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University Daily Kansan, April 17, 1981
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On Campus
TOMORROW
1881 BLACK AWARENESS DAY will be celebrated all day in the Kansas Union and at the Holiday Inn, 2000 Iowa St. The program will include a workshop on student resources at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Room of the Union. Arthur Fletcher, former assistant secretary of labor, will speak at a banquet at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn.
THE MOUNT OREAD BICYCLE CLUB LEISURE TOUR will depart at 1 p.m. from the South Park gazebo.
THE KU INDIA CLUB will present the movie
THE SUA BRIDGE CLUB will meet at 1 p.m. in Parlor A of the Union.
"Chupke Chupke" at 2 p.m. in 'Dyche
Auditorium.'
SUNDAY
A STUDENT PIANO RECITAL by Craig Reed p.m. in Swarhton Recital Hall in Murray Hall
A STUDENT PIANO RECITAL by Ricardo
NAGUJI will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital
Hall
Youthville provides hotline for teens parents who have family problems
THE LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION will sponsor Ramon Cardona, opposition coalition member from El Salvador, in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
Youthville, a residential care facility for 10- to 18-year-olds, has established a toll-free hotline for teens and parents of teens with family problems.
James Garrett, program coordinator, said that the service "Hear to Hear" did not offer solutions to family disruptions but that it directed those in need to sources that could help.
*Our telephone service is in a way for teens and parents of teens with problems to discuss their concerns.*
Garrett said college students needed a hotline because they might face loneliness for the first time.
"I believe that college students are, in some ways, very isolated from the support systems they have grown up with, such as home, church and long-time friends," he said.
"Couple this with the fact that the first years of college provide students with freedom and experiences entirely new to them, and you have a breeding ground for much stress and anxiety."
Youthville has its headquarters in Newton, with other residences in Dodge City, Wichita, Fort Scott, Salina, El Dorado and Emporia.
The United Methodist Church sponsors
the church, but Garrett and the telephone hotline
was not read.
"Religious issues are not dealt with unless they are initiated by the caller," he said. "Teens or parents who want to contact the line should be instructed to be the Methodist. Our help is nonindemnational."
Youthville, run by professional counselors and a parental staff, is aimed at youth who need to be away from their families. Garrett said.
"We provide trained staff to help each caller identify and define problems they are having and explore alternatives to deal with these problems," Garrett said. "We also tell troubled individuals about services in their own communities that could be of particular help."
The toll-free number is 1-800-362-2639. The line
is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
THE FINAL CONFLICT, starring Sam Nell,
Roanaa Brazii, Lisa Harra, Barnaby Holm
and Mason Adams, directed by Graham
Baker.
'Final Conflict' creates poor solution
★ ★
★★
Contributing Reviewer
Evil is more interesting than good. That's a known fact to dramatists—but it's something you may have to keep reminding yourself during "The Final Conflict," the third, and allegedly the last, film in what is now called "The Oren Trilogy," although it would be better called "Two Attempts to Cash in on an Attempt to Cash in on the Exorcist."
They have a pretty dynamite subject—and it pays off at times. "The Omen," which was a rare example of a rip-off film being better than the film it riped off ("The Exorcist"), showed the birth of the Antichrist to the ambassador to England and his wife.
"The Omen" worked because like "The Excristrict," it was cloaked in very solemn pseudo-religion, and it had a series of bizarre, memorable murders with the evil emanating from a very cute child who no one could believe was responsible.
The child, Damien, was substituted for their supposedly stillborn child. As the little devil slowly killed off everyone around him, including Moe (Lenn Remick) and Dad (Gregory Peck), people slowly caught on that the little kid was involved but not soon enough.
Naturally enough, a sequel came right along—and everything was wrong with it. In "Damien: Omen II," the script赖 solely on the murders to carry the film—murders which were rather offensive this time. Damien was by now a rather grumpy looking 13-year-old at a military school. The only interesting part was the suggestion that Damien would create a world empire through corporate dealings in famine and disaster.
IN "THE FINAL CONFLICT," Damien is played by the young Australian actor Sam Neil, who communicates to American audiences from England, but cruel at the same time, quite handsome, but cruel at the same time.
Unfortunately, he isn't given that much to do, though the promise is there. As the head of the huge Thorne Industries, Damien supervises a company with increasing internal chaos that receives maximum favorable attention. He has himself the position his "father" had held—ambassador to England—by instigating the current ambassador's suicide.
The movie, however, gets trapped in standard thriller plotting that is far less interesting. Too much time is spent on a group of priests trying to kill Damien—although they do produce the movie's major, truly weird murders. And Damien himself gets
involved with a TV interviewer (Lisa Harrow), making it into a mere perverse love story.
