Grief and outrage over the discovery of a Rutgers University freshman's suicide last week continues to reverberate on college campuses and high schools across the country. Tyler Clementi is the 13th teen to commit suicide because of alleged cyberbullying, prompting renewed calls for compassion in online conduct as well as legislation to deal with cyber harassment. Clementi's roomate and another student now face serious criminal charges, including invasion of privacy.

Excerpts from an NPR panel discussion on the tragedy

Psychiatrist says: "The tools of the Internet enabled this cruel or sadistic behavior to be amplified and publicized, not just on the campus, but throughout the world. And that really contributed to the extreme emotional reaction that the student had and his impulsive decision to take his life."
-- DR. JEFF LIEBERMAN
Department of psychiatry chairman, Columbia University

Politician says: "Those people who helped to lead him to that bridge are going to have to bear that responsibility for the rest of their lives."
-- CHRIS CHRISTIE
New Jersey Governor

Journalist says: "I think it would be great if we came out of this with something we could call the Rutgers rules, which is where -- teach the students where you have an expectation of privacy, for example, in your dorm room, and the cardinal rule of consent. It is OK to broadcast something -- you can exchange information consensually, but not without the consent of the person who is being videotaped."
-- WILLIAM SALETAN
National Correspondent, Slate.com

Ironically, the same malevolent Internet that tormented Celemnti could have provided him some assistance. Googling "suicide prevention" delivers links to:

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline
• SAVE.org
  
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  
• Suicide.org