NEWS
4A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ENTERTAINMENT
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT
AMC Select to change its venue
Making themselves known
BY DAVID TWIDDY
THE ASSOCIATE PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The megaplex is going art house.
AMC Entertainment Inc., the nation's second largest theater chain, is to announce Tuesday that it will begin showing independent and other so-called "specialty" films a few of its locations.
called "specialty films a few of its favorites Called AMC Select, the film program will show the movies on at least one screen at 72 theaters in 39 markets across the country, beginning this weekend.
AMC, second only to Knoxville, Tenn.-based Regal Entertainment Group, operates 418 theaters with 5,709 screens.
Peter Brown, chief executive of Kansas Citybased AMC, said economics have finally made it feasible for the major chains to begin carrying the smaller films that often are high on critical appeal, but don't make a lot of money.
"I think it's really a kind of supply and demand." Brown said in an interview, noting that more distributors are carrying the independent films while the market for aged 40 and over moviegoers, who make up a large portion of that market, is growing in terms of ticket sales.
The biggest chain now consistently carrying independent films is Los Angeles-based Landmark Theaters, which has 57 theaters and 213 screens in 15 states.
Jacky Martinez, 6. right, of Ventura, Calif., holds a sign as she marches with her friend, Dania Martinez, left, and other demonstrators near the Pacific View Mall in Ventura on Monday. Immigrants and their allies gathered for marches, prayers and demonstrations on a planned national day of economic protest, boycotting work, school and shopping to show their importance to the country.
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Demonstration
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That night a candlelight vigil was held for people who could not make it to earlier demonstrations.
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it to earlier demonstrations.
At the downtown rally, a table was set up in front of U.S. Bank, 900 Massachusetts St., with cell phones and scripts for people who wanted to call their representatives. It ended with a march to Penn. Dennis Moore's office.
Lydia Leon, Lawrence resident, took the day off work to help hand out pamphlets to passers-by.
Pilar Cabral and her nephew Jules Sotomayor,6, hold the Mexican flag while niece Ella Sotomayor,3, plays underneath during the protest at 9th and Massachutts streets Monday afternoon. The family was there to show their disagreement with unfair immigration laws.
"The immigration system is broken at this point," she said.
in the country Edna Delgado, a GTA in the Spanish department, agreed. She came to America with her mother when she was seven years old.
"Sending people back is not the answer," she said.
She supported the bill currently being proposed by the United States Senate that allows workers currently in the country to remain as citizens.
Many of the marchers held signs, including one that read, in Spanish, "The borders only protect the bosses."
The day of demonstrations in downtown Lawrence was capped off by the candelight vigil outside of city hall, 6 E. 6th St.
She did not take the day off of work, but substituted for professors who did.
As the lunch hour wound down, organizers made sure everyone had signed the petitions and contacted their representatives, then began the march to Moore's office.
city man, o. l. e., Some protestors held candles while others held signs that read, "No human being is illegal," "Justice for all," and "We are not criminals."
Ray Rojas, one of the coordinators of the event, said the candlelight vigil was a way to get people involved in demonstrations that did not necessarily want to miss school or work but still wanted to participate. He said the candlelight symbolized peace and the message of unifying people in the fight for equal rights.
people in Africa. The civil rights that immigrants are fighting for today bears a comparison to the civil rights that African-Americans fought for during the 1960s, Rojas said.
1960s, Rojas said. "They want to prevent you from going to school, getting any medical services, from voting. They want to prevent you from doing a lot of things," Rojas said. "And they do that in the name of immigration, which is just a fagace for the racism surrounding the issue."
Roijes, León and other organization leaders of the event passed around a
petition asking Kansas Representatives Moore and Jim Ryun and senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback to help immigrant workers and protect their individual rights.
The protestors chanted "Si se puede," which translates as "Yes we can," to passerby cars and speakers from numerous organizations promoted a message of unity, inclusion in both English and Spanish. Carlos Urquilla, a Topea resident originally from El Salvador, said the message for all of the day's demonstration
was to pro-
was to promote unity amongst all people and have equal rights for all citizens.
have equal rights to you.
"Any time you treat people differently because of where they are from is unfair. I think an attack on one minority person is an attack on everybody," he said. "And if we keep on fighting each other today it's Hispanics, tomorrow it will be Asians, the next day it will be African-Americans. If we don't back each other up we're in trouble."
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NCAA
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CONTINUE FROM PAGE 174 Theresa Becker, associate athletics director for compliance, said the department had hired
Theresa Beck for compliance, a new compliance coordinator and would interview candidates this week for a new assistant athletics director for compliance.
As for the violations that will go before the infractions committee, Marchiony is optimistic.
ics director for compliance.
These new additions will add to the two latest hires in the compliance department. Merlene Aitken, currently the only assistant athletics director for compliance, and Jobrina Perez, education coordinator for compliance, have both been hired since Perkins took over.
Becker said compliance rules had dramatically increased in the last five years, which had made the compliance department's job more difficult. She said working together with the rest of the department could help keep the program running smoothly.
"It's all about attitude," Becker said of the difficulty of maintaining compliance.
ficulty of maintaining compliance. As for the violations that will go before the infractions committee, Marchiony is optimistic.
fractions committee, Marchionny is operative He thinks the department can avoid penalties like reduced scholarships and curtailed recruiting visits. However, he said there is no certainty with the NCAA.
— Edited by Frank Tankard
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