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Larry Holmes, the favorite, is up against his idol, or as Ali says, his "master." As Ali grows older, his student may have surpassed him in skill and practices (as Rocky Marciano passed Joe Louis). But Holmes will never surpass Ali in one thing: drive...
...where they live. He should have taken a stand against the showing and encouraged fuller discussion of the issues involve. For example, neither Dunn nor any of the cinema guild's members considered that direct violence to a woman occurred during the production of Deep Throat--that Linda Boreman Marciano was actually raped in the film...
Protesters rightly took the opportunity to educate the all-too-insensitive student body to the dangers of porn. Slide shows presented the link between sexism and violence; handouts traced the story of Linda Boreman Marciano's treatment during the filming of the movie that made her a "star"--treatment that can only be described as criminal and obscene. The demonstration the night of the screening was inspiring: as many people watched the slide show as the movie. We support that protest for its condemnation of an insensitive and wrong decision to support pornography, and we urge House film societies...
Pornography also frequently involves violence against the actresses or models. Although some women enter the pornography industry voluntarily, many are forced or tricked into it. Linda Boreman Marciano, alias Linda Lovelace, the star of Deep Throat, has written an autobiography, Ordeal, in the hope of "purg(ing) forever the idea that she had become 'Linda Lovelace" voluntarily." (Ms., May 1980, p.73) She describes her entrapment into prostitution, repeated beatings and raping: "guns being put to her head, turning tricks while being watched through a peephole to make sure she couldn't escape, and having a garden hose jammed...
...Frank A. Marciano, superintendent of Main Area Maintenance for B&G, said last week the walls of some of the bathrooms of Canaday--one of the most overcrowded University housing facilities--had to be rebuilt because "the sheetrock material behind the showers is not conducive to long-term wear. Canaday is poorly designed--it's as simple as that...