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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
    • 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
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      Meet VALLEY’S Spring 2026 Entertainment Section Opener: Josh Kondé
  • Campus Culture
    • More Than a Store: Inside Smith and Front
      More Than a Store: Inside Smith and Front
    • Thank You, Come Again! — A Love Letter to Shared Spaces
      Thank You, Come Again! — A Love Letter to Shared Spaces
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      MEET VALLEY’S SPRING 2026 CAMPUS CULTURE SECTION OPENER: NOA DIGGS
    • THON
    • The Single Girls of State
    • Features
    • Events
  • Fashion
    • Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
      Vivienne Westwood: a World of Hope
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      Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2026 Fashion Section Opener: Ray Somawardana
    • Rocky’s Ray Bans
      Rocky’s Ray Bans
  • Self-Improvement
    • Freak the Freak Out
      Freak the Freak Out
    • The Art of Reconsumption
      The Art of Reconsumption
    • Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
      Girl Dinner? Try Guy Grub.
    • 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

Sara Harkins

Sara Harkins is currently a senior at Penn State studying Advertising with a minor in Information Sciences and Technology and Digital Media Trends & Analytics. She loves watching movies and squinting to read books on her phone at night. When she is not writing, she is probably watching skincare videos on youtube.

Campus Culture

“What? Like, it’s hard?” Your Virtual Career Fair Guide

By Sara Harkins

Conquering career fairs in-person is hard enough; adding virtual technology into the mix doesn’t exactly soothe the nerves. If you are stressing, regretting, searching for…

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Entertainment

The Best Flawed Female Characters from Award Season

By Sara Harkins

In an era where male characters are always given forgiveness, love and redemption despite their fatal flaws, it has become revolutionary to give a female…

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Self-Improvement

POV: Your Perfect Imaginary Day Without Anxiety

By Sara Harkins

You wake up naturally without the alarm, and for a while, you just lie there and let thoughts come and go. No need to impulsively…

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Entertainment

Chloe x Halle: Breaking Down Hype vs. Hyper-Sexualization

By Sara Harkins

No doubt, 22-year-old Chloe Bailey and her sister Halle Bailey, 20, have taken the entertainment industry by storm. After signing with Parkwood Entertainment and becoming…

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Campus Culture, THON

THON May Seem Different, But Go Go Gadjet is the Same

By Sara Harkins

They’ve done it again. Every year during THON we look forward to Go Go Gadjet’s performance sealing the final hours. As they said in an…

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Entertainment

Why You Need to Watch “To All The Boys 3”

By Sara Harkins

The final installment of the “To All the Boys” series comes out Feb. 12, and we’re pretty emotional about it. What we know so far…

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Entertainment

Why Poetry Matters Again

By Sara Harkins

It is no secret — poetry has become a staple among people over the past few years. Going through a breakup? Read “Milk & Honey”…

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Entertainment

Rina Sawayama: ‘not British enough’ for the Mercury Prize

By Sara Harkins

Rina Sawayama is a 30-year-old, queer, Japanese-British woman breaking into the pop scene. Or rather, changing it. Sawayama started blowing up in 2017 after hit…

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This Just In

FKA Twigs Battles Shia LaBeouf and Marginalization

By Sara Harkins

Think about the number of times a woman has thought, “no one is ever going to believe me,” and then think of how many times…

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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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