A Columbia University student who carried a mattress around the campus all year to raise awareness of sexual assault graduated Tuesday — with her mattress in tow.Emma Sulkowicz, who says she was raped on her first day of her sophomore year, brought the mattress with her as she walked across the stage during the ceremony. The audience applauded.
Sulkowicz says the case against her alleged abuser was dismissed and he was allowed to remain enrolled at the school. As part of her senior thesis, a performance art project called "Carry That Weight," the visual arts major said she would carry the mattress everywhere she went on campus for as long as she attended the same school as her alleged rapist.
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I think it's sad that she even had to do this in the first place, but I think she was sending a good message. This also seems to be a problem for Columbia University, as they were under federal investigation in January for how they handle sexual assault cases.
What do you think about this? What do you think about the way school's handle sexual assault cases? I know there are a ton of schools in the U.S. who have problems with this and who have been investigated.