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These heels were made for walking Men of Mankato walk a mile in high heels for a good cause. VALISA FAIR Staff Writer On Sunday, April 19, the men of the North Mankato Fire Department and Mankato Public Safety Officers in uniform walked a mile in women’s high heels to raise support, funds, and awareness for CADA of Mankato. Approximately 40 people took part in the first annual event, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which was put on and organized by Zonta Club of Mankato. Debbie Kolstad, head of the PR committee for Zonta explained the benefits of this event: “For our very first attempt, it was fabulous. It can only go up from here. We all came away with big smiles on our face, and tickled to death from watching the men walk in heels. There wasn’t one unhappy moment.” “A few years down the line, it will be a huge community involvement,” Kolstad added. Jamie Erickson, an instructor at MSU, was one of the speakers at the event. Erickson was also a very dear family friend of Jocelyn Robinson – a student at MSU
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who was a victim of domestic abuse. Erickson is responsible for passing important legislation for domestic abuse. “Everyone had a good time and everyone was impacted by the message of our speakers, Re-
nita and Jamie,” Kolstad says. Nine five-foot-tall silhouettes symbolizing victims of domestic abuse in Mankato were aligned around the mile. Each of the figures silhouettes has a victim (woman’s) name and what hap-
Undergraduate Research Symposium Students host presentations in CSU Ballroom LUKE LARSON Staff Writer The 17th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), hosted by the Undergraduate Research Center, took place all day yesterday in the CSU. The event featured student research presentations from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and culminated in a banquet for all presenters and faculty advisors at 5 p.m. It was an opportunity for students to share the findings of their research and creative projects publicly. “Today’s symposium is a celebration of intellectual exploration, creativity, hours of labor and collaboration across
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students, faculty, and staff,” said MSU president Richard Davenport. Two sessions of poster presentations were held in the CSU Ballroom and fifteen oral presentation sessions were held in various rooms on the second floor of the CSU. Presentations were given from students in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from art to anthropology to geography to biology to engineering. All six colleges were represented, according to the Undergraduate Research Center. Topics included “Synthesis and Isomorphous Substitutions in Lead Sodium Vanadate Apatite,” “Japanese Students’ Honorific Language
Use,” and “Geochemical Fingerprinting of Glacial Sediments in Southern Minnesota.” In all, a total of 196 students were registered to present. The Undergraduate Research Center says that the URS is intended to “encourage undergraduates to pursue professional development opportunities in the form of research and scholarship, teaching, and professional practice. Students gain experience as they are challenged to summarize their findings. This experience will hopefully inspire students to become future scholars by continuing their academic journeys to develop research and creative scholars.”
pened to her and where it happened. “The silhouettes represent a woman who has been killed way too soon, before her time, at someone’s expense. We treated the figures like they were human beings – they had a potent presence,” Kolstad said. “Every single people left there feeling good, even though it’s such an evil thing. But we are honoring our “ladies in red,” and we need to take major steps in eradicating this problem. Also making people aware there is a safe place to go if they are in need of help,” Kolstad said. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an International Men’s March where men walk a mile in women’s high-heeled shoes as a symbolic gesture to raise awareness on the issue of violence against women. By participating in this event, men show that most men aren’t violent; in fact, the vast majority of men are good people who care about violence and also that it is a man’s issue too. Domestic violence affects our entire society, and all of us can make a difference. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a preventive education event, helping men better understand and appreciate women’s experiences,
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changing perspectives, helping improve gender relationships, and decreasing the potential for violence. For healing, it informs the community that services are available for recovery. It demonstrates that men are willing and able to be courageous partners with women in making the world a safer place. Zonta Says No (to domestic abuse) is an international campaign to end domestic violence. The objective of this event was to raise awareness in our community about the serious causes and effects of men’s sexualized violence against women. Sexualized violence does not just affect women. It affects the men who care about them, their families, their friends, their coworkers, and their communities. Sexualized violence is epidemic. Some of the statistics: Every two minutes someone in America is raped. One in six American women are victims of sexual assault. That means someone you know, someone you care about, has been or may become the victim of sexual violence. It may be your mother, your sister,
your friend, your girlfriend, your wife, your coworker, or your daughter. Contact the CADA House at 507.625.7223 for further information if you feel that you or someone you know needs help.
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