Meredith Herald
September 26, 2001
Campus News
Freshmen walk
for rape awareness
Kristen Thompson
Staff Reporter
□ They canvassed
the campus for
24-hours straight
and raised $3,000.
Over 200 freshmen partici
pating in First Year Experience
(FYE) classes joined together
to walk for victims of rape on
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001 on
the Meredith campus.
Students were asked to col
lect $10 to participate in the
walk. However, many students
raised over $100.
Proceeds from the FYE
Walk-a-thon, sponsored by the
Office of the First Year Experi
ence, will go to Interact, a local
center for victims of rape and
domestic violence.
The walk began at noon on
Thursday and last until noon on
Friday, spanning a 24-hour
period in which freshmen stu
dents continously walked
around the perimeters of cam
pus.
The walk began after stu
dents checked in at a tent set up
in front of the Chapel and
obtained instructions about the
path to walk.
While many students walked
in groups, talking along the
way, others took this time to go
solo and get some exercise.
Many freshmen walked well
into the morning. In the 24-
hour period, the largest group
signed up to walk from 2-3
a.m.
"The FYE walk-a-thon is
only one of a series of events
planned to further educate
freshman about the issue of
rape and the way it effects our
society and world, especially
for women," said Chrissie
Bumgardner, co-director of
First Year Experience.
To further expose issues
related to date and acquain
tance rape, freshmen were
required to attend a Freshman
Discovery session, an aware
ness seminar on cultural and
social issues that all freshmen
are required to attend each
year. The first Discovery ses
sion was held two week ago in
the Chapel by Interact. A repre
sentative from the organization
informed students of statistics
on rape, precautions to take to
avoid situations in which rape
often occurs and resources
available if it does occur.
Last week, freshmen were
also asked to attend the first
fall convocation honoring
17th-century artist Artemisia
Gentileschi. a rape victim
whose trial was the first ever
recorded of its kind.
Because freshmen students
had been participating in
events to heighten their aware
ness of rape, the walk-a-thon
seemed both timely and appro
priate to those participating.
‘The walk-a-thon was creat
ed to give freshmen a means by
which they could take their
heightened awareness and
actively help educate our com
munity and support victims of
rape and domestic violence by
raising money,” said Bumgard
ner.
In sum, walkers raised over
$3,000 for Interact.
Construction projects continue this week across campus.
Yesterday w/orkers excavated the engraved bricks from
the sidewalk outside of the Shearon Harris building.
Photo By Sakah Jane Cox
Academic Success Workshops
Thursday, Sept 27,1-2 p.m.. Room Dogwood A, Belk Dining Hall: What Kind of Learner
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occurs? Leam what to do when stress strikes!
Presenter: Beth Meir, Director of Counseling Center
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call Mari Smith, Academic Advising, at 760-8059.
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