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  • Beauty & Health
    • Sip Your Way to Hydration: A Guide to Flavoring Your Water
      Sip Your Way to Hydration: A Guide to Flavoring Your Water
    • The Sophisticated Stoner
      The Sophisticated Stoner
    • The Sex Glow
      The Sex Glow
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • “DEPP V. HEARD: NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY”- A NEW LOOK AT HISTORY
      “DEPP V. HEARD: NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY”- A NEW LOOK AT HISTORY
    • Taylor Swift Announces 1989 Re-recording
      Taylor Swift Announces 1989 Re-recording
    • Lizzo Lawsuit Sheds Light on Workplace Relationships in Entertainment
      Lizzo Lawsuit Sheds Light on Workplace Relationships in Entertainment
  • Campus Culture
    • WE’RE SEARCHING FOR OUR FALL 2023 COVER STAR!
      WE’RE SEARCHING FOR OUR FALL 2023 COVER STAR!
    • Opinion: What has UP taught me?
      Opinion: What has UP taught me?
    • VALLEY Suggests These Gen Ed Courses at PSU
      VALLEY Suggests These Gen Ed Courses at PSU
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Let’s Rewind
      Let’s Rewind
    • Basics: Why are they everywhere?
      Basics: Why are they everywhere?
    • The Butterfly: A Symbol for Change
      The Butterfly: A Symbol for Change
  • Self-Improvement
    • Learning to Love at a Long Distance
      Learning to Love at a Long Distance
    • We are all #TeamToxic When it Comes to Love
      We are all #TeamToxic When it Comes to Love
    • Short-Term Relationships, Long-Term Damage: Situationships
      Short-Term Relationships, Long-Term Damage: Situationships
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • The Tennessee Three: History unfolding before us
      The Tennessee Three: History unfolding before us
    • Living in an Environment on the Brink
      Living in an Environment on the Brink
    • Rewriting History; By Women, For Women
      Rewriting History; By Women, For Women
Carmen DiPippo

Carmen DiPippo

Carmen is a senior majoring in journalism with minors in English and DMTA, originally from the Washington, DC area. She writes for both web and print for VALLEY, and has previously served as the Beauty and Health editor. Currently, her role is copy editor, where she works mostly with copy editing the print magazine. Outside of journalism, Carmen is a dancer, enjoying working out and is involved in THON!

Beauty & Health

Home Workouts for the Holiday Season

By Carmen DiPippo

As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, you may find yourself back at home to conquer your fitness goals. Many college students, especially, will be…

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Fashion

A “Nu” Way to Experience Fashion

By Carmen DiPippo

While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of several gatherings and fun events, for those that are still occurring in-person, the opportunity to…

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Beauty & Health

How OrangeTheory Fitness Has Created a COVID-Safe Gym Environment

By Carmen DiPippo

While Zoom workouts and outdoor runs got many of us through the first couple of months of quarantine, for many now, it’s time to head…

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This Just In

So You Want to Get Involved in the #BLM Movement … Here’s How to Start

By Carmen DiPippo

For hundreds of years now, the African American population has faced brutal racism, police brutality and inequality, all simply because of the color of their…

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This Just In

A “Week’s Worth of Stuff,” Now Turned to Months

By Carmen DiPippo

Let’s face it, when most of us left State College on March 6, the coronavirus was not the pandemic that is right now. It’s safe…

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Fashion

How a Blank White Page Tells a Story of “Rebirth”: Vogue Italia’s April 2020 Cover

By Carmen DiPippo

The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the entire world from Asia, to Europe to the Americas. Daily routine has been lost, and what we consider to…

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Beauty & Health, Features

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2020 Beauty and Health Section Opener: Sadie Bagdasian

By Carmen DiPippo

Sadie Bagdasian was your average elementary school child, growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., before things took a turn in 2008. In the…

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Beauty & Health

Is the Peloton Bike Worth the Ride?

By Carmen DiPippo

With popular spin studios like SoulCycle and CycleBar closed until further notice, avid spin-goers are finding creative ways to get their cycling fix in —…

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Campus Culture

How To Support Happy Valley While Social Distancing

By Carmen DiPippo

While sitting in your hometown, you may be missing your favorite State College hotspots. From coffee shops to bars and stores, downtown State College becomes…

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Beauty & Health

The Corona Diet: Immunity Boosting Foods to Stay Healthy This Spring

By Carmen DiPippo

Everywhere we turn, the coronavirus — aka COVID-19 — seems to be the most popular topic of discussion. While there’s a lot of emphasis on…

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Fashion

New Year’s Eve Fashion Essentials For Any Destination

By Carmen DiPippo

Ah, New Year’s Eve, arguably one of the most iconic and important days of the year for fashion. It goes without saying that this night…

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Campus Culture, THON

We Dance in 100: The Official Countdown to THON 2020

By Carmen DiPippo

In just 100 days, the entire Penn State community will show the world what childhood cancer cannot do, through Penn State’s Dance Marathon, better known as THON.

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Campus Culture, Features

Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2019 Beauty and Health Section Opener: Julia Nevel

By Carmen DiPippo

For Nevel, Under Armour isn’t just a brand, but a transformative chapter in her life story.

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Beauty & Health

Winter Workouts: Staying Safe While Working Up a Sweat

By Carmen DiPippo

As the temperatures get colder each day and sunsets begin happening during what seems like the middle of the afternoon, it’s natural to think you have to take your workout inside. However, with a few precautions and preparations, you can still safely exercise outside during the arctic State College winters.

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Entertainment

How Lizzo Transformed the Body Positive Movement

By Carmen DiPippo

Since the beginning of time, people everywhere and of all different backgrounds have been told that they have to fit a certain criteria to be accepted by others, especially in the entertainment industry.

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Self-Improvement

Manifesting Mid-Semester Motivation

By Carmen DiPippo

As midterms take place and Thanksgiving break is on the horizon, it can be easy to lose all motivation for school work and productivity.

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Campus Culture

Women’s World Cup Team Features Two Former Nittany Lions

By Carmen DiPippo

On Sunday, July 7, the U.S. women’s soccer team won their fourth World Cup title, and among two of the championship players were Penn State alumni Ali Krieger and Alyssa Naeher, who were named to the team this past May. 

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Beauty & Health

Debunking Popular Health Foods

By Carmen DiPippo

Avocado toast, smoothie bowls and green juices all have one thing in common: they are popular “health” foods that have become increasingly trendy over the past couple of years.

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Beauty & Health

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2019 Beauty and Health Section Opener: Catrina Carlton

By Carmen DiPippo

Catrina Carlton was your average healthy seven-year-old. She participated in sports and enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. Everything in her life up to that point resembled a normal childhood — until six months of constant stomach pain left her family and doctors questioning everything.

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Campus Culture, THON

THON 2020: Get Involved

By Carmen DiPippo

Executive Director of THON 2020, Regina Duesler, planned and executed the first-ever THON Spring Involvement Fair in order to educate the Penn State community on the many different ways to get involved in THON.

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