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Entertainment

Valley Artist Spotlight: Years & Years

By Jordan Pietrafitta

Have you ever heard of the band Years & Years? No? Don’t worry, you’re not the only person who hasn’t. Despite the fact that their…

VALLEY Pick of the Week

Staff Pick of the Week: Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation

By Carlie Fox

Buildable coverage? Check. 24 hour wear? Check. Multiple shades to choose from? Check. The Tarte Amazonian Clay Full Coverage Foundation has it all.

Entertainment

7 Times Frankie Bergstein Was #Goals

By Janie Cassady

Here is Valley’s definitive list of 7 times Frankie Bergstein was #Goals.

Beauty & Health

Nutty for Nutella: Two 4-Ingredient Nutella Recipes You Must Try

By Caroline Rosini

Valley has tried and tested two 4-ingredient Nutella recipes that we simply must share with you. Trust us– they’re so good, you have to try them.

Entertainment

Laughin’ with Jim Gaffigan

By Hannah Ferenci

On April 8, students and community members packed the Bryce Jordan Center to see comedian and Grammy nominee Jim Gaffigan.

Beauty & Health

Treat Yo’Self: Best Places To Pamper Yourself Downtown

By Carlie Fox

What are some of your favorite places to go downtown to take a break from schoolwork? Tweet us @Valleymag to let us know!

Campus Culture

Every Penn State student has a love-hate relationship with the CATA bus system. Valley pulled together a collection of a few daily struggles we’ve been through while dealing with Penn State’s CATA bus loops and links.

Entertainment

Harry Styles’ New Direction

By Hannah Ferenci

If anyone other than Harry Styles released a dark, confusing video with nothing but piano and the text “April 7,” it would be considered terrible marketing. But when you’re the former front man of One Direction, rules don’t apply to you.

Fashion

Gearing Up for Festival Season

By Jordan Pietrafitta

Valley knows that everyone’s mind is focused on finishing the semester somewhat successfully and just generally trying to get their lives together, but we have something to help take your mind off your stressful end-of-semester work: festival season!

VALLEY Pick of the Week

Staff Pick of the Week: Glossier’s Stretch Concealer

By Valerie Murphy

The pendulum of beauty is swinging away from the heavy contouring trend and toward the celebration of the “no-makeup makeup” fresh faced look. More and…

Self-Improvement

Warning Signs of a Player

By Jordan Pietrafitta

Now, these cautionary words aren’t meant to deter you from being in a relationship or finding a man, but hopefully, the warning signs listed can help you to be careful and be on the lookout for guys who will definitely play with your head and heart.

Entertainment

Bad News for YouTube

By Christina Chambers

YouTube came under fire over the last week when channel creators noticed that many of their videos were being hidden, despite not violating any of the company’s rules. But what actually happened?

Self-Improvement

Questions for Choosing the Right College

By Katie Gergel

Valley is here to help our younger readers with a checklist of the things you need to consider to make the next four years the best four years.

Campus Culture

LGBTQ Community Shows Their Pride at Old Main

By Tori Rooney

As the gusty winds swayed through the large rainbow flag draped over the front steps of Old Main, close to 40, even 50 Penn State students of the LGBTQ community gathered together for a cause bigger than just themselves.

Beauty & Health

Why We Are All “Body Goals”

By Carlie Fox

The picture perfect, “insta-goals” spring expectations have the ability to cloud a woman’s judgement on what her body should look like as summer time approaches.

Campus Culture

Sarah Manguso Speaks

By Hannah Ferenci

On March 22, renowned writer Sarah Manguso paid Foster Auditorium a visit, treating students and community members to a free reading of two of her works: Ongoingness: The End of a Diary and 300 Arguments.

Beauty & Health

Hair Donation 101

By Madison Lippincott

“Donating your hair can be a life-changing experience but as someone who just donated a foot of hair that took me 5 years to grow, I can assure you that there’s a lot that goes into it.”