With the fall Walk In Lay Down concert just a day away, students across campus are gearing up for the music event of the semester.

Students said they are familiar with this year’s Walk In Lay Down’s (W.I.L.D.) lead performers, Method Man and Redman, and though the artists are a throwback, the duo will still put on a great show on Saturday.

“I’m familiar with the headliners, even though I haven’t heard much from them in the past few years,” sophomore Chavelle Patterson said. “I do like their music.”

Sophomore Liz Jordan agreed. She also enjoys listening to Method Man and Redman and is looking forward to seeing them on stage.

“When I first heard the headliners, I was a little concerned,” Jordan said. “But after thinking about it, I realized that they’re going to be very, very entertaining. They’re very funny guys.”

Senior Amirah Ahmed said she believes the performance will be a memorable one, and said she expects that a wide variety of students will find the performers’ music enjoyable.

“The type of music is more upbeat, and I think it’ll cater to a bigger crowd,” Ahmed said.

“I think this year’s going to be better than past semesters.”

This year’s concert will have no inflatable couches—previously a popular item at W.I.L.D. concerts.

Senior Rupert Barshop said he is not sad to see the couches go.

“I personally never use the inflatable couches, because I want to be closer to the music,” Barshop said.

“It doesn’t really matter to me.”

W.I.L.D. works to go green

Despite the University’s campus-wide ban on bottled water, students will be given free bottled water at the concert.

W.I.L.D. is currently exempt from the bottled water ban, along with Commencement and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Bottled water is distributed from water stations at Commencement, and the admissions office gives out water when the temperature outside is 85 degrees or higher.

Senior Will Fischer, Student Union’s executive advisor for sustainability, said he feels W.I.L.D. can become a more sustainable campus event in the future. Fischer said that using water coolers instead of bottled water would be one way for W.I.L.D. to be greener.

Fischer added that Team 31 has been open in the past to discussing sustainability at W.I.L.D. but more work remains to be done.

“They have demonstrated that they’re interested in running a more sustainable event,” Fischer said.

“They have committed resources to it. They’ve been responsive to our requests. But we need to reevaluate more fundamental parts of the event in order to make substantial changes.”

Fischer cited improper waste disposal, non-local food sourcing and air travel for performers as current non-sustainable aspects of W.I.L.D. Fischer recommended improved recycling, a focus on St. Louis-area food options and budgeting carbon offsets for air travel as feasible solutions to all these problems.

Concert information

The concert will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday with a performance by the winner of the Battle of the Bands competition, which will be held Friday in the Danforth University Center Courtyard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students 21 years old and up are allowed to bring one six-pack of beer each before 6 p.m. W.I.L.D. will officially conclude at 10 p.m.

Free portions of Chipotle burritos will be available starting at 4 p.m., and free pizza will be distributed starting at 5:30 p.m.

To hear the artists’ music before W.I.L.D., Team 31 has posted links to their MySpace pages on its Web site.