No. It’s not. 
My earlier comment is comprised of some words that, taken together, denote the correct usage of peruse, whilst the words themselves comprised the whole of the message on that topic.
(I.e. tell your old MIT mates that whether or not ‘of’ is used, is based entirely on context and usage.)
Peruse is different because it means ‘to look through’ so adding ‘through’ is redundant seeing as it is always implied by the word itself.
