Federally-funded group at university sponsors mattress-carrying demonstration

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'NKU Director of Public Relations Amanda Nageleisen provided the following statement to Campus Reform correcting an inaccuracy in the Northern Kentucky Tribune article cited in this story:

"The protest in question was NOT organized by the Norse Violence Prevention Center; it was organized by a group of students. A NVP staff member did attend to provide support to any student who may have been triggered by the protest.
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Several students at Northern Kentucky University participated Thursday in a “mattress girl”-themed demonstration organized by a group funded by federal grants.

A week after one female NKU student spent a day carrying a mattress on her back to protest the school’s handling of her sexual assault complaint, a laEmma Sulkowicz, several other students gathered outside the student union bedecked in bedsheets to demonstrate in support of the survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence,The Northern Kentucky Tribunereported Thursday.

Flyers distributed beforehand to encourage participation in the event encouraged students to bring a mattress or pillow as a symbol, or else to tape a red X on their clothing to show their support.'