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‘Stick with it!’ Panel encourages women to stay strong in STEM fields

Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   Women’s Student Union, in conjunction with Latinos Unidos, presented “Gender and Racial Inequalities in STEM,” a panel and presentation about what women face in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. The presentation was hosted by Patricia Valoy, a Columbia University graduate with a......
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Fredonia Springs ahead with change Seitz and Karafa join Fredonia administration

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   As the lopsided weather begins to change again, so will Fredonia’s campus — more specifically within the administration. Before Summer, two positions that had previously sat empty will be filled. A few weeks before the Spring equinox, on March 7, Kevin Seitz started his first......
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Dear students: Speak up! The League of Women Voters helps celebrate Women’s Herstory Month

Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY DEAN Special to The Leader   As election season unfolds, Women’s Herstory Month continues. Last Wednesday with a presentation by the League of Women Voters, those in attendance learned importance of voting and political campus engagement. With over 50 local Leagues across New York State, the organization has been......
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Deny Trump, whatever it takes Could a contested convention be in the GOP’s future?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   It seems lately that the talk about the Republican National Convention has focused on having what’s called a “contested convention” rather than having a convention that, effectively, was a coronation for Donald Trump. A contested convention is what happens when none of the nominees......
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Spectrum Spring Concert to go ‘All Night Longer’ Sammy Adams announced as headliner

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   With FREDFest no longer on the table, Spectrum has gone to great lengths to bring some end-of-the-year entertainment to Fredonia. Do the songs “All Night Longer” or “L.A. Story” ring a bell? “We used to do FREDFest, which consisted of … outdoor activities,” President of......
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Transcending Tragedy: Judy Shepard shares her story with the campus

Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   Seventeen years ago, Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. On March 3, his mother Judy Shepard stood in front of yet another audience and attempted to explain what had happened. For the next hour and a half, Judy Shepard would once again have......
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Signs of good things to come? Fredonia changes unisex bathroom signs to all-gender

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   Fredonia has decided this semester that it is going to make certain bathrooms on campus into all-gender bathrooms. These sign changes are the result of a movement to raise awareness of transgender student rights on campus, which began about three years ago, according to......
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What sex ed failed to mention: Women’s Herstory Month begins with Mickey Thomas

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=5912] CAMRY DEAN Special to The Leader   Last Tuesday Women’s Herstory Month kicked off with its first event, “Not Your High School Sex Ed,” where students learned about intersectionality, birth control and everything else that they might have missed in health class. Fredonia was fortunate enough to host......
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Stay in school, kids Fredonia chooses to not participate in SUNY walk-out

Reading Time: 2 minutes  COLIN PERRY News Editor   Last Friday, students across the SUNY system participated in walk-outs to protest SUNY 2020 and an extension to the incremental tuition increases students face every year. Protests took place at SUNY Brockport, New Paltz, Purchase and Cortland. But one campus where students didn’t march......

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