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Vol. 108 • No. 128
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The Kansas football team delved into spring practice yesterday. Next season the layhawks will look to adjust to the rigorous Big 12 conference.
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Family, friends remember life of KU freshman
(USPS 650-640)
By Laura Roddy
roddy@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Lisa Rosel always was surrounded by friends.
Yesterday, many of those friends gath-
Yesterday, many of ered at the Overland Park freshman's home to grieve.
Rosel, a Gertrude
Sellards Pearson-
Corbin Hall resident,
was killed after a car
struck her at 11:55
p.m. Tuesday on Tennessee Street just south of 14th Street.
She was 19.
Rosel: Died after being struck by a car near campus
Kelley Keirsey,
Overland Park freshman,
was Rosel's best
friend for five years
and roomed with her
in GSP-Corbin.
ndrew Rohrback / KANSAN
"She would just smile and light up the room." Keirsey said.
Kelirey is spending time with Rosel's family in Overland Park.
Keirsey said her friend was a bright, caring and creative person. Rosel had won awards for her artwork in high school and loved to do ceramics. She had planned to major in advertising. Keirsey said.
"It's not real yet," she said. "I know that God took her for a reason, and she didn't feel any pain."
Jeremi Smith, Rosel's resident assistant, said Rosel had a gentle spirit that made people want to be near her.
"Lisa was always so happy and content with whatever life threw at her," said Smith, Erie sophomore. "She connected to a lot of people who are going to miss her."
Smith said the residents on the first floor of West GSP were a tight-knit group and said Rosel's death devastated them. She said Rosel's friends wanted her family to know how much Rosel cared about them.
Jennifer Wamelink, GSP-Corbin complex director, said a counselor met with hall residents yesterday.
In a prepared statement, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said he was saddened to learn of Rosel's death.
"I extend my personal condolences to Lisa's family and friends," Hemenway said. "University officials are in contact with Lisa's parents and will assist them in any way possible during this difficult time."
David Achtenberg, Rosel's uncle, said Rosel had lived in Overland Park her entire life and had attended Blue Valley Northwest High School.
A funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Ave., in Kansas City, Mo. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery.
Lawrence police continue investigation of fatal accident
Contributions can be made to the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, 5801 W. 115th, Kansas City, Kan., 66211, or the Temple B'Nai Jehudah, 712 E. 69th St., Kansas City, Mo., 64131.
By Ronnie Wachter
wachter@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Little information has been released about the accident that killed University of Kansas student Lisa Rosel.
The Overland Park freshman was killed Tuesday night after she fell in the street and was struck by a vehicle in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. A 1997 Mitsubishi Montero driven by Matthew Vestal, Englewood, Colo., freshman, hit Rosel at 11:55 p.m.
Although the accident occurred within a block of three local bars — Bull Winkles, 1344 Tennessee St.; The Jayhawk Cafe, 1340-42 Ohio St.; and the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St.,—officer Mike Monroe said he could not say whether alcohol was involved in the accident.
Police have determined from a blood test how much, if any, alcohol was in Rosel's blood stream, Monroe said. Police will not release results of Vestal's or Rosel's alcohol tests until the district attorney reviews the test results.
"Any time we have a fatality accident like this, we check all parties involved for alcohol," Monroe said. "We did conduct a breath test here at the station."
Monroe also could not confirm if Vestal was speeding.
Rose, who was with two other KU students, was crossing Tennessee Street from east to west just south of 14th Street when she fell.
Monroe said Vestal was driving south on Tennessee Street and was unable to stop the automobile before striking Rosel.
"She was still on the ground when the car hit her," he said.
Rosel was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St., and was pronounced dead on arrival.
Monroe said Rosel and the other students were crossing the street to get to their automobile, a Ford Explorer parked on the west side of Tennessee Street.
Colbert said the turned away and when he looked out the window again, he saw Rosel walk into the street and fall as Vestal's automobile approached.
"I heard a lot of yelling outside my house, and I looked out to see if there was going to be a fight or something." he said.
"She just disappeared under the car, and she was dragged about 75 feet," he said.
John Colbert, Lenexa senior and Kansan columnist, witnessed the accident.
Sgt. George Wheeler said Rosel had been run over, but he could not confirm if she had been dragged.
"The main thing we're worried about is how fast he was going," Monroe said. "If there isn't any alcohol involved, that's the next thing we go to."
He said the three passengers in the Montero were Julie Barton, Littleton, Colo., freshman, and Linsay Wacholz and Lindsey McClean, Quincy, Ill., freshmen. He said the four people in the car were interviewed yesterday but that no one had been taken into custody.
Wheeler said police would not make arrests until officers' reports were completed and evidence was examined.
"It should be in the next day or two," he said.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in a prepared statement yesterday afternoon that he was interested in learning the details of the investigation.
"I await the results of the city of Lawrence's investigation into the circumstances of this tragic accident," he said.
Elaine Thomas, resident of the 1300 block of Tennessee Street, said she was concerned about the frequency of accidents in the area.
