10 The Loquitur Thursday, March 24, 2011Arts & Entertainment

Application of the week:

Words With Friends

By Elizabeth KrupkaA&E Editor

efk722@cabrini.eduCordless phones are energy vampires: sitting in a recharging cradle they suck up power 24-7. So replace a

cordless phone or two that you don’t really need, and you’ll save energy.

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Eco-friendly tip of the week:

Scrabble is a board game that people have enjoyed for years. Since the age of tech-nology and smartphones, web developers have made a handheld version of this game.

Words With Friends is an application that mim-ics scrabble, however the whole point is that you play with your friends.

If you enjoy getting ad-dicted to games you will never want to put your phone down after you start playing this game.

Words With Friends al-lows you to connect with your facebook and twitter. You can leave statuses and posts with your username so that your friends are com-pelled to add you.

At the start of the game you get seven letters. You build horizontally and ver-tically. Once you begin “stacking” you need to make sure that each letter, both horizontally and ver-tially, makes sense. This is the biggest challenege of the whole game.

Another really great part of Words With Friends is the fact that you can create games with random people if your friends aren’t fin-ishing the games or if the games aren’t going as quick as you would like them to.

There is a lite version of the game which is free. However, with the paid ver-sion there are no adds and you get push notifications (like a text message).

The lite version also only lets a user play so many games before they can’t play anymore.

For the $2.99 Words With Friends is well worth your money.

You will play the game more than you think you will. An odd addiction settles when you start play-ing the game, and you will never sleep.

It is a unique way to so-cialize with your friends and it is also a really good way to extend your vocabulary.

It makes you think more than a regular video game.

By Natalie CrawfordAsst. Copy Editor

The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds (PSW) is an electric musi-cal orchestra that plays a range of music from stage to screen, classic and contemporary.

Located just a few blocks from Cabrini College, the PSW re-hearsal studio is at Valley Forge Military Academy and College. Cabrini was given the opportu-nity to listen to the PSW perform this past Sunday, March 13, in the Grace Hall Atrium.

Founded in 2008 by the con-ductor, Philip Evans had an ex-ceedingly specific vision in mind.

“We started in September of 2008. It was an idea conceived by myself, as I wanted a wind band in the area that played more ad-vanced music and have it a step up from community bands. I just wanted to take it to the next level and find the best group of people I could find around who were will-ing to do it for free,” Evans, said.

Evans is originally from North Devon, England and started his musical career at the age of 5. When he was 16, he joined a band and was drafted four times to more qualified bands. During his last two years in England he was bandmaster for The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, which is known to play for the Queen of England and the Royal Family.

Evans then came to America and immediately pursued his vi-sion in the hopes of conducting an entire band of his own.

He started recruiting musicians from all around the Pennsylvania region. Currently, there are 45 members from various local bands and orchestras.

“I joined this orchestra basi-cally through Phil. We play in the Ches-ter County Concert Band and several of my friends also play. He invited several of us to come join and help him start his new band,” Ginny Lockwood, PSW trumpet player since 2008, said. “I really enjoy playing music and I enjoy having the opportuni-ties to play music. I love playing for a very professional band with a very professional conductor and I plan on playing music for the rest of my life. We’ve played at a few children hospitals before and that was the most touching memory. Some of the children couldn’t get out of bed so they listened to us play with their doors open.”

After countless rehearsals, Ev-ans has found his unique musi-cians that he has been searching for.

“There’s 48 people total in the

band,” Evans said. “The progress over the years has been phenom-enal. When they all came nobody had any idea what I wanted. Ev-eryone started on a basic level. So as soon as I started to produce the music that I wanted to play, they realized that they had to step up and pick it up.”

The PSW has been playing mostly in the tri-state area, primar-ily in Pennsylvania and Delaware. They perform in concert arenas to show off their enormous talent and to promote funds for this organiza-tion.

“We do everything from in- house advertising because we are a new group. It is very difficult to compete with people from huge bands around the area who’ve been around for years and people know them,” Evans said. “We have done so many concerts and the majority of them have been free of charge. We just really want people to come and hear us and re-alize that we can do what we say we do and produce a higher qual-ity of music.”

This concert did not just attract the Cabrini community to come out this Sunday, but the commu-nity in Wayne, Radnor and Phila-delphia. There were more outside visitors there than Cabrini’s audi-ence.

“It was a marvelous experience. The rhythemists, the soloists, they were all excellent,” Carolyn Bark-er, avid PSW follower, said. “I have seen them before and I will definitely see them again. I’ve seen them play at the church that I belong to. I know someone in the band that also plays the piano and trumpet. I thoroughly enjoy it. It’s an unusual concert but in a good way.”

Students from Cabrini attended this concert, some for the enjoy-

ment of the band and some for school assignments.

During the intermission of the concert, students already had their opinion of the show.

