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LET’S GET SO
While Urban Dictionary comically refers to “Shoe Obsession Disorder” as “woman kind’s enduring love affair with commonly self diagnosed and has no cure”, the feature staff took it upon ourselves to delve into the shoe fetishes of discovered that women do generally feel more attached to their shoes than men, the men are by no means innocen
PAGE DESIGN BY: Megan Lynch INFORMATION GATHERED BY: Mary Esker, Megan Lynch, Robert Thinnes, and Santana Segriff PHOTOS BY: Megan Lynch
Nike
is the brand of choice for students
Hann Becker ah
ha Thomas Erus
Tristen Scallon
fman Meagan Hof
Based on a survey of 110 students of all grades and genders
The average senior boy owns
The average senior girl owns
The average junior boy owns
The average junior girl owns
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
7
$77
$539
28
$44
$1,232
10
$73
$730
30
$38
$1,140
Surveys were conducted by asking 30 students from each grade & gender approximately how many pairs of shoes they thought they owned and approximately how much they believe each pair was worth. The results were then avera
ture
OME SHOES Xavier High School
fabulous footwear” that “is Xavier students. While we nt. The evidence is presented below, broken up into grade and gender and modeled by class-identified shoe-aholics.
The total value of shoes of the student body is around
$570,050
tennis shoes
are the shoe of choice for students
Kaylee Watson
Kenneth Giles
Lucero Vega
ell Shamus O’Conn
Based on a survey of 110 students of all grades and genders
The average sophomore boy owns
The average sophomore girl owns
The average freshman boy owns
The average freshman girl owns
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
pairs of shoes, for an average of
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
each, making the total value of their shoes around
5
$80
17
$56
5
$92
14
$43
$400 $952 $460 $602
aged in their appropriate grade and gender categories. The school total was found by multiplying the total value of shoes for each grade and gender by the amount of students in that specific category, then adding the results together.
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