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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Student Association (10): Wind &<br />

Thunder Association<br />

By Cen Yuhao<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=78366883<br />

―More than 100 faces appeared… The atmosphere was extraordinarily high on the<br />

spot. Everybody was engrossed in learning and feeling HIPHOP.‖ One <strong>of</strong> the<br />

organizers, Zi Xing, commented on the first HIPHOP lesson this semester last<br />

Sunday.<br />

―Wind‖ stands for speed, ―thunder‖ for strength, you may guess what the association<br />

is through its literal meaning. <strong>PKU</strong> HIPHOP was initiated by a group <strong>of</strong> fans, being<br />

eager to spread the fashion to young men who had forthright and uninhibited<br />

natures.<br />

At its first Triangle recruiting, initiators‘ performance and charm attracted all the<br />

passers-by and more than 110 fresh members, including international students and<br />

even middle-aged teachers.<br />

As an art association at <strong>PKU</strong>, Wind & Thunder livens up recreational activities on<br />

campus. Invited by some students‘ societies and academic institutions, it has given<br />

fantastic performances on several occasions and achieved reputation among <strong>PKU</strong><br />

students. With its expanding influence, it has received enormous attention <strong>of</strong> public<br />

media, including CCTV and Beijing TV.<br />

Its activities include weekly dance lessons given by pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, basic training<br />

under the instruction <strong>of</strong> W & T elites, irregular lectures and video shows on HIPHOP<br />

culture.<br />

As a W & T leader once remarked at the recruiting ceremony, HIPHOP is actually a<br />

spirit to seek, release and surpass oneself. The return to the real self to the rhythm is<br />

accomplished by the expression <strong>of</strong> limbs and trunk. ―You will find what seemed<br />

impossible right in yourself through repeated practice.‖<br />

Dance is a way to express and HIPHOP, as a more enthusiastic and energetic<br />

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