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6The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, February 20, 1991 3BEE BBA's 'little Victories ' shows strusde for rights of women By Kitt Bockley Staff Writer )The Department of Dramatic Art's latest production, "Little Victories," by Lavonne Mueller, is a powerful depic tfpn of the lives of two great historical fures and their struggle for women's rrghts. .The experiences of Susan B. An thony, a leader of the 19th-century wiffrage movement, and Joan of Arc, a j&th-century village girl who led the french army against the English, are fended together in order to give a fieatrical rendering of what these V-omen were really like. The production was directed by Adam yersenyi, an assistant professor in the ffepartment of Dramatic Art. y. find this play interesting for a v.- ublic Enemy to boycott Grammy ceremony Hie Associated Press gNEW YORK Taking Sinead O'Connor's cue, rappers Public Enemy &id they will boycott the Grammy Awards ceremony when it returns to ffew York on Wednesday for the first t$ne in three years. TjThe band, nominated for best rap Eprformance by a duo or group for its Jbum "Fear of a Black Planet," said niesday it was angered that only the ajor Grammys will be presented on me-time television. The 33rd annual ceremony will be eld at Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast from 8-11 p.m. on CBS. Security will be tight for fear of terror fjflri. The awards were held the last two i Doctor tried n The Associated Press M WILMINGTON An 18-vear-old lirl told a courtroom packed with family and friends Monday that her Stepfather, a prominent Sampson ounty doctor, had sex with her fre juently and performed two abortions. Eddie Powell, 42, a family doctor in Kftoseboro, is charged with four counts '6f incest, two counts of performing : illegal abortions and one count of taking gpdecent liberties with a minor. Powell's stepdaughter says the sex acts started when she was 1 3 and lasted until August, just before she left for college. The trial was mo ved to New Hanover I Superior Court because of pretrial ft. r i l -i t r , f r : . . ; ; ; ; ; . . . . Now ypy ami afafd to Aoro fa oofa: To purchase from the RAM Shop of the Student Stores one must be a member of the faculty, staff or be a current student of UNC. number of reasons," he said. "We have a female playwright looking at war and what it's all about both war in the literal sense and the campaigns that Susan and Joan are waging." The entire cast of "Little Victories" was made up of students from the De partment of Dramatic Art. Tracey Bowles realistically portrays the char acter of Susan B. Anthony, a woman of great strength and resolve, who is also highly sensitive and aware of her per sonal sacrifices. As Anthony campaigns for the women's right to vote through the American West, Joan of Arc attempts to gain respect among her fellow soldiers in the French army. Kristine Watt was spectacular as Joan of Arc and depicted her character's determination and vigor' with great enthusiasm. years in Los Angeles. Public Enemy supported a decision by Russell Simmons, president of its Def Jam record label, to skip the awards because of what Simmons called the same old broken-record snub of inner city contributions to the music industry," publicist Tina Wynn said. O'Connor, an Irish singer who has been nominated in four categories, said Feb. 1 she was staying away because the Grammys honored commercial success rather than artistic merit. She said she would not accept a Grammy if awarded one. The televised portion of the show usually features the major awards, in cluding song of the year, record of the for incest, illegal abortions publicity and Powell's standing in his community, Powell had led several civil rights causes in Sampson County; The girl has not been In thecomtroom since last week, when she testified that she had made up all the allegations and then changed her mind, saying the sex acts took place. The girl had made a videotape saying prosecutors social workers and law enforcement officers had pressured her into going forward, a statement she did not retract. Assistant District Attorney Dewey Hudson called six witnesses before bringing the girl to the stand on Monday, An earlier witness, Barbara Burch of the Sampson County Department of Social Services, described how she and If you thought that finding a color Matiitoslf system you could afford was just a dream, then the new, affordable Macintosh LC is a dream come true. The Macintosh LC is rich in color. Unlike many computers that can display only 16 colors at once, the Macintosh LC expands your palette to 256 colors. It also comes with a microphone and new sound-input technology that lets you personalize your