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Maynard's choice was not without detractors. Some religious groups and others
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Working with Compassion & Choices, Maynard used her story to speak out for the right of terminally ill people like herself to end their lives on their own terms.
What: Cup of Conversation
When: 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Wescoe Beach
About: A public discussion about current events, recurring every Tuesday in November.
What: Sexual Education Committee
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus
Ministries
About: Former Prof. Dennis Dailey
lectures about jealousy.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
What: Lunch N Learn
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, Room 202
About: A workshop about the benefits of massage therapy.
What: Pause 4 Pups
When: 8 to 9 p.m.
Where: Ellsworth Hall
About: Hang out with the therapy dogs provided by Loving Paws.
Thursday, Nov. 6
What: Tea @ Three
When: 3 to 4 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: Drink tea and meet up with friends between classes.
Friday, Nov. 7
What: Student Night
When: 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: A casual event based off the themes of "Holding Pattern."
What: International Coffee Hour
When: 3 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus
Ministries
About: A social event welcome to
International Students.
What: Slavic Folk Dance Workshop When: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Burge Union, Gridiron Room About: A workshop hosted by the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old terminally ill woman planned to take her own life under Oregon's death with dignity law. A spokesman for a Maynard says she has taken lethal medication prescribed by a doctor and died. Sean Crowley, spokesman from the group Compassion & Choices, said late Sunday that Brittany Maynard was surrounded by family Saturday when she took the medication.
Terminally ill Brittany Maynard takes own life
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The issue of physician-assisted suicide is not new, but Maynard's youth and vitality before she became ill brought the discussion to a younger generation.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brittany Maynard stuck by her decision.
The woman with brain cancer who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under an Oregon law allowing terminally ill people to choose when to die. She would have been 30 on Nov.19.
Maynard had been in the spotlight for about a month since publicizing that she and her husband, Dan Diaz, moved to Portland from Northern California so that she could take advantage of the Oregon law. She told journalists she planned to die Nov. 1, shortly after her husband's birthday, but reserved the right to move the date forward or push it back.
Maynard ended her suffering right on schedule after hinting at a possible delay in a video released last week.
"She died as she intended — peacefully in her bedroom, in the arms of her loved ones," said Sean Crowley, a spokesman for the advocacy group Compassion & Choices.
Crowley said Maynard "suffered increasingly frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms. As symptoms grew more severe, she chose to abbreviate the dying process by taking the aid-in-dying medication she had received months ago."
"We are saddened by the fact that this young woman gave up hope, and now our concern is for other people with terminal illnesses who may contemplate following her example," Janet Morana, executive director of the group Priests for Life, said in a statement after Maynard's death. "Brittany's death was not a victory for a political cause. It was a tragedy, hastened by despair and aided by the culture of death invading our country."
Oregon was the first U.S. state to make it legal for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes the request. The patient must swallow the drug without help; it is illegal for a doctor to administer it.
The state does not track how many terminally ill people move to Oregon to die. A patient must prove to a doctor that they are living in Oregon. Some examples of documentation include a rental agreement, a voter registration card or a driver's license.
More than 750 people in Oregon have used the law to die as of Dec.31,2013.The median age of the deceased is 71.Only six were younger than 35.
She was diagnosed with brain cancer on New Year's Day of this year and was later told she had six months to live.
Four other states — Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico — allow patients to seek help to die.
Maynard told The Associated Press in an Oct. 8 interview that her husband and other relatives accepted her decision.
"I think in the beginning my family members wanted a miracle; they wanted a cure for my cancer," she said. "When we all sat down and looked at the facts, there isn't a single person that loves me that wishes me more pain and more suffering."
Task force seeks KU community feedback
MCKENNA HARFORD
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The sexual assault task force introduced themselves to campus via email yesterday and addressed community involvement in the discussion. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and the sexual assault task force have received recommendations and suggestions regarding the sexual assault training, policies and actions.
PURPOSE
The task force will look at the recommendations while they discuss possible changes to make to training and policies. The task force is also in charge of deciding what steps the University could make to address prevention of sexual assault and providing students with adequate resources, which may include permanent funding for a student advocate.
"We are trying to figure out how to respond to (suggestions), our actions and possibly how to incorporate them," said Angela Murphy, co-chair of the sexual assault task force. "People shouldn't hesitate to send (suggestions) in because that really matters because we know we are supposed to be representative and we can't be effective without feedback."
The task force encourages anyone to submit suggestions, which can be anonymous, through its webpage, satsakforce.ku.edu, or email, taskforce@ku.edu. Murphy said.
TRENDS
So far, many of the recommendations focus on changes to the sexual assault training, especially the clarity of the information. The Chancellor made the training mandatory in response to concerns that it wasn't taken seriously by students.
"Training is something at the top of the priorities list because there is a very strong interest in preventing sexual
assault in the first place," Director of Strategic Communications Jack Martin said.
OTHER SUGGESTED CHANGES INCLUDED.
— Making it clear that domestic violence and sexual harassment, including assault, is a crime
— Making it clear that if someone has a concern for his or her safety then he or she should report it to campus police and to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access
Making it clear that there are consequences to committing the crime of sexual harassment, including assault
Having an affirmative definition of consent and making it clear that sex without consent is rape
These suggestions were sent to the task force, Martin said.
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