You’re doing something completely irrelevant, when all of the sudden, the earth shifts. Panic-stricken and crazed, you dash for your computer, credit card already in hand. It’s too late, you tell yourself over and over, and you’re right.
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Monday, March 10, 2014
It’s been great being home the last few days. Mom’s food has been on-point, my sister hasn’t annoyed me yet, and I got to take at least a thousand pictures with my dog! Yay spring break! I guess it’s cool not having homework and stuff. Sure, as I scroll through my Instagram feed all that I can see are pictures of people twerking in Cancun or getting hipster shots of the ocean in Florida, but hey, that’s okay!
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This is the day you’ve been marking off on your calendars with the big red ‘X,’ as if to ignore its negative, dream crushing existence. Valentine’s Day has arrived unwarranted and uninvited again this year, as if it was even invited last year, just to make you feel even more lonely and even more unwanted in this world of single people and disparity.
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Ever hear of the term ‘networking’? It’s one of those “adult” words most of us choose to ignore along with “mortgage” and “student loan” for the current time being. However, the sad truth is that we are growing up, and unfortunately we’re not just here at Penn State to walk around in heels at 3 a.m. in the snow and spend way too much money on Lion Menus.
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There’s nothing quite like this time of year. Lights envelop State College with color and hope and optimism. The air is filled with the sound of happy, impatient children and the occasional chiming of sleigh bells.
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While we somehow survived the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, social media is swallowing society whole and turning us into robotic creatures who need to see the blinding light of a iPhone screen in order to digest their food properly.
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You’ve finally survived Thanksgiving, complete with its amazing dinner and awkward family interactions. Now you have something extraordinary to look forward to – Christmas time.
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We’ve all been there. Your rent was due and you barely made it this month, running to the bank to despot that last, seemingly insignificant check before it closed.
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The general human race population cannot live without food, water and oxygen. Then, there’s the very specific branch of college student that absolutely cannot live without good ol’ Starbucks.
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Well, it’s halfway through the semester, and more than a million things are currently on your mind. Is your GPA high enough to get you entrance into that coveted major of yours?
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If going out dressed up as promiscuous civil servants or walking around in lingerie with animal ears isn’t exactly your thing, you are probably not a huge fan of college Halloween.
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Ever experience that incredibly awkward moment when you’re casually having a conversation with someone, and suddenly they just stop and stare at you questionably mid-sentence? Do you have something gross stuck in your teeth, or is there something growing out of the side of your head?
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There’s nothing quite like being a proud Penn Stater, and that sense of family and spirit, once a year is personified into a week-long event drenched in blue and white. Yes, we’re talking about Penn State’s Homecoming Week, and with much anticipation, it has officially begun.
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It’s been a few weeks into the semester, and while we at Valley hope you’re getting along with your roommate(s), there’s always those weird ones that don’t shower or the overly scholastic ones that stay up all night studying the history of life and never let you sleep.
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As the dignified brief moment of silence filled the colorful Bryce Jordan Center, 46 hours into what would later be the most successful student-run philanthropic movement in history, a closer bond was formed. These hundreds of students, that put their
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There’s nothing quite like entering the decked out Beaver Stadium on a game day, surrounded by the sea of blue and white and the spirited screams booming from stand to stand.
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There is always a pamphlet or website somewhere that tells you what to pack for your new dorm room, but sadly, there is no instruction manual for how to say goodbye to your hometown friends.
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