On Friday, Collegetown will be teaming with scores of excited, drunken Cornellians eagerly anticipating the festivities on the Slope. Although for businesses, operating in the middle of the tumult could be a nightmare, Collegetown liquor stores said they are ready to face a surge in customers. 

When Taio Cruz steps onto the stage on Slope Day this Friday, students in Prof. Thomas Fox’s ’71 genetics course may find themselves sober, taking an exam in the company of a beaker full of fruit flies.

Melinda Lim '12 with a few links to get you through the week and into Slope Day.

The Sun previews the events on campus and around town for the week ahead.

The Wailers, a Jamaican reggae group known for being Bob Marley’s former band, will be the opening act for Taio Cruz and Neon Trees on Slope Day, the Slope Day Planning Board announced Wednesday. The band accepted its offer Tuesday morning.

The Slope Day Pro­gram­ming Board has five days to recruit an additional 250 volunteers for Slope Day — or Libe Slope may be silent and empty of concert-goers come May 4.

British pop and R&B singer Taio Cruz will headline 2012’s Slope Day, the Slope Day Programming Board announced Thursday. American pop rock outfit Neon Trees will open the day’s festivities. The Sun’s Arts and Entertainment editors weigh in on the concert choice.