Send Silence Packing

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  • Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- The traveling Send Silence Packing anti-suicide campaign made a stop at New Orleans' Lafayette Square Thursday, October 25, 2012. Displayed on the square were 1100 backpacks symbolizing the number of college students who take their own lives each year. The campaign, sponsored by Activeminds.org seeks to change that. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students according to the group.