By SAMANTHA MCGUIRE, Staff reporter
The Psychology Club is holding a movie night at 7 p.m. on Thursday in EC 109.
The Psychology Club is a club that connects students in psychology with others across campus. Christina Gordon, assistant professor of psychology, said that the club’s focus is to foster interest in psychology as well as inform about psychology. The club members are involved in campus and community events.
The movie the club will be playing is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Gordon said the movie has many psychology connections including critical thinking, sensation, perception, motivation and conflict.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the main actor, Matthew Broderick, is a legend of the high school. He cuts classes and usually gets away with it. Before graduation he intends to make one last grand duck-out. The principal, actor Jeffery Jones, Is determined to catch Bueller.
The movie is a comedy that came out in 1986. It is rated PG-13, and about 103 minutes long. Some other actors in the movie include Mia Sara, as Sloane Peterson; Alan Ruck, as Cameron Frye; Jennifer Grey, as Jeanie Bueller and Cindy Pickett, as Katie Bueller. Rotten Tomatoes rated the movie at 81 percent.
Psychology Club’s purpose for having movie night serves two main purposes Gordon said. The first purpose is to foster interest in psychology and practice the application of psychology to the movie. The second purpose is to have fun and bring students together.
The club will provide popcorn to everyone and also offer an additional activity at the end for psychology students. The optional activity will give psychology students an opportunity to get some Psych Cash.
“Psychology Club is a dynamic club that provides students with opportunities for leadership and campus and community involvement,” Gordon said.