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Rutgers Student Had Sought Room Change

Tyler Clementi Suicide: Rutgers Student Sought Room Change

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) It appears that Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi tried to get school officials to change his dorm room before he leaped to his death from the George Washington Bridge.

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The 18-year-old violinist from Ridgewood, N.J. killed himself after, police say, he learned that his roommate had secretly streamed video on the Internet of him in a sexual encounter with another man.

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Emotions Run High at Rutgers After Suicide

Tyler Clementi Suicide: Emotions Run High at Rutgers After Teen's Death

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) At Rutgers University in New Jersey, it's being called "Black Friday" as students mourn classmate Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide last week by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after the freshman's sexual encounter with another man was broadcast online.

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More Charges Possible in Rutgers Sex Tape Case

Tyler Clementi Update: More Charges Possible in Rutgers Sex Tape

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/WCBS) The two students accused of broadcasting Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi's sexual encounter on the Internet could face additional charges, according to prosecutors.

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Suicide Confirmed in N.J. College Sex Tape Case

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) A body found in the Hudson River off New York City has been identified as that of a Rutgers University student whose gay sexual encounter was allegedly secretly streamed online.

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The New York City medical examiner's office said Thursday that 18-year-old Tyler Clementi committed suicide. Spokeswoman Grace Burgess says he drowned and had impact injuries on his torso.

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Rutgers Student Suicide Causes Outrage

Tyler Clementi: Rutgers Student Suicide Causes Outrage, Stirs Gay Rights Groups

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) The death of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University freshman, has stirred outrage and remorse on campus from classmates who wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off the George Washington Bridge last week after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online.

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Lawyer: Teen's Suicide Followed Web Sex Postings

Tyler Clementi Suicide: Family Lawyer Confirms Suicide, Molly Wei and Dharun Ravi Face Charges for Sex Tape

Tyler Clementi (Personal Photo)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) Tyler Clementi committed suicide Sept. 22, apparently after discovering that his Rutgers University roommate, Dharun Ravi, and friend Molly Wei, live-streamed Clementi in a sexual encounter with another male student without his knowledge, a lawyer for the Clementi family announced late Wednesday.

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Two Rutgers Freshman Charged For Sex Tape

Two Rutgers University Freshmen Charged for Sex Tape, Alleged Victim Commits Suicide, Authorities Say

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NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS) Authorities believe a Rutgers University student committed suicide after he was allegedly the victim of a sex tape that was secretly filmed by two other freshman-year students.

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Joseph Zeke Rucker Breathing on His Own

Zeke Rucker (CBS/WFOR)

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS/WFOR/AP) Joseph "Zeke" Rucker is breathing on his own for the first time since he was seriously injured during a spring break trip to Mexico, reports the New York Post.

Investigators are trying to determine if the recent Rutgers University graduate was the victim of an assault.Continue »

Spring Breaker Comatose after Apparent Beating

Zeke Rucker (CBS/WFOR)

MIAMI (CBS/WFOR) Zeke Rucker suffered a crushing head injury while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico for spring break. The injury has left him in a coma at a Miami hospital.

The 21-year-old Rutgers University graduate was flown to Miami after being injured two weeks ago at an ocean-front resort in Cancun. His parents believe he was attacked.Continue »

Rutgers Suspends Sigma Gamma Rho After Hazing Charges

(Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) Rutgers University has suspended sorority Sigma Gamma Rho after six members were arrested and charged with hazing pledges by paddling them and controlling their food intake.

Rutgers, N.J. police said Wednesday the incidents occurred between Jan. 18 and Jan. 25.

The six members who were arrested are Vanessa Adegbite; Kesha Cheron, a School of Arts and Sciences junior; Ilana Warner, a Livingston College senior; Joana Bernard; Marie Charles, a Douglass College senior, and Shawna Ebanks, a Rutgers College senior, according to the Rutgers Daily Targum.

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