Pubdate: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 Source: Reuters Copyright: 1999 Reuters Limited. TWO FACE DRUG CHARGES AFTER MIT STUDENT'S DEATH CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - Police brought drug charges Friday against a student and a recent graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after another MIT student died earlier this week after inhaling nitrous oxide. Susan Mosher, a senior at the prestigious university, and Rene Ruiz, who graduated from MIT with a degree in economics earlier this year, each face charges of possession with intent to distribute nitrous oxide, hallucinogenic mushrooms, amphetamines and marijuana, MIT Police Chief Anne Glavin told reporters. The two, who face arraignment in Cambridge District Court on Sept. 10, also were charged with conspiracy related to the drug activity, and with cruelty to animals. Glavin declined to elaborate on the cruelty charge, which involved a cat. Richard Guy, a 22-year-old junior physics major from Mission Viejo, Calif., was found dead in Mosher's East Campus dormitory room early Tuesday morning, police said. He had been inhaling nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, from a plastic bag, police said. Guy's death hit hard on a campus where two years ago freshman Scott Krueger died of alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking at a fraternity house. MIT President Charles Vest, who recalled meeting Guy when he was a freshman, said the student's death ``is a grim reminder of so many other needless deaths throughout the country, every year, of young people who involve themselves with drugs.'' Glavin said the police investigation is ongoing, and more charges could be brought against other people. She refused to comment on the extent of any drug-dealing operation involving the two suspects. ``We possess substantial evidence to support these charges,'' Glavin said, adding the two will not be charged in Guy's death. She said police had no evidence to suggest anyone else was in the room with Guy when he died. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea