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Roosevelt Sued By Theater Directors December 17, 1994
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This particular controversy happened back in 1995 at the University of
Chicago and the owner of the theatre by the name of Roosevelt, this man was
trying to gain funds to the university theatre department. Unfortunately in
this circumstance he was able to do so he claimed that the theatres profit from
their ticket sales and donations will be going no to only to the theatre but to
the needs of the university at large. It was not till the financial breakdown
came last year when the council found that Roosevelt was planning on using $1.5
million of the theatre's funds to go towards building a $17 million campus in
Schaumburg. Council members Fred Eychaner and Betty Lou Weiss subsequently sued
Roosevelt to prevent the university from using theater funds for any purpose
other than the theater. "We don't believe that Roosevelt is worried about
the best interests of the theater, and if it did, it wouldn't have tried to
take $1.5 million out that had been targeted for restoration and
renovation," said Jan Kallish, director of an advocacy group for the
Auditorium formed during the controversy.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-12-17/news/9412170039_1_theater-money-non-theater-roosevelt-university
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