Columbia Student Drags Around Mattress Until University Expels Her Rapist: Since she was beaten, strangled, and raped the first day of her sophomore year, Emma Sulkowicz has been shrugged off by her school and treated skeptically by the police. For her senior thesis, the visual arts major will carry around a dorm room mattress until her rapist is expelled, or until she graduates. The performance is entitled "Mattress Performance," or "Carry That Weight." A+ + +
