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 student and U.S. Army vet Michael Hanson tells 

 the most important thing he and two classmates have to remember during their three-day, 97-mile walk from Mankato to St. Paul in support of $97 million in additional funding for MnSCU:

The trio was to arrive at the Capitol this morning and join other students in pushing legislators to approve MnSCU's budget request.

He told the newspaper reporter the march -- the third such walk in three years -- is a "tangible, visible event that will show support for education."

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Minnesota State University – Mankato student and U.S. Army vet Michael Hanson tells The Free Press the most important thing he and two classmates have to remember during their three-day, 97-mile walk from Mankato to St. Paul in support of $97 million in additional funding for MnSCU: “You have to change socks a lot when…

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