There was a lot of purple around campus on Wed., Oct. 20. It's all part of a national movement to wear purple to bring awareness to harassment and bullying.

Wearing purple was promoted by the Gender Equity Program and the Queer and Allied Student Union, asking students to publicly show support for the slogan, “Life Matters,” as part of an unorganized  nation-wide grassroots movement, in response to the recent wave of suicides of teen victims of bullying.

Students at the University of Wisconsin - Superior each had their own reason for participating in the day.

Sophomore Rachel Leiser, for instance, wore purple to end domestic violence. Others said they donned the color to bring awareness of people who have been harmed by prejudice. Even more were wearing purple to end domestic abuse, bullying and hate crimes.