100 Happy Days
It starts with a simple question: can you be happy for 100 days in a row? That is what the “100 Happy Days” Challenge is—a picture a day, captioned #100HappyDays. It is the hashtag that has begun to go viral.
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Stages of an All-nighter
Going to college comes with tons of awesome experiences: your first football game, your 21st birthday bar crawl, killer internships and (for Penn Staters) THON. But with the mad perks college gives you, come the cons along with it. The dreaded right of passage we all experience? The all-nighter.
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I Let My Guy Friends Do My Makeup
If you love watching makeup videos on YouTube as much as I do, then you’ve probably seen this highly amusing tag before. Yes, it is the terrifying yet hilarious: “My boyfriend/guy friend/brother/whatever male you know does my makeup” tag. Upon hearing this tag for the first time, many of you probably cringed. Heck, I mean, I did.
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The Stages of Crushing on your TA
Admitting you have a crush may sound juvenile when you say it out loud (obviously boys don’t have cooties), but there’s no harm in a little window shopping every once in awhile. It’s innocent fun and makes you feel like a kid again, which is a nice refresher when hooking up is the norm nowadays.
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Weighing In: AdvoCare
AdvoCare’s 24-day challenge is a program that includes healthy eating, exercising, and dietary supplements. There are two phases of the challenge. The first phase is called the Cleanse Phase.
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A Spring State of Mind
See ya, Old Man Winter. Spring has sprung in Happy Valley! After four long months of lifeless trees, grey skies and constant cold, it’s time to remind ourselves of the beauty of State College.
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The Origin of April Fools: Why the Joke’s On Us
If you find yourself wondering about the origins of April Fools’ Day, you are not alone. “I have no clue how the tradition began,” says junior Natasha Bailey. “I’m sure someone was probably bored and thought it would be a great holiday to start.”
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HIMYM: The End of an Era
This Monday marks the end of the 9 year Emmy award winning sitcom How I Met Your Mother. With so many seasons comes millions of fans, and with those fans comes the theories about how the show will end.
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College Crisis: Major Bashing
Major bashing. It’s something we’ve all been guilty of, and no doubt something we’ve all found ourselves at the butt of. But, it’s time to set the record straight. “Oh, so you’re planning on being homeless after you graduate?”
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Surviving a Penn State Zombie Apocalypse
2008 may have begun the era of the vampire with everyone’s favorite book series (Twilight, of course), but 2014 so far has definitely been the year of the zombie, and what’s not to love? They’re literally dead, walk around, eat people and turn you into them. It’s terrifying and also at the same time undoubtedly fascinating. However, what’s even more terrifying is the possibility of a real zombie apocalypse.
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Foreign Perspective: Un-relatable TBTs
As international students become more and more integrated into Happy Valley’s way of things, our American friends sort of start to forget that we were not here 10 years ago to laugh at the same joke or know the same song lyrics in the same language.
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Stained Glass Leggings
Leggings are your besties. They’re there for you no matter what occasion: a concert, class, the gym, hanging out with friends and whatever else you deem their stretchiness appropriate for. Sometimes, though, it’s time to step up your leggings game with something different: stained glass print.
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LGBTA: How You Wear Your Pride
What we wear is more than some fabric sewn together. It is an outward way of expressing ourselves and shows the world that we are proud of who we are.
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Weighing In: Meet your Fitness Match
Boasting a whopping eight fitness facilities to choose from, Penn State has no shortage of options when it comes to where you want to get your sweat on. But when it comes to what you want to get out of your workout, too many choices can be a little daunting.
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Steven Lynch on Being the Only Male Writer for Valley Magazine
If you are looking to read a story about how our editor-in-chief Leah Polakoff tried to sacrifice me, Valley’s only male writer, in hopes to gain a heavier male readership demographic, I hate to disappoint you…but this article does not contain any of that.
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The Courtesies of Driving
If there is one thing I fear about being at home away from college, it’s forgetting how to drive. There are long spans of time where walking becomes the primary form of transportation and getting behind the wheel isn’t even an option. So, going home and operating a four-wheel vehicle feels strange.
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Valley Overseas: We Are… Roma!
As a Penn State student living abroad, there are plenty of things I miss about State College. I long for the beautiful green campus, rowdy Saturday nights and of course my friends.
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Perforated Leather
It’s finally springtime and it’s time to pull out your colored jeans, lightweight sweaters and flats –well, at least on days that it’s at least 50 degrees and sunny in State College. This spring, pastels and florals are a must, but don’t shy away from the latest trend – perforated leather.
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The Kardashian Fascination
I never understood the world’s fascination with the Kardashians until recently. Over spring break, I somehow managed to watch four seasons of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I don’t like reality television, so why do I, and the rest of the world, love the Kardashians? Here are just a few of my reasons.
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Valley Presents: Power of the Plain White Tee
With the help of Christina Monzillo, the owner of Access, located at 224 E Beaver Ave., Valley has the perfect guide to help you get a new look for spring, playing up looks with one basic item every girl has in her closet— a plain white tee or tank.
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