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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

Emily Jones

Emily Jones is currently a second-year student at Penn State pursuing a degree in marketing. When not writing for VALLEY, you can find her spending time with friends, thrifting a new outfit, or working out.

Campus Culture

Call It A Night

By Emily Jones

It’s happened to all of us: The music is hitting, and everyone is in a good mood, saying, “Just one more!” Then, before you know…

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Beauty & Health

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2025 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Mackenzie Bronk

By Emily Jones

Pressure makes sapphires. Surrounded by the deafening noise of thousands of fans, Mackenzie Bronk, unable to hear, focuses internally on what she is about to…

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Beauty & Health

Seeing Color

By Emily Jones

Eyes are among our most prominent features. At first glance, they are often the first thing that draws others in. While alluring on their own,…

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Self-Improvement

Stinginess: You Get What You Give

By Emily Jones

Money talks, but it’s up to you whether you listen to it. It is one of the most prevalent influences in our lives, and it…

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Fashion

Find Your Frames

By Emily Jones

Sunglasses are more than just a fashion accessory, they are essential to protect the eyes from harmful ultraviolet rays. As the weather grows hotter, they…

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Self-Improvement

Manifestation: Can Your Thoughts Really Shape Reality?

By Emily Jones

Thoughts become things, or at least according to the law of attraction, they do. The Law of Attraction is a concept that suggests positive thoughts…

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Beauty & Health

Fitness Feeds: Escaping Unrealistic Expectations

By Emily Jones

Fitness feeds can be a double-edged sword. They start innocently, whether it be a new workout to try or a high protein meal, this content…

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Entertainment

Healing the Heartbreak: The Unexpected Ending

By Emily Jones

As the credits roll, very rarely is an entire audience left with their mouth agape. Sure, plot twists happen all the time, but few expect…

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Self-Improvement

Why The Wait: Don’t Let Another Opportunity Pass You By

By Emily Jones

It happened again- you froze like a deer in headlights and missed another opportunity. Whether it be a job opening, a romantic connection, or pursuing…

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Self-Improvement

Your Siblings Shadow

By Emily Jones

As the youngest child, you are often expected to live up to your older siblings’ achievements. Everyone strives for recognition and appreciation, but it seems…

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Fashion

The Downfall of Black Friday

By Emily Jones

Nothing quite starts the season of giving like ripping a television out of someone’s hands or shoving people out of the way for the hottest…

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Self-Improvement

Love Is Never a Waste

By Emily Jones

Love is handing someone a gun pointed at your heart with the trust they won’t set it off. It can teach us how to grow…

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Fashion

Unseen Layers: Hidden Ways to Stay Warm Without Ruining the Perfect Outfit

By Emily Jones

Choosing between being stylish or keeping warm can be an extreme challenge as temperatures drop. While you can always dress up your look with a…

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Fashion

VALLEY Merch Drop

By Emily Jones

VALLEY has recently released new merchandise featuring both black and green sweatsuits, a tote bag and a baseball cap. While many of these pieces can…

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Beauty & Health

Hair, Makeup and Outfit: The Perfect Order

By Emily Jones

With makeup scattered across the desk, piles of clothes thrown about and blaring pregame music, getting ready for a night out can be hectic. Getting…

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Entertainment

Listening To Your Parents: The Unseen Influence on Your Music Taste

By Emily Jones

Family heirlooms are treasures inherited through the generations. From jewelry to recipes, people live on through what they pass down, but that doesn’t always have…

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Self-Improvement

Friendship Breakups: The Difficulty of Losing a Close Bond

By Emily Jones

It’s common to associate heartbreak with relationships ending. The confusion, resentment and grief towards a person you once loved can tear you apart. While romantic…

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Beauty & Health

Less is More: Slowing Down Your Day-to-Day Life

By Emily Jones

Life doesn’t have to move at sixty miles per hour. The endless responsibilities and deadlines can feel suffocating and often lead to burnout, stress and…

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Beauty & Health

Your Music is Your Mood: How Songs Influence Our Well-Being

By Emily Jones

Music is more than just background noise or something to dance to, it heavily influences emotions, energy and even our brain activity. Underneath the instruments…

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Self-Improvement

Hot Head: Cooler Heads Will Prevail

By Emily Jones

Disagreements are full of emotion and in the heat of the moment, anything goes. Arguments in person are one thing, but conflict over text brings…

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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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