The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/slope-day/)
On Saturday, bands Safe in Sound, After Six, Twin Court and Paragon performed at Bailey Hall in a Battle of the Bands event. They competed against each other for a coveted opportunity to perform at Slope Day, which will be held on May 8.
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie and Flo Rida are set to take this year’s Slope Day stage, as announced today by the Slope Day Programming Board.
The Student Assembly voted on Nov. 30 to increase the Student Activity Fee to $424 per student per year for the 2024-2026 byline cycle, a 36.71-percent increase from the current cost.
This year’s Slope Day artist selection survey features artists such as Kesha, Flo Rida and Gunna after a budget increase for the event was approved earlier this year.
The forum, run by Selections Director Thomas Marin and the rest of the Executive Programming Board, presented attendees with 25 potential artists, organized into three categories: opening acts, co-headliners, and headliners.
“[The initiative] gets people in the mindset of eating, hydrating and taking care of their body on Slope Day,” Gangidi and Petrucci said. “The distribution of breakfast is good in that it will allow students the opportunity to eat a full breakfast, so that they have enough energy for the day.”
As the year winds down the campus is teeming with activity. The end of the year is marked by wine tours, Slope Day, formals and Senior Week, while also knocking back Red Bulls and all nighters in Uris. Whether it be long nights in the library in preparation for finals or a time for celebrating accomplishments; Cornell students at this time of year are living their lives in excess. Living at the extremes is nothing new for a cohort of high-achieving students vying for top positions in their fields. The process of getting there is often littered with long nights and inadequate (and often dangerous) coping mechanisms. High risk drinking is an issue at universities across the country, but at top universities like Cornell, there is the added element that it seems like self care is a luxury not afforded to the best students.
Over the past five years, total expenses for Slope Day have seen a net increase of more than $60,000 to $386,271.77 in 2015.
My freshman year was so lit. Not only was Kendrick Lamar our Slope Day performer in 2013, but Nas, Jhene Aiko, Elle Varner and John Legend also graced our campus. So, you can imagine my disappointment when this year’s Slope Day artists were announced. Like seriously, who are Walk the Moon and Cash Cash? Do not get me wrong, I understand that Cornell is comprised of thousands of students with varying music tastes but these people were not even on the survey that was sent out at the beginning of this school year.
This pop-centric lineup is a serious stylistic shift from recent Slope Day picks, which for the last several years have favored upcoming hip-hop and R&B artists.