University Union Cinemas will provide free movie viewings to students starting this evening because of a surplus of funds.

‘Between what we made last semester and this semester, we could afford to do the funding we wanted,’ said Rachel Richwine, director of UU Cinemas. ‘We wanted to give back to the students.’

‘Jarhead’ will be shown in Watson Auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8 and Sunday at 3 p.m. ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ will be shown Friday and Saturday nights at 9:45 in Gifford Auditorium.

The free viewings are open to all SU students, as well as the general public. There is no need to acquire tickets, though there is enough seating for about 200 people in each auditorium. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Next semester, prices of tickets will go back to $3.

‘I’m really excited because (UU) Cinemas last year was at its lowest point ever with the misuse of funds and movies and such,’ said Dennis Jacobs, president of UU. ‘We’ve completely done a 180 here, so much so that we’ve made enough money on the films so far that we can turn it into free films.’

To view the complete UU Cinemas schedule, visit universityunion.org.

Sentencing for former Syracuse University student Brian T. Shaw will take place today at the Onondaga County Courthouse in downtown Syracuse.

Shaw was convicted of first-degree manslaughter of Chiarra Seals, the mother of his daughter, and endangering the welfare of a child on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. Judge Joseph E. Fahey will preside over the sentencing.

Published on February 28, 2006 at 12:00 pm