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Conservative Corner: The War on Drugs won’t be won

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016August 16, 2019

April 22, 2016August 16, 2019

CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor America declared war on drugs in 1970 with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Ever since that fateful date, we’ve been embroiled in one of our country’s biggest failures in its history. The War on Drugs started during the Richard Nixon administration......

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Pot or not? Toastmasters debate marijuana legalization

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer On April 13, community members who make up The Toastmasters of the Fredonia area, whose chapter is named the “Concord Spellbinders Club,” met at Fredonia for their first debate on legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for those 18 and older. The Toastmasters, a club that......

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Topping the trucks with trash Time Warner, Sunnking and Cathy Young team up for e-recycling

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Fredonia and company are looking to save a piece of the environment while giving a little back to the students. The University will play host to an e-recycling event on campus. In collaboration with Time Warner Cable, Senator Catherine Young and Sunnking, Fredonia is welcoming the......

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‘Coach Hojo’: remembering senior Howard Jones

Contributor to The LeaderApril 20, 2016

April 20, 2016

RILEY STRAW and COLIN PERRY Managing Editor-elect and Editor in Chief-elect Head Coach Travis Wells of the Jamestown Community College (JCC) women’s basketball team will never forget the first practice he ever had with Assistant Coach Howard Jones. New to the......

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Web Exclusive: Bernie Sanders should run, run, run

Contributor to The LeaderApril 20, 2016August 16, 2019

April 20, 2016August 16, 2019

Commentary COLIN PERRY News Editor The dust is settling from the New York primary on April 19, where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beat out Sen. Bernie Sanders in her adopted home-state 58-42 percent. New York, with 247 delegates up for grabs, was seen on both sides......

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The price is right GA Day results in largest Student Activity Fee increase in history

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016August 17, 2019

April 17, 2016August 17, 2019

L. FULLER Editor in Chief If there are only $1.3 million available, but $6,150 more are needed, what can be done about it? For the Student Association (SA) that problem presented itself on General Assembly (GA) Day when balancing the budget for the 27 constituted clubs for the 2016-17......

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Tuggy vs. Kershnar Philosophy professors debate an age-old question

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

JORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer Does God exist? Two professors squared off on April 6 with clashing point of views. The only things missing were the capes. A question that has lingered around for centuries was, once again, the focal point of conversation. Dr. Dale Tuggy and Dr. Stephen Kershnar of......

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Eating healthy in college made possible Enactus introduces AgriMobile

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer With the hustle and bustle of everyday college life, it can be difficult for students to get out to the local farmers market. AgriMobile.org, a joint product of Fredonia Enactus and the Fredonia Farmers’ Market, is taking steps to help bring the farmers market to......

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An award-winning ‘queer, disabled femme of color’ WSU presents Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer Lambda Award-winning author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha — who identifies as a queer, disabled femme of color — served as the third annual Women’s Herstory Month keynote speaker on the evening of April 6. Lakshmi is a winner of a Lambda Literary Award for her poetry......

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Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater

Contributor to The LeaderApril 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer From April 7-9, Fredonia’s alumni-in-residence series “Writers@Work” continued its successful run with award-winning Syracuse Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst visiting a number of classes and hosting three events for students, faculty and interested community members. “This man has been a journalist for a very long time,”......

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Conservative Corner: The War on Drugs won’t be won

Pot or not? Toastmasters debate marijuana legalization

Topping the trucks with trash Time Warner, Sunnking and Cathy Young team up for e-recycling

‘Coach Hojo’: remembering senior Howard Jones

Web Exclusive: Bernie Sanders should run, run, run

The price is right GA Day results in largest Student Activity Fee increase in history

Tuggy vs. Kershnar Philosophy professors debate an age-old question

Eating healthy in college made possible Enactus introduces AgriMobile

An award-winning ‘queer, disabled femme of color’ WSU presents Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Mark Twain’s hidden Fredonia history Award-winning journalist Sean Kirst returns to alma mater