Britney Spears has kept quiet since wrapping up her Circus Tour in 2009, but the pop-prin-cess is once again storming the charts and reminding the pop in-dustry she is a forced to be reck-oned with.

“Hold It Against Me,” the first single from Spears’ seventh stu-dio album “Femme Fatale,” was released on Jan. 11 and immedi-ately shattered records.

Debuting at No. 1 on the Bill-board Hot 100, it set the record for most radio plays in one day, broke the record for the largest spin-increase in a single week, and sold 411,000 digital copies which is the highest debut sales for a female artist.

The single also hit No. 1 on iTunes in 19 different countries.

A music video for “Hold It Against Me” will premiere on Feb. 19. Until then, Spears’ man-agement has been releasing short clips every day before its release.

Fans and the media continue to speculate on what the she might have in store for her greatly an-ticipated follow up to the wildly successful “Circus.”

According to executive pro-ducers Max Martin and Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, fans should expect a return to the slightly edgier, more electronic touch of

her critically-acclaimed fifth stu-dio album “Blackout.”

According to Rolling Stone magazine, “Blackout” was “pos-sibly the most influential pop al-bum of the last five years.”

“Femme Fatale” will be re-leased on March 29. Britney took to her twitter account and ex-pressed her excitement with her upcoming work.

“I’m almost done with my new album and it will be coming out this March. I AM IN L-O-V-E WITH IT!”

Spears’ management has also stated to multiple bloggers like Perez Hilton that the singer is ready to go all out to promote the album with a “major TV event.”

In the meantime, she is busy with album photo shoot and set-ting up promotions.

There will be deluxe and standard editions available for purchase and additional songs featured on the deluxe package.

Spears’ fans have been wait-ing for these singles since her last CD.

Fans have been so enthusiatic about the CD that they have been leaking any and every leaks that-seem credible.

“Circus” re-established Brit-ney Spears as the “pop princess,” but the pressure is on for her to repeat that success.

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Application of the week:CardMunch

By Elizabeth KrupkaA&E Editor

A college student re-ceives an average of about 10 business cards a year. From internships to career fairs, it is hard to keep track of all of these cards that are important for a potential successful future.

Fret no more, because application creators have realized how hard it is to keep business cards straight. CardMunch is an application that is available for download for all iPod touches, iPhones and iPads.

The application is free, making the download pain-less and easy. CardMunch allows the user to take a picture of the physical busi-ness card.

After about five minutes, the application pulls all of the information from the card. Then the application, like a phone book, sorts all of the names on the busi-ness card alphabetically.

The best feature about the application is the fact that all of the people are added into your phone book with their emails, phone numbers and the company that they work for.

It makes looking for jobs and contacts that much easier because all of the in-formation is a click away. Another great part about the application is that you sign up for an account with the website online.

Let’s say you upgrade to the new iPhone 5 over the summer. Are all of your business contacts are lost? No! Once you down-load the application to the new phone and input your email, all of the contacts that you had saved will be on the application.

The application also saves a picture of the physi-cal card. So if there are any mistakes you can refer back to the original.

You can also click in the settings to import all of those contacts into your address book, if for some reason they are lost. Not all iPhone applications have to be something that are fun and entertaining.

Your phone can now be-come a tool that you use in your profession, and it can help push you further in your career.

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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, students and faculty got a jump-start getting cards for their loved ones. On Feb. 1, Jazzman’s cafe was crowded with students and faculty waiting for Personacards, a new and unique personalized way to express a person’s feelings via hand-crafted art.

Cartoonist Paul Kleba sat at a table scat-tered with cards for all occasions. Some were romantic, others were crude but most of them were a funny play on words.

Kleba talked to each individual he made a card for, asking which colors they’d prefer for the writing, all the way down to the color of their eyes to get the card as personal as pos-sible.

Talking freely and easily, Kleba did not just personalize the cards but made connections with each person in line, even giving advice.

“We can’t be perfectionists. You’ll never be 100 percent ready to show your work. I don’t know how to be better at something I’m al-ready trying very hard at,” Kleba said.

While Sadiyah Hicks, a worker at Jazzman’s, was getting a 21st birthday card for her sister, sophomore math major Sam Hal-lowell was having multiple cards made for his girlfriend.

“I’m a sap so I’m getting sappy cards. There are a ton of not very nice cards that my best friend would find funny though,” Hallowell said.

Kleba insists he did not have the natural talent of an artist when he started but instead practiced in the hopes of improving, which he eventually did.

Having started his greeting card business 18 years ago at Lafayette College, Kleba has

been to Cabrini over 40 times since 1994. He mostly keeps his business on the East Coast but in March, he will be traveling to Arizona State University.