WORST OF ALL, the story gets sidetracked by a "Second Coming" segment that involves Damien's closest aide. This results in the genuinely distasteful spectacle of Damien ordering the slaughter of all male children ordered for him, and killing every point of time. Here the movie loses both its tenuous link with prophecy and its potential to be a good film.
What should have happened in the plot is what's hinted at in the Bible's Book of Revelation. Damien could have become a horrific point for some reason at time a reborn Christ could be marshaling arms against him. As Damien begins warring in the Middle East, Christ could send a message of peace; they could confront each other and ultimately perform a baptism. In addition, Jesus uses the obvious, plausible ending that brings the cycle to close.
Perhaps the filmmakers thought an Armageddon ending would be more sacrilegious than their safe little plot; but it would certainly be far more interesting.
As it is, "The Final Conflict" goes down fairly easily because of Neill's snake-like charm and the clever film direction of Graham Baker, who gives it a wit that was not in the script. The murders, such as they are, are so weird as to be rather amusing, and although there's no suspense to watch, it's worth watching for its mesphere that manages to keep things both intriguing enough and silly enough that the film doesn't leave a bad taste in one's mouth.
And in case it turns out to be a hit, there is the possibility that a fourth "Oomen" film, with everything that The Final Conflict lacked, could come out. The movie is good. I don't think they could blow the possibilities for a sure-fire story like Armageddon three times in a row.
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Friday, April 17 American Gigolo
Paul Schrader's look at the life of a
poet who wrote his flushy life, is spiritually
enlighty, and the seamy underworld he be-
comes. And while he leads him to murder,
with Lauren Kline as Patient. Ph: Bruno Bozzotto "The
Poet" (117hrs) Color: C-30, 7:00, 8:30.
Unless otherwise noted, all films will be shown at Woodruff Auditorium in the Bronx. Tickets are $25 per Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a $100. Midnight tickets are $22.00. Ticket prices are $15 plus union. 4th level, information 864-739-4200; no smoking or refreshments allowed.
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Wednesday, April 22,1981 7:00-9:00 p.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union
Cheap Pitchers and Drinks 8-9 p.m.1 $1.50 for Students & Members Tomorrow Night: Party Hardy with THE SPECTRES
24:New Era Reggae Band
LOH CALENDAR
28: Woody Herman & Orchestra
25: STRANGLERS
April
Featuring Glen Matlock,
Formerly of
SEX PISTOLS
Cover only $3.00
'WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?'
Psalm 2.1 and Acts 4.25
3) AND THE CROUCH CRUTCHED to come the place, which is called Cavery, that they crucified him and the male servant who was his father. 4) Then they and Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do and their partism was,
3 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them demanded him, saying he saved others, let him save himself, if be Christ, the chosen of God. 4 And the soldiers also made him steal from them.
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and calling him vinegar,
And saying, I must be the King of the Jews, like these.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek and Latin, and Hebrew. THIS IS THE work of the IEWS
KING OF THE JEWS
"And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a courtier; and he was a good man, and a just
This man went up Pillai to bejeged the body of
Jesus . . . 5 And he took it down, and wrapped it in him, and laid it in a sackle that was hown in stone, wherein never man before was killed
HE IS HESEN - MATTIEW 28
In the end of the sahth, as it begins to dawn toward
the first day of the week, came May Magdalene and the
other Mary to see the sepulchre.
And behold there was a great sampaique; for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came into the kingdom from the door, and saw it. 2 His countenance was like the dawn and his raiment as white as snow.
4 And for the life of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men
crucified
$ He is not here for her risen as he said. Come see
him.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women,
Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was chucolled.
6. He is here for he is risen as he said Come see the place where the Lord lay.
the place where the Lord is located. This disciples that he is from the dead, and behold, he goeth before you into
7. And go quickly and tell his disciples that he is from the dead, and behold, he go forth before you into Galilee. there shall ye see him to 1 have told you
8. and theyaved these wheels from the swinehead with
Galilee. there shall they see him; I have told you
8. And they departed quirkly from the seichure with
wear and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples
word
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FRIDAY ONLY April 17th
Tony's Imports Datsun
Presents-
"The 11th Annual Easter Khana" at 11:00 am Easter Sunday, April 19th.
An SCCA Gymkhana Parking Lot Race. The First State Championship Race of the Season.
- See All Kinds of Cars Race Through K-Mart's Parking Lot.
— Bring Your Car and Race It.
— Entry Fee is Only $7.00.
- Free Admission for Spectators.
— Tony's Imports Datsun Will Have Their New Datsuns on Display.
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— SO DON'T MISS IT!
Remember Easter Sunday, April 19th. BE THERE!
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