As college campuses across the country react to the tragedy at Virginia Tech, advisers at American University are urging students to share their feelings about the incident with friends and mentors. The healthiest way to deal with a traumatic event is to start processing emotions immediately, experts say.

American Observer correspondents Leander Schaerlaeckens and Max Ringsgwandl spoke with Rabbi Kenneth Cohen and psychologist Wanda Collins, director of American University’s counseling center, about how to cope with senseless violence.