ORIENTATION 2007 Hip-Hop Returns to W.I.L.D.: Lupe Fiasco Set to Play on Campus
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GOOD THINGS INSIDE| A SPECIAL WELCOME TO FRESHMEN| SEE SECTIONS A, B & C TUDENT IFE THE SINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY L IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 1 ORIENTATION 2007 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM Hip-hop returns to W.I.L.D.: Lupe Fiasco set to play on campus BY ERIN FULTS and interesting and we defi - EDITOR IN CHIEF nitely have that.” W.I.L.D., or Walk In Lay Hip-hop returns to W.I.L.D. Down, has stood as a Wash- this fall as Lupe Fiasco head- ington University tradition lines at the biannual outdoor since 1973. Each semester, the concert. The rap artist received student group Team 31 brings three Grammy nominations for in several artists for a school- his debut album, “Food & Li- wide concert in the Brookings quor” and is well known for his Quad, complete with pizza and hit single, “Kick, Push,” which soda. Students can register to references skateboarding. bring couches to the Quad and “Lupe Fiasco is a big name. those who are of age can bring He’s decently respected in hip- in six-packs of beer with an hop circles and because his ID. music isn’t hard-core and real- Students can get involved ly dirty, he’s made waves with in W.I.L.D. by becoming road- people who don’t listen to hip- ies and helping out with the hop as their main genre,” said show, sometimes even getting Team 31 Co-chair Pehr Hovey, a chance to meet the bands. a senior. “W.I.L.D. really shows the Opening for Lupe Fiasco will less serious side of Wash. U. be Kid Beyond and DJ Unk. students and I look forward to Kid Beyond is touted as a a fun and safe W.I.L.D.,” said one-man band—a singer and Student Union President Neil beat boxer who live-loops his Patel.” vocals. Last spring, Team 31 faced “It’s been a while since [Kid some student opposition with Beyond] has played in St. Louis. their choices of OK Go and He’s excited and loves doing Reel Big Fish, particularly after college gigs,” said Kid Beyond’s a fall W.I.L.D. featuring Guster, manager, Joyce Williams. when traditionally fall W.I.L.D. DJ Unk entered the music features a hip-hop artist. spotlight in 2006 with his hit “My co-chair Randy had the single “Walk it Out.” He started idea back then that we should out as a DJ and then started look into it. [Lupe Fiasco] wasn’t writing raps, with music char- available because he was play- STUDENT LIFE ARCHIVES acterized by energy and heavy ing Coachella [a music festival Students pack the Brookings Quad during the Fall 2006 W.I.L.D. This fall, hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will headline. bass lines. in Indio, California]. So from “In the past we’ve had a the get-go this year we wanted strong demand for hip-hop. it to be hip-hop as well and there will be a free barbeque Brittany Perez. nities to get involved in W.I.L.D. show, but must purchase tick- We’re really happy to be able that’s very evident in the line- for students. The fi rst act W.I.L.D. is one of SU’s pre- and people have great stories to ets in advance. Tickets go on to deliver high-quality hip-hop up that we have,” said Hovey. starts at 5 p.m. and pizza will miere events. Team 31 has an tell. It all comes down to show- sale in September. acts to students this year,” said W.I.L.D. will be Saturday, be served starting at 5:30 p.m. annual budget of over $200,000 ing up and being involved,” For more information on the Team 31 Co-chair Randy Lu- September 29, a date set to ac- “It’s going to be an exciting to pay for both the fall and said Hovey. bands or how to get involved bin. “The primary focus for us commodate Lupe Fiasco. The show from start to fi nish,” said spring shows. Students can bring their with W.I.L.D., visit team31. is shows that are high energy Quad opens at 4:30 p.m. and junior and SU Vice President “There are a lot of opportu- non-Wash. U. friends to the wustl.edu. Freshman Reading Program University’s John Klein named enters Einstein’s dreamland president of BY ERIN FULTS current students and faculty EDITOR IN CHIEF through online polling. These Randolph College suggestions were collected and This year, incoming fresh- reviewed by the Freshman Read- man will all arrive on campus ing Program steering committee, BY PUNEET KOLLIPARA which, according to the Asso- with at least one thing in com- composed of students, faculty SENIOR STAFF