as a common entryway.
Police reports show there is no indication to point to food
poisoning of a specific source.
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"Some students ate in the dining hall and some didn't," McNamara said.
Rosenthal dismissed the possibility of bacterial gastroenteritis or staph poisoning.
"Usually one gets sick two to three hours after eating [with bacterial infections]. That does not seem to be the case," he said. "If it is not bacterial, then it is probably oral."
Rosenthal said the dining hall had saved samples of food to test
for bacterial contamination, though testing for viral contamination might
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