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The Daily OrangeCinemas shows 'Madagascar' at Skytop drive-in
By Christine Urbanek
Posted: 9/28/05, 10:47 PM EST Section: News
A free showing of the movie "Madagascar" will be held Sept. 30 for all Syracuse University students. University Union Cinema will be hosting a drive-in held in Skytop's parking lot starting at 9 p.m.
Originally, UU Cinema Chairs Rachel Richwine and Leah Spicer were hoping to hold the movie on the Quad, but because of the possibility of wind interrupting the screening, they said it would not be possible.
Spicer said UU needed to do something different, so the organization decided a drive-in would be the perfect event to draw in students.
South Campus' Skytop will allow vehicles to park in the parking lot, while there is also a grassy area where students without cars are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.
UU is expecting a larger crowd than usual, and Spicer said it is hoping to draw in 100 to 150 people.
Lane Crouse, a sophomore television, radio and film major, said the event "sounds good, but I don't have a car." Even after being told about the grassy area, he said he probably wouldn't attend because of "laziness."
Despite the notorious reputation drive-ins have for lewd sexual behavior, Spicer said it was something she never considered.
"(UU) is not encouraging anyone to come out and engage in any sexual behavior ... however, they will not be playing the sex police," said Dennis Jacobs, president of UU. "I hope everyone behaves like adults."
Jacobs said UU Cinemas has recovered since wasting about $9,000 last fall when the director of the program ordered all the movies in advance and quit his position before they could be shown.
Since none of the other members of UU knew how to work the reels, they had to regretfully send the movies back, Jacobs said. After that, a new director, Clarence Cross III, took over, and began to get the cinema program back on track.
Jacob said Cross "took the bull by the horns and ran with it."
Spicer and Richwine were appointed by Cross and have been working hard since the summer to create a lineup of movies for this semester. This list includes movies such as "War of the Worlds" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
The UU Cinema chairs have already put on a successful showing of "Sandlot," and hope the rest of the showings throughout the year are just as successful, Jacobs said.
Originally, UU Cinema Chairs Rachel Richwine and Leah Spicer were hoping to hold the movie on the Quad, but because of the possibility of wind interrupting the screening, they said it would not be possible.
Spicer said UU needed to do something different, so the organization decided a drive-in would be the perfect event to draw in students.
South Campus' Skytop will allow vehicles to park in the parking lot, while there is also a grassy area where students without cars are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.
UU is expecting a larger crowd than usual, and Spicer said it is hoping to draw in 100 to 150 people.
Lane Crouse, a sophomore television, radio and film major, said the event "sounds good, but I don't have a car." Even after being told about the grassy area, he said he probably wouldn't attend because of "laziness."
Despite the notorious reputation drive-ins have for lewd sexual behavior, Spicer said it was something she never considered.
"(UU) is not encouraging anyone to come out and engage in any sexual behavior ... however, they will not be playing the sex police," said Dennis Jacobs, president of UU. "I hope everyone behaves like adults."
Jacobs said UU Cinemas has recovered since wasting about $9,000 last fall when the director of the program ordered all the movies in advance and quit his position before they could be shown.
Since none of the other members of UU knew how to work the reels, they had to regretfully send the movies back, Jacobs said. After that, a new director, Clarence Cross III, took over, and began to get the cinema program back on track.
Jacob said Cross "took the bull by the horns and ran with it."
Spicer and Richwine were appointed by Cross and have been working hard since the summer to create a lineup of movies for this semester. This list includes movies such as "War of the Worlds" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
The UU Cinema chairs have already put on a successful showing of "Sandlot," and hope the rest of the showings throughout the year are just as successful, Jacobs said.
