University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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18 Book I 1 Robert Hodge 3 Afshih Shirzad

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Book l 17 6 C All is change: all yields its place and 9 9 goes. Euripides l. Jacqueline Fleming speaks at Alumni Gym on Sept. 29 as part ofBIack Culture Week. 2. Fleming, speaking on blacks in college, suggests blacks in predominantly white colleges combine facets of each culture into an in- dividual cultural identity. 3. Ingrid Walker, a graduate student in en- vironmental engineering, works on a candleholder for a Christmas present in the University Center crafts center. 4. The Itals brought a health y dose of lab Ioveh, through reggae music to Ella Guruhs downtown on Sept. 18. 5. The U T Music Hall comes alive with the traditional Spanish dancing of Rosa Guerero International Folklorico on Sept. 16. 6. Ella Guruhs, helping bring new life into Knoxvillehs Old City district, showcases a variety of out of-state artists, such as the New York-based reggae band The Itzls. 5 Lindsey Dorris

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Book I 19 Area groups rally against Last Temptation of Christ The Last Temptation of Christ opened amidst controver- sy and protests at the Cineplex Odeon and Plitt Theatre in the parking lot of West Town Mall as some religious groups threatened to demonstrate at the Westown Theatre before the first show. One Oak Ridge minister threatened to start a boycott of West Town Mall stores in response to the showing. However, J ohn Pew, the general manager of West Town Mall, said he talked to the minister and expected no problems. iTThe ministerl is trying to express to the business com- munity what his feelings on the matter are? Pew said. liThe mall is private property and we could exclude anybody from protesting? Pew added, but he also said that peaceful protesting would be allowed. He said he expected a lipeaceful expression of a dif- ference of opinion? Pew said that when the film was shown in other markets, it met only peaceful opposition, although Universal Studios, the studio that produced the film, and the theatre 4 Lindsey Doms operators still arranged to have extra security for every theater where the movie was shown. Because the protests occurred on mall property, Pew said that West Town Mall coordinated with the theatre and the studios, but he also said that the mall management had no authority over the movie theater and what it shows. He said the mall tries to keep out of issues regarding iifreedom of expression. ,i Campus ministries did not join with the local religious groups in actively protesting the movie. Bob Hall, issues director for the Baptist Student Center, said ttJesus doesnlt need any defending. He does that quite well by himself? He said the Baptist Student Center did not plan any organized opposition. A representative of the Episcopal Student Center said the student center planned to take a group of students and faculty to see the movie. eby Andrew Greenberg 5 Lindsey Dorris C e Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to 3 9 another. G. K. Chesterson 1. The water in the fountain, gEuropa and the 81111, T runs clear, but fre- quent sudsing with detergent caused om'cials to opt to leave the fountain empty. 2. The University Center Plaza provides some shade from the sun for peaceful studying. 3. The concrete holes in the U . C. plaza offer cameo glimpses ofAustin Peay and other buiIdings on the HiII. 4. Protestors picket the Westown Theatre during the showing of The Last Temptation of Christ. 5. Opposition to the Martin Scorcese fiIm spread across the country even before its release beca use of its controversial portrayal of the life of Jesus.