Christmas"For many American people, Christmas is a time of gift exchange and happy fellowship," said John Hung, adviser for Campus Crusades for Christ. "Retailers and goods manufacturers look forward to boosts in their economic fortunes. But for Christians, these things are of secondary emphasis.
Thanksgiving brings family traditions to the table, and students are looking forward to returning home for the holidays."Every Thanksgiving since I can remember, my family has gone to my grandparents house to celebrate," said Christina McQuinn, sophomore in human development and family studies.
The "incredible edible egg" can be the most inexpensive and easy meal to prepare, not only for breakfast, but for lunch and dinner as well.There are multiple ways to prepare an egg after it is cracked.
Turn the light bulbs on during class, but keep them off at home. Using energy wisely will reduce the cost of an electric bill as well as conserve resources.Compact fluorescent light bulbs are one of the most recent energy-efficient products on the market that lasts up to 10 years longer than a regular light bulb."Fluorescent lights now come in almost every shape and size," said Bruce Crain, department head of electrical and lighting.
The Passion Tour with Louie Giglio is coming to Auburn Nov. 5 in the Student Act to unite college students for one purpose, the glory of God.
Jack-o'-lanterns are the true essence of the Halloween atmosphere, and anyone can carve a pumpkin; it just takes patience."You don't have to be good at carving pumpkins to carve a pumpkin," said Tom Nardone, professional pumpkin carver and creator of extremepumpkins.com.
Kameron McDaniel, a senior Tiger Paw member, was nominated by Auburn University and selected by Athlon Sports to represent the SEC for the Sideline Spirit Competition."War Kam Eagle" is accepting everyone's participation in voting as the polls remain open until Oct. 30 for the third round.
A mustache contest offers a first class flight to 'Stache Bash in St. Louis benefiting Challenger Baseball, send in your pictures before Oct.
Backstreet's back with a new genre of pop music with its newly released album, "This is Us," after working with legendary producers such as T-Pain, Max Martin, RedOne and Ryan Tedder.Working with various artists, Backstreet Boys are moving back to their original roots, a pop genre.Many people have been skeptical of their seventh album released because of the genre change, but I believe they did it right this time.
The new iPod Nano, introduced Sept. 9, offers a new built-in video camera and mic allowing music lovers to shoot video wherever they may be.The iPod Nano is available in nine vibrant colors, with a 2.2-inch screen allowing users to view their videos more clearly.It also includes a live FM radio, voice recorder, voice over--which speaks the names of the songs and artists, the Nike pedometer to count every step you take and many other advanced features.The most impressive thing to me is the video camera built into this extremely slender piece of technology.
