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Discuss “Students are cooler than you think”

Gliding, hitting, waving, popping. Sound familiar? These fresh techniques, in addition to general hip-hop education, are offered weekly in the UC Aerobics Room by international FreeStylers (iFS).

iFS, formed in 2002, aims to share its unlikely passion for all types of dance, especially hip-hop, with Carnegie Mellon students. Striving for diversity, the group rejects the audition process and maintains a free and recreational status.

“[We] hope to show that our creativity can be developed and expressed through dance,” said Frank Denbow, co-president of iFS and a senior in the School of Computer Science. With these classes, he hopes students gain respect and understanding for the various styles of hip hop. “Students should … have a basic...

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