{"id":43811,"date":"2017-03-01T15:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T19:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=43811"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T19:10:23","slug":"badgers-take-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/03\/badgers-take-the-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Badgers take the plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 50 swimmers took an icy winter dip in Brock University&#8217;s parking lot Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A pool was set up in Parking Lot P for the\u00a0inaugural Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Ontario, which was hosted by the University in partnership with Niagara Regional Police.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About $15,000 was raised to support the upcoming Special Olympics School Championships taking place June 12 to 14 at Brock and other St. Catharines venues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event will draw up to 800 high school-aged athletes, who will compete in basketball, bocce, floor hockey, soccer and track and field.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-2084855113 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2084855113 ul {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important; 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