The Daily Dispatch

For the fourth year the Three Rivers Crisis Center and North Dakota State College of Science Campus Violence Prevention Office hosted Walk A Mile in Her Shoes on Tuesday, May 1. The event took place in the campus oval at noon where several men slipped on and taped on high heeled shoes to their feet.

The men actually run 60 yards during each heat in high heels to symbolically experience and gain a better understanding of women’s lives. Each hour in the United States 75 women are raped, 360 women are battered and four women are murdered, said NDSCS Campus Advocate for Three Rivers Crisis Center Kathy Mauch.

In Richland County during 2006, the county received 94 reports of domestic violence, 36 reports of sexual assault and 15 reports of violence against children.

Many men from the college and community gathered in the oval on NDSCS campus to put on high heels and run. The men ran in five heats — NDSCS faculty and staff, NDSCS football team, community members and law enforcement, Campus Activities Board/student senate, and resident assistants.

Two men tied from the CAB/student senate team, making the final heat made up of six men. Tim Such of the automotive department, Kyle Weinandt of the football team, Robert Kramer of Bremer Bank in Wahpeton, Derek Myers and Archie Korpu of the CAB/student senate, and Brandon Gieser of the resident assistants ran in the final 60 yard heat to win a few prizes and help raise awareness.

Though Such wears a dress to the even each year, he is quite serious about the event. He is there to support women and show it isn’t easy to run in high heels. This year he sported a magenta, backless dress.

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