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This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 12, 2020November 12, 2020

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor We’re so close to getting through all of our in-person classes. There are only two weeks left before our campus becomes a complete ghost town, as students travel home for the holidays. But the thought of large groups of students traveling back to all areas of......

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The early bird gets the window

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 5, 2020November 2, 2020

November 5, 2020November 2, 2020

HOPE WINTER Special to the Leader Hearing about an abundance of dead birds around Halloween time may sound like the plot of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, but in Fredonia you don’t have to turn on a screen to experience the scare. Students that walk to class along Three Man Hill......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor This week in COVID, we have had a recent increase in our total number of positive cases. According to Fredonia’s COVID-19 Dashboard, from Monday, Oct. 26, to Friday, Oct. 30, there were a total of 1,345 campus-administered tests. Out of those tests, there were 11 positive......

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Chautauqua County looks for poll workers

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2020October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader Getting involved in the election is as important in 2020 as ever. Besides voting, there are plenty of ways that students can get involved. A great place to start is with The League of Women Voters. LWVUS has been around for 100 years since......

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Petition to bring Black Lives Matter mural to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

ELLE NUNZIO Special to The Leader In this ever-changing political and social climate, the students of Fredonia’s Black Student Union are taking a stand. A petition was started in the group’s name that calls for a Black Lives Matter street mural to be added to Fredonia’s campus. This mural is very similar to......

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[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor We’ve made it through our ninth week of classes and Fredonia has kept up the diligent work in preventing the spread of COVID-19. In the past month, Fredonia was required to increase surveillance testing per SUNY guidance on Sept. 4. With this, pool testing went from every other......

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SUNY Fredonia journalism professors host pre-debate meetup for students

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader Voting in the 2020 presidential election is as important as ever. To help students navigate the election process, Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch, an assistant professor in communication and avid supporter of student voters, asked journalism professors Mike Igoe and Elmer Ploetz to host a pre-debate meetup. Both professors are......

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COVID can’t stop the vote

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020

KATIE LENDA Staff Writer Election Day is quickly approaching, and Americans are finalizing their voting plan in accordance with COVID-19 precautions. The pandemic has reinvented the term “voting plan” this election, giving Americans several options in order to cast their ballot. As of Oct. 1, over 4 million Americans have......

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[Column] This Week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As we reach the end of another week in Fredonia, in-person classes are still in session. With of course, restrictions, guidelines, precautions and new rules that go along with being a SUNY school in the middle of a pandemic. But compared to various other SUNY schools,......

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Buddy Brewster’s: A new alehouse in town

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 16, 2020October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader With the recent closing of Wing City Grille in Fredonia, a new alehouse, Buddy Brewster’s, has come to take its place. Owned by the same family as Wing City Grille, Buddy Brewster’s is now located at the same address. The alehouse is named after......

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This week in COVID

The early bird gets the window

[Column] This week in COVID

Chautauqua County looks for poll workers

Petition to bring Black Lives Matter mural to Fredonia

[Column] This week in COVID

SUNY Fredonia journalism professors host pre-debate meetup for students

COVID can’t stop the vote

[Column] This Week in COVID

Buddy Brewster’s: A new alehouse in town