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Tierney Smith

Campus Culture

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2021 Campus Culture Section Opener: Lucy Simmonds

By Tierney Smith

Although the trends of manifestation and visualization of your goals have risen just recently, Lucy Simmonds has been doing it for years, and it led…

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Campus Culture, Features

Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2020 Campus Culture Section Opener: Sophia Datsko

By Tierney Smith

As a first-generation Ukrainian-American, Sophia Datsko has been navigating her way through life with her own compass. Balancing traditional Ukrainian culture and the societal push…

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Entertainment

Spooky Specials from Your Favorite Shows

By Tierney Smith

With the best day of the year right around the corner, getting into the Halloween spirit is as important as ever. One of the easiest…

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Fashion

Diversify Your Feed: 8 Influencers of Color You Need to Follow

By Tierney Smith

While our society continues to revolve around social media, influencers are becoming more and more popular every day. Promotions and discounts for any type of…

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Self-Improvement

The Beauty of Farmer’s Markets

By Tierney Smith

Summer activities can be a pretty comprehensive list: swimming, camping, going out for ice cream. One task to add to your routine is to stop…

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Beauty & Health

Science Behind Skincare with @socialskinroutine

By Tierney Smith

As the skincare industry continues to grow every day, our wish list for products only grows longer and longer. With more products to try, how do we know what is worth the price tag?

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Entertainment

Keep Your Hopes High With “Some Good News”

By Tierney Smith

Day to day, we are often bombarded with statistics, press conferences and opinion pieces about the current state of the society whenever we turn on…

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Campus Culture

Teach For America: How PSU Grads Are Giving Back

By Tierney Smith

As many college seniors prepare for further schooling or start looking for post-grad jobs, some students are taking a different approach to their post-graduation plans….

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Campus Culture

Birthdays In Quarantine – How to Keep Your Day Special

By Tierney Smith

With Zoom University taking over the rest of the semester, many spring birthday plans have folded. Bars, parties and other activities aren’t an option any…

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Self-Improvement

5 Feel-Good Books For Every Type of Reader

By Tierney Smith

As each day adds more and more stress and anxiety, reading a book is a good way to distract yourself from what is happening while…

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Beauty & Health

Centr Yourself During Quarantine

By Tierney Smith

With nearly everyone practicing social distancing and working from home, it is common to feel unmotivated in different aspects of your life. Fortunately, your workout…

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Self-Improvement

Clear Space, Clear Mind: Keeping Your Online Class Workspace Clean

By Tierney Smith

The phrase ‘a clear space is a clear mind’ has been around for a long time, but it seems to be even more true now….

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Entertainment

NEW TO NETFLIX: I Am Not Okay With This

By Tierney Smith

A new show hit Netflix this March, and VALLEY is so okay with it! The makers of “Stranger Things” and “The End of the F***ing…

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This Just In

Weinstein Found Guilty: How #MeToo Has Changed

By Tierney Smith

More than two years since the allegations against him accumulated public force, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Feb. 24 for two of the five…

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Campus Culture, THON

THON Through the Committee Member’s Eyes

By Tierney Smith

In preparation for THON, over 15,000 students volunteer each year to help make sure the event runs smoothly. With so many committees to join, there’s…

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Beauty & Health

Melt Away With DIY Shower Bombs

By Tierney Smith

If you love relaxing in a bath filled with the colors and aromas of your favorite bath bomb, but have no access to a tub…

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Campus Culture

A Guide to Penn State’s Health & Well-being Promotions

By Tierney Smith

As spring semester carries on and the snow continues to fall, it’s easy to get lost in the repetition of things. Luckily, Penn State offers…

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Campus Culture, VALLEY

A New Space to Shine – Penn State’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity

By Tierney Smith

At the beginning of this semester, a brand new community center opened up on the lower level of the HUB-Robeson Center. The Center for Sexual…

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Entertainment

Swimming in Circles – A Look at Mac Miller’s Final Album

By Tierney Smith

On Jan. 17, a new album by rapper Mac Miller was released — over a year after his unexpected death. Let’s take a look at…

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Entertainment

New Year, New Neflix

By Tierney Smith

Since it first began streaming in 2007, Netflix has rarely let anyone down with constant new content to feed everyone’s streaming appetites. Although viewers have…

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