September 2012 – Page 37 – Hays Post Archive

FHSU Takes Top Honors at Prairie Classic Shooting Tournament

Posted on September 1, 2012September 1, 2012

The Fort Hays State University Shooting Team took first place team and individual competitions at the Prairie Classic held Aug. 25 and 26 in North Platte, Neb.

Four schools competed in the tournament — FHSU, Oklahoma State University, Kansas State University and Colorado State University.

FHSU won first and second place in trap singles, trap doubles, skeet doubles and 5-stand. The team also won first in skeet singles.

Print Zutavern, Broken Bow, Neb., sophomore, Damian Giles, North Platte, Neb., senior, and Robert Ring, Springfield, Colo., senior, placed first, second and third in the men’s individual standings. Ashley Nau, Gering, Neb., junior, placed first and Kendall Hostler, Grand Island, Neb., sophomore, tied for second in the women’s individual standings.

The team was also presented with a $5,000 Scholastic Clay Target Program Award.

The SCTP provides the opportunity for students to participate in sports of trap, skeet and sporting clays in a supportive environment taught by trained and supportive adult coaches focusing on the safe handling and use of firearms.

Curiosity Rover Subject of Next Science Café

Posted on September 1, 2012

“Curious about Curiosity” a presentation by Dr. John Heinrichs, chair of the Department of Geosciences, on the Mars rover, will kick off Fort Hays State University’s fall Science Café series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the backroom of Gella’s Diner, 117 E. 11th St.

“I will be covering the key questions about Mars,” said Heinrichs. “After the inconclusive results from Viking Mission in the 1970s, questions have been circling about whether Mars has ever or can it ever sustain life. I want to discuss these questions and those about the current mission.”

The Mars Science Laboratory Mission carried by Curiosity landed on Mars on Aug. 5. The rover, about the size of a small SUV, is traveling around the Gale Crater for a planned mission of two years to determine if Mars’ climate ever was, or still is today, habitable for microbial life.

The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute.

KU Professor Creates Anti-Bullying Program

Posted on September 1, 2012

Kansas schools are about to get some help confronting bullying.

University of Kansas psychology professor Robert Harrington is creating a certificate program to help schools address the problem. The program will be available online for educators across the state.

Kansas is not among the 33 states with statewide policies on school bullying. Instead, districts adopt their own. Harrington analyzed about half of the Kansas policies.

Harrington found none included language on when parents should be notified of bullying. Also, very few involved training for teachers or parents on how to handle bullying.

The program will show teachers and schools methods to curb bullying, such as problem-solving conflict resolution, anger control, social skills training, relaxation and tolerance training. It also discourages suspending bullies, saying the traditional punishment doesn’t curb the problem.