'Road Rules' alumnae to speak about women's issues
By REBECCA MARTIN
Veronica knows first hand the effects television can have on people.
She knows how manipulative television can be and how much editing television
shows have to go through before they air, giving the audience a false
sense of reality, Veronica said.
MTV's "Road Rules." Veronica, above, and Rachel.
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She knows because she’s the Veronica from MTV’s “Road
Rules,” a reality show that takes young people around the country
or the world to compete for money and prizes.
“I have seen, experienced and been through the body images and the
unrealistic images young women go through,” Veronica said in a phone
interview Tuesday night from Pennsylvania.
MTV’s “Road Rules” alumnae Veronica and Rachel will
speak today in the Satellite Student Union about problems women face.
The USU Productions event starts at 7 p.m.
Kristie Godfrey, the adviser of USU Productions, said the organization
wanted to present an educational program allowing students to leave with
information they did not already have about serious issues facing college
students.
Coordinators are hoping students come to the presentation not only for
the celebrity presenters, but also leave with more information on issues
including body image, self esteem, men's awareness, eating disorders,
positive self-image and women in the media.
“We wanted to do an educational program,” Godfrey said. “But
we need the celebrity status to draw people there.”
The presentation will focus on personal issues Veronica and Rachel, who
are both currently cast members of “Real World Road Rules Inferno
2,” have faced in regards to their physical appearance while they
were on reality television, student coordinator Michael Horta said.
While the two Road Rules cast members may appear to be confident on television,
their lecture will focus on how they became confident in themselves, Horta
said.
“Each Real World and Road Rules act has a different topic,”
Horta said. “Veronica and Rachel are some of the more recognizable
ones, because they've been on so many challenges.”
Besides making stops at colleges across the country, Veronica and Rachel
started the clothing College Dropout to help promote diversity.
—The Collegian’s Chhun Sun contributed to this story.
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