Jerilynn Sweet.
Bullying both in person and on-line is at an all time high in the United States, in reaction to this Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, has proposed the "Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act." This proposal was named for the Rutgers student who committed suicide by jumping off of the G.W. bridge after he was outted online as being a gay man by his own roomate. The Senator propsed this bill with the intention that any school that is receiving federal aid must impliment an anti-harassment policy which muct include cyber harassment. The Clementi family stated they "appreciate the courtesy extended to them during the drafting of the bill, and hopes that the legislation, if enacted, will improve the well-being and safety of America's college students." Hopefully this bill will be put into effect and will be a huge step in stopping harassment and bullying.
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