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. /• *• Arts^Entertainment ^_I j. ._Photo courtesy of NETV Oprah Winfrey hosts “Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse/ Oprah s Scared Silent special strikes out against child abuse By Stacie Hakel Staff Reporter _ „ Airing on Nebraska television sta tions this evening will be “Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse,” hosted by talk show host and producer Oprah Winfrey. The program will focus on stop ping and preventing three forms of abuse: sexual,physical and emotional. The telecast, profiling both vic tims and perpetrators, will include half a dozen true stories on intergcncrational child abuse. Winfrey, herself an abuse victim, said she hoped the show would help children’s pain and suffering. “It is my hope that this film will empower children and adult children everywhere so they know they do not have to stand alone,” Winfrey said in a press release. Almost three million cases of child abuse arc reported every year in America. Other child abuse statistics include: • In 1991, 2.7 million cases of child abuse and neglect were reported in the United States. That’s more than 7.300 cases reported each day. • In 88 percent of all abuse cases, the perpetrator is a family member. • According to one study, 70 per cent of all incestuous fathers were sexually abused as children. • On average, at least four chil dren die each day from maltreatment. The majority of these children are under the age of 5. The hour-long special will broad cast today at 9 p.m. on Public Broad casting Service, NETV.CBS and NBC television networks concurrently. There will be an encore presenta tion Sept. 6 at 10 p.m. on the ABC television network. ent^tmgment Ross Theater opens season Now showing at the Mary lands, the United Kingdom, the Ricpma Ross Film Theater is Ex- United States and the now-defunct panded Entertainment’s “The Soviet Union. Fourth Animation Celebration: The Screenings will be today through Movie!” Sunday and Thursday through Sept. The film, which opens the Ross 13 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday Theater’s fall season, features matinees are at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., works from Bulgaria, Cuba, Gcr- and Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m. many, Italy, France, the Nether- and 5 p.m. I Rap with a conscience Band sings about society, peace, pride and history By Jill O’Brien Staff Reporter The Peace Nation, a local two-man rap band, recently placed among the 20 semifinalists competing against 3,500 musicians in “Soundcheck — The Yamaha Rock Music Showcase.” Rapper Otto Green Jr., 27, a speech pathology,senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincolnt credited a friend with telling him and his partner Michael Evans about the contest. Evans, 24, said they submitted a demo tape on “a hope and a prayer.” “We just tossed it in there, hoping to get some type of acknowledgement,” he said. Three years ago, Evans and Green formed The Peace Nation. Their in tent was to create rap music with a conscience—soulful music someone would pay attention to. — II There's no shake your butt, no exploitation of women, no exploitation of black culture. — Green Peace Nation -tf - Someone has. Although The Peace Nation didn’t win the contest, Warner Brothers Records and Def American Record ings have expressed-an interest in the band, Green said. Doc Sanders, the band’s manager, said that prior to the Yamaha audition the two rappers played mainly to an audience of friends. “Being selected as scmifinalists pressured Peace Nation to perform live,” Sanders said. Evans said they weren T quite ready to come out of the closet, but “we played like we normally played or practiced at home.” That was the kind of relaxed atmo sphere the Yamaha representative and the independent album repertoire man walked into, Evans said. “We were all just having fun, mak ing noise, going through the different songs that we had,” he said. Their songs focus on social issues, African-American pride, peace and history, sometimes using soundbites. They rap about esteem and respect— rap music with a conscience. “Our music is a celebration of our African culture,” Green said. Green, originally from New York, named Kurtis Blow, Run DMC and the Sugarhill Gang as his influences from the 1970s. Evans, raised in Chicago, Alabama and Missouri, said he went by the name of Mike Life on stage. Before The Peace Nation, he performed beat boxing (mouth sounds) with a Union College group. Evans, a computer science major, said a Macintosh computer was hooked up to the sampler keyboard when they performed. He uses Vi sions software to assist him in arrang ing the music. “What we’re trying to do is highly different from the norm," Green said. “There’s no shake your butt, no exploitation of women, no exploita tion of black culture,” he said. In stead, a positive message is empha sized. . . As mother Nubia’s music travels through my nerves/Thcrc’s nothin’ in the world that impedes my flow words/My intellect is enriched with the esteem of being me... ./So very proud of who I am/A positive brown man/Wilh a whole lot to say and do/Accomplish, achieve and you better believe in the dream as proph esied by Dr. Martin Luther King —/ And the lesson as we learn our history/ We must seek the truth and leach so deprived humanity can be reached... .” — lyrics from “The Lesson.” Between rapping and recording, Evans and Green manage to squeeze in full-time jobs. They also formed a nonprofit organization, Movement Enterprise, with another rapper, Grant Koffman. On Friday nights, Green works with Koffman, a UNL broadcast ma jor, to produce “Movement” a four hour rap show airing on KZU M, which occasionally plays a soothing rap or two by The Peace Nation. Erik Unger/D N Michael Evans and Otto Green make up Lincoln rap act The Peace Nation. /-» ■ / Robin Trimarchi/DN Practice makes perfect Members of the cast ot the Lincoln Ensemble Theater production, “Psycho Beach Party,” do a practice run-through Wednesday evening. They are, from left, “Star Cat” (Tony Piccoli), “Kanaka” (Steve Nolan) and fYo-Yo” (Channing Roos). 2 Appliances For Sale RecondSioned washers and dryers for sale or lease Free delivery Griffins Maytag. 1640 "O" St.. 476-9339 3 Bicycles For Sale 90 Trek Road Bike 21.5' excellent condition. $300 firm 464-1691. Mens Schwinn Crossfit, 18 speed with book earner. Excellent oondftion. $180. 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