“I love music so I wanted to come here this Sunday. I think it’s fun,” Alyssa Grenyer, freshman early childhood education major, said. “A lot of the music isn’t what I would normally listen to. I would see them again because this expe-rience has had a musical impact on me. The music is upbeat. It makes me want to stand up and dance.”

“I am in the survey of music

class right now and it’s a require-ment to come to one of two con-certs. The choices were to come to this one or an opera, but I chose this one because it was more con-venient for me. We have to write a one-to-two page paper and I fig-ured I could do it on this one. We have to write about the compari-son of what we learned in class

to hearing an actual professional band play. So far it is interesting. It’s not the music I would listen to normally, so it’s definitely some-thing different,” David Watson, freshmen elementary education and sports management minor, said.

The band is at its maximum for players. For the ones that are in this orchestra, they plan on stay-ing as long as the orchestra keeps playing.

“I have been playing with this group for about two years. I play saxophone, lead alto and soprano when they need it. I was playing

in another group with Phil, the conductor, and he invited me to come play with this group. My fa-vorite part of this is being able to play and have people understand what we are doing and perform for people that respect us,” Greg Thoman, saxophone player, said.

“I plan on playing with this group for as long as I can. It’s a

great group with a lot of good people playing good music and it’s always a challenge. I’ve always been look-ing for a phenomenal group to get into and this

one happened to start.”The PSW will continue to

emerge into the band that it is des-tined to be. As their performance shows, hard work pays off and with this conductor’s dedication for his love of music, it will con-tinue to shine through.

“I want people to know who we are and the quality that we perform at,” Evans said. “We are not what you think we are.”

samantha bokoski / staff photographer

The Pennsylvania Symphonic winds came to Grace Hall, for students and faculty to enojoy a little taste of Philadelphia Fine Arts.

“ We just really want people to come and hear us and realize that we can do what we say we do and produce a higher quality of music.”

ngc24@cabrini.edu

A taste of classical music at Cabrini

The Loquitur 11Thursday, March 24, 2011 Arts & Entertainment

The clothing company H&M plans on debuting their new environmentally sustain-able clothing line this upcoming spring. The collection is called Conscious Collection because the clothes are made from conscious materials such as organic cotton, organic linen, recycled polyester and Tencel.

The clothing line, designed for men, women and children, plans to include t-shirts, blazers, dresses, skirts, jeans and accessories. The collection is a part of an on-going corporate sustainability effort by the retailer.

According to Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M Head of Design, the ideas of conscious col-lections are not only about using organic cotton but are more about “creating a complete fashion statement.”

Having an environmentally sustainable clothing line is not unusual for clothing retail-ers such as H&M. Other clothing retailers that have shown progress in a positive direc-tion towards the green movement include Wal-Mart, Nike and Levi. The Life is Good brand launched a new environmentally sustainable line in 2008 called Good Karma.

“As environmental sustainability becomes more a demand from the consumer, major companies will follow suite if for no other reason but profit,” Mary Jacobs, communica-tion and English major, said. “It’s no longer a moral concern for some companies but

that of capital.”This is not H&M’s first step towards a more sustainable movement. In 2003, H&M

became a member of the Organic Exchange, an organization that promotes the use of or-ganic cotton. In 2007, H&M announced that they would offer garments that use organic cotton in select collections throughout select stores. In the spring of 2010 H&M launched The Garden Collection. The Garden Collection included clothing that was made without using hazardous chemicals. The collection offered pieces that were designed with floral prints and other vibrant colors. The collection also included scarves, bags and shoes.

According to Johansson, this year’s collection is based on a theme that is known as “bohemian shades of white.”

The designers were going for a “tailored look combined with lace, Broderie Anglaise, frills and draping.”

H&M’s mission statement vows to offer fashion and quality at the best price while taking responsibility for how their actions affect people and the environment.

The women’s wear is inspired by an updated romantic style in which blouses, tunics and t-shirts with Broderie Anglaise are a key trend. Tiered dresses are perfect for the daytime while more dramatic Grecian gowns are great for the nightlife. Long floaty skirts are key, as are cut-off shorts. The collection also includes the perfect white blazer and pleated trousers for a more minimalist look, as well as Broderie Anglaise and lace lingerie.

Women’s Wear Men’s Wear

The men’s wear takes on a preppy mood with a white two-button blazer, collarless shirts and T-shirts with Henley detailing at the neck. There are printed and striped t-shirts, as well as a tank top for layering. Trousers are either five-pocket jeans or tailored. A majoritry of the men’s line is in crisp white for the summer, a new look for most guys.

