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July Jamm festival survives stormy weather By Brian Sharp Staff Reporter Sounds of folk music, jazz and blues filled the air in downtown Lincoln last weekend. And for a little while, the rain and thunder fell silent. The second-annual July Jamm, a festival of music, food and fine arts, held at 12th and N streets, nearly fell victim to the wrath of mother nature. Heavy rain .Friday morning delayed the start of the festival, and storms Saturday evening threatened to rain-out the event. But all the bands went on as planned, said Marcia White, chair woman of July Jamm. White is a member of the Updowntowners, the volunteer organization that put on the event. “We didn’t have to cancdl any part of the festival,” White said. “Everyone was very adaptable. “Having people be that flexible really helped in making the festi val a success,” she said. White saidfcslival workers kept in close contact with Lincoln po lice, and were ready to evacuate the sight if needed. Over 400 vol unteers worked this year’s Jamm, and it was their flexibility that helped make the festival a success, she said. Crowds at the Jamm were esti mated at 12,000-15,000, White said. The only decrease from the crowd size from last year was on Saturday night. Admission was not charged that evening, because of the inclement weather, and will represent a large drop in profit. “Right now, we’re looking at a - break-even festival," White said. Many University of Nebraska Lincoln students joined the crowds, meeting friends and enjoying the music and variety of food. “We wanted tocomcdown here and cal and sit around basically," Roger Benedict, a junior broad casting major said. “It seems pret ty cool actually. They don’t have anything like this in Bellevue.” Crowds on opening night danced to the music of local band Tuna Fish Jones as well as to Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, a band out of California. “I’m having agood lime,” Colin Clark, a junior philosophy and film studies major, said. “Food, beer, lots of people, rock and roll.” “I like it,” Lori Kascr, a sopho more majoring in hospitality man agement, said. “Beer and music go together.” One UNL student was doing more than watching at this years uamon Lee/ura Friday night’s July Jamm crowd listens and dances to the blues sounds of Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Blues Orchestra. July Jamrn, however. Andrew Vogt, a junior music major, played Friday and then again Sunday with the band Tom Larson Jazz. Events like July Jamm arc great places for area musicians to get more exposure, but they aren ’ t very common, Vogt said. “It’s all if they’re going to make money, that’s what it’s all about,” Vogt said. “Obviously 1 want more gigs” Vogt said he thought there would be more support for bands like those heard at the July Jamm, but that the clubs in Lincoln do not advertise very much. “There’s a lot of good stuff,” Vogt said, “You just don’t hear about it.” July Jamm, which grew out of Jazz Fest, a one-day event started in the late 1980’s, was able to in volve more local bands this year than last. “Since we expanded our enter tainment schedule so much, we had abetter opportunity to involve more local talent," White said. Construction continues on the Beadle Center at 19th and Vine streets. Bad weather has made for slow progress on the center, as the July 1994 completion date has been moved back. Weather delays Beadle construction by ueura Janssen Staff Reporter Another victim of ihe flcxxl of 1993 has surfaced in a muddy mess at the comer of 19th and Vine streets in Lincoln. The construction of the Beadle •$ UNL CONSTRUCTION center, wnitn is being designed for genetics and biomatcrials re search and teach ing, has been de layed by the rainy weather, said Howard marker, Project Manager lor the center. “The weather has been a problem for us. Because of the large number of rainy days, it has been very difficult for the contractor to keep his sched ule,” Parker said. “There is no question that the weather and rain and the resulting mud on the site has made for a delay, he said. Parker said the contractor, Build ers, Inc., has requested a delay on the project, and Parker, in turn, has re quested data from the national weath er service to determine a new schedule. Construction of the center began in July 1992 and it was originally due to be completed in July 1994. Parker said the building was probably about one-fourth done. He would not speculate as to when the center would be completed now. “We are in the process of deter mining how much or a delay there is," he said. Jim Beard, vice President of Buildcrs,lnc., said the cpnstruclion of the center was going “very poorly” with current weather conditions, and he speculated that construction should be finished in about 18 months given normal weather conditions. "We're trying with all our abilities to improve on the construction time, but the weather is a big deterrent," Beard said. A minor accident that occurred on the site earlier this month did not add to the delay, Parker said. A worker fell on a piece of equipment at the site and punctured his leg on a sharp metal object. Though the worker was hospi talized briefly, the accidentcaused no threat to his life, Parker said. Parker said the construction of the Beadle Center was the first part of the expansion of UNL City Campus east ward. "The campus master plan does show development of that area with science and research facilities. It’s definitely a growth area on the cast side," Parker said. The total cost of the construction of the Beadle Center is $23.3 million. Boxing Continued from Page 1 Defense court records, including Walton’s testimony given on July 7, were being held by Lindner, and were unavailable to the DN. According to available April court records, Wcrgcr said during testimo ny that he was weighed in the nude by Walton, and later given a “fondling type of massage.” Wcrger said he first became un comfortable with Walton after a reg ular practice session while doing sil ups. “He started massaging my belly while I was in the sit-up position, Werger said. “He got down into my lower abdominal region and into my pubic hair. That was my first clue that this guy was into something. “I was just thinking that this feels weird to me, and I didn’t think it was right.” After Werger told another student about the sit-up incident, he said he was told Walton did that to everyone, and it was “no big deal.” Although Werger had fell uncom fortable with Walton before, he thought Walton was a good coach mid went over to his house to get more boxing practice. “I thought he was great. I learned more from him in that two weeks that I ever thought I could,” Werger said. ‘‘I didn’t want to think that he was hitting on me, I wanted to think he was my boxing coach.” Werger said the physical part of the assault was not the most painful, but rather the emotional part. “He acted like my best buddy,” Werger said. “He mislead me and he works on your feelings and emotions. He gets you thinking it’s going lo be something and he turns it around.” Werger said before Werger and his parents reported the incident lo UNL officials, Walton wrote him a letter and made phone calls lo him. “He apologized forme leaving like that,” Werger said. “Basically what he said was ‘come back to practice.’” Werger said although he did not want publicity from thecase, he want ed students to be aware of what can happen. “I don’t want people to know, ‘hey, there’s thatkid that the coach hiton,’” he said. “I just want them to know to be careful.” Smoking Continued from Page 1 throw up another roadblock.” However, Snclling said, the com mittee still must gain support some how. He wants to use mailings, but the committee must first save money to pay for staff and student mailings. “No organization just starting out has that sort of money,” he said. “To come out with this in the 11 th hour is attempting to deal a serious blow to our organization.” Snelling said the new mailing was upsetting, and he said he Tell it was a violation of smokers’ First Amend ment rights. Snelling said he was unsure if the , committee could accomplish all of this. “It may take several months build the strength we need to chan this policy and to see an impact,” said, “but all we’re trying to do is find a lair solution.” Stt S