2 PEOPLE FACE DRUG CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF MIT STUDENT

Police officers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed
drug-possession charges against two people Friday in connection with the
death of a student from nitrous-oxide asphyxiation.

Susan Mosher, a senior at M.I.T., and Rene Ruiz, a recent M.I.T. graduate,
were charged with possession with intent to distribute hallucinogenic
mushrooms, amphetamines, marijuana, and nitrous oxide after those drugs
were found in the dormitory room where Richard A. Guy died, police
officials said. Mr. Guy, of Mission Viejo, Cal., asphyxiated while inhaling
nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas. Ms. Mosher lived on the same
floor as Mr. Guy.

Ms. Mosher and Mr. Ruiz are to appear in court on September 10. If they
fail to appear, warrants will be issued for their arrest.

University officials believe that Mr. Guy was alone when he died. However,
they say he might have obtained the gas from a "community canister" used by
other students in the dormitory. "This investigation is not complete," Anne
Glavin, the university's chief of police, said in a statement. "There is
every possibility that there will be other charges against other individuals."