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Statute for rape extends 5 years
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By Daniel Metz dsmetz@indiana.edu | @DanielSMetz
IU beat No. 7 Louisville, 3-0 on Tuesday. The Hoosiers have now won 13 of their last 14.
Five years. That’s the amount of time a victim of sexual assault or rape in the state of Indiana has to charge an offender before the case legally has to be thrown out. A new piece of legislation just cleared the Indiana House of Representatives on Tuesday that provides victims of rape and sexual assault with an extension in the amount of time legally available to prosecute offenders. Senate Bill 94, which was authored by Indiana Sens. Michael Crider,R-Greenfield; Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso; and Brent Steele, R-Bedford, would increase the current statute of limitation in instances of rape under certain circumstances. A statute of limitation is a law that prohibits prosecutors from charging an individual with a crime outside of a specified period of time. The aim of these kinds of laws is to ensure convictions can only be made using evidence that has not deteriorated with time. The statute of limitations in instances of rape would be extended an additional five years if the state first discovers DNA evidence that is sufficient enough to charge an offender or if a person confesses to an offense. The bill passed unanimously in the House with a vote of 97-0. Crider authored the bill with the intention of offering a sense of peace to victims of sexual crimes. “My bill will extend the statute of limitations by an additional five years if there is a confession, or if new DNA evidence is identified,” Crider said in a press release. “My hope is that this legislation will not only give victims of these types of crimes some closure, but the opportunity for justice, which does not exist if the facts come forward outside the current five-year statute of limitation.” In Indiana the current laws state that for Class B, Class C or Class D felonies, charges for an incidence of rape cannot be filed more than five years after the alleged incident occurred. Rape becomes a Class B, Class C or Class D felony if an offender knowingly has sexual intercourse with another person without the victim giving his or her explicit consent. Indiana Rep. Christina Hale, DIndianapolis, proposed an amendment to the legislation Monday while the bill was open for debate in the House. Her goal was to protect victims whose perpetrators might have recorded or documented their rape. “One very positive thing is that people are getting caught for these
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Junior Scott Effross started the shutout. Senior Ryan Halstead finished it — feeding the people in the process. It was a pitching duel Tuesday at Bart Kaufman Field that saw No. 24 IU knock off No. 7 Louisville 3-0 in IU Coach Chris Lemonis’ first meeting against his former team. The game ended in dramatic fashion as Halstead recorded back-to-back strikeouts to bring IU’s total to 12 — the number needed for all fans to receive a free combo meal at Chick-fil-A. “He’s gotta feed the people,” Effross said. “They were already getting sandwiches, but they were probably getting hungrier. He’s just money at the end of the game, so I knew he was going to get that strikeout.” Effross pitched four innings in just his second start after missing two because of soreness. Lemonis said he planned to limit him to four innings. He allowed no runs on two hits while striking out five. “I thought he was great,” Lemonis said. “We knew he was only throwing four innings at the most, but I was tempted and wondering, ‘Should we throw him back out there?’ But we’re trying to keep him ready for Big Ten play.” IU (16-5) did not commit an error after having eight in its last SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 6 Freshman spark, page 9 Freshman infielder Isaiah Pasteur hit two home runs and contributed all three RBI’s.
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Sophomore third baseman Austin Cangelosi celebrates after hitting a double Tuesday at Bart Kaufman Field.
Students talk about sexual assault Grunwald Gallery unveils first set of thesis exhibits
By Lindsay Moore liramoor@indiana.edu | @_lindsaymoore
In an effort to combat sexual assault and its stigma within the greek system, fraternity and sorority members met to discuss solutions. The sorority group Safe Sisters, which acts as a liaison and support system for sorority members who have experienced sexual violence, and its fraternity counterpart Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault (MARS) had a collaborative meeting to discuss sexual assault prevention methods within the greek system. Sexual Assault Crisis Center counselor Debbie Melloan and other SACS representatives were present to help answer questions and facilitate discussion. “Tonight was really historical,” Melloan said. “A lot of people have been invested in making campus and the two organizations who are LIONEL LIM | IDS represented here places that people Members from different sororities and fraternities meet to discuss sexual assault on SEE SEXUAL ASSAULT, PAGE 6
campus and within greek houses. There were more than 200 students from different sororities and fraternities present Tuesday evening at Briscoe Quad to discuss different matters, including sexual assault.
By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13
Students in the Henry Radford School of Fine Arts have many opportunities to display their work around Bloomington, though the biggest display of their work at IU appears during the MFA and BFA Thesis Exhibits. The Grunwald Gallery will open the first round of thesis exhibits with the work of six MFA and three BFA students today. For her portion of the show, BFA Textile student Abigail Liechty assembled a group of sewn and stuffed textile forms with a social media twist. “I’m creating sort of like a semi-portraiture setup where people will hopefully interact with and post on Instagram with the hashtag I’ve created,”
Liechty said. Liechty said she made 10 of these textile figurines for her thesis project by cutting and sewing pre-worked fabrics for the first time. Working in this fresh medium, she said, was an experience that helped her get in touch with her own personality. “These guys have these awkward gestures that relate back to the body,” Liechty said. “That’s me trying to make a physical context of more awkwardness or how much I feel about being awkward in real life and everyday social situations.” Life would be dreary without art, Liechty said, and the opportunity to express herself through her work at IU has helped her deal with life’s changes. “Art is just, it’s more than just SEE GRUNWALD, PAGE 6