The Ithacan

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In the wake of a string of national student deaths and suicides that gained attention last year, Ithaca College’s Mental Health Response Team is bolstering its efforts to take on campus-wide mental health issues.

Life isn’t a spectator sport for Mara Alper, a dynamic professor and documentarian who dedicates her energy to whichever cause she deems most important at the moment.