Intrigue

Artist speaks language of photography

By Anne Dawson | Intrigue Writer | February 15

Digging into family history and exploring how it relates to a person is important in discovering oneself, according to artist Cynthia Farnell. Farnell is now an artist and director of the Welch Galleries at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

African-American students with immigrant parents share their stories of going to Auburn University

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | February 15

Auburn University is filled with students from many different backgrounds, each with their own story to tell. Some attend because their parents went here, while others may be the first in their families to be born in the United States.

How Auburn florists handle Valentine's Day

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | February 13

Valentine's Day: A day of love, chocolates, candies, and adorably cheesy cards that show someone how much you care. But for flower stores, it's a week of complete insanity.

OPINION: Bottling it up to have it all explode

By Emily Esleck | Editor-in-Chief | February 11

College can be an exciting time \0xAD\0xAD\0xAD\0xAD-- the anticipation of living alone, making your own decisions and meeting new people consumes most high school students' thoughts as they prepare to voyage into this vast, unknown place. For me, transitioning from high school to college was probably the most exciting and the most difficult thing in my life. My 17-year-old cousin, Anna, died my senior year of high school from leukemia, blood cancer.

App of the Week: Tinfoil: Facebook for people who hate Facebook

By Kyle Nazario | Intrigue Editor | February 11

The best way to use Facebook while limiting the site's spying ability is to use Tinfoil. Like the name suggests, Tinfoil is a Facebook app for the paranoid, for people who would rather not enable location services for Facebook's app.

The road to Hollywood: an Auburn idol's story

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | February 11

As Steffi Ledbetter, junior in music theatre, waited in the crowded room with 30 other finalists on "American Idol," all she could think of was how she had possibly just given the worst audition of her life. But when the producers walked back in and said, "You've made it to the celeb round," she couldn't believe her ears.

Student challenges himself to eat every meal with insects for a month

By Kyle Nazario | Intrigue Editor | February 6

Camren Brantley-Rios, senior in public relations, said he made tacos Jan. 30 slightly different from how most people do it. He took taco shells, added taco seasoning, lime, grilled onions, avocado queso fresco, refried beans, salsa and wax worms.

VIDEO: 30 Days of Eating Bugs

By Kris Sims | Multimedia Editor | February 5

A student decides to prepare for future travels by eating bugs with his meals for thirty days straight.

Instructor writes 2-D action game about rebel ninja battling Elvis impersonators

By Kyle Nazario | Intrigue Editor | February 2

Many people play video games, but Auburn University communication and journalism instructor Joshua Hillyer is helping make one.

App of the Week: Evernote: one-stop productivity

By Kyle Nazario | Intrigue Editor | February 1

Evernote is a better way to take notes. Users sign up for a free account and download the app, which is available for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and web browser. After that, creating notes is easy, just open a new note and start writing.

Two for $8: making two meals out of spaghetti and stir fry

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | February 1

Cooking in college can be tough for multiple reasons. There's planning to consider, money to buy the ingredients and, of course, time to actually cook. But it turns out finding cheap, easy-to-make meals for just more than $8 is possible and can be fun.

Little Raine Band takes over Bourbon Street Bar

By Anne Dawson | Intrigue Writer | January 31

College students filled Bourbon Street Bar on Friday, Jan. 31, to listen to the musical stylings of Little Raine Band.

The highs and lows of owning a business in college

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | January 30

For many students, their daily routine consists of attending class, spending time with friends and doing homework. Some students do all of that while also operating a business.

Artist gives lecture to end exhibition in Biggin Gallery

By Jordan Hays | Copy Editor | January 29

A Birmingham artist gave a lecture at Biggin Hall to end her exhibition of painting and sculptures Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m., and collaborated with Andrew Kozlowski, assistant professor of art, on prints of her work.

App of the Week: Letterpress challenges vocabulary

By Kyle Nazario | Intrigue Editor | January 25

Letterpress surprised me. I'm not much for Scrabble, Boggle or other word games. Letterpress changed my mind with its addictive approach to vocabulary ability-based multiplayer games.

Cook more than rice in your rice cooker

By Jordan Hays | Copy Editor | January 25

Rice cookers are the quintessential college cooking contraption. They're ideal because you can head to Asian Super Market off of Opelika Road and pick up a 10-pound bag of rice when you're short on cash. It's just more than $10 and will help feed you for more than a month.

Creating a connection through the art of printmaking

By Andria Moore | Intrigue Writer | January 23

Cassidy Kulhanek, senior in fine arts, slid a sample of her work across the table. It was a print of a blue sky, with a hill, and a bone -- possibly of a dog -- lying in green grass. Kulhanek said printmaking is the process of making artwork by printing ink on a blank page through a screen made by the artist.