“The activity director remembered me from when I came to his college and hired me. They’re flying me out there and keeping me up in a hotel,” Kleba said.

Liam O’Dow, junior elementary education major, was getting a card for his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day.

“I looked for one that was kinda cutesy,” O’Dow said.

“It’s a point scoring classic,” Kleba said of O’Dow’s card choice.

Elisabeth Kelly, junior biology/pre-medical and chemistry major, looked forward to the free personalized cards as a returning customer.

“It brightens my day,” Kelly said.Each event Kleba does, he makes about 50-

60 cards in a four hour span. His real mission is to make people question rules.

“Why are things this way? It started with political cartoons but a play on words can make people question as well,” Kleba said.

A student asked him to make a card without any names on it. When Kleba questioned why she did not want a name he laughed.

“Oh you don’t have anyone to give it to, so you don’t have anyone to give it to. See what I did there?” Kleba said.

Kleba comes back from year to year and students regularly look forward to his visits to the campus.

Kleba left all his customers with smiles on their faces and a creative card that could not be found in any Hallmark store.

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Personacards add a personal touch to greeting cards for students and are a great alternative to the traditional Valentine.

By Melanie GreenbergAsst. Features Editor

PersonaCards in time for Valentines Day

Britney makes a comeback, againBy Kelsey Alvino Asst. Perspectives Editor

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Spears’ 2009 “Circus Tour” grossed $131.8 million worldwide. Her lat-est single “Hold It Against Me” was released on Feb. 19.

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Idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more gas than is needed for startup. Overall, Americans idle away 2.9 billion gallons of gas a year, worth around $78.2 billion. - www.thedailygreen.com

Eco-friendly tip of the week:

Trash to treasure, local artist creates magicTrash, paint and street scenes are used as the ma-

terials in the creative and innovating artwork of Le-roy Johnson’s art exhibit titled The Remnants of a City. The Magic Gardens in Philadelphia showcased the artwork of Philadelphia native Leroy Johnson in Center City.

“God taught me how to paint. I didn’t go to art school for any degree. When I was 7 years old I read Richard Wright’s “Native Son” and I heard a voice telling me I was going to be an artist,” Johnson said.

The Magic Gardens is a gallery space and non-profit organization that displays the work of Isaiah Zagar. Many artistic events are held at the Magic Gardens for inexpensive prices.

“I like Philly. Anytime I travel somewhere else I want to come back. I need a place with a lot of trash and stuff for my art. Everywhere else is too clean,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s art entails tiny street scenes, using dif-ferent objects thrown together to produce his imagery of Philadelphia.

“I love Leroy’s art. I love how it’s pretty and gritty at the same time. It’s beautiful and it represents Phila-delphia,” Johanna Roebas, an observer, said.

“Art should be used as a therapeutic and reme-dial tool. There are people who have things happen to them that they can’t express. Art can help them. Art in the proper context can give you academic skills. You can learn everything you need if you learn through art,” Johnson said.

“His art is very dynamic. He tells a lot of Philadel-phia’s story. He is also a pleasure to work with,” El-len Owen, executive director of the Magic Gardens, said.

“This is what I do. I’m going to do this till God takes me,” Johnson said. “I work every day. I have an obsession about doing this. This is what God called me to do.”

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By Felicia MelvinOnline Media Editor

all photos by felicia melvin / online media editor

Doctors are known for sav-ing lives, working late hours and not having a life outside of the hospital. Well, the doc-tors of “Grey’s Anatomy” like to shed a different light on the world of medicine.

This nighttime drama has worked to show that the per-ceived egotistical ways of doc-tors can be false.

The “Grey’s Anatomy” tele-vision series made its debut on March 27, 2005 on ABC.

Since then, six seasons have successfully aired, even with a writers’ strike in the middle of the fourth season. The seventh season is currently airing.

The creator of this award-winning television series is Shonda Rhimes. She has casted many stars for this show such as Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pom-peo, Eric Dane and Sandra Oh.

The show mainly follows the personal and professional lives of interns and residents as they complete their years of residency at Seattle Grace-Mer-cy West hospital in Seattle, WA.

Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo are the main characters of the show. They are known as Derek Shepherd, aka Mc-Dreamy, and Meredith Grey. (Hint: “Grey’s Anatomy.”)

When Derek and Meredith first met, they were at a bar right by the hospital. That night, they hook up. They fall in love and soon enough Meredith finds out McDreamy is married. The first couple of seasons show Mer-edith trying to move on and Derek trying to work things out

with his wife.Eventually they do work things

out. Meredith and Derek get mar-ried in season five. Season six fi-nale was one of television’s best finales yet.

A man walks into the hospital, enraged that they didn’t save his wife, and he shoots up the hospi-tal. The person he is going after is Derek Shepherd.

