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Cuomo proposes free tuition at state schools

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor While you were on break from college classes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his plan for free tuition at state universities. On Jan. 3, 2017, Cuomo stood in front of a podium at LaGuardia Community College with none other than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders seated behind him......
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Black History Month kicks off in February

Reading Time: 4 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader Since the presidency of Gerald Ford, the U.S. has federally recognized the month of February as Black History Month. At Fredonia, the Black Student Union will be sponsoring a number of events, open to all students and faculty, highlighting the history, achievements and current......
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Higher ed expert Goldrick-Rab lectures on college costs

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             Last Wednesday, Nov. 30, Fredonia hosted activist and professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology of Temple University Sara Goldrick-Rab for a lecture on the price of college. Goldrick-Rab is a national scholar and expert on college affordability and founder of the Wisconsin HOPE......
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Italian chefs in the making: Honors course focuses on Italy’s culinary culture

Reading Time: 2 minutes  CURTIS LORD Special to The Leader Fifteen students are on their way to becoming the next Italian master chefs. Italian Food Culture in Practice is a specialty course that was offered to students in Fredonia’s Honors Program this semester. The curriculum, taught by Chiara De Santi, the coordinator of......
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Love Trumps Hate protest rocks campus

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Nov. 16, more than 150 students turned out to march across campus and along Ring Road to peacefully protest the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump. The protest was organized by senior communication major Abigail Everhart and senior psychology major Cassandra Vaccarelli. “We put......
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Creating change amid Ukrainian Crisis: Student-led group travels to Ukraine

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor A street lined with houses lay in disarray. Buildings, what used to be people’s homes, are riddled with bullet holes. In Ukraine, this is common. The ongoing civil war paints a picture similar to something out of a typical Hollywood war movie, with one exception: this......
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Centered in excellence: Forum held for Fredonia’s new diversity, equity and inclusion plan

Reading Time: 4 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer Over the next five years, Fredonia will be working to implement new diversity initiatives to the college standards using a newly adopted strategic plan that is “centered in excellence.” On Nov. 13, a forum for the finalized draft of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic......
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Affirmative Action: yes or no?: Professors to debate tonight

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   Tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 16, the Philosophy Department and the Philosophical Society will be sponsoring a debate titled “Is Affirmative Action Justified?” Affirmative action can be described as “policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who currently suffer or historically have suffered from discrimination......

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