Add a little green to your wardrobe(we are not just talking about the color)

By Sarah LuckertAsst. Managing Editor

skl37@cabrini.edu

all photos from h&m

If you’re a communication ma-jor at Cabrini, you are well aware that our professors urge (and of-ten require) us to use twitter, face-book and blogging as a way to connect with people throughout the world. “Communication is key” has been a phrase imprinted into our minds, regardless if we actually take the time out of our hectic lives to make it a priority. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with one of the most fabu-lous and social media-driven per-sonalities in the business, Loren Ridinger. She gave out extremely valuable advice that I think is ben-eficial for every person to know, so below I have listed some of her useful tips:

How to brand yourself:

Ridinger spoke about how im-portant word-of-mouth communi-cation is:

“Word of mouth, I believe, is still today the best way to adver-tise.”

We all have the opportunity to build our potential empires with-out spending a lot of money.

“You can build a brand or build a company without spend-ing millions of dollars. How? Through social media. Anybody who’s anybody that is successful has made social media a huge part of their branding and their marketing technique.”

Ridinger explained that adver-tisers are using social media out-lets, such as twitter and facebook, to promote their products.

“Use these tools to promote your brand.”

Make blogs more personal.

It will attract more readers:

“Use it as a form of a di-ary rather than a strategically planned way of reaching people. Why? Because people always want to know what your thoughts are. And if you’re thinking and

writing to yourself, people natu-rally become interested.”

Make sure to ask questions to your audience.

“Ask people for their input. They’ll become more willing to check out your blog.”

Have a “social media calen-dar.” This basically means that each day of the week, you should be blogging about something dif-ferent but keep the pattern. Ex-ample: if you were to keep a food blog, make Monday the day that you talk about a new great restau-rant, Tuesday when you talk about a delicious recipe, etc. Just make sure it’s a new restaurant/recipe every week.

Balance your pri-orities: take time out for everything

and everyone!As college students, we obvi-

ously need to make connections and work as hard as we can to succeed once we graduate. It’s

imperative that we find our nitch and we need to stick with it.

“If you’re doing something that you love, you don’t mind put-ting yourself last because your work becomes more of your play. But you also realize things that are important in life, besides work, need attention too. Like anything you don’t give time to, it can fall apart.”

No matter the trials and tribula-tions we are faced with, we should all know that we are capable of handling them.

“I told myself that the grass would never be greener on the other side. I would always be ex-changing one set of problems for the other. Whatever my problems were in this lifetime, I would learn to deal with them.”

The moral of this story: What-ever you work hard on and put your mind to, you will ultimately succeed.

Follow Her:@lorenridingerlorensworld.com/myfashioncents.com

Loren has been a leading voice in fashion for many years, as well as a driving force in changing the shopping and beauty industries. She can be described as an entrepreneur, blogger, mother and creator of her own beauty lines. Loren’s flawless style has won her several awards, including Vogue’s Top 100 most influential women. She is also the senior vice president of marketamerica.com and shop.com.

12 The Loquitur Thursday, March 24, 2011Arts & Entertainment

By Liz ScopellitiCopy Editor

dcc59@cabrini.edudiana campeggio / asst. a&e editor

Brand yourself: blog like crazy

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2. E.T. - Katy Perry3. S&M - Rihanna4. Born This Way - Lady Gaga5. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown

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Matter

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By Liz ScopellitiCopy Editor

come out on top

Loren Ridinger

ems83@cabrini.edu

“Age ain’t nothing but a number...” Yep, the wise words of our girl Aaliyah. We miss you honey. Your lyrics are so true. Age really isn’t anything but a number; at least in my reality.

I’m a huge advocate of love. I love passion, commitment, trust. It’s all magical. Now have I experienced this myself? No. But I know people that have, a few that are in lifelong relationships. Some of these couples happen to have a sig-nificant age gap between them too. Does that automatically mean that money is the source of the younger partner’s happi-ness? Actually, let me rephrase that. Does that mean that the young twenty-something fe-males we see holding hands with the fifty-something males suggest that they are gold dig-gers? (Side note: I say younger women because cougars are becoming more socially ac-ceptable these days but we’ll touch on them momentarily).

Sure, Kanye’s phrase does hold true: “She ain’t messin with no broke, broke...”. But before we pass judgement, I say we get our facts straight-ened out first. Obviously, most women fresh in their twenties and thirties typically avoid dating men jumping on the next train to Viagra valley. In a perfect world, we would all be in stable relationships with people close in age who could skip through meadows and drink a glass of Merlot without worrying if they were going to pull a muscle in their back or keel over from liver failure. Unfortunately, this is not the case. And you know what? I’m totally fine with it. In fact, to be quite honest, I love older men. Maturity, life experience and security are so unbelievably sexy. Yes, I still like muscular arms, a great smile and a firm chest, but I’m not going to lim-it myself to men only in their twenties because I believe that men older than thirty do not have the qualities I’m looking for.

Cougars are all the rage down in the OC, so for all you middle-aged women out their, why not approach a younger man and ask him to rock your boat? (Yes, an Aaliyah pun. I had to throw that in there).

Before you judge the next time you see Kelsey Grammar and Kayte Walsh waving to the paparazzi, think about some-thing other than their ages. They obviously see something in each other...I guess you’ll never find out.