Reinventing the Ballet Flat
The ballet flat has come back with vengeance. They have become a new staple for both a business casual outfit as well as a way…
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The Heartfelt Symbolism of the Claddagh Ring
Claddagh jewelry bridges the time between friendship bracelets and engagement rings. The symbol –– two hands holding a crowned heart–signifies friendship, love and loyalty in…
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Home Away From Home
Going away to college can be a tricky thing. It requires moving away from the places and people you know and love. This change may…
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Getting the most out of THON
THON 2025 is already very much underway. Applications to be a THON captain or committee member have closed and committees have been formed. For first-time…
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The Chrome Hearts Kids
Tough freedom, bold bravery and risky, raunchy, rich creativity are just some of the words you could use to describe what the Chrome Hearts brand embodies. …
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Class is in Session: First Impressions
First impressions that people have of you are important to how your relationship with them plays out. While not every first impression is perfect, trying…
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Listening To Your Parents: The Unseen Influence on Your Music Taste
Family heirlooms are treasures inherited through the generations. From jewelry to recipes, people live on through what they pass down, but that doesn’t always have…
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Your Mom was a Teenage Girl Too
My therapist, my personal cheerleader, my gossip bestie: my mom. Everyone knows the drill: during long walks from class to class, you pull out your…
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Show and Tell: The Beauty of a Senior Year Parents Weekend
VALLEY can’t speak for everyone, but for most people making our parents proud is what informs a lot of what we do, the things we…
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Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
They say walking a mile in someone’s shoes is the best way to understand them. When you stand in someone else’s soles you feel what they feel as they step through their day.
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The Firstborn Fray
Have you ever dealt with the suffocating sense of duty that comes with being the firstborn in your family? Maybe you’ve been delegated the task…
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Meet VALLEY’s Spring 2024 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Sarah Strent
When do you know if something is a calling? For Sarah Strent, a fourth-year early childhood and elementary education student, the answer came in the…
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The Digital Camera Effect
Your photos are seriously lacking, but don’t bother digging up your Polaroid or disposable film camera. There’s a not-so-new hot girl in town: the digital…
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Debunking Sentimental Value
The bracelet of your beloved grandmother lost a charm (in Doggies, of all places) and you are utterly heartbroken. You love your grandmother so much…
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Celebrating Cousins
Parents are your main guides through life, siblings are your annoying 18-year-long roommates, grandparents are your sources of eternal wisdom and aunts and uncles are…
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The Sentimental Value of Jewelry
In the fashion world where trends come and go faster than a New York minute, jewelry is a timeless beacon of self-expression. It’s not just…
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THB: That Holiday Blues
Ah, the holidays, a time for merry and cheer and for family to come together as one. Unless you are on the other side of…
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‘Lunch Date With Mom’ Vulnerability
Vulnerability comes in all shapes and sizes. There is no one-size-fits-all all. Some people in our life allow us to feel more compelled to open…
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Meet VALLEY’s Fall 2023 Self-Improvement Section Opener: Jaiden Hope
Everybody has a word that they live by, whether it’s consciously or not. For Jaiden Hope, a second-year broadcast journalism and communications sciences student from…
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A College Student’s Guide to Family Friendly Outfits
With the holidays coming up, all VALLEY readers are obligated to remind the family members who the best dressed is. It is the time to…
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