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The Inside Front
Tuesday April 7,1998
from campus, the state the nation and the world
Information to be released this week will affect how the death of Lisa Rosel will be handled in court.
On CAMPUS:
Bicyclists plan to rally for proposed safety measures going before the Lawrence City Commission.
Lawrence police look for the driver of a pickup truck that they think was used to transport a stolen garden tractor when the tractor fell into the street.
The Kansas University Athletic Corporation will sponsor a campus blood drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Kansan editors and business managers have been selected for summer and fall semesters.
CAMPUS
Trial in student's death could be criminal or civil
Jo Hardey, director of Legal Services For Students, said certain reports would
Information expected to be released later this week will affect how the case involving the death of Lisa Rosel would be handled in court.
Roset: Information will determine type of possible case.
be public record when the reports were completed.
"It'll be public record if someone gets a ticket or is arrested," Hardesty said. "But that's only if the case goes to criminal court."
Hardesty said there were several possibilities for what could happen to the case once it is given to the Douglas County District Attorney's office.
"In this case, there's really two areas, criminal and civil," she said. "If it goes to the criminal court, they'll go through a criminal trial. But if no charges are pressed, it could go to the civil court."
Hardesty said civil court does not decide if a defendant is innocent or guilty but how responsible each side was for an action.
"In a case like this, a court would look at the comparative negligence." Hardesty said
She said that in a civil case, the judge or jury would find a percentage of the fault that was the defendant's. If the percentage is 51 percent or more, the defendant must pay that percentage of the damages the court rewards the plaintiff.
"If the defendant is 50 percent or less at fault, he doesn't pay anything," Hardesty said.
Hardesty said whether the case goes to criminal or civil court, the role alcohol may
have played in the accident would be a factor in determining fault.
—Ronnie Wachter
Sgt. George Wheeler had said Lawrence police should release officer reports containing the speed of the vehicle and the blood-alcohol levels, if any, of those involved.
Bicyclists plan to rally to support safety issues
Bicyclists plan to rally in support of proposed safety measures going before the Lawrence City Commission at tonight's meeting.
The rally will begin at 6:15 p.m. in South Park and will conclude with a ride down
Curtis: Wants cyclists to participate in tonight's rally.
meeting at 6:45 p.m
Massachusetts Street to City Hall
Organizer Kip Curtis, New York graduate student, said he wanted to encourage the commission to implement recommendations made on March 25 by the Bicycle Advisory Committee. Curtis is asking cyclists to participate in the rally and then attend the commission
"What we're trying to do is encourage them to take the bold political step to get the infrastructure up to speed." Curtis said
them to take the bold political step to get the infrastructure up to speed," Curtis said. Curtis led a similar demonstration last September after cyclist John Hermes was killed at the intersection of Ninth and Mississippi
Stolen tractor picked up after pickup truck loses it
The Bicycle Advisory Committee is asking the commission to prioritize funding for various safety proposals such as pathways, lanes and new education programs.
--Jeremy Doherty
Lawrence police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that they think was used to transport a stolen garden tractor when the tractor fell into the street, said Officer Tom Moore.
Moore said a Lawrence police officer was parked in a patrol car at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday day near the intersection of 31st and Iowa streets when he heard a loud crash.
"The officer looked up, and there was a John Deere garden tractor sitting in the intersection." Moore said.
Moore said the officer saw a vehicle driving north on Iowa Street from the intersection but was not able to pursue it. The vehicle was a tan, late 1705 or early 1980s Chevrolet half-ton pickup, Moore said.
The officer said it had a very bad muffler,
and it accelerated very quickly. "More said
The tractor was thought to have fallen out of the back of the pickup, he said. It landed on its wheels and suffered no major damage, he said.
Police used Hillcrest Wrecker and Garage, 1226 East 23rd St., to move the tractor, which is valued at $7,000, to the police station. Moore said.
At 7:30 a.m. Thursday, employees at Deems Farm Equipment Inc., 1110 East 23rd St., discovered a garden tractor was missing.
"We called the police, and they said they had it," said Kathi Marshall, Deems officer manager.
Moore said police now were looking to interview the driver and any passengers that were in the pickup when the tractor appeared in the intersection.
