Vol. 99, No. 59 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1880 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 Institution.
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 an hour about. They arrived about one-half hour before the 9 p.m. showing of the film.
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.
the Rev Herve de la Tour, headmaster of St. Mary's, said the protesters were there to pray and serve penance in compensation for those who were harmed by the film and to distribute flies to dissuade people from seeing it.
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.
this marks our Lord. It is equal
Jerry Kramer, a senior at St. Mary's, said he hoped the protest would keep people from seeing the movie.
"I hope we're blocking the doors enough." he said.
The protesters, however, did not stop Sarah Buchmueller, Overland Park sophomore, from seeing the movie.
Jeffrey Johnston/KANSAN
To protest the local showing of the film, "The Last Temptation of Christ," about 200 people from St. Mary's College, College and
"It made me want to see the movie more."
"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.'
for the film earlier in the week.
Rob Fitzgerald, assistant manager at Liberty Hall, said earlier yesterday that three to four people
want. They have the right to protest."
John Winfrey, KU assistant pro
fessor of Army ROTC, also was
Church gathered in front of Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., last night.
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."
student who was in the seventh grade, and he didn't give the right answers. I think sometimes the teacher will know what to say "devil on the la tour."
one of the protesters intere-
had seen the film or
used to see it.
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ag habit of smoking is no longer in ashion in New York City."
Hamlisch urged smokers unconcerned about their health to think about their friends and family, titing the recent death of his friend "A Chorus Line" collaborator Edward Kleban. The lyricist, a heavy smoker, died of cancer last December.
The event, held under the big top at "The Big Apple Circus" in Lincoln Center, ended with two elephants crushing giant plastic foam cigarettes as the celebrities stood nearby.
The Tobacco Institute officially announced its "Great American Welcome" program in newspaper advertisements Tuesday, saying that the program was not planned as a recruIT to the Smokeout.