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SPRING 2024 COVER STORY: MIRRORED METAMORPHOSIS
Veronica Zelner isn’t afraid to ask the waitress when the food will be ready with a polite smile, tacking on “please” and “thank you” before…
Read MoreMeet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Entertainment Section Opener: Lauren Wellar
“There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.” -Brian Tracy When you dream big, your…
Read MoreMeet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Fashion Section Opener: Ayden Herold
Ayden Herold is wearing what can only be described as a quintessential goth outfit. From his Doc Martens to his bone-patterned sweater, he takes pride…
Read MoreMeet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Sarah Strent
When do you know if something is a calling? For Sarah Strent, a fourth-year early childhood and elementary education student, the answer came in the…
Read MoreMeet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Campus Culture’s Section Opener: Matthew Cimafranca
As students come to Penn State with intended majors and aspirations for their future, they tend to take on the labels and stereotypes associated with…
Read MoreMeet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Lauren Parker
Lauren Parker, a fourth-year public relations and advertising student, shares her passion for fitness and well-being to help others grow not only in strength but…
Read MoreYoung, Wild and Free
Corduroy blazers and ripped jeans, cropped denim jackets with an additional tie dye flare and everything is oversized. What a tasteless sense of style this…
Read MoreThe Lost Art of Asking for a Favor
A simple favor is all VALLEY asks for. If we need a ride to the airport, food from the store or a chaser from Mclanahan’s,…
Read MoreFashion Lessons from Childhood It Girls
The original it girls, characters from your favorite picture books, serve as unexpected fashion icons. Forget recreating influencers’ looks and channel your inner child through these nostalgic models.
Read MoreIt’s New York or Nowhere.
As the famous American painter Georgia O’Keefe once said, “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.” Whether it’s…
Read MoreYour Spring 2024 PSU Wrapped
Alas, another semester is drawing to a close in Happy Valley. As we lay on a beach towel on HUB lawn in the newly sunny…
Read MoreYour Drink is an Accessory
Perhaps the most important part of getting ready for the day (or night) is creating your outfit. Of course, this involves choosing what clothes you…
Read MoreA Good Cry
We all can recognize that familiar swelling feeling in the back of your throat. Your eyes get heavier, your chest tightens up a bit and…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Spring Sweater?
Just because winter left us doesn’t mean the cold has. Spring in State College can sometimes be a tease – it’s supposed to be warm and comfortable…
Read MoreYour Signature Makeup Archetype — The Results
VALLEY recently explored “The Makeup Archetype Quiz” which showed us eight makeup archetypes: natural, elegant, gamine, ingenue, classic, modern, dramatic and romantic. This quiz was…
Read MoreFormal Date 101
Who you choose to bring to formal has the ability to make or break your night. Some people live by choosing the right date to…
Read MoreTTPD: A New Era for Taylor Swift
Ladies and gentlemen, she has done it again! For the first time since her 2012 album Red, Taylor Swift has shattered our hearts into a…
Read MoreWhen College is “Colleging”
The most special moments that make your time here as a student at Penn State tend to consist of the ones where if looked at…
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