The Allure of the Older Man
“Girls your age know better,” sings Olivia Rodrigo on her number one hit single “Vampire.” After the release of Rodrigo’s second album, “Guts,” listeners couldn’t…
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A Dying Girlboss
A “girlboss” is defined as a term representing feminine empowerment, a self-made woman, a career-savvy woman in a male-dominated field. The term gained prominence following…
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The Post-grad “Scaries”: How To Manage Your Career Anxiety
I remember my first day of sophomore year very clearly. I walked into my introductory Public Relations class, found an empty spot and scanned the…
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We Are All Connected Through Our Invisible Strings
No one likes the waiting game, but one day that string that connects us and our perfect person will reveal itself at the right time. It…
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Goodbye Summer Fling
Many of us can say that we have that one summer fling we will never forget. You might have just been introduced to the concept…
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Learning to Love at a Long Distance
There is this frequently used phrase that encapsulates what many view as the ideal way to live out your college years and that is the…
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I Hate You Because I Want To Be You
In today’s digital world, we are constantly surrounded by not only friends but influencers, models and other mutuals on social media. Unfortunately, these pages are…
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We are all #TeamToxic When it Comes to Love
A little toxicity adds spice and drama into our lives. The taste may be sour after, but we are all attracted to it one way…
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Short-Term Relationships, Long-Term Damage: Situationships
When you bare your heart out to someone else, you are telling them this: I trust you. I trust you to not hurt me. This…
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The “New Girl” Dilemma
Many of us are familiar with the moment after the end of the breakup or fall of a situationship. The moment when we see a…
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“Going Out” and the Price of Having Fun
In most cultures, spending time with the people you love is heavily associated with food and drink. Perhaps this isn’t surprising, as most people love…
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The Danger of “What Ifs”
We’ve all laid in bed at night reminiscing on the day or the week we’ve had trying to fall asleep. Our mind travels to embarrassing…
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It’s Okay To Age, Actually
Being afraid of things is an inevitability in most people’s lives. For a lot of us, though, it’s the inevitability itself that causes the fear….
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Can You Reinvent Yourself in College?
For some of us, college was the chance to start over. To start fresh. To begin again. We all came to our freshman-year dorms in…
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An Ode to Our 20s
Take a look around you and at the people in your life. What do you see? Couples that are practically married, friends starting their careers,…
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Words of Wisdom from Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has been the voice of a generation since her days as country royalty. No matter what genre she has adopted as her own,…
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We’re not really strangers
Hello stranger. You don’t know me, and you probably never will. Tragically, if we were to ever cross paths, we probably wouldn’t even know it;…
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The Pros and Cons of Taking Anti-Depressants
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s not uncommon for many of us to experience feelings of stress, anxiety or depression. While there are several ways to…
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The Practice of Ahimsa: Nonviolence
Ahimsa is most commonly defined as “nonviolence.” It is directly translated from Sanskrit as “absence of injury.” This ancient concept comes from the ancient Indian…
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Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2023 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Janiyah Davis
Janiyah Davis is a girl that you want to know about. There are certain people in this world that you meet and know that afterwards,…
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