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  • Beauty & Health
    • 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
    • Preventing Ingrown Hairs
      Preventing Ingrown Hairs
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • What your favorite “Outer Banks” character says about you
      What your favorite “Outer Banks” character says about you
    • Classiest Responses to the Internet’s New Alpha (Fe)male
      Classiest Responses to the Internet’s New Alpha (Fe)male
    • Here’s Your Forehead Kiss
      Here’s Your Forehead Kiss
  • Campus Culture
    • The Key to State College’s Lock Boutique
      The Key to State College’s Lock Boutique
    • Penn State Introduces New Meditation Rooms Across Campus
      Penn State Introduces New Meditation Rooms Across Campus
    • THON’s Rockin’ Bands
      THON’s Rockin’ Bands
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Unlocking Fashion’s Secrets: The Science Behind Color Combinations
      Unlocking Fashion’s Secrets: The Science Behind Color Combinations
    • Purge Those Promotional Emails! 3 Reasons to Shop For Clothes In-Store
      Purge Those Promotional Emails! 3 Reasons to Shop For Clothes In-Store
    • Is Urban Outfitters irrelevant?
      Is Urban Outfitters irrelevant?
  • Self-Improvement
    • If Not Love, Then What Do We Call It?
      If Not Love, Then What Do We Call It?
    • Revel in Your Sadness
      Revel in Your Sadness
    • “Ceilings” and Running to Your True Love
      “Ceilings” and Running to Your True Love
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • A Butcher Site Found Dating Back 2.9 Million Years
      A Butcher Site Found Dating Back 2.9 Million Years
    • The Tragic Murder of 16-Year-Old Brianna Ghey
      The Tragic Murder of 16-Year-Old Brianna Ghey
    • Murdaugh or Murder: An American Crime Story
      Murdaugh or Murder: An American Crime Story
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Tatiana McComber

Tatiana McComber is currently a sophomore at Penn State University Park studying BioBehavioral Health on the Premed track. During her free time, you can find her in the kitchen cooking and baking, spending time with her friends, watching tv and movies, and trying new things. After college, she plans to attend med school and become a pediatric doctor.

Self-Improvement

If Not Love, Then What Do We Call It?

By Tatiana McComber

We’ve all been there at one point. You find someone you’re attracted to and then all of a sudden you fall head over heels. Or…

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Entertainment

TV Work Romances

By Tatiana McComber

TV shows portray an entertainment oasis that allows us to momentarily escape reality. One of the most engaging, hooking parts of TV shows: the romances….

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Self-Improvement

Unattainability and Unpredictability Breed Attraction

By Tatiana McComber

You’d be lying now if you said you haven’t made any dumb decisions regarding your romantic endeavors. How couldn’t you? There’s no roadmap or handbook…

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Self-Improvement

Your Head Versus Your Heart

By Tatiana McComber

When it comes to romance and relationships, we’ve all heard about making decisions with your head versus your heart. The battle between logic and emotion….

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Entertainment

Debunking the Professor-Student Relationship Fascination

By Tatiana McComber

We’ve all witnessed the heated hookup or affair between a professor and their student on TV. A short-lived, scandalous romance that rarely lasts a season….

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Fashion

Sweden Initiate: Fall Girl Check

By Tatiana McComber

Sweden: home to IKEA. The land of affordable, yet tasteful home decor, furniture and appliances. But that’s not the only department it’s managed to dominate….

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This Just In

Where To From Here?

By Tatiana McComber

Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the tabloids and general public have been eager to learn of King Charles III’s approach as King and…

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Campus Culture

College: Partytopia for All?

By Tatiana McComber

College is met with the promise of college parties, drunken nights, and trips to the local bar. It’s almost a given that starting from freshman…

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Self-Improvement

Is Age Really Just a Number?

By Tatiana McComber

When you’re trying to find the prefect partner, it may be the looks or the personality that initially draw you in, but eventually you’re going…

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Self-Improvement

Soulmate: Reality or Torture Device?

By Tatiana McComber

Whether it’s “Don’t worry, you’ll find someone,” or “So, are you seeing someone special?” when you’re single, someone’s always got a bit of commentary for…

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Self-Improvement

Romance Intolerance

By Tatiana McComber

Today, it seems we’ve accepted this idea of a romance-free life. It’s become so normal that when we experience the real thing we don’t know…

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Self-Improvement

Does Single Life Have a Shelf-Life?

By Tatiana McComber

When you’re dating, do you have to put your single self on the shelf? Does your single life have an expiration date, or can you…

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Entertainment

Romance Movies: Fiction or Real-Life?

By Tatiana McComber

Despite what society deems fiction, with an “unrealistic” storyline, romance movies may be more realistic than you think. Romance movies essentially portray a damsel in…

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Fashion

The Evolution of Schoolgirl Chic

By Tatiana McComber

Whether it was Cher Horowitz or Blair Waldorf who introduced you to the preppy schoolgirl look, it’s been one that every girl has come to…

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Entertainment

How to Have A Proper Girl’s Night: SATC Style

By Tatiana McComber

Whether it was staying in or going out, the women from “Sex and the City” perfected the art of having fun. From fancy soirées to…

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Entertainment

Take Notes: Lessons Learned From “Fifty Shades”

By Tatiana McComber

With the “Fifty Shades” movies being far from PG, there is much to be seen when it comes to sexual intimacy. The red room is…

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Self-Improvement

Reawakening Your Flirtatious Side

By Tatiana McComber

Flirting is a necessary and powerful tool when it comes to increasing your sexual repertoire. The act of flirting allows you to catch someone’s attention,…

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Self-Improvement

Call It Delayed Gratification: Waiting to Give Up Your V-Card

By Tatiana McComber

It’s a rarity to find someone who still has their V-Card, and there’s no shame whether you’ve given it up or not. You’ll be ridiculed…

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Beauty & Health

Why You Should Consider Pilates

By Tatiana McComber

Exercise is seen in two ways, as a task or as something you enjoy doing in your free time. This goes without saying that exercise…

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Self-Improvement

Redefining Valentine’s: A Day of Self-Love

By Tatiana McComber

Valentine’s Day is a day of dread for the singles and the not-so sentimental types. Love is literally in the air and there’s rarely a…

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