Campuses across the country joined Virginia Tech Wednesday to memorialize the 32 students and faculty killed one year ago in the infamous campus shooting.  The shooting by a student with a history of mental health problems has prompted a nationwide reevaluation of campus mental health, privacy, security, and firearm policies.  Many campuses have adopted text alert systems that are getting their first uses this spring and, while there has been a flurry of debates on campus and in state legislatures concerning the right to bear arms on campus, little has changed in terms of gun policies.  Campuses continue to reevaluate their approach to working with students with mental health problems, attempting to find a new balance between security and privacy.  Virginia Senator Jim Webb introduced legislation Tuesday to amend the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to make it easier for educators to release information about troubled students.

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