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Our dorm and nursing care mattresses are fluid proof, anti-microbial, anti-static, anti-fungal and cleanable. In addition to supplying mattresses we can pick up your used mattresses for re-use or recycling. Even if you do not purchase mattresses from us, contact us, and in many cases we can still pick up your used bedding at No Charge. Rest assured none of your used bedding will enter the landfill.SU students protest handling of sexual assault cases with mattresses, red tape on October 04, 2016 at 5:11 PM SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse University students dragged mattresses covered with messages in red tape to Shaw Quad Tuesday to protest what they say is a rape culture on campus. Students took turns standing or sitting with mattresses on the quad. The mattresses were marked up with red tape that read "rapists go here," "survivor," and "I can hear your silence." The protest was designated a silent demonstration. A Facebook event inviting community members to join warned that participants would not speak with reporters, administrators or hecklers.
According to the Facebook page, the protest was designed to show support for sexual assault survivors, and to draw attention to the Title IX investigation into SU's handling of a sexual assault report. Federal officials are examining how SU handled the report after a student filed a complaint against the university. About 50 faculty members signed a letter in support of the student protesters. Organizers said the demonstration was modeled after a Columbia University student's protest, during which she carried a 50-pound mattress around campus for months. Here's what organizers had to say to critics of the demonstration: "If you are uncomfortable with our grief and anger, we are glad it is not something you must confront every day. We challenge you to contemplate this discomfort that comes from participating in an institution that prioritizes its marketing and public imagery over some of its most vulnerable community members." The demonstration is growing.
#/EZ0G9xAvOD— Adam DJ Brett [?] #/hSlxrvGH4L— stArgurl (@karley0) October 4, 2016 Reporter Julie McMahon covers Syracuse University and Syracuse city schools. She can be reached anytime: Email | Still from footage of Sulkowicz carrying her mattress this afternoon (Columbia Spectator) Since last fall, Columbia senior Emma Sulkowicz has been dragging her dorm room mattress around campus to protest the University's handling of rape allegations she filed against her classmate, Paul Nungesser. In September, she vowed to carry the mattress until Nungesser was expelled, or until her graduation—which ever came first. Nungesser didn't get the boot, and true to her word, Sulkowicz bore her mattress across the stage this afternoon, as part of College Class Day, a special honors ceremony that precedes Columbia commencement, which is happening tomorrow, Mashable reports. Columbia Spectator editor Teo Armus captured the scene, noting that four friends helped Sulkowicz navigate the stage.
.@/pEOqQviD0N— Teo Armus (@teoarmus) May 19, 2015 According to Mashable, students were directed not to bring heavy objects with them to today's ceremony. However, Armus tweeted this morning that Sulkowicz received "no direct communication" about her mattress in the days leading up to the ceremony. Still, she was reportedly asked to leave her mattress in nearby Lerner Hall during the ceremony, and pick it up afterwards. Sulkowicz ignored this request. When her name was called, her classmates cheered. The applause drowned out several names that followed. When she reached the podium, Sulkowicz did not shake hands with President Lee Bollinger, as is custom. /y7bbKj3iCp— Teo Armus (@teoarmus) May 19, 2015 During her junior year at Columbia, Sulkowicz reported to the administration that Nungesser had beaten, strangled, and raped her. Columbia deemed him "not responsible," prompting Sulkowicz to take her case to the NYPD that summer. The NYPD filed a report, and that was about it.
Nungusser filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against Columbia this spring, on the grounds that the University let Sulkowicz smear his reputation. We have reached out to Columbia for comment and will update accordingly when we hear back. UPDATE: A Columbia spokeswoman issued the following statement this afternoon: “We communicated to all students that the shared celebratory purpose of Class Day and Commencement calls for mutual respect for the security and comfort of graduating students and their families in attendance. We are not going to comment on individual students; it is a day for all members of the Class of 2015. We were not going to physically block entry to graduates who are ultimately responsible for their own choices.” UPDATE: According to the NY Times, Sulkowicz did not refuse to shake President Bollinger's hand, as previously reported. The paper reports that: As Ms. Sulkowicz and her friends ascended the stage, Mr. Bollinger, who had been shaking the students’ hands, turned his back and leaned down as though to pick something up from his seat.