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Global warming tour, Sheryl Crow to perform in College Station
By: Travis Robinson
Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: News
Laurie David, a film producer and global warming activist, says she and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow are focusing on college students as a part of their global warming message to find a solution to what she considers a serious problem.
Texas A&M will be one of the 11 college campuses making up the Stop Global Warming College Tour. The tour kicked off on Monday at Southern Methodist University. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Rudder Auditorium.
David said the tour is an effort to inform college students about how they can be a part of a solution to global warming, and she hopes the tour will be the impetus for change.
"Solutions require everyone," she said.
Those who attend the 90-minute session, will learn about the issue of global warming while also enjoying a short performance by Crow. Tickets are available in the Memorial Student Center Box Office and are free.
David said they chose the tour locations based on places that may not be typical stops for a global warming tour, because they might be the places that most need to hear the message.
"We must make this a national, as well as a private priority," David said. "We can solve this problem, but we're going to need to get as many people as we can possibly get, and college campuses are great places to start."
At the same time, many who oppose David and Crow's stance on global warming are acting out against them with an event protest and a parody, said David Bellow, a senior political science major. Bellow organized the Global Warming Pool Party, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Rudder Plaza.
"It's a protest done in a fun way," Bellow said.
Bellow said celebrities who are concerned with the environment often pressure people to curb their driving and lifestyle in order to protect their environment. At the same time, he said, these celebrities do not live by what they preach, riding around in caravans of SUVs or riding in private jets.
"(The protest will) bring awareness to the hypocrisy," he said.
However, the tour is traveling in a biodiesel-fueled bus, David said.
-City Editor Rick Rojas contributed to this report.
Texas A&M will be one of the 11 college campuses making up the Stop Global Warming College Tour. The tour kicked off on Monday at Southern Methodist University. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Rudder Auditorium.
David said the tour is an effort to inform college students about how they can be a part of a solution to global warming, and she hopes the tour will be the impetus for change.
"Solutions require everyone," she said.
Those who attend the 90-minute session, will learn about the issue of global warming while also enjoying a short performance by Crow. Tickets are available in the Memorial Student Center Box Office and are free.
David said they chose the tour locations based on places that may not be typical stops for a global warming tour, because they might be the places that most need to hear the message.
"We must make this a national, as well as a private priority," David said. "We can solve this problem, but we're going to need to get as many people as we can possibly get, and college campuses are great places to start."
At the same time, many who oppose David and Crow's stance on global warming are acting out against them with an event protest and a parody, said David Bellow, a senior political science major. Bellow organized the Global Warming Pool Party, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Rudder Plaza.
"It's a protest done in a fun way," Bellow said.
Bellow said celebrities who are concerned with the environment often pressure people to curb their driving and lifestyle in order to protect their environment. At the same time, he said, these celebrities do not live by what they preach, riding around in caravans of SUVs or riding in private jets.
"(The protest will) bring awareness to the hypocrisy," he said.
However, the tour is traveling in a biodiesel-fueled bus, David said.
-City Editor Rick Rojas contributed to this report.
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