Laura Beaver, senior in family consumer science education, and Tony Cox of DeWitt, Iowa dance to music over the loudspeaker in between sets at Live @ Veishea in the Molecular Biology parking lot on Saturday, April 21. Rather than hiding from the rain, Beaver and her friends danced to keep warm.

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