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[email protected]. See inside for coverage of Pro Day PAGES 6-7 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 THE DAILY Volume 106, No. 90 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Backpack display raises suicide awareness UM hosts conference on Marks Mule Train BLAKE ALSUP ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR A two-day national conference PHOTO BY: TUCKER ROBBINS at the university to commemo- rate the Poor People’s Campaign Mule Train that trekked from Marks to Washington, D.C. 50 years ago kicks off today. The conference is officially called “Honoring the 50th Anni- versary of the 1968 Mule Train/ Poor People’s Campaign by Implementing Classroom The- ory in Marks, Mississippi” and will take place Wednesday and Thursday in several locations on and off campus, including Marks, which is where the cam- paign originated. PHOTO BY: TUCKER ROBBINS PHOTO BY: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON This conference is part of a LEFT: Active Minds representative Alexia Ruiz displays the contents of an interactive backpack during the Send Suicide Packing event Monday.