Cope-ing this fling
When SPEC announced that Sonic Youth and Cat Power were headlining this year's Spring Fling, students across campus felt dejected. Most had never heard of either of those bands, or, if they had, they realized that none of the bands were conducive to the usual drunken dancing. Since then, students have continued to yearn for Cornell's Snoop Dogg and Brown's Talib Kweli. However, the soulful, funk-driven Citizen Cope should provide some sort of relief from the rough, experimental Sonic Youth and heart-wrenching Cat Power. In regards to playing Spring Fling, singer/songwriter Clarence Greenwood (a.k.a. Citizen Cope) said, "That's going to be exciting, man. Definitely. Like, they [Sonic Youth] have made legendary records, and I know that they have been responsible for like discovering a lot of great bands."