thursday, Oct. 17, 1985
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to the legal issues and whether they agreed on the facts.
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He said, "If you file a motion asking the court, without a trial, to decide things in your favor as a matter of law and if there are only legal issues involved, you can do that just by saying, 'As a matter of law I should win.'"
"And if there are material, controverted facts, that's when you have a trial."
On Nov. 7, the two parties will meet for the hearing on the motion of dismissal in Johnson County District Court that can make verbal arguments then.
Thomas said that she hoped a summary judgment, in which the judge rules from the bench without a trial, would be issued at that time.
The general counsel, in its motion for dismissal, argues that there is no constitutional right for a student-athlete to play football.
The players' lawyers said that if Woodworth had allowed the motion of dismissal it would have been similar to granting a summary judgment without giving them a chance to refute the motion.
Woodworth yesterday also denied Thomas' request for a change of venue, filed Oct. 8, which would move
Williams' and Griffin's suit from Johnson County to Douglas County
Collister said, "I think what he did is he denied the change of venue by saying that the University of Kansas, as set up, operates as a corporation. And because it does have a business office and does business in Johnson County, under the statutes it's a proper county for venue."
Woodworth reserves the right to
consider the change of venue. Col-
lection
Both Williams and Griffin have played in football games since they were declared eligible Sept. 28 by Woodworth.
On Sept. 19, the two players and offensive guard Doug Certain filed suit against the University. The players said in their suit that they were improperly advised by the University.
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The players were granted a restraining order that kept the University from declaring the players ineligible.
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University officials had declared them academically ineligible for not making satisfactory progress toward a degree. This was done because of the University's interpretation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's satisfactory progress rule.
Brinkman said. The rule helps them to guide their educations along a course that, it is hoped, will lead them to a degree.
Under the NCAA rule, a student athlete must declare a major in his fifth semester. Then, as he enters his senior year, he must have made satisfactory progress toward that degree. Progress is defined by KU as successful completion of 24 credit hours in the degree program.
Brinkman said the NCAA left interpretation of the rule up to the schools involved to limit infringement on academic freedom.
"Every time the NCAA tries to legislate, it creates three or four other problems," he said, brandishing an inch-thick paperback, which he identified as the NCAA rulebook.
Brinkman said football issues probably were the most difficult ones facing the athletic department today because football produced the most revenue for the University.
Brinkman said one reason that many KU athletes, particularly football players, were unprepared for University life was that they could not take part in orientation periods as the school year began.
"We all know what can happen to students who come to a large university and are not prepared for the experience," Brinkman said.
Advising athletes also is a perennial struggle for faculty members. Brinkman said the athletes, like their peers, were at a time in life when they were learning to make their own decisions, and faculty members were unsure how much advice to give them.
"How far do you go?" he said.
"Some students have expectations that they are going to get more advice than they actually do."
One requirement that may help minimize future problems with ineligibility is a high school core curriculum requirement for students who will be participating in KU athletics. Brinkman said the requirement would take effect next fall
Brinkman also praised the work being done by Supportive Educational Services under its director Richard Lee.
Supportive Services acts as a liaison with other University offices to help student athletes make their way through the University, said Tina Sohn, administrative assistant in academic support programs.
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China
ing to see how law was taught in China.
KU has exchange programs with the two universities the group will visit in the cities of Tianjin and Nanjing. Also the professors will visit universities in Xi'an and Shanghai
Mon Yin Lung, KU's law librarian,
will be the group's interpreter.
George Coggins, professor of law and going on the trip to China, said the professors might be asked to give lectures during the trip.
"Each of us is putting together what we call the expandable lecture," he said. "Something we can talk 15 minutes to two hours on."
Coggins, who specializes in oil and gas law and energy law, said he would talk about the legal system governing public lands in the United States and how resources from those public lands were allocated.
"I am looking forward to it," said Coggins, who has never been to China. "It should be very interesting, educational and possibly even fun."
Dickinson said he would lecture on state planning for agriculture because important issues in China included how agricultural profits were to be distributed and reinvested, and
whether land should be held collectively or individually.
Keith Meyer, professor of law and also on the trip, said if he were asked to give a lecture, he would talk about commercial law and agriculture.
"I think all of us are anxious to make sure the exchange works," Meyer said. "I think if the country is going to move to a more Western system, then there's a lot this law school can offer them. It's an exciting prospect, no doubt about it."
Students who study in Peking will have to be proficient in Chinese, but Davis said that would not be a problem. In the past three years, the law school has had two students who spoke Chinese fluently. And with an established exchange program, the school would attract more students who would be eligible for the program, he said.
"The exchange of resources, both human and natural, will help establish a bond with the world's next great power." Davis said. "It can only help this University and this state to have such a solid tie."
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