Georgetown University’s main dining hall sickened almost 100 students yesterday. They were treated for stomach illness and a health investigation has started to track the cause of the outbreak. The students were taken to Georgetown University Hospital where more of them came complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. 

Leo J. O'Donovan Dining Hall was closed early yesterday as the emergency rooms and personnel alerted the campus officials. Many of the sickened students ate at Leo’s, but the health officials couldn’t tell for sure what the cause of the illness was.
 
Eric Glasser, assistant chief of emergency medicine at the hospital, stated that the students could have been poisoned or could have taken a virus. Still, all of them were treated and released from hospital, even if the illness raised the heart beat too much for some of them. They were given IV fluids.

Todd Olson, the vice president for student affairs, announced that Leo’s will be closed and that all students can eat at the student center, which also has a kitchen. All of them were announced about the outbreak by an e-mail and many of them got frightened.

Freshman Charlie Nocker, who is now eating chicken nuggets, rice and cookies at the student center, said that he is “grossed out” by the whole situation. He also added that the night before a friend of his rushed her roommate to the hospital, instead of studying for two exams.