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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
    • 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
    • Penn State THON Weekend Recap
      Penn State THON Weekend Recap
    • 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

Erin O'Neil

Erin O'Neil is a senior studying advertising with a double minor in English and digital media trends & analytics. Erin has a strong passion for writing and creating and loves experimenting with fashion and art. In her free time, you'll find Erin reading, going on runs or telling her roommates every irrelevant detail of her day.

A Need for Clean Feet: The Secret to Ultimate Self Care
Beauty & Health

A Need for Clean Feet: The Secret to Ultimate Self Care

By Erin O'Neil

We’re about to get down and dirty … and we mean down, like all the way to the very bottom of our bodies. It’s only…

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Zodiac Signs Explained by Someone Who Knows Nothing About Them
Beauty & Health

Zodiac Signs Explained by Someone Who Knows Nothing About Them

By Erin O'Neil

Earlier this week, I saw a TikTok about how we all need to start dressing according to our rising sign. I was instantly intrigued, mostly…

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If He Wanted To, He Would … But Would He?
Campus Culture

If He Wanted To, He Would … But Would He?

By Erin O'Neil

You’ve heard it before or seen it scrolling through TikTok: the phrase, “If he wanted to, he would.” Large text over a video of someone…

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FALL 2025 COVER STAR: PRISMATIC EXISTENCE
VALLEY

FALL 2025 COVER STAR: PRISMATIC EXISTENCE

By Erin O'Neil

In a fifth grade classroom, full of wandering minds and itchy uniforms, Emma Duffy stood out. A curious, spunky child, she often found herself on…

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Feature: “One Battle After Another” Takes the Big Screen
Entertainment

Feature: “One Battle After Another” Takes the Big Screen

By Erin O'Neil

The upcoming movie, “One Battle After Another,” unties the tight knots a family and their pasts create. At the heart of the film is a…

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Self-Improvement

You’re Due for a New Year’s Resolution Check-up

By Erin O'Neil

Remember those New Year’s resolutions you made way back in 2023? The one where you decided to become a runner or claimed you wanted to…

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Beauty & Health

If You Give a Mouse A Workout

By Erin O'Neil

We’re sure many of you are familiar with the children’s book, If You Give a Mouse A Cookie. A story in which a mouse receives…

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Self-Improvement

To The Friends You Have on Speed Dial

By Erin O'Neil

We at VALLEY are well aware the term “speed dial” has not necessarily been used since the BlackBerry era. Frankly, we’re not really sure we…

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Beauty & Health

Your Phone Needs a Sunday Reset Too

By Erin O'Neil

There is nothing we at VALLEY love more than a Sunday reset. An entire day dedicated to getting yourself back on track after whatever the…

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Beauty & Health

MEET VALLEY’S FALL 2024 BEAUTY & HEALTH SECTION OPENER: CARLY SOTACK

By Erin O'Neil

From an outsider’s point of view, Carly Sotack is happiness personified – but that is not all there is to her story.  “I think I…

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Self-Improvement

Be Honest, Are We Boring?

By Erin O'Neil

As far as we know, time machines do not exist. Though technology continues to advance, it is not that far yet, and unless they are…

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Self-Improvement

In The Hours Outside of Nine to Five

By Erin O'Neil

Measuring success in life is hard when there is no distinct unit of measure. As college students, the pressure of securing a well-paying job and…

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Fashion

Not Just Your Grandma’s Blanket Anymore

By Erin O'Neil

Oftentimes, the word quilt makes one think of an old blanket. One neatly folded in the hallway closet, only to be taken out on the…

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Self-Improvement

I Have Loved You Since We Were 18

By Erin O'Neil

There is something to be said about high school sweethearts. We all love hearing that a beloved couple in our lives has been together since…

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Campus Culture

Your Saturday Plans Secured

By Erin O'Neil

It’s that time of year again … one of State College’s favorite events is in just a few days! Pop Up Ave will appear on…

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Campus Culture

Put a Theme on It

By Erin O'Neil

VALLEY loves a themed party at the frats as much as the next … but what about the nights when there is no theme? The…

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Campus Culture, Events

Pop Up Ave Returns Again

By Erin O'Neil

With the semester coming to a close and finals week just around the corner, sometimes you really need to escape all the schoolwork for a…

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Beauty & Health

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Lauren Parker

By Erin O'Neil

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…

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Campus Culture

You’re Coolest When a Tour Group Walks By

By Erin O'Neil

It is pretty hard to miss when a tour group walks past you on campus. Big-eyed high school students glued to your walk past, envisioning…

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Beauty & Health

Run for Fun … Yes, We’re Serious

By Erin O'Neil

This past November I ran my first half marathon. 13.1 miles. An absolutely insane number for a runner who never believed she could ever run…

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