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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

Katherine Gouldin

Katherine, the Campus Culture section editor, is a senior majoring in philosophy and CAS with a minor in psychology. When she isn't writing, you can find her volunteering for THON or making plans to travel the world.

Self-Improvement

The Obstacle Is The Way

By Katherine Gouldin

Obstacles are the crucial part of the equation of life that enforces this growth and development. Instead of looking at your struggles as obstacles, start looking at them as opportunities.

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Self-Improvement

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2019 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Andrew Storck

By Katherine Gouldin

Starting his Penn State career in 2017, Andrew Storck is a 34-year-old ceramics major from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Storck served in the military from 2005 to 2013, and he uses his passion for ceramics and paying it forward as a self-improvement mechanism and therapeutic process as a veteran.

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Entertainment

Festival Season: Which Will You Choose?

By Katherine Gouldin

Summer is just around the corner, and although it’s both exciting and sad to leave friends behind when you return home, music festivals throughout the summer will always give you an adventure to look forward to.

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Self-Improvement

Mastering Essentialism

By Katherine Gouldin

Often times in college, or in life in general, it is easy to fall into a circle of committing to much more than you can handle.

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Entertainment

20 Best Quotes To Move You

By Katherine Gouldin

We should take a step back and gain some perspective through words that can get us through the week and through life.

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Campus Culture

Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2018 Campus Culture Section Opener: Brendan Bernicker

By Katherine Gouldin

“The first step in making a difference in something that matters is to find out what that something is.” Penn State senior, Brendan Bernicker, spends…

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Campus Culture

“Hatred Can’t Weaken a City of Steel”

By Katherine Gouldin

Tragically, for many it is no longer shocking to hear of a mass shooting — or at least that’s how people feel after the amount…

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Campus Culture, Valloween

Halloween Dos and Don’ts

By Katherine Gouldin

With Halloween night just a few days away, costume stress levels are high and excitement is building up for everyone’s ensemble reveal. The topic of…

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Entertainment

Come Back To Earth

By Katherine Gouldin

Malcolm McCormick, the Pittsburgh rapper known as Mac Miller, died at 26 on September 7 in his California home from a drug overdose. Miller offered music…

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Self-Improvement

A Blog A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

By Katherine Gouldin

Reading inspirational quotes or using the power of positive thinking can be taken to the next level by realizing some people spend their lives researching…

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Entertainment

Anti-Social Media

By Katherine Gouldin

Soon after social media was invented, it became an outlet for teens to spend their time, compete to post the best picture and gain the…

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Fashion

Kate Spade’s Legacy Lives On

By Katherine Gouldin

Two months after her death, we remember Kate Spade and the large impact she leaves on fashion for American women. For many, the tragic passing…

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Campus Culture, Self-Improvement

VALLEY Asked Penn State What They’re Grateful For This Season

By Katherine Gouldin

VALLEY asked Penn State what they’re grateful for this holiday season, and the responses just might urge you to be a little more grateful today.

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Entertainment

The Tim Ferriss Show: Deconstructing World-Class Performers

By Katherine Gouldin

Podcasts have been on the rise for about three to four years, but only in about the last year have podcasts become a household name. One of VALLEY’s favorites is The Tim Ferriss Show, and we think it deservers some recognition.

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Entertainment

Press Play: Films for the Soul

By Katherine Gouldin

For all the adventure or self-help seekers out there, or even those that just love a good film, check out these films.

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Campus Culture, THON

THON 5K 2017 Recap

By Katherine Gouldin

VALLEY sat down with Daniel Cooley and Jillian House, the passionate and motivated THON 5K Development Captains, to hear what they had to say about the successful event.

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Campus Culture

GIVE: Growth International Volunteer Excursions

By Katherine Gouldin

VALLEY sat down with GIVE Global Engagement Team Representative, Jessica Hillman, to learn why students should take advantage of this transformative opportunity.

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Campus Culture, THON

THON 5K: Strides to Celebrate Our Stars

By Katherine Gouldin

The 17th Annual THON 5K is just around the corner and it’s going to be the best it has ever been.

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Self-Improvement

Give Me Some Headspace

By Katherine Gouldin

Eight weeks into school, as we drown in exams, essays and projects, we all need to clear some ‘headspace.’

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Self-Improvement

What “Milk and Honey” Taught Us

By Katherine Gouldin

Follow along while Valley reminisces on Kaur’s best as we wait to get out hands on what she calls the ‘second birth’ entitled “The Sun and Her Flowers,” which came out yesterday.  

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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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