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  • Beauty & Health
    • The Reality of Health Anxiety
      The Reality of Health Anxiety
    • Rainbow Wigs as a Proxy for Freedom
      Rainbow Wigs as a Proxy for Freedom
    • The Rise of Face Card Culture
      The Rise of Face Card Culture
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • A24’s “Elden Ring” Casting: Absurd or Enlightened?
      A24’s “Elden Ring” Casting: Absurd or Enlightened?
    • The Rise of Copycat Consumption
      The Rise of Copycat Consumption
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      Meet VALLEY’S Spring 2026 Entertainment Section Opener: Josh Kondé
  • Campus Culture
    • Thank You, Come Again! — A Love Letter to Shared Spaces
      Thank You, Come Again! — A Love Letter to Shared Spaces
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      MEET VALLEY’S SPRING 2026 CAMPUS CULTURE SECTION OPENER: NOA DIGGS
    • What Would Your Nature Name Be?
      What Would Your Nature Name Be?
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
      Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
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      Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2026 Fashion Section Opener: Ray Somawardana
    • Rocky’s Ray Bans
      Rocky’s Ray Bans
  • Self-Improvement
    • The Art of Reconsumption
      The Art of Reconsumption
    • Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
      Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
    • Piss Poetry
      Piss Poetry
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • Who Runs the World? (Big Oil)
      Who Runs the World? (Big Oil)
    • Singer D4vd Charged with First-Degree Murder
      Singer D4vd Charged with First-Degree Murder
    • Jury Finds Ticketmaster and Live Nation Operated Illegal Monopoly
      Jury Finds Ticketmaster and Live Nation Operated Illegal Monopoly

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.

Entertainment

A24’s “Elden Ring” Casting: Absurd or Enlightened?

By Elizabeth De Young

Film production studio, A24, of “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Marty Supreme” fame is taking on one of their most ambitious projects to date—“Elden…

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Fashion

Looks I Served When I Was Little

By Elizabeth De Young

Trends are cyclical, but taste takes time. What we wore as toddlers to go play outside and make messes may not reflect our true identities,…

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Entertainment

Technicolor Blues

By Elizabeth De Young

Recent trailers for HBO’s “Harry Potter” and Disney’s live action “Moana” have left audiences wondering where the magic of movies has gone. These beloved stories…

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Self-Improvement

Everyone Get More Media Literate, Now!

By Elizabeth De Young

If you’re currently reading this—chances are you’re literate! Congratulations, literacy is actually a rarer skill than you may think. According to Regis College, 36 million…

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Entertainment

One Oscar After Another

By Elizabeth De Young

The 98th Academy Awards were a whirlwind, from unbelievable losing streaks to record-breaking wins. A night full of mediocre jokes from host Conan O’Brien, and…

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Entertainment

Megan Thee Stallion Makes Moves in Silence

By Elizabeth De Young

Megan Pete, better known as rapper Megan Thee Stallion, hasn’t put out new music in a hot minute, but she’s definitely been busy. While her…

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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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