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With a crowd of dancers chosen from the student population to surround him on the main stage, musician Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis) did not fail to captivate his audience at any point during his performance at Loyola College this Friday evening. The packed Reitz arena served as the venue for this sold-out, high-energy spring concert and was perfect for the large crowd in attendance, which included many students, visiting friends and family, as well as members of the local Baltimore community.

1448 Gallery, an old row house converted into an art gallery, features the work of Loyola College photography students. The exhibition, Wet-Plate to Ink-Jet: Bridging Three Centuries, is a collection of photographs selected by Daniel Schlapbach, the associate professor of Fine Arts and director of the photography program at Loyola College.

Watchmen is perhaps the most loved graphic novel of all and was the only graphic novel in Time magazine "ALL-TIME 100 Best Novels" list. Thus when 300 director Zac Snyder took on the lauded material, he had gigantic shoes to fill, but he successfully comes up with a faithful adaptation that should please both the fan-boys and newcomers alike.

With his new song, "I Love College," white rapper Asher Roth may or may not possess the adequate skills required to be considered a great rapper. As a matter of fact, he's far from it. "I Love College" is an awful song. It is evident that Roth is a blogger at heart because the song seems like compiled listings of a week in the life of a college partier rather than a student.

Indie-alternative rock band, This Providence, is releasing their third album, Who Are You Now? on March 17. This is their second album for Fueled by Ramen Records, an independent record label created in 1996 that has launched successful albums from popular bands such as Panic At The Disco, Paramore and Gym Class Heroes.

Spring is finally in the air and as the weather becomes hotter and hotter so do this season's trends. The recent economic downturn equaled an unexpected turn for the better for fashion design this spring. The economy has had obvious negative effects on the fashion industry, but an unpredicted positive result comes in the form of one of the most popular trends this spring season, cleverly referred to as "depression chic.

Kay Ryan wants to make sure that you're amused. But first, she wants to make sure you amuse her. After presenting her short, lyrical stanza entitled, "The Hinge of Spring" as a part of her reading on Wednesday, this year's Poet Laureate cleared her throat, deadpanned the audience, and said, "How about I read it again, and this time, you like it more.