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Flash Mobs on Campus: Impromptu Seminars Prompt Learning Outside the Classroom
A relatively new phenomenon, flash mobs are large groups of people that assemble in a predetermined public location to perform a stunt or unusual act to surprise, entertain and (most likely) confuse onlookers. The events are usually organized through email, social media networks, and online bulletin boards to keep them confidential except among the participants.
In cities across the world, flash mobs have gathered in public places to sing, dance, freeze in place, even pillow fight, but the University of Virginia has taken a slightly different approach. Students and faculty have started coming together outside the classroom for informal
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Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the University of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.