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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

Sylvie August

Sylvie August is VALLEY's Copy Editor, and she is a senior studying digital & print journalism with a minor in art history. You can find her making and drinking coffee, at the beach or watching TV and movies.

Entertainment

Celebrity Friendships You’d Never Expect

By Sylvie August

It’s natural that celebrities meet and become friends with each other. After all, who could understand the experience of fame better than those who also…

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Fashion

Social Media Reacts: SKIMS Ultimate Nipple Bra

By Sylvie August

Whether you love it or hate it, SKIMS released the “SKIMS Ultimate Nipple Bra” on Oct. 31. One week prior to the bra’s release on…

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Beauty & Health

What To Know Before Your First Tattoo

By Sylvie August

Slow down. Put down that Pinterest photo. There are some things you need to think about before spontaneously getting that inexpensive flash tattoo from the…

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Campus Culture

Penn State and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By Sylvie August

Your eyes open up to your dim room just beginning to fill with light. As you come out of sleep just enough to form thoughts,…

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Beauty & Health

Deinfluencing Beauty

By Sylvie August

Sometimes you see that new product and you have to have it. Social media makes it seem that if you buy that $40 cleanser or…

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Campus Culture

VALLEY Abroad: Locals Only

By Sylvie August

Here in Los Angeles, I am an East Coast Transplant. I feel settled into my routine after four weeks of living and working here, but…

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Campus Culture

VALLEY Abroad: Penn State Hollywood

By Sylvie August

Two weeks ago, I hopped off a plane at LAX. When you travel, sometimes it feels like seeing the world for the first time. The…

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Campus Culture

The Symbol of Our Best: The Man in the Suit

By Sylvie August

Tradition and THON are two things that Michael McDermott, the Nittany Lion, holds dear. McDermott is a fourth-year psychology student from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. For the…

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Entertainment

Lyrical Artists to Listen to If You Love Lo-fi Beats

By Sylvie August

Lo-fi music has become increasingly popular to listen to while studying or working. Lyric-less lo-fi music might be great for studying because you won’t be…

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Features, Self-Improvement

Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2022 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Isaiah Johnson

By Sylvie August

The sky really is the limit for poised and professional Isaiah Johnson, a second-year student majoring in international politics with a minor in French. Johnson’s…

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Campus Culture

Second-Hand State College

By Sylvie August

Sustainability is a 2020s buzzword thrown around all too much. Everyone from your favorite clothing companies to your parents is trying to be more sustainable,…

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Beauty & Health, Recipes

Easy Vegetable Recipes to Make This Fall

By Sylvie August

With all the chaos of school, extracurriculars, work and friends, it’s easy to let nutrition fall by the wayside. Maybe you resort to making a…

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Self-Improvement

Who Am I?: A Guide to Your Personal Identity

By Sylvie August

If someone were to ask you the question, “Who are you?” How would you answer? Are you just a student, a parent or an employee?…

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Entertainment

VALLEY Reviews: “Carrie Soto Is Back”

By Sylvie August

Taylor Jenkins Reid is back with “Carrie Soto Is Back: A Novel.” Avid fiction readers may recognize her name from her popular titles, “Daisy Jones…

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Fashion

Find Your Platform

By Sylvie August

You don’t need to wear high heels anymore to boost your height and elongate your legs. Now, all kinds of shoes come in a platform….

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Entertainment

“Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” Brings Body Positivity to Dance

By Sylvie August

Watch out, world! The Amazon Prime Video original series “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” released eight episodes on March 25. Lizzo is searching…

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Entertainment

Notions of Nostalgia

By Sylvie August

After some time away, there is no feeling like coming back to your old favorite book, movie, song, television show or video game from years…

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Campus Culture

Religion and Spirituality on Campus

By Sylvie August

Religion means something different to every single person who hears the word. You may think of religion as something that people do not want to…

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Beauty & Health

Yoga: Demystifying the History

By Sylvie August

There are not a lot of practices people still do today that they did over 5,000 years ago. That’s what makes the practice of yoga…

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Beauty & Health, Recipes

A Toast to You!

By Sylvie August

It can be sweet, salty, savory, spicy or anything else you want it to be. Toast can be as dressed up as a fancy fig…

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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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