Last Friday, Campus Programming Board (CPB) had to cancel their first free movie night of the quarter, due to Hollywood Studio Theaters closing its doors rather unexpectedly this summer. While CPB's popular event will be taking a short hiatus, Becky Sorensen, president of CPB, tells students not to worry, because the movie nights will be back. CPB had considered moving the event to Rave Motion Pictures but Sorensen says that chances of that are doubtful due to drastic price differences. Renting a theater at Hollywood was less than $1,500 for three movie nights per quarter, including the free popcorn for the first 500 students. Rave would cost the organization approximately $2,000 per movie night without popcorn for students. "CPB does have a good budget, but we plan so many other events and help many other student organizations on campus and plan on doing that a lot more this year," said Sorensen. Currently CPB sponsors three movie nights a quarter, and with a change of venue, this could drop down to two or even one. The next movie night is scheduled for Friday of Week 6 and Sorensen thinks that this one will continue as scheduled. "I have full confidence that we will have another theater to attend by then." While the group continues to look for a new location for the event, no plans have been finalized. "We are checking our options at this point, trying to see what would be more cost effective for us," said Kadia Reed, faculty advisor of CPB. She adds that they are still waiting to hear back from the companies they have contacted. No comment was available from Hollywood Studio Theaters as to when they will open their doors again. Sorensen and the rest of CPB are confident that they will be able to find a replacement theater to host the popular event. "I'm positive students were disappointed, as was CPB, but you can't do a whole lot when your original theater closes so close to the beginning of the quarter. We never anticipated having to move theaters," Sorensen said. With several events planned for the quarter, Sorensen believes that they have plenty to hold student interest. The biggest event this quarter will be Homecoming. "It seems all we are known for is our movie nights, but there is so much more than that," Sorensen said, "Take a look around and you'll find us doing something fun and exciting, not to mention successful." t&c;
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