Sandor Frank Bacsik

On a Sunday morning just before the beginning of the first semester of my sophomore year (1967) I bumped into Sandor just outside the Student Union. We were both headed for 601 Abbot Rd where we were about to become roommates because the only room left was a double. 601 Abbot Rd was a mythical rooming house inhabited by a CIA agent who died on the steps of Alenda´s palace, a 14 year old prodigy working on his master in advanced math who listened to Johnny Cash all night long, a black artist who did the most fantastic velvet Elvis paintings to ever reach the Lansing flea markets and us. The house became famous because it ran the longest running Risk game in history. It lasted for an entire 10 week semester. People off the streets would come and take each other´s place if you had class or had to go out to eat. You could come home at 2 in the morning and find the game going with people who you´d never seen before waiting to step in. It was really a magical place to live and a magical time in both of our lives. Sandor and I were great friends until he left for California and the fact that he is no longer on the Planet leaves me with a great sense of lose. Kathy gives me great joy to know that you shared such terrific successes with Sandor and I am terribly sorry for your loss

Jim Tinsley