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    • 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

Natalie Untch

Natalie Untch is a junior at Penn State majoring in public relations and minoring in international studies, Middle Eastern studies, and politics & public policy. Natalie's favorite author is Richard Powers and she loves historical fiction. Other than VALLEY, Natalie is passionate about movies, art and trying new restaurants!

Entertainment

Brewing Luxury

By Natalie Untch

A cup of coffee is quintessential to a long day, especially if the long day consists of arms full of shopping bags. Situated in the…

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Thinking Deeply
Self-Improvement

Thinking Deeply

By Natalie Untch

“Lets unbox my new Dior bag” *Scroll “Here are the ten best places to eat in State College” *Scroll “Taylor Swifts new album is a…

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Entertainment

We All Live In Babylon

By Natalie Untch

Babylon was a powerful city in ancient Mesopotamia, located in what is now modern-day Iraq. When King Hammurabi conquered nearby city-states under his rule, he established…

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VALLEY

SPRING 2025 COVER STORY: THE ETERNAL NOW

By Natalie Untch

Abby Downey lived in a predominantly white, upper-class area in New Jersey. At 7 years old, she and her mom walked to the communal mailbox…

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VALLEY

THON Spotlight: The Gabrielle Chapman Family

By Natalie Untch

As THON weekend of 2025 has come to an end, VALLEY highlights the incredible Chapman family story.  The Chapman family has been supported by THON…

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VALLEY

APPLY FOR OUR Spring 2025 EDITORIAL STAFF!

By Natalie Untch

Join our editorial team! All prospective writers will join our staff as web writers and will be responsible for writing one article per week for…

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Campus Culture

Opinion: Politicizing Children for Spectacle

By Natalie Untch

On Penn State’s campus, sporadic demonstrations by various groups are not uncommon. However, one in particular stands out. They can be seen holding signs that…

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Beauty & Health

Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2023 Beauty & Health Section Opener: Liv Hungate

By Natalie Untch

Liv Hungate had a childhood filled with liquid color. Now, as a fourth-year double majoring in theater studies and psychology, she fondly recalls her mom’s…

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Entertainment

A Cheat Sheet to “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”

By Natalie Untch

While many thought “The Hunger Games” story was over, the new movie came out Nov. 17th. The movie is the prequel to the trilogy titled,…

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Campus Culture

What Flowers Mean to Us

By Natalie Untch

As we get older, through every stage in life, we have events that mark significant milestones. Whether it be a birthday, graduation, a wedding or…

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Self-Improvement

A British Perspective

By Natalie Untch

Hustle culture in America is hardly an unknown phenomenon, with high school students loading up on AP classes fighting to get into a top college…

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This Just In

The Fall of Crypto

By Natalie Untch

Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency that doesn’t rely on banks or the government to monitor transactions. Due to cryptocurrency being decentralized, it created…

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Self-Improvement

A Dying Girlboss

By Natalie Untch

A “girlboss” is defined as a term representing feminine empowerment, a self-made woman, a career-savvy woman in a male-dominated field.  The term gained prominence following…

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Self-Improvement

The “New Girl” Dilemma

By Natalie Untch

Many of us are familiar with the moment after the end of the breakup or fall of a situationship. The moment when we see a…

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Beauty & Health

Ashwagandha: Is it the Placebo Effect?

By Natalie Untch

If TikTok has proven anything, it’s the ability to spread a trend within a week. If talked about enough, social media has the talent of…

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Entertainment

Emma Chamberlain’s Podcast: A Must-Listen

By Natalie Untch

2017 is what some would say was the introduction of another youtube influencer who has reached a celebrity stature. The age of Carmex, coffee and…

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This Just In

TikTok’s Possible Ban

By Natalie Untch

Floating around the internet the past couple of weeks is talk about the potential ban of the app TikTok. The app, that about 150 million…

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This Just In

The Pressure Of GEN Z: The Willow Project

By Natalie Untch

The term “Willow” has become popular among social media platforms and media networks. Despite the popularity of the subject, there is still a lack of…

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Entertainment

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Famous Fictional Band

By Natalie Untch

70s rock and roll is back with the new Amazon Prime Video show “Daisy Jones & The Six.” This is the first of many book…

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Fashion

Victoria’s Secrets Rebrand

By Natalie Untch

Victoria’s Secret, a brand once at the peak of fame, now feels like a blip in the past. What happened to Victoria Secret?  Victoria’s Secret,…

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