"When my grandchildren visit me, I don't let them off the porch because you have those cars flying by," she said.
Vestal and Barton could not be reached for comment. McClean and Wacholz said they had no comments about the incident.
Students can discard IDs for smart card
By Gerry Doyle
Kansan Staff Writer
Beginning Monday, the University will deal its students another card.
The new smart card IDs, which will replace the current KUIDs, can be picked up between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The cards can be obtained at that location until April 21.
Lindy Eakin, associate provost, said students who wanted to get a card after the initial period would be charged $10. He also said Commerce Bank would be raffling off a mountain bike.
"It's free if you do it now," he said.
Pick up your smart card
Monday:
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
April 7-9:
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
April 10:
7 a.m.-3 p.m.
April 13:
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
April 14:
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
April 15:
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
 April 16:
7 a.m.-3 p.m.
 April 20-21:
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
There will be no charge for the first card, but a replacement card will cost $15
Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the provost, said the cards' producer and all of the vendors involved with the project would attend. Because of this, students could have features on the card activated ranging from debit-card and ATM services to long-distance services, Johnson said.
"They will be there and have the equipment necessary to produce the cards," she said. "It would probably be quicker to do it now."
Tom Hutton, director of University Relations,
said the process probably would take fewer than five minutes. Hutton said there would be multiple stations where students could have their picture taken, then move down the line to add other functions to the card.
Hutton said that the multiple stations would smooth the process and that having a company experienced in producing the cards on hand also would help.
"What I'm told is that it's pretty quick," he said. "That's the advantage of partners. Cybermark has done this 75 or 85 times. I assume things will be pretty well-oiled. I don't know if people will find a lot of uses for the cards right away, but we're trying to get most people to come during this period."
Hutton said incoming freshmen would get their cards during orientation so that no one slipped through the cracks.
Brenda Selman, associate registrar, said that although the process was during the enrollment period, it was not connected to enrollment. With the hetic enriched process going on, handing out cards at the same time just was not an option, she said.
"It's timed to coincide with enrollment," she said. "Students now have a sense of what's going on next semester. But we have our hands full."
Affirmative action draws 200 supporters to rally, march
Breeze Luetke-Stahlman, Olaire sophomore, leads protesters in a chant. A rally was held yesterday in front of Wescoe Hall to protest the proposed changes to the affirmative-action bill. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
By Sara Anderson and Jeremy Doherty
sanderson@kansan.com
jdoherty@kansan.com
Kansas stuff writers
"Go to war for the poor. No justice, no peace," was the cry from about 200 supporters who attended the National Day of Action to Defend Affirmative Action rally yesterday afternoon in front of Wescoe Hall.
The rally began at 1 p.m. and included speakers from several campus organizations, a march down Jayhawk Boulevard and a teach- on in the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. A question-and-answer session with four University of Kansas professors followed the teach-in. KU public safety officers monitored the rally.
Floyd Cline, St. Charles, Mo., junior, said he was impressed with the turnout and the support.
"I think it's really good," Cline said. "It's great that lots of people showed support of something very important."
The rally was organized in reaction to anti-affirmative action legislation recently proposed in the Kansas Legislature by Tony Powell, R-Wichita. Powell could not be reached for comment.
"It's not a color issue; it's a human issue," he said. "Let this day, April 1, not be seen as an end but as a beginning for all."
Representatives of various campus organizations spoke against the legislation and the effects it would have on students.
"I know what happened in California," said Elyse Towey, Native American Student Association president and Napa, Calif., senior "I feel fear for each and every person standing here. Seeing how much support we have makes me feel happy because Powell will not win in this state," she said.
Joe Shoffner, Williamsburg, Va., sophomore, walked by the rally and stopped to watch. He said most of the speakers were effective, but he said some were not as heartfelt as others.
Matt Bachand, Action Alliance representative and Yorktown, Va., senior, agreed that affirmative action was important in the University community.
"It is a good turnout and about half of the speakers opened my mind," he said. "The other half were just a lot of go-go rally types that didn't have much depth and were just trying to get the group excited."
During the teach-in, Michael Yellow Bird, assistant professor of social welfare; Maurice Bryan, director of the Equal Opportunity Office; Christine Arguello, associate professor of law; and Maria Orive, assistant professor of biological science, discussed their personal experiences and the history and benefits of affirmative action.
"People need to see that it's not a way to create an inferior workforce or lessen or reduce; it's about justice," Yellow Bird said. "In my classroom, I don't see this much color. I want to see more color on campus; that's what I want."
Groups that participated in the rally included Action Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Black Student Union, Campus Cause, Delta Force, Delta Sigma Theta, Feminist Union, Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Industrial Workers of the World, KU Democratrs, KU Environs, Latin American Solidarity, NASA, National Pan-Hellenic, Proponents of Animal Liberation, Queers and Allies, Sigma Lambda Gamma, Students for a Free Tibet and Zeta Phi Beta.