Junior Chris D’Autremont’s involvement with campus activities began his first year at Whitman when he joined the Campus Activities Board.

“It was sort of a fad in Anderson to be a part of campus programs like ASWC,” said D’Autremont. “I had a lot of fun in CAB and thought it did positive things for Whitman.”

D’Autremont became the marketing director his sophomore year. When he heard about the merge of CAB into Whitman Events Board, he applied for multiple positions, including his current position as the WEB Cinema Arts Director.

For D’Autremont, WEB is an important part of the Whitman campus community, and his responsibilities as Cinema Arts Director allow for important programs such as the WEB Film Series and drive-in movie nights. These events serve to both entertain and educate Whitman students, providing relief from studies as well as a way to connect with both the Whitman campus and the outside world.

“WEB, although it doesn’t have the regularity of the old ASWC film series or CAB movies, expands upon them and gives more variety,” said D’Autremont. “WEB chooses films that not only entertain students but also provides thought-provoking films. The drive-in brings the campus together twice a year for really fun and exciting movies, whereas the film series provides more independent, cerebral films.”

D’Autremont’s position as Cinema Arts Director for WEB primarily involves collaborating with the rest of the WEB committee directors on which films they should show.

“My primary job is to assist other WEB directors in choosing what films we could watch,” said D’Autremont. “I don’t actually select which films are viewed, as they are put to a vote by the WEB committee.”

The WEB Film Series committee rarely selects new films to show. The difficulty in getting the screening rights for these movies is not the only reason WEB shows older films, however.

“We don’t really select brand-new films because a lot of students have seen them already,” said D’Autremont. “We try to show films that are ten to thirty years old because students are less likely to have seen them and these are films that have a big impact on today yet are still really entertaining.”

The next WEB Film Series event will take place around Halloween, showing the horror classic “The Shining.”

The final part of D’Autremont’s job is to advertise not only for the WEB films but also for WEB itself.

“One of my biggest goals is to get people interested in WEB, because it’s such a fun program,” said D’Autremont. “We are always interested in people’s opinions on what films we choose and what we should do [in the future].”

If students are interested in letting the Whitman Events Board know how they are doing or have an opinion on what can be changed, D’Autremont advises that they attend their meetings. WEB meets every Wednesday at noon in Reid, room GO2.