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  • College rape survivor will carry her mattress around campus until her rapist is expelled

    09/05/2014 2:39:37 PM PDT · by dennisw · 124 replies
    salon ^ | Wednesday, Sep 3, 2014 | Jenny Kutner
    Emma Sulkowicz is turning her assault into art -- and a protest against Columbia University's sexual assault policy On the first day of her sophomore year of college, Emma Sulkowicz was raped in her dorm room bed. The Columbia University senior says the perpetrator was a fellow student. He still is — and has been since he allegedly assaulted Sulkowicz and two other female students. As Sulkowicz reported in Time earlier this year, all three cases against her offender were dismissed. So, she’s not taking it anymore. After joining a federal complaint in April over Columbia’s mishandling of rape cases...
  • American University professor arrested on burglary, destruction of property charge

    09/05/2014 2:22:14 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 40 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 5 Sept 2014 | By Peter Hermann
    A 37-year-old professor and department chair at American University was arrested Thursday and charged with breaking into a building at a shopping mall near campus and setting a small fire, according to D.C. police. David Pitts, chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy, was being detained pending his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court on Friday. He was charged with burglary and destruction of property.