Slope Day
‘Severe Weather’ Abruptly Halts Cornell University Slope Day
|
Cornell evacuated thousands of students from Libe Slope during the annual end-of-semester celebration because of lightning and thunder.
Arts & Entertainment
SWAN | Slope Day: A Zero-Sum Game
|
Slope Day 2018 will be my third experience with the famous Cornellian festival, and so, I feel as though I am now entitled to make a few observations about it. While the artists who play Slope Day change from year to year, most things about it stay the same: a concert will be given, on the slope during a relatively mild spring day, alcohol will be consumed, free breakfasts will (hopefully) be eaten and merchandise that boasts all of Cornell’s factions and houses will be worn. Yet, the most invariable aspect of Slope Day occurs well before the sun rises on that fateful May day: everyone, every one of you, will complain about the artists chosen to headline it. Alright, maybe not everyone. It seems as though two groups form in response to the headline announcement.
Editorials
EDITORIAL | Downward Sloping
|
This editorial has been updated to more accurately reflect the Slope Day Programming Board’s expenses. Kanye West. Kendrick Lamar. Drake. Chance the Rapper.
Arts & Entertainment
Galantis To Headline Slope Day
|
Electronic duo Galantis will headline Slope Day, joined by Young Bombs and Dreezy.
Student Assembly
S.A. Votes to Fund Slope Day Breakfast, Debates Bill That Would Decrease Cost of Athletic Facilities
|
The motivation for the Slope Day bill was to combat excessive intoxication by putting food in students’ stomachs at the beginning of a day known for alcohol consumption.
Slope Day
Two Headliners Announced for Slope Day 2017
|
Slope Day is free for undergraduate students, who can pick up a wristband in the days leading up to the festival by showing a Cornell ID
Arts & Entertainment
CHAZAN | 5 Reasons You’ll Cowards Should Get Viper to Headline Slope Day
|
This article is dedicated to Alex Lugo, a good friend and Viper superfan. While the official lineup of musical acts for this year’s Slope Day have not yet been confirmed, the names currently under consideration are available, and they are all to a man mediocre. This is not shocking — an institutionally sanctioned college party isn’t usually going to feature boundary-pushing artists. However, one Facebook page sees an alternative. Labelled “community,” Viper for Slope Day 2017 argues that the eponymous rapper-cum-meme should headline the spring event.
Uncategorized
Music and the Mind: Why Listening is the Greatest
|
Happy Slope Day Cornellians! I hope at least a few of you are still sober enough to read the Sun. And I hope that the actual sun is shining. Today is a more than usually auspicious day for my usually oh-so-humble column.
Why, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. The reasons are twofold. First, today, as you may know, is Slope Day. It is a day about music. Sort of. And admittedly less so this year than usual. (Though T.I.’s fake gunshots may have been pushing it as well.)
Uncategorized
Get Your Dancing Shoes On
|
Dig bright, catchy, Beatles-esque lyrics? Groove out to ELO’s symphonic prog rock? How’s a virtually private show sound? Right, so get to the Slope early.
Long before the Pussycat Dolls showcase their ample assets and Asher Roth confesses his inclination towards America’s university system, the Apples in Stereo, ripe with tight, riveting, relevant tunes, will rock the Slope’s punctual arrivals with a premium blend of neo-classic rock and power pop. The American rockers, veterans of six LPs, notched a spot on Rolling Stone’s Top 50 of 2007 with New Magnetic Wonder, a 14 track album linked seamlessly by 10 musical segues.