LOS ANGELES Stomach virus hits USC students

<p>At least 78 University of Southern California students have been treated for a contagious gastrointestinal virus infection centered around a cluster of dormitories at its downtown campus, school officials said Saturday.</p><p>Students who arrived at the campus clinic suffered from vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, university spokesman James Grant said.</p><p>Officials alerted the campus community about the virus early Saturday with a barrage of e-mail and cell phone text messages.</p><p>"We don't think it's a food-borne illness," Grant said. "It looks like it's a human-contact virus, a stomach flu."</p><p>-- Press Democrat news services</p>