KU Dean Apologizes For Joke About Turkey Incident
Associated Press - Fri 04:18 PM 12/28/2012
One of the deans, Jim Lichtenberg, wrote an email making fun of the incident.
A University of Kansas School of Education dean has apologized for a crude joke about a turkey that was abused and killed at a fraternity house party earlier this month.
A woman in Indiana emailed three deans at the Lawrence campus after reading about the rented turkey being chased and choked before a student killed the bird to end its suffering.
One of the deans, Jim Lichtenberg, wrote an email making fun of the incident and including a slang term describing masturbation. Lichtenberg meant to send the email only to the other deans, but the Indiana woman also received it.
On Thursday, Lichtenberg sent the woman an apology saying he should never have written the email and calling it a "personal and professional embarrassment."
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Associated Press information from: The Kansas City Star
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t-bone
Friday 28 December 2012 16:54 Report this comment
well i should say so
ksfarmdude
Friday 28 December 2012 18:48 Report this comment
Ha well i'm sure he's choked the chicken afew times too
GetAGrip
Saturday 29 December 2012 20:30 Report this comment
Wonder how he would like to have his chicken chased and choked only to have someone kill it. Way to go Dean Lichtenberg! I know it's hard for you to sore like an eagle when you are only a pigeon.
VeteranSSN669
Sunday 30 December 2012 19:02 Report this comment
...only 46 million of them killed at Thanksgiving. This one must have been special.