Monday, October 4, 2010

Hundreds gather to remember Tyler Clementi | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Hundreds gather to remember Tyler Clementi | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
People participate in a candlelight vigil for Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi at Brower Commons on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., on Sunday. (Associated Press)

People participate in a candlelight vigil for Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi at Brower Commons on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., on Sunday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hundreds gather to remember Tyler Clementi

Rutgers student jumped to his death last week

BY ERIK SCHILLING
THE RECORD (HACKENSACK, N.J.)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Several hundred gathered Sunday night near the Rutgers University student center for a solemn candlelight vigil in honor of Tyler Clementi, a freshman who killed himself nearly two weeks ago after harassment over his sexuality.

Many students openly wept at the vigil, though few said they knew Clementi, who had been on campus just a month before a roommate allegedly taped Clementi’s intimate encounter with a man in his dorm room and broadcast it online. Days after the incident, Clementi

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