--- title: Video of Columbia University Rape Survivor Sharing her Story description: Last month, 23 Columbia and Barnard students filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging that the university mishandled sexual assault cases. Emma Sulkowicz is one... canonical: https://time.com/98433/video-ivy-league-rape/ author: Francesca Trianni article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-15T12:04:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:17.126Z og:title: Video of Columbia University Rape Survivor Sharing her Story og:description: Last month, 23 Columbia and Barnard students filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging that the university mishandled sexual assault cases. Emma Sulkowicz is one... og:url: https://time.com/98433/video-ivy-league-rape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt265a68b37641795b/69868f4eadae44393b54313e/emma-sulkowicz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Emma Sulkowicz at Columbia University in New York City, on May 1, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video of Columbia University Rape Survivor Sharing her Story twitter:description: Last month, 23 Columbia and Barnard students filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging that the university mishandled sexual assault cases. Emma Sulkowicz is one... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt265a68b37641795b/69868f4eadae44393b54313e/emma-sulkowicz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'My Rapist Is Still on Campus': Sex Assault in the Ivy League by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/) May 15, 2014 12:04 PM UTC  Emma Sulkowicz at Columbia University in New York City, on May 1, 2014. Emma Sulkowicz at Columbia University in New York City, on May 1, 2014.Kirsten Luce—The New York Times/Redux by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/) May 15, 2014 12:04 PM UTC Last month, 23 Columbia and Barnard students filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging that the university mishandled sexual assault cases. Emma Sulkowicz is one of the complainants. The junior says she and two other women reported the same attacker to the university. All three cases were dismissed. Emma tells her story about what it’s like to report an assault in the Ivy League: “During my hearing, one panelist kept asking me how it was physically possible for anal rape to happen. I was put in the horrible position of trying to explain how this terrible thing happened to me.” The man who Emma says attacked her still lives on campus. _(You can read more opinions in_ [_TIME’s special report: Ending Campus Sexual Assault_](http://time.com/100038/college-sexual-assault-debate/)_, including views from a lawyer who represents the accused and the president of Dartmouth. And get_ _the full story in this week’s cover article by Eliza Gray:_ [_The Sexual Assault Crisis on American Campuses_](http://time.com/100542/the-sexual-assault-crisis-on-american-campuses/)_.)_ Video of Columbia University Rape Survivor Sharing her Story ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/98433/video-ivy-league-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/98433/video-ivy-league-rape/"},"headline":"'My Rapist Is Still on Campus': Sex Assault in the Ivy League","datePublished":"2014-05-15T12:04:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:17.126Z","description":"Last month, 23 Columbia and Barnard students filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging that the university mishandled sexual assault cases. 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