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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
    • Freak the Freak Out
      Freak the Freak Out
    • The Art of Reconsumption
      The Art of Reconsumption
    • Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
      Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
    • 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

Ellie Murphy

Entertainment

Top 5 Disney+ Throwbacks

By Ellie Murphy

VALLEY will be remembering the shows and movies that we grew up watching; the ones that we couldn’t help but smile at when we saw that they were available on the new best streaming platform.

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Fashion

Leandra M. Cohen: Man Repeller

By Ellie Murphy

What in the world is a man repeller? Perhaps it is a woman who just cannot secure a man for the life of her? Or maybe it is a special device that makes men run for cover.

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This Just In

Charlize Theron Supports the Idea of Gender-Neutral Award Ceremonies

By Ellie Murphy

Our acceptance of gender as a spectrum rather than a binary continues to grow throughout society. Today, there is a strong emphasis on the respect of people’s pronouns and the normalization of different gender identities.

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Beauty & Health

Going for the chop

By Ellie Murphy

Every girl knows the indecisive feeling of wanting to switch up her hairstyle. We have all considered a hair chop, but whether we went for it or didn’t, the lingering question always remains: what is the right decision?

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Campus Culture

Even Famous PSU Alumni Love Their School

By Ellie Murphy

This past month has been eventful, to say the least, between ESPN’s College GameDay on the HUB lawn and Penn State’s climb to #5 in the AP Poll. Many Penn State alumni came back to their roots for some of the recent games.

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Campus Culture, Features

Lara Meisner: Pushing Through

By Ellie Murphy

Growing up, Lara Meisner’s second home was her dance studio in New Jersey. She started dancing at three years old and never looked back. She…

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Entertainment

What It’s Like Putting On a Musical in Six Weeks

By Ellie Murphy

his past weekend, the Penn State Thespian Society premiered Heathers: the Musical at Schwab Auditorium.

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Entertainment

A mother, stand-up star and all-around hilarious human: Ali Wong

By Ellie Murphy

Anyone who has scrolled through the stand-up comedy section of Netflix has likely seen a picture of a small Asian woman with a brightly patterned dress, big glasses and a huge, pregnant belly.This is Ali Wong.

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Campus Culture

Think Before you Zip

By Ellie Murphy

It is very apparent that students have become accustomed to packing up a few minutes before class ends.

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Beauty & Health

The Tea on an IUD

By Ellie Murphy

A hormonal IUD is one of the most popular alternatives to the birth control pill.

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Entertainment

Cardi B Went Back to Stripping — But Not How You Would Think

By Ellie Murphy

Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo and Cardi B.? How are all of these women connected?? They are all a part of the powerhouse, all-female cast of the newly released movie “Hustlers.”

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Self-Improvement

Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby!

By Ellie Murphy

Most girls can agree that the hopes and dreams that we had for our sex and love lives have only been met with crippling disappointment. If you’re approaching the deed with no excitement, boy do we have a solution for you.

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Beauty & Health

Not Just Ordinary Skincare Products

By Ellie Murphy

For the summer, VALLEY recommends five products by The Ordinary that will likely change your skincare game in the near future.

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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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