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Monday, August 25, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
SenEx delavs action on athletes
By ATLE BJORGE
Staff writer
The University Senate Executive Committee still has no formal position on whether athletes should be allowed to enroll before other students.
After a 45-minute discussion Friday, SenEx members postponed taking a position on early enrollment of student athletes until Sept. 5.
A system of preferential enrollment was instituted last fall as part of a systematic and comprehensive review of the academic side of the athletic program.
Under this system, athletes affected enroll on the first evening of each enrollment period
Although there are about 400 student athletes, early enrollment only involves about half of them, said Anthony Redwood, director of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation. The remainder go through normal pre-enrollment because they are seniors or juniors.
These policies are under the jurisdiction of the vice chancellor for
academic affairs. SenEx can recommend changes in policy to the vice chancellor.
The Student Senate in the spring approved a non-binding resolution that called for the end of the early enrollment system.
"It says that you are a second-class student if you are not out on the field." said Gordon Woods, a student senator. "I not unisympathetic to the problems athletes have, but they are not unique."
"This is the remedy," he said.
Redwood said an alternative to the present system was to return to having no early enrollment, a system he labeled chaotic.
Redwood defended early enrollment, saying that athletics were University-sponsored activities and that the performance of athletes reflected back on the University.
Bob Stancliff, women's softball coach, said athletes had left his team because they couldn't do well in the classroom and schedule practice time around it. He said the new enrollment procedures allowed players to improve their grade point averages.
Woods, however, said the key to a quality education was access to classes, and the rotating system
Most schools in the Big Eight Conference have some form of special enrollment for athletes, Redwood said.
Richard Lee, director of supportive educational services, said athletes had from 40 to 55 hours of practice time every week, in addition to class time
Redwood also said athletes had less flexibility than other students because of their practice schedules.
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Students who are working or in band have the same scheduling problems as the athletes, he said. A student might be working 30 to 35 hours a week, and have to take a specific class to get into the School of Business, Woods said.
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Tom Stidham, assistant director of bands, said he didn't have any problem with preferential enrollment of athletes. But there are other groups that are probably just as deserving, he said.
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Washburn was walking across McDonald Road in front of the National Guard Armory when he was struck by a northbound car driven by Craig M. Fincham, 18, 108 W. 22nd Terrace.
Student hit by car critical
No charges were filed against
By a Kansan reporter
Larry W. Washburn, 20. Wellington sophomore, was listed in critical but stable condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center yesterday after being hit by a car about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night.
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Fincham was given a field sobriety test and a breath-alcohol test, but the results had not been released, said an officer with the Lawrence Police Department.
Fincham and two passengers in his car were not injured.
Washburn, who was going to the Anchor Bash, a party sponsored by Delta Gamma sorority that took place at the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, suffered a head injury and a broken leg in the accident.
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