Viking_Yearbook_90

RUIBAL TAKES FIFTH AVENU~ When Film Committee Coordinator Mark Ruibal heard in September '89 that the Fifth Avenue Cinema was being put up for sale, he knew there had to be a way to get funding from the university to buy it. So there was. Ruibal was able to get 2n from the Academic Equipment fund, and 1/3 from the IFC's Special Projects fund to pocchase the building. He wanted the space to show the Film Committee's quarterly film series as well as make the space available for the rest of the university. Ruibal began his years of student involvement at PSU as a sound mixer for the student group Cabaret and student dance productions. He then became coordinator for Cabaret and began doing sound mixing for the Popular Music Board on Fridays, which he continued to do all of ' 89-'90 as well. As Film Committee Coordinator for 1990, Ruibal made a big splash in purchasing the Fifth Avenue Cinema, but is concerned by what he feels is a lack of trust among the administration and faculty . "If we don't make it happen now, or it fizzles out, then it may never happen again," he said. As for his plans for next year, "I'd love to get someone else to do what I do with the Film Committee and Popular MusK Board. Potentially I'd like to be a student for a while, because I do like 30 hours a week at the two jobs and I'd like to devote more time to my studies," Ruibal said. -Allison Howard. 14