REPORTER ciated Press, has recently had mon besides their acceptance and staff, and ultimately, Light- to eliminate several faculty to Washington University—they man’s book was selected. Previ- Executive Vice Chancel- positions and dip into its $140 will all read Alan Lightman’s ous program picks have includ- lor for Administration John million endowment to offer book, “Einstein’s Dreams.” ed “One Nation, Underprivileged: Klein is leaving the University scholarships to attract pro- “The title is what came to me Why Poverty Affects Us All” by to become the ninth president spective students. fi rst and the book developed Mark Rank and selections from of Randolph College in Lynch- As part of the plan, which is from there,” said author Light- the works of Mexican-American burg, Va. aimed at increasing the global man. “Those two words together author Richard Rodriguez. Klein, whose tenure at the perspectives of the school com- seemed to me to represent the “[Einstein’s Dreams] is the 700-student school will begin munity, Randolph, historically creative tension between the kind of book that I think will in August, was chosen from a a women’s college, will become sciences and the arts…with Ein- stimulate discussion among fi eld of more than 100 appli- a coeducational institution, stein representing the rational students who do have a strong MCT cants. The college’s Presiden- admitting male students start- side and dreams representing science background as well as Physicist Alan Lightman’s book, “Einstein’s Dreams,” was selected as tial Search Committee, a group ing this fall. To go along with the intuitive side.” those who don’t,” said Coburn. of students, faculty, alumni, that change, the school, previ- Lightman’s book was selected “It’s a stimulating, thought-pro- the book that all incoming freshmen will read as a part of the Freshman administrators, staff members ously known as Randolph-Ma- for this year’s Freshman Read- voking work of art.” Reading Program. and trustees in charge of eval- con Woman’s College, changed ing Program, in which freshmen “Einstein’s Dreams” takes uating the applicants, recom- its name to Randolph College are assigned to read the selected students to new worlds inside contributions in both science, [Science writing] is a very differ- mended him unanimously to on July 1. text before arriving to campus. the mind of Albert Einstein as particularly in the fi eld of astro- ent activity than novel writing,” the Board of Trustees. “This is a very pivotal mo- Students will attend discussions he slumbers. The pages share physics, and literature, with his he said. According to Brenda Ed- ment in our history, and it will led by faculty members on Mon- with readers the new worlds of poetry and other writings. Lightman is excited to have son, strategic communications be a challenging year for our day, August 27 and are strongly Einstein’s dreams, worlds where “I’m a physicist, so I do theo- his book adopted by Washing- manager at Randolph, the com- new president, but he’s proven recommended to participate in time acts quite differently than retical work and physics. I also ton University’s, because he feels mittee chose him for his broad in the past that he has the abil- online discussions before arriv- we know it. write about science and then I he has special ties to the school range of credentials. ity and the energy and he has ing to campus. “I hope that the book changes write novels,” he said. since his wife graduated from “Everyone I talked to on the the drive to accomplish his “It’s an opportunity for new the readers view of the world Lightman bridges the gap the University in the mid-70s. Presidential Search Committee goals,” said Edson. students to meet with a faculty and makes them think about between science and writing “An important thing about said that all of his credentials, “I am very excited about the member in an informal setting the world in a larger way. Time is through his novels and he is also any work of art is not just the all of his experiences, make prospect of becoming presi- and to have meaningful discus- something that is so basic to our the co-founder of the Graduate message but the emotional expe- him the right person for the dent of Randolph College. It’s sions with other students on a lives that we don’t even think Program in Science Writing at rience. I want the readers to be college at this moment. They facing the dual challenges of level that is more what the aca- about it.