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Volunteers carted in boxes and boxes of blue cowbells.
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Ryerson breaks world cowbell ringing record

Photos: More than 1,000 gather for orientation event
By Josh Dehaas

Ryerson University broke the Guinness World Record for the most cowbell ringers today. Crowds gathered on the quad under sunny skies for the Orientation Week event. The university says it counted 1,003 participants, meaning they obliterated the previous Swiss record of 640.