University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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»l News - Production by Lupe Eamon Page A7 IVot Lewd unliwful 5S you adi IIP A- ' 35 ♦ « ' , .|»V fW ' - ' B- •- lEPTEMBER Thursday, 1 1 1 year- old gang member Robert Yummy Sandifur ' s body is found in Chicago. The boy ' s violent life and death draws national at- tention Monday, 5 Trial date set for Henry Carpenter, suspect in 1978 murder of Hogan ' s Heroes star Bob Crane in his Arizona apart- ment Thursday, 8 USAir flight 427 crashes near Pittsburgh, PA., killing all 1 32 people on board Saturday, 10 Fresh- man whitewash the A for Golden Key National Honors Society ' s A Day Wednesday, 14 1994 World Series declared cancelled on 34th day of the players ' strike Monday, 19 U.S. troops seize control of the Port-au- Prince airport in their first base of opera- tions in Haiti This is a free speech place. Mall protestor, Bruce Friedemann, expresses his disapproval of the Arizona state law on indecency as Corporal Jose Sprigg investigates the disturbance. The following day, Tuesday, the twentieth, the front page of the Daily Wildcat displayed a photograph of Friedemann which sparked a war of editorial letters. Photo by Owen Martin. By LUPE EAMON UofA Desert Yeartxx k Tucson, AZ- The Gospel of Thomas quotes Jesus as saying When you disrobe without being ashamed and take up your garments and place them under your feet like little children, then you will see the son of the Liv- ing One. Although most people have never heard of this particular book, Bruce Friedemann, the infamous naked protestor put great stake in it. Friedemann, a 38 year-old Tucsonan, took it upon himself to spread the unknown gospel to the clothed multitude. The sunny Monday af- ternoon of the 19th wit- nessed his protest of Arizona ' s state indecency law on the mall. Friedemann displayed, among other things, signs with quotes from the court case State v. Gates which dealt with the boundaries between nude and lewd, and the Gospel of Thomas, a book written a long time ago not canonized by the church. However it was not so much what he said as how he said it. His in the buff demonstration at- tracted the attention of passer-bys, police, and the press. Friedemann had a his- tory of voicing his political and moral views on cam- pus. He cau.sed quite a disturbance in front of the Main Library in April 1 986, yelling President Reagan is Satan and distributing political fliers. The UAPD was informed and reported to the scene. He was re- ported as displaying a bel- ligerent attitude towards the police and calling upon the First Amendment right of freedom of speech. For- mal charges were later brought against him by two students which forcibly re- moved him from campus. No formal complaints were filed in the event of the nude protest. However, after the Wildcat ran a front page photo of Friedemann which displayed frontal nudity, the protestor offered his own objections. In a letter to the editor, he criti- cized the article as poorly written, and making him look like a crazy, stupid troublemaker. The photo, according to Friedemann, showed that he had no pubic hair and a very small penis. In response, a barrage of letters were sent to the Wildcat criticizing the pro- testor and his views on nu- dity, decency, politics and money. Although the ac- tual protest garnered little response in person, print was another matter. Weeks later the editors asked, Please, no more ' naked protestor letters. '

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.z: Page A6 Naked protestor says. 1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert Nude is September 24, San Francisco, California. Stanford quarterback Steve Stenstrom gets sacked by Arizona ' s Chuck Osborne and defensive tackle Jim Hoffman during the first quarter. The Cardinal lost eight yards on the play. Photo by Associated Press. September 8, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania: Rescue personnel and investigators work at a make shift command post set up in the Green Garden Plaza, Aliquippa, near the crash site of a USAir 737 passenger plane. The Thursday night crash killed 132 passengers. Photo by Associated Press. Thursday.! ?aiiomeni|)ci imm ' Sai H ' IS found iii( Hie boy ' s viobi iti draws nai HllOll Monday.} T «forHew)Q ' NsHcrocs-. Tlursdav I r

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k» W J ASU: Almost Isn ' t Good Enough. 1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert TheRi - . Down with the Devils. Junior defensive end Tedy Bruschi and junior nose guard Chuck Osborne sack ASU quarterback lake Plummer. Breaking free. Freshman fullback Charles Myles defies the Arizona State defense to put the Wildcats up 7-0 in the first quarter. Photos by Aaron ]. Latham. -M ' -f