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Career Prep with Royalty: Intern Queen Lauren Berger to Speak with Penn State Students
Campus Culture

Career Prep with Royalty: Intern Queen Lauren Berger to Speak with Penn State Students

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Navigating the intimidating waters of internship searches and career building can be a daunting task for everyone. Between cover letters, resumes and interviewing, it can be hard to get a head start and have a competitive edge. But have no fear, InternQueen.com’s CEO and Founder Lauren Berger has got you covered. Berger has teamed up with Ford for the Ford College Ambassador Challenge to provide college students with the tools necessary to become driving forces in the job market.

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Campus Culture

Kung Fu Tea

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Any time something new pops up in our rather small Happy Valley, we can’t help but be some of the first to check it out. This past week, we ventured near the Palmerton—under it, actually—to enjoy some bubble tea.
If you haven’t heard about bubble tea, get your head in the game. State College is not new to this drink trend—Tea-Time on McAllister Alley is a popular spot for many students—so naturally another spot is always welcome.

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Bad Neighbors: It Could Be Worse
Campus Culture

Bad Neighbors: It Could Be Worse

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Neighbors can be good, or they can be really, really bad. We complain about our neighbors to everyone any chance we get because bad living situations are always the topic of a good conversation. But if you think you have bad neighbors because they blast too much Taylor Swift really late on weekends, here are five students’ stories that prove it could definitely be worse.

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Shopping Made Easy for Tall Girls
Fashion

Shopping Made Easy for Tall Girls

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Whether it was going through the awkward middle school phase of deciding what homecoming dress would be an “appropriate” length since your knees were two to three inches higher than your friends, or even battling the stress of not wanting to wear heels to prom just so you wouldn’t tower over your date. There is nothing wrong with being a tall girl, but dealing with the constant scrutiny of making sure the little things that other girls don’t have to worry about are in-check becomes a task in itself.

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Weighing In: Ballet-Inspired Fitness
Beauty & Health

Weighing In: Ballet-Inspired Fitness

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What if we told you there was a frappe that actually reversed your calorie count, not contributed to it?
You won’t find this frappe on the menu between iced chai lattes and caramel machiattos at your local Starbucks, but you will find it on the menu at your favorite gym between plies and rond de jambes.

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Penn State’s Military Women
Campus Culture

Penn State’s Military Women

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A noisy alarm sounds at 5:00 a.m. It’s time to hurry to Penn State’s Multi-Sport Facility. The sun still sleeps. The only illumination outside is a florescent glow from street lights and scattered luminosities from apartments overhead. Buzzing delivery trucks and faulty wires are the only sounds accompanying the walk. Not a single person is in sight until nearing the facility.

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Fall Hair Colors
Beauty & Health

Fall Hair Colors

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With fall blowing in, so are the newest hair trends! We stopped into Look’s Hair Salon in downtown State College to gain insight on these newest trends. Samantha Jeffery, Redken Certified Colorist and Looks Stylist, explained to us what the hottest looks will be this upcoming fall.

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Maximizing the Power of the Sweater
Fashion

Maximizing the Power of the Sweater

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Now that it’s October and the leaves are beginning to change colors, we can finally pull our favorite heavy knit sweaters from storage. For most of us, we like to throw our sweaters on over top of a pair of leggings and a cute pair of boots. It’s a simple and easy way to look like you actually tried to put yourself together even though you just rolled out of bed. Instead of wearing your usual go-to, try mixing up your fall flair by styling your best sweaters with these tips.

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What Your Underwear Says About You
Fashion

What Your Underwear Says About You

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There is one phrase that every girl wants to hear. It is guaranteed to put a smile on her face and turn even the worst day around. That’s right, it’s “Five for $26.” Seeing that sale advertised in bold font on the big windows of a store means one thing only – new underwear.

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Weighing In: Healthy HUB Lunches
Beauty & Health

Weighing In: Healthy HUB Lunches

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When you only have half an hour to grab lunch, the HUB is everyone’s go-to lunch spot. With an ideal location and reasonable prices, it can be hard to pass up. When you’re bombarded with big names like Burger King, Chick-Fil-A and Sbarro, it’s easy to grab a burger or a slice of pizza and be on your way. But if you’re stopping at the HUB between classes every day, you probably want to stick with healthier options to keep yourself feeling healthy and energized. Lucky for you, the HUB has lots of options for the health-conscious student.

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Apple is the New Pumpkin
Self-Improvement

Apple is the New Pumpkin

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Okay, pumpkin lovers – we hate to disappoint you, but don’t you think the whole “pumpkin-flavored whatever” thing is getting a little old? Hear us out – now that everyone is consumed with all things pumpkin, this pumpkin-obsession is slowly turning into a universal sign for “basic.”

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Living in the Library
Campus Culture

Living in the Library

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In 2004, New York University’s student run paper, The Washington Square News, released an article about an NYU student named Steve Stanzak, better known around campus as the Bobst Boy. His living arrangement made him different than the other students, for a very special reason. Stanzak could not afford living on campus or the lavish apartment life of New York City—giving him the idea to live in the Bobst Library.

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Multiple Ways to Wear Scarves
Fashion

Multiple Ways to Wear Scarves

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Now that we have officially entered October, scarves are making a major appearance. Want to get away from the traditional styling? Valley’s here to give you the latest advice on unique scarf looks. We talked to Heidi McNeal from Dwellings, who gave us great scarf fashion tips and tricks.

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The Unhealthy Mindset of Becoming “Healthy”
Beauty & Health

The Unhealthy Mindset of Becoming “Healthy”

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It’s 2 a.m. and you find yourself staring at the fridge. You already ate dinner earlier that evening but you find yourself at the same place around the same time, three times a week. Next thing you know, you are stuffing food down your throat just because. You eat until you feel “satisfied” because you didn’t eat the slice of pizza that all your friends ate during lunch that day. You didn’t eat it because you thought it was “unhealthy” for you.

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The Vampire Diaries Premiere: What Went Right and What Went Wrong
Entertainment

The Vampire Diaries Premiere: What Went Right and What Went Wrong

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There’s only so much you can do with a fantastical series about a vampiric love triangle with some dashes of werewolves and painful amounts of angst and attractive actors embedded in between. There’s only so many different ways Nina Dobrev can cry with the talent of an Oscar-winning actress over yet another branch of her childhood foundation being shattered or member of her family tree being broken off.

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We’re Fall(ing) for Overalls
Fashion

We’re Fall(ing) for Overalls

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Pumpkin spice everything, North Faces for days, and the realization that it’s only going to get colder from here – if you’re over all that is fall, take a second and reconsider that summer #TBT you were about to post, because we think we might have exactly what you’re looking for.

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