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PSG to debate Voigts' remark

By Mary Jester
Asst. Campus Editor

A resolution will be presented at PSG's meeting tonight to censure Busch Voigts, student body president, in regards to a comment he made to the Exponent.

The Exponent reported on April 6 that "Voigts later said he fully supports the University's decision to not immediately join the Worker's Rights Consortium and disagrees with Purdue Student Government's official position to support the consortium."

The censure will be made to officially admonish Voigts for his behavior, and it will appear on his record.

Maarten Rothman, a PSG senator, said in Voigts' interview with the Exponent that Voigts said this was another example of PSG jumping to conclusions. Rothman said the comment was a direct insult to the Senate. "It's not going to make PSG look effective," Rothman said.

Voigts said they don't understand that the question was a personal question. "It was my opinion. Anytime that someone asks my opinion, I'm going to give them my opinion.

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Theater refuses to explain absence of films

The excuses are waning from Greater Lafayette theater representatives as to why they've stopped showing Sony Pictures since December.

"Look, I really don't have to comment anymore," said Matt Johnson, marketing director with Goodrich Quality Theaters. "I'll just say that we're continuing our discussions. We are hopefully seeing the end of those discussions, but they're continuing."

As the media man, Johnson has been forced to come up with reasons for the no-show of three popular Sony movies since late December. For the first few months, Johnson said the absence of "Girl Interrupted" and "Hanging Up" was due to a glitch causing a short disruption in service. Johnson also said the situation was a common "buyer/seller secret."

In March, Johnson said a death, a fired sales representative and a 9,000-person Las Vegas film conference were among the reasons for the continued communication glitch between Sony and Goodrich that caused the no-show of "Whatever it Takes."

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