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Highlighting Fredonia’s all-black student government

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ALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life & Arts Editor Fredonia is a predominantly white institution. According to statistics from Fredonia’s website, it’s a 70 percent white institution; only 9 percent of students are African-American.  With that being said, where can black students find representation? For the first time in Fredonia history, the......
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My take on Fernway’s ‘Welcome to the Ground’ EP

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BRENTON NEWCOMB  Staff Writer Last week, Fernway released their long-awaited second EP: “Welcome to the Ground.” On the EP, the group channels popular alternative group, The 1975, and infuses many different styles including funk, jazz and punk to create a cohesive work that solidifies their sound and achieves their goal......
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The Trident digitized: Annual magazine adjusts for the pandemic

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MARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader March 11 was supposed to be an exciting day for The Trident staff members — it was the deadline for submissions to the literary magazine, which would bring them one step closer to its annual publication. That morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the sudden......
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How WNYF is celebrating their 40 year anniversary during quarantine

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ALYSSA BUMP Staff Writer  Right now, WNYF’s station is empty, and it will be for the rest of the semester. What a great way to celebrate their 40-year anniversary.  It seems like it is nearly impossible for the station to put out content during these unprecedented times. There is no......
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Hannah and Matt on Music: ‘The New Abnormal’ by The Strokes

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HANNAH LUTEREK AND MATT TURNER Specials to The Leader Matt’s Take: A lot of pressure was put on The Strokes to release a great album. “The New Abnormal” stands as their first album in seven years, since “Comedown Machine,” and arguably it has been 14 years since their truly great......
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Educate yourself and know the signs

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ALYSSA BUMP Staff Writer This April marks the 19th annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but how does raising awareness work?  According to the United Nations, “Awareness-raising can be an important part of developing community support for changes in the informal justice sector; it has been shown to change knowledge and......
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The arts from home: How performance-based classes are coping

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ANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor The transition to online classes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for many students, but one particularly large group has been feeling it the hardest.  SUNY Fredonia students involved in music and the arts are struggling with the move toward distance learning. Out of the......
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How to support small businesses while social distancing

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GIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader With everyone moving toward social distancing and businesses everywhere closing their doors, it can be pretty difficult to support restaurants and stores around your community.  Supporting small businesses is important to me, (it is quite literally the foundation of my blog), but it is......
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