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  • Beauty & Health
    • Beauty, Decolonized
      Beauty, Decolonized
    • How to Have a ‘Sick Day’ When You Can’t Stay Home
      How to Have a ‘Sick Day’ When You Can’t Stay Home
    • Myth Busters: Mouth Taping
      Myth Busters: Mouth Taping
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Famous Fictional Band
      Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Famous Fictional Band
    • Is Bad Bunny Cursed?
      Is Bad Bunny Cursed?
    • Celebrating the Success of HBO’s “The Last of Us”
      Celebrating the Success of HBO’s “The Last of Us”
  • Campus Culture
    • Mezeh Mediterranean Grill Opens Their Doors
      Mezeh Mediterranean Grill Opens Their Doors
    • The Single Girls of State:  The Spring Break Tunnel Song
      The Single Girls of State: The Spring Break Tunnel Song
    • The Campus Celebrity
      The Campus Celebrity
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Princess Polly and PacSun: Fashion’s Newest Collaboration
      Princess Polly and PacSun: Fashion’s Newest Collaboration
    • Time for Spring Cleaning: Sustainable and Profitable
      Time for Spring Cleaning: Sustainable and Profitable
    • Everything (sold out) Everywhere All at Once
      Everything (sold out) Everywhere All at Once
  • Self-Improvement
    • The Struggles of Being the Third Wheel in Your Friend Group
      The Struggles of Being the Third Wheel in Your Friend Group
    • Stop Calling Women You Dislike “Pick-Me Girls”
      Stop Calling Women You Dislike “Pick-Me Girls”
    • Instagram is a Dating App
      Instagram is a Dating App
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
      Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
    • A Flesh-Eating Drug Taking Over The United States
      A Flesh-Eating Drug Taking Over The United States
    • Controversy caused by the Willow Project
      Controversy caused by the Willow Project
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Mason Shaffer

Mason Shaffer is the current Web Director of VALLEY, which is one of her crowning achievements. She is a senior at Penn State studying public relations and earning a certification in event planning & management. In addition to her work for VALLEY, Mason is an active member of Volé Dance Company, where she has served as a choreographer and technique teacher. Mason has previously interned at the Rose Agency and Spear Travel Group, and REVERB, where she has worked under music industry professionals and worked events such as Lollapalooza and Harry Styles' Love on Tour. Mason is currently an intern at AfterBuzz TV and Better Together with Maria Menounos.

Campus Culture, THON

THON 2022: A Dream Come True for Taylor Stossel

By Mason Shaffer

It’s no secret that Penn State’s THON is a transformative weekend for all involved. The 46-hour no-sitting-no-sleeping dance marathon held in the Bryce Jordan Center…

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Entertainment

MGK and Megan Fox: Romantic or Romanticized?

By Mason Shaffer

At this point, we’ve all read the GQ article about Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly — or seen the videos, or scrolled past the…

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Self-Improvement

Vision Boards: The Best Way to Manifest Your New Year

By Mason Shaffer

As 2021 dwindles down to a close and we approach the new year, we begin to set goals for all the things we hope to…

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Fashion

Bridal Barbie: The Many Wedding Gowns of Paris Hilton

By Mason Shaffer

In case you missed it, the world’s most eligible bachelorette finally got hitched — that’s right, Paris Hilton tied the knot with husband Carter Reum…

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Entertainment

Brave New Girl: Britney Spears Freed At Last

By Mason Shaffer

After 13 years, the princess of pop is free at last — Britney Spears’ conservatorship was terminated by Judge Brenda Penny on Friday, Nov. 12,…

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Beauty & Health

The Ultimate Friendsgiving Menu

By Mason Shaffer

The time has come for everyone’s annual Friendsgiving festivities! Friends from all over the United States will soon be gathering for their own feasts before…

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Campus Culture

Fall 2021 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Andres Montero

By Mason Shaffer

For most people, your freshman year of college is a year of transformation. For Andres Montero, it was just that and more — but not…

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Fashion

It’s Giving Cher: 70s Fall Fashion Inspo

By Mason Shaffer

Comfy and cozy, fall style is always some of the most highly-anticipated fashion of the year. From scarves and gloves to boots of all shapes…

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Entertainment

Big Changes in Bachelor Nation

By Mason Shaffer

If you’ve been anywhere near the internet in the last six months and/or enjoy keeping up with reality television, you’re probably aware of the fact…

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Fashion

Easy On-Trend Halloween Costumes

By Mason Shaffer

As summer draws to a close, the air turns crisp and fall is well on its way, we start to prepare for the most festive…

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Campus Culture

A Breakdown of College Football Rankings

By Mason Shaffer

Let’s face it, it can be nearly impossible to keep up with the way college football teams are ranked. Based on school, division or location,…

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Entertainment

A League of Her Own

By Mason Shaffer

A recent phenomenon sweeping the world is one you might not expect — beautiful women dating less-than-average-looking men. Conventionally attractive women are not only interested…

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Fashion

In America: A Lexicon of Fashion?

By Mason Shaffer

The long-awaited 2021 Met Gala has come and gone — In America: A Lexicon of Fashion was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking a…

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Fashion

Everything We Know About This Year’s Met Gala (So Far)

By Mason Shaffer

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused its fair share of cancellations in the last year, perhaps none more shocking than the cancellation…

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Fashion

What Spring Trend You Should Wear Based on Your Zodiac Sign

By Mason Shaffer

As the weather gets warmer and we don’t have to shuffle around State College in our sherpas any longer, it’s officially time to start shopping…

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Beauty & Health

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2021 Beauty and Health Section Opener: Quinn Shiffler

By Mason Shaffer

For many, a workout is a simple part of a daily routine or a chance to step away from work, school or life responsibilities in…

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Self-Improvement

Beginner’s Guide to Astrology

By Mason Shaffer

Most people, regardless of whether or not they are deeply interested in astrology, typically know what their sun sign is, or the zodiac sign whose…

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Self-Improvement

Actually, You Have A Shopping Addiction

By Mason Shaffer

In the last year, Americans have faced trauma unlike any in recent history: a global pandemic that has taken the lives of over 500,000 Americans,…

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Entertainment

The Aesthetic of the Black Panther Party

By Mason Shaffer

“Judas and the Black Messiah”, releasing on February 12 of this year, is an inside look at the Black Panther Party and its fight for…

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Self-Improvement

Get In, Bimbos, We’re Reclaiming This Word

By Mason Shaffer

Ladies, it’s 2020. We can wear what we want, do what we want and go where we want when we want (socially distanced and following…

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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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