At the beginning of pretty much every semester, students begin speculating on who will be the esteemed performers at W.I.L.D. Cadenza, too, is apt to enter the discussion, so we created a list of artists we would love and not-so-love to see.

All I can say is wow…my first W.I.L.D. was even more wild than I thought W.I.L.D. could be. Out of the dozens and dozens of stories I’ve heard from my upperclassmen friends, not one could even begin to accurately describe the phenomenon that is the concert in Brookings Quad.

Despite the administration moving W.I.L.D. to Friday this year, festivities will undoubtedly unfold in the same manner. Many professors have canceled Friday-afternoon classes, and for those students unlucky enough to have fun-hating professors, they always have the option of not even showing up. After all, what are they going to do? Call your parents?

Past: Why weren’t we born a decade earlier?

It would have been awesome to be a member of the Class of 2003…in terms of W.I.L.D., that is. With just one glance at the lineup they had during their four years at Washington University, anyone would be envious. In the spring of 2000, their freshman year, Outkast and Dispatch played.

Much has been said and written about W.I.L.D. in the past, but arguably one of the most prominent comments heard about the semiannual event is: “I have no idea who the artist is.” Well, we won’t hear these types of comments this semester, with Mike Posner headlining the event.

If the cardinal rule of musicianship is to write what you know, it’s an even greater achievement when your audience relates to your expertise. Fall W.I.L.D.-goers may just see themselves reflected in the two openers, the White Panda and OCD: Moosh & Twist.

’Twas the day after W.I.L.D., and all through Wash. U., not a creature was stirring (the squirrels had raged, too).
The freshmen were nestled all snug in their beds as crippling hangovers hammered their heads.

Flying Lotus, the first professional act performing at tonight’s concert, is not a band, as you might expect from its name. Instead, it’s a he—Steven Ellison, to be exact, a music producer and laptop musician. When the W.I.L.D. lineup was first announced, I tried to put together some mental picture to represent Flying Lotus.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros play at 8 p.m. Friday night…geez, that doesn’t give you much time to learn about them. Pay attention, here’s what you need to know. Edward Sharpe’s “real name” is Alex Ebert. You could say the band is a mixture of his two passions. The first is romance.

Tales of old speak of a Wash. U. drinking game called “Tang.” Imagine a 64-team drinking game tournament that took place in the quad during W.I.L.D.