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Mr Rundle claimed the only way to prevent such violence in the long term is to break up student housing in the area. He said the area where the rioting took place has previously been a problem — though, not to the degree seen Saturday — but that the college would seek ways to lower the concentration of students.

“The real long-term solution is breaking up that enclave. Because then, it just can’t happen,” Rundle said of the violence.

The college president also said that students found to have taken part in the rioting could be expelled from Fanshawe, a large Ontario college that has campuses in the communities of London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock, as well as smaller centre in Tillsonburg.

“Someone who would throw a brick at someone else, someone who would start a fire,” Rundle said. “That kind of person is dangerous on our campus, and we don’t want them here.”

He said the college opened up a secure email account Monday to allow students to provide school officials with any video or other information they had from Saturday’s violence. He acknowledged a Facebook page set up by students to help track down and identify riot participants, but cautioned that the investigation should be left to the professionals.

Police have already begun sifting through social media sites as they attempt to identify more of the rioters. Twitter and Facebook were inundated with messages about the riot Saturday night, prompting police to believe many people involved may have incriminated themselves.