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August 17, 1998
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Vol. 109·No.01
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Aug.31 hearing scheduled for Vestal
Breath tests showed Vestal's blood-alcohol content to be 0.081. The legal limit for drivers under age 21 in Kansas is 0.02, for those over 21 the limit is 0.08.
By Kolli Raybern
Kansan staff writer
Matthew Vestal will face a preliminary hearing Aug. 31 on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
Vestal was the driver of the 1997 Mitsubishi Montero that struck and killed Overland Park freshman Lisa Rosel on March
31. Rosel was 19.
Vestal was
arrested
May 28 and
released
after paying
$1,000
surety bond.
Vestal.
Englewood,
Colo., sophom,
was at
The Crossing,
618 W.
12th St.,
before the
Vestal: Faces charge of involuntary manslaughter.
accident. According to Lawrence police reports, Vestal was intoxicated and speeding at the time of the accident.
Vestal will be represented at the hearing by attorney James L. Eisenbrandt, who did not return a phone call.
The purpose of the hearing is for the state to convince a judge that the case should go to trial.
"The state, as prosecutor, has to put on evidence to support that they have probable cause to prove the elements of the crime," said Braxton Copley, Legal Services for Students staff attorney.
The state issued subpoenas Aug. 6 to 17 people to testify at the hearing.
The results of both breath and blood tests conducted by police on Vestal will be admissible as evidence in court.
Those subpoenaed include Angela Boley, Eden Prairie, Minn., sophomore, who was with Rosel on the night of the accident.
Also subpoenaed were Rosel's mother, Karen, and former University Daily Kansan columnist and eyewitness to the accident John Colbert. Colbert was a senior last school year.
The state's witnesses will be accessible to Vestal's attorney at the hearing.
"The person being charged has the right to be represented by counsel," Copley said. "At the hearing, that counsel can cross-examine the state's witnesses."
The hearing will be in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th St., at 1:45 p.m. on Aug. 31.
Involuntary manslaughter is a severity-level five personal felony. If Vestal is convicted of involuntary manslaughter and has no prior record, sentencing guidelines require no presumptive imprisonment or probation. However, he could face 31 to 34 months of imprisonment or probation, Copley said.
Getting carried away
Chancellor has a moving day at GSP-Corbin
By Sarah Nale
Kansan staff writer
The chancellor and other administrators did not have the day off just because it was Saturday.
University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway was lifting boxes, carrying televisions and running up stairs — all duties that probably are not listed in his job description.
Hemenway was at Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall at 8 a.m. Saturday to help the women move into their new home. About 10 other administrators were at GSP-Corbin and other residence halls to greet new students and help them carry items inside, said Tom Hutton director of University Relations.
"The chancellor wanted to make KU student-center and show them that they are important." Hutton said. "What better way to do that at their first exposure to the University?"
The chancellor began by greeting students and shaking hands, but as the morning progressed, he had worked up a sweat.
"The biggest thing I carried was this wardrobe box about 7 feet long." Hemenway said. "I didn't know if we could get it around the stairs."
One of the only accidents the chancellor bad was a cart that he helped overturn.
Hutton said that helping at the residence halls was the chancellor's idea.
"We've got a chancellor who is very hands-on and very interested in the students," he said. "He's the kind of person who's not afraid to lift up his sleeves and get his hands dirty."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway lends a hand to Randy Hutsell, Mission resident, who was moving his daughter Kelly into Corbin Hall. For about two hours, the chancellor helped students move into GSP-Corbin Hall. Photo by Roger Nomer / KANSAN
New system rushes students
Process is designed to help ease scheduling conflicts during first move-in day
By Sarah Hale
After years of chaos, fighting and pure luck trying to get a parking space, moving day at Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin Hall just got easier.
The University Public Safety and Housing departments decided this was the year to do something about the parking lot and conflicting sorority rush schedules.
With nearly 700 women, most of whom are on time constraints for rush, trying to move in at the same time, the GSP-Corbin lots and neighboring streets normally were complete pandemonium, said Ralph Oliver, head of the Department of Public Safety.
Kansan staff writer
issued tractor This year, the Public Safety Department decided to change the process to make it more pleasant for everyone involved, Oliver said. The two departments began working on the changes about two weeks ago.
"I was asked by my boss to look at the situation and make it a more positive process," he said. "This will give everyone a parking
Parents and students often resorted to parking illegally, which resulted in city-issued tickets and numerous complaints.
