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
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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