OPINION, PAGE 3: The Rocky Balboa film series continues with the antelope "Creed" Volume 117, Issue 15 | 2.3.16 | www.unkantelope.com 111-year anniversary inspires 2016 events What is your “why?" UNK COMMUNICATION the Nebraska State Normal School to Kearney. Davis encourages all to “UNK Perspectives: 111 and 25” Events Jump ahead to September 1905 March 1 - Lecture “Kearney’s Beginning,” – 111 years ago – when new Normal reach for their best 4 p.m., Chancellor Douglas A. Kristensen, School president A.O. Thomas took over SHELBY CAMERON fall classes in the new Administration Fine Arts Building Recital Hall, followed by Antelope Staff premiere of “Perspectives” Exhibition and Building. It had temporary stairs, lacked window glass, and required steam reception, Calvin T. Ryan Library On Thursday, Jan. 28, the Office of engines to deliver heat until the heating April 6 - “A Century in the Making,” 7 Multicultural Affairs: The Social Justice plant was completed. p.m. film and panel, World Theatre League presented “The Life, The Legacy of Could the Nebraska Legislature July 1 - “25 Years” faculty/staff Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” by Aaron Davis and president Thomas know that nearly celebration and breakfast, under the Yanney at the Nebraskan Student Union Ponderosa 85 years later, in 1989, another historic bell tower Room. legislative battle would erupt over the fate Sept. 1 - Student artwork exhibition Over 80 gathered to hear Davis speak of then-Kearney State College to become September TBD - “111 & 25” the “bald truth” about empowerment and part of the University of Nebraska? Celebration Dinner what it means to perform like champions The year 2016 marks historic each and every day. benchmarks – 111 years since the In March 1903, the Nebraska Davis is the owner of Aaron Davis institution’s founding, and 25 years since Legislature appropriated $50,000 to build Presentations Inc., a published author becoming University of Nebraska at a normal school in western Nebraska, of three books, co-author of two books Kearney. Chancellor Doug Kristensen Courtesy touching off a heated competition among and a member of the 1994 National will invite alumni, community Archival photo: A student life photo several communities wanting to be Championship Nebraska Football team. features a co-ed dance routine. selected. The debate and ballots – 111 of Davis started out by asking audience ANNIVERSARY, PAGE 11 them – made history. The last vote brought members introduce themselves to strangers and talk about fears, dreams and future aspirations. “There was one Growing Up Danish In America thing specifically that I connected with, refusing Calvin T. Ryan Library exhibit This exhibit was specifically designed to stay comfortable. to depict phases of life for Danish children I’ve always promoted takes visitors on journey growing up American, the photos from the uprooting yourself from DAAL’s collections show various stages of what’s comfortable ANDREA MARTIN MOLLY a Danish immigrant child’s life at the turn OSTERBERG to you,” said Molly Antelope Staff of the 20th century, from infancy to their Osterberg, a senior family early teens. The exhibit shows immigration studies major. Davis wanted students to Fifty oversize photos of Danish to and from Denmark. take in the fact that being uncomfortable Children Growing up American were “When we learned about the Danish is okay because that is when a difference is selected from tens of thousands to tell a children’s exhibit, we knew it would be actually made. universal story, Growing Up Danish In wonderful to bring it here – Nebraska has “Everything you do, your name is on America. a very large population of people tracing it,” said Davis when speaking about his own The exhibit, a collaboration between their ancestry back to Denmark – no doubt experiences in life, and he continued giving The Danish American Archive and Library UNK has quite a number of students from personal examples about overcoming racial (DAAL) and University of Nebraska those families. Maybe a student will spot a inequality. Omaha, runs Jan. 15 through Feb. 29. Photo by Rachel Arehart distant relative in one of the pictures,” said 1916 | Walker – Johnson Collection| Davis spoke about what he feels is one The photos showcase costumes and Dean of the Library, Janet Wilke. Davey, Nebraska | Anker Johnson of the main issues in society: people focus playthings, a typical day in the life on kneels at the grave of his five year old on their differences rather than finding the farm, religious beliefs and even some DANISH, PAGE 11 brother Kenneth. education practices. WHY, PAGE 11 op/ed Hunke's perspective on end of life choices and he strove to end the suffering of mind made up, please open it for this to consider carefully. Is euthanasia a human those suffering from