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 Massachusetts St. 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.
directed by Martin Scorsee and based on a book by Nikos Kanzantakis, have focused on a scene from the movie by hust toward Mary Malgalene.
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.
The Rev. Herve de la Tour, headmaster of St. Mary's, said the protesters were there to pray and serve penance in compensation for the death of three students in the film and to distribute fliers to dissuade people from seeing it.
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"It mocks our Lord. It insults him. It's sickening. It's porno-
To protest the local showing of the film, "The Last Tempation of Christ," about 200 people from St. Mary's Academy. College and
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.
"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."
move more. Jill Johns, a theater employee,
for the film earlier in the week.
Rob Fitzgerald, assistant manager at Liberty Hall, said earlier yesterday that three to four people had protested the film almost
want. They have the right to protest."
Church gathered in front of Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., last night.
John Winfrey, KU assistant professor of Army ROTC, also was protesting the movie.
testify for Christ," he said.
Many of the students refused comment. De 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 knows how what to say," said the La tour said.
None of the protesters interviewed had seen the film or planned to see it
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Hamlish urged smokers unconcerned about their health to think about their friends and family, citing the recent death of his friend and "A Chorus Line" collaborator Edward Klehan. 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, but a spokesman said that the program was not planned as a rebuttal to the Smokeout.