"This might have been an isolated incident, but we'd like to know who they are and what they were doing there at the time," he said. "We don't know if there's been any other tractor thefts recently."
Moore said anyone with information regarding the pickup or its contents should contact Crimestoppers at 843-TIPS.
— Ronnie Wachter
Blood drives popping up throughout Lawrence
The Kansas University Athletic Corporation will sponsor a campus blood drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Each donor will receive a T-shirt, a cholesterol test and will be eligible to win prizes. No appointment is needed for the blood drive.
appointment is needed for the blood drive. Lawrence Memorial Hospital will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday at the Jayhawk Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Donors for the hospital blood drive may schedule an appointment by contacting Jody Behlow at 840-3161.
Lisa Stevens John
Kansas Blood Services supplies blood to 10 hospitals in northeast Kansas. New donors always are needed to help meet patients' needs.
Kansan board chooses next editors,managers
Jodie Chester, Phillipsburg senior, was named editor of The University Daily Kansan for the Fall 1998 semester yesterday. The Kansan board interviewed and selected candidates for editor and business manager for the summer and fall semesters. Gwen Olson, Loveland, Colo., senior, will be the editor of the summer Kansan.
Marc Harrell, Wichita senior, will continue as business manager for a second semester in the fall, and Ashley Bonner, Midland, Texas, senior, will be the business manager for the summer.
-Kansan staff report
CORRECTION
KU Democraats will meet at 7:30 tognin
at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Contact Chris Galloway at 838-4604.
GTAs attempt to block bill in Legislature
By Susie Gura
sgurau@kansas.edu
Kansas staff worker
The struggle for graduate teaching assistants seeking health care and public employee status continues.
The Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition held a strategy meeting last night at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Fifteen GTAC members were present.
Mark Horowitz, the coalition's organizer, briefed members on the legislative bill to eliminate GTAs' public employee status and the employer contribution to GTA and graduate research assistants' health care.
"We want to find the best way to stop this bill." Horowitz said.
Stephen Mathis, Western Civilization GTA, said there were changes in the language of the first draft of the bill.
"The changes in the language were approved," Mathis said. "It has passed both the House and Senate and is now in a conference committee. The Legislature went way beyond not paying health care."
Helen Sheumaker, Western Civilization GTA, said GTAs were taking the bill seriously.
"Our assumption is that there is a lot to worry about." she said.
The bill has moved from the Ways and Means Committee to a conference committee. Either the conference committee will vote on the bill, or it will die in the committee. Horowitz said.
A resolution by Horowitz and Scott Sullivan, student body president, is going before Student Senate at tomorrow night's meeting. Horowitz said.
The resolution addresses the Legislature and requests that the Chancellor write an immediate statement of support for GTA public employee status and health care for GTAs and GRAs.
"We are going to lobby the legislators hard." Horowitz said.
Doug Parker, English GTA, said he hoped the University would continue to support GTAs.
"I imagine if the University really supports undergraduate education, they will vocally support our status as state employees." Parker said.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's motorcycle cover was taken between 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday from the lot north of Temple Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. It was valued at $60.
A KU student's parking permit was taken between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday from the lot south of Allen Field House, the KU Public Safety Office said. It was valued at $75.
A Lawrence resident's leather gym bag and contents were taken between 5 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday from Robinson Center outside Racquetball Court 9, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $318.
A KU staff member's parking permit was taken between 4:10 and 4:20 p.m. Thursday from the Endowment Association parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. It was valued at $95
A KU student's wallet and contents were taken between 4:15 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. day from McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $117.
A KU student's bicycle and lock were taken between
A KU student was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 12:08 a.m. Sunday at 23rd and Iowa streets, the KU Public Safety Office said.
3 p.m. March 10 and 11 p.m. March 13 from the McCollam Hall bike rack, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $420.
A Green Hall window was shattered between 10 a.m. Saturday and 9:15 a.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage was estimated at $1,000.
A KU student was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 2 a.m. yesterday in the 2000 block of Stewart Avenue, the KU Public Safety Office said.
■ The rear window of a KU student's car was smashed between 9 p. m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Sigma Nu Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
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