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Jimmanee Gomez-Spears talks with Leslie Barnes of the Indiana National Organization for Women on Wednesday outside room 431 at the Indianapolis Statehouse. The two women came to the Statehouse on Wednesday morning to testify against House Bill 1337.

DEMANDING DIGNITY Supporters of abortion bill testify it would allow fetal remains to be disposed of with dignity, while opponents claim the bill adds shame to abortion process. Alexa Chryssovergis aachryss@indiana.edu | @achryssovergis

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ince last summer, 24-year-old Abigail McKinney has had an abortion, traded her poor-paying part-time job for one that’s fulltime and left her abusive ex-boyfriend. Wednesday, she cried in a room full of Indiana legislators as she shared her story. McKinney was testifying at the Indiana Statehouse on Wednesday morning during a hearing for House Bill 1337. The bill, which passed through the House on Feb. 2 with a 74-23 vote, regards abortion — specifically, the disposal of fetal remains after an abortion or miscarriage takes place. HB 1337, authored by Rep. Casey Cox, R-Fort Wayne, would mandate either the mother of a deceased fetus or the medical personnel responsible for the remains dispose of them through cremation or interment. The bill would also ask a woman

considering an abortion to listen to the fetal heartbeat and view an ultrasound of the fetus 18 hours before the abortion procedure, although she would have the option to sign a form denying this obligation if she so desired. The hearing was inconclusive, as the chairwoman of the Health and Provider Services Senate committee, Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, decided the bill would be tabled until next week, during which time it will potentially be amended and voted on. Both sides supporting and opposing the bill were allowed 30 minutes during the hearing to present their cases. Many testimonies were impassioned, but McKinney’s was the only one that ended in tears. “Imagine your doctor asking you if you’d like to bury or cremate the remains of an abortion after you thought that chapter of your life was over,” McKinney said.

Breaking down the bill House Bill 1337 would mandate that either the mother of a deceased fetus or the medical personnel responsible for the remains dispose of them through cremation or interment. The bill would also ask that a woman considering an abortion listen to the fetal heartbeat and view an ultrasound of the fetus 18 hours before the abortion procedure, although she would have the option to sign a form denying this obligation if she so desired.

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Four incidents of rape were reported over the weekend. A female IU student reported she had been sexually assaulted after the IU Police Department was called for medical assistance at 2:16 a.m. Saturday at Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, IUPD Capt. Andy Stephenson said. The student was intoxicated and taken into custody. Once at jail, she reported the sexual assault to IUPD, but could not remember any specific details, Stephenson said. She was then transferred to the hospital. No suspect has been identified. A female student reported at 4:25 a.m. Sunday she had been raped after accepting a ride in a car from three male students she met that night, Stephenson said. She reported the rape occurred in the vehicle. The three suspects claim the sexual activity was consensual, Stephenson said. IUPD believes alcohol was involved. No charges have been filed yet and the incident is still under investigation. A female student made a third-party complaint of the rape of a second female student. The report was made at 2:09 a.m. Sunday after the first student overheard a conversation in which the second student said she had been raped, Stephenson said. The victim was allegedly assaulted months ago, Stephenson said. The victim did not wish to speak to the police and there is no active investigation. A fourth incident of rape was reported as occurring at McNutt Quadrangle at 2:06 a.m. Sunday. Bloomington Police Department handled the case and did not comment. Sarah Gardner

University Players break the fourth wall By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra

By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu | @grace_palmieri

IU Coach Tom Crean often praises his team for making ingame adjustments. They got away from doing that in a loss to Michigan State on Sunday. But it became the difference in an 80-64 win over Nebraska four days later. “Collectively, we had a better mindset coming out this game,” sophomore guard Rob Johnson said. “And when they made a little run, we came together and made sure we got a stop right there.” Crean said those adjustments actually started with Johnson, who suggested they begin switching everything on defense. “I think we had six straight possessions where they didn’t score in that,” Crean said. “That was absolutely paramount to the game.” IU didn’t win with its typical formula. Senior guard Yogi Ferrell scored just 11 points. Freshman forward Juwan Morgan, who earned bigger minutes than he has all season,

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80-64 finished with a career-high 12 points. After leading 7-5 at the start of the game, the Hoosiers trailed for the majority of the first half. This didn’t change until senior guard Nick Zeisloft tied it with his second 3-pointer of the game. Then, Ferrell knocked down a pair of free throws at the 2:25 mark, which were also his first points of the game. Junior forward Troy Williams helped carry some of the scoring weight in the first half with nine points. He bounced back from a game in which he had zero points and two turnovers in 20 minutes. On Wednesday night, Williams led the Hoosiers with 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting. Morgan also gave IU some good minutes late in the second half. SEE IUBB, PAGE 6

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Senior guard Yogi Ferrell drives to the basket to score. Ferrell racked up 11 points against Nebraska to help the Hoosiers defeat the Cornhusks 80-64 Wednesday at Assembly Hall.

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The Marquis de Sade, born in 1740, was incarcerated in various prisons and in an insane asylum for 32 years of his life. During this time, he still wrote the novels, short stories and plays for which he became known. University Players’ production of “Marat/Sade” includes the Marquis as a character who writes a play for asylum patients to perform while he is also institutionalized. The play the Marquis writes is about Charlotte Corday’s plot to murder Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. The actors portray mental patients who portray characters in the play about the Revolution. The play is multi-leveled and meta-theatrical, codirector and senior Alex Goodman said. “We travel through Charlotte Corday coming to Paris and deciding that she’s going to kill Marat, but at the same time we get these great arguments about philosophy, life and death, the nature of prisons and revolutions and what is freedom and what is individuality,” Goodman said. These arguments occur against a backdrop of murder that actually happened, she said. One effect of the play within a play is the audience is only distanced from one of the plot lines, Goodman said.

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