Excerpt:"Hip Hop Congress
brings b-boy lessons to campus
By Evie Smith
Dancer Arison "Rewind" Ripoylas, from the break-dancing group Style Elements Crew, taught a workshop Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. in the Loma Prieta Room located in the Student Union.
The event was co-hosted by Hip Hop Congress and the Urban Arts Club. Wes Kuruhara, the founder and current treasurer of the San Jose State University Chapter of Hip Hop Congress, organized the event.
"Ever since I started Hip Hop Congress I wanted to bring out Rewind," Kuruhara said.
According to Kuruhara, Ripoylas had taken a hiatus from dancing to focus on his family.
Kuruhara said that members of the Style Elements Crew have been backup dancers for big name performers such as Christina Aguilera.
According to Kuruhara, Ripoylas, who is from Modesto, has been living on an American Indian reservation in Lamedeer, Montana.
The event cost students $4 to participate or watch. The cover charge was imposed in the hopes of helping to raise money to send Hip Hop Congress to their organization's national convention in Boulder, Colo.