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Activist Emma Sulkowicz Carries Her Mattress to Columbia University Graduation
https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/activist-emma-sulkowicz-carries-her-mattress-to-119369638073.html ^ | May 19, 2015 | Sara Bliss

Posted on 05/20/2015 1:27:44 AM PDT by rickyrikardo

Student activist Emma Sulkowicz made headlines last fall, pledging to carry her mattress around Columbia University’s campus until the administration expelled her alleged rapist, Paul Nungesser. That didn’t happen.

Tuesday, both students were scheduled to graduate. So Sulkowicz, with the help of her friends, carried her mattress in the processional, continuing her protest. According to The Columbia Daily Spectator, the school’s administration emailed seniors on Monday saying, “Graduates should not bring into the ceremonial area large objects which could interfere with the proceedings or create discomfort to others in close, crowded spaces shared by thousands of people.” Sulkowicz disregarded this warning and brought her mattress on stage. According to a tweet from Teo Armus, the Deputy News Editor at the Columbia Spectator, “Emma Sulkowicz did not shake hands with President Lee Bollinger when she went on stage.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: columbia; columbiauniversity; emmasulkowicz; graduation; mattress; mattressback; news; sulkowicz
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To: Old Sarge

Yep, and lucky us, White chicks use it now too.


81 posted on 05/20/2015 12:50:31 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: FamiliarFace

That was my whole point. Thanks for the confirmation.


82 posted on 05/20/2015 2:03:25 PM PDT by Din Maker
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To: WashingtonSource
Feminine form has 2 *Ts* .....masculine form one T.

Toucan tell gender by the stain. Nobody CAIRs.;D


83 posted on 05/20/2015 2:18:05 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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