He shoots many main charac-ters including Derek. Meredith’s best friend Cristina, portrayed by Sandra Oh, must operate on Derek in order for him to survive.

Meanwhile, the shooter has a gun to her head. And if that isn’t enough drama, Meredith is in the background screaming “Shoot me instead!” To finalize it all, Mer-edith has a miscarriage.

This was one of the most dev-astating season finales in “Grey’s Anatomy” history, which is why the ratings and reviews rose for this finale.

The reviews and ratings for Grey’s Anatomy vary tremen-dously. Imdb.com rates Grey’s Anatomy at 7.4 stars out of 10. Tim Goodman from the San Fran-cisco Chronicle thinks the show is a bust.

“Ultimately, there’s nothing new about the bones of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Somebody needs to reinvent the hospital drama, stat.”

This past season premiere reeled in a promising 14 million viewers and a 5.3 rating, which was the highest of the night on ABC. On tv.com, “Grey’s Anato-my” received 8.8 stars out of 10.

The reviews on tv.com also agree with this. Many people write, “This is my favorite show!” or “A light hearted medical drama that should be applauded for.”

Many viewers and critics like to trash the show because it is all about ridiculous drama, a large amount dealing with sex.

“Grey’s Anatomy” has re-ceived many notable awards. It has won a Golden Globe for Best Drama Television Series in 2006. Grey’s has also received three Emmy awards and numerous in-dividual awards for acting and directing.

Catch a new episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” every Thursday night, at 9 p.m on ABC.

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Reality Check:

Dealbreakers

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By Olivia TorrenceStaff Writer

By Jamie SantoroPerspectives Editor

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My idol and personal deity, Liz Lemon, coined the phrase “Dealbreaker” on the hit NBC comedy “30 Rock.”

I believe that everyone should have a few ideals that they maintain in their search for a life partner. Or in other words, dealbreakers. Here’s mine.

“This lettuce is so good.” Dealbreaker. You like lettuce? The actual taste of the leafy green alone in your mouth? Lettuce is for burgers and burg-er commercials. The only ex-ception is salads, and even then once the protein, croutons and dressing are gone, is there re-ally any point to eat anymore?

“I don’t watch TV much.” Dealbreaker. I don’t trust peo-ple who don’t watch TV. It means you’re sane enough to deal with your life healthily and don’t need to escape into a world of fantasy. Plus, if my best friend Don Draper doesn’t approve, there’s no shot.

“My dream vacation is camping.” Dealbreaker. Camp-ing is sleeping outside, do you realize that? Even if you’re in a cabin, there’s no wireless or electricity. That’s basically wa-ter boarding.

“I don’t really want chil-dren.” Dealbreaker. A classic one, but worth mentioning. Of course you want children. Wait really? Then who will you buy cute little versions of regular people clothes from Crewcuts for?

“I don’t like going out to dinner.” Dealbreaker. What isn’t to like? Someone else prepares your food, brings it to you and cleans up. There’s a wider selection and 100% of the time it tastes better than if I made it myself. “I know I’m a girl, but I love sports.” Dealbreaker. Two problems here: first and foremost, that’s kind of weird. Sorry to feminists and girls who like sports but it gives me the willies. It always comes off as fake and like your trying to impress me. Which brings me to my other point: I don’t like sports that much either. If you can sit through a baseball game, you can keep up with me.

“I need you to call me ev-eryday.” Biggest dealbreaker. My mother doesn’t get a call everyday, so what makes you special? Most days I don’t know where my phone is any-way.

“I don’t really listen to mu-sic.” Dealbreaker. I think you should check your pulse, be-cause you must be dead. What do you do at the gym? What do you do in the car? What do you pretend to be good at in the shower? You must be a robot.

“Bethenny Frankel is so fake.” Dealbreaker. Just... Dealbreaker.

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Grey’s fans plead for spark in new season

1. The Rite

2. No Stings Attached

3. The Mechanic

4. The Green Hornet

5. The King’s Speech

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1. Grenade- Bruno Mars

2. Hey Baby ( Drop it to the Floor)- Pitbull featuring T-Pain

3. Rocketeer-Far East Movement

4. Coming Home-Diddy

5. Firework-Katy Perry

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1. Entertainment- I’m Nicki Minaj!: Ask Shane #26

2. Music- “Hold It Against Me” Britney Spears

3. Film and Animation-Crime Cops 4. Sports- Michael Alvarado’s Walkoff 44 Footer Lifts Manhattan Over Marist

5. How to & Style-Expand your shoe collec-tion

After the premiere of it’s new season, “Grey’s Anatomy” is receiving mixed reviews and opinions from crit-ics and fans.

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