Scrolling Past Empathy
Commenting on a TikTok judging the people who made it. Showing your friend someone’s Instagram post and saying things like “This is so weird” or…
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Dressing for the Frazzled English Woman Fall
The distinct buzz of an alarm clock jolts you awake on a crisp autumn morning. Silencing the clock and groaning your tired self out of…
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Feeling Inexperienced in an Experienced World
The feeling of falling behind: a universal experience. Everyone has an aspect of their life that they’re insecure about, something that they are ashamed to…
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Your Fall Potluck, Made Easy
Something about the leaves turning warm hues and a crisp chill floating through the air leaves VALLEY craving a cozy get-together filled with comforting dishes…
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Are Children’s Books the Key to Self-Help?
The human mind is on a mission to overcomplicate the world. It convinces us that our problems are so complex that their resolution is only…
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The Oura Ring: The Future of Fashionable Health
For decades, health-conscious individuals sought to collect personalized health data to better understand their bodies. For many, it started with a simple pedometer to track…
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The Brazil Nut Buzz
As the medical field advances and more health research is leading us to understand root causes over band-aid fixes, the influence of a healthy diet…
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Running In Pictures
Between throwing on upbeat music, running through stimulating scenery and wearing matching workout sets, we do everything we can to make runs a pleasurable experience….
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Making Your Own Game Day Gear
At a Big Ten school, it can be difficult to curate a truly unique and spirited outfit for game day, due to the sheer volume…
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Sabrina, Please Please Please Keep the Albums Coming!
We all know the pop star formula by now. Bubbly + good hair + catchy lyrics about being a girl boss, finding love, or the…
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Your Notes App Knows You Better Than Your Best Friend
To-do lists. Brain dumps. Bucket lists. An endless list of all the countries you dream of visiting. Impossible-to-remember passwords for random phone apps. Your notes…
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Your Spring 2024 PSU Wrapped
Alas, another semester is drawing to a close in Happy Valley. As we lay on a beach towel on HUB lawn in the newly sunny…
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It’s Not Clutter, It’s Sentimental!
Artificial. That is the best word VALLEY can use to describe the way half our dorm rooms felt back at the beginning of the school…
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Lizzo is… Resigning?
From the moment Lizzo claimed pop stardom (from both singing and her occasional jazz flute performances), she was subjected to severe backlash online. Comments about…
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Your AI Personal Assistant
ChatGPT. It’s a bit of a taboo word, isn’t it? In a world like Penn State where plagiarism is an academic death sentence and originality…
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The e.l.f. Revolution
In years past, the aisles of drug store makeup all seemed to blend into a mishmash of low-quality products. Brands claimed their mascara would triple…
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Love Actually Is All Around
Do you remember how you felt when you first became a student at Penn State? For many of us, we were enamored by every little…
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No Spring Break Plans? VALLEY Has You Covered.
As second semester meets its midpoint, spring break season ensues. But oh no! Somehow in all the madness, you forgot to buy plane tickets and…
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Water, Wordle and the Wall Street Journal
It’s all too familiar. Your cringe-worthy iPhone alarm launches you out of your slumber every morning, your hand reaching to turn it off and then…
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Should Side Hustles Be Put to the Side?
Sometimes you’re just struck with an idea. That million-dollar idea that you quickly convince yourself could be your ticket to success. You’re excited and feeling…
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