work by adding voice or other sounds. Like every Macintosh computer, the LC is easy to set up and easy to master. And it runs thousands of available applications that all work in the same, consistent way so once C 1990 Appt Computer, Inc. Also notable was William Hoffmann who played a dual role. As Ben, Hoffmann acted as Anthony's potential suitor who offers her all the securities of married life. Hoffmann also played the role of Joan of Arc's paramour. Captain Lavour. Despite the fact that these women are from two different time periods, they have much in common. Both women challenged the traditional roles of women, and refused to be deterred from accomplishing their goals. "I chose to put Susan B . Anthony and Joan of Arc in a play together because they both survived in a landscape of men," Mueller wrote. "They not only survived, but triumphed, yet they died believing themselves failures." Interestingly, both of these women's dreams were realized in the same year. year and album of the year. Most of the 79 awards are given out with little hoopla before the cameras come on. "For the ceremony not to deem the contributions of rap music important to its three-hour televised broadcast ... is to, in fact, crush the dreams of many true rap fans," Simmons said in a statement. Simmons also chastised the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sci ences for its decision to showcase Va nilla Ice as a performer on the show, blasting the chart-topping "Iceman" as an imitation of real rappers. An academy spokeswoman did not immediately return a phone call. Telephone calls to Public Enemy also her supervisor went to Powell's house Aug. 31 to ask him about the allega tions, Burch said that, over the course of an emotional three-hour interview, Powell said fee girl had sex with him on three occasions. Each time Burch said, Powell said he had come home distressed and taken half a Valium pill and drank some vodka. He passed out on the couch, she said, and each time awoke to find the girl on top of him, Burch saidTeresaPowell, the girl's mother and Powell's wife, came home during the interview and blamed her daughter as much as Powell. The first abortion occurred in the summer of 1988, she said. 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In this way, Mueller helps integrate the lives of these two historic individuals and provides an introspective view of the nature of their characters. Most importantly, however, in "Little Victo ries," Mueller asserts the universal connection that all women have in their struggle for equal rights. were unsuccessful. Pop singer Phil Collins had the most nominations with eight. The majority were for his "... But Seriously" album and its plea for the homeless, "Another Day in Paradise." Quincy Jones grabbed seven nomi nations for his "Back on the Block" collection, making him the most-nominated artist in Grammy history with 76. He has won 19 Grammys. Victories by Collins or Jones would mark the second straight year a veteran act cleaned up. Last year, Bonnie Raitt was the hit of the show with four Grammys. Other top nominees include new comer Mariah Carey and pop trio Wil son Phillips. Execution machine engineer to be tried The Associated Press M ALDEN, Mass. A judge refused Tuesday to dismiss the case against a Holocaust revisionist and execution machine builder who prosecutors say has been practicing engineering without a license. Fred Leuchter Jr., who has published articles claiming the number of people killed in the Holocaust has been exag gerated, will stand trial May 9, Maiden District Judge J.W. Killam HI said. Leuchter specializes in building electric chairs and other execution de vices and serves as a capital punishment consultant to some states. He claims to you've learned one program, you're well on your way to learning them all The Macintosh LC even lets you share information with someone who uses a different type of computer thanks to the versatile Apple SuperDrive which can read from and write to Macintosh, MS-DOS, OS2, and Apple II floppy disks. Take a look at the Macintosh LC and see what it gives you. Then pinch yourself. 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Lyons, said he would argue that his client was a victim of selective prosecution due to his controversial views. "Only someone very naive would believe that if Fred Leuchter had not written his Leuchter report that we would be standing here now," said Lyons, who has represented white supremacist groups in Idaho and elsewhere. Outside the courthouse, three dem onstrators were arrested and an elderly woman treated by paramedics after a scuffle between supporters and oppo nents of Leuchter's Holocaust theory. Shop your best
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