A police officer walks in front of Burruss Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech University after two shooting incidents left 33 dead April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia. Burruss Hall is next to Norris Hall, where a gunman killed 30 people before turning the gun on himself. Two people were killed in an earlier incident across campus. (Photo by Vincent Kline/Getty Images)
Safety and security at school
The deadliest school shooting in U.S. history leaves many looking at security procedures at colleges and universities. Also psychologists talk about how schools try to move forward after tragedy.
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Doug McDonald: Leads a program to train Native Americans as psychologists at the University of North Dakota. Together with his students, he provided counseling in the wake of the shootings at Red Lake a year ago.
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Michael Dorn: Executive director of Safe Havens International, based in Macon, Georgia.
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Greg Hestness: Chief of police for the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus.
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Peter Sheras: Professor of clinical psychology at the Curry School at the University of Virginia. He's also associate director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project.
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