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THURSDAY
JULY 29, 1993
VOL. 92
NO. 162
UNIVERSITY OF
NEBRASKA
LINCOLN
July Jamm hits Lincoln.
'Spage 3
•Another Stakeout* success.
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Student recounts alleged sexual assault
By Jeff Zeleny
Senior Editor
Two weeks after Josh Werger began col
lege at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln, he claimed he was betrayed by a
trusted role model.
The betrayal, which would have permanent
ly scarred some, left Werger with a sense of
obligation to not let it happen to anyone else.
Last September, Werger alleged he was
sexually assaulted by Clifford Walton, a UNL
Costs delay
smokers' group
By Kristin Armstrong
Staff Reporter,
John Snelling is leading what seems to be
a one-man crusade for smokers’ rights.
In working towards a fair policy for
both smokers and non-smokers, members of
Smokers Against the No Smoking policy have
faced several setbacks, including increased
mailing costs and problems gaining attention
for their cause, Snelling said at a Wednesday
meeting.
l he group met to discuss the University ot
Ncbraska-Lincoln’s new “Clean Air Policy,”
which is scheduled to go into effect on Sunday.
Problems with increased mailing costs have
plagued the group since early July, he said.
Snellmg was then going to send out the first of
many mailings encouraging others to partici- ,
pale in the committee.
Snelling said he originally thought mailings
would cost the group t cent each. Later, the
university’s printing department told him that a
new policy nad gone into effect, stating that
since his committee was the same as a student
organization, and he would have to pay 6 cents
per mailing. To mail 4,800 copies to university
employees would now cost his committee over
$350 for just one mailing, he said.
“You know as well as I do that campus mail
is free,” he said. “Every time I turn around, they
See SMOKING on 3
associate professor and boxing club advisor.
Walton resigned after being arrested on third
degree sexual assault charges.
Walton was first brought to trial on the
charges in Lancaster County Court (Mi April 22.
The trial was continued on July 7, and is now
being held under advisement by Lancaster
County Judge Jack Lindner. No decision has
been reached in the case.
Werger, a member of the UNL boxing club,
told the Daily Nebraskan Tuesday that he was
not seeking anything from Walton or the uni- '
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vcrsily, but only trying to protect future stu
dents from enduring what he did.
“I just wanted to be the one to stop it,”
Werger said in his first interview since the
incident. “I don't want any money out of him or
the university — that’s not my goal. I’m not
after publicity.”
Werger, a sophomore psychology major,
joined the club to further develop an interest in
boxing, and said he was encouraged by Walton.
“He said *1 was doing a good job'. He was
telling me that he would take me as far as I
wanted to go. He said ‘I had the potential to be
any kind olboxer 1 wanted to be, Wergcr said.
“Now, I think he was interested in getting me to
come over to his house.”
Werger went to Walton’s house last Sept. 5
for a private lesson to further develop his
boxing skills.
“At his house, that’s when the weird stuff
happened,” Werger said.
Walton declined to be interviewed.
See BOXING on 3
Damon L ee/DN
Peek-A-Boo
Carly Knappto. 7, peers at her father Steve through a kaleidoscope created by Dwight Vadnais (center) at July
Jamm on Sunday. Vadnais, a native of Billings, Mont., was one of many artists selling their works in the Jamm’s
fine arts area. For more on last weekend’s events, see Page 3.
Nebraska heads food alliance
The universities of the Midwest Advanced Food
Manufacturing Alliance include:
North
Dakota
isconsi
State
South
Michigan
State
Dakota
State
Iowa
State
Ohio
State
Nebraska^
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h Indiana
Purdue®
Illinois
Office of Sen
Bob Kerrey
Source:
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Kerrey sponsors food center bill
By Jeff Singer
Editor
and
By DeDra Janssen
Staff Reporter
If Sen. Bob Kerrey has his way, the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
will be admired by its fellow
midwcstem universities for more than
just a good football team.
An amendment made by Kerrey,
which was adopted by the Senate
Appropriations Committee last week,
would make UNL’s Food Processing
Center thp “coordinating center" for
the Midwest.
The amendment is expected to be
considered by the entire Senate soon.
The Midwest Advanced Food
Manufacturing Alliance, which is
made up of 12 universities including
UNL, was formed recently to expe
dite the development of new manu
facturing and processing technolo
gies for food and related products that
are derived from U.S. produced crops
and livestock.
Kerrey said from his office in
Washington on Tuesday that having
the coordinating center in Lincoln isa
tribute to UNL.
“It’s a statement that the rest of the
participating universities see UNL as
a leader and as the best in this area,”
the Nebraskan democrat said.
Kerrey said that the alliance would
bring together university and private
researchers in microbiology, nutri
tion, food engineering, computer sci
ences and food Operations. He also
said it would meet future competitive
demands in the processing, packag
ing, storage and transportation of feed
products.
“If we continue to invest in it, it
means we’ll make practical discover
ies that will add to the economic value
of the region,” he said.
The legislation that designated
UNL as the coordinating center for
the alliance includes $500,000 as al
lotted by the appropriations commit
tee.
Kerrey said that while government
spending was tight and great care
must be taken when deciding which
projects to fund, he supported this
project bccauseof the benefits it prom -
•ses.
“It’s essential to me, because it has
support from public institutions as
well as from the private sector, which
helps with the job market,” Kerrey
See KERREYon 2