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  • Beauty & Health
    • The Personality Of Favorites
      The Personality Of Favorites
    • Glow and Go: Why SPF Makeup Is Your Next Beauty Must-Have
      Glow and Go: Why SPF Makeup Is Your Next Beauty Must-Have
    • The Juice Edit
      The Juice Edit
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • De-Glorifying Celebrity Couples
      De-Glorifying Celebrity Couples
    • Temptation Island: The Men are not Men, They’re Children
      Temptation Island: The Men are not Men, They’re Children
    • Wrapped in an App: Superfan
      Wrapped in an App: Superfan
  • Campus Culture
    • A Toast to VALLEY
      A Toast to VALLEY
    • Celebrities Who Would’ve Been on VALLEY if They Attended Penn State
      Celebrities Who Would’ve Been on VALLEY if They Attended Penn State
    • Call It A Night
      Call It A Night
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • For the Love of Tote Bags
      For the Love of Tote Bags
    • The Stories Within Your Closet
      The Stories Within Your Closet
    • Music Festivals Are Taking Us Back to 2016
      Music Festivals Are Taking Us Back to 2016
  • Self-Improvement
    • A Lady Gaga Summer
      A Lady Gaga Summer
    • Reconnecting With Pink
      Reconnecting With Pink
    • The Unreliable Narrator of Our Lives
      The Unreliable Narrator of Our Lives
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • Opinion: The Reality of America’s School Shooting Crisis
      Opinion: The Reality of America’s School Shooting Crisis
    • Harvard Sues the Trump Administration
      Harvard Sues the Trump Administration
    • Waste Of Space
      Waste Of Space

Alyssa Opris

Alyssa Opris is currently a senior studying Digital & Print Journalism, with a minor in Art History & English. Besides writing, she likes reading strange books, making coffee and makeshift meals, and taking picturesque walks with her friends.

Self-Improvement

My Mouth, It Hasn’t Shut Up Since You Kissed It

By Alyssa Opris

Have we declared flirting to be dead? This is a notion that I think every 20-something-year-old has thought about. Maybe “dead” is the wrong word…

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Entertainment

All The Things Left Unsaid

By Alyssa Opris

Found on the internet are our skeletons. When humans are long gone, all that will be left are love notes, pleas, sorrows, apologies, forgiveness, regret….

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Self-Improvement

Cleopatra, The Original Undoer of Men

By Alyssa Opris

Cleo meets Frank on News Year Eve in a perfect, cliché union. They ride the same elevator together and begin to banter, begin to flirt,…

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Entertainment

The Beauty of “Anora” (2024)

By Alyssa Opris

Thank you for making my last trip to America so fun. “Anora” does not hold back. A mix of comedy and tragedy, it is a…

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Self-Improvement

So Self Aware You’ve Become Out of Touch

By Alyssa Opris

A letter from you, to you: You can handle this — you’ve handled worse, you can handle anything — you say as your nails are…

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Entertainment

You Were Not Just Another Visitor, You Were My Life

By Alyssa Opris

In 2010, artist Marina Abramović held a retrospective called “The Artist is Present,” in which she sat at a table at the Museum of Modern…

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Beauty & Health

Using Skincare as Makeup?

By Alyssa Opris

You’ve probably heard all the latest trends – makeup looks and recommendations come in cycles, dictating whether or not this month’s bare face, or if…

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This Just In

What Does Ceasefire in Palestine Really Mean?

By Alyssa Opris

After 15 months of war – after the deaths of thousands, after the displacement of thousands – a ceasefire deal has been established in the…

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This Just In

What is Happening in Los Angeles: The Fires

By Alyssa Opris

Last week, a series of fires began to spring up in various parts of Los Angeles. The Pacific Palisades saw the most damage, which has…

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Campus Culture

Fall 2024 Cover Story: Feels Like Summer All The Time

By Alyssa Opris

“And it’s hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time.” A guardian angel sent her to earth on the day she was…

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The Single Girls of State

The Single Girls of State: Hot Girl Fleabag Weekend

By Alyssa Opris

Hello Single Girls of State –– it is I, Alyssa. I may or may not be part of the club (I choose mystery). I do…

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VALLEY

We’re Searching for our Fall 2024 Cover Star!

By Alyssa Opris

VALLEY wants to hear and share Penn Staters’ inspiring and diverse stories with the university and the world! We’re looking for a student who is…

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The Single Girls of State

The Single Girls of State: Revisiting The Celibate Slut

By Alyssa Opris

Oh, hey there. It’s March and the last time I was here, it was in November. I am dearly sorry. In my defense, I have…

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The Single Girls of State

The Single Girls of State: New Beginnings & Not So Single

By Alyssa Opris

It’s been a while. And that is completely my fault. It has been a whirlwind of a semester, but in the back of my mind, I…

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Self-Improvement

Short-Term Relationships, Long-Term Damage: Situationships

By Alyssa Opris

When you bare your heart out to someone else, you are telling them this: I trust you. I trust you to not hurt me. This…

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Fashion

Buy Your Way Into Being Daisy Jones

By Alyssa Opris

If you have ever wanted to emulate 1970’s Los Angeles “rock and roll” fashion, Free People has you covered. Following the release of Amazon Prime…

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Self-Improvement

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2023 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Janiyah Davis

By Alyssa Opris

Janiyah Davis is a girl that you want to know about. There are certain people in this world that you meet and know that afterwards,…

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Self-Improvement

Exploring the Male Gaze Through Art

By Alyssa Opris

In art, there is beauty coming from our world. Created by hands gifted from God himself, art has been an invaluable way to measure culture…

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Campus Culture

Penn State’s Relationship With ASL

By Alyssa Opris

Only very recently did Penn State allow American Sign Language courses to be accepted as a credit for the language requirement. In Feb. of last…

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Entertainment

The Magic of “Aftersun” (2023)

By Alyssa Opris

Simple moments on vacation between a father and a daughter is what “Aftersun” should be. Yet, in between those moments, there is something lingering. The…

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Founded in 2007, VALLEY is Penn State's premier student-run life and style magazine. Our mission is to recognize other students for their academic and extracurricular accomplishments, and to feature local style, entertainment and lifestyle trends. We publish one print issue a semester and also post daily online content throughout the academic year.

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