Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2018 Campus Culture Section Opener: Brendan Bernicker
“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…
Campus Culture
Be The Match, Save a Life This Week
Every four minutes someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukemia and lymphoma, and you could be their cure. Be The Match,…
The Truth About Women in Sports Professions
When it comes to sports professions, whether it be sports anchors, reporters, announcers, agents or managers, the majority of these career paths are still male-dominated….
Brunchin’ in Happy Valley
The morning after a night out in downtown State College often makes students want to carb load on breakfast just to get through the day….
Road Trip!
We have all come to love Penn State and all this campus has to offer – who doesn’t appreciate the Nittany Lion Shrine and the…
The Dos and Don’ts of Helping Drunk People
Blacking out. Getting plastered. Being “too drunk to function.” Many college students have had their fair share of drunken nights, but total blackouts are…
Penn State Unites for 100 Days Until THON Celebration
“Adventure Awaits” and in less than 100 days Penn State will be well into THON weekend. Nov. 7 was the beginning of the big countdown…
PAC’s A Cappella Sampler to Celebrate the Campus Music Community
With exams and projects and papers underway, the 12th week in the semester has students up to their ears in no shortage of schoolwork. The…
The Rolling Lion Food Truck
Food trucks have slowly begun to take over the nation and Happy Valley is no exception. Between “Food Truck Rally in the Valley” and “Food…
“Hatred Can’t Weaken a City of Steel”
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…
The Erasure of an Identity
Recently, the Trump administration announced that they are working on narrowly defining gender as determined by genitalia at birth. The definition may only include sex…
Grab ‘Em by the Midterms
This Tuesday, Nov. 6 marks 2018’s Midterm Election Day – and it’s a big one. This election is our first chance since the presidential election…
Gender: A Societal Construct?
In a time when Title IX will possibly be redefined by lawmakers to exclude transgender individuals, the seminar new series surrounding trans and intersex issues…
A Triumph In Triota
Triota, Penn State’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, is paving the way for all genders and sexualities for a better, more inclusive future….
Halloween Then and Now
Halloween is and always has been a staple holiday, but the way we celebrate it certainly evolves as we move through our lives. Unlike holidays…
Candy to Cavity?
Every year, kids wear costumes and go door to door saying “trick-or-treat” with empty bags and pillowcases outstretched. Piece by piece, those bags fill up…
Halloween Dos and Don’ts
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…
The Great Pumpkin
A trip to the pumpkin patch has multiple entities including candy apples, cider donuts, a hayride in the brisk fall weather and even trying your…
Throwing A Halloween Party In Your College Pad
Moving into an apartment or living in a dorm is fun, yet size can be an issue especially when having people over. Plus, the college…
Study Spots Off the Beaten Path
When you’re crunched for cram time, the last thing you want to do is spend ten minutes lapping the library looking for somewhere to study….