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What the frack is going on? The debate and impact of converting the NRG plant from coal to natural gas

Reading Time: 3 minutesWendy Mahnk Special to The Leader What the frack is going on? If NRG’s Dunkirk facility is repowered as a natural gas refinery, the question that will be on many people’s mind is where is the natural gas coming from? More specifically, will it be coming from the controversial hydrofracking......
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Panel discusses the perspectives of international students

Reading Time: 2 minutesMARSHA COHEN Staff Writer When one attends an institution of higher learning, the hope is that the lessons do not stop at the end of the lecture. For the students of the Cross-Cultural Learning Living Community, the learning never stops. On Thursday, Nov. 21, the Cross-Cultural Learning Living Community presented......
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Adjunct Spotlight: Decker brings experience into the classroom

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCarl Lam Staff Writer “My college years went by fast because I was busy,” he said. What Derrik Decker said is something that at least half of the campus, if not more, could agree with. An adjunct professor of computer science, Decker has been with SUNY Fredonia for 13 semesters.......
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SA candidates run unopposed

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Reading Time: 3 minutes                  Antonio Regulier                                                            Dean Blake ANNE RITZ News Editor The deadline closed last week to submit candidacy for SA president and vice president. Junior Antonio Regulier and sophomore Hughdean Blake will be running for the positions, respectively. Hughdean Blake is a sophomore social......
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Business accreditation plan in motion

Reading Time: 3 minutesCARL LAM Staff Writer The School of Business is starting to work toward the prestigious accreditation by the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). The process began earlier this week with a visit from their mentor that was assigned by AACSB. Dr. Russell Boisjoly, dean......
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Worldwide App, Inc. launches mobile app

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Reading Time: 3 minutesS.L. FULLER Special to The Leader The Worldwide App, Inc launched a mobile app this past August for iPhone, iPad and Android. Crystal Callahan, founder and president of The Worldwide App, Inc, chose the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator to help her organize and get her business on its feet. With......
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Politically correct: Iovannone teaches transgender terminology

Reading Time: 3 minutesJOSEPH DRAKE Special to The Leader What’s the difference between “transgender” and “transsexual?” Many people don’t know; the two terms are often mixed up. Their definitions were some of the many topics of conversation, which included the differences between “sex” and “gender” and preferred names, in the Williams Center’s Horizon......
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Remembering Thomas Dean: Blanket forts, blood brothers & The Beatles

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCOURTNEY GFROERER and SYLVANA DUSSAN Managing Editor and Editor in Chief “We would make forts in the living room out of sheets and blankets, dress up in costumes and make funny videos, play with Legos and play outside a lot. We would play video games together a lot — our......

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