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‘Mega’ world regions should stay

November 9, 2011

Geography instructor John Boyer — perhaps better known by his alter ego, the “Plaid Avenger” — indicated in a tweet today that he might discontinue his 3,000-student “mega” world regions class.

Boyer storms Burruss

August 27, 2008

Many students' first classes ranged from 20 to 600 students in one room. World Regions, a geography class offered at Virginia Tech taught by John Boyer, also met on Monday, but had over 2,700 students pouring into Burruss Auditorium.