IRADUATE OUT and IFER STUD ve received a NATIONS TH PROFESSIONS STU JSC and will be leaving st have an EXIT INTER Jule for the loan(s) befc a diplo :onvenience we will cor 1VIEWS in the WILLIAIV BUILDING, Roc pril 28, 1986 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm pril 29, 1986 pm, 4:30 pm, and 5:30 ', April 30, 1986 om. 2:00 om and 3:00 I I ? - ? ? r address book as you nterview questionnaire FHE GROUP EXIT INTE OLD on your academic om receiving your dipk i. DROP-OUT and/or 1 '77-8140 before April that y budget f rP ' ' Jeff Rutstein Cinematic Arts chairman long time ago." He agreed the attendance had been low, but said that could be remedied if the committee would bring in classic movies and charge minimal amounts, instead of showing blockbusters that lown at the Russell House Theater this semi IS IENTS \L DIRECT (NDSL), I DENT LOAN while [j ? at the end of this : i VIEW to set-up the I >re you can receive ma or a transcript. lduct GROUP EXIT 1S-BRICE NURSING | >m 23 I as follows: and 7:00 pm om pm will be required to 1 form. FAILURE TO | j IRVIEWS will allow records which will )ma and will delay RANSFER students 28th to inform us ou will be leaving. orce filnr students have already seen. "This thing has become very distorted," said King, who depends on his job to get through school. "The basic problem is that the people in charge are playing at business. They're trying to compete with commercial movie theaters. They don't know enough about their own organization." 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