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States for about $1.2 billion. He goes on to say there are more than 48 online venues to purchase sneakers, and the market is completely unregulated. You can buy any sneaker for any price off any website,
During a 2011 Ted Talk, Josh Luber, a sneaker data analyst, said over 9 million pairs of sneakers were resold in the United
Although Bukaty does not buy into the resale values, most sneakerheads in the Midwest, devoid of small sneaker-boutique resources, are ready and willing to pay whatever it costs
But there are reasons sneakerheads buy them, and it's not just so their feet look cool.
to buy limited-edition sneakers online.
he said.
Ervin and Newton said they have interactions with people
on campus based on the shoes they are wearing. Newton said that people approach him to engage in conversation. He said enjoys it because the people who approach him are usually wearing collectible sneakers.
"Sometimes I see people looking at me kind of funny," Ervin said. "Then I'll look away, and all of the sudden, they're right next to me talking about my shoes."
From his collection of 40-50 shoes, Jimmy Ervin, a senior from Kansas City, lines up a small chunk of them.
While it is more difficult to purchase limited sneaker releases in the Midwest, it is not impossible. It can be tough, but true sneakerheads find a way.
"The game weeds out the people who are in it to just get shoes," Bukaty said. "You have to be more in it for the game and get a hook up and care more and spend more money to get these limited releases."
Anti-domestic-violence advocate recounts personal experience of domestic abuse to spread awareness
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- Edited by Madi Schulz
Leslie Morgan Steiner, a national domestic violence prevention advocate, spoke at the Dole Institute of Politics Monday night about her own experience as a survivor of a violent, abusive relationship and to raise awareness of domestic violence. Although the story she told was a personal one, Steiner emphasized that in every case of abuse, there are patterns and signs.
Here are three takeaways from her talk:
The problem of dmestic violence is complex.
After meeting her future husband, Steiner said they quickly fell into a whirlwind romance. She recalls how much time and attention he devoted to making her feel special.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone, anywhere.
"Relationship violence happens in every single community around the world. And I absolutely promise you, that right now in this room, there is somebody who was either abused as a child or is either being abused right now or who is an abuser." Steiner said.
Steiner said it's important to note that anyone can be the victim of domestic violence.
When Steiner met her future husband, she was a 22-year-old Harvard graduate living in New York City. As a young girl, Steiner said she grew up with a mother that believed she was not just equal to, but "a little bit more equal" than her male counterparts.
"We want to understand why people become victims, and the easiest thing is to blame the victim, and to say that it was somehow the victim's fault, that she had no self-esteem, that she wasn't very smart or she was an immigrant with too many children," Steiner said. "Those are the kinds of things that I thought growing up. I thought those were the only people who would stay with a man who beat them; I thought they'd have to be pretty stupid to stay with a man who beat them."
Steiner said although she at first knew what he did was wrong, she still had a great amount of love for her charming, caring husband.
Steiner said she kept her abuse hidden for years in an effort to deny to herself that anything was wrong. However, it was the small action of one friend that first helped her acknowledge the problem.
"He took my hand and said, 'I know something's wrong, and I just need to know that you're OK.' That's all he said," Steiner
Five days before their wedding, Steiner said her fiance attacked her for the first time. Believing the incident to be a one-time issue, she married him anyways.
"He was funny, and he was really smart himself, really self-deprecating, and he made me laugh, and he made me feel so incredibly special. He made me feel like he understood me, better than anybody I had ever met," she said.
In retrospect, Steiner said this kind of "fairy-tale" romance was all a part of a dangerous pattern that would repeat itself. Soon, the two got engaged and the relationship progressed to the next step: isolation. Her soon-to-be-husband, saying he wanted a fresh start, moved the two out of New York City to a rural town in New England, leaving a community of friends, coworkers and neighbors.
"Relationship violence always follows the same pattern," Steiner said. "At the beginning, it's a fairy-tale, then you move into the isolation, then you move into the phase where there's the threat of violence, and then the actual violence, and then it kind of repeats itself."
Soon after their move, Steiner's then-fiance began purchasing guns, claiming it was for self-defense. Looking back now, she said the guns were a way her abuser had begun to introduce "the threat of violence."
He would attack her twice more on their honeymoon and continue doing so for years to come.
Break the silence.
said. "It destroyed every bit of my denial in an instant; it was like a glass shattering."
sciousness as he repeatedly attacked her. She said she realized she had a choice to make: him or herself. She chose herself. After talking her husband down from his violent rage, Steiner said she immediately took action.
"I filed a restraining order, and when I got home from city hall later that night, I called probably 10 people, my 10 best friends and my sister — people that I had been lying to, had not told about the violence before — and I told them all the truth," Steiner said.
However, it was during the winter break that the violence happened again. This time, the beating was almost fatal. Steiner said her husband barricaded her in their bedroom, and for almost two hours, she drifted in and out of con-
After that, Steiner said she told her college friend about the abuse. She said having someone who knew what was happening that she could confide in broke the isolation.
After moving back into a city-setting to attend business school with her husband, things got better, Steiner said. With a community around her, Steiner said she felt safer, and after confronting her husband, the abuse stopped for a period of time.
24/7 Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there are many local resources that can help.
"I broke the silence."
The Willow Domestic
Violence Center: 785-843-3333
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