The new process began the same way as in previous years by having the lot completely open in the morning. After the lot was full, instead of driving around hoping to find a spot, the driver of each car was issued a number. As each car left the parking lot, the next number was called and the car could come to the GSP-Corbin lot to park. People were not issued specific time restrictions for each spot, but they were not expected to take longer than one hour.
space in an orderly manner, and it won't just be by chance."
Residents officially checked in at 8 a.m. Saturday to GSP-Corbin Hall. By
See PARENTS on page 4A
KU ranks 48th in list of schools
By Melody Ard
Kansan staff writer
Even at a reasonably priced school, the cost of an education is high. So when a university is identified as a "value," the school, and its prospective students, notice.
The University of Kansas recently was ranked 48th in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine's list of the Top 100 Values in State Universities.
"KU always comes out very high on these lists," said Chancellor Robert Hemenway. "People compare the value at KU with the cost of tuition and realize it is an exceptionally good university."
Although Alan Cerveny, director of admissions, said he did not get caught up in the numbers, he said being identified as an educational value was noteworthy.
The Kiplinger's rankings included enrollment, costs, graduation and admission rates as well as average financial-aid packages.
"If you compare the cost of peer institutions, especially on the East Coast, and you take into consideration that a KU degree is highly respected by employers and graduate schools, then it's no surprise that we were ranked that way," Cerveny said.
The magazine estimated total in-state costs to be $6,302, and total out-of-state costs to be $12,720. The average aid package was estimated to be $4,117 by using information collected from Wintergreen/Orchard House, a clearing-
See KU on page 4A
Top Values in State Universities
2. University of Virginia
12,486 $9,287 $20,235
accreditant in-stake cost out-of-state
1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2. University of Texas at Austin
12,486 $ 9,287 $20,235
3. College of William and Mary, VA
4. University of Virginia
4. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
26,057 $9,900 $16,716
3. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
26,057 $9,900 $16,716
12. University of Texas, Austin
@ 40-7476 & 6.7584 & $13,248
26. University of Missouri, Columbia
15,848 $ 6,662 $ 16,330
32,474 5,768 $13,248
26. University of Missouri, Columbia
34. University of Colorado, Boulder
18,652 $ 7,769 $20,275
18,652
40. MU MEM University, College Station
31,587 $8,916 $14,936
48. University of Kansas
16,924 $6,302 $12,720
59. Kansas State University
$14,432 $6,816 $12,890
74. Oklahoma State University $13,950
14. Oklahoma State University
13,315 $6,869 $10,649
13,315    $8,689    $10,649
7G. University of California
14,533    $10,353
Source: Kiplinger's Personal
Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
Margaret
E-mail kiosks to open in unions and libraries
By Liz Wristen Kansan staff writer
Computers limited to e-mail use only
Lines of students waiting to check their e-mail on campus may shorten with the addition of more computers at University of Kansas libraries and unions.
The long-awaited kiosks have arrived and will be installed at the Watson and Anschutz libraries by Thursday and then later this seme-
ter at the Kansas and Burge unions. Students will be able to use the computers installed at Watson and Anschutz libraries to check their e-mail accounts.
Wes Hubert, assistant director of Academic Computing Services, said that the University decided not to allow the computers to be used for web-browsing because of time.
"This idea was suggested by students, for students," Hubert said. "We will be interested in feedback from students as to whether they like the limited access or would prefer a wider range of use."
When space is ready, the
machines will be installed on both the third and fourth levels of the Kansas Union and in the Burge Union.
"We are currently in a state of holding at the unions," said Lydia Ash. Budig Computer Lab adviser. "We are waiting on construction and trying to decide where we can best fit the stations."
The machines allotted for the service, titled Network Express STations (NEST), are Zenith 486 DX33 computers. Bill Loats, consultant/programmer for Academic Computing Services, said that student suggestions provided a wav
"Students would like to check their e-mail from campus," Loats said. "This is a good way for the older machines to provide students with that service."
for the older machines to be used in a good manner.
"With luck, this will be a way for students to check their mail quickly." Ash said. "It will also be helpful to students who are waiting on a response from an instructor."
Ash said that 10 computers would be installed on the third and fourth floors of Watson library, and five computers would be available in Anschutz Science Library.
"These computers are not designed to be a place for students to write a letter home to mom," Ash said. "They are available for quick use, like between classes."
The computers will be placed on tall tables without accompanying chairs. There will be one handicapped-accessible table available at each site, Ash said.
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Hubert said that anyone without a University account could open one through the following website: http://www.ukans.edu/account.html. Students with comments or questions about the NEST system can send them to nest@ukans.edu.
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