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  • Beauty & Health
    • VALLEY’S Cookbook: Healthy Desserts
      VALLEY’S Cookbook: Healthy Desserts
    • A Need for Clean Feet: The Secret to Ultimate Self Care
      A Need for Clean Feet: The Secret to Ultimate Self Care
    • Looking for Hair Growth? Well Hair Transplants Might be the New Go To
      Looking for Hair Growth? Well Hair Transplants Might be the New Go To
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • Let Her Eat Cake!
      Let Her Eat Cake!
    • J. Cole’s New Album “The Fall-Off”
      J. Cole’s New Album “The Fall-Off”
    • Are Girl Groups Built to Break Up?
      Are Girl Groups Built to Break Up?
  • Campus Culture
    • Colin Jost Comes to Penn State
      Colin Jost Comes to Penn State
    • The Best of VALLEY: Edition One
      The Best of VALLEY: Edition One
    • What Disney World Ride You’d Be Based On Your Major
      What Disney World Ride You’d Be Based On Your Major
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Apple Watch Etiquette
      Apple Watch Etiquette
    • BTS Back In Style
      BTS Back In Style
    • Simplicity for Summer: Lana Del Rey’s Street Style
      Simplicity for Summer: Lana Del Rey’s Street Style
  • Self-Improvement
    • Can We Relate To Punch The Monkey?
      Can We Relate To Punch The Monkey?
    • Phantom Phone Syndrome
      Phantom Phone Syndrome
    • The World Rewards Audacity, Not Potential
      The World Rewards Audacity, Not Potential
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • Release of Epstein Files Leads to High Profile Arrests
      Release of Epstein Files Leads to High Profile Arrests
    • Police Footage of University of Iowa Hazing Goes Viral
      Police Footage of University of Iowa Hazing Goes Viral
    • What Ilia Malinin’s Olympic Skate Says About the Pressure of the Program
      What Ilia Malinin’s Olympic Skate Says About the Pressure of the Program

Elizabeth De Young

Elizabeth De Young, a fourth-year student at Penn State, is majoring in digital/print journalism with minors in theatre and sociology. When she isn't writing, she enjoys acting, watching the latest movies, and spending quality time with loved ones.

Fashion

BTS Back In Style

By Elizabeth De Young

BTS, the international K-pop sensation, is making a welcome return to the spotlight after almost a four-year hiatus. Wasting no time to take back the…

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Fashion

The Fashionable First Lady of NYC 

By Elizabeth De Young

New York Fashion Week saw many celebrities, but only one iconic first lady. Rama Duwaji, wife of newly inducted mayor Zohran Mamdani, stepped out in…

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Beauty & Health

Her Signature Color

By Elizabeth De Young

We all have a favorite color, but what’s your signature color? A signature color is not just something you pick, but a hue associated with…

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Pop Culture of the Quarter Century
Entertainment

Pop Culture of the Quarter Century

By Elizabeth De Young

As 2025 comes to close it marks a time to look back, not only over this year’s pop culture crazes, but those of the first…

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This Just In

The People’s Voices

By Elizabeth De Young

“I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.” This quote from Eugene Debs is how mayoral elect, Zohran Mamdani, began his victory…

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Self-Improvement

BDE: Big Diploma Energy

By Elizabeth De Young

Talk nerdy to me. Every day we roll out of bed seeking knowledge, but we can’t do it without the complaining, agonizing and overall headache of…

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Entertainment

Pink and Green: “Wicked” Good Marketing

By Elizabeth De Young

All yellow brick roads lead back to “Wicked: For Good.” Ramping up for the film’s release on Nov. 21 has led to a whirlwind of…

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Entertainment

Like Jazz

By Elizabeth De Young

“Do you like jazz?” Even though Gen Z has never used or heard this line earnestly, it’s still recognized as a cliché conversation starter. However,…

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Entertainment

The Beatles Babes

By Elizabeth De Young

Something in the way she moves, gets her cast in a project like no other. Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics have already been a hot topic…

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Fashion

Under-Garmented

By Elizabeth De Young

It’s almost ritualistic how us women prepare for everyday of our lives by buckling our girls up in these ill-fitting and often uncomfortable contraptions called…

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Self-Improvement

Boy Parts

By Elizabeth De Young

Boy oh boy, is it hard to be a girl. Not every man can find identity in the hallmarks of masculinity, but harder yet is…

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Campus Culture

Art Nouveau Brings New Life to Palmer Museum

By Elizabeth De Young

The Palmer Museum of Art has had a lot of “newness” as of late — including a new building and new exhibits. This spring, The…

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Entertainment

Sad Songs: Cathartic or Cursed?

By Elizabeth De Young

Whether it’s Phoebe Bridgers or Etta James, we all have our go to songs or artists that know how to hit us where it hurts….

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Entertainment

SpongeBob Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

By Elizabeth De Young

Long perpetuated by strict parents and unfortunate kids who had said strict parents, comes the original brain rot, “SpongeBob SquarePants.” However, now that the generation…

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Beauty & Health

The Myth of Guilty Pleasures

By Elizabeth De Young

We’ve all done it — huddled in our bed at night watching a poorly written and acted show, listening to a band you used to…

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Fashion

Hats Off

By Elizabeth De Young

Baseball, bucket or beanie — the hats that were once grand statement pieces have now been reduced to the first line of defense on bad…

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Fashion

That ’70s Fashion Show Featuring Jackie Burkhart

By Elizabeth De Young

“The beautiful cannot be responsible for the havoc our looks create.” Short, sassy and the it girl of “That ’70s Show,” Jackie Burkhart not only…

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Fashion

Crazy Creative Coordination

By Elizabeth De Young

You’ve heard of committing to the bit, but now it’s time to commit to the fit. It’s been a long school year and let’s face…

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Beauty & Health

Are you a winter or a spring?

By Elizabeth De Young

Which season suits you? According to Carole Jackson, author of the 1980s best seller “Color Me Beautiful,” everyone has a unique color palette based on…

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Fashion

Undefined Era

By Elizabeth De Young

If you look around campus on an average day of classes, you might believe that everyone dresses in a similar style. In reality, unless your…

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Founded in 2007, VALLEY is one of Penn State's premier student-run life and style magazines. Our mission is to bring style, entertainment and lifestyle trends to our Penn State students, community and beyond. We publish one print issue a semester and also post daily online content throughout the year.

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