Body in Hudson ID'd as Rutgers Freshman

The body pulled from the Hudson River is indeed that of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, reports ABC News, and the death has been ruled a suicide. Clementi is the teen who jumped to his death after his roommate allegedly posted a video online of him with another man. His is the fourth suicide of a gay teen in the last month to generate headlines, notes the Opposing Views blog: "Tyler’s story is a sad reminder that the environment for LGBT young people in college isn’t always friendly and welcoming."

Clementi's friends continue to remember him as a friendly, quiet person and talented violinist. "He was one of those kids who never had a girlfriend and never had a boyfriend," says one. "You just thought he wasn't open for dating or anything like that." Meanwhile, a friend of accused roommate Dharun Ravi says he wasn't homophobic. "He's very, very open-minded. If it had been a girl in the room it wouldn't have been any different." (More Tyler Clementi stories.)