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With dozens of students taken to hospital and hundreds facing fines, the hangover from the third annual unofficial homecoming at Western University won’t ease for a long time, says the ward councillor for the area.

“Western University has a dilemma,” Ward 6 Coun. Phil Squire said Sunday after the so-called fake homecoming, or FoCo, filled streets with thousands of students the day before.

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“There is a sort of permanence to this event now. It’s become an almost massive event.”

And there are many signs, including literal ones on the streets, that the event is as much about sticking it to administration as partying, Squire said.

“There seems to be a real desire to prove something to the university.”