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| '''Emma Sulkowicz''' is an American woman who is currently a fourth-year student and visual arts major at ] in ]. She claims to have been anally raped in her own bed, and filed a complaint against the alleged rapist along with two other individuals. She has harshly criticized the school's handling of her case and has become widely known for her performance-art protests against the school. | '''Emma Sulkowicz''' is an American woman who is currently a fourth-year student and visual arts major at ] in ]. She claims to have been anally raped in her own bed, and filed a complaint against the alleged rapist along with two other individuals. She has harshly criticized the school's handling of her case and has become widely known for her performance-art protests against the school. | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Sulkowicz is the daughter of psychiatrists from Manhattan |
Sulkowicz is the daughter of Sandra Leong and ], both psychiatrists from Manhattan. She attended ] on the ]. She originally planned to major in mechanical physics in college, but found herself drawn to visual arts instead.<ref name=nymag>{{cite web | url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/emma-sulkowicz-campus-sexual-assault-activism.html | title=Meet the College Women Who Are Starting a Revolution Against Campus Sexual Assault | work=New York Magazine | date=21 September 2014 | accessdate=30 October 2014 | author=Grigoriadis, Vanessa}}</ref> | ||
| ==Alleged rape and response== | ==Alleged rape and response== | ||
| Sulkowicz has stated she was anally raped on the first day of her sophomore year.<ref name=time/> She initially did not report it because she "didn’t feel like dealing with the emotional trauma."<ref name=time/> Seven months after the alleged incident, the school held a hearing in which they found the accused rapist "not responsible" in all cases.<ref name=valenti/> Her alleged rapist, Jean-Paul Nungesser, is still a student at Columbia.<ref name=nymag/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://columbiaspectator.com/2014/05/16/why-we-published-name-alleged-rapist | title=Why we published the name of an alleged rapist | work=Columbia Spectator | date=16 May 2014 | accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> | Sulkowicz has stated she was anally raped on the first day of her sophomore year.<ref name=time/> She initially did not report it because she "didn’t feel like dealing with the emotional trauma."<ref name=time/> Seven months after the alleged incident, the school held a hearing in which they found the accused rapist "not responsible" in all cases.<ref name=valenti/> Her alleged rapist, Jean-Paul Nungesser, is still a student at Columbia.<ref name=nymag/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://columbiaspectator.com/2014/05/16/why-we-published-name-alleged-rapist | title=Why we published the name of an alleged rapist | work=Columbia Spectator | date=16 May 2014 | accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
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Emma Sulkowicz is an American woman who is currently a fourth-year student and visual arts major at Columbia University in New York City. She claims to have been anally raped in her own bed, and filed a complaint against the alleged rapist along with two other individuals. She has harshly criticized the school's handling of her case and has become widely known for her performance-art protests against the school.
Biography
Sulkowicz is the daughter of Sandra Leong and Kerry J. Sulkowicz, both psychiatrists from Manhattan. She attended Dalton School on the Upper East Side. She originally planned to major in mechanical physics in college, but found herself drawn to visual arts instead.
Alleged rape and response
Sulkowicz has stated she was anally raped on the first day of her sophomore year. She initially did not report it because she "didn’t feel like dealing with the emotional trauma." Seven months after the alleged incident, the school held a hearing in which they found the accused rapist "not responsible" in all cases. Her alleged rapist, Jean-Paul Nungesser, is still a student at Columbia.
In response, Sulkowicz, along with 22 other students, filed a federal Title IX complaint against Columbia and Barnard College in April 2014 alleging that these universities had mishandled their cases.
She has criticized Columbia University for being "more concerned about their public image than keeping people safe," and has also argued that the administrators at her hearing acted "idiotically", citing the fact that one panelist stated it was impossible to have anal sex without lubrication. In an open letter in the Columbia Spectator, Sulkowicz's parents agreed with her and said that "The investigation, hearing, and appeals process that followed her complaint to the University were painfully mishandled."
Protests
In September 2014, she began protesting what she considers Columbia's mishandling of her case by carrying a mattress around campus, which has received nationwide attention, and has been described as "part protest, part performance art." Sulkowicz has called the project "Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight". She has said she will continue carrying her mattress around until Nungesser is expelled.
References
- ^ Grigoriadis, Vanessa (21 September 2014). "Meet the College Women Who Are Starting a Revolution Against Campus Sexual Assault". New York Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Sulkowicz, Emma (15 May 2014). "'My Rapist Is Still on Campus'". Time. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Valenti, Jessica (2 September 2014). "Beyond 'no means no': the future of campus rape prevention is 'yes means yes'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- "Why we published the name of an alleged rapist". Columbia Spectator. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ McDonald, Soraya Nadia (29 October 2014). "It's hard to ignore a woman toting a mattress everywhere she goes, which is why Emma Sulkowicz is still doing it". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- Leong, Sandra; Sulkowicz, Kerry (2 October 2014). "An open letter to President Bollinger and the board of trustees". Columbia Spectator. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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