Emma Sulkowicz, who is speaking out about her experience with sexual assault at Columbia University, in New York.

Emma Sulkowicz, who is speaking out about her experience with sexual assault at Columbia University, in New York, May 1, 2014. Activists are using media exposure and legal tactics to force universities to change their approach to campus sexual assault, which means paying attention to an unfamiliar set of duties more akin to social work and criminal justice than education. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)