Columbia Students Rally In National Day Of Action Against Campus Rape
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- College students in New York and across the nation took part Wednesday night in a "Carry That Weight" national day of action against campus rape.
Students carried mattresses as they crossed the street near the Columbia University campus Wednesday evening.
Columbia senior Emma Sulkowicz inspired the day of protest. She said she was the victim of a 2012 sexual assault, but she said her alleged attacker was never investigated.
"I was raped by a serial rapist and we and two others took it to the school and the school dismissed all of us," she said last month.
Sulkowicz said the accusations were dismissed because it was found to be more likely than not that the rape didn't happen. But Sukowicz insists it did. She said the man has merely been order not to contact her in any way.
"I think our campus is unsafe. This serial rapist was at a bar last night, hitting on other women. Just the fact that he's still here is disgusting to me," she said.
In a statement last month, the university has said it's updated its sexual assault policy and expanded training for incoming undergrads.
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