Students take to the street in celebration

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After the menโ€™s hockey team claimed gold in the final event of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hundreds of students gathered on Mid-Campus Drive and University Avenue to celebrate.

โ€œI honestly feel so proud, it was such an intense game,โ€ said second-year sociology student Courtney Ervick. โ€œI was so stoked that we actually won and I love the mayhem right now.โ€

Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRSP) and Wilfrid Laurier University Special Constable Service were stationed at the intersection, which was closed for hours following the game.

โ€œWaterloo Regional came out here and kind of gave us free reign to celebrate a little bit so itโ€™s a really fun atmosphere,โ€ said incoming Wilfrid Laurier University Studentsโ€™ Union president Kyle Walker, who spent the afternoon at Wilfโ€™s watching the game.

Sergeant Greer from WRPS said that despite the large gathering of students there were no problems.

โ€œA little bit of public nudity, drinking, but no fights,โ€ said Greer.

โ€œItโ€™s not just here, itโ€™s all over,โ€ said Greer, who noted that there were large public gatherings in Kitchener, Cambridge and Uptown Waterloo.


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