Many students may recognize V-Day as an abbreviation for the upcoming holiday, Valentine&s Day.

To the producers of &The Vagina Monologues& the &V& in V-Day means something a little bit different. They have defined it as victory, valentine and vagina.

This new V-Day celebration is what has brought several products in the shape of vaginas to Sacramento State.

The Women&s Resource Center will be selling vagina-shaped products, such as lollipops, chocolate bars, pens and purses, on campus until Feb. 5, the day of the last showing of &The Vagina Monologues& on campus.

&The Vagina Monologues& is a play based on a book by Eve Ensler. This will be the fourth year the play will be performed at Sac State.

&The play is often thought of as a &woman thing,& but a lot of men end up going to see it,& said Jessica Heskin, an advocate and educator from the Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services.

The money raised by the ticket sales to &The Vagina Monologues& and the vagina merchandise will help fund the Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services at Sac State, and 20 percent of the proceeds will be donated to SHARE, a global organization based in Sacramento that is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women and families.

Patricia Grady, the Women&s Resource Center coordinator, said the event has raised approximately $5,000 each year. This year she said she hopes the event will raise the same amount or more.

&We&re really trying to get more fraternities, sororities, and clubs involved in the project this year, so we are offering to reserve seating for groups of 10 or more,& Heskin said.

Large groups who ask for the reserved seating option will also be announced during the play in appreciation of their support.

The residence halls plan to take advantage of this as Draper and Sierra Halls have both created displays to promote the event.

Nicole Zauner, a resident advisor of Draper Hall, said she hopes to get a group of at least 30 students to attend the event.

Zauner created a display in her hall to inform students about the event. The display includes a paper representation of a vagina and was vandalized Thursday night.

&Jessica Heskin came in and talked to me about the play,& Zauner said. &It seemed like a really good cause, so I decided to make a display and encourage students to go. Plus my hall is an all-girls hall, so it&s important for them to go.&

The vagina-shaped merchandise will be sold at the Women&s Resource Center and in the quad during the first two weeks of school.

Heskin said students can purchase a wider variety of vagina-shaped merchandise online at www.badmimi.com/SACVday and the money will still go to support Sac State.

Heskin said she expects to sell out of the merchandise because in the past it has sold well.

&Last year a lot of people bought them,& said Xico Gonzalez, a graduate student who works in the Women&s Resource Center. &They giggle when they buy them, but they sell well. Last year they were a total success.&