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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

Katherine Engleka

Katherine Engleka is a Junior at Penn State working towards a degree in English with a minor in Sustainability leadership. When she is not working as a web writer for VALLEY, she might be found trying new restaurants, making a spotify playlist, or hiking in a state forest.

Self-Improvement

Good Old Days, Bad New Habits

By Katherine Engleka

Internet users often proclaim, “I was born in the wrong generation!” The irony—using present-day technology to share this idea—fails to dull their yearning for ‘the…

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Entertainment

The Solipsistic Scroll

By Katherine Engleka

The purpose of creating media no longer lies in the art of creation itself, but in the number of eyes that fall upon the result….

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Campus Culture

Liberals Turn Libertarian

By Katherine Engleka

Last Saturday morning, I awoke to the sounds of protest. The State College population gathered in Sidney Friedman Park to participate in the nationwide Hands…

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This Just In

Talk of the Town

By Katherine Engleka

News, in a sense, is gossip. Press outlets circulate the tense discourses of world relations, similar to how a teenage girl discusses the obscure ways…

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Campus Culture

I Ain’t ‘Fraid of No Ghost

By Katherine Engleka

On a college campus, ghosts are everywhere. Friends from freshman year, old lab partners and campus celebrities haunt the streets. It is impossible to walk…

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Beauty & Health

The Placebo Effect

By Katherine Engleka

The brain is more powerful than we know. Our subconscious consists of inert knowledge of no known origin, yet also blind and impulsive desires. Once…

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Fashion

Killer Looks

By Katherine Engleka

The animal kingdom raced to the apex of Vogue in 2024, dominating runways and streetwear alike. Cheetah print everything, fawn costumes and fur coats were…

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Fashion

Colder Weather, Fewer Clothes: The Winter Break Wardrobe Hack

By Katherine Engleka

Winter break offers the perfect chance to revive your energy. After a demanding semester, your body and mind aren’t the only ones needing a reset—your…

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Fashion

Bobs are Back

By Katherine Engleka

Edgy undercuts, curtain bangs and asymmetrical layers define 2024’s bold reimagining of the classic bob haircut. It seems chopping it short is the ultimate trend…

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This Just In

Mourning Ballet’s Lost Stars

By Katherine Engleka

In one month, the ballet world lost two stars. Vladimir Shkylarov and Michela DePrince both lost their lives this Fall, leaving behind enormous contributions both…

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Self-Improvement

Eyes: The Window To The Soul

By Katherine Engleka

Two people lock eyes in a crowded room, and the world falls away. Alone now, their locked gaze communicates more than words ever could. They…

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Fashion

The Heartfelt Symbolism of the Claddagh Ring

By Katherine Engleka

Claddagh jewelry bridges the time between friendship bracelets and engagement rings. The symbol –– two hands holding a crowned heart–signifies friendship, love and loyalty in…

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Entertainment

CHROMAKOPIA

By Katherine Engleka

CHROMAKOPIA, Tyler, the Creator’s seventh studio album, was released on October 28. Three years lie between this drop and his last, straying from his typical…

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Campus Culture

Routine Connections

By Katherine Engleka

The serendipity of daily life is often found in fleeting moments of connection. These moments are as simple as sharing a smile with a neighbor,…

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This Just In

When Home is Lost: The Search for Hope in Crisis

By Katherine Engleka

Wars, hurricanes, and corrupt politicians crowd headlines so that there is little room for good news. In times of stagnant conflict and disaster, where is there hope?

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Beauty & Health

Aging Like Fine Wine

By Katherine Engleka

There’s a stigma surrounding the golden years. As smile lines and crow’s feet deepen into (don’t say it) wrinkles, the urge to fill them with Botox deepens. This sets unrealistic expectations around aging; especially for women.

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Fashion

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes

By Katherine Engleka

They say walking a mile in someone’s shoes is the best way to understand them. When you stand in someone else’s soles you feel what they feel as they step through their day.

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Beauty & Health

’75 Hard’ Girl Summer

By Katherine Engleka

This summer, modify the 75 hard challenge in order to complete your goals while still enjoying relaxing in the sunshine.

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Fashion

Fashion Lessons from Childhood It Girls

By Katherine Engleka

The original it girls, characters from your favorite picture books, serve as unexpected fashion icons. Forget recreating influencers’ looks and channel your inner child through these nostalgic models.

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Self-Improvement

Why I’m So Obsessed With Me

By Katherine Engleka

Who am I? It’s a question as old as time, but methods for introspection are evolving past pure psychology.

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