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Black Lives Matter: How Fredonia students made it more than a hashtag

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ– Editor in Chief HAWA TEJAN-COLE– Special to The Leader Chants of “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed through downtown Fredonia on Saturday afternoon. The voices were those of over 150 Fredonia students coming together to stand in solidarity with Black students at......
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[Column] This week in COVID

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor  As we head into our fifth week of classes, Fredonia’s total number of positive cases has increased from 89 on Monday, Sept. 14, to 96 total positive cases at the time of publication.  According to the Fredonia COVID-19 dashboard, there are nine active student cases, and......
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Welcome to Hendrix: A firsthand account of quarantine at SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 8 minutesJAMES MEAD Managing Editor Lauren Jenkins is a first-year student at SUNY Fredonia. Coming to Fredonia from out-of-state, she was excited to get out of her house and experience college. Yet four weeks later, she had to be quarantined. She followed all of the safety guidelines — masks on campus,......
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We want YOU to vote in the 2020 election

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader Nov. 3 marks the date of the 2020 U.S. general election, and students need to vote now more than ever.  SUNY Fredonia has fully equipped its students to get involved and informed.   Fredonia’s own American Democracy Project, chaired by Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch, aims to......
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“Class of” Facebook groups suddenly deleted by Fredonia Admissions

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief For a change at Fredonia, numbers went down instead of up. This is not in reference to cases of COVID-19, but to the number of members present in Fredonia’s class of 2021 Facebook group. Students reported seeing the amount of members plummet from over 400......
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Fredonia students’ safer reopening plan endorsed by University Senate, has yet to be enforced

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKATIE LENDA Staff Writer On July 1, SUNY Fredonia released a reopening plan for students, faculty and staff returning to campus this upcoming fall semester. Classes will be quite different from previous semesters with precautions such as social distancing, limited capacity in buildings and mandated face coverings being put into......

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