Global warming activist Laurie David and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will come to campus Wednesday, April 18, on their Stop Global Warming College Tour.

Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Programming Board's Music Group, the 90-minute concert, which is open only to the Vanderbilt community, will be held at the Student Life Center.

The event will also feature clips from "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary produced by Al Gore.
VPB Co-chair Emily Burrows said while Gore has been invited to the show, she is not sure if he will come.

Tickets are free and will be available to Vanderbilt students beginning Saturday, March 31 at the Sarratt box office. Students are allowed only one free ticket and must present their Vanderbilt ID card. Beginning Saturday, April 7, tickets will be available to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.

Students expressed mixed feelings about Crow's global warming-related tour and her appearance on campus.

Sophomore John Nehme said celebrities are right to use their clout to attract attention to political issues.

"I think it is really neat when people with a lot of power and influence can initiate action for a cause and use their power for a positive cause," Nehme said.

Likewise, SPEAR (Students Promoting Environment Awareness and Recycling) Vice President Brent Fitzgerald, a sophomore, said he likes to see issues "buttressed and supported" by celebrities.

"It is good to see them generating publicity," he said.
However, sophomore Jessica Pack, who also serves as a copy editor for The Hustler, said the amount of attention paid to celebrity activists neglects other citizens involved with the cause.

"I admire what they do as citizens, but at the same time, I feel like it is revered too much, she said. "We don't give enough attention and support to those who do things on a day-to-day basis."