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September 12, 2014

Columbia Students Help Survivor Carry Mattress in Sexual Assault Protest 
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In New York City, students at Columbia University are holding a rally
today in solidarity with Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia senior who has been
lugging a dorm room mattress around campus to protest the university's
handling of sexual assault. Sulkowicz says she will continue carrying
the mattress until the student who raped her two years ago is expelled.
On Wednesday, students gathered to support Sulkowicz by helping her
carry her mattress to class.

 

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