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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
    • Introducing Adéla: The Next Pop Princess
      Introducing Adéla: The Next Pop Princess
    • 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
  • Campus Culture
    • We Are Never Moving on from Movin’ On 2026
      We Are Never Moving on from Movin’ On 2026
    • If I Were A PSU Frat Boy
      If I Were A PSU Frat Boy
    • Once A VALLEY Girl, Always A VALLEY Girl
      Once A VALLEY Girl, Always A VALLEY Girl
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Your Guide to Post-Grad City Style
      Your Guide to Post-Grad City Style
    • Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
      Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
    • No image
      Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2026 Fashion Section Opener: Ray Somawardana
  • Self-Improvement
    • Whistle While You Work
      Whistle While You Work
    • Freak the Freak Out
      Freak the Freak Out
    • The Art of Reconsumption
      The Art of Reconsumption
    • 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

Helena Haynes

Helena Haynes is a junior majoring in Advertising and minoring in IST and Digital Media Trends and Analytics. She also serves as President of the AD/PR Club, and loves to be involved on campus. In her free time you can find her watching Sex and the City, or spending too much time on the Free People website.

Campus Culture

Get to Know Penn State’s Slime Queen

By Helena Haynes

High energy, out of this world looks, and jaw-dropping performances. Helen Waite brings it all to the table when she hits the stage for one…

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Campus Culture

Easy Day Trips From State College

By Helena Haynes

It can be easy to feel isolated in the middle of Pennsylvania. Even though State College is a fun place to be most of the…

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Beauty & Health, Recipes

College Cooking: Vegetarian Edition

By Helena Haynes

When you’re balancing classes, extracurriculars, jobs, and a social life, it can be difficult to find time for cooking and planning meals. Finding a recipe,…

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Self-Improvement

Why Using a Disposable Camera Can Improve Your Mental Health

By Helena Haynes

In this day and age, we’re accustomed to using our phone cameras for everything and having unlimited access to the pictures we take. Even though…

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Self-Improvement

Learning to Let Go

By Helena Haynes

At a time in the semester when stress and anxiety are at an all-time high, it can be hard to let go of everything that…

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This Just In

Vaccine Rollout: When are we getting vaccinated?

By Helena Haynes

It’s the question everyone has been asking: “When am I getting vaccinated?” Now that we are finally starting to see the light at the end…

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Self-Improvement

Let’s Talk Horoscopes: Reading Your Rising Sign

By Helena Haynes

Horoscopes are often joked about, especially in regard to their accuracy and significance. No matter what you think about astrology, you can’t deny that horoscopes…

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Beauty & Health

Tik Tok Food Influencers You Need Follow Right Now

By Helena Haynes

If you’re looking to find new recipes and improve your cooking skills, look no further than Tik Tok. Cooking influencers have taken advantage of the…

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Campus Culture

Your Guide to the Summer Internship Search

By Helena Haynes

That time of year is here once again. Internship applications are opening up, and you’re scrambling to make your plans for the upcoming summer. No…

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Fashion

Best Friend Gift Guide

By Helena Haynes

Even though you may know your best friend like the back of your hand, we’ve all experienced the unexpected stress of coming up with a…

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Self-Improvement

The Holiday Scaries

By Helena Haynes

Despite the anticipation leading up to the holiday season, this is a difficult time for many individuals. The portrayal of the holidays in movies, on…

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Campus Culture

The COVID Curve: How the Pandemic is Affecting our Learning

By Helena Haynes

Ever since Penn State went online in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, huge adjusts have been made by professors and students to continue classes…

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Campus Culture

The Best Photoshoot Spots in Happy Valley

By Helena Haynes

Whether you’re an aspiring photographer or someone who wants to do a photoshoot for fun, knowing the best spots in town will help you spice…

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Beauty & Health

Why Going Green Includes Your Diet

By Helena Haynes

In recent years, vegetarianism and veganism have been more and more popular, especially among younger generations. Everyone has their own reasons for switching to these…

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Campus Culture

Extremist Religious Group on Campus—What to Know

By Helena Haynes

Over the past few weeks, a group of individuals has been seen at least twice gathering on campus with hateful signs, harassing students as they…

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Campus Culture

Mask Up or Pack Up?

By Helena Haynes

Before students returned to campus this fall, the slogan “Mask Up or Pack Up” was seen all over Penn State’s social media platforms, and on…

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Campus Culture

Theresa Ritzman—PSU Grad and Local Business Owner

By Helena Haynes

What started from a joke between her and her former boss during college, turned into a career for State College local, Theresa Ritzman. In 2013,…

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This Just In

The Presidential and VP Debates—What You Need to Know

By Helena Haynes

“That was a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck” was how CNN’s Jake Tapper chose to describe the first presidential debate….

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Campus Culture

Stay Away from State College: The Problem with Coming Back to Campus Now

By Helena Haynes

Over the past couple weeks, Centre County has made the transition into the green zone of Governor Wolf ‘s plan for COVID-19 recovery. As a…

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This Just In

State College Stands Up

By Helena Haynes

Ever since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, people across the country and the world have been speaking out, protesting, signing…

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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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