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ChatGPT takes over the classroom: The robot teacher we never knew we needed

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 4 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK          Managing Editor Students today feel like they are living in a dystopia — a world in which artificial intelligence (AI) can write essays, explain the material and complete assignments.  Perhaps the most prominent form of AI hitting campuses today is ChatGPT: an artificial intelligence model that creates texts......
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Surveying students opinions about University Police 

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMICHAEL WILLIAMS  Special to The Leader  Over the past month, more than 400 Fredonia students participated in a campus-wide survey. The survey collected information about the students, their interactions with University Police and their opinion of UP. Police relationships with communities in America have been rocky throughout history. Whether you......
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[EDITORIAL] Student safety pushed to the sidelines: What is the fine line between varsity and club sports?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn the evening of Tuesday Feb. 21, Fredonia Blackhorse Rugby player Jason Winston collided with one of his teammates, leaving him with injuries that hospitalized him at Brooks Memorial overnight. Winston’s teammates reached out to one of the athletic trainers nearby on campus for emergency assistance while others called University......
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Gen. E represents Gen Z in Broadway’s ‘Les Miz’

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Reading Time: 8 minutesWILL KARR Editor in Chief In 2019, Fredonia alum and former theatre student Genevieve Ellis was warming up for her senior recital and preparing for life after graduation. But, one microscopic medical discovery put a halt to all of her future plans. As she approached graduation, she explained how “things......
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SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. reflects on visit to Fredonia campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Staff Writer On March 6, SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. visited Fredonia as part of his state-wide tour of all SUNY colleges and universities. Since being appointed Chancellor in December 2022, King has been traveling in order to visit every SUNY campus before the end of the......
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FSA seeks student feedback at town hall meeting

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Staff Writer Graphic by Henry Domst On March 7, the Faculty Student Association (FSA) held a town hall meeting to allow students to give feedback and advice on the food and dining halls on campus.  Students brought up a wealth of concerns, and FSA management took the opportunity......
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Upcoming Lecture: Understanding Today’s Changing Climate: Learning from Past Environmental Archives

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, the April Brown Bag Lunch will be held. This month’s Brown Bag Lunch is titled “Understanding Today’s Changing Climate: Learning from Past Environmental Archives.” It’ll be presented by Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry of Biology and Environmental Sciences and Dr. Matthew Lanning......
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Chautauqua County completes food inspections of campus dining locations

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK          Managing Editor Graphic by NICOLE THORSON | Staff Artist. Have you ever wondered how your favorite dining hall would do in a health inspection? Chautauqua County completes frequent food service inspections of local and corporate restaurants in the county, including SUNY Fredonia’s on-campus dining locations.  These include dining......
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SUNY Chancellor King visits Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASSIDY PIERCE  Special to The Leader On Monday, March 6, SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. came to visit Fredonia’s campus.  King was appointed as SUNY’s 15th Chancellor on Dec. 5, 2022, and he aims to visit every SUNY campus before the end of the semester. Fredonia is the 22nd......
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Roe v. Wade: The origins of abortion rights

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMICHAEL WILLIAMS  Special to The Leader On March 1, Fredonia’s Honors Program, Women’s and Gender Studies Department and History Club collaborated to sponsor a Zoom event on the history of abortion in America and how the overturning of Roe v. Wade was actually not historically accurate. The event was hosted......
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