Graduates at the graduation ceremony of conveyance mattress protest rape

A Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz, known internationally as the "girl mattresses" reportedly received a diploma as a mat during the university's convocation ceremony.

KUALA LUMPUR: A student Emma Sulkowicz Columbia University, known internationally as the "girl mattresses" reportedly received a diploma as a mat during the university graduation ceremony on Tuesday.

Emma, ​​who is a student majoring in visual arts has brought mats to wherever in the university where he studied as a protest immediately after the rape to study in the university.

It is learned that Emma was raped in her dorm on the second night he was at the University of Columbia in 2014.

Previously, Sulkowicz Emma, ​​21, said he will continue to do so until the rapist was arrested and expelled from the university.

In fact, the action brought mattress was part of his thesis entitled "Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight.

A few months after becoming a victim of sexual assault, Emma made a complaint to the administration of the university, but the case was closed because the suspects are said to be responsible for the incident.

Although Emma university appealed the decision, he refused and the suspect was released.

The move has caused Emma to bring mattresses use the same label as supplied to the supplier of the university.

However, she still did not get justice who fought for this from the university.

According to the student newspaper of Columbia, although the college management issued several regulations concerning the convocation, but the mattress Emma was still allowed to take to the stage.

On the same note, Emma action that took the stage along with his bed to receive a diploma has attracted the attention of netizens.