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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015
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Mike Getto, assistant KU football coach from 1930s and 1940s, brought the Jayhawk back to his hometown of Jeannette, Pa., where it was adopted by the high school and remains its mascot to this day.
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University to offer new bullying prevention course
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews
Starting this summer, the University will offer EPSY 798: Bullying Prevention and Intervention course online, and on the Lawrence campus in the fall.
According to a University news release, the class was established in response to recent new state requirements for anti-bullying training in colleges.
Robert Harrington, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, has taught a similar class in the past. He will also teach the new class and said it is about establishing a broader definition of what bullying
really is.
"Bullying happens in a lot of different places," Harrington said. "It can happen in schools, it can happen in higher ed, and sexual harassment is also a kind of bullying."
While Harrington said the class focuses primarily on educating professionals working in K-12 schools, there are also other forms of bullying like racial bullying and bullying of international students at the University.
Bixi Qiao, a graduate student in education psychology from China, took one of Harrington's classes on bullying last semester. She said the class "covered a lot of different topics."
Harrington was awarded the Center of Sustainability's Social Justice award last year for his efforts in education bullying.
prevention is creating a warm environment for people, especially for high school students," Qiao said.
"The best thing for bullying
"It's a really interesting application to a current social issue," said Kim Criner, the Center of Sustainability's education and outreach coordinator. "Putting it in a social sustainability perspective, that we don't have the opportunity or access to equal opportunities because they are being hindered by social oppression."
Juror cuts continue in Co. theater shooting trial
Edited by Valerie Haag
SADIE GURMAN Associated Press
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The months-long process of selecting a jury in the Colorado theater shooting case is nearing its end, the judge said as the pool of prospective jurors, once numbering 9,000, was reduced to 93 on Monday.
Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. said he anticipates a 12-member jury could be seated as soon as Tuesday in the trial of James Holmes. The judge also is seeking 12 alternate jurors for a trial that could last through the summer.
Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the July 20, 2012, attack that killed 12 people and injured 70. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, and opening statements are set for April 27.
Holmes had a new, shorter haircut for Monday's hearing and had shaved the bushy beard he wore just last week. He wore a brown shirt and reddish, tortoise shell glasses.
Nineteen people were dismissed on Monday, reducing the pool of prospects to 93. That's down from about 9,000 prospective jurors court officials initially summoned. Experts say the jury selection, which began in January, was among the largest and most complicated in U.S. history.
questionnaires starting Jan. 20, hundreds of people were asked to return for one-on-one sessions, where defense attorneys, prosecutors and the judge questioned them, sometimes for hours, about their views on the death penalty, mental illness and other aspects of the criminal justice system.
After filling out lengthy
Samour told attorneys that they could no longer press prospective jurors about those topics during group questioning that began Monday. Attorneys instead will ask questions about the rule of law and how prospective jurors gauge the credibility of witnesses who testify.
Unlike in individual questioning, attorneys can now dismiss potential jurors without giving cause.
Samour said he was
impressed by the prospective jurors, many of whom told him they would rather not serve on the jury but would if needed, giving up four or five months of their lives.
"You are the reason we have the democratic society we relish today," Samour told them, noting that one prospective juror moved her honeymoon from May to April and another agreed to get up at 3 a.m. to get in five hours of work every day.
Samour, who is from El Salvador, also tried to put them at ease, poking fun at his accent and making a joke. "Now that you understand how long and inefficient jury selection is, do you understand why they never show it on 'Law and Order'?" he said, referring to the long-running TV series.
ANDY CROSS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes is seated in court in Centennial, Colo., on June 4, 2013. Jury selection in the Colorado theater shooting case enters its final stage Monday when attorneys begin questioning prospective jurors as a large group. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will whittle 115 remaining candidates down to 12 jurors and 12 alternates serve in the months-long trial of Holmes. Opening statements are scheduled for April 27.
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