Nov 2, 2009 9:40 pm US/Eastern
Yale Stunned By Another Student's Death
High School Teachers On Long Island Call Victim 'Brilliant' And 'Talented'
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS) ―
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Andre Narcisse died after his Yale roommates discovered him unresponsive in his dorm room on November 1, 2009.
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A second student death has rocked the campus of Yale University after a young sophomore from Long Island, N.Y., was discovered unresponsive in his dorm room, CBS station WCBS-TV reported Monday.
Andre Narcisse, 19, was found unresponsive Sunday morning about 11 a.m. in his suite at Branford College, one of the school's residential colleges, according to Tom Conroy, a Yale spokesman.
University police do not suspect foul play. Sources point to an accidental drug overdose as the likely cause.
Halloween was a big party night at Yale, where student drinking and drug use is an ongoing concern. The previous weekend at an annual event called the "Safety Dance," eight students needed medical attention for substance abuse, WCBS-TV reported.
Narcisse transferred from Uniondale High School to the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy before being accepted into Yale.
"He wasn't a good kid – he was the best kid," said Paul Lichtman, Narcisse's former science teacher at Uniondale High, wiping away tears as he spoke to WCBS-TV.
Across town, Joyce Locke was also fighting her emotions. She said everyone in Roosevelt had been beaming with pride over the young man with Haitian roots, who moved into their economically distressed community, filled with hope and ambition, and beat the odds.
"He used to be in the papers. I used to read about him when he attended Uniondale High School," said Jennifer Peralte.
"He was probably one of the most brilliant students ever to come into the research program, if not the school. He was committed, focused, he was well liked. Teachers I spoke to today were in total shock," said Lichtman.
Narcisse's roommates found him Sunday morning and called 9-1-1, but emergency personnel were unable to revive him. On Monday, toxicology tests were conducted. Autopsy results have not yet been made public.
Narcisse's death is the second of a Yale student this semester. The strangled body of graduate student Annie Le was found stuffed in the walls of a school lab on what would have been her wedding day on Long Island.
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