As an exchange student at NUS, I knew Scott Monat and was appalled to read the article that The Campus Observer had written about him.  In the event of death, I would hope that a student publication would have the decency and tact to write a proper news article (if writing one, and therefore telling the entire student community, is even necessary).

The first half of the article was one I expected to read in a respectable publication, and perhaps have it followed with details of a memorial and funeral.

What the writers instead chose to investigate, however, was gossip around PGPR.  Publishing hearsay about a student's death and including rumors about his medication are both incredibly tasteless.  The disrespect shown to the deceased student and his friends by publishing a gossip article is entirely inexcusable.