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http://www.globecampus.ca/in-the-new...-over-rowdies/

Queen's University is cancelling its annual fall homecoming event for two years in an effort to put an end to the rowdy street party that has grown up around the weekend.

Efforts over the past three years by the university, police and local citizens to make the outdoor booze-up less appealing have had little effect. After this year's gathering, the university announced that it would be examining how best to stop the unsanctioned event on Aberdeen Street out of concern for the safety of the 9,000 or some revellers who pack the area. There was also concern about the damage it was doing to the university's reputation.

A local emergency room doctor warned this fall that ”loss of life is inevitable,” unless the tradition was stopped.