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
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.
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 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 film and to distribute fliers 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.
directed by Martin Scorsese and based on a book by Nikos Kanzantakis, who focused on a scene when he was by lust for Mary Magdalene.
"It mocks our Lord. It insults him. It is sickening. It is porno-
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 Buchmeller, 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."
Jill Johns, a theater employee,
Rob Fitzgerald, assistant manager at Liberty Hall, said earlier yesterday that three to four people had protested the film almost
for the film earlier in the week.
want. They have the right to pro- test."
John Winfrey, KU assistant professor of Army ROTC, also was protesting the movie.
Many of the students refused comment. De la La Tour said the policy stemmed from a similar protest of the movie "Hail Mary,"
testify for Christ," he said
Picking up the pieces
Pritchard likely will play in both guard positions
student who was in the seventh grade, and he didn't give the right answers. I think sometimes the younger one don't know what she is talking about to Da Vinci.
Kansan sportswriter
Junior guard Kevin Pritchard sees a lot of changes in the Kansas basketball team this season, but one thing remains the same: his role is unclear.
By Jeff Euston
Kansan sportswriter
Pritchard started last season at the off- guard position, but moved to the point guard spot 20 games into the season against Oklahoma.
The move was a success. The Jayhawks were 16-3 after the switch, losing only to Kansas State, Duke and Oklahoma. Kansas later defeated all three teams in the NCAA tournament en route to the national championship.
This season, Pritchard has played primarily at the point guard position. In an exhibition game against the Spirit Express on Nov. 7, Pritchard scored 7 points and had 3 assists.
Pritchard, who missed a week of practice this fall with the flu, probably will play both positions during the season, Kansas coach Roy Williams has said.
"I don't know really what to expect this year," Pritchard said. "I don't know what position I'm going to be in. I would imagine it's going to be point guard. I've talked to him (Williams) a little bit and right now it seems I'll probably be playing a little of both. My main objective right now is making sure I practice hard and improve."
Given the choice, however, Pritchard leaves no doubt where he would rather play.
leaves no dobbot in guard. "I prefer the off-guard," he said. "I guess because you're considered more of an athlete. As point guard, you've got to call the offense and call the defenses. You're looked at primarily as the leader, the coach on the floor. There'a a lot of responsibility. I don't mind the responsibility, but it's tough also. You just have a lot more freedom at the off-guard."
the dajhwacks' third-leading scorer last season, Pritchard also will be looked upon to make up for the loss of Danny Manning and Chris Piper. But Williams said Pritchard could not do it alone.
"I would think that everybody's got to step forward." Williams said. "Kevin and Milt averaged in double figures last year and all of the defensive teams were focusing on Danny. Their biggest challenge is going to be to increase or maintain that while the defensive pressure is focused on them."
"Whenever you lose 30 points a game, we've got to start looking for other places where we can score," Pritchard said. "We're all going to have to score more. It is not like one person is going to step forward and take 25 points responsibility. That's unrealistic. I think if we do it as a group, it's possible."
Pritchard realizes he will be expected to score more.
As a junior, Pritchard knows he, along with seniors Milt Newton and Scooter Barry, will be looked upon as a leader.
"We're an inexperienced team," he said. "I don't like to think of it as a rebuilding year, but I just like to think that we've done and we’re going to go out and do our best."
"I think it just is going to grow more this year," Pritchard said of his leadership role. "Chris Piper and Danny were great leaders. That's what made our team so good. I know I'll never fill Danny Manning's shoes or Chris Piper's. I'm not trying to do that. I'm just going to do the best I can."
Depite the loss of Manning and Piper, Pritchard said he was optimistic about the season.
"But I'll do anything for this team to have us win. If it's me playing point guard 40 minutes a game, that's what I do."
Staton Breidonthal/KANSAN
Junior guard Kevin Pritchard ended last season as Kansas' point guard and will play both guard positions this year.
KU fan support entices West
Bv Mark E. McCormick
Kansan sportswriter
With the Allen Field House crowd on its feet, then senior Archie Marshall wobbled to his feet and moved gingerly onto the court in his foot game.
A thick knee brace supported Marshall's surgery-scarred knee.
Marshall examined his grip briefly and with his brow bent into a grim expression, he shot the ball amid the cheers and the crossed fingers of the hopeful crowd.
Then a junior college recruit, Freeman West looked on from the crowd as Marshall positioned himself just outside the three-pint line during the Oklahoma State game.
point line during the Alabama State players relaxed into a low-pressure zone as the ball was inbounded and shifted to Marshall.
crosses the ball bounced off the rim to the crowd's collective "Aww."
It was the spirited atmosphere at that game that strengthened West's decision to come to Kansas.
and so is Yet, he left the court with handshakes and hugs from his teammates and his opponents, as well as cheers from the crowd.
coach.” It was really great. ” West said of Marshall's final appearance as a Jayhawk
Freeman West
"You can tell that the fans here really care about the players."
one of the protesters intere
had seen the film or
used to see it.
He said it reminded him of home.
He said it reminded him of home.
"I really wanted to go to a basketball
school," he said. "I think I'm going to like it here."
The cheering crowd at the game reminded him of the games he played in high school in East Chicago, Ind.
West said he already had made many close friends since coming to Kansas.
Lawrence looked like a friendly city on his recruiting visit, West said.
"We're all just a big family," he said of the team. "Some of us stay together and we hang out together and that's what it takes to win."
"We'd have thousands of people at our games," he said. "The gyms would be packed. And Indiana is a basketball state."
Kansas' emphasis on academics was also a major factor in West's decision.
"The academics were also important," he said. "I want to get an education first."
But during the Jayhawks' season-opening victory over the Spirit Express, fans learned about West's talent on the court.
In only 10 minutes of action, West scored
gross runs and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said he was pleased with West's performance.
"He's just a tremendous young man," Williams said. "He's making a big jump to major college ball."
KU assistant gets chance to join coach
Kansas men's basketball assistant coach Kevin Stallings wasn't looking for an opportunity to move up the coaching ladder when he was hired by coach Roy Williams.
Special to the Kansan
statings said he did not feel any desire to leave Durpue coach Gene Keady's staff. The West Lafayette, Ind., school was his alma mater and he had spent the last nine years
By Mike Considine
Special to the Kansan
On the other hand, the Kansas offer was too tempting to pass up.
"I was very excited about the opportunity to work with coach Williams," he said. "But I don't want to say I learned everything I needed to learn, so I could learn from Coach Keady every day."
Stallings was a member of Keady's staff for six years. After his graduation from Purdue in 1982, Stallings became a part-time assistant. Two years later, he was the
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the story of Eldridge and Bird,
of whom have remarried, was
subject of the CBS miniseries
burder Ordained," a movie filmed
and around Emporia. It aired in
v 1987.
ird was convicted in 1983 in the h of his wife, Sandy, who at first eared to be the victim of a traffic dent at the Rocky Ford Bridge the Cottonwood River near peroria. The investigation was sensed after Bird's conviction on solicitation charge. The prosecution that Bird threw his from the bridge and tried to ruise the slaying as a trafficident.
and was killed . . . I gave Tom 22-caliber Woodman that he to shoot my husband," she said. idrige, 35, awaits sentencing on second-degree murder charge is already serving 5 to 18 years an earlier unsuccessful plot on husband's life
habit today
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ne Tobacco Institute officially unceed its "Great American come" program in newspaper artisements Tuesday, but a bill passed that the program not planned as a rebellion to Smokeout.