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Dean Says He's Sorry For Making Dead Turkey Joke
Posted: 12.29.2012 at 8:43 AM
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - 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.

Jim Lichtenberg sent the woman an apology this week saying he should never have written the email and calling it a "personal and professional embarrassment."

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