CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, November 21, 1983
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Stephen Phillips/KANSAN
People gather after the candlelight ceremony to sing peace songs.
Secretary of State George Shultz appeared on ABC TV's "Viewpoint" program immediately following "The Day After" and said that the film underscored the nation's policy that our war is simply not acceptable."
Viewers who are emotionally affected by watching "The Day After" could use ABC for "reckless disregard the emotional welfare of the viewer's heart" and "culpation," the assistant director of the American Legal Foundation said last week.
By SUSAN WORTMAN Staff Reporter
Film viewers could sue, lawyer says
Antinuclear groups, however, said the movie showed that America's traditional peace-through-strength policy was insane in the nuclear age and that a reduction in arms was needed to save mankind.
Staff Reporter
John Martin, the assistant director of the foundation in Washington, D.C., said that "The Day After" could cause viewers so much anxiety, depression and stress that they might need psychiatric help or even hospitalization. The movie was broadcast last night on ABC-TV.
KENNETH ADELMAN, director of
"I am certain there will be media victims," he said. "It will be the straw that breaks the camel's back for the borderline people."
THE MOVIE IS depressing enough to cause some people to commit suicide or have nervous breakdowns. And chil- drines will haightrakes for weeks. Martin said.
"The Day After" was shown at 7 p.m. Central Standard Time, and the
"ABC knows there will be vunerable
people in the audience," he said.
"That's totally irresponsible behavior. I can even see people getting punitive damages since ABC knows.
Shultz was interviewed on "Viewpoint" before a discussion by a panel of experts began that included former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
"If someone commits suicide from seeing the movie, ABC has intentionally contributed to his suicide I don't believe that matching it a bit. Relatives can sue."
the arms Control and Disarmament Agency, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," "It's going to reinforce support for the president."
Kissinger said, "I think that this film presented a very simple-minded notion of the nuclear problem. The problem we have to deal with is how to avoid such a war and how to preserve freedom while we avoid this war."
By United Press International
Dan Doran, ABC's publicist for the movie, said that he had not heard the accusations made by the American Legal Foundation.
“People who are hurt by the movie have the right to legal recourse,” he said. “We are trying to tell people that they have the right to sue. We are fighting the police in southeastern. This raises the burden of proof to ABC. This makes them culmable.”
'Day After' reflects U.S. policy, Shultz says
But Martin said that the foundation was not suing ABC and was willing to help people who wanted to bring suit against the network.
REPORTS FROM PSYCHOLOGISTS and people in the public education system have indicated that children will probably be affected by the movie more than adults will, Martin said. They concluded that the good
"It is sobering, but we don't know what you're anything, really like commitment."
Martin said that another problem with the movie was that it was being shown during prime time. Broadway would have been wrong would alleviate that problem some.
first missiles were fired about an hour into the program.
BUT THE MOVIE is still potentially dangerous, even if it is broadcast later, because television does influence people, he said.
However, Doran said that he doubted if the movie would have a great impact on him.
Martin estimated that more than 70 million people would watch the movie, and that if one out every thousand or one out of every million viewers was affected, more than 70 suits could be filed.
effects of the movie were outweighed by the bad effects.
"There is no role for nuclear war," Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern told students in Ann Arbor, Mich., shortly before the movie began. "If the film can get that across, maybe it will contribute to world sanity."
One of several protests about the movie took place in Lynchburg, Va., where about 30 students from the Rev. Jerry Fawell's Liberty Baptist College gathered outside WSET and chanted, "ABC and KGB."
"After the 'Deerhunter,' more than 200 people in the nation committed suicide by playing Russian roulette." he said. "TV does have an effect."
"The Day After" was designed to be depressing. Martin said it. It offers a glimpse of the future.
Priority wins 23 seats; Momentum second
By the Kansan Staff
The Priority Coalition won 23 of the 52 seats in last week's Student Senate elections, and the Momentum Coalition won 18.
The Costume Party Coalition won
toon of the Senate seat; the Freedom
Congressional Committee voted to
approve it.
An official presidential winner probably will be named today.
Scott Swenson and Dennis Strickland of Priority originally were declared the winners of the student body presidential election, but elections officials Friday discovered that errors had been made in tallying the ballots.
The winners are:
Allied Health Five-way tie Winner not yet decided
Architecture & Urban Design David McCormick and John D. Oaken, both ofPriority
Business, John Flynn and Jw Wollstone, both of Florida; Education, Frank King, Creston Party; Lawyer, Mike Lennard
Engineering, Paulie Boltze, John Carnall, Bill Davidian Llewellyn, all Priority. Tom Bottler.
Fine Arts, Sean Daw, Priority, Julie A. Got-
tschamer, Freedom
Graduate: Tom Berger, Eric Hartness and Jon Hammann Jr. Trained Martin, Jay N. Ferguson. Trained Martin.
Journalism; Chris Coffelt, Momentum Law; Mike Boohar, Priority
Flaubert, independent. Lawra J Marphel and Ann E Stocker, both of Priority, and Heza Zonghui
Literary Arts & Science, Farahad Azad, independent, Am Bash, Jill Eddy, Jake Kaye Woods, all of Priority, Ann Lloyry, Milton Scott, Jeff Huff, Tamari and Tami L. Weatherly, all of Momentum
Namerickman Amy Banker, Bob Burchell; David
Bullard; Jonah Johnson; John Start
Ketemia; Theresa Lailing Matthews;
Merritt; Rius Pruce, John K. Severity and Cody
Hammond; Robert A. Sutcliffe; Eddie
Jacohen and Janet Mackery; Jolie Polack and Janet
Stoffel.
Off Campus, Shirley A. Giley, Costume
Pharmacy, Mary K. Howard, Independent
Social Welfare; Robert Walter, Priority
Special Students; Brian Kaileny, Primary
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