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Featured Attempted sexual assault allegation sent to President Kolison against Dr. Stephen Kershnar 

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Editor in Chief  CHLOE KOWALYK News Editor  Trigger warning: This article discusses potentially triggering themes of sexual assault. Please be advised before deciding to proceed reading this article.  On the morning of Feb. 4, an allegation of attempted sexual assault was sent to SUNY Fredonia President Stephen Kolison......
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Intent vs. impact: How can a professor’s words affect students’ mental health?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANDREA VÉLEZ-DAVIS Special to The Leader During only the second week of the semester, faculty, staff and students at SUNY Fredonia have been bombarded with news regarding the viewpoints of a professor. Many scrambled to grasp the idea that a tenured professor at the liberal arts college would argue that......
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SUNY Fredonia students respond to the Kershnar situation and share their experiences

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP  Editor in Chief  CHLOE KOWALYK  News Editor  After hearing of the controversial views discussed by Dr. Stephen Kershnar, a philosophy professor at SUNY Fredonia, many students were enraged. They took to Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and even Yik Yak, an anonymous social media forum that shows posts by people......
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SUNY Fredonia professor “under review” for defending pedophilia, sexism and slavery

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Reading Time: 4 minutesALYSSA BUMP Editor in Chief  CHLOE KOWALYK News Editor Professor-student sex, torture, pedophilia, slavery and sexism are among the views defended by SUNY Fredonia philosophy professor Dr. Stephen Kershnar.  While Kershnar claims to not directly support these views himself, he has published many articles, books and blog posts in which......
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SUNY Fredonia’s updated COVID-19 guidelines for Spring 2022 semester

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Reading Time: 6 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor  With booster shots, rising case numbers and new variants of COVID-19 in the news lately, many students have been wondering what guidelines SUNY Fredonia will set in place. On Jan. 6, SUNY Fredonia’s President Stephen Kolison sent out an email to all students, faculty and staff......
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Students and professors raise concerns regarding on-campus quarantine

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Reading Time: 6 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor Many of SUNY Fredonia students’ experiences in on-campus quarantine have been anything but positive.  Several students who test positive for COVID-19 find themselves quarantining on campus in Hendrix Hall, the college’s designated quarantine building. Several of these students choose to quarantine on campus rather than at......
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Could logging around the Fredonia Reservoir lead to murky drinking water?

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  Note: Visiting the Fredonia Reservoir without permission from the Village of Fredonia is considered trespassing. Water Concerns Murky water, or water with high turbidity or a high concentration of sediment in it, has been a problem within the Fredonia Reservoir for decades. The reservoir provides drinking......
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Low mow zones: How doing less can benefit the environment

Jules Hoepting
Reading Time: 4 minutesJULES HOEPTING  Managing Editor  Sometimes doing nothing is the best way to help the environment.  A “no mow zone” is a designated section of land purposely not mowed in order to encourage native plant species growth. If left alone for a century or longer, the lawn will transform into a......
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A comparative analysis of Fredonia’s meal plan system to other SUNY schools

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Reading Time: 6 minutesCASEY HUBER Special to The Leader How would you rate the on-campus food out of 10? “6. It’s fine,” one student said. “6,” another student said. “6.5. The lack of options makes having any dietary restriction difficult,” another student said. “5. I wish they put more time and love and......
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