January 2025

Emma Sulkowicz, the visual arts senior who accused another student of raping her in 2014, carried her mattress to her Columbia University graduation ceremony Tuesday, even though “large objects” were banned at the venue. Walking mattress down ramps in Lerner for #ccclassday — teoarmus (@Teo Armus) On Monday, campus administration sent an email to students…

Updated: May 19 at 11:40 a.m. Though a new policy said graduates would be barred from bringing ‘large objects’ to Class Day ceremonies, Spectator news deputy Teo Armus has confirmed that Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, was allowed into the Columbia College Class Day tents with her mattress. Sulkowicz’s senior thesis, “Carry That Weight,” is a performance art…

Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz, who accused fellow student Paul Nungesser of rape and then carried a mattress all year in protest of the administration’s handling of her claims, carried that mattress onstage during Tuesday’s commencement exercises. Sulkowicz was helped by several friends; the audience cheered as they marched across the stage. Here’s a video, via…

Today is graduation day for students in Columbia College at Columbia University, and student Emma Sulkowicz, who said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in 2012, walked into the ceremony toting the dorm room mattress she’s been carrying around campus all year in protest. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below The university announced a…

A provision barring large items has been added to administrative guidelines sent to seniors before Columbia College Class Day on Tuesday. This may include the mattress that Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, plans to bring to the event for her senior visual arts thesis. “Graduates should not bring into the ceremonial area large objects which could…

Keith Bedford / Reuters Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University senior who made national news for carrying a mattress to protest the school’s handling of her alleged sexual assault, walked across the stage with her mattress at graduation Tuesday. Guidelines issued Monday said that students would not be allowed to bring large objects into the tents…