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Fashion

Maximizing the Power of the Sweater

By Vanessa Cardy

Now that it’s October and the leaves are beginning to change colors, we can finally pull our favorite heavy knit sweaters from storage. For most of us, we like to throw our sweaters on over top of a pair of leggings and a cute pair of boots. It’s a simple and easy way to look like you actually tried to put yourself together even though you just rolled out of bed. Instead of wearing your usual go-to, try mixing up your fall flair by styling your best sweaters with these tips.

Beauty & Health

Weighing In: Healthy HUB Lunches

By Emily Keifline

When you only have half an hour to grab lunch, the HUB is everyone’s go-to lunch spot. With an ideal location and reasonable prices, it can be hard to pass up. When you’re bombarded with big names like Burger King, Chick-Fil-A and Sbarro, it’s easy to grab a burger or a slice of pizza and be on your way. But if you’re stopping at the HUB between classes every day, you probably want to stick with healthier options to keep yourself feeling healthy and energized. Lucky for you, the HUB has lots of options for the health-conscious student.

Self-Improvement

How to Break-Up with a Roommate

By Margaret O'Brien

Break-ups are hard. Whether the relationship ended on a bad note or if the decision was mutual, breaking up with a significant other is never a pleasant experience. But, what’s even harder than ending it with a boyfriend? Ending it with a roommate.

Campus Culture

Living in the Library

By Pooja Kondeti

In 2004, New York University’s student run paper, The Washington Square News, released an article about an NYU student named Steve Stanzak, better known around campus as the Bobst Boy. His living arrangement made him different than the other students, for a very special reason. Stanzak could not afford living on campus or the lavish apartment life of New York City—giving him the idea to live in the Bobst Library.

Fashion

Multiple Ways to Wear Scarves

By Hunter Talpas

Now that we have officially entered October, scarves are making a major appearance. Want to get away from the traditional styling? Valley’s here to give you the latest advice on unique scarf looks. We talked to Heidi McNeal from Dwellings, who gave us great scarf fashion tips and tricks.

Beauty & Health

The Unhealthy Mindset of Becoming “Healthy”

By Christine Dua

It’s 2 a.m. and you find yourself staring at the fridge. You already ate dinner earlier that evening but you find yourself at the same place around the same time, three times a week. Next thing you know, you are stuffing food down your throat just because. You eat until you feel “satisfied” because you didn’t eat the slice of pizza that all your friends ate during lunch that day. You didn’t eat it because you thought it was “unhealthy” for you.

Fashion

We’re Fall(ing) for Overalls

By Sabrina Evans

Pumpkin spice everything, North Faces for days, and the realization that it’s only going to get colder from here – if you’re over all that is fall, take a second and reconsider that summer #TBT you were about to post, because we think we might have exactly what you’re looking for.

Campus Culture

The Happiest Valley: Why Transfer Students Chose Penn State

By Taylor Fowler

For Penn Staters, there is no in between. Either you bleed blue and white, or you don’t go here. Statistically speaking, Penn State has some inimitable qualities. 24 campuses, the largest student-run philanthropic event in the world, and thousands of scholars bound by lion loyalty, especially in State College.

Campus Culture

My Day As a Lumberjill: The Penn State Lumberjack Team

By Amelia Friedrichs

The gravel road took several sharp turns through what seemed to be endless corn fields before I finally arrived. Hints of color caught my eye as I whizzed past sunlit trees speckled with evidence that the season change was well underway. I pulled up to the long-awaited clearing situated along the edge of a small forest, immediately noticing the abundance of wood.

Entertainment

The Rory Gilmore Way to Conquer College and Relationships

By Sara Ware

Netflix recently announced they are streaming all seven seasons of the beloved “Gilmore Girls” starting Oct. 1. It is time to go back to Stars Hallow and relive the glory days. There is a lot to be learned from Gilmore Girls about life and relationships. To be honest, Rory Gilmore taught us how to handle college like a pro. She attended Yale University and eventually became editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News.

Beauty & Health, VALLEY

Valley Chats with Seventeen Magazine Beauty Editor Amanda Elser

By Kaleigh Fasanella

Penn State students, meet Amanda Elser! Amanda is currently living her dream in New York City as the Beauty Editor at the magazine we all grew up reading, Seventeen. She started as the beauty assistant and quickly climbed the latter to beauty editor in less than a year (impressive, right?!). Amanda is in charge of creating fun, unique and relatable beauty content for the monthly magazine as well as contributing to Seventeen’s website.

Self-Improvement

Welcome to Covert Advice

By Christopher Covert

As a man, I realize that I will never understand women, no matter how hard I try. There are even times when despite all of the chaos around the world, nothing represents a true war better than the battle of the sexes. Yet at first glance, this war doesn’t seem very logical: shouldn’t we have everything in common?

Beauty & Health

Weighing In: Hitting Your Highs and Lows with Interval Training

By Sabrina Evans

What are the two things every girl (and probably every human being alive) hates? Spiders and sweat. Sorry, not sorry – spiders are gross. And as for sweat, nothing player-hates harder on your high-roller status than walking into class with your hair plastered to your forehead.

Beauty & Health

A Dash of Healthy: Green Smoothie Goodness

By Corinne Fierro

If you’re like us, you probably don’t eat enough green stuff. The latest dietary guidelines recommend nine servings of vegetables a day for a 2000 calorie diet. No one we know loves salads enough to eat them for every meal of the day.

Campus Culture, VALLEY Overseas

Study Abroad Apartments: The Solution to Finding a Home Abroad

By Kellie D'Amico

So you finally committed to spending a semester of college abroad. You have been through months of applications, paperwork, and deadlines and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel! But there are still some things you have not taken care of yet, like considering budget or packing. There is something else you need to consider: where you are going to live.

Entertainment

Yik Yak: A Story of Discovery

By Kelly Gibson

So, I would like to think that I’m technologically savvy, and can pick up on the latest apps and internet trends in a millisecond. But what in the actual world is Yik Yak? No. Seriously. What is it? Also, what kind of animal is that even supposed to be?

Entertainment

A Girl’s Goodbye To Derek Jeter

By Jennifer Meyers

Dear Derek Jeter, I got my first Yankee baseball jersey when I was eight and it had your name and the number two on the back of it, but I honestly had no idea who you were. My little brother would babble non-stop about the beloved Yankee Captain and it really meant nothing to me, until I went to my first Yankee game.

Fashion

Take it Back to Black for the Fall Season

By Jillian Selzer

With a season change comes a wardrobe change, and a basic girl’s favorite time of year is coming around again. Riding boots, oversized sweaters and knit scarves are on the rise. But before you scour the stores for your perfect patterned cardi, let’s bring it back to the classic – black.

Entertainment

Grey’s Anatomy: Fiction vs. Reality

By Pooja Kondeti

Grey’s Anatomy Season 11 will be back on September 25th, 2014. Grey’s addicts from all over the country having been anxiously waiting for the upcoming season and all the drama that comes with it.

Fashion

The Spirit Jersey Takeover

By Jillian Selzer

They’re everywhere. If you go to Penn State, chances are you have one of these in your closet. You wear them to bed, to the library, to your 8 a.m. class, to work and every place in between. It’s the spirit jersey takeover.