Vol. 99, No. 59 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Thursday November 17,1988
200 protesters stage rally at Liberty Hall
By Daniel Niemi Kansan staff writer
"The Last Temptation of Christ," the film that has sparked protests across the country, tempted about 200 people into the cold last night to demonstrate at liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
the protesters, most of them from St. Mary's Academy, Church and College in Leavenworth sang hymns, carried banners and knelt in prayer in front of the theater for about an hour. They arrived about one-half hour before the 9 p.m. showing of the film.
The Rev. Herve de la tour, headmaster of St. Mary's, said the protesters were there to pray and serve penance in compensation for an offense against God, to protest the use of force by the mob to dissuade people from seeing it.
directed by Martin Scorsese and based on a book by Nikos Kazantzakis, have focused on a scene where Christ is tempted by lust toward Mary Magdalene.
De la Tour said he hoped the protest would halt the showing of the movie at Liberty Hall. It is scheduled to run through Dec. 3.
To protest the local showing of the film, "The Last Temptation of Church gathered in front of Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., last Christ," about 200 people from St. Mary's Academy, College and night.
Jerry Kramer, a senior at St Mary's, said he hoped the protest would keep people from seeing the movie.
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"I hope we're blocking the doors enough." he said.
The protesters, however, did not stop Sarah Buchmuelter, Overland Park sophomore, from seeing the movie.
It mocks our Lord. It insults
"This guy was grabbing me and trying to get me to read this stuff," she said. "I said, 'I just want to see the movie.'
"It made me want to see the movie more."
for the film earlier in the week.
for the Rob Fitzgerald, assistant manager at Liberty Hall, said earlier yesterday that three to four people
want. They have the right to protest."
John Wintrey, KU assistant professor of Army ROTC, also was and was the
testify for Christ," he said.
Many of the students refused comment. De la La tour said the policy stemmed from a similar protest of the movie "Hail Mary."
Women's Basketball
student who was in the seventh grade, and he didn't give the right answers. I think sometimes the younger students know what to do on the de la Tour said.
Former KU player sees academic side
By Mark ragan
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
one of the protesters inter-
ed had seen the film or
needed to see it.
Mary Myers speaks with the voice of experience.
As a player on the Kansas women's basketball team from 1980 to 1985, Myers saw the academic troubles that today's athletes face.
That's why Myers, an instructor in health, physical education and recreation at Kansas, is now addressing concerns about the relationship between college athletics and academics in her doctoral dissertation.
Well, sort of.
"You don't disclose your dissertation topic, because then someone else will do it," she said laughing.
But Myers, in her second year of doctoral work at Kansas, said she would be comparing three main aspects of a college athlete's life: academics, athletics and professional aspirations. And she already has formed some opinions.
"There are a number of athletes who leave college without degrees, but what do they do afterwards?" she asked. "Is there a place for them?" she asked. "Are degrees and those who don't? I don't know."
"If there isn't, why shouldn't they go hardship and get a million dollars? But if
there is, and more athletes without degrees turn into drug addicts and criminals, then more emphasis needs to be placed on academics.
"It's one thing to give them a scholarship, but its another to see them make it."
Myers said the problem should not necessarily be blamed on the athletes themselves. School administration plays an even larger role.
"They need to give the athletes back what they're giving them," she said. "At least give them a fighting chance to be successful. Everyone wants to be successful, but what happens after four or five years? What then?"
Myers plans to do something about that. She said she planned to be a coach and an assistant athletic director at a small Division I or NAIA school two years from now, when she finished her doctorate in sports administration.
myself as coach, I'd look at how many people I could help, how many people I could make a difference with," she said. "It may require for three, but you've got to be ready to help."
Coaches could start by being realistic in
Please see MYERS, p. 28, col. 3
Former Jayhawk standout Mary Myers teaches a men's basketball class at Robinson Center and is in her second year of doctoral study at Kansas.
Size leads to foul trouble for Jayhawk center
By Mark E. McCormick
Kansan sportswriter
Lynn Page cuts an intimidating figure on the basketball court at 6-foot-4. 260 pounds.
Especially when many of the appblonts weigh 5-10 and weigh no more than 100 pounds.
when I get the ball and turn toward one of the other players, they do literally bounce off. And I get called for the charge," Page said. "It's not like shooting, that's something you can work on. It's just a different kind of frustration.
But for Page, a Tulsa, Okla., junior, it has meant fault trouble and aggravation.
This type of disparity in size for a basketball player usually means domination of opponents, uncontested rebounds and easy finishes.
Officials were apprehensive in allowing Page free reign inside since she was bigger than most of her opponents, Washington said.
"Lynn has suffered from her size." Washington said. "Whenever she tried to be injured, the doctor would not."
"Teams saw this, and they'd stand behind me and when I'd make a move, the girl would just fall like she was knocked out. I'd be like, 'I barely moved, what happened?'
Kansas basketball coach Marian
wants his team's size advantage was
actually a disadvantage.
"It's a two-way street with officiating," she says, as she moves a move, they have to look at positioning.
Washington added, "They don't have a problem with men banging."
Page said that she didn't completely blame the officials.
But Page said she had been hounded by foul trouble since her playing days at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa. She couldn't believe the problem would follow her to Kansas.
"I've had this problem ever since I could remember," Page said. "I've just had to deal with it. I felt there would be more of my height here, but there haven't been."
Yet, when given an opportunity, Page has proven a lot for the opposition to deal with.
As a sophomore, Page started four games and had bad double figures in scoring five times and in rebounding four times, including two double-doubles in points and rebounds.
Page had 10 points and 10 rebounds against Iowa State, 13 points and 11 rebounds against Colorado, but her best game surfaced in the Jayhawks' loss to Louisiana Tech in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
"I felt comfortable in my game," Page said. "Their centers were my size and I could play aggressively without being called for it. It felt so natural."
"She was able to play and had one of her finest games," Washington said. "She was able to be herself. She was in the lane with other people her own size and she wasn't bouncing people off of her."
Page scored 10 points and had 11 rebounds against the Lady Techsters. Washington said Page seemed more comfortable during the Louisiana Tech game.
Shaw finding time to relax and just be a student
This year, about five pounds heavier Shaw is discovering what it's like just to be a student.
Last year at this time, Sandy Shaw was in top physical condition, a little tired from basketball practices and ready for the end of the season.
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
student.
"I'm more relaxed now," she said. "I'm usually an intense person. It's hard to explain, but when you're in competition, you're always tense. I know that I don't have to go in there and kill somebody."
to go in there. As a forward on the Kansas women's basketball team last year, Shaw was the leadener and was named the team's
“A part of me is really glad,” she said. “I'm pretty much my own person now. I was getting to the point where I didn't control my own life. I'm now in control of my life, and it's a big deal.”
The change from regimented days of classes and practice to a life of relative ease was strange for Shaw who, for the first time, was able to schedule an afternoon class this
most valuable player. Now a fifth-year
senior. Shaw has used up her four years of
career.
At the beginning of the semester, Shaw's strongest feeling was one of relief that she didn't have to get up at 5 a.m. for conditioning
"Especially the first eight weeks of school, I used to think of preseason conditioning and start to get psyched up," she said. "And then I would think, 'Wait, I don't have to do this.' It felt good not to have to do it."
Shaw may not be eligible to play, but it hasn't kept her from helping women's basketball coach Marian Washington on the sidelines.
"I still help out on the sides," she said. "I help out with whatever we need to do like getting the balls or helping with drills."
Shaw said her presence at practice provided leadership for this year's team.
"I think they like to see me in there because I'm aggressive," she said. "Coach
wants me in there because my presence is a veteran-type thing. I want to expect the dog to look in too.
Shaw can get so wrapped up in encouraging the players that she forgets they isn't on.
**reet like anytime you can have a former player help out, you should." Washington said "Especially when that player has been hurt, you're an asset to the team. Help out a lot and encourage the team."
Washington said she valued the contributions of former players like Shaw.
"It's really weird," she said. "I'll be standing on the sidelines and think it's time for me to go in and play. But it's no more playing — it's just watching."
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