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Top Cupcake Shops

The cupcake craze has everyone craving those miniature cakes on a daily basis; here are the top seven stops around the Valley where you can give into temptation.

By Christa Vohs | March 12, 2012
Barnhart_Q4. Photos by Malena Barnhart.

Art Echo

Local artists answer a Q&A with a twist – they can only respond with their art.

By Tye Rabens | March 12, 2012
A crafting drill. Photo by Faith Breisblatt.

Piece of Craft: Essential Crafting Tools

It could just be me, but sometimes when I’m working with different materials, I feel very confined to them, like I can’t use any outside tools when obviously there is an endless amount of things to use.  For example, if I’m making a necklace and found a cool rock or something I want to use for a pendant, I used to literally have no idea how to create a pendant.  Sometimes I would try wrapping it in wire so it would hang from a chain or string, but I’m not skilled enough with wire to make something like that look nice.  Instead, I could have used a drill here, which sounds like such an easier solution than what I could find at the time. Drills are great because they’re actually easy to use and as long as you have the right drill bits for the piece of material you’re attempting to drill through, you’re golden and will have made an awesome hole fit for your creation. Another tool I’ve come across in the past recent months is a glass cutter. If you ever want to work with glass at all, for example to cut a hole, this is an awesome tool.  I’d be a little weary if you’ve never used one before (and please, for all these tools, be careful!) but it isn’t too hard to use as well. In my opinion, there are a few must haves for any crafter.

By Faith Breisblatt | March 12, 2012
Photo by Noemi Gonzalez.

Canadian Ambition

Freshman Joseph Lupien hails from the land in the north, and this summer he's going back in hopes of winning a national cycling competition.

By Demetrius Burns | March 11, 2012
On the Start Screen for the new Windows 8, you can get a glimpse of recent e-mails, what's next on the agenda, the weather, and more. Photo from Christina Bonnington/Wired

Tech Devil: Mobile and Desktop OS Unity

Almost two weeks ago, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft announced the release of their Consumer Preview for Windows 8. Windows 8 is their newest update to the Windows operating system and brings a large number of changes.

By Charlie Joslin | March 10, 2012
See-through leggings aren't pants. Photo from sweetandmade.blogspot.com.

Broke's the New Black: ASU’s Fashion Faux Pas

A quick walk around campus reveals a number of fashion faux pas, and far too often. I’d like to highlight these funny-but-too-familiar things that we see consistently.  Here’s a list of ASU’s most common fashion faux pas: Wearing a backpack and carrying a purse I see it every day: a girl carrying a backpack, but also feeling compelled to carry a purse.

By Amanda Larson | March 9, 2012
Photo courtesy Amira De La Garza.

Dream, Dream, Dream

Professor Amira De La Garza has a long history of studying what takes up a third of our lives – and interpreting what it all means.

By Christen Navarrete | March 8, 2012

Ridin' Solo

Tempe's Solo Cafe shop goes beyond the typical lattee land and provides a homey atmosphere.

By Leah LeMoine | March 7, 2012
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