http://www.statenews.com An investigation by the Ingham County Health Department found that 10 MSU students who were treated at local hospitals last week with similar symptoms of bloody diarrhea contracted a strain of E. coli. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:37:11 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22554 it would be nice if they actually said in which hall did the students eat, since they live on campus and got similar e.coli, it means they were poised by campus food. So spill the beans, stop hiding! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:44:35 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22554 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22558 This is rediculous. Can’t they tell us what they all ate in common from an Msu caf as well? Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:54:41 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22558 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22566 @lol, agree. They are still trying to figure out what all the students have in common. According to the news, most of the hospitalized students live in Akers Hall, so it is assumed that they contracted the illness from the Akers Hall Cafe, but they are still unsure. Since they all lived near eachother, it might be a delivery pizza, or a burger trip that may have caused it as well. The investigation is still ongoing. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:03:17 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22566 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22604 I am the parent of one of these students. He was in the emergency room on Thursday night and was admitted to Sparrow the next day after seeing his primary care physician. He was discharged yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. Apparently at least a couple of affected students were from Hubbard Hall, where my son lives. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:53:19 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22604 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22607 THE RIVER! I bet they got drunk and swam in the river during the monsoon and accidentally gulped down a few mouthfuls of the Red Cedar’s finest. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:00:14 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22607 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22617 Oh please Nick, some delivery pizza? IT WAS THE CAFE FOOD! You got to be kidding me? I heard the food has been better lately (I was at MSU from 01-06, ate in dorms from 01-03) but when I was there the food was absolute TRASH. I wouldn’t feed it to my dog (and I feed him a LOT of questionable things….) Not to mention I worked in the cafe and saw how the food came in. People generally just assume its ground beef, i.e. Hamburgers, but did you know the cafe makes very little of its own food. For example, the lasagna (which often contains beef) as well as the Spaghetti (ditto beef) arrived in huge 20lb containers already prepared. All we did in back is heat it up. If the containers spend too long not refrigerated(for example being unloaded by the truck and not placed in the fridge fast enough) or are not heated enough, BAM! theres Ecoli. And it doesn’t effect everyone, its very possible that 100+ students ate this contaimenated food and only 10 poor kids had enough bacteria to produce the toxin. Glad to hear they are all doing well though! The moral of the story: Live off campus (with a kitchen) and learn to cook yourself. Its safer, cheaper, healthier, and if your a guy, you can definitely impress the lady folk. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:44:33 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22617 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22729 have to agree with smokey, it’s definitely cafe food. When I lived on campus, I too had food poisoning FROM cafe food. McDonell to be accurate. I spent 2 days in bed, drinking more than 2 gallons of water and puking in the bathroom. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:37:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22729