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  • Beauty & Health
    • Alter Your Energy
      Alter Your Energy
    • Winter Skin Survival Guide
      Winter Skin Survival Guide
    • Rise Above Your Station
      Rise Above Your Station
    • Recipes
  • Entertainment
    • Welcome to Derry: A New Chapter for an Old Fear
      Welcome to Derry: A New Chapter for an Old Fear
    • GAP’s “Give Your Gift” Holiday Campaign
      GAP’s “Give Your Gift” Holiday Campaign
    • Christmas Craze: The Starbucks Bearista Cup
      Christmas Craze: The Starbucks Bearista Cup
  • Campus Culture
    • Students Support Peers Amid SNAP Uncertainty
      Students Support Peers Amid SNAP Uncertainty
    • Virtual Reality Showcase
      Virtual Reality Showcase
    • Greek Sing 2025 Recap
      Greek Sing 2025 Recap
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • What Are You Wearing to the End of the World?
      What Are You Wearing to the End of the World?
    • 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Red Carpet Looks
      2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Red Carpet Looks
    • Wrong Pants Theory
      Wrong Pants Theory
  • Self-Improvement
    • Unbuckling Your Chastity Belt
      Unbuckling Your Chastity Belt
    • Are You Who Said You’d Be? 
      Are You Who Said You’d Be? 
    • Selective Sinners
      Selective Sinners
    • College Crisis
  • This Just In
    • The People’s Voices
      The People’s Voices
    • NYC Marathon 2025
      NYC Marathon 2025
    • Zohran Mamdani and The Politics of Social Media
      Zohran Mamdani and The Politics of Social Media

Ginger Lyons

Ginger Lyons is currently a senior at Penn State majoring in digital and print journalism and minoring in English and French. Other than writing, she enjoys working out, listening to music and rewatching the same three movies over and over again.

Beauty & Health

What Your Hair has Been Through

By Ginger Lyons

Your mom still has your little strands of hair from your first haircut. They are yellow-blonde or dark brown or vibrant red. You remember it…

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Campus Culture

A Day in the Life at Penn State… Without Headphones

By Ginger Lyons

If you walk around Penn State’s campus, you may notice the array of headphones adorned on every student’s ears. There are huge Apple headphones in…

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Campus Culture, VALLEY

SPRING 2024 COVER STORY: MIRRORED METAMORPHOSIS

By Ginger Lyons

Veronica Zelner isn’t afraid to ask the waitress when the food will be ready with a polite smile, tacking on “please” and “thank you” before…

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THON

THON Spotlight: The Emilia Dameshek Family

By Ginger Lyons

With the conclusion of THON weekend, VALLEY highlights the Emilia Dameshek family. Natalie and Mitchell Dameshek have partnered with the Club Gymnastics team since their…

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VALLEY

We’re Searching for our Spring 2024 Cover Star!

By Ginger Lyons

Do you know someone who should be VALLEY’s next cover star? Are YOU the next cover star? VALLEY wants to hear and share Penn Staters’…

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Entertainment

“Now and Then”: The Final Beatles Song

By Ginger Lyons

The day has finally come. The final Beatles song, “Now and Then,” has been released, and is their last song. The song features all four…

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Campus Culture

Your Drive Home

By Ginger Lyons

Ah, fall is in the air and it’s finally time to go home for Thanksgiving break. You only pack the essentials: 100 pairs of leggings,…

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Fashion

TikTok’s Hand in Making “Original” Looks Overdone

By Ginger Lyons

Those “original Halloween costumes” TikToks have cluttered the For You page all year round in an attempt to help others find unique and never before…

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Self-Improvement

To be Loved is to be Changed

By Ginger Lyons

“To be loved is to be changed” may sound like a simple and obvious phrase, but for many, it reflects the love they felt growing…

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Fashion

Oktoberfest Apparel – How It Came to Be

By Ginger Lyons

The Oktoberfest garb has officially hit our Instagram feeds –– and VALLEY is loving it. These historical pieces turned festival fashion highlights Bavarian fashion and…

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This Just In

The 127th Boston Marathon

By Ginger Lyons

The Boston Marathon — a historic and challenging race that shows off a runner’s strength and endurance. This year’s winners were Evans Chebet for the…

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Entertainment

Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2023 Entertainment Section Opener: Lelaina Scott

By Ginger Lyons

Throughout the chaos that college life has to offer, sometimes it is important to stop and reevaluate yourself. This is what Lelaina Scott, a fourth-year…

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Entertainment

Kelsea Ballerini’s New Beginnings

By Ginger Lyons

Kelsea Ballerini – an award winning country music artist – has exploded with popularity recently with her new EP, “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat.” Ballerini…

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Self-Improvement

Ted Lasso’s Words of Wisdom

By Ginger Lyons

Apple TV+’s award winning show, “Ted Lasso,” is now on its third season. The show features coach Ted Lasso, an optimistic Kansas born football coach…

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Self-Improvement

The Baby Name List Deep Inside Your Notes App

By Ginger Lyons

We’ve all got it – that list in our phone with an extensive amount of baby names that are past down through the family, the…

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Campus Culture

Sports Betting in College: High-Risk, What Reward?

By Ginger Lyons

Especially in the midst of March Madness, sports betting is seen all around campus. Everyone is betting on who will win each game, adding up…

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Entertainment

“Endless Summer Vacation” and Miley’s Return to Disney (Kind of)

By Ginger Lyons

It’s confirmed: you can buy yourself flowers. Miley Cyrus’s latest album, “Endless Summer Vacation,” is a culmination of all her sounds throughout the years. With…

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Self-Improvement

“Ceilings” and Running to Your True Love

By Ginger Lyons

It’s always the most iconic scene. That scene at the end of the movie/episode when one of the two friends, enemies or strangers suddenly realizes…

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Self-Improvement

The Death of the Certified Lover Girl

By Ginger Lyons

If you haven’t heard it already, romance is dead. From college hookup culture to trial and error with online dating, that Noah and Allie love…

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Campus Culture

Sean Clifford, Drew Allar and the Future of Penn State Football

By Ginger Lyons

The crowd during the Maryland game on Nov. 12 was like any at Penn State: Packed with pride. The student section rumbled and chanted while…

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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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