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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

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.

Beauty & Health, Recipes

VALLEY’s Guide to Plant-Based Protein

By Sylvie August

It’s time to muscle up and talk about protein, VALLEY! Eating protein keeps you full longer, helps you feel strong and gives you more energy….

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Campus Culture

How to Celebrate Winter and the Holidays in State College

By Sylvie August

The holiday season is here in State College. The holiday season brings in nostalgia, excitement and fun activities whether you choose to stay at home…

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Entertainment

“Big Mouth,” Big Messages

By Sylvie August

Back for its fifth season, Netflix’s “Big Mouth” continues to combine raunchy comedy with childhood commentary. Although the early seasons focused primarily on the foibles…

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Campus Culture

Takeout Tonight

By Sylvie August

As the colder weather comes into State College, it becomes more difficult to resist it: comfort food! Chinese cuisine makes for excellent comfort food. VALLEY…

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Beauty & Health

Dirty Hair Don’t Care

By Sylvie August

Depending on your hair type, you may not have to wash your hair every day. In fact, sometimes going a few days without washing your…

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Self-Improvement

How To Be Your Own Best Friend

By Sylvie August

In your school or work, it’s easy to criticize yourself. When you judge yourself or criticize your own work, would you say the things you…

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Campus Culture

Do You Have Pet-tential?

By Sylvie August

A new furry best friend can liven up your life and give you a stronger sense of responsibility. However, adopting a pet requires proper finances,…

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Beauty & Health

Dumpling Culture

By Sylvie August

Different cultures and countries have developed their own cuisine throughout time, often exchanging culinary techniques with each other. Sometimes patterns between multiple types of cuisines…

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Beauty & Health, Recipes

A Spin on Favorite Fall Drinks

By Sylvie August

There are well-known and well-loved classic fall drinks like pumpkin spice lattes or apple cider, but there are ways to bring your fall drink game…

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Campus Culture

PSYouTube

By Sylvie August

On campus and on camera, you may see Penn State students with YouTube channels like Emma Doyle and Kayla Michaud. These students have found a…

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Beauty & Health

Aloe Love

By Sylvie August

Summer has come to its end, and the sunburns of the season have passed. One of the best ways to soothe a harsh sunburn is…

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Self-Improvement

Gains for Your Brain

By Sylvie August

Bonjour, VALLEY! It is time to warm up and flex your brain muscles. Learning a new language can keep your brain strong and healthy, even…

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This Just In

Taylor Swift Breaking Records With Her Records … Again

By Sylvie August

She’s done it again. Taylor Swift has broken many records throughout her career: youngest artist to win the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in 2009,…

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This Just In

Fashion Fanatics Rejoice: the Met Gala’s Return

By Sylvie August

The Met Gala: where fashion and art mingle over drinks and entertainment in the presence of overwhelming glamour. A highly-anticipated event, the “party of the…

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Campus Culture

Sustainable Meets State: @diannes_psucloset

By Sylvie August

A Penn State mechanical engineering student from Dallas, Texas with a passion for fashion: meet Dianne Valera, owner of the Instagram page @diannes_psucloset.  Before Covid,…

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Campus Culture

The Berkey Creamery Flavor for Your Moo’d

By Sylvie August

State Collegians rejoice as the temperatures have gotten warmer and the snow has melted away because the Penn State Berkey Creamery has re-opened up their…

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Self-Improvement

Your New Sleep Schedule

By Sylvie August

Everyone has occasional sleepless nights: you’ve been tired all day, yet when your head hits the pillow your eyes shoot open. You toss and turn,…

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Self-Improvement

10 Disney+ Throwbacks to Heal Your Soul

By Sylvie August

When your day has you down, there are few better ways to brighten your mood than watching a Disney classic. Stress, exams, assignments and drama…

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Campus Culture

Shop Spring: Boutiques in State College

By Sylvie August

Spring in State College is almost upon us! The snow has begun to thaw, and the time to break out those old flip flops is…

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Fashion

The Rise of Neutrals

By Sylvie August

The color brown has sprouted up to us from the Earth, evolved and grown to mean many different things in fashion. In many ancient societies,…

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