terminal illnesses/ discussion. Despite its controversial nature, the right or an inhumane diseases. Yet, despite this idealistic As members of the human race, we merits that euthanasia possesses have mercy, he spent eight years in prison, have a right to live, we have a right to been seen by several states in the U.S., as practice, you decide starting in 1999. He stirred controversy defend ourselves, our families and our well as some other countries, worldwide. wherever he went, and very few saw the property, and we also have a right to the Oregon saw an Assisted Suicide law ANTHONY HUNKE value of his work. pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit implemented in 1994, allowing people to Antelope Staff In the time since Kevorkian began of happiness. To have someone tell you end their suffering early. his lonely and generally unaccepted that you cannot end your life seems According to the Euthanasia “Death.” While it is crusade, more citizens now know and contradictory. Research & Guidance Organization. ‘ composed of merely five ‘ explore the idea of several categories of The opposition to euthanasia says Washington passed the Washington letters, the damaging end-of-life euthanasia. that assisted suicide is a right that is not Death with Dignity Act in 2008, repercussions it can granted to us. However, I ask, if rights permitting terminal adults with less have upon people are 1. In active euthanasia, another are withheld from us, are we truly a free than six months to live to order lethal far from minute. individual (like Kevorkian) directly people? medication to end their pain. The most commonly asked question acts to assist ending a life. by mourners is “why?” 2. Passive euthanasia results from one But, what if the deceased chose ...if rights are withheld from us, to end their pain and suffering? Is it individual withholding treatment possible for “Death” to not just be a from another that would lead to are we truly a free people? punishment, but a mercy? The practice recovery. of euthanasia has been around for many 3. Voluntary euthanasia is where What about patients who only The state of Montana legislated in years, but with our highly technological people ask to die. endure due to a machine? Or what about 2009 that there were no laws that could age, it is one such topic that has, more 4. Non-voluntary euthanasia is where patients in a coma at the end? What way prevent someone from seeking assisted recently, hit the mainstream with ferocity the ill individual may not have the is that to‘ live?‘ Imagine you just found suicide. as individual states debated and passed out that a friend was diagnosed with Finally, Vermont passed the “End- legislation. capacity to give their direct consent. terminal cancer. They were given six Of-Life Choices” law in 2013 that stated Euthanasia and assisted suicide are In this situation, arrangements were months to live and they were warned when two doctors were consulted in the closely linked when someone chooses to made previously to end their life if that those would be the most painful six same case, and they diagnosed the patient end their own life. Dr. Jack Kevorkian was certain criteria were met. months. Why persevere for six months to a six-month or less sentence, assisted the first significant euthanasia activist, There are some who see euthanasia in excruciating pain? suicide could be sought as an option, as a mercy, but there are far more who According to “Top 10 Pros and according to “Assisted Suicide Laws In see it as manslaughter, murder and an Cons,” euthanasia.procon.org, the United States,” (Humphrey, Euthanasia Daniel absolute sin. What I hope to accomplish European Declaration of Human Rights Research & Guidance Organization). Martin is for you, my readers, to expand your says that humans have the right to cease Countries that permit assisted perspective. Even if you have your suffering if they choose. Why can’t we suicide are Belgium, Colombia, India, -A Blend of Incredible Magic extend that for America? Ireland, Mexico, Luxembourg and the Opponents say euthanasia is a form Netherlands. and Sarcastic Improv of murder, and doctors following the Hypocratic Oath cannot participate. The oath states that medical professionals What do you think? can “do no harm” to their patients, but “Top 10 Pros and Cons" says it best when This is part one of a two part series the real harm would be in the physician on Hunke's opinion on assisted end of prolonging the suffering of an individual life, which will appear next week. who would not recover. Opponents of In next week's edition: euthanasia resist the idea the greatest mercy they could offer would be an end. • Hunke will write opinion on One of the greatest concerns about specific cases including that Euthanasia would be